Scott
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Scott
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· Nov 6
herewith:
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An ICE employee was among 16 men arrested after trying to solicit a minor for sex in Bloomington, Minnesota, police say
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges said during a press conference. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges said during a press conference. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
November 19, 2025 at 2:34 AM
An ICE employee was among 16 men arrested after trying to solicit a minor for sex in Bloomington, Minnesota, police say
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges said during a press conference. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges said during a press conference. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
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like nine years ago I said to my friends "somebody should make a picture of Eliezer Yudkowsky as the paperclip optimizer as MODOK" and they said "why not commission our friend @john13.bsky.social" and I did and he put in the kirby krackle and a million little details and it has given me SO MUCH joy
November 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
like nine years ago I said to my friends "somebody should make a picture of Eliezer Yudkowsky as the paperclip optimizer as MODOK" and they said "why not commission our friend @john13.bsky.social" and I did and he put in the kirby krackle and a million little details and it has given me SO MUCH joy
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it is frankly a *scathing* indictment of the White House press corps
I’ve been thinking and it’s kind of exceptional that not a single person said “Hey now” after the piggy comment.
November 19, 2025 at 1:56 AM
it is frankly a *scathing* indictment of the White House press corps
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Pausing to celebrate: massive presence of real Minnesotans who do not want their neighbors taken by any federal agency. Massive pushback and attempt to stop the kidnapping. 100s got down there including at least one news photog and elected officials. If you have been training, congratulate yourself.
November 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Pausing to celebrate: massive presence of real Minnesotans who do not want their neighbors taken by any federal agency. Massive pushback and attempt to stop the kidnapping. 100s got down there including at least one news photog and elected officials. If you have been training, congratulate yourself.
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twitch's war on trash night has got to stop
We have somehow been banned within ten minutes of going live despite streaming nothing but public domain film. Alright, message received, Jeff!
November 19, 2025 at 12:35 AM
twitch's war on trash night has got to stop
if you took trump's response today to the question about Khashoggi's murder, and used it verbatim as a line of dialogue for a mob boss in a screenplay for a crime drama about the Prohibition era, it'd get panned for being too stereotypical.
November 19, 2025 at 12:33 AM
if you took trump's response today to the question about Khashoggi's murder, and used it verbatim as a line of dialogue for a mob boss in a screenplay for a crime drama about the Prohibition era, it'd get panned for being too stereotypical.
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lawrence summers rot in hell
people always try to draw this line between polite, genteel misogyny and violent, exploitative misogyny, and say we should excuse the former because at least it's not the latter
but what we see over and over again is that the line doesn't really exist
but what we see over and over again is that the line doesn't really exist
One of my earliest moments of radicalization was in 2005 when Larry Summers said that women biologically have less aptitude for science than men. Following that, scores of equally unimpressive people wrote pieces trying to explain or justify his remarks, when they should have called for his removal.
November 18, 2025 at 11:46 PM
lawrence summers rot in hell
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"They have a degree in underwater basket-weaving" is meant to be a statement that someone lacks useful, marketable skills.
The phrase *may* originate from a 1956 article on traditional Inuit/Yupik weaving technique where bark remains submerged between stages of weaving, to keep strips pliable.
The phrase *may* originate from a 1956 article on traditional Inuit/Yupik weaving technique where bark remains submerged between stages of weaving, to keep strips pliable.
December 4, 2024 at 12:17 PM
"They have a degree in underwater basket-weaving" is meant to be a statement that someone lacks useful, marketable skills.
The phrase *may* originate from a 1956 article on traditional Inuit/Yupik weaving technique where bark remains submerged between stages of weaving, to keep strips pliable.
The phrase *may* originate from a 1956 article on traditional Inuit/Yupik weaving technique where bark remains submerged between stages of weaving, to keep strips pliable.
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reading a piece today and was reminded of this @dianamoskovitz.bsky.social post that every journalist should have to read and internalize, thanks! deadspin.com/against-alle...
Deadspin | Against Allegedly
Deadspin | Against Allegedly
deadspin.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:53 PM
reading a piece today and was reminded of this @dianamoskovitz.bsky.social post that every journalist should have to read and internalize, thanks! deadspin.com/against-alle...
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take the over on any proposition you're offered about how many times republicans are gonna say "nothingburger" over the next week
November 18, 2025 at 10:45 PM
take the over on any proposition you're offered about how many times republicans are gonna say "nothingburger" over the next week
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It seems worth noting that the things Summers admitted to doing in an email dialogue with a famous sex criminal is considerably worse than anything Gay was accused of when it was the single top priority of both Summers and the New York Times to get her fired
pretty much beyond question that Larry Summers led the charge against Claudine Gay because he is personally a vitriolic misogynist and racist www.thecrimson.com/article/2024...
88 Days: The Unraveling of Claudine Gay’s Harvard Presidency | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard President Claudine Gay resigned on Jan. 2, ending her tenure as the University's 30th president after it was clear the Harvard Corporation lost confidence in Gay's ability to lead amid mountin...
www.thecrimson.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:26 PM
It seems worth noting that the things Summers admitted to doing in an email dialogue with a famous sex criminal is considerably worse than anything Gay was accused of when it was the single top priority of both Summers and the New York Times to get her fired
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I’m sure our incredibly ethical and truth-based government will release a very real version of the president’s bestie files that will in no way be doctored and we can all be assured those evil survivors who already came forward about him and his own words were all funny little flights of fantasy.
November 18, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I’m sure our incredibly ethical and truth-based government will release a very real version of the president’s bestie files that will in no way be doctored and we can all be assured those evil survivors who already came forward about him and his own words were all funny little flights of fantasy.
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You can just tell him no! Practically everybody hates him!
an important message to elite society in general:
this is an unpopular, weak and failing lame duck president and you can just tell him no
this is an unpopular, weak and failing lame duck president and you can just tell him no
can we appreciate just how badly Johnson and Trump played this Epstein vote? total failure of a pressure campaign, delayed for months to ensure it stays in the news and immediately swamps "the Dems caved" as soon as the shutdown ends, and now it passes 427-1
couldn't have gone worse if they tried
couldn't have gone worse if they tried
November 18, 2025 at 10:20 PM
You can just tell him no! Practically everybody hates him!
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how was anyone still even expecting anything from bill maher, dude spewed tons of antivax rhetoric which outed him as a blithering idiot years ago, on top of all the Islamophobia
November 18, 2025 at 9:37 PM
how was anyone still even expecting anything from bill maher, dude spewed tons of antivax rhetoric which outed him as a blithering idiot years ago, on top of all the Islamophobia
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Also PSA: this is THE circumstance where you SHOULD simply repeat what your female colleague just said and was dismissed
PSA dudes: if you genuinely want women to believe you when you claim to be “one of the good ones” you should probably be backing up your female colleagues when they ask a genuinely important question and get back “quiet piggy” in response
November 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Also PSA: this is THE circumstance where you SHOULD simply repeat what your female colleague just said and was dismissed
on an issue this charged I assume the Senate isn't going to be comfortable bucking a near-unanimous House, so presumably the white house is counting on the DOJ pulling an "oops we can't actually release _all_ these files because we're doing an active investigation into Democrats" maneuver
November 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
on an issue this charged I assume the Senate isn't going to be comfortable bucking a near-unanimous House, so presumably the white house is counting on the DOJ pulling an "oops we can't actually release _all_ these files because we're doing an active investigation into Democrats" maneuver
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Good work MN
A large group of protesters went over to have a friendly chat with the tow truck drivers, who opted to leave without towing any cars.
November 18, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Good work MN
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Oh Look, Profiles in Cover-Your-Ass
November 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Oh Look, Profiles in Cover-Your-Ass
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i will kind of accept this from some random person who barely pays attention. ben shapiro though? he's just lying
Ben Shapiro: “When the president said deport all the illegal immigrants, I never thought that he meant that literally”
November 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
i will kind of accept this from some random person who barely pays attention. ben shapiro though? he's just lying
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Just remember: He knows that you know he is lying. It is a flex; he's rubbing our noses in his assumed perpetual immunity from consequences.
Jim Jordan: "We're all for protecting innocent victims, we're all for exposing the bad guys who did bad guys who did bad things, but ... "
November 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Just remember: He knows that you know he is lying. It is a flex; he's rubbing our noses in his assumed perpetual immunity from consequences.
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Here is a terrific goat eating hay weirdly
November 18, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Here is a terrific goat eating hay weirdly
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Quick cartoon. I was hoping to stay unplugged this week but I saw some news and had to take a break to draw this out. I think we all needed to see it realized.
November 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Quick cartoon. I was hoping to stay unplugged this week but I saw some news and had to take a break to draw this out. I think we all needed to see it realized.
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Y'all know she's setting up a presidential run, right.
Like, we're all aware.
Like, we're all aware.
Marjorie Taylor Greene: "I was called a traitor by a man that I fought for 6 years for. I gave him my loyalty for free. I've never owed him anything. Let me tell you what a traitor is -- a traitor is an American that serves foreign countries."
November 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Y'all know she's setting up a presidential run, right.
Like, we're all aware.
Like, we're all aware.
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There's a NC Triangle Area zine, too!
drive.google.com/file/d/1LAZz...
drive.google.com/file/d/1LAZz...
North-Carolina-Triangle-Area-SALUTE-zine-8-30.pdf
drive.google.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:01 AM
There's a NC Triangle Area zine, too!
drive.google.com/file/d/1LAZz...
drive.google.com/file/d/1LAZz...
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Find “How to Report ICE” zines for your area at the link below or in my bio. We are working on getting out more zines, Spanish ones in particular. There is a handy how-to t showing you how to fold and cut the zines, and a zine request form.
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
November 8, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Find “How to Report ICE” zines for your area at the link below or in my bio. We are working on getting out more zines, Spanish ones in particular. There is a handy how-to t showing you how to fold and cut the zines, and a zine request form.
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
drive.google.com/drive/folder...