Mr. Tugboat
@tophatmanatee.bsky.social
Take care of each other. Trans rights
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“The MSNBC liberals are saying things irl that will get you banned on Bluesky“ is one of the few silver linings of this current crop of failures.
November 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
“The MSNBC liberals are saying things irl that will get you banned on Bluesky“ is one of the few silver linings of this current crop of failures.
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The end of federal enforcement of special ed laws. Some states - including MN - will likely be ok. But a lot of disabled kids in a lot of states are going to lose the education that federal law and decades of jurisprudence say they are owed.
Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says
The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
www.usatoday.com
October 11, 2025 at 10:50 PM
The end of federal enforcement of special ed laws. Some states - including MN - will likely be ok. But a lot of disabled kids in a lot of states are going to lose the education that federal law and decades of jurisprudence say they are owed.
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i haven't laughed so hard in a while
September 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
i haven't laughed so hard in a while
Broke out of Mississippi for a bit
September 18, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Broke out of Mississippi for a bit
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Japanese American groups blast the use of Fort Bliss, a former WWII Japanese internment camp site, as an ICE detention center.
www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-a...
www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-a...
Japanese American groups blast use of Fort Bliss, former internment camp site, as ICE detention center
“The use of national security rhetoric to justify mass incarceration today echoes the same logic that led to their forced removal and incarceration,” one advocate said.
www.nbcnews.com
August 22, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Japanese American groups blast the use of Fort Bliss, a former WWII Japanese internment camp site, as an ICE detention center.
www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-a...
www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-a...
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accidental nat geo phone pic taken today on a walk
July 7, 2025 at 12:29 PM
accidental nat geo phone pic taken today on a walk
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A reminder: FEMA is no longer going door-to-door to assist disaster victims
[From our Climate Desk partner @wired.com]
[From our Climate Desk partner @wired.com]
FEMA will no longer go door-to-door to assist disaster victims
The move, says one agency worker, will “severely hamper our ability to reach vulnerable people.”
www.motherjones.com
July 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
A reminder: FEMA is no longer going door-to-door to assist disaster victims
[From our Climate Desk partner @wired.com]
[From our Climate Desk partner @wired.com]
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They're building concentration camps with money they stole from medicare.
July 3, 2025 at 6:48 PM
They're building concentration camps with money they stole from medicare.
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Even knowing this is where fascism was headed, it's still haunting and terrifying to the core to see the fully built camps
July 1, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Even knowing this is where fascism was headed, it's still haunting and terrifying to the core to see the fully built camps
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Overcrowding, hunger and days without bathing: immigrants transferred from Puerto Rico to Miami denounce inhumane treatment in detention centers
www.elnuevodia.com/english/news...
www.elnuevodia.com/english/news...
Overcrowding, hunger and days without bathing: immigrants transferred from Puerto Rico to Miami denounce inhumane treatment in detention centers
El Nuevo Día spoke with the partner and the attorney of a detained Dominican man about the unsanitary conditions they are experiencing while separated from their families
www.elnuevodia.com
July 2, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Overcrowding, hunger and days without bathing: immigrants transferred from Puerto Rico to Miami denounce inhumane treatment in detention centers
www.elnuevodia.com/english/news...
www.elnuevodia.com/english/news...
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I find ICE funding the most chilling part of the bill, but I think the people who will immediately grasp why that is so bad are probably already aware; hammering medicaid, CHIP, etc. is more likely to break through to the lower info people who aren't guaranteed Dem votes in the midterms.
July 2, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I find ICE funding the most chilling part of the bill, but I think the people who will immediately grasp why that is so bad are probably already aware; hammering medicaid, CHIP, etc. is more likely to break through to the lower info people who aren't guaranteed Dem votes in the midterms.
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You're telling you me concentrated a bunch of right wing terrorists and anti-communist extremists in one city and it backfired?
Wow. This just never happens. Somebody go get one of the hundreds of CIA agents hanging around town to overthrow them in the name of democracy.
Wow. This just never happens. Somebody go get one of the hundreds of CIA agents hanging around town to overthrow them in the name of democracy.
Miami just canceled its November election & pushed it to 2026. No public vote, just canceled.
Mayor Suarez & Joe Carollo get to stick around an extra year.
This feels like a power grab. If one city can delay elections for “participation,” what’s to stop others from doing it to silence opposition?
Mayor Suarez & Joe Carollo get to stick around an extra year.
This feels like a power grab. If one city can delay elections for “participation,” what’s to stop others from doing it to silence opposition?
June 27, 2025 at 10:42 PM
You're telling you me concentrated a bunch of right wing terrorists and anti-communist extremists in one city and it backfired?
Wow. This just never happens. Somebody go get one of the hundreds of CIA agents hanging around town to overthrow them in the name of democracy.
Wow. This just never happens. Somebody go get one of the hundreds of CIA agents hanging around town to overthrow them in the name of democracy.
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this court says that allowing EPA to regulate carbon emissions is a "major question" that demands congressional debate. but allowing the president to, with a flick of the wrist, end a straightforward constitutional right is something that must be allowed to stand?
June 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
this court says that allowing EPA to regulate carbon emissions is a "major question" that demands congressional debate. but allowing the president to, with a flick of the wrist, end a straightforward constitutional right is something that must be allowed to stand?
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Beers taste better if you drink them sitting on stairs. They don’t want you to know this
June 28, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Beers taste better if you drink them sitting on stairs. They don’t want you to know this
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running the government like a business was always an idea for cold war addled dipshits and ECON 101 casualties but it's moreso than ever in a world where the most successful businesses either buy and kill Toys R Us and hospitals, or spy on you and sell your weaknesses to villains
June 27, 2025 at 4:29 AM
running the government like a business was always an idea for cold war addled dipshits and ECON 101 casualties but it's moreso than ever in a world where the most successful businesses either buy and kill Toys R Us and hospitals, or spy on you and sell your weaknesses to villains
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There's no functional difference between this and someone walking around holding up a camera phone videoing everyone in front of them 24/7.
Meta just announced Oakley smart glasses. They start at $399, and they'll be available later this summer www.theverge.com/news/690133/...
June 21, 2025 at 9:23 AM
There's no functional difference between this and someone walking around holding up a camera phone videoing everyone in front of them 24/7.
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That Doomsday Clock gonna jump forward like it's the start of Daylight Saving Time.
June 22, 2025 at 2:50 AM
That Doomsday Clock gonna jump forward like it's the start of Daylight Saving Time.
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My fed agency helped build an IRS login system that didn't rely on face recognition, we felt it was invasive. For this were attacked by The Daily Wire as "a cabal of perpetually triggered leftists obsessed with politics and pronouns"
Per Musk's tweets, this is part of the reason he fired us all.
Per Musk's tweets, this is part of the reason he fired us all.
NEW: The IRS requires you to do a facial recognition identity check through a private company to log in to many parts of the IRS online, like ind taxpayer accounts.
It isn’t doing quality control to see if those checks are working, though. Millions use the service annually
It isn’t doing quality control to see if those checks are working, though. Millions use the service annually
June 15, 2025 at 11:57 PM
My fed agency helped build an IRS login system that didn't rely on face recognition, we felt it was invasive. For this were attacked by The Daily Wire as "a cabal of perpetually triggered leftists obsessed with politics and pronouns"
Per Musk's tweets, this is part of the reason he fired us all.
Per Musk's tweets, this is part of the reason he fired us all.
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Cannot express enough how much what happened at that meeting three weeks ago has changed things on the ground.
Courthouse arrests started within days, then check-in arrests. Worksite raids, once rare, began happening daily. Detention has skyrocketed over capacity. People are going missing.
Courthouse arrests started within days, then check-in arrests. Worksite raids, once rare, began happening daily. Detention has skyrocketed over capacity. People are going missing.
Really good WSJ article on ICE escalations over recent weeks including Miller's visit to ICE national HQ where he demanded Home Depot raids. www.wsj.com/us-news/prot...
The White House Marching Orders That Sparked the L.A. Migrant Crackdown
After deportations fell short of President Trump’s campaign promises, federal agents summoned to a meeting in Washington were told to “just go out there and arrest illegal aliens.”
www.wsj.com
June 11, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Cannot express enough how much what happened at that meeting three weeks ago has changed things on the ground.
Courthouse arrests started within days, then check-in arrests. Worksite raids, once rare, began happening daily. Detention has skyrocketed over capacity. People are going missing.
Courthouse arrests started within days, then check-in arrests. Worksite raids, once rare, began happening daily. Detention has skyrocketed over capacity. People are going missing.
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as soon as those programs started I figured this is where they would take it eventually. still surprised they're not trying something like this in the US, but then they kinda are with trans people on a grand scale
Whatever your personal beliefs on Assisted Dying, we should all be able to agree on 2 fundamentals:
No means no. If a patient doesn’t want it, end of discussion.
It should never be offered in lieu of care or social supports.
If it is, it’s not compassion.
It’s eugenics 🧵
No means no. If a patient doesn’t want it, end of discussion.
It should never be offered in lieu of care or social supports.
If it is, it’s not compassion.
It’s eugenics 🧵
June 12, 2025 at 5:50 AM
as soon as those programs started I figured this is where they would take it eventually. still surprised they're not trying something like this in the US, but then they kinda are with trans people on a grand scale
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us forces mired in two-front war with a nuclear-capable iran and [squinting] los angeles
June 11, 2025 at 10:34 PM
us forces mired in two-front war with a nuclear-capable iran and [squinting] los angeles
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how to start a JLTV:
1. unlatch the hood, open, find a red battery knob on pax side, and turn it to ON
2. on the driver's side, there's 3 switches, depress the left and rightmost VEH BAT and AUX BAT switches to on
3. Turn engine knob to ON, wait for computers, then hold Start
1. unlatch the hood, open, find a red battery knob on pax side, and turn it to ON
2. on the driver's side, there's 3 switches, depress the left and rightmost VEH BAT and AUX BAT switches to on
3. Turn engine knob to ON, wait for computers, then hold Start
June 8, 2025 at 9:27 PM
how to start a JLTV:
1. unlatch the hood, open, find a red battery knob on pax side, and turn it to ON
2. on the driver's side, there's 3 switches, depress the left and rightmost VEH BAT and AUX BAT switches to on
3. Turn engine knob to ON, wait for computers, then hold Start
1. unlatch the hood, open, find a red battery knob on pax side, and turn it to ON
2. on the driver's side, there's 3 switches, depress the left and rightmost VEH BAT and AUX BAT switches to on
3. Turn engine knob to ON, wait for computers, then hold Start