I think this is a great point. Statements about unmasking and prosecuting people later aren't just performative. They're both a sales pitches and serve to deter people who might otherwise join these agencies.

“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.” -- James Baldwin

Elected officials need to say this with a full chest and never stop fighting to arrest and prosecute those responsible or they should never be elected again.

“The ICE agent was in front of her car, and he pulled out a gun and put it right in – like his midriff was on her bumper – and he reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

if you do not want to watch the video, go to settings > content and media and uncheck the "autoplay videos and gifs" box right now

It is OK to put down your phone You have seen the horror You will not be able to do anything about it until you put your phone down Put your phone down. Close your eyes. Say a prayer to whatever divine power you believe in, even if it’s just yourself Don’t stop until you feel stillness Then:

Name him. Arrest him. Charge him.

cops should be held to a *higher* standard than the general public because that is literally their job this shouldn’t be a hot take

1. You do not need to watch a video of ICE murdering someone in order to be an informed citizen. 2. Not clear why posters are uploading that unredacted, uncensored video to this niche social media site full of people who already hate ICE. What are you doing???

FYI, on the Minneapolis shooting video: Bluesky hasn't taken it down. It's been labeled as "graphic media" so that people can avoid it if they choose. You can change your personal settings on whether you see media labeled as graphic (or whether it appears with a warning) here: bsky.app/moderation

Hey Senator Klobuchar, ICE just murdered a legal observer in Minneapolis.

Every second the murderer is not arrested is another second for feds to hide him in a place that would create a jurisdictional fight. He's on video killing a person. You have to arrest this guy an hour ago, but you might still have time now.

Do not let the failures of prosecution post January 6th happen again. Every second you do not charge this person is a second the massive propaganda apparatus around the federal government will use to create a fog of lies to get him off. Arrest him immediately for killing an American citizen.

lord, give me the strength to not argue at people who basically agree with me

"Tricia McLaughlin just lied, everything she said was a lie." - Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA08)'s Deputy Chief of Staff @fritschner.bsky.social bluevirginia.us/2026/01/reac...

Minnesota should move to arrest the ICE officers or CBP agents involved and prosecute, just as Idaho prosecuted the FBI sniper at Ruby Ridge.

There’s a video of ICE shooting a woman in the head. What else do you need to see?

A US citizen has apparently been shot by ICE agents in Minneapolis. I’m gathering information, but the situation on the ground is volatile. ICE should leave now for everyone’s safety.

Senator Smith is right. ICE must immediately withdraw from Minneapolis to prevent further escalation. I am horrified by eyewitness accounts of masked ICE agents shooting someone in the head and killing them.

There is no legal justification, whatsoever, to use military force against a NATO ally like Greenland. If any military member participates in this without congressional authorization, they are following illegal orders.

ICE does not make our cities safer. They bring violence and heartbreak to our communities. After today’s shooting in Minneapolis, I am calling for truth and transparency, not more lies from DHS and Secretary Noem. Real public safety starts with accountability.

masked, unidentified goons who assault and murder with impunity. a literal gestapo.

For my newsletter this morning, I called for a ban on Grok after X, the child porn app formerly known as Twitter, started removing the clothes of women and girls in photos posted on the site. www.burnsnotice.com/grok-the-chi...

Alright fine tell me your favorite Taylor Swift song and your strangest celebrity crush and I’ll tell you what disaster movie to watch.

call your reps snd tell them to support this reps.fyi

It's never too late to start wearing a mask. It's never too late to stop using Chat GPT. It's never too late to start supporting your community. It's never too late to do better.

“This is but another cannon shot at a load-bearing wall in the U.S. vaccination program”. I appreciated speaking with HuffPost today about RFK Jr. changing the CDC’s vaccine recommendations. I also said that I do not believe these changes reflect guidance from expert CDC scientists.

It’s wild, especially because not only do graphic novels provide visual scaffolding for words kids may not be familiar with, they also engage *more* of the brain (bringing in visual processors) all while teaching kids the most important lesson: Reading Can Be Fun.

going to ritualistically burn all of the dumb “networking” books I’ve been given

The revolutionary politics of doing good stuff and telling people you did it.

Immersion blender and rice cooker. Honorable mention to Souper Cubes, more gadget than appliance but utterly life changing tip from @mostlybree.kitrocha.com

“I want every single person who was in the hallway charged,” Velma Duran, whose sister Irma was killed in the shooting, told the AP. “My sister put her body in front of those children to protect them, something they could have done. They had the means and the tools to do it. My sister had her body.”

One guy tried, unsuccessfully, to blow up a plane with a bomb in his sneakers, and everybody had to take off their shoes at the airport for the next 20 years. Chatbots have a collective body count equal to Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez, and they're trying to put them in schools.

and FINALLY where is my prestige drama adaptation of "Dragonlance: Chronicles"???

Ditto for Maid Marion. Gotta beat two hot foxes.

Children will die with RFK Jr.'s new vaccine recommendations. We're NOT doing the "experts disagree" game. The US vaccine schedule was painstakingly constructed through a deep & thorough process by experts with unquestionable expertise. This is policy by fiat. It is pre-meditated murder. 1/

Leave. The. Ocean. Alone. At least once a year, some previously unknown horror washes up on a beach. Don’t go to where they live!

So, in stark contrast to everything else that’s going on today, I’m delighted to announce I’ll be with this joyous bunch of people in the next #Taskmaster. Let Counting-Backwards-From-Fifty-While-Miming -Your-Least-Favourite -Farm-Animal Commence! youtu.be/1OP6DuihCnk?...

if you leak to me i certainly won’t pull this shit

is this about @michaelhobbes.bsky.social?

I think this might just be what he thinks a “serious face” is because he is aware enough to know grinning with delight would not play well.

As someone who talks about antisemitism more often than I would like and yet less often than forced to think about it - it would be useful if people didn't assume that everyone saying something antisemitic has antisemitic intentions. This matters sometimes! Not for "what's in their heart" reasons.

it's funny when watching US movies or tv shows i used to be like "man, they sure do use food poisoning as a plot device *a lot* in america..." then i learned their food poisoning statistics and it blew my mind. that's just how they live! people DIE of food poisoning regularly in the US. it's MAD.

Just spoke with the owner, Dante, & learned there is a fundraising page. If you are not in a position to give, please consider sharing this widely. Let's blow through that preliminary # -- immediate access to cash gives options the fire would seem at first to destroy. giveahand.com/fundraiser/n...

“Well… we can’t just keep filing impeachment articles all the time.” Yes you can! If the man is committing impeachable offenses on the regular, you’re acquiescing to a standard that raises the bar for impeachable offense to absurd levels.

I would love to not know the names of every Cabinet member because of the chaos that follows them. I think politicians like Kat might be a good step in that direction.

I’m the emergency contact/bail buddy for my protesting friends and family.

Apropos of...everything a reminder that I have a list of accounts that regularly post relaxing and random stuff. It features NO NEWS. If you're trapped scrolling and need to shift your attention to something calmer it's a good way to do it. You can also pin it to your feeds bsky.app/profile/did:...

If I can’t stop it, I will make it difficult. If I can’t make it difficult, I will make it annoying. If I can’t make it annoying, I must be dead because I am an improv/theatre kid.