All of us want to be Dani, tho. It's a known fact. If you're Dani, don't post it where NSA Brad can see. www.kitrocha.com/which-mercen...

LMAO

Murderbot, you need to get your act together.

Shutdown hobbling much of the government now fully on track, with Senate Rs planning to reject calls by Democrats to split off and rework the DHS bill to add more guardrails in wake of the killings of US citizens in Minneapolis. Shutdown would start Jan. 31.

I think @sarahjeong.bsky.social said it's because they devalue women's labor and a LOT of this Scary Logistics stuff comes from people who don't understand that basically all of the civic life they enjoy is created with the help of free labor, largely by women.

I’ve said it before & I’ll say it again & again & again, two of the absolutely most important, practical, & transformative things I’ve done in terms of community building & activism are joining a long-running DnD table & reading romance/participating in Romancelandia

For those who don’t know, this is absolute bullshit bush league behavior.

CBP chief Bovino has confirmed that the officers who executed Alex Pretti in the street yesterday are not only *not on administrative leave,* they have all been reassigned to other jurisdictions and are all on the street today. This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting

Patel is lying about the law as it is traditionally understood, as it is written. He’s telling the truth about law under Trumpism: you only have a right if they deign to acknowledge it; you have no right to do anything they don’t want you to do.

Akiva points out one of the glimmers of hope here: this administration has utterly lost the presumption of regularity, at least among honest judges. It may be that DoJ will never recover it, which, as a defense lawyer, I think is not a bad thing.

NEW: The ICE killing of Alex Pretti, the second in Minneapolis, prompts quick legal action. After ICE agents killed Alex Pretti on Saturday, lawyers responded quickly — leading to one TRO issued before the night's end aimed at preserving evidence of the killing. My report at Law Dork:

Wow, yeah, reddit.com/r/all is a remarkable tapestry of fuck ICE posts

you, too, can have the discord emoji

"Abolish ICE" is very literally the moderate position

this is the future liberals want

I get the impulse to push for more, harder, faster, but it's worth noting here: the lawyers for both the state and various other plaintiffs have been working their asses off at absolute breakneck speed today.

Reminder: If the Supreme Court upholds Trump’s attack on birthright citizenship, some of the ICE officers currently brutalizing Minnesotans may be reassigned to apprehend newborns from the hospital for immediate deportation. Just read the Trump administration’s own memo. slate.com/news-and-pol...

Absolutely reprehensible that AG Bondi is offering ICE stand down in exchange for access to voting rolls. Outrageous and disgusting. It shows ICE is in Minneapolis is not for law enforcement purposes. Instead it’s a way to stir up shit in blue states and extort them.

Sending strength and love to all those grieving and angry and scared. We will keep going and help each other through.

BTW when I say abolish ICE, I mean abolish it entirely and replace it with exactly nothing. Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. That's it.

I’d rather have open borders than this. If you’re here, you’re here. Pay your taxes, don’t hurt anyone, and welcome to the neighborhood.

Today would be a good day for @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social to step aside as Minority Leader. cc @jayapal.house.gov @ocasio-cortez.house.gov @robertgarcia.bsky.social @raskin.house.gov @frost.house.gov @friedman.house.gov

By request I have added the whistle linktree to my bio for now!!! 💓 It was a smart thing I should have done already instead of telling everyone to go to the linktree and then the one in my bio is books. I wasn't rickrolling people I'm just frazzled. LOL (but I mean sure buy my books too, thanks!)

I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening. The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.

Really, really recommend that Minnesotans in particular disable autoplay, I know it's annoying to have to click to see a GIF but it's not worth the mental health costs of seeing the first seconds (before you scroll by) of murders in our city over and over and over.

Emergency declarations for the winter storm are pouring in… Again cannot emphasize enough how massive the geographic scope of this storm is and how that alone will complicate response efforts.

It's now very clear that JD Vance is consciously taking on the role of putting a softer face on Stephen Miller's fascism. Vance is becoming chief propagandist for ICE's violent paramilitary warfare against Americans. Some thoughts on that in this piece: newrepublic.com/article/2056...

And, again: Why? Overwhelmingly to seize people with no criminal records and/or who are in the country legally. It's not only heavy-handed, it's also almost entirely gratuitous.

NEW: Typhoon Halong’s destruction in Kipnuk, Alaska, adds an exclamation point to long-simmering fears about the future of coastal villages facing climate change. Which town will be wiped away next? Should their former homes be rebuilt? w/ @adn.com

something that really took me aback this past year was normie boomers being more likely to give me interviews after they glimpsed a gas mask in my backpack. they'd warm right up to me like "ah yes here's a good kid right here"

Since many of you are new followers, the quilt wars are serious business. We crashed 32Auctions partly because folks were fighting over the Skull Quilt (tm) in 2024, which went for $5,800 and might have been more if we hadn't, you know, crashed their servers. LOL www.32auctions.com/organization...

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Is this when I point out that only the Coast Guard has icebreaker capabilities and had been asking Congress for years for funding to replace the Polar Sea and Star? And only recently got it: www.cbo.gov/publication/....

Updated NWCG position qualification chart: www.nwcg.gov/publications...

I think all the lawyers on Bluesky deserve to share in the joy of the GREATEST PRO SE LITIGANT OF ALL TIME and her fantastically titled filings if you don't enjoy this you are the BIGGEST DISCRACE on this app

Minnesota is the best of us.

'A sea of people': Thousands turn out for anti-ICE march in downtown Minneapolis

How the National Park Service Is Deleting American History www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/c...

I am going to become the fucking Joker. variety.com/2026/tv/news...

I’m seeking info on immigration lawyers in Boston - a friend of a friend was abducted by ICE in the area.

I'm not seeing alt text showing up, so FYI, it's a picture of a marcher in Minneapolis with a sign: "For those who believe in 'Paid Agitators': You couldn't pay me to be out in this weather. But for our neighbors, we'll freeze for free!"

California just joined the World Health Organization. I love it.

Yep. @jackjenkins.me is your guy for that coverage: religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...

This fucking hurts

Just updated our linktree with our evening totals. The Rogue Coven Of Whistle Avengers (I just change the name daily) is ready for your request! If you want to help, hit the GFM or wishlists. I'm trying to rotate the wishlists that most need filament to the top every day! 💓 linktr.ee/3Dwhistles

Anyways, Dem Chirrens and I have chosen to donate to the GFM for Safe Haven MN, which has been present to support detainees when they are released from ICE facilities in MN. www.gofundme.com/f/safe-haven...

going into people's houses without a warrant. applying for a warrant to investigate a person they already killed. just wild fucking frontiers in 4th amendment law