One of the things bothering me about how people are responding to the Epstein files is that there are tons of conspiracies being created and spread about what’s in them, rather than people just believing the victims like they could have been doing for years now

Beautiful moon 🌙

In a free nation of laws, you have a right to know the identity of those granted additional authority over your person.

Um just so we name this, the president is abusing us collectively. He's an abuser, & he's abusing America, & beyond. We experience abuse from him, that's the dynamic.

That’s right Bad Bunny say that speech in Spanish. Don’t translate shit for this bitch ass country. 🙂‍↔️

To all the Minnesotans who are making their voices heard and protesting peacefully: The world is watching, and when change comes, it will be because of you.

nice to have Bluesky around to routinely confirm I'm not alone in my authoritarian era insomnia

Providence 💙

What in the hell

Honestly, I long for the day again when I can wake in the morning and not have to brace myself from some new horror committed by a man and his regime who are feeding themselves on the ruins of public liberty.

White supremacy is when an incompetent 23-year-old white boy can fabricate a story about Somalis and get personal praise from POTUS—but two seasoned award winning Black journalists with decades of unassailable reporting behind them get arrested for reporting on a protest with facts & receipts.

The paid out of state agitators are literally the ICE agents.

Once again the problem, boys and girls, is white male supremacy

In 1970, Ohio National Guard troops opened fire on unarmed college students protesting the Vietnam War at Kent State University. Four protesters were killed in cold blood. The public's reaction at the time feels disturbingly familiar.

Dogs are cool. Cats are cool. People who think that you can’t love both equally therefore are 50% less happy than they could be. It’s just mathematics.

“i don’t stay up to date on politics” just say you’re stupid and lack empathy

Give it a few years and all the maga family members who had the merch and swore Trump was their god will have tossed the merchandise out and forgot they ever supported him. They won't admit they were wrong though, they'll just refuse to talk about it and wonder why you always bring up the past.

i love getting a key in video games because that means you can unlock things

I can see your halo halo halo

Hotel lobby - Edward Hopper, 1943. Source : Indianapolis Museum of Art 🇺🇸

Claims of “polarization” have always been a neoliberal attempt to ride the center and try and create the appearance that both sides are the same in so far as it’s not the right wing has been radicalized into fascism. It’s that people are making them radicals in the through their actions.

I am currently on my way to another hearing regarding my federal charges for protesting ICE. When I say our leaders must be willing to put everything on the line, I mean it. And frankly, I see it as the bare minimum in this moment.

Worst thing for DHS right now is all the images coming out showcasing vulnerabilities within their mercenary forces. Authoritarianism collapses when the illusion of power is broken.

So basically Albert Speer’s defense at Nuremberg.

2000s tech era was peak Something in this timeline went jank when everyone decided phones should be a glass rectangle copycat of the OG iphone Bring back slide phones with full qwerty keyboards and the twisty freaks Nokia kept releasing Tactile feedback will heal us all

the fact that ICE, ostensibly a domestic immigration enforcement agency, is being used as personal security for regime officials should be extremely disturbing and startling

Took a nap. Stuck under my cat.

HOW IS THIS ANY DIFFERENT THAN THE TOTALITARIAN BEHAVIOR CARRIED OUT BY THE NAZIS, SOVIET UNION, NORTH KOREA???

Those who supported this shit should have known from the beginning how this was going to go. It is your responsibility as a voter to be informed and make judgements based on your knowledge.

Good morning! You woke up on a small, spinning rock, orbiting an ordinary star, one of hundreds of billions in a galaxy that’s been here for a long time. And somehow, in all that vastness, you’re here, making meaning out of a single day. Feels pretty miraculous to me. #sciart

"But Trump has clarified an inconvenient fact—the culture war is an actual war." This is what the anti-woke right and anti-idpol left wings of the party refuse to get. This is real and it is really happening. It really is theater with live ammunition. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...

bathing in raw sewage to show I'm not a slave to the tyranny of clean water

Life is going to affirm your beliefs , EVERY FUCKING TIME. So you better start talking yourself into believing some better feeling shit.

We are indeed seeing limits. Here’s the key: if an authoritarian regime overreaches too soon (this is what you want) it draws too much attention and people start asking questions, delegitimizing the regime. **They are heroes of democracy who are recording the overreach.**

Is the dam breaking? I would argue, no. Look at these carefully measured Republican statements. They talk about values, de-escalation, and investigation, but not the murder itself. Not the abusive force. Not the unchecked ICE operation. Not the ongoing violence committed by ICE. Not real change.

The Switch 2 is such a great system. That's my entire review. It felt like an extravagance when I bought it but I dig it a bunch, and the first party games, as always, make it worth it. I'm that nerd who just really digs the system, I get why it's so popular.

I’ve been saying this myself for a while

Went to my local library this morning to do a bit of research for my current book project and my goodness such a life-affirming space! There was an adult being taught to read on the next table, children enjoying story time, countless people taking out books. So grateful for our libraries ❤️

Alex pretti was a Va nurse and a dog owner

I have started writing poetry again. Apparently this is how I deal with reading the news now.

It’s happening!! 🫨 Winter Storm Fern has made its way to Rhode Island! Stay safe and warm!! ❄️🌨️ My first time experiencing a major winter storm as a New England resident!! 🤓⚓️

So someone on BlueSky called me the c-word for posting about a football game. Others are critical of posting about something as trivial as football when so many awful things are happening. So we shouldn’t post photos of pets, flowers or sunsets either? C’mon. We can resist AND live our lives.

I swear to god some of these corporate news outlets would open a window right now and say “We can’t confirm it, but it appears that the ground is allegedly being snowed upon.”

(Sent by an artist friend.) From 01-17-2026, enjoy a video from the annual Minneapolis Art Sled Rally: youtu.be/Gpj9-fC-WKw?...

ICE has also killed a bunch of dark skinned people.

I dislike when people reduce important, history-making moments in modern life to pop culture references. But also fuck it, this is a super great time to rewatch Andor.

Thank goodness I finally read books again, because that's the only way to temporarily hide from the absurdity of everything right now.