Remember: "Deportations"/kidnappings to CECOT could not have happened without dehumanization of incarcerated people at home. Think about how the definition of crime & criminal has been expanded in 2025-Anyone can be subjected to this. Also this should NOT be done to those labeled criminals either

Genuinely find this upsetting to watch. It’s the live and mass violation of women for daring to exist outside the narrow confines of a controlled and sexualised plaything for men

Your job as a citizen isn't to invent excuses for your representatives' inaction. I promise you it'll never be enough. We don't 'control Congress. We control Congress but not the presidency. We control both but we don't have 60 votes in the senate. Too bad, figure it out or make way for someone else

Why show up to work at all then? At minimum, as the opposition party you say "This wouldn't happen if we were in power and if you give us power here's how we'll impose consequences on the president's lawbreaking." Have they outlined that in any real way?

the 6% is the WaPo editorial board

In honor of Hayao Miyazaki's birthday, what's your favorite Studio Ghibli film? Doesn't have to be the one you think is "the best," just the one that nestled in your heart. Mine is Howl's Moving Castle.

this is also fascism

hey you forgot to alt text your measley mouthed "identifies as" horseshit

Poor Loki pup has developed incontinence from the medications & also really hates not having his people in contact with him at all times so we are sleeping on the floor next to him. This is a lot like having a brand new baby except it is 70 lbs.

Gimme your 2026 books!

"Shirley — and outlets like Fox News that credulously picked up the influencer’s video — credited “David” by first name only"

"In his video alleging fraud at Somali-owned day care centers in Minneapolis, right-wing YouTuber Nick Shirley was led around the city by a purported whistleblower called only “David.”"

"Shirley’s main source is a lobbyist and one-time right-wing candidate for Minnesota attorney general whose full name is David Hoch. Accounts bearing his name have a long online history posting about the Somali community in Minnesota."

Jason Mendoza would have loved this guy and I can think of no higher compliment for a Jags quarterback

In an administration full of low points, this is one of the lowest. Our country is an embarrassment.

people think overseas chinese people are all like egg farmer grandpa rich in real time while there are working class chinese people getting separated from their families by ICE is like....comedically inept literally Mamdani has been posting about a Chinese guy whose small child is missing his dad

Local cops are just another arm of the feds.

Not even the prompts. If you are a Twitter user in the UK and Twitter sticks a Grok CSAM image in your feed for WHATEVER reason, well congrats your device just downloaded child porn. And you are legally responsible for that.

this store is 18+ and they’re strict as hell about it. none of this has ever been about “protecting children,” it’s about trying to force trans people to disappear

Elon is GLEEFULLY enabling the exploitation of children and the harassment and abuse of women. It's clear that Musk is behind the constant push to make Grok an increasingly disgusting vector for this kind of behavior. If elected leaders won't hold him accountable, we will. #TeslaTakedown

This is the first I’ve heard of this new book. Oh well.

Here are some more contronyms ⬇️ - sanction - dust - drop - ravel - fast - bolt Get it together, English.

‘Oversight’ can mean “watchful care or supervision” and also “errors of omission.” Peruse - skim - to read carefully. Clip - to attach something - to cut off

‘Cleave’ can refer to splitting something apart. ‘Cleave’ can also refer to the uniting of two things. …what? A word that is also its own opposite is called a ‘contronym.’

Colonizers love being complicit with other colonizers. The media is no different.

I have some Non-Sickos Mostly Offline people in my life who are now starting to float Mark Kelly & AOC as their dream ticket and I'm not even sure they knew who Mark Kelly was last year.

(this is not me saying we need him as president. I don't know! But Jesus could they be building him a better platform right now?)

The total is $1,400. We've got $50 raised toward it already; $1,350 still needed. Donate via her PayPal, here: @VanessaSillas56.

Tonight, then, just one, a new one, a local widowed mama of two whose car is dead, and whose dad found a decent replacement, but they can't afford it. Details here: bsky.app/profile/wing....

And now, tonight's local urgent needs. Sama's GFM for the outdoor shelter for the feral cats is COVERED [thank you, thank you, from her and from me]. We also got a pair of shoes for a local child today, and the family with the utilities will be almost covered tomorrow.

The discovery that the continents are in continuous motion is fairly recent—dating back only to the late 1960s — and one woman was responsible for decoding what it meant for California and much of the West Coast. buff.ly/2vAwspH

If they don't leave him alone we are going to end up with President Astronaut Mark Kelly.

If this happened to a conservative organizer, Republicans would make her a hero, a household name and a congressional candidate. Elected Democrats just pretend it isn't happening.

Here's the link to the story

What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids? Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.

This should be a priority for the Office of Mass Engagement. And @thecity.nyc and @hellgatenyc.com and @gothamist.com should be asking why OME is still on the child abuse site.

This fact irks me to my core. It is one of the main takeaways from my studies. When you address the basic needs of people as children the outcomes are phenomenal! Nutrition, housing, education, access to healthcare, and childcare assistance save lives.

DOES BABY HAVE HAT?!?! Does elder have care? CAN WOMAN SAY NO? Some things are nuanced but some things are incredible simple And teh only “nuance” is that the people with power object to that safety

And there are still all those other occasions . . . plus whomever you forgot to buy for for Xmas. Valentine's Day will be here before you know it! We've had two frankly terrible years. We have GOT to make this a better year, and that starts with *at least* one sale a week.

As always, you can order it via the Contact form here: wingssilverwork.com/contact/. Or just e-mail me directly at NDNSilverByWings [at] gmail [dot] com.

Moving outward, baslatic lava rock barrels, black abalone rectangles, and faceted hematite rondels add texture. Tiny jet barrels and oxidized sterling silver rounds anchor the ends.

They alternate with extraordinary barrels of old ultra-high-grade fossilized palm wood, glossy black with faint hints of brown and gray marbled within. The palm wood was extremely costly for a very small strand, which is part of the reason for this coil's somewhat higher price point.

Extending outward from the center are segments of Petoskey stone doughnut rondels, brown-gray fossilized coral from my own homelands.

They're perfect for the mother-of-pearl squares, which are flat and double-sided, and can be turned on the strand: more white on side, slightly more black on the other.

They also appear to be unusually high quality for so-called fashion pearls: big, solid, substantial, actually weighty, with a smooth, even finish in a luminous blue-gray shade.

The focal segment at the center consists of 5 beads: 3 giant gray faux pearls framing 2 equally large squares of black-lip mother-of-pearl shell. The pearls were acquired from a vendor who found them as part of a lot in an estate sale, and they appear to be old.

As with all the coil bracelets, the beads are strung on memory wire, a slender strand of stainless steel specially treated to form the spiral shape, plated with silver for color. It expands and contracts to fit nearly any wrist, while still holding its shape; think a very slender wearable Slinky.

This one is big, chunky, nuggety, richly textured with lots of shine. It consists of the equivalent of 4 full wraps: 3 complete ones, and 2 half-ones, one at each end.