Blah. Weekend plans ruined by a bowel liquidity event that hit me in the wee hours. Passing the torch of defending democracy to others until this passes. No pun intended. ✊

RE: https://mstdn.social/@MaryAustinBooks/115986721714553040 “I can tell you that those of us who are actually resisting are feeling tired and stressed.” So, so much this.

Pour one out for those who make the decision to dig thru the Trump Pedo Files this weekend. 😬

So… 39 undocumented migrants who were hired across 14 #phoenix Zipps Sports Grill locations, who were hired by an undocumented migrant using fraudulent data, have been arrested and charged—but NO ONE from Zipps management faces any accountability? Yeah. That tracks with where we are today […]

Maybe it’s just me, but I think THE JUDGE DISMISSED THE MIRDER CHARGE is the more powerful message here. 🤷 https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/30/us/luigi-mangione-case-rulings-trial #luigi

🤔 Deputy AG Todd Blanche: “Men that abused these girls? What does that mean?” Incredibly, the Trump regime now pretends they don’t even understand that Epstein survivors were victimized by powerful men. A jaw-dropping insult to everyone’s intelligence. #TrumpEpsteinCoverup

RE: https://tech.lgbt/@ShadowJonathan/115979646528496303 They’re not wrong. #ubi

I made new cards for #rhrr. Serious on one side, silly on the back! #protest #resist #activism

A neighbor just stopped me to talk about witnessing ICE raids up close and personal Monday. They’re a teacher at a 90% Hispanic high school, yet the District clamps down on students’ trying to (peacefully) protest ICE. He knows I’m very active in the #phoenix #fuckice #activism scene and is […]

RE: https://med-mastodon.com/@cbarbermd/115973241364827209 This needs to happen. #fuckice #nazis #USpol

We made a little good trouble with dozens of #RhRR friends on the Melrose Curve in midtown #Phoenix this morning. Roger brought inspirational cookies, and our State Rep Sarah Liguori stopped by to drop off donuts! Also, check out my new #vote flag! […] [Original post on podvibes.co]

If you write about the messy reality behind "free" internet services: we're seeing #OpenStreetMap hammered by scrapers hiding behind residential proxy/embedded-SDK networks. We're a volunteer-run service and the costs are real. We'd love to talk to a journalist about what we're seeing + how […]

Hey, @ivory! Why does this happen? 1. I see “post pending” for most quoted toots in my primary list. 2. I go to the tops detail, and it looks like this for a few seconds. 3. It finally resolves. But I kinda don’t want to have to do that. I just wanna see the […] [Original post on podvibes.co]

What remains to be done, at a minimum. Noem must be fired or impeached and removed from office. Stephen Miller must be removed from office. ICE must be abolished. No more money for DHS unless until ICE is dismantled. DHS must be dissolved, broken into whatever smaller, necessary independent […]

The #rhrr tonight in on 7th Ave & Osborn in midtown #phoenix was off the hook. Again! 50+ people, which may not seem like a lot, but we packed all four corners, walked the crosswalks, and solicited honks of support from damn near everyone. I was in a pretty dark place on Sunday. The crowd […]

In Colorado, #ice #Brownshirts are leaving these cards in vehicles of people they’ve detained. During Vietnam, American soldiers would often mark the bodies of Vietnamese they’d killed with the Ace of Spades

Must-read from Ta-Nehisi Coates, published today. Coates nails the particular hatred Republican Fascists have for Renee Good and how it fits into their vision of America. Archived copy at […]

Another tribute ‘For Alex’ Alex Jeffrey Pretti 1988 - 2026 RIP Tribute by illustrator MJ.Hiblen (@mjhiblenart on Instagram).

RE: https://tldr.nettime.org/@festal/115961254774065427 AI is a commoditization engine for the things that used to bring you joy.

#acalb All cops are lying bastards. #reneegood #alexpretti #ice #dhs #minneapolis #minnesota #borderpatrol #uspol

RE: https://from.asolitarycabin.org/@grueproof/115957656215810195 If you, like me, seethe at the BS being peddled by AI evangelists, I highly recommend this short bit of fiction (?) penned by a good friend. Very reminiscent of @pluralistic’s When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth.

I went to a demonstration today, then to a gay bar with some of the people at the demonstration for a couple of beers. I feel better about life after hanging out with good people. Take time for a #selfcare.

[USPOL] RE: https://mastodon.social/@augieray/115956522342102934 I’m feeling pretty bleak, to be honest. I haven’t given up all hope, but I’m a lot less positive than I have been in a while. Augie’s post helped a bit. And is a solid reminder to all USians.

I am rapidly approaching the Maybe It’s Not Worth Saving precipice.

"I think the majority of Americans (including left-wing voters) have not fully grasped the fact that our standing in the world will not recover in our lifetimes. Even if we elected two full-term Democrats in a row, it wouldn't change the perception of the rest of the world. Because the rest of […]

[USPOL] RE: https://mastodon.social/@heidilifeldman/115953243628376573 JFC. If you’re not pissed enough already, this witness statement by a physician recounting his efforts to help save #alexpretti and the absolute inhumanity of ICE Nazis he witnessed. #fuckice #Minnesota #resist

Over 200 people are protesting in front of the ICE Field Office right now on Central in #phoenix. That number will grow. By a lot. #fuckice

Today is a good day to remind the people in your life who couldn’t be bothered to vote in 2024 that they will never, ever be welcome in your life.

Remember: We need heroes right now, not martyrs. #fuckice #minneapolis #activism #resist #USpol

RE: https://kolektiva.social/@shadok/115951558530979867 Not a prediction. Not a call to action. But I will not be surprised if a crowd of thousands of angry people in MSP marches to the local ICE center, over takes the building, and sets it on fucking fire. Today. #fuckice

It’s officially live: https://rhrr.us #phoenix #rhrr #resist #activism #protest #fuckice

Me: Do something positive today, rather than soaking in upsetting news. Me, also: [furiously hitting "check status” every 5 minutes waiting for DNS records to propagate]

RE: https://mstdn.social/@mcnado/115950941726592105 Not linking to the video. That was a gangland murder. Straight up execution by the U.S. Government of a person on the streets of America. Now’s a good time to reexamine your red lines. ✊

It’s a fact that ICE are, in fact, going after “the worst of the worst.” And then they hire them. #fuckice

I’m rewatching Godzilla Minus One. Damn, this is a great movie. Just the escape I need right now.

RE: https://mastodon.scot/@LaChasseuse/115941198098862825 Hey, USian Democratic elected officials: This is what we want •you• to be saying, believe in, and follow thru on. Do this. Put it on repeat. That’s how you get (at least some of) the 1/3rd of registered voters who don’t vote to get off […]

I was happy to be able to help these incredible journalists doing amazing work at the border, move from Substack to Ghost. They relaunched today and it’s easier than ever to give them money to help support the essential work that they do. https://www.theborderchronicle.com/

So right now we could wipe cervical cancer off the face of the planet. It's a virus and there is a 100% effective vaccine. We could just end that suffering and death. Gone. That we choose not to do this, to allow the death and suffering to continue, is obscenity, abomination, and the literal […]

RE: https://mastodon.social/@WarnerCrocker/115940829672022950 “We’re not fighting foes adopting some foreign tactics or playbook, we’re fighting our own peculiar history that we have never wanted to come to grips with.” An excellent take, @WarnerCrocker #USpol #arewethebaddies

In the market for some new #art for you home? May I suggest… https://wefail.art/

Donald Trump and all the members of his regime, along with the Republican Fascists in Congress and on the Roberts Court, have create tremendous demands on our attention. Yet, most ordinary individuals cannot take immediate effective measures to eliminate the tremendous danger, instability […]

[USPOL] RE: https://mastodon.social/@realTuckFrumper/115928901592050462 As shitty as this is, pissing off cops probably isn’t the sort of thing that most non-MAGA conservatives are gonna be OK with.

RE: https://front-end.social/@sarajw/115923978279282588 Is it any wonder our ancestors saw divinity in the sky? Plasma from 94 million miles away is what we know causes it today, but it’s not even a little hard to imagine what this is like without that knowledge.

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@inthehands/115924313038931598 This is amazing. Can we do it in #phoenix? But maybe to a song I know, like Renegades of Funk by #ratm?

We had a •phenomenal• turnout tonight for #rhrr on 7th Ave & Osborn in midtown #phoenix. Now I’m at my favorite watering hole since my TV dodgy connection is extra dodgy watching the #cfb Championship.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@heidilifeldman/115918765191160774 There is no normal to go back to. When the fascists are defeated, it’s going to take massive work to keep them from doing this again. But it can, and I truly hope will, be done. This thread lays that out nicely. #USpol

I’ve given up trying to understand billboards in this city #sanfrancisco #billboard

RE: https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/115907813290485171 Deleting my Bluesky account (which I never use) later today for the same reason I deleted my Twitter account (which I used a lot). They are ok with platforming and verifying America’s Gestapo. Bluesky is a Nazi bar. And I […]

‼️Federal judge has issued a temporary injunction, on behalf of all persons who record, observe, or protest “Operation Metro Surge (govt’s name for ICE action in Minneapolis, prohibiting federal agents from the following. 1/ #lawfedi […]

RE: https://nerdculture.de/@fzer0/115903784813175711 I have never been more aligned with any animal than this penguin.