First attempt at spinning flax into linen

Local police officers and sheriffs in Mobile, Alabama, are abducting a man from the waiting room of a car dealership mechanic shop on behalf of ICE/DHS. During the kidnapping, he is administered an unidentified sedative.

Chiefs owner’s daughter applauds idea for alternate Super Bowl halftime show, talks religious revival in US NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Gracie Hunt, the daughter of Kansas City Chiefs owner Clark Hunt, applauded Erika Kirk and Turning Point USA for attempting to create their own…

Missouri's governor recently authorized the state's National Guard to assist ICE with clerical duties. Black police officers fear the trust they've built with communities of color could take years to rebuild. (@npr.org)

In an effort to post about something other than the destruction of democracy in the US and the world burning...my latest weaving, yarn hand spun by me

It’s clear who the aggressors are. Keep remaining nonviolent, and record EVERYTHING. All of these masked ICE thugs will be held accountable.

In Durango, Colorado, ICE GOONS violently assaulted an elderly woman during a peaceful protest. They stole her phone, grabbed her by the hair, and threw her down a hill.

This Is Fascism

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW). The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

Feels like a situation where -- and look, I'm just spitballing here -- the media could take some reporters and cameras to various parts of Portland and report what they see rather than just do stenography for someone with a long history trying to game the system with lies and exaggeration.

Federal officer blasts chemical spray into vocal but nonviolent Portland protester, video shows The interaction illustrates how federal law enforcement officers do use aggressive tactics against protesters who yell and needle officers but don’t appear to present clear physical threats.

Meta sent emails to 6 people informing them that ICE had served the company with a subpoena demanding extensive personal information about the users. The accounts, most notably StopIce.net, are part of a broader crowd-sourcing movement that works to publicly identify masked ICE agents.

In a sane country with competent leadership, the 50 highest-ranking Democrats would call a press conference to denounce what just happened as a threat to the republic and demand Trump's immediate impeachment and removal from office. I don't know he could make his intentions more clear.

It's easy to see this speech as just weirdly performative, but there's a lot more—and a lot worse—going on here. The meeting & speeches are part of a larger project aimed at promoting the military leadership’s partisan alignment with the administration. How? 1/

The revolution won’t be televised but the treason sure is

Never underestimate the DNC to make a bad decision... they could still back him for the nominee...

I saw goody proctor celebrating charlie kirk’s assassination

I’m sorry I don’t know who to give credit to for this meme, but damn. Truth.

Today is “drag and tag,” tagging sharks with drag queens while raising money for LGBQT+ youth organizations in Florida! www.scientificamerican.com/article/drag...

beautiful summer night in KC. Indigo Girls and Melissa Etheredge in concert at Starlight Theater. Perfect.

WASHINGTON (AP) — South Carolina, Ohio also sending National Guard troops to DC in further escalation of federal intervention in Dem city.

I called and am getting transferred to the secretary, that direct line is: 202-690-7000 Introverts: it's after office hours right now, so you won't have to speak to a human if you call the direct line now and leave a message. #DidThisToday

The girls are finally big enough to start earning their keep

The McBaine Burr Oak - Columbia, Missouri On the Missouri River floodplain lives one of the great trees of the United States However, the tree is older than the town, state and country it lives in Photo: Heath Cajandig

freedom for republicans means the freedom to do whatever republicans want you to do. and if you decide otherwise, they’ll just nullify your choices www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/u...

After media reports & experts warned for months that drastic & sudden cuts at the Nat Weather Service by Trump could impair their forecasting ability & endanger lives during the storm season, TX officials blame an inaccurate forecast by NWS for the deadly results of the flood.

Nestled up against the steps of City Hall in LA is a large placard with missing posters for the recently disappeared in the city.

Damn‼️ Federal agents blew a door off for this? Federal agents blasted their way into an LA home where Jenny Ramirez lives with her boyfriend and two kids. She heard the blast while checking on her 6-year-old, with her 1-year-old in her arms. Ramirez says everyone in the home is a U.S. citizen. 🧵

www.dublinlive.ie/news/world-n... He wasn’t just refused entry. They took blood samples and strip-searched him. They even threatened him with 5 years in prison for his phone password. All because he had a meme on his phone.

“family members identified the victim as Narciso Barranco, a father to three sons who are all U.S. Marines” ktla.com/news/local-n...

Breaking: The Trevor Project received a stop-work order last night on its contract with the national 988 suicide prevention hotline. The Trump administration is eliminating the option for LGBTQ callers to the hotline to press 3 and connect with someone who specializes in LGBTQ mental health.

there's obviously a lot that needs fixing and i don't want to seem indifferent to that, but can we just fucking ban cops on horses...the horses are far to noble a creature to be forced into this bullshit.

A look at #NoKings protests here in the Kansas City metro protesting Trump admin policies: www.kansascity.com/news/local/a...

credible news sources are picking this up now. fucking awful.

Happy No Kings Day!

US Veterans peacefully protesting Trump’s military birthday parade arrested at Capitol Hill. This is the moment a 80+ year old US veteran is taken away in handcuffs for practicing his 1st Amendment right. #3E #NoKings #NoKingsProtests (🎥 @gregjstoker.bsky.social )

Gov. Mike Kehoe has activated the Missouri National Guard, declaring a state of emergency due to civil unrest, even as no evidence existed of riots or other widespread violence in the state.

www.npr.org/sections/goa... ‘A promising new HIV vaccine was set to start trials. Then came Trump's latest cuts.’

Shut Down Ice KC - 6/11/2025 - Kansas City, Missouri youtu.be/EgTp-GScvXc?... #KansasCity #KCProtest #JusticeForKC #StandUpKC #ICEProtests #NoICE #AbolishICE #TrumpProtests #PoliticalActivism #ImmigrationReform

Vaccines for HIV, Lyme disease and some cancers are right on the horizon. Were.

watching a livestream of the protesters blocking the freeway. one of the signs literally says, "f*#k ice"...as in they censored themselves... obviously, they're violent monsters hell-bent on destroying civilization.

Welcome to America, where protesting illegal kidnappings without due process is an insurrection, but attacking the nation’s Capitol is not.

Your reminder that Humboldt Fog cheese, Humboldt County, CA, the Humboldt penguin (Spheniscus humboldti),and the Humboldt Current that allows wine grapes to grow in Chile are all named for an 18th C gay scientist whose love letters were all burned and who left his entire estate to his “valet.” 🏳️‍🌈

It’s happening: the National Park Service is closing off Dupont Circle for the weekend, which is also when the WorldPride Parade will be taking place.

hey here's something I would love us all to do like RIGHT NOW: find out if your local library is doing any kind of pride programming or display, and if they are, email them to say thank you and why it matters to you. whether or not you're queer. especially if you're in an area where it's fraught

Waking up from a nice nap to tornado sirens seems so Kansas City

You have three days, starting today, to leave a public comment with the FDA about, say, why COVID-19 boosters should remain available to everyone and also free. "Individual consumer" is the category you most likely want (unless you are one of the other categories; if so, choose that).

Fuckers… www.newspressnow.com/kmiz-local-n...