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seems cool so far, the water's warm and link isn't banned there

decided to set up an acc on myatproto (blacksky for non-black folk) to avoid having to deal with bluesky staff's nazi bullshit. go follow me on my new account at @fkftsh.myatproto.social

Just a quick update from the Twin Cities. (Please forgive the unsolicited message). THINGS ARE NOT BETTER IN MINNEAPOLIS. The media is mostly moving on, Trump is focused on other stuff, BUT NOTHING HAS CHANGED ON THE GROUND. More than 2,000 DHS thugs continue to roam the streets, abducting people 24/7, assaulting legal observers with impunity, and routinely denying 1st, 4th, and 5th amendment rights. Drones and helicopters are overhead every day. Hundreds and hundreds of terrified families have not left their homes since mid-December ... relying on the community to bring them food and help with rent and other necessities. (Those people are NOT violent drug cartel sex offending murderers, as DHS would tell you. Most are legal residents or citizens.) If anything, things have just become more stressful and intractable (think trench warfare as a suitable metaphor): The resistance is better organized and numerous, but DHS has become more clever and better at disguise... and the county sheriff's office is increasingly supporting them . Do not let anyone tell you that Homans (the new person in charge of the occupation) is making anything better. Do not let anyone tell you that 700 ICE agents leaving the city has made much of a difference; the remaining force (again, ~2,000) is still larger than the entire city's police force (which is legally unable to do anything). Please call your congressional reps ... especially if there is any chance the administration might listen to them.

A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:

i think one of the most dangerous things about social media is how it's cemented in our minds the idea that arguing with illiterates on the internet is a worthy substitute for taking actual political action. engagement is not activism. we cannot consume our way out of capitalism.

MPD just dismantled a blockade in Minneapolis, helping ICE to move more freely through the city.

that's unfortunate, buddy. try delicious and refreshing sprite

“Don’t make fun of Epstein’s writing, he may have been dyslexic” is 2017-tier. Not even Woke 1.0. Pre-release Woke.

Woke before it was a minimum viable product.

You either live in a democracy, in which case you, as citizens, are responsible for the actions of your democratically elected leaders...or you have no choice in who gets elected, in which case you don't live in a democracy and you should definitely do something about that. The world is sick of hearing 350 million Americans say they're helpless and nothing is their fault

words from lexi alexander, who had been suspended from this platform for being palestinian

shoutout to the white trans amazon warehouse manager who cheated on my best IRL friend (also trans) and apparently spent 10k on star citizen ships

it really takes all kinds huh

Continuing the theme of @fcpnchstds.bsky.social programmers being reprehensible, here's Layla supporting ethnic cleansing in the official s&box Discord.

Sam Pavlovic from Facepunch, who writes shaders for the s&box engine, sure has some interesting tweets.