Deleted my post about the sexual harassment I'd received on Fedi, because it was driving more sexual harassment toward me.
Y'all want women on Fedi? Fight that shit. I can't do it for you.
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When Franzese claims that law enforcement “believes it’s ok to break the law to catch lawbreakers”, the cops and especially the FBI agent got all up in their feelings.
Take one look in Minneapolis and that above statement couldn’t be more valid or true.
The hive mind here is crazy. Truly a “ends justifies the means” profession
#minneapolis #lawenforcementabuse https://my-spaces.social/@hasani/115939984193843305
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When a former mob boss knows the law better than law enforcement https://youtu.be/EEd5cvHnhPQ?si=qguuzNitSpGwYuHa #lawenforcementMastodon
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FUN FACT:
It's actually free to pee in a cup and then throw said cup at a ICE Nazi. There's literally nothing stopping you from doing that and then driving off.
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If everyone who is pissed now had voted for Harris in November 2024, we wouldn't be in this mess. So pardon me if I have doubts...
@tk
The second you buy into fatalistic nihilism, the fascists have won.
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Do *YOU* have faith in the same idiots who let him get elected in 2024, 2016, because they didn't like the sex-organs of the people running against him?
Democrats are masters at one thing, snatching defeat from the jaws of victory...
@tk
I'd like you to look at your most recent comment, which attacks me for perceived allegiance with democratic leadership, and then read the original post under which you've written it.
Do you see how far you have derailed this conversation with your whataboutism and nihilistic comments?
Yeah don't fucking do that.
Pee in a cup and throw it at Nazis.
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Didn't attack you at all. Asked an honest question.
Unless you didn't vote in the elections in question, in which case this is 100% your fault and could have been prevented.
@c_merriweather Glitter-bombing is way more effective... Anything rainbow sparkley pisses them off, but it can't be labelled a biohazard...
Remember, "Perceived threat" is all they need to open fire, and you're not good to us dead.
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@ShredderFeeder Existence terrorism is when you make the real people uncomfortable just by being there, pretending that you have the right to live on the same planet. This obviously carries the same penalty as every other type of terrorism--illegal execution, somewhere there are no cameras to watch it.
Doing something merely allows one to jump ahead in the punishment queue. Otherwise, take a number, and they'll kill you as soon as they are able.
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Lawrence: If Nixon was 'our long national nightmare,' Davos proves Trump's the world's nightmare now
MS NOW
https://youtu.be/Hcv0NhpfBLY
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ICE Agents Grab Five-Year-Old Boy, Use Him ‘As Bait To Knock On the Door’ To Find Immigrants
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents took a five-year-old boy named Liam Ramos – and his father – who had just arrived home from the child's school.Michael Luciano (Yahoo News)
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Tell Congress to rein in ICE NOW
On Wednesday, January 7, Renee Good, an American citizen, was killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, Minnesota.Indivisible Guide
Holy this is big.
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https://ploum.net/2026-01-22-why-no-european-google.html
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ICYMI:🚨The massive# of pardons & clemencies Trump has issued during his 2nd T has cost the fed govt at least $1.5B in penalty pymts +victims have lost...
>1,600 pardons & clemencies Trump has granted:🚨caused the govt to forfeit >$1.56 billion in fines, restitution, & forfeitures -+vastly more than the totals previously owed by those who received #pardons during recent Dem admins'.
Trump’s pardons:💔unprec amt of debt *erased for their beneficiaries.
#Corruption #USPol
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trumps-pardons-forgive-financial-crimes-came-hundreds-millions-punishm-rcna248277
Trump's pardons forgive financial crimes that came with hundreds of millions in punishments
Just one year into his second term, President Donald Trump has pardoned an unusually high number of wealthy people accused of financial crimes, according to an NBC News analysis of the last four administrationsOwen Auston-Babcock (NBC News)
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New Arkansas prison policy to restrict how inmates receive books starting in February
New Arkansas prison policy to restrict how inmates receive books starting in February
The policy will prohibit books, magazines, and other physical media from being sent directly to inmates.Delaney Van Wilpe (KFSM)
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They shot Renee.
If we, as in you, your physical ass and mine, don't drive out ICE, her death will be in vain.
Now is not the time for peace at the terms of our enemy.
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How the way we talk about roads influences the way we think #commute #bike
This interesting study suggests that the way we talk about our roads has a big impact on how we use, plan and envision them. In other words, the authors suggest that our inability to imagine public road space as a better mix of uses may be caused partly by the way we talk about those spaces as places for automobiles only.
Here's the study: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950105924000056
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English is a derivate from the north german anglo-saxxon dialect.
English is german. 😁
Is It Bad If Prosecutors Have Tape Of Trump Bragging About Classified Doc He Stole? https://www.wonkette.com/trump-recording-classified-documents-iran
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windows is short for "wine direct object workspace"
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This January’s award for the eval board with the witchiest vibes goes out to the HMC7044 eval board. The chip is a 3GHz integer PLL with 14 phase-adjustable outputs.
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Man attacked on NYC subway for kissing trans woman partner
https://www.advocate.com/news/crime/man-attacked-kissing-transgender-partner
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
Man attacked on NYC subway for kissing trans partner
Police are still searching for the suspect who slashed the man's face.Trudy Ring (Advocate.com)
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Why is it that the most vocal Jack Smith critics are also the worst Americans?
Rep. Barry Moore (R-AL) | DEMOCRACY SCORECARD https://accountability.gop/profile/rep-barry-moore/
#BarryMoore #Alabama #GOPTraitor #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol
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So in the US police are not responsible for the protection of citizens
"Adrian Gonzales had faced 29 charges for his actions in the 2022 shooting, in which 19 children were killed by a gunman at Robb Elementary School in Texas"; not guilty
And US police are never responsible for killing citizens
They almost always get paid vacation whenever they kill or permanently injure someone
Only way to improve this system is maybe another 20-30 police agencies with the funding of a national military
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"VP heads to Minnesota as tensions rise after school says children detained by ICE"
Hit my limit of news before I finished my tea
time to program
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/01/22/the-scale-of-ice-protests-in-minnesota
The Scale of ICE Protests in Minnesota
Link to: https://bsky.app/profile/margaret.bsky.social/post/3mcyca2l2wk2jDaring Fireball
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Japan Suspends World’s Largest Nuclear Plant Hours After Restart
In a dramatic turn of events, Japan has suspended operations at the world’s largest nuclear power plant just hours after it was restarted, raising urgentBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
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a friendly reminder that y'all bit off more than you can chew.
ya gotta be remarkably stupid to pick a fight with a third of a billion people, as a teensy fraction of those people.
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Going back to stupid, fascists never seem to understand the concept of not opening new fronts in war.
At least until they pull Hitler-in-a-bunker and do us all a favor. Turns out self-administered lead is an effective cure for Naziism.
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Watch this guy try and justify their #KavanaughStops. Call them what they are: #ICEstapo
Homan: ICE Agents Can Make 'Kavanaugh Stops' Whenever They Want
The rule of law is out the window, thanks to Brett Kavanaugh, Tom Homan, and his gang of thugsJohn Amato (Crooks and Liars)
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#NIRS - The Global #NuclearWaste Crisis
"Clean air and drinking water and healthy food are the very foundation of a just and livable world. They are already more precious than ever due to the climate crisis.
#NuclearPower and #NuclearWeapons are poisoning our water, air, and lands with vast amounts of #RadioactiveWaste. Much of the harm is inflicted on #Black, #Indigenous, #PeopleOfColor and #LowIncome white communities, due to #StructuralRacism and #injustice.
Radioactive waste poses a global #EnvironmentalCrisis, in tandem with #ClimateChange. The sheer amount of nuclear waste is enough to threaten clean drinking water and healthy food for the whole world.
We are on the frontlines of this problem.
- Nearly one-third of the worldwide total of radioactive waste is in the United States.
- Some communities in the US are already losing their drinking water sources to radioactive contamination.
- Just one part of the radioactive waste in the US – irradiated nuclear fuel – contains enough radioactivity to make every drop of drinking water on Earth unsafe to consume.
We must solve the twin global crises of climate change and nuclear waste. Global warming amplifies the dangers of nuclear energy. Increasingly #SevereStorms, #flooding, #SeaLevelRise, #wildfires and other extreme events increase the risks of nuclear disasters and #RadioactiveLeaks and spills. And, in turn, the impacts of nuclear energy magnify the dangers of climate change:
- Poisoning drinking water and agricultural land on top of more frequent and severe droughts and crop failures.
- Compounding hurricane and flooding evacuations with #RadiologicalDisasters.
- And causing people to lose their homes and communities permanently due to radiation.
It’s clear: we can’t afford the dangers of climate change or nuclear waste. And we certainly can’t afford them together.
The solutions to both are at hand. We must act now.
1. To start, we must stop the problems from worsening: no more greenhouse gas emissions, and no more nuclear waste.
2. We need to protect people and the water, air, and food we rely on from the dangers that are upon us. The climate is changing, and we need to protect people for extreme weather, drought, sea-level rise, and food supply disruptions. And we must safeguard our water, air, and land by securing and storing nuclear waste and toxic materials as safely as possible.
3. And, we need to repair the damage and make our world healthy and vibrant again: restoring communities that have been dislocated or polluted, and cleaning up the air, land, and water so we can all thrive, for generations to come."
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#NuclearWaste #NuclearWasteDumping #RethinkNotRestart #NoNukes #NoNuclearWeapons #NuclearWeapons #WaterIsLife #FoodIsLife #EnvironmentalRacism
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There’s been a movement in Canadian academia to get rid of the research funding agencies and return to letting the boys clubs within institutions to decide who gets funding. Why have transparency and merit when you can have secret hand signals and a network to protect your failings?
Paternalistic, colonial, whatever you want to call it, it is not how the best decisions are considered or decided.
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Shingles Vaccine Linked to Slower Biological Aging, Study Finds
Vaccines may do far more than prevent infections. The way that some inoculations train your immune system could also reduce the risk of cancer, …ScienceAlert - Carly Cassella
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Warming fire at #homeless encampment damages Red Robin restaurant in Lloyd District
Portland Fire & Rescue put out a fire at a Lloyd District Red Robin early Sunday after flames from a warming fire spread to the building's exterior.
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Warming fire at homeless encampment damages Red Robin restaurant in Lloyd District
Portland Fire & Rescue put out a fire at a Lloyd District Red Robin early Sunday after flames from a warming fire spread to the building's exterior.Sabinna Pierre (KGW)
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204 schools have announced they will be closing tomorrow.
CURRENT CLOSINGS
Last updated: 2026-01-22 14:14:38
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School Alert & Closings - KSTP.com 5 Eyewitness News
When severe weather strikes, count on School Alert on 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS. We give you up-to-the-minute school delays, school closings and winter weather warnings.Lucas Tordsen (KSTP-TV LLC)
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in reply to Veronica Explains • • •I'd report and block them... Dont censor yourself because of bad users. Just my opinion.
That is the power we have taken back by being on the Fediverse 😀
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in reply to JustBob • • •JustBob
in reply to Veronica Explains • • •Matthew Loxton
in reply to JustBob • • •@bob
I think the "I" in that reply needs to be "you" and "me" for that to work.
If it is just the woman doing the moderation, then those guys just keep doing it, and it becomes "women's work".
@vkc
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in reply to Matthew Loxton • • •Joe (TBA)
in reply to Matthew Loxton • • •Matthew Loxton
in reply to Joe (TBA) • • •@RegGuy
I hear you, and the same situation exists wrt racism. People of color say they get a ton of racist interactions, but I don't see it, so don't respond.
I think three things are going on:
1. There are things that *I* don't perceive as racist/sexist, but are experienced as such by the target. That bc the perpetrator is modulating to escape detection
2. There are things that I haven't realized are racist and sexist, and I need to educate myself
3. I am not in those environments
@bob @vkc
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in reply to Matthew Loxton • • •Matthew Loxton
in reply to Joe (TBA) • • •@RegGuy
At risk of flooding out Veronica's voice here (a real risk and also sexism), yeah, the overt "hey you b*tch" stuff is easy to spot.
More difficult is the coded stuff. Using innocent words to highlight "feminine" vs "masculine" aspects
Even more difficult is noticing undue focus, undue exclusion, and seemingly automatic assumptions that a woman should be more caring or gentle, or be the default peacemaker, etc.
It takes a lot of work, persistence, and attention
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in reply to Matthew Loxton • • •Matthew Loxton
in reply to JustBob • • •@bob
There is something like that afaik
Not sure if it wound up as an app, but women were circulating a blocklist of known gremlins
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in reply to Matthew Loxton • • •Sriram "sri" Ramkrishna - 😼
in reply to Matthew Loxton • • •JustBob
in reply to Sriram "sri" Ramkrishna - 😼 • • •At the same time. Ive met people whl felt they were wronged...
Not saying id not believe them but keeping that in mind...
EQ
in reply to Veronica Explains • • •Veronica Explains
in reply to EQ • • •@eq "don't let the idiots get you" - do you see how that puts it on me?
I trust you mean well, but respectfully: no. The correct response is "men should fight back when they see this amongst themselves."
It isn't my responsibility to "not let them get me down." It's men who need to step up and fight this battle.