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@ourownstrings.bsky.social

They/them. Geriatric Millennial. X-Files Bisexual. Cranky Yankee farmer.

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gradient.horse Draw a horse, watch it run!

omg everybody go draw a horse this is what the internet was made for

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09.02.2026 23:11 β€” πŸ‘ 6903    πŸ” 3567    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 155
Lord of the Rings for Fan Video Happy Hour
YouTube video by Warren Frey Lord of the Rings for Fan Video Happy Hour

I’m not at #Gally1 this year, but I did put together a video for Fan Video Happy Hour! #fvhh

youtu.be/86bBlpYKs7c?...

07.02.2026 03:14 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

β€ͺThis Hadestown song will always make me weep and then this creator picked such great Doctor Who moments‬. #FVHH #Gally1

07.02.2026 03:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The scene between 13 and 15 hits so hard in this Yaz/Doctor video.

07.02.2026 03:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The β€œdo you think I care for you so little” line will always destroy me. Whouffaldi forever. #FVHH #Gally1

07.02.2026 02:55 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Knocking it out of the park again. @freyburg.bsky.social

07.02.2026 02:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

There aren’t enough LOTR fanvids. #Gally1 #FVHH

07.02.2026 02:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I always impressed when an editor who includes a range of characters and eras like they did with this Star Trek fanvid. #FVHH #Gally1

07.02.2026 02:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The best of #gally1 even if it’s virtual for me this year. #FVHH

07.02.2026 02:02 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Some wonderful organizers and historians at Harvard have been digitizing the archives about when prisoners ran Walpole - you can access them here in the "Walpole Prison 1973 Digital Archive":
walpole1973npradigitalarchive.omeka.fas.harvard.edu

This is radical abolitionist #mapoli history.

30.01.2026 17:30 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Indictments are secret. They can be unsealed at a later date.

30.01.2026 18:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Former CNN anchor Don Lemon arrested after church protest in Minnesota Former CNN anchor Don Lemon has been arrested for his involvement in a protest at a church, his lawyer and a Justice Department official familiar with the situation said on Friday.

He was arrested by HSI and FBI agents not ICE. Not to say the whole arrest isn’t bullshit just that it was different agencies. Frustratingly most news reports I’ve have just said β€œfederal agents” which is unclear. www.reuters.com/world/us/for...

30.01.2026 15:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Jeffries needed a weatherman to tell him which way the wind blows, but at least he got there

27.01.2026 18:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1020    πŸ” 99    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 4

"CBP stays at the border" might sound like a win, but keep in mind that this is what "the border" means to them www.aclumaine.org/know-your-ri...

27.01.2026 15:03 β€” πŸ‘ 3207    πŸ” 1209    πŸ’¬ 66    πŸ“Œ 96

Call Congress tomorrow and remind them that ICE is more than one guy.

27.01.2026 01:21 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I guess I am a bit of a chaos bisexual but it’s in less of an Ilya Rozanov way and more of a β€œBeaker from the Muppets” way

24.01.2026 02:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2463    πŸ” 254    πŸ’¬ 72    πŸ“Œ 0

i don't understand why so many people are so adamant that what ICE is doing is not the same as law enforcement. i disagree and i think a lot of the arguments ring very hollow, but more to the point: what's behind the desperate need to protect police legitimacy right now?

21.01.2026 13:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1092    πŸ” 259    πŸ’¬ 42    πŸ“Œ 40
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After ICE outcry, Dems turn on DHS funding bill House Dems are turning against the Homeland Security funding bill en masse in the aftermath of the killing of Renee Good.

THREAD: ICE violence is powered by millions of dollars in funding for surveillance.

ICE is buying cell phone location data, leveraging Flock and Ring cameras and playing with terrifying spy toys from Palantir.

We have a rare chance this week to fight back. Plz share

punchbowl.news/article/hous...

20.01.2026 16:20 β€” πŸ‘ 374    πŸ” 248    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 5
I'm sorry. As a technology writer, I'm supposed to be telling you that this bet will some day pay off, because one day we will have shoveled so many words into the word-guessing program that it wakes up and learns how to actually do the jobs it is failing spectacularly at today. This is a proposition akin to the idea that if we keep breeding horses to run faster and faster, one of them will give birth to a locomotive. Humans possess intelligence, and machines do not. The difference between a human and a word-guessing program isn't how many words the human knows.

I'm sorry. I know that when we talk about "digital sovereignty," we're obliged to talk about how we can build more data-centres that we can fill up with money-losing chips from American silicon monopolists in the hopes of destroying as many jobs as possible while blowing through our clean energy goals and enshittifying as much of our potable water as possible.

I'm sorry. As a technology writer, I'm supposed to be telling you that this bet will some day pay off, because one day we will have shoveled so many words into the word-guessing program that it wakes up and learns how to actually do the jobs it is failing spectacularly at today. This is a proposition akin to the idea that if we keep breeding horses to run faster and faster, one of them will give birth to a locomotive. Humans possess intelligence, and machines do not. The difference between a human and a word-guessing program isn't how many words the human knows. I'm sorry. I know that when we talk about "digital sovereignty," we're obliged to talk about how we can build more data-centres that we can fill up with money-losing chips from American silicon monopolists in the hopes of destroying as many jobs as possible while blowing through our clean energy goals and enshittifying as much of our potable water as possible.

CΓ³ry Doctorow with another verbal bullseye: pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/n...

18.01.2026 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 4895    πŸ” 1931    πŸ’¬ 57    πŸ“Œ 132

MA, if you don’t have LUCE in your phone contacts, please add them.

16.01.2026 17:25 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Not looking forward to it but going to at least start the process. Currently looking into alternatives.

16.01.2026 18:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Here is a useful resource to find ICE rapid response numbers near you. Check your state on the map, see how you can help, write down the telephone numbers for your area so you can report ICE activity.

ICErr.com

13.01.2026 03:50 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So wonderful!

12.01.2026 14:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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@petercapaldi_fan on Instagram: "#Repost From withregram From @bbcradio2 Asking The Thick of It’s Peter Capaldi to read song lyrics as Malcolm will never get old πŸ˜‚ Big Guest Friday | Catch up on BBC ... 644 likes, 5 comments - petercapaldi_fan on October 17, 2025: "#Repost From withregram From @bbcradio2 Asking The Thick of It’s Peter Capaldi to read song lyrics as Malcolm will never get old πŸ˜‚ Big G...

If you wish to make your day at least 28% more awesome, you can watch Peter Capaldi reading the lyrics to Spice Girls' Wannabe as Malcolm Tucker. www.instagram.com/reel/DP63dQ6...

12.01.2026 13:18 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3

This is probably going to demand a depressing amount of repetition, but here goes.

If Renee Nicole Good was a childless foreign national, its still wasn't OK for a federal employee to straight up execute her. Begging everyone to not concede one inch of ground to this toxic framing.

08.01.2026 00:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2421    πŸ” 624    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 7
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ICE Agent Kills Woman, DHS Tells Obvious, Insane Lies About It | Defector On Wednesday in Minneapolis, masked government agents apparently representing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) surrounded a stationary vehicle stopped in the middle of a residential street. O...

As always, Defector gets it right: defector.com/ice-agent-ki...

07.01.2026 21:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2286    πŸ” 729    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 21

I subscribe to Flow State for free (they have a paid option as well). They send a daily, weekday email with focus music that's mostly without vocals. Very helpful for my distractability and I've found new, amazing musicians as well.

06.01.2026 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Not just the rich and that's also something to sit with.

29.12.2025 19:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1817    πŸ” 435    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 0

OMG Winter’s Orbit would be perfect for him to adapt.

28.12.2025 23:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This one really depressed me. All the country's problems and wasting time legislating cruelty. Even if it doesn't pass the Senate it breaks my heart that this is where we are.

18.12.2025 19:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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