Mark Pritchard 🏳️‍🌈

Yesterday, Feb. 17, 2026 -- snowiest day this winter in reno so far

And then (6 February)

Ireland announces scheme to provide basic income for artists The Basic Income for Artists (BIA) project is believed to be the first permanent one of its kind in the world.

Looking good Ireland
www.bbc.com/news/article...

They have achieved 10 to 1 force superority over ICE

There is absolutely nothing special about In-n-Out's products except the inexplicable hype that continues to genetate bs "articles" like this

10 injured as foggy 59-vehicle pileup closes California highway Several people sustained minor to moderate injuries in a multi-vehicle crash on Highway 99 in Tulare County.

Another wintertime fog-caused pileup on Hwy. 99 in California's Central Valley www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

Now we're in the vertical integration stage of the elite takeover, where the billionaires creating AI, killer military robots, and total panopticon surveillance are taking over both traditional and new media outlets.

WaPo, Twitter, TikTok, and now CBS (look who Weiss is bringing into CBS now).

"The real center of S.F. is not the famous sights. It’s the neighborhood corner stores"
💯% agree

Experts warn of threat to democracy from ‘AI bot swarms’ infesting social media Misinformation technology could be deployed at scale to disrupt 2028 US presidential election, AI researchers say

Yet more coverage on our @science.org paper on AI swarms:

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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We are winning

Reno NV answered the call -- within 5 hours they had 300+ show up last night. @indivisiblennv.bsky.social

They had a chance the first time. In fact the tunnel goes all the way to Columbus and Stockton where there's an emergency exit. They could greatly expand use jus tby opening a station there.

via @goldengateblond.bsky.social
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'Why aren't they in the streets' is answered almost every day in my small town by people in the streets! Rather than asking 'why aren't they in the streets' it's worth asking 'why isn't your media showing them in the streets' and 'who is served by downplaying resistane in its myriad forms.'

I’m sharing this video again because people don’t really get what these data centers and ai are doing to our planet and our communities. Especially Black communities because they were strategically placed there.

I need you to listen to these people.
STOP USING AI. STOP SUPPORTING AI.

How To Help if You are Outside Minnesota I’m going to assume that if you’re reading this, you more or less understand the situation in Minnesota and I don’t have to explain it to you! That said, I do have a section of lo…

ARE YOU A NON-MINNESOTAN WHO WANTS IDEAS OF STUFF TO DO TO HELP MINNESOTA RESIST FASCIST TYRANNY? Have I got a blog post for you! With additional advice for how to get ready in case tyranny shows up at YOUR doorstep next!

naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/h...

Residents are searching the parks because ICE is dumping heavily injured detainees in the middle of the parks; three confirmed, five unconfirmed, one with a skull fracture and open head wound.
#FuckICE #Pinks #ProudBlue #Detainees #Resist #Minnesota

These whistle heroes have sent us THOUSANDS of whistles for free over the last 7 weeks.

Chicago Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin vows boycott of U.S. Treasury bonds in protest of President Trump Chicago City Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin set off a fierce debate at a City Council budget hearing, after declaring her office would no longer invest the city's money in U.S. treasury bonds.

Chicago Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin vows boycott of U.S. Treasury bonds in protest of President Trump www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Maryland lawmaker proposes bill barring certain ICE agents from getting jobs with state police A Democratic Maryland lawmaker is proposing a bill that would prevent sworn-in immigration officers from pursuing positions at state law enforcement agencies.

Maryland lawmaker proposes bill barring certain ICE agents from getting jobs with state police www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/ne...

ar rental company has plate revoked over ICE swapping tactic www.msn.com/en-us/politi...

Woodbury mayor confirms ICE detention center rumor, says it’s now ruled out Mayor Anne Burt says city staff has “verbally confirmed” that the property that’s been the subject of speculation will not be a detention center.

Other examples of city / county / state officials and lawmakers using their power to push back against ICE:

City bars ICE from renting warehouse to use to hold detainees www.twincities.com/2026/01/14/r...

... they do not give up.

This is why they are winning and will win. They act out of love for each other and their neighbor, and they will never give up.

This is what Trump et. al. did not reckon with. He truly does not know who he's dealing with.

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But the stories of the Good Samaritan, or of Jesus stopping a mob from stoning a woman, or even of laying down your life, not for humanity, but for a friend -- those are perhaps achievable.

This is what Lutherans believe and how they think. And their other inescapable quality is that ...

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These stories are not usually thought of as the heart of the Christian religion; the stories that are at the center are about Jesus' baptism, death, and resurrection.

But you can't live your whole life like a martyr; and as a boy I found Jesus' own story impossible to use as a model.

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Bible Gateway passage: John 15:12-13 - Revised Standard Version “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

and in Jesus' words "Greater love hath no one than this: that you lay down your life for your friends." (www.biblegateway.com/passage/?sea...)

Bible Gateway passage: Luke 10:25-37 - Revised Standard Version The Parable of the Good Samaritan - And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” He said to him, “What is written in the law? How d...

A faith that emphasizes humility, hospitality and care for others, as epitomized in the stories of the Good Samaritan (www.biblegateway.com/passage/?sea...) and another story that ends with the famous like "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone" (www.biblegateway.com/passage/?sea...) ...

... say, the siege of Stalingrad, where the point was primarily to let the Germans freeze and die in the snow and mud, much like Napoleon's army had done 100 years before.

That's not how they will win -- are winning -- this battle.

They're winning because they are living out their faith.

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