She/they-Nanigans

Ah, I see they've made a version 2.0 of Ichiro from April 2001!

Thank you Greyhound!

We saw the storm brewing a mile away.

You don't have to be very creative to think about how these might be used.

What will you do when you see these task forces in action? This IS Nazi Germany. What role are you taking? 6/end

Yesterday's EO allows these task forces to be deployed against anyone -- citizen or not -- who is suspected of "unlawfully prohibiting law enforcement officers from carrying out duties necessary for public safety and law enforcement." 5/

Since then, we've seen these task forces repeatedly act as extrajudicial arms of the executive branch, kidnapping people off the street without cause or warrant and disappearing them without due process. 4/

"...end the scourge of human smuggling and trafficking, with a particular focus on such offenses involving children, and ensure the use of all available law enforcement tools to faithfully execute the immigration laws of the United States." 3/

Presidential EO 14159 from January created federal task forces to "end the presence of criminal cartels, foreign gangs, and transnational criminal organizations throughout the United States, dismantle cross-border human smuggling and trafficking networks, 2/

Strengthening and Unleashing America's Law Enforcement to Pursue Criminals and Protect Innocent Citizens By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:Section 1.  Purpose and

Yesterday, the Trump administration released an EO that authorizes its extrajudicial immigration task forces to go after anyone in the US for unspecified crimes.

This terrifies me, and it should terrify you.🧵 1/

Our cover this week.

a brown and white bulldog puppy sits on a counter. the computer monitor, pamphlets and model of an animal skull in the background tell us he's in a vet's office. the puppy is hunched over and begrudgingly looking over at you with an expression of disdain.

This is Tuna. You have once again taken him to the vet instead of the park. Fool him once, shame on you. Fool him twice, even more shame on you. 13/10 (IG: tunathekahuna)

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

I am noticing a truly fascinating gender divide with 40s-50s ages women going to the Seattle protests. Almost all of them are married, yet none of the husbands are going to the protest.

The "liberal" white male silence about this admin has been absolutely deafening. And very very enlightening.

We had three artic buses go past us at the bus stop, all packed with protesters. Ours is packed now as well, and we've left people waiting at the stops. People were driving past and offering rides and honking and waving as we waited. Seattle is ready for this.

Casar: One of the most important things I learned is how so many of the most right-wing elected officials break things, do not want services to work, and then campaign on them being broken in order to gain political power.

I saw a Tesla in a full-on costume last week. It had a wrap on it that made it look like a beater. The door handles and lack of a tailpipe are always dead giveaways, though.

YES

Rock the Casbah.

I think I want a job shaving sheep.

Seems like it'd be shear fun.

Thank you for being willing to take your anxious on the road and stop in Seattle.

What's a chiropractor's favorite band? The Kinks.

Me to therapist: Eff you

I wanted to tell a joke about a guitar but I just couldn't hit the right tone.

I have a pencil joke but it's pointless.

It's a very selfish one, but I got very nice compliments from two coworkers about how much my students got out of the squid dissection we did last week. A lot of times it feels like we teach in isolation, so this was unexpected and really uplifiting.

A few years ago I invented a neutral-colored aircraft. It was a plain.

Thanks!