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Senior Writer at The Ringer πŸ¦‰ NYT bestselling author of Impossible Owls πŸ¦‰ occasional podcast host (22 Goals, Truthless) πŸ¦‰ whippet fancier https://bookshop.org/p/books/impossible-owls-essays-brian-phillips/7310179?ean=9780374175337

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Phenomenal list, and can I also throw in Porco Rosso

27.01.2026 02:42 β€” πŸ‘ 86    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0
Following the killing of AFGE Member Alex Pretti and the subsequent slanderous rhetoric that followed from top Trump administration officials, AFGE National President Everett Kelley issued the following statement:

β€œYesterday, AFGE brought together labor and faith leaders from Minneapolis and across the nation to mourn our fallen brother from Local 3669, Alex Pretti. We honored his life and legacy and lifted up his family, his friends, his union, Minneapolis, and our nation in prayer.

β€œToday, we demand accountability.

β€œIn the immediate aftermath of Alex’s killing, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem betrayed the public trust by slandering the good name of our union brother and calling him a β€œdomestic terrorist.” Alex Pretti was a patriotic ICU nurse at a VA hospital who devoted his life to serving America’s veterans. That claim was reckless, defamatory, and unsupported by the facts. Noem was preceded in this false statement by Stephen Miller, Deputy White House Chief of Staff, who is also the architect of the chaotic and failed immigration policy in Minnesota.

β€œOur demand is clear: Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who was responsible for carrying out the policy that led to Alex’s needless killing, and Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, the architect of that policy, must resign immediately. If they refuse, President Trump must dismiss them.

Following the killing of AFGE Member Alex Pretti and the subsequent slanderous rhetoric that followed from top Trump administration officials, AFGE National President Everett Kelley issued the following statement: β€œYesterday, AFGE brought together labor and faith leaders from Minneapolis and across the nation to mourn our fallen brother from Local 3669, Alex Pretti. We honored his life and legacy and lifted up his family, his friends, his union, Minneapolis, and our nation in prayer. β€œToday, we demand accountability. β€œIn the immediate aftermath of Alex’s killing, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem betrayed the public trust by slandering the good name of our union brother and calling him a β€œdomestic terrorist.” Alex Pretti was a patriotic ICU nurse at a VA hospital who devoted his life to serving America’s veterans. That claim was reckless, defamatory, and unsupported by the facts. Noem was preceded in this false statement by Stephen Miller, Deputy White House Chief of Staff, who is also the architect of the chaotic and failed immigration policy in Minnesota. β€œOur demand is clear: Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who was responsible for carrying out the policy that led to Alex’s needless killing, and Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, the architect of that policy, must resign immediately. If they refuse, President Trump must dismiss them.

The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents border patrol officers at the National Border Patrol Council, calls on Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller to resign or be fired

27.01.2026 02:07 β€” πŸ‘ 10851    πŸ” 3720    πŸ’¬ 129    πŸ“Œ 302

Like he’d have a 30 point increase if he dropped the ferret Nazi stuff and just did queeny there should be live productions of Evita on ABC stuff

27.01.2026 01:43 β€” πŸ‘ 191    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

(reading preachy BlueSky posts lecturing me about how I'm actually wrong to be happy that a sadist was removed from power) oh wow, my watch was a little fast

27.01.2026 01:42 β€” πŸ‘ 76    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

That was me! Wow good memory

27.01.2026 01:13 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

ICE operations are spinning up in Maine. @themainemonitor.org is looking to help report on ICE activity there and has set up a page to report what you're seeing. Also includes Signal and encrypted Protonmail options for secure communications.

26.01.2026 23:34 β€” πŸ‘ 585    πŸ” 438    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 16

The ankle-length drama-queen Waffen SS greatcoat tailoring industry once again wholly reliant on Steven Spielberg villains for its survival

27.01.2026 00:11 β€” πŸ‘ 84    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

A writer not minding that developing events scrapped hours and hours of work...sounds like a true American hero...

27.01.2026 00:05 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

This Bovino news comes at the worst possible moment for the draft I've been working on, and oh my God, can all my work please be invalidated in so thoroughly delightful a manner

27.01.2026 00:03 β€” πŸ‘ 90    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats.

BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

26.01.2026 23:40 β€” πŸ‘ 10044    πŸ” 3121    πŸ’¬ 1256    πŸ“Œ 3686

This is almost certainly true β€” the meeting will be a press release in leaked-transcript form β€” but the turnabout is funny even if she's trying to manipulate it. You only do a press release in leaked-transcript form if you know half your employees are dying to leak the transcript!

26.01.2026 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a young boy is laying in a bed and says i learned it by watching you ! ALT: a young boy is laying in a bed and says i learned it by watching you !
26.01.2026 16:56 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If this meeting isn't ruthlessly live-tweeted by at least 20 staffers, God has no style

26.01.2026 16:54 β€” πŸ‘ 103    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

Woolen getting absolutely shorn out there

26.01.2026 01:59 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

There's something so funny and wrong about watching an NFL playerβ€”by definition an ultra-elite athleteβ€”take a little tumble onto his back and flub a punt catch. It's like watching a rabbit crawl out of a lake. What were you even doing in there, little buddy

26.01.2026 01:37 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

(with a deep, shuddering sigh) Bobo's in paradise

26.01.2026 01:32 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Everyone is making fun of this but I hope I look that good when I'm Fran Lebowitz's age

25.01.2026 23:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1397    πŸ” 118    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 2

(weirdly nauseating music plays as the camera pans, strangely covered with Vaseline) make pasta

26.01.2026 00:21 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh, you want to learn to do a pull up? ($300 billion later) develop more upper body strength

26.01.2026 00:19 β€” πŸ‘ 59    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

What if I told you that a morning person who loves music should study in the morning, while listening to music

26.01.2026 00:18 β€” πŸ‘ 58    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

JD Vance's uncle worked at Nintendo

25.01.2026 23:32 β€” πŸ‘ 182    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 0
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One of the best things I’ve read in a while:

25.01.2026 22:39 β€” πŸ‘ 28510    πŸ” 10657    πŸ’¬ 40    πŸ“Œ 980
User @backintimeag: 
The text β€œKirsten will be happy when ICE gets the fuck out of Minnesota” over a picture of 1850s immigrant and Minnesota-dwelling doll character Kirsten Larson in the snow.

User @backintimeag: The text β€œKirsten will be happy when ICE gets the fuck out of Minnesota” over a picture of 1850s immigrant and Minnesota-dwelling doll character Kirsten Larson in the snow.

In case anyone was wondering how it’s going over on American Girl doll Instagram

25.01.2026 22:21 β€” πŸ‘ 14057    πŸ” 2608    πŸ’¬ 102    πŸ“Œ 104

The cool thing about my sensibility nemesis Christopher Nolan adapting the Odyssey is that I've come to see the idea of wandering the earth for years lost and totally out of contact with your home culture in a new, more positive light

25.01.2026 22:26 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

(when I'm flicking fleas) oh yeahhhhh

25.01.2026 22:18 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I consider myself a flea-flicker appreciator, and I'll tell it to you straight: That flea-flicker was all right

25.01.2026 22:17 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

the moment the second person comes into the frame to stand with his neighbor is so incredibly beautiful

25.01.2026 21:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2349    πŸ” 473    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 10

it’s that time again

25.01.2026 18:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2782    πŸ” 686    πŸ’¬ 49    πŸ“Œ 44
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Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...

Let's also bring in the connection with tech giants: Google hosted a CBP app that used facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group.

25.01.2026 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 446    πŸ” 225    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 11

The flip side of this is that in Philly last week I saw signs reading "ICE supports the Cowboys" and for a fleeting instant I felt worried for the Gestapo

25.01.2026 17:49 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

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