Nebulous Fae

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Taylor Swift is trash.

Tl;dr: in the United States, with very limited exceptions, you cannot sue the federal government without its consent. It's a vestige of the divine right of kings. And it was adopted by the founders for multiple reasons, but one was so enslaved people couldn't sue the federal govt for their freedom.

If he knew about the basic tenets, he’d know he was not adhering to them. But he’s all he thinks about, it appears, so…

I really like Athenian ostracism and I have a thread about it.

ICE’s Broadview facility has become a de facto detention center, minus the rules and oversight ICE regularly held immigrants far beyond the hours they set for the Broadview processing center, data through July shows. Immigrants held there say there are no beds, limited food, and toilets are out...

WBEZ: ICE’s Broadview facility has become a de facto detention center, minus the rules and oversight www.wbez.org/immigration/...

Will the Real Crazy Ones Please Stand Up Dismissing things we don’t like as ‘insane’ is doing the oppressors’ work for them.

'Suggesting that fascism is the result of mental illness neatly removes society’s complicity and role in the rise of fascism, and also allows anyone who is so inclined to shrug off responsibility. It also obscures how eugenics and disablism are very deeply entrenched in fascism.'

Texas Domestic Workers Face Trump Attack on Minimum Wage Advocates warn a proposed rule by the Department of Labor will deepen the country’s “crisis of care.”

Last week: Texas has 315,000 home health and care aides. In 2024, those Texans earned an average hourly wage of only $11.29, the second-lowest among all 50 states.

Under a new Department of Labor policy, their wages are poised to fall even farther.

Latino US citizen unjustly detained not once, but TWICE.

More Kavanaugh Stops in action👇🏽

Friends, please link me up with Zen writers who are discussing the current state of the nation.

Thanks!

Every single federal office holder has sworn to defend the US Constitution "against all enemies, foreign AND DOMESTIC."

Trump has just OPENLY DECLARED that he is such a domestic enemy.

Every single federal office holder is thus DUTY BOUND to defend the Constitution against him.

Trump just called us "the enemy within"

Those are LITERALLY the words Adolf Hitler used to describe Jews in Nazi Germany. Literally the same words.

A detainee shot at a Dallas ICE facility has died, becoming the attack’s second victim

UPDATE: A 32-year-old Mexican man who succumbed to his injuries after being removed from life support was one of three detainees shot in the Sept. 24 attack on an ICE facility in Dallas.

the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

Hey remember when the CDC dropped 6 of the 8 foodborne illnesses from the nationwide monitoring system in July and one of them was listeria? Mentioning for no particular reason www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Texas Ban on Transgender Course Content Sows Chaos Verbal-only policies prohibiting academic discussions of trans identity appear to be extending beyond the Texas Tech system and now include anti-trans curricular reviews.

Texas Tech isn't the only university system handing down chilling, verbal-only directives banning discussions about transgender identity. If this is happening at your institution, I want to know about it--reach me on Signal at emmawhitford.96

www.insidehighered.com/node/192421/...

Oh that sucks. I hope the new one is just as amazing and is willing to take creative risks.

How is work going? It’s so good to see you living that dream!

I miss living out there, but I don’t miss a lot of the people. But now I’m in south DenCo with retirees. Gaaah!

Ooo! That reminds me! Are the road runners at 380/156 still nesting there?

I’ve had this struggle too, and I raised a kid with IDD.

In a new case study, Sebastian Buck and I unpack the origins & functioning of a €3 billion investment instrument established by the German state of Saarland. Since 2022, the fund has made investments with the twin aims of stabilizing existing industries and enabling long-term transformation⬇️

How Trump's Immigration Policies Are Changing Austin by City Cast Austin

Two great listens this morning. First, @citycastaustin.bsky.social today is about ICE in Austin and the harm being done to our local communities megaphone.link/CC2614683846

Of the four mass murders Saturday night/Sunday morning, two were veterans, one was a former national guardsman (unknown veteran status), and one is at large, so unknown if he served.

I have no regrets about deleting my accounts there. None.

Three very important people in my life have huge days tomorrow, full of moving and court appearances and I’m excited and nervous and happy and scared simultaneously.

Caring about others is a wild and wonderful emotional ride.

t7 Oregon GOP reposted Christine Drazan @ChristineDrazan The ICE facility in Portland has been subject to months of dangerously chaotic protests that have put residents and federal agents in harm's way. The governor's assertion that there is no national security threat and the mayor's assertion that everything is fine is tone-deaf. It's shameful that state and local leaders have allowed violent mobs and domestic terrorists to assault federal law enforcement, destroy property, and interfere with those seeking immigration services from obtaining assistance and case management. We need order, we need to restore safety, and Oregon's local leaders have failed to provide it. opb.org/article/2025/0... Cl OPB 'PORTLAND IS DOING JUST FINE': OREGON GOVERNOR REJECTS TRUMP'S PLAN TO SEND TROOPS TO THE CITY 9/27/25 Ceristine- DRAZAN STATE REESENTATIVE 7:18 PM • Sep 27, 2025 • 15.4K Views

Ben Edtl v @benedtl ... The ORP has cancer and it needs to be cured. The infighting is over one single issue: Are we populist MAGA or are we establishment politics as usual? Here's video shortly after a Linn County Delegate (establishment shill) assaulted Multnomah County Chairman Joseph Whitcomb at this weekend's platform convention. Emotions ran high after establishment Republicans strong-armed an anti-MAGA platform without quorum. The meeting was chaired by Rep. Kevin Mannix who recently helped get the largest tax increase in Oregon's history out of committee... 0:42 11:19 AM • Sep 28, 2025 • 4,021 Views

At the same time an OR GOP leader tweeted this pro-military invasion statement last night about violence in Portland, the party's meeting in Welches, OR descended into a physical confrontation between rival factions. The hotel hosting the event kicked them out like a bunch of rowdy high schoolers.

Trump Assumes Control of the Oregon National Guard; Oregon Sues President Donald Trump on Sunday morning invoked federal law to take control of the Oregon National Guard, court documents show. Oregon sued to block the move Sunday afternoon.

Fuck every last Trump voter.