Just another Ancient Swamp Witch

👋 down here in New Zealand, I'll want to buy some too!

How Brothel Workers in Nevada Just Made Labor History The courtesans at Sheri’s Ranch were staring down a horrifying new contract. So they did what workers everywhere do: They got organized.

When faced with a shockingly exploitative new employment contract that would’ve forced them to sign away their IP, their likeness rights, and their power of attorney, Jupiter Jetson and her coworkers at Sheri’s fought back—fast.

They organized a union in SIX DAYS. www.thenation.com/article/econ...

Trump’s ICE Is Quietly Stockpiling Weaponry—and It Should Alarm Us All In addition to staffing up at a furious rate, ICE and CPB are acquiring a vast cache of weapons from private contractors, new data reveals. This will not end well—or anytime soon.

Trump’s ICE Is Quietly Stockpiling Weaponry—and It Should Alarm Us All

In addition to staffing up at a furious rate, ICE and CPB are acquiring a vast cache of weapons from private contractors, new data reveals. This will not end well—or anytime soon.

Unmasking Academe’s Gilded Boys’ Club The Epstein files reveal an elite, chummy, and venal scholarly network.

“...the old conferences did not care about diversity. I suggest you not either,” Epstein wrote to Brockman. “The women are all weak, and a distraction sorry.” 😡👩🏻‍🔬 #AcademicSky

2 Pennsylvania students remain imprisoned 4 days after anti-ICE protest as “Quakertown 5” face felony charges Five minors held more than 72 hours after being assaulted by police at an anti-ICE rally now face felony charges while the police chief seen choking a student remains uncharged.

Notably, no charges have been filed against Quakertown Police Chief Scott McElree, who was captured on video in plain clothes grabbing students by their shirt collars and placing a teenage girl in a chokehold. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

Neuroscientist resigns from Columbia amid revelations about Epstein ties Nobel laureate Richard Axel announced resignation as co-director of Columbia University’s neuroscience institute

And another one bites the dust.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

I can't get over how gorgeously ewok Tiny Dog looks. How do you not smooch that wee face all the time?!

Given that the rapid growth of AI has led to immediate scarcity, I think we can scratch that one off right away.

As transgender Kansans grapple with a challenging new reality today, and the rest of the nation watches what’s happening in the Sunflower State, here’s a thread of @kansasreflector.com stories and opinion pieces about SB 244. (1/15) #ksleg #trans #lgbtq

This is not a joke or Onion headline.

This is a very not-serious administration mocking diplomacy

“First Lady Melania Trump is set to make history at the United Nations, taking the gavel as the United States assumes the Security Council Presidency

www.alternet.org/smartnews/tr...

Okay, so if cheap entry-level smartphone lines are "being eliminated" and smartphones overall will be more expensive, AND existing copper landline networks are being wound up too,
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN for the future of Telco in AoNZ??
Esp. for low income and/or unhoused??
bsky.app/profile/pear...

‘Someone loved them’: As the ICE surge continues in Minnesota, pets suffer As Minnesotans are detained and deported by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, volunteers and pet shelters are led to provide housing and care for the animals that are often the family members ...

“We love Ryuk so much but we can no longer care for him.”

By the time a foster was found for Ryuk, his mental health had decreased and the decision was made to send him to a board-and-train partner who will help him transition into his new life without his family.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

World Economic Forum Chief Resigns Over Epstein Ties

Good

“Borge Brende, the chief executive and president of the World Economic Forum, said on Thursday that he would resign, after an independent investigation by the group into his ties to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein”

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/b...

YES. Take a shit on/in their futures. They are the KKK.

How Jeffrey Epstein sought to infiltrate the justice system New Epstein files emails show how Epstein tried to cultivate relationships with prosecutors and others involved in his case

NEW: (gift) A Miami Herald Investigation: How Jeffrey Epstein Beat the Justice System by @jkbjournalist.bsky.social and @clurhealy.bsky.social
www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

New York Trump taint licking Times runs bullshit headline trying to infer this was Hillary Clinton's doing. Hillary Clinton CAN'T halt this hearing. Only the chairman JAMES COMER can halt the hearing.

get off of X, the creep site for creeps

Here's a place to start: www.them.us/story/orgs-f...

Stale Pale KKKristian Male supremacy:
Control over women ✔️potential whistleblowers/witnesses think twice ✔️making "unbiblical" and "unchristian" minorities illegal ✔️

So it's rapidly becoming standard in the USA that the only legit ID is something like a driver's licence with the same details as your birth certificate. This negates ID with any kind of name change.

No married names
No deed poll names
No witness protection names (watched too much telly as a kid)

Yet in Auckland stupid business associations and council are re-trafficking parts of Queen Street.
@greaterauckland.bsky.social

Bioeconomy Science Institute to cut 134 jobs following restructure a few months ago The downsizing comes after 152 science jobs were axed in an earlier restructure when several agencies formed to create the Bioeconomy Science Institute.

Bioeconomy Science Institute to cut 134 jobs following restructure a few months ago www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...

Memes for language lovers

Memes for language lovers

One key point is that anti-LGBTQ bigotry, racism, antisemitism & other forms of hate are usually intersectional. The majority of mouth-frothing antisemites hate ethnic minorities, other religious minorities & LGBTQ people with equal vitriol. It doesn't work to throw one targeted group under the bus.

It was always a smokescreen. "Look, we're getting rid of the bludgers, if you wanted to work you wouldn't be on a benefit anyway!"

Hey, so we got a trojan horse
ag.ny.gov/press-releas...

Do they accept mature students?
...asking for a friend...

A lush, green forest with tall moss-covered trees and dense vegetation. Large white text over the image reads: “People & planet before profit always.” A small Green Party logo sits in the bottom right corner.

Putting what matters first 🌏🌿

Israel is responsible for two in three journalist killings across the globe in 2024 and 2025. The Israeli military has committed more targeted killings of journalists than any other government’s military since CPJ began documentation in 1992.

Read more in CPJ’s #2025KilledReport: cpj.org?p=553549