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it’s genuinely reassuring to me that this is the most miserable and paranoid person in the entire world

Big moment for Europe: in December, fully electric cars outsold petrol-only cars in the EU for the first time.

This shows that clear, consistent policy works. Which is exactly why backtracking now would be a mistake. Rolling back targets or creating uncertainty would slow investment and innovation.

America is completely out of control. A vile and inhumane government with a weak and largely complicit opposition party. It shocks me to see how little the American people are doing to stop this insanity. How can any of us ever trust this country again? Ever?

*she knows her shit

So some magat ran up to Ilhan Omar spraying something and right before security got to him, she actually approached him with her fist up and keys in hand.

She know her shit and she's ready to stand her ground. Magat was lucky he was tackled.

The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:

- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE

"They say they're coming to save us from some evil? They're talking about our neighbors who take care of us ... Alex was murdered while he was helping. Mr Rogers said look for the helpers, & right now the helpers have a target on our forehead ... Mr Rogers would be here right now too, so I'm here."

The majority of organizing happening in Minnesota isn’t just peaceful, it’s INVISIBLE. Moms showing up who won’t be interviewed on TV, people whose ICE patrols don’t turn into viral video. The grocery runs, the donations, the people filming bc they happen to be there. Please remember this.

Watercolour drawing of mixed flowers in a yellow-tinted vase plus some apples from the garden on a patterned kitchen tablecloth.

A photo of this watercolour in situ with the vase of flowers (which was rotated so doesn't show the side viewed in the painting). I'll have a look for a clear photo of just the painting on other hard drives because I can't find one at the moment. Sold to a friend. #watercolour #botanical

I suspect ICE came down on Minneapolis because they thought it would be easy to provoke rioting there & declare martial law.

That has not proved to be the case.

ICE is further escalating now as a last ditch effort to incite civil unrest.

Hang on, Minneapolis.
It’s always darkest before the dawn.

Law firm representing Renee Good's family releases findings from independent autopsy

Renee Good was shot 3 times by ICE

The first two shots were non lethal. One to her left forearm & another to right breast

The final shot entered the left side of her head & exited the right side

He didn’t have to keep shooting. He was out of the vehicle’s path before the kill shot

That’s murder

Lancer is a brain worm, and 50,000 people have it What is the community doing over there? A lot, apparently!

Three creators working within Lancer's creative ecosystem told @newmadras.bsky.social that the mech RPG's large fan community isn't just dedicated -- they're indispensable collaborators.

Top illustration has a skull with horns in the middle and fairies dancing around it Bottom illustration has a fairy sitting on the fround reaching out for an orange star

Lil fairy ink drawings ✨️🌟

kidnapping a 5 year old to bait his father and then shipping them thousands of miles away should put you in prison, yes, but it should also cause every friend and family member you have ever had to permanently reject you in disgrace, and if they don’t, they share your shame

I’ve seen bits and pieces of his Davos tragedy.

It’s like someone took their demented grandfather to open mic night at the comedy club and just let him riff.

How damn embarrassing.

Canada MUST build out all our required industries away from the USA and then tariff the shit out of all those products.

Several agents hold a person down and sprays them with pepper spray.

An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune

🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!

ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.

Crockett: "You only love enforcement when they're going after Black, brown, immigrants, that kind of folk. But on January 6, you didn't care about law enforcement."

Trump’s subsequent actions after not winning the Nobel Peace Prize, including his public tantrums over not receiving it, prove exactly why he was not chosen.

The choice is impeachment and removal or calamity for the United States. I don't see how anybody watching Trump's speech in Davos can draw any other conclusion. He's a senile madman.

“the world no longer inherently likes and trusts Americans now” congratulations on waking up from being asleep since 1955, I have a long list of bad news and some cool pictures of the moon for you

Long time no post here, time to fix that with a freshly printed mech!

Can Chinese businesses catering to Westerners stop labelling roujiamou as Chinese burgers? I get that back then they wanted to promote with a familiar reference point but now, it just feels like they're short selling such a long storied culture.

This is a great speech, but its also completely insane that the Prime Minister of Canada needs to call for coordinated global resistance to American tyranny.

Everyone giving goku energy from the spirit bomb

Every time there’s slightly irregular news from the White House.

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