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YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislature

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiTJ...

The FCC doesn't want people in America to watch this. Stephen Colbert was told not to say anything about not being allowed to broadcast it!

Watch it.

Even on a personal scale, 2026 sucks.
Two months, two people I know have died; one, the day after my birthday, and the other, a week exactly after their cancer diagnosis.

It's so exhausting.

Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social

a stat i always cite is the number of anti-trans articles in the press went from 60 in a year, to 7,500

NHS closed Tavistock over care complaints – there were only eight An eye-opening FOI report has revealed that just eight people complained about the Tavistock gender clinic's care provision in 10 years.

pure elite capture - the uk just folded to a hardline anti-trans campaign pushed by a tiny number of people

www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...

Fuck, I only just found out. Wondered why I hadn't seen any posts here in a while...
Take it easy, wherever you are now. You brought a lot of people smiles (and doubtless a lot more) and I hope your family's proud of that.

💜Kind of you to say! Lookin' real good in that new chassis.

I'm incredibly biased but I love the black, gold and red theme.
It's nice to have a robo-colleague-in-colour.

Oooooo...

Oh, that's so, so real.

Good to hear!

If only that were global...

Stoat is apparently "vibe coded" - i.e. AI coded.

Had it for six years (I liked being able to use my emotes everywhere) - cancelled it today.

I arrived too late to an abduction yesterday. Ice vehicles boxed in a food delivery driver on the highway. They took him, and when I came on the scene (with a few other neighbors in cars), his keys were still in it. We found his phone, a debit card, his car title and registration.

Remember to tell people that things have NOT DEESCALATED. Pulling 700 agents means there's 2,300 agents on our streets, terrorizing us and kidnapping our neighbors.

Well, already cancelled my @discord.com Nitro.

I'm an adult, but I don't have any state ID - nor am I willing to hand it over to a company that has already proven they can't keep that sort of information safe.

Fuck's sake.

Utilities got covered but Sonia didn't meet her rent goal so a late fee has been applied and she needs $834 to pay the total now. please help. paypal.me/MsSoniaD or cashapp $spunkylilminx help a Black DV survivor stay housed

nothing received please #bpocma #BlackCrowdFund #MutualAidRequest #UrgentNeed #RentAssistance

I'm glad that I've noticed media generally start saying 'death' instead of 'suicide' in relation to #Epstein - I saw those post-mortem images, and the psych notes where he repeatedly said he had no desire to kill himself - absolutely murdered, for sure. Didn't commit suicide at all.

Marimar Martinez, shot by Border Patrol in Chicago, speaks out after Good, Pretti deaths: 'I am their voice' In a wide-ranging interview with the Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ, Martinez discusses her shooting, the federal government’s failed attempt to prosecute her and the role she now sees for herself in a fi...

Marimar Martinez, shot 5 times by Border Patrol in Chicago, speaks out after Renee Good, Alex Pretti deaths

'I am their voice'

NEW w/ @adrianacardmag.bsky.social: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

A work-in-progress illustration seen from above. On warm-toned paper, a dense, hand-drawn city appears suspended like an island or fragment, rendered in graphite and ink. Tall towers, bridges, and clustered buildings rise vertically, some fading into mist or shadow. Small touches of gold leaf catch the light on a few structures. In the lower right corner, a hand holding a fine brush is adding dark washes to the drawing. At the top of the image, a metal tool and small pieces of gold leaf rest on the paper, revealing the artist’s workspace and the meticulous, slow process of making the map.

Detail :

Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...

www.propublica.org/article/alex...

These men deserve no peace.

Best gas masks “How did these people go out and get gas masks?” AG Bondi asked.

www.theverge.com/policy/86857...

As fucked up as it is that you have to look into this, please share this around.

Preach!

I absolutely, vociferously loathe AI, LLMs, generative slop - I refuse to ever use it!
It's supposed to be used to make our lives better (like they're using for scientific research) not leech all the shine out of our world.

This is a more direct link for Victor Manuel Diaz's fundraiser to help his mother repatriate his body to Nicaragua. The total is still only at $2,859. PayPal-friendly payment.
www.facebook.com/share/p/16Cd...

Give more to the fundraisers of everyone else!
Don't just focus on the white people, c'mon.

Here's how to identify some crowd control munitions, canisters of which federal agents have left on the ground after deploying them against people in Minnesota. bit.ly/3YWp1jE

Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune

SOTC is, and will forever be, my favourite Playstation game.
I love that soundtrack.

Man... I wish you were native-born so you could stand for President (silly rule by the way), you actually give a fuck about these people!

ICE Contractors for Trump Admin - Google My Maps Entities receiving ICE contract obligations from Jan. 20, 2025 through Jan. 15, 2026. Map produced by Sludge.

map of the companies working with ICE
google.com/maps/d/viewe...