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Keith Laidlaw

@nicetrousers.bsky.social

Front-end dev/recovering journalist, UK/California, he/him. Formerly @socialtrousers and @scribacious at the dark place. Currently me in Petaluma, CA and here: https://www.keithlaidlaw.com

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Fitting that in America’s final form, the epicenter of evil will be a private golf resort for wealthy pedophiles.

28.02.2026 15:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2926    πŸ” 786    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 8

Today more than ever, don’t forget…

28.02.2026 16:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Washington and Israel’s war is not preemptive. It is very far from preemptive. Correct anyone who says that it is.

28.02.2026 15:56 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This Is All So Goddamn Unnecessary Iran, and Courage, and The Waste Of It All
28.02.2026 15:06 β€” πŸ‘ 152    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 8

The fact that there’s a secret network of doulas going around Minneapolis to help with home births for parents afraid of ICE should be front-page news.

These children, born in secrecy, are American citizens.

24.02.2026 18:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2632    πŸ” 1098    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 17

Gavin Newsom is an idiot for not realizing that ferociously defending trans people & tying it to everyone's rights would improve his chance to be president by 10,000% over publicly flirting with fascists while pretending he isn't one

26.02.2026 14:51 β€” πŸ‘ 279    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2
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who did this

25.02.2026 03:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2662    πŸ” 644    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 15

I forgot about this, but should not have.

It’s fantastic.

Don’t watch the SOTU, and the torrent of lies that can’t be checked. Don’t let yourself be demoralized by the images of quisling Vichy Republicans clapping at a madman’s rantings.

Watch this, and remember we will win.

25.02.2026 02:32 β€” πŸ‘ 341    πŸ” 95    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

β€œDHS is shutting down because it refuses to obey the law” is excellent framing

13.02.2026 21:13 β€” πŸ‘ 3650    πŸ” 926    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 10

Ending this operation is not enough.

We need justice and accountability. That starts with independent investigations into the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, economic restitution for businesses impacted, abolishing ICE, and the impeachment of Kristi Noem.

12.02.2026 17:07 β€” πŸ‘ 13861    πŸ” 3454    πŸ’¬ 302    πŸ“Œ 132

This is good. Very much need this kind of talk.

12.02.2026 16:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1722    πŸ” 266    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 2

Just watched the new Muppet Show special, and I didn’t realise quite how much I needed that right now

11.02.2026 04:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Please watch the whole video from our Saint Paul Olympian. It’s one of the most direct and eloquent statements about the situation that I’ve heard from anyone.
Proud to be a Minnesotan, proud to be represented by Rich Ruohonen.

10.02.2026 22:25 β€” πŸ‘ 463    πŸ” 74    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

Been having internet issues off and on all day. FFS Comcast, don’t you know the Edinburgh derby is about to kick off? Mon the Jambos! HHGH

10.02.2026 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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LOL.... i wanted to hear JD getting booed at the Olympics and when i searched for it on YouTube i got this

07.02.2026 06:59 β€” πŸ‘ 11965    πŸ” 2672    πŸ’¬ 180    πŸ“Œ 201
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With Ring, American Consumers Built a Surveillance Dragnet Ring's 'Search Party' is dystopian surveillance accelerationism.

have never seen popular public opinion shift so fast about a surveillance product than the fallout from ring's super bowl "search party" ad. they'll teach this in advertising courses one day. chef's kiss baby www.404media.co/with-ring-am...

10.02.2026 15:14 β€” πŸ‘ 3276    πŸ” 867    πŸ’¬ 72    πŸ“Œ 87
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"This is Mia, 7 years old -- 'I don't want to be in this place. I want to be in my school'" -- Walkinshaw confronts Lyons with letters written by kids being detained by ICE

10.02.2026 18:05 β€” πŸ‘ 9772    πŸ” 3431    πŸ’¬ 274    πŸ“Œ 205

The nice commercial about helping kids find their lost pets was the scariest thing I've seen in my life

09.02.2026 02:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1613    πŸ” 281    πŸ’¬ 34    πŸ“Œ 24

🀣

09.02.2026 03:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just had a Super Bowl halftime where the singer:
1) boasts about the poor place he’s from;
2) boosts the value of agriculture;
3) celebrates small town life;
4) highlights the joy of inter-generational celebrations; and
5) promotes marriage.

And tomorrow, the MAGA movement will attack it.

09.02.2026 02:06 β€” πŸ‘ 3233    πŸ” 630    πŸ’¬ 34    πŸ“Œ 21

My ideal version of America is what I saw Bad Bunny encapsulate: multicultural, multigenerational, queer, empathetic, and full of raucous love.

09.02.2026 01:43 β€” πŸ‘ 484    πŸ” 110    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 5

Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the TaΓ­nos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous

09.02.2026 01:38 β€” πŸ‘ 20663    πŸ” 5280    πŸ’¬ 107    πŸ“Œ 179

What’s the Super Bowl record for three and outs?

09.02.2026 02:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Can we get Bad Bunny back out and just forget about the football? This game is DULLLLL

09.02.2026 02:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Lagunitas Drag Brunch EVERY TICKET SOLD IS A $10 DONATION TO PETALUMA PRIDE.

Join us on Feb 22 at Lagunitas for a drag brunch benefiting Petaluma Pride ✨

09.02.2026 01:57 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is amazing. Fuck ICE.

09.02.2026 01:32 β€” πŸ‘ 52    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

america could be such a cool fucking place if we’d just let it be

09.02.2026 01:32 β€” πŸ‘ 6635    πŸ” 1127    πŸ’¬ 52    πŸ“Œ 38

If you campaigned for the presidency on a promise to destroy these assholes, you would win a landslide the size of FDR in 1936, when he campaigned on a promise to destroy these assholes.

03.02.2026 00:17 β€” πŸ‘ 19883    πŸ” 6072    πŸ’¬ 680    πŸ“Œ 163

Another well-attended protest in Petaluma - the fourth or fifth I’ve seen here in just the past seven days, each one greeted by lots of honking horns and waves of support. I’m beginning to suspect murdering people in the street isn’t the vote-winner the Trump admin seems to think it would be.

03.02.2026 01:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Can confirm. Nothing has changed on the ground. ICE still attacking people, kidnapping, all that stuffβ€”and the city is still out protecting and helping neighbors

31.01.2026 14:08 β€” πŸ‘ 3939    πŸ” 1382    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 6