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amushink.bsky.social @amushink.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Doing my annual active shooter work training. Why did we choose this hellscape? Oh right, ‘freedom.’

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amushink.bsky.social @amushink.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Contra dance tonight: Wednesday June 10th

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amushink.bsky.social @amushink.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Come dancing. Tomorrow, May 27th contra dance in Balboa park.

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Nolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

“They are among more than 1,500 biologists, chemists and other experts at the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Research and Development who have been laid off, reassigned or pressured to retire. Today, only 124 researchers remain,“ www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/c...

nytimes.com

How the Trump Administration Ended Independent Science at the E.P.A.

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amushink.bsky.social @amushink.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Balboa park contra dance this Wednesday the 22nd!

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

A tax season reminder that Intuit TurboTax lobbied the government for years to block free public tax-filing. Trump then terminated the free IRS Direct File program established under Biden, just a year after the tax prep giant gave his inauguration fund $1M. Do you see how this works?

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amushink.bsky.social @amushink.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

After spending $30 billion in a month on a war the American people and their elected representatives have not approved I never again want to hear that social welfare or healthcare programs are ‘too costly.’

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philipmartin77.bsky.social @philipmartin77.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

People in the US really don't know the only reason Iran has a religious theocracy is that the US overthrew the democratically elected gov't in Iran, and installed the brutal Shah, because they wanted to control their own oil ? Really ????

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amushink.bsky.social @amushink.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Is the USA the only nation where an automated airport announcement plays overhead every ten minutes reminding passengers to remove firearms from their carryon bags?

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amushink.bsky.social @amushink.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Little change of band for tomorrow’s dance.

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amushink.bsky.social @amushink.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

If you were a short person pruning a tall apple tree and you had managed to hook the Fiskars blade around a water shoot but didn’t have the strength or purchase to pull the blade rope, you -could- just hold the rope, drop the pole, and leap off your ladder. I’m not saying you should. But you could

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amushink.bsky.social @amushink.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Yesterday I skimmed this book I’ve had on my shelf for a while. Usually this kind of stuff fills me with a resourceful joy and pride at knowing I could, if needed, build myself an outhouse. But instead, I felt sad. Like. “Must we?” “Could we just…not wreck everything?”

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amushink.bsky.social @amushink.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

It’s false spring and I just got dragged down a hill by a dog who glimpsed a rabbit.

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amushink.bsky.social @amushink.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Truth is always war’s first victim.

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amushink.bsky.social @amushink.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Come dancing in Balboa Park Wednesday March 18th

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RogueResistanceKnitter 🥄🐸 @rogueresistknitter.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

JFC!!! Why are Republicans so obsessed with what other people have in their pants and what they do with it?

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amushink.bsky.social @amushink.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Contra dance balboa park Wednesday February 25th

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amushink.bsky.social @amushink.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Come dancing Wednesday the 25th. Let’s make joy among the horrors.

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amushink.bsky.social @amushink.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

The amount of unsolicited mail including stickers, calendars, notepads, posters, and address labels that the Sierra Club sends me makes me think they are fundamentally ecologically unserious.

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 10/02/2026

we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Always a great sign for how things are going in your country when 21-year-olds are like “hey, I innovated a system to play bagpipes in tear gas”

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 10/02/2026

This is why domestic "shuffle" flights between ICE detention centers have skyrocketed, much moreso than ICE deportation flights. When you are moved to a different jurisdiction, you have to refile your habeas petition all over again. They want to wear people down so they'll give up on their cases.

A chart from ICE Flight Monitor showing that while ICE deportations went up 44% yoy, domestic shuffle ICE flights went up 123%.

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Alt US Forest Service @altusfs.altgov.info · 04/02/2026

All 83,000 acres of an Alabama National Forest. I did not want to share this week’s USDA press release as there’s no comment or objection period, and I don’t want things to seem hopeless. So I’ll note the comment and objection period is the midterms. These are your lands. These are the stakes.

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amushink.bsky.social @amushink.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Hot take: football is just wrestling with more running around. And some ball stuff.

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ProTip (AKA alt_localgov) @protip.altgov.info · 08/02/2026

Indefinite detention is not supposed to be a thing in America. That’s how you know this is more like a concentration camp rn, and it’s not the only one.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/02/2026

Schiff on the SAVE Act: "Jonathan, what you've just asked is essentially, Republicans have created distrust in the elections by making claims of nonexistent fraud, and shouldn't we use the distrust they've created in order to enact a voter suppression law?"

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amushink.bsky.social @amushink.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Contra dance this Saturday night. Come have fun, shake off the horrors for a few hours.

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amushink.bsky.social @amushink.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Bought chocolate chip cookies from two middle school boys last night raising money for Jewish family services for refugee and immigrant legal assistance. I’m not crying. You are.

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

The Post is now a right wing penny saver. Easily ignored. Even the least of fish will refuse to be wrapped in it.

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Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

"The Trump administration has claimed the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua had taken over the building. But new documents make no mention of the gang... "...federal prosecutors have not filed criminal charges against anyone who was arrested." by @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social / @jodicohen.bsky.social

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The Real Story Behind the Midnight Immigration Raid on a Chicago Apartment Building

The Trump administration has claimed the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua had taken over the building. But new documents make no mention of the gang and reveal federal agents had information about “ille...

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The Marvelous Ms. Medicaid @msmedicaid.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Friendly reminder too that 20% of healthcare workers are immigrants- people are avoiding needed care, and providers of that care are also scared to show up. Allowing ICE to target hospitals is not only immoral, it’s down right dangerous to EVERYONE. This is a massive crisis, and people will die.

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Beyond Blonde© @beyondblonde.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Yes. The arrests of journalists is always one of the strongest signs Fascism has arrived.

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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

In India a deadly virus with a 75% mortality rate. is spreading fast. It has no cure. The Nipah virus causes severe brain swelling and respiratory failure. And the other terrifying thing is that we have no longer have a functioning health dept to address this. RFK Jr is not Dr Fauci.

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amushink.bsky.social @amushink.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Everybody look what’s going down: open.spotify.com/track/1qRA5B...

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For What It's Worth

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amushink.bsky.social @amushink.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

over the last decade, the arrest rate of CBP officers and Border Patrol agents (.5%) has been HIGHER than the arrest rate of undocumented immigrants in the United States (.4%)

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amushink.bsky.social @amushink.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Blessed are the peacemakers, and Blessed are the activists. Those who see injustice and even though they wish they weren’t living in these times and a new episode of their show just dropped, hear the call and attempt to do something for their fellow man.

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Lynn Stahl @msbtterswrth.altgov.info · 25/01/2026

Training doesn't fix this.

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Dr. DaShanne Stokes @dashannestokes.com · 25/01/2026

If ICE had anything to do with enforcing the law, they wouldn't be breaking our laws, attacking the innocent, letting people die, exploiting children, or be laughing at and taking trophy photos of their victims.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.

1. I am a resident of the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota. I am over 18 years of age. I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting.
2. On Saturday, January 24, 2026, at about 8:50 am, I was getting ready to go to work when I heard whistles outside. I knew the whistles meant that ICE agents were in the area, so I decided to check it out on my way to work. I've been involved in observing in my community because it is so important to document what ICE is doing to my neighbors. Connecting to your local community and knowing who your neighbors are is something I profoundly value.
3. I drove to Nicollet Ave. and 26th where I could hear the whistles coming from. I turned south onto Nicollet. There were already several ICE agents there and they'd set up a sort of vehicle convoy on Nicollet and 28th. There were also about 15 observers there, recording and observing ICE.
4. I saw ICE agents surrounding cars and punching car windows. I also saw them stopping vehicles further down Nicollet, so I backed up because I didn't feel safe continuing on.
5. I noticed a man sort of acting to help traffic move more smoothly. He helped me find a place to park. I got out with my whistle and my camera. I went over to him and said something like, "I'm going to film and use my whistle."
6. It seemed like most ICE activity was happening a little farther down the street from us, near 27th. Someone was being thrown to the ground.

7. I started recording. There was an agent by a car across the street. Two observers were a few feet away from the agent, blowing their whistles. One was wearing a backpack.
8. I and the man who was observing and helping direct traffic were standing in the street. There was a phone in the man's hand recording a video.
9. An agent approached and asked us to back up, so I moved slowly back onto the sidewalk.
10. The man stayed in the street, filming as the other observers I mentioned earlier were being forced backward by another ICE agent threatening them with pepper spray. The man went closer to support them as they got threatened, just with his camera out. I didn't see him reach for or hold a gun.
11. Then the ICE agent shoved one of the other observers to the ground. Then he started pepper spraying all three of them directly in the face and all over. The man with the phone put his hands above his head and the agent sprayed him again and pushed him.
12. Then the man tried to help up the woman the ICE agent had shoved to the ground. The ICE agents just kept spraying. More agents came over and grabbed the man who was still trying to help the woman get up. All three of the observers looked to have been badly affected by the pepper spray. I could feel the pepper spray in my eyes.

13. The agents pulled the man on the ground. I didn't see him touch any of them-he wasn't even turned toward them. It didn't look like he was trying to resist, just trying to help the woman up. I didn't see him with a gun. They threw him to the ground. Four or five agents had him on the ground and they just started shooting him. They shot him so many times.
14.1 don't know why they shot him. He was only helping. I was five feet from him and they just shot him.
15. The video I recorded of what happened accurately depicts the events leading up to the agents shooting him and several minutes afterwards. The video is attached as Exhibit 1.
16. I have read the statement from DHS about what happened and it is wrong. The man did not approach the agents with a gun. He approached them with a camera. He was just trying to help a woman get up and they took him to the ground.
17. I feel afraid. Only hours have passed since they shot a man right in front me and I don't feel like I can go home because I heard agents were looking for me. I don't know what the agents will do when they find me. I do know that they're not telling the truth about what happened. I've heard that other witnesses might have been arrested and taken to the Whipple Building.
18. I am disgusted and gutted at how they are treating my neighbors and my state. I keep alternating between crying and feeling determined it is important to remember the value of documenting injustice. We show up for the people who need us to bear

witness, because it can't just be one group of people bearing the brunt of their tyranny. This is a struggle to protect our freedom and democracy, those things are on the line. He lost his life for those values.
I declare under penalty of perjury that everything I have stated in this document is true and correct.

Dated and signed on Jan 24, 2026 in Hennepin County, State of Minnesota.

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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

ICE isn't law enforcement without training; ICE is white nationalism with guns.

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amushink.bsky.social @amushink.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Under a new global gag rule, organizations accepting any U.S. non-military foreign aid will be barred from promoting what the Administration describes as “gender ideology,” supporting “discriminatory equity ideology,” or engaging in activities it deems “unlawful diversity, equity, and inclusion”

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Breaking WaPo: The recent death of a detainee at an immigrant detention camp in Texas has been officially deemed a homicide, according to an autopsy report released Wednesday by the El Paso County Office of the Medical Examiner.

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Autopsy report classifies ICE detainee’s death as a homicide

The report deeming an ICE detainee’s death in Texas a homicide comes the same day that a federal judge temporarily barred the deportation of two witnesses.

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dragonflyhigh.bsky.social @dragonflyhigh.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

We must stop the purchasing of our elected representatives by big money seeking favors.

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Crows Hate ICE Too @mefcorv.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

If they think it’s a war, this is a war crime.

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