@cdarwin@c.im2026-01-28 04:16:31
Calling ICE or DHS a “law enforcement” organization is a joke.
They made no attempt to follow the law while there.
They were given permission to break the law, not follow it.
That has been their training,
and they have been following their training.
So if we pass new law why do we think they will follow it?
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk2026-01-27 19:30:45
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Cate Le Bon:
🎵 Heaven Is No Feeling
#CateLeBon
https://catelebon.bandcamp.com/track/heaven-is-no-feeling
https://open.spotify.com/track/6QyDopDgclGYNXf3UeuDZv
@rmdes@mstdn.social2025-12-28 05:36:10
Testimony from an Ogyen Kunzang Choling (OKC) Survivor https://buddhism-controversy-blog.com/2017/10/29/testimony-from-an-ogyen-kunsang-choling-okc-survivor/
@tiotasram@kolektiva.social2026-01-27 12:44:00
An extremely simple syllogism, for which the evidence is ample and has been easily available for over a decade:
ICE : white people in Minneapolis ::
regular police : Black people everywhere in America
If you're saying "Abolish ICE" right now (as you should be) but you're hesitant to say "Abolish the police" then you're okay with the brutality as long as it's reinforcing the racial hierarchy, and that's not a good look.
I understand that "Abolish the police" is a scary thing to think about if *your* experience has been that they keep you safe, but recognize how much of that is myth vs reality, e.g. have you ever personally had a positive interaction with police, or do those all happen in stories? Also, even if they do keep you safe, is it worth it if the cost is brutality to the marginalized? (No, it's not.)
At minimum we can see the following behaviors on both sides of the syllogism:
- retaliation for legally "protected" defiance or even just observation
- random killings, with mostly-nonexistent repercussions for the officers involved
- regular widespread harassment & surveillance
-more that I don't have time to list right now. Feel free to reply with your own examples.
#AbolishICE #AbolishThePolice
@rasterweb@mastodon.social2026-01-27 19:04:03
I haven’t written any blog posts lately due to the pain I’ve been dealing with but I’m filling up my plog. Oh, my “plog” is my “pain log”, a little notebook to track when I take my pain medication and to note my pain levels. The latest entry: “12:45pm - took gabapentin and ibuprofen, had lunch, still in a shit-ton of pain”
@jake4480@c.im2025-12-27 03:48:58
Wow, it's the last #LetterboxdFriday of the year. Been doing some weird horror shorts. This year I surpassed 2,000 total films seen in my life, according to Letterboxd stats, and yeah, I probably have a problem. But at least I'm in my house watching weird movies and not out prowling the dark streets.
#Letterboxd
@fortune@social.linux.pizza2026-01-27 22:00:02
As many of you know, I am taking a class here at UNC on Personality.
One of the tests to determine personality in our book was so incredibly
useful and interesting, I just had to share it.
Answer each of the following items "true" or "false"
1. I think beavers work too hard.
2. I use shoe polish to excess.
3. God is love.
4. I like mannish children.
5. I have always been diturbed by the sight of Lincoln's ears.
6. I…
@grumpybozo@toad.social2025-12-28 00:08:11
For the past week or so I’ve been following @… posts about the events at this years “Ashes” cricket series.
I am enjoying being quite mystified by the terminology. I know very little about the game beyond it being a distant relative of baseball with a much harder ball and wickets with little baubles on top instead of a strike zone judged by an umpire. I have concluded that …
@floheinstein@chaos.social2025-12-26 08:18:52
Und wieder einmal ist der Tag des Jahres da, wo sich Nerds und Geeks aus ganz Europa hoffnungsvoll in die Hände der Deutschen Bahn begeben und ihre Reise ins gelobte Congress Center Hamburg antreten.
Auf ihrem Weg suchen sie nach Gleichgesinnten und rufen hierzu Hashtags mit ihrer Zugsnummer ins weite Netz hinaus.
#39c3
@floheinstein@chaos.social2025-12-27 04:56:40
If you're on your way out or into CCH right now, it's a good day to train your Tux-step.
Walk like a penguin to prevent slipping on the ice! 🐧
Wenn du auf dem Weg aus oder ins CCH bist, ist heute ein guter Tag denen Tux-Gang zu üben.
Watschel wie ein Pinguin um Ausrutschen zu vermeiden! 🐧
#blackice
