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zkat@toot.cat wrote:

been low-touch on social media lately and every time I look, it seems like I should just extend that

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therobburgessshow@newsie.social ("The Rob Burgess Show") wrote:

It makes my blood boil when some of the most powerful people in the country post like they’re just helpless bystanders. One of us can whip caucus votes to block DHS funding, Chuck, and it sure isn’t me.

jwz wrote:

My iPad is currently begging me to allow it to upgrade itself from 18 to 26. How much would I regret it if I said yes?
https://jwz.org/b/yk2S

andreu@andreubotella.com ("Andreu Botella :verified_enby:") wrote:

Let me just say fuck ICE, and border patrol in general.

jwz wrote:

There's a new nightclub opening down the street in a week and as far I can tell they don't have a web site at all. Just an Instagram.

Attachments:

• gifv: 1072d48959677ad1.mp4

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steven@zeroes.ca ("Steven (but a Goblin) 💚") wrote:

In case anybody's still unsure about "all cops are bastards":

- ICE have murdered multiple Minneapolis residents, in cold blood, on video.

- At least dozens of ICE agents have provided criminal assistance in these murders.

- Not a single Minneapolis or Minnesota police officer has arrested, or even attempted to arrest, a single one of these murderers.

If there was a single not-corrupt cop in this city, then one of them would have done their job.

Just like would happen with any other murder.

ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕") wrote:

Me, Jenny, and Max have a chat about the first episode of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. We really enjoyed it and made a little podcast to share our thoughts.

Attachments:

• audio: A podcast discussion about the very first episode of A knight of the Seven Kingdoms.

jwz wrote:

Democrats Condemn ICE For Murdering Without Proper Warrants: WASHINGTON -- In a statement calling for more guardrails around ongoing immigration operations, Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives publicly condemned Immigration and Customs...
https://jwz.org/b/yk2Q

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404mediaco ("404 Media") wrote:

“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency. This granular location information paints a detailed picture of who we are, where we go, and who we spend time with." https://www.404media.co/inside-ices-tool-to-monitor-phones-in-entire-neighborhoods/

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

I really dislike the "no criminal record" bit. I get what it's trying to accomplish but it's inadvertently making it so that anyone with a record is less deserving of life. In a country that supports mass incarceration with plenty of innocent and over charged people in jail, we should maybe consider not including that bit.

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Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt ("Natasha 🇪🇺 :mastodon:") wrote:

💯%, no notes.

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vicfroh ("Vic") wrote:

💔Alex J. Pretti💔 age 37, of South #Minneapolis was gunned on in cold blood by #ICE thugs today. He was Brandishing his phone recording 🧊.

No criminal record. Worked for the VA as an ICU nurse. Legal gun owner. Homeowner. Upstanding member of his community. He was a hero in his career, and went out like a hero trying to protect the women the ICE officer pushed down.

A TRUE hero all around, he didn’t deserve this. RIP #AlexPretti

🦔 Reposted from Feminist News

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bobkmertz@techhub.social ("Bob K Mertz :distressedUS:") wrote:

Alex Pretti

Remember the name.... A 37 year old US citizen murdered by federal agents today in Minneapolis. He was an ICU nurse.

Source: KARE-11

Updating to add link: https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/ice-in-minnesota/man-shot-and-killed-by-federal-agents-identified-as-alex-pretti/89-e53a862d-56cc-4b63-bf00-238bdc7cd807

#AlexPretti #Minneapolis #AbolishICE

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PetraPhoenix@beige.party wrote:

Just remembered the occasion when my Youngest child, then aged 8, asked if petrol was vegan.

Their logic was that if it was from the crushed up remains of animals and plants, then it shouldn't be. When a vegan told them that it was ok for a vegan to use petrol they asked how long something had to be dead for before it stopped counting as animal matter.

I would just like to state for the record that the original question was posed before I had drunk any coffee at all and was what instigated the "no questions before coffee" rule.

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inquiline@assemblag.es ("tools for commensality 🧿") wrote:

Fundraiser for protective gear to legal observers in Minneapolis / Saint Paul. Please support if you can and boost if you can't!

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-equip-twin-cities-legal-observers-with-ppe

(shared by Margaret Killjoy on bsky who vouches for it)

#MSP #Minnesota

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AnarchoNinaWrites@jorts.horse wrote:

"We will investigate the shooting" is liberal establishment for "let the Gestapo kill you while we pretend there's a rule of law for a while longer."

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mandaris@mandarismoore.com ("Mandaris Moore") wrote:

They killed that man.

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fkamiah17@syzito.xyz ("MiniMia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇵🇸 🏴") wrote:

Alex Pretti, 37, a registered nurse, shot five times in the back at point blank range while protecting his community from Nazis.

RIP 🕯️

https://www.startribune.com/ice-raids-minnesota/601546426

#Minnesota #USPolitics #ACAB #FuckICE

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Strandjunker@mstdn.social ("Andrea Junker :verified:") wrote:

It’s remarkable how quickly the “everyone shall be armed” Second Amendment Republicans use the fact that a beaten, defenseless man lying on the ground was (maybe) armed as justification for federal agents to execute him.

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

ICE murders again just days after Congress funds this rogue militia. “Abolish ICE” is now a mainstream political issue. I’m seeing more liberals call for it by the day. Better a decade late than never.

Who does our elected politicians work for?

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mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io ("mekka okereke :verified:") wrote:

Hey. While I'm giving y'all the whole "Black people experience this every day, it's not new for us," let me give you one more important Black nugget of info:

"You don't have to watch the video."

Seriously. You don't.

Your life won't be improved by seeing it. Especially if you already oppose ICE.

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ben@werd.social ("Ben Werdmuller") wrote:

Seeing lots of variations of we should abolish “Trump’s ICE” or “this kind of ICE” from elected representatives. No, the whole concept is bogus. It was always based on propaganda about immigration. It’s an authoritarian dream based on a fiction. Abolish ICE and fix our foreign policy.

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stevevladeck.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Steve Vladeck") wrote:

This sure seems more like the tyranny the Constitution is supposed to protect against than forgiving student loans.

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jplebreton ("JP") wrote:

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/24/latest-chatgpt-model-uses-elon-musks-grokipedia-as-source-tests-reveal some LLM proponents have tried to hold Grok, the racist ranting CSAM-generating model, at arm's length and insist they only use "ethical" LLMs. but there's no meaningful difference - the whole point of slop is that it's all the same massive bucket, the economic value lies in the bigger-the-better indiscriminate mass scrape and everything it outputs is laundering all the horrid shit within. claims to using it "the smart way" are delusional cope.

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.ie/@robincafolla/115947431054992102

Good photo. Mostly no faces. Shows big crowds. Exciting. Motivating!

pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:

His name is Alex Pretti.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/01/24/murdered-man-identified/

adam@social.lol ("Adam") wrote:

Gregory Bovino on TV in his little Nazi uniform.

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Glacier National Park. 20 miles from the border. Through the remote wilderness.

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blabberlicious@toot.community ("Steve Williams") wrote:

Holy Trinity

#darktable, where have you been all my life?
Teasing something out of nothing is such a joy. Similar excitement to being in a darkroom, aged 14.

I won't lie, was a bit intimidating at first. But so liberating when all its parts sing in harmony. So much better than the clown show of Adobe 'magic' sliders and instant gratification.

Bravo developers. We salute you.

#photography

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fancysandwiches@neuromatch.social wrote:

@fromjason there are undoubtedly more. Multiple people disappeared from the system with no evidence they were deported, you just couldn't look up what facility they were in anymore. We have no clue how many lives have been taken. We probably won't know for years.