Rana Emerson
@starfishncoffee.bsky.social
Chaos Muppet. Rap Game Jo March. Loveable Curmudgeon. Educator. Yalie. Longhorn.
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If you've experienced something similar or heard about something similar, contact me on Signal at marisakabas.04
January 20, 2026 at 11:44 PM
If you've experienced something similar or heard about something similar, contact me on Signal at marisakabas.04
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New— An American citizen boarding flight from Boston to Lisbon just now told me after showing boarding pass, every passenger stopped on jetway by two ICE agents demanding to take their photo. When passenger asked why, ICE threatened to detain them. If they said no photo, couldn't board/TBD detained.
January 20, 2026 at 11:13 PM
New— An American citizen boarding flight from Boston to Lisbon just now told me after showing boarding pass, every passenger stopped on jetway by two ICE agents demanding to take their photo. When passenger asked why, ICE threatened to detain them. If they said no photo, couldn't board/TBD detained.
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An investigation by @josephinelee.bsky.social found that 92% of private schools already enrolled in Texas’ voucher programs serving kids beyond kindergarten are religious. Many of these exclude non-Christian and LGBTQ+ kids.
Texas Taxpayers Will Fund Dozens of Private Schools that Openly Discriminate
The state has signed off on voucher funds for schools that exclude non-Christian and LGBTQ+ kids.
www.texasobserver.org
January 18, 2026 at 6:00 PM
An investigation by @josephinelee.bsky.social found that 92% of private schools already enrolled in Texas’ voucher programs serving kids beyond kindergarten are religious. Many of these exclude non-Christian and LGBTQ+ kids.
At this point, all I want from George RR Martin when it comes to the last book in The Song of Ice and Fire is justice for Arianne Martell after she was left COMPLETELY out of the TV series.
January 18, 2026 at 11:38 PM
At this point, all I want from George RR Martin when it comes to the last book in The Song of Ice and Fire is justice for Arianne Martell after she was left COMPLETELY out of the TV series.
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U.S. President Donald Trump has turned Greenland into a geopolitical hotspot with his demands to own it. Here's a look at what Greenlanders think.
In their words: Greenlanders talk about Trump's desire to own their Arctic island
U.S. President Donald Trump has turned Greenland into a geopolitical hotspot with his demands to own it. The island is a semiautonomous region of Denmark.
bit.ly
January 16, 2026 at 3:00 PM
U.S. President Donald Trump has turned Greenland into a geopolitical hotspot with his demands to own it. Here's a look at what Greenlanders think.
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Reporter: Renee Good was shot in the head and killed by an ICE Agent.
Leavitt: Why was she killed?
Reporter: Because an ICE agent acted recklessly and killed her unjustifiably
Leavitt: You’re a left-wing hack. You’re not a reporter.
Leavitt: Why was she killed?
Reporter: Because an ICE agent acted recklessly and killed her unjustifiably
Leavitt: You’re a left-wing hack. You’re not a reporter.
January 15, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Reporter: Renee Good was shot in the head and killed by an ICE Agent.
Leavitt: Why was she killed?
Reporter: Because an ICE agent acted recklessly and killed her unjustifiably
Leavitt: You’re a left-wing hack. You’re not a reporter.
Leavitt: Why was she killed?
Reporter: Because an ICE agent acted recklessly and killed her unjustifiably
Leavitt: You’re a left-wing hack. You’re not a reporter.
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The late Shafiqah Hudson, aka @sassycrass.bsky.social, and @sotreu.blacksky.app were the ones who started #YourSlipIsShowing. I ask that you remember Shafiqah and Ra’il as the originators.
November 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The late Shafiqah Hudson, aka @sassycrass.bsky.social, and @sotreu.blacksky.app were the ones who started #YourSlipIsShowing. I ask that you remember Shafiqah and Ra’il as the originators.
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Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
January 4, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
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Incredible piece about protesters from different US cities who all have one thing in common: they lost an eye during a George Floyd protests in when police shot them with "less lethal" crowd-control weapons
www.narratively.com/p/the-shot-i...
www.narratively.com/p/the-shot-i...
The Shot-in-the-Eye Squad
As Black Lives Matter protests swept the nation, the rubber bullets and tear gas canisters started to fly. This epidemic of “blinding by police” inspired our unlikely network of survivors.
www.narratively.com
January 4, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Incredible piece about protesters from different US cities who all have one thing in common: they lost an eye during a George Floyd protests in when police shot them with "less lethal" crowd-control weapons
www.narratively.com/p/the-shot-i...
www.narratively.com/p/the-shot-i...
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Nightmarish. CBS News is now running straight state propaganda. They handed Hegseth all three segments and are now tweeting flattering sound bites.
January 4, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Nightmarish. CBS News is now running straight state propaganda. They handed Hegseth all three segments and are now tweeting flattering sound bites.
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The cackle I just released
January 4, 2026 at 5:39 AM
The cackle I just released
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If anything, Trump’s election has forced real confrontation about the mythology about immigrants in this country.
The mythology has been a useful tool in building collective power, but the mythology isn’t the truth.
I look forward to more ppl communicating honestly about immigration.
The mythology has been a useful tool in building collective power, but the mythology isn’t the truth.
I look forward to more ppl communicating honestly about immigration.
January 2, 2026 at 6:47 PM
If anything, Trump’s election has forced real confrontation about the mythology about immigrants in this country.
The mythology has been a useful tool in building collective power, but the mythology isn’t the truth.
I look forward to more ppl communicating honestly about immigration.
The mythology has been a useful tool in building collective power, but the mythology isn’t the truth.
I look forward to more ppl communicating honestly about immigration.
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And when people love to use the argument that America was built my immigrants - which is not the real truth of this country - I like to remind them that nearly every nation in this hemisphere has its own migration histories that helped build those nations.
January 2, 2026 at 6:45 PM
And when people love to use the argument that America was built my immigrants - which is not the real truth of this country - I like to remind them that nearly every nation in this hemisphere has its own migration histories that helped build those nations.
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Latin America and the Caribbean are politically volatile right now in large part due to backlash against leftist and progressive politics, and strong anti-migration sentiment.
People love to act like xenophobia is some uniquely American phenomenon but it’s not.
People love to act like xenophobia is some uniquely American phenomenon but it’s not.
January 2, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Latin America and the Caribbean are politically volatile right now in large part due to backlash against leftist and progressive politics, and strong anti-migration sentiment.
People love to act like xenophobia is some uniquely American phenomenon but it’s not.
People love to act like xenophobia is some uniquely American phenomenon but it’s not.
Yes.
Not enough conversation about this.
Not enough conversation about this.
The other thing I’m tired of people not being honest about:
Many immigrants in the U.S. are anti-immigrant in their home nations, and many come from places with strong anti-immigrant track records.
See: Latin America.
Many immigrants in the U.S. are anti-immigrant in their home nations, and many come from places with strong anti-immigrant track records.
See: Latin America.
January 2, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Yes.
Not enough conversation about this.
Not enough conversation about this.
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I can agree that this might be true, and also that this isn’t the end of the world. But people don’t just use it for this, but also for wedding vows and eulogies and apologies. And I read this story in that context, and maybe I shouldn’t have, but honestly the point, in that context, still stands.
I agree with this statement, but also the “baby named by ChatGPT” seems to be just that the parents used it as a search engine, and I think it’s a connected but different problem that so many are also using these way more resource-exhausting tools for things that can be done with a basic web search.
What amazes me is how quickly people are losing either the confidence or the willingness to complete basic human tasks.
January 2, 2026 at 3:57 PM
I can agree that this might be true, and also that this isn’t the end of the world. But people don’t just use it for this, but also for wedding vows and eulogies and apologies. And I read this story in that context, and maybe I shouldn’t have, but honestly the point, in that context, still stands.
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Back in the aughts, comparing the actions of the bush administration to nazis was considered to be career destroying antisemitism
Curtis Yarvin, JD Vance’s friend & ideological influence, ended 2025 by claiming “only Hitler spoke the truth” about “too many subjects” & “Hitler was a genius.”
Extremism isn’t fringe on the right. Once marginal online extremists like Yarvin are influential at the highest levels of government.
Extremism isn’t fringe on the right. Once marginal online extremists like Yarvin are influential at the highest levels of government.
January 1, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Back in the aughts, comparing the actions of the bush administration to nazis was considered to be career destroying antisemitism
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I always wanted to be in Mother Jones one day. And for my debut it now says “Epidemiologist Gabrielle Perry says FUCK JON STEWART” 😂
December 29, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I always wanted to be in Mother Jones one day. And for my debut it now says “Epidemiologist Gabrielle Perry says FUCK JON STEWART” 😂
Walking out of Costco and just randomly thought about how Beverly Cleary’s Ramona named her doll Chevrolet and Junie B. Jones named her doll Absorbine Jr.
Made me smile.
Made me smile.
December 27, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Walking out of Costco and just randomly thought about how Beverly Cleary’s Ramona named her doll Chevrolet and Junie B. Jones named her doll Absorbine Jr.
Made me smile.
Made me smile.
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This has nothing to do with faith or observance btw. It’s just about establishing an official hierarchy of citizenship where they are on top. bsky.app/profile/mark...
Here’s the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion.
December 25, 2025 at 9:11 PM
This has nothing to do with faith or observance btw. It’s just about establishing an official hierarchy of citizenship where they are on top. bsky.app/profile/mark...
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“ The daughter of a well known conservative operative , whose paper did not answer the topic at hand and had a carefully planned media campaign , had a trans instructor fired for grading a paper according to the agreed upon rubric”
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay | CNN
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.”
cnn.it
December 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM
“ The daughter of a well known conservative operative , whose paper did not answer the topic at hand and had a carefully planned media campaign , had a trans instructor fired for grading a paper according to the agreed upon rubric”