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NEW OPPORTUNITY: Short fiction writer? Love the world of Heaven's Vault? ... then come play in the waters. We're looking to commission 20 short stories set in the Nebula for a new anthology. Paid, obvs. Full details and a link to the form on the blog: www.inklestudios.com/2026/10/24/t...

Lula winning is great for the planet, great for Brazil, and great for people who aren't revanchist assholes everywhere in the world, but let's not forget that it's also going to make some of the worst people on Earth extremely sad and mad. We should enjoy that, as a little treat.

Technically, a dictionary is a book of spells.

At some point, we fray/ We begin to unravel/ Winding into time #haiku

Yellows, reds, and greens/ Maples tangle larch and pine/ The first tapestry #haiku

Anti-trans Democrats are spreading poison when we can least afford it, during elections in this ongoing fascist takeover. As a strategy, it’s a recipe for failure. As a moral stand, it’s reprehensible. PS I’m the father of young trans woman and I’ll never forgive anyone who makes her life harder.

U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, is investigating two for-profit companies contracted to run a new ICE facility for unaccompanied children about to open in Louisiana. By @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social www.thequeenzone.com/scoop-top-se...

Due process is optional in Trump's America. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...

As Alexandria's England Airpark is set to host an ICE detention center for children and families, Verite News examined the airpark’s contract with a Louisiana private prison operator. https://ow.ly/IcJx50ZYymI

All of those responsible for these acts of violence — and their leadership — will be held accountable.

ICE said Antonio Moreida jumped onto the hood of their vehicle. Now a local police investigation concludes that an ICE agent struck him with his SUV. The routine lying by ICE is the result of the example set by leadership of the Department of Homeland Security.

ICE is lying about agents’ brutality. And Trump’s mass deportation agenda is worsening affordability. www.thequeenzone.com/ice-is-sipho...

Trump: "While oil prices are temporarily high ... the United States oil and gas business is making hundreds of billions of dollars"

Closing argument to VOTE

“Trump was joined on stage by Gernot Döllner, the chairman of the board of management at Audi, who said the plant would be producing ‘our biggest and most premium SUVs.’” No one will buy them. Audi is owned by Volkswagen. They didn’t learn the Reich lesson.

Audi is owned by Volkswagen. encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/a...

Now prosecute him‼️ Resignation is not accountability. #JusticeForKohenWiley

Homicide is the leading cause of death for pregnant & postpartum people in the U.S., & nearly half of those killings involved domestic violence. The fight against domestic violence & for abortion rights is intertwined. #DVAM2026 #WithSurvivors

Abortion bans are NEVER about protecting life.

peach lightening dreams/ into puppy dog breath/ you whisper warmth #haiku #magneticpoetry

“Any country that doesn’t have a UBI will fall behind economically and those that have it will leap ahead” 💯 agree That’s foresight That’s long term strategy and investment in our future economy

Trump-friendly oligarchs are buying up major media with the regime's help. They control CNN, CBS, Fox, TikTok, Meta, X and major local TV chains. Yet Mike Johnson is still claiming liberal bias. The real media conspiracy is the corporate consensus to normalize Johnson and other right-wing radicals.

75 people at No Kings out here in rural WA.

“I hope this fuels people’s internal fire to get out the early vote.” I chat with @ezralevin.bsky.social about META taking down the No Kings Instagram account. This demands an investigation. Listen to our whole conversation here: open.substack.com/pub/muellers...

October 17, 2026 | Farley Post Office, NYC Massive turnout at Rise and Resist’s NO KINGS action! Demonstrators urged early voting, demanded delivery of all mail-in ballots, and called for the Trump regime not to interfere with the electoral process.

This is Tommy. Tommy had a question about my allegiances. Listen to the end to hear about his.

Add Isle of Skye, Scotland to the map of No Kings Protests! I can’t wait to vote early when I get home. I imagine the London action was bigger but at least we can say there were two protests in the UK! Indivisible Guide Indivisible Long Island #NoKings #BlueWave

Every person dead, every family separated, every community terrorized, and every dissenter targeted and persecuted. There’s more than a million reasons to dismantle DHS.

Singing “Down by the Riverside” on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.

At the Memorial Bridge this morning for the No Kings march to start. The band is playing “All You Fascists Bound To Lose.”

Spending this morning at the #NoKings rally in Grand Rapids, MN. Get out and vote. Get everyone involved! #Minnesota

In Feb., the Airpark board approved the kids' detention center project, to be run by LaSalle Family Foundation In August, "a new, for-profit LaSalle Family Foundation was registered in Delaware. The firm, like its nonprofit namesake, is also controlled by McConnell." veritenews.org/2026/10/16/i...

"A spokesperson for the authority did not respond to a request for comment, including whether board members are concerned that LaSalle Corrections is attempting to evade taxes by using its foundation to run the camp." @prospect.org: prospect.org/2026/07/28/i...

"Despite a spate of oversight failures and recent detainee deaths, LaSalle is expanding its footprint, taking over specialized ICE facilities, including a controversial new staging site at England Airpark for families and unaccompanied children." hntrbrk.com/investigatio...

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ICE spokesperson emailed me in July, emphasizing optics, saying the Louisiana facility is not detention; it's a “staging" center. They included a list of 5 men who'd been arrested in Louisiana. But more than 8500 kids have been arrested by ICE during Trump 47. www.thequeenzone.com/ice-is-sipho...

October 17th: No Kings: Vote early: .. (cartoon David Horsey) #politics

this is disqualifying for any leader of the democratic party, no matter how you look at it.

Billionaires can clearly afford to pay more taxes if they can spend this much on political influence. Tax the rich! If you're in California, vote for the wealth tax.

This is sexual violence as a form of terrorism. It is political violence and it is chilling and horrific, and AOC was absolutely right to be terrified that the goons (now pardoned) laying siege to the capital would rape her if they found her. Small changes won't fix this. FLIP THE TABLE NOW

"Fuck everybody who believes that this is what's supposed to be happening. There is nothing happening here that has to do with public safety AT ALL." @jumaane.bsky.social @advocate.nyc.gov

Hundreds of protestors march from the site where an ICE agent shot a father in the Bronx on 10/8 to the hospital where he was being held. Defund and abolish ICE. Chinga la migra. 🧵 of photos...