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Rebecca Orchant

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I write these: https://soupanddespair.beehiiv.com/ https://www.unboundedition.com/product/simmering-rebecca-orchant-literary-nonfiction/ Death is coming. Eat trash. Be free. Dumb voluptuary. HBIC @popanddutch.bsky.social & @ladyslipperptown.bsky.social

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Anyone else having, like, A LOT of trouble sleeping?

12.03.2026 09:46 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Me, every time I read another article about AI.

10.03.2026 12:07 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They spent your tax money on killing children. I think it's worth us spending our tax money prosecuting and punishing them all. No one will argue against it. It is a popular stance. Don't be a pussy. Stand up for those girls who were killed in our name.

09.03.2026 22:47 πŸ‘ 1305 πŸ” 252 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 6
A white car with a decal across the entire back window that reads: AM INNOCENT

A white car with a decal across the entire back window that reads: AM INNOCENT

Literally no one:

Some guy on St. Martin:

04.03.2026 21:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

never, ever, ever, ever accept "how will you pay for it?" as an argument against social programs.

04.03.2026 20:50 πŸ‘ 7214 πŸ” 2618 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 36

"Second or third place is dead."

02.03.2026 03:52 πŸ‘ 64 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

Just want to note that 3am in Washington is like 11:30am in Tehran. The American people are the ones he snuck up on in the dead of night to conduct this illegal attack, not the purported enemy.

28.02.2026 12:21 πŸ‘ 4112 πŸ” 1016 πŸ’¬ 62 πŸ“Œ 22
Text from Eversource: Blizzard
battering the region, causing significant damage and outages. More damage expected today as hazardous conditions continue. Poor visibility and difficult travel will delay our ability to safely respond. Restoration could take 3-5 days.

Text from Eversource: Blizzard battering the region, causing significant damage and outages. More damage expected today as hazardous conditions continue. Poor visibility and difficult travel will delay our ability to safely respond. Restoration could take 3-5 days.

A man shrugs and says, β€œGuess I’ll die.”

A man shrugs and says, β€œGuess I’ll die.”

23.02.2026 15:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Power went OUT out at 6am, and I didn’t think to grind more coffee yesterday. That rodent is going to pay.

23.02.2026 12:34 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The groundhog did this.

23.02.2026 12:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Fresh, ripe papaya tastes like a chemical weapon.

23.02.2026 05:51 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Donate to Protect Addi From Forced Removal, organized by Holly M On Sunday 15th February, my wife Addison was detained for 21 hours by UK border control at t… Holly M needs your support for Protect Addi From Forced Removal

a trans woman i know is being deported back to the USA due to the Home Office messing up paperwork.

her wife is desperately trying to raise the funds to prevent this. they have 48 hours before she’s put on a plane and might never be able to return.

please, help if you can. they’re both terrified.

20.02.2026 16:09 πŸ‘ 2411 πŸ” 3065 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 52

Turn! These fuckin things! Off!

17.02.2026 03:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They want to scare people out of posting ICE-critical content, because they know these posts are turning even their supporters against them. But the better option is to take a page out of their playbook and flood the zone.

16.02.2026 13:49 πŸ‘ 3172 πŸ” 1231 πŸ’¬ 88 πŸ“Œ 61

Oh, you mean the thing that can’t count to 100?

15.02.2026 14:04 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Wait β€” this thing?

bsky.app/profile/curs...

15.02.2026 14:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s easy to be filled despair by how much need there is for help β€” but nothing has felt better than knowing we’re helping people pay their rent and get out of detention. You know people who have the money to help, sometimes they just need a nudge.

14.02.2026 19:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks to @ziibiing.com for your hard work on this project! One of the most useful organizing tools I’ve ever seen.

14.02.2026 19:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Stand With Minnesota Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.

Threw a gigantic 5-DJ party in Ptown last night, sending all the proceeds from the door and bar to Minnesota mutual aid to the tune of $5k. We knew where to focus thanks to standwithminnesota.com. Big β€œjoy is an act of resistance” energy. Whatever you’re good at can be used to help other people!

14.02.2026 19:19 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s not a withdrawal until ICE is abolished.

I have neighbors everywhere.

12.02.2026 14:37 πŸ‘ 2789 πŸ” 627 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 17

Have never seen someone put this better.

11.02.2026 19:21 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Actually my favorite scene in comedy history.

11.02.2026 14:32 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Would absolutely watch the β€œMen Experiencing Consequences Olympics.”

10.02.2026 17:34 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Ugh β€” *in the line of

In my defense, I’m seething with rage.

10.02.2026 17:06 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So… how many ICE/CBP agents have been killed in the of duty as a result of this β€œunprecedented aggression?”

10.02.2026 15:43 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, for some reason I don’t think bringing your kids to Child Rape Island is as good of an excuse as you think it is.

10.02.2026 15:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The choice to frame this rhetorically as a negotiation *with ICE and DHS* rather than, you know, a decision about their future made by their rightful superiors in the popularly elected legislature is, to me, incredibly grating.

10.02.2026 04:55 πŸ‘ 4254 πŸ” 841 πŸ’¬ 80 πŸ“Œ 26

And I mean in every way β€” sartorially, culinarily, socially β€” they make better art than you, they write cooler words, even the fucking mobility of their hips just mops the fucking floor with you.

bsky.app/profile/fact...

09.02.2026 15:06 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Demonizing multiculturalism is such a stupid philosophical pratfall because everyone you’re trying to make into the enemy is so much fucking cooler than you.

09.02.2026 15:02 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Just a quick update from the Twin Cities. (Please forgive the unsolicited message). THINGS ARE NOT BETTER IN MINNEAPOLIS. The media is mostly moving on, Trump is focused on other stuff, BUT NOTHING HAS CHANGED ON THE GROUND. More than 2,000 DHS thugs continue to roam the streets, abducting people 24/7, assaulting legal observers with impunity, and routinely denying 1st, 4th, and 5th amendment rights. Drones and helicopters are overhead every day. Hundreds and hundreds of terrified families have not left their homes since mid-December ... relying on the community to bring them food and help with rent and other necessities. (Those people are NOT violent drug cartel sex offending murderers, as DHS would tell you. Most are legal residents or citizens.)  If anything, things have just become more stressful and intractable (think trench warfare as a suitable metaphor): The resistance is better organized and numerous, but DHS has become more clever and better at disguise... and the county sheriff's office is increasingly supporting them . Do not let anyone tell you that Homans (the new person in charge of the occupation) is making anything better. Do not let anyone tell you that 700 ICE agents leaving the city has made much of a difference; the remaining force (again, ~2,000) is still larger than the entire city's police force (which is legally unable to do anything). Please call your congressional reps ... especially if there is any chance the administration might listen to them.

Just a quick update from the Twin Cities. (Please forgive the unsolicited message). THINGS ARE NOT BETTER IN MINNEAPOLIS. The media is mostly moving on, Trump is focused on other stuff, BUT NOTHING HAS CHANGED ON THE GROUND. More than 2,000 DHS thugs continue to roam the streets, abducting people 24/7, assaulting legal observers with impunity, and routinely denying 1st, 4th, and 5th amendment rights. Drones and helicopters are overhead every day. Hundreds and hundreds of terrified families have not left their homes since mid-December ... relying on the community to bring them food and help with rent and other necessities. (Those people are NOT violent drug cartel sex offending murderers, as DHS would tell you. Most are legal residents or citizens.) If anything, things have just become more stressful and intractable (think trench warfare as a suitable metaphor): The resistance is better organized and numerous, but DHS has become more clever and better at disguise... and the county sheriff's office is increasingly supporting them . Do not let anyone tell you that Homans (the new person in charge of the occupation) is making anything better. Do not let anyone tell you that 700 ICE agents leaving the city has made much of a difference; the remaining force (again, ~2,000) is still larger than the entire city's police force (which is legally unable to do anything). Please call your congressional reps ... especially if there is any chance the administration might listen to them.

A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:

08.02.2026 05:06 πŸ‘ 14972 πŸ” 8418 πŸ’¬ 158 πŸ“Œ 311