Tinman
Dad | Spoonie | Socialist | NetSec Engineer
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- The latest Starfleet Academy episode got me. Been waiting ages for more DS9 stories. It was so well done. 🥲 #startrek #starfleetacademy #ds9
- Reposted by TinmanWe believe there are few investigations that deserve more sunlight and public scrutiny than this one, in which two masked agents fired 10 shots at Alex Pretti as he lay on the ground after being pepper-sprayed. Read our full story: propub.li/4qUNfXH
- Reposted by TinmanA publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world
- Reposted by Tinman"Stop Separating Families" Seen in Los Angeles
- Reposted by TinmanThese people are terrorists. Full stop.
- Reposted by TinmanFloored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.
- Reposted by TinmanUPDATE!!! The Tribune Editorial Board endorsed the AlPAC candidate in my race partially because she left the IL progressive caucus because she supports unconditional military aid to Israel. In their eyes, it’s “a principled position for a principled Democrat.” www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/03/e...
- Reposted by TinmanNYT, once again, humanizing the worst people on this planet. Never learned from the Tony Hovater incident. The time spent on this article could have been spent featuring the people who actually care about their communities instead of people intent on destroying them for clicks and clout.
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- From the Editorial Board: Kat Abughazaleh made a show of declining (sending a spokesman, for goodness sake) to be part of the editorial board’s endorsement interviews after first informing us she would attend. trib.al/LXhfqMv
- I really thought this was an article from @theonion.com at first glance.
- 🚨 Documents leaked to me reveal a federal watchlist of American protesters suspected of being Antifa - including its supposed leader. One Department of Homeland Security document says a 29-year-old resident of Portland "is the leader of Antifa": www.kenklippenstein.com/p/feds-ident...
- We need a vanguard party.
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- Reposted by TinmanPlease CHRIST look at the UK; Starmer’s Labour didn’t win the last election; the Conservatives lost it. The thing to do is to *BURN AWAY* Schumer, Jeffries et al through direct action, protests, primaries. You and I are in charge (sorry! but also: congrats!) Catch up with us, Dems, or be retired.
- Reposted by Tinmanthe government is gassing our children.
- Minnesotans have shown remarkable bravery and resolve in defending their communities. Watching your perseverance has been truly inspiring. History will remember and honor your courage while holding your state officials in contempt for their inaction and cowardice.
- Reposted by TinmanA little girl in Portland, OR after being tear gassed by ICE. what the actual fuck.
- Reposted by TinmanI can’t stress this enough. The state of 4th Amendment law is that the cops can’t force you to type in a passcode but they can force you to swipe your finger or present your face. Never stop using passcodes/passwords to unlock your devices. And consider additional code to unlock Signal.
- The FBI was able to access Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson's Signal messages because she used Signal on her work laptop. The laptop accepted Touch ID for authentication, meaning the agents were allowed to require her to unlock it. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
- This isn’t about immigration. This is a terror campaign against all of us by a fascist regime. If you don’t think they’ll come for you, you’re wrong. Get organized. Abolish ICE.
- "MPR News has learned that the police chief in the small southern Minnesota city of St. Peter intervened Thursday afternoon to prevent federal immigration agents from arresting a local resident" who had been observing federal agents. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
- This ad from @katmabu.bsky.social got me. 😂 youtu.be/4yXsd87Zgb4?...
- This art is food for this comrade’s soul. So many beautiful and inspirational pieces.
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- Reposted by TinmanThis is terrible. It is also an opportunity for certain journalists to finally speak up with a *fraction* of the courage the people of Minneapolis have shown. It is also instructive that Lemon is Black. Woe/pox etc upon white journalists who don’t freak out about this.
- This is like the story of the boy who cried wolf. I can’t imagine anyone, even Trump, believes Schumer means it at this point.
- Reposted by TinmanICE agent in a private chat with colleagues: "Ten versus one and somehow they couldn’t find a way to subdue the guy...They all carry belts and vests with 9,000 pieces of equipment on them and the best they can do is shoot a guy in the back?” www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ices-secre...
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- They really want you to be good little boys and girls while you protest.
- 🚨 I've obtained a list of secret watchlists the Department of Homeland Security uses to keep tabs on American citizens www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ices-secre...
- “reform” lol
- Reposted by TinmanICE are alllll over Harlem right now, 116 & Frederick Douglass, checking IDs and targeting the area’s African community. Multiple people have been detained. Community members are advising folks to carry citizenship documents - or stay away if they are at risk
- The empire doesn’t let things like rules and laws trouble them.
- My word, @ilhanmn.bsky.social. I didn’t realize what a BAMF you were. Zero hesitation going at the dude. Amazing. 👏👏👏
- Reposted by TinmanICE murdered Renée Good in broad daylight. Less than 3 weeks later, they killed Alex Pretti, shooting him 10 times. Every day, we watch as people are ripped from their cars, their homes, their lives. We can't allow ourselves to look away from this cruelty. Abolish ICE.
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- Those who advocate solely for peaceful protest are viciously intent on preserving the existing system regardless of the cost.
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- Organize.
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- Reposted by TinmanKare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."
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- “All economic and political institutions are contrivances that should serve the interests of the people. When they fail to do so, they should be replaced by something more responsive, more just, and more democratic. (1/2)
- Reposted by Tinmanthey're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.
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- God, dems are so chickenshit.
- Just gonna post through it or actually do something about it? My guess is the former.
- Minnesotans want safety. They want freedom. They want what’s best for our kids. Masked agents snatching preschoolers off the street and sending them to Texas detention centers serves none of those purposes. This campaign of retribution has got to stop. www.startribune.com/preschooler-...
- If the talk isn’t complete abolition, complete liberation, then the talk is meaningless. Harm reduction is a myth.
- The fascism lite party would like to remind you that you should just continue to accept the carnage will little real resistance. This is similar to a rapist’s advice to their victim, “just let it happen.”
- Reposted by TinmanPeople can say they didn’t vote for this but people are liars
- Reposted by TinmanThe US has the highest maternal mortality of any developed country … and it’s about to get a lot worse. Why? Pregnant women are afraid to go to the hospital for care. They’re labouring at home alone because ICE will grab them as soon as they give birth. This is dystopian.
- Reposted by TinmanTyler O'Ryan Gramlin, 32, of Borden, IN is a Border Patrol Agent who has traveled from state to state committing extreme violence. On Jan 21, 2026 Gramlin emptied a can of pepper spray directly in the face of a prone protester at point-blank range in Minneapolis #MPLS #OneOfOursAllOfYours #UnmaskICE
- This is absolutely rich coming from him. Has he checked on his own party recently? He tries to act like a Churchill while his party is full of Nevilles.
- What a tiny coward.
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- Reposted by TinmanNew— 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.
- This position is the absolute bare minimum.
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- Started reading “Blackshirts & Reds: Rational Fascism & the Overthrow of Communism” by Michael Parenti. It’s the first book of the @dsanorthtexas.bsky.social Marxist Reading group’s module on fascism. I think this could be a lively discussion when we meet. Can’t wait!
- Rheumatologists make it damn near impossible to switch from a bad one. It’s crazy.
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- Reposted by TinmanFlorida Passes Law Granting Viruses Personhood theonion.com/florida-passes-law-…
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- It’s going to be *amazing* to see the shock from some when the national guard doesn’t do anything for the benefit or protection of protesters.
- Reposted by TinmanHer mother called 911 for help… and got turned into ICE instead. They placed her and her five year old daughter in a hotel and told them not to contact anyone. ICE didn’t want the community fighting for them. Mother & daughter have been deported to Honduras and the local police were complicit.
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- Please understand you’ll be labeled a radical no matter your level of involvement. It doesn’t matter to the fascists if you’re actually involved or not.
- She knows how to play the rotting toddler. It’s easier when you have no morals at all, and your endgame is the exploitation of your own people for personal wealth.
- Making the primary choices easier.
- Democrats have shown who they are time and time again. Everyone needs to quit hoping they’ll be something they are not. There’s not even a glimmer of hope that they’ll ever be a true opposition party. Quit wasting time and energy on them. It’s futile.
- She really wants to be the one to exploit her people to the fullest, eh?
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- Reposted by Tinman⚠️ Help needed ⚠️ Researchers are trying to collect & inform on hostile media/agitators that can be referenced during ICE escalations. Tag with #hostilemedia & location identifiers. Ex: #hostimediaMN #hostilemediaME #hostilemediaCBUS #hostilemediaMNPLS We've started an example thread here (1/🧵)
- Raise revolutionary children.
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- Unfortunately this goes for pretty much any comment that says “this is illegal” or “they can’t do that.”
- The reality is that ICE and DHS actually CAN and ARE attacking people who are exercising their rights. I say this NOT to dissuade anyone from exercising those rights, but to challenge @tedlieu.bsky.social and other politicians to do more to protect those rights than post this kind of thing.
- Reposted by TinmanThree of the Ogala Lakota men who were taken by ICE are being held at a former concentration camp. ICE has no jurisdiction over Native Americans. They’re not breaking any laws. There’s nowhere to deport them to. They were here first. They’ve been kidnapped.
