The Last Rose of Summer is a true story about corruption in #cancer research. I discovered a cheap, plant-derived drug that could replace some much more toxic (but more lucrative) therapies. #BigPharma got involved and suppressed the research. Eventually I had to publish the story in thinly veiled fiction and survive a bunch of murder attempts. "Mary Austin" is a pseudonym, as my publisher forced me to use one. So... hi, I'm "Mary." 🤷♀️
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Last Notes npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin OMG 🤣 This is an amazing protest. The Kansas Compliance Crew is a group of trans men complying with a #Kansas bathroom law by going into women's bathrooms. Give it up for these brave guys! https://kscompliancecrew.org/ #LGBT #trans #50501movement https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/117/071/351/441/088/899/original/0efd6c20a5187e92.png npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin @nprofile…3yqt OMG they made a literal gayroller! 💀 https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/116/818/103/220/511/353/original/c800d497a2812804.png npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin So #Trump managed to delay the removal of his name from the #KennedyCenter with a last minute court action, which resulted in the name coming off in the early hours of the morning. He also required a tarp to be put up on the scaffolding to try to limit video of cheering as his name was removed. But Reuters and Rep Beatty are saying this morning his name is OFF THE BUILDING! https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/116/742/829/055/604/269/original/2df917fa0ae5f576.png npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin Protests matter. These companies have PEOPLE in them. People who have to tell their dates or in laws where they work. People who have to see protests outside the office window. Denver activists ran #Palantir out of the city and then handed their playbook to the activists in Miami, where Palantir moved. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/04/palantir-employees-are-talking-about-companys-descent-into-fascism/ npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin These signs are popping up around #LosAngeles #ICE #DHS #FuckICE https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/116/342/643/919/615/556/original/c9d5fc238836548d.png npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin Is there anybody who still takes the #NYT seriously? via Charlotte Clymer: #media #nato https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/116/342/489/126/456/120/original/267300acdc567163.png npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin I just took a kitty to the vet for a checkup. He wasn't thrilled about it, but he's doing well. Because my vet has been working hard all morning, and I know she hates #Trump, I told her the news about #PamBondi to brighten her day. We talked about the protests and she told me that her Trump-voting clients are telling her all the time now that they're over him. Also I just read that Alex Jones called for Trump to be removed from office. Alex Freaking Jones. #MAGA is OVER. npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin Other than the Vatican when he killed the Pope, has this man been seen in a church? #JDVance https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/116/331/514/921/277/876/original/5bab6d4d0ab558c7.png npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin In #Idaho they banned all but official city or state flags on public buildings in an effort to stop City Hall in Boise from displaying the Progress #Pride flag. So the Boise city government made the Progress Pride flag an official city flag. The loophole meant the idiots in the state government had to try again. So they passed another bill to ban that, and the mayor of Boise lit up City Hall in #trans colors for #TransDayOfVisibility. She's like "I fuckin dare you." https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWk6QFQDbah/ https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/116/330/993/962/878/298/original/90a4f94054b39932.png npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin "Become a Marine! We'll kidnap your grandma from your graduation then send you to die in the middle east to cover up a draft dodger's sex crimes!" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/31/ice-agents-marine-corps-graduation #Trump #Epstein #military npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin I am once again nominating the leopards for the Nobel Peace Prize. https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/116/318/769/307/091/688/original/bf3215cf2d648f59.png npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin I also do higher risk stuff where I take more precautions than that, but the above list is all you need for No Kings. Last year at No Kings 2 there were hardly any counter protesters nationwide. It's always possible, but as I said you just have to ignore those people. The regime is not going to hunt you down because you went to a No Kings protest. These people can't find their own asses with both hands and a road map. They really can't find all the millions of us who march. npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin I've been through 93 protests and I'm still in one piece. My protest safety: 1. Use SpotHero.com if you have to drive a car 2. Don't forget sunscreen and water 3. Go with friends and/or tell someone where you'll be 4. Ignore counter protesters if there even are any. I went through a lot of this crap early last year when protesting was scary and if you don't give them the fight they want, they just yell and then go away. 5. Don't smoke, those things will kill you. Just sayin'. npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin @nprofile…n2fr Right? I don't think corporate media outlets want us to understand how much their mutiny of preverts has destroyed our intelligence and military capabilities. npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin Uh... did y'all hear that a sophisticated drone attack happened at a military base in #Louisiana? Seems like the kind of thing that should be everywhere in the news, not just buried here and there and maybe in local news. https://asiatimes.com/2026/03/sophisticated-drones-attacked-louisianas-barksdale-bomber-base/ npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin I don't usually discuss what we do on #ICE watch, even though all of it is legal. That said, sometimes something happens that's so stupid and funny I have to share. Today some Nazi was driving out of the ICE facility in a car with no front plate. He saw me sitting there with a camera, stopped, backed up, and then came back out with two DIFFERENT out of state license plates on the car, the front one badly askew for good measure. That is how terrifying I am. ✊🏼 npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin These lame brains are gonna get us high speed rail, aren't they? https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/116/275/463/262/183/681/original/dd060fa621a3b484.png npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin If you look at the Walmart website-- or any other major online retailer in the US-- you'll see that gas containers are best selling items right now. I just filled up two new 5 gallon gas containers in addition to my car, one for me and one for my neighbor in case of God knows what. The 70s were before my time, but I have heard about only being able to fill up your car in the US on certain days. The gas shock we're headed for is going to make that look like the good old days. npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin For his next genius move, the guy who invaded multiple cities with our own military and started a war of choice thinks the Dems will get the blame for #ICE agents at the airport. Let's not forget all those air travelers will already be paying a massive premium due to Trump's devastation of the fuel supply. And a bunch of white bigots who support ICE are about to find out what their heroes are really like. 🤡 #DHS #Trump npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin The Paramus #NewJersey bridge trolls had a frog "conducting" the symphony of honks yesterday. It really is loud at these bridge protests. Yes, we play loud music, but it's also the wild cacophony of people who agree. #50501movement #NoKings https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/116/273/700/907/323/429/original/57b919a8b76dbd1f.png npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin @nprofile…pfuj Yeah, that crossed my mind too. We are officially at the point where we aren't dealing with reality UNLESS we consider erstwhile tin foil hat stuff. There is literally nothing so evil or dumb it's off limits with this crowd. npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin Fred Wellman handing Markwayne his candy ass on a platter. #DHS #veterans https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/116/205/834/237/783/737/original/1451c9aa63f398b1.webp npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin A "trillioniare" is someone who will never actually be a trillionaire because there is no way in hell his company will ever meet the profit threshold for that clause in the contract to kick in. #ElonMusk #Tesla https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/116/201/663/890/999/464/original/ca89f08049aa338a.png npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/116/200/929/075/803/932/original/ad9a57c394e53ca3.png npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin The emperor demands all his subjects praise his new clothes. #MAGA #Iran https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/116/196/347/898/030/295/original/66d28e36595823e6.png npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin Gov Katie Hobbs struck a blow for sanity in #Arizona, vetoing an attempt to create a Turning Point Arizona license plate in memory of Charlie Kirk. They also refuse to allow a Sons of the Confederacy license plate in Arizona, thank goodness. Guess people will have to stick to driving lifted trucks to show they're racist. They can have fun paying $5 a gallon gas! 🤡 https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/116/195/663/919/611/162/original/8275303de11bd3ae.png npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin #Denver #Colorado becomes the latest city to ban masks on law enforcement, including #DHS. Now they did this in LA months ago, and the LAPD has not enforced it. This could be different, though. The Denver police chief has said his officers will protect citizens from #ICE using excessive force. We will see how this goes. Regardless, pressure matters. Seeing more and more resistance is exacting a toll on the Nazis. These are not brave people. https://denverite.com/2026/03/02/denver-bans-masks-ice/ npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin Don't create a replica of your crush in the Holodeck, especially if they're a crew mate. It's awkward AF when everybody walks in on you. #SciFiEtiquette #HashTagGames npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin FUCK YEAH! "Gregory Bovino Is Now Under Criminal Investigation" https://www.motherjones.com/mojo-wire/2026/03/cbp-border-patrol-bovino-minneapolis-criminal-investigation/ #DHS #CBP #ICE #GregBovino #FuckICE #Minnesota #Minneapolis npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin I've helped fellow travelers in fluent French, okay Spanish, and even my sketchy Russian, but I will never be as badass as this person. https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/116/160/165/275/726/615/original/0f710d883c96cd84.png npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin @nprofile…la7y @nprofile…l5m6 There is no way for him to cancel the midterms. We even held elections during the Civil War. Does he want to try? Of course. This is absolutely an attempt to stop people talking about Epstein and try to gin up fear of Islam among MAGAs. But it isn't working. Too many MAGA families lost loved ones during the Iraq war. Literally nobody wants this, and you are right to think that even the GOP senators, world class cowards, would not go along with that. npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin Pour one out for this badass solo protester in Denton #Texas, which is north of #Dallas. I've seen other videos of him-- he does this often. #50501movement #Trump #Epstein https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/116/155/815/973/450/108/original/6d7fb9bfcd193c2c.png npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin @nprofile…d0yj The joy of gifs will never fade as long as there are millennials to post them. npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin I don't see how it gets any more clear that AI is actually the devil. https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/realtor-ai-photo-mirror npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin #Republicans in #Arizona tried to pass a bill to place #ICE agents at the polls in all 15 counties in the state for the midterms. The people rose up and said no! The bill is defeated. They will doubtless try again, but the people of Arizona will not tolerate attempts at intimidation. https://azmirror.com/2026/02/20/arizonas-ice-at-polls-bill-is-dead-for-now-but-backers-can-revive-it/ npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin Old but good: game recognizes game The guy who vandalized Trump's Walk of Fame star in 2016 bailed out the guy who did it in 2018. The former is a scion of the wealthy Otis family of Otis elevator fame. Next time you're listening to muzak in an Otis elevator, remember that. https://www.businessinsider.com/austin-clay-reportedly-being-bailed-out-by-james-otis-2018-7 #trump #protests #fascism npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin The US Women's Olympic #hockey team is the people's team. We see who stood up to Orange Hitler. Now Flavor Flav is inviting them to #LasVegas for a real celebration. The men get to listen to a demented old Nazi rapist rambling for hours. https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2026/02/23/usa-womens-hockey-las-vegas-celebration-flavor-flav/88834651007/ #Olympics npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin The Humane Society of Pikes Peak is always here with the real talk. #dogs https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/116/104/294/238/681/305/original/15fa3c822837e5fe.png npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin #RFKJr https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/116/104/003/000/907/221/original/9604bbbfe8c48812.png npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin Fuck yeah, let's all post our horny cringe poetry written about other ADULTS we actually had CONSENSUAL relationships with. https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/116/095/470/912/615/861/original/d52a53aac9adca06.png npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin Mitch McConnell has been hospitalized for flu like symptoms and I hope he receives all the necessary medical care he spent his life taking away from others. :eyeroll: npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin #ElonMusk did the heavy lifting destroying #Tesla, but we #TeslaTakedown protesters helped! Go team! Every shouted threat, physical attack, middle finger, and Nazi salute we got was another nail in the coffin. Honestly, I've got to thank the counter-protesters too for showing the public what kind of person supports him. https://prospect.org/2026/01/30/teslas-wile-e-coyote-moment-is-here/ npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin Just a couple years left in the century of January, y'all, c'mon we can do it. npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin #GregBovino #DHS #FuckICE #Minnesota #CBP https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/981/294/027/632/338/original/dbc8cfb9d54670af.png npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin Saw Homan threatening to publish a database of everybody who is in #ICE watch around the country and make sure our families and employers know. They never learn, do they? We aren't cowards and criminals. We don't hide our faces. Yesterday I gave my full real name to a local journalist who was interviewing me about some of the stuff I've been doing. The interview wasn't about my ICE watch work, but either way: We. Are. Not. Afraid. We are ANGRY. They don't get it and never will. #FuckICE #DHS npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin Well, fellow Americans, if anybody's waiting for a sign to do something here ya go #Minneapolis https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/955/903/814/027/591/original/4a1503e4e9e9c975.png npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin Well fuck me, the NRA went and got their faces eaten! 🤣 https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/955/861/074/593/191/original/4d7bae010686a4fa.png npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin Solidarity with #Minneapolis #GeneralStrike in 250 cities in the US https://paydayreport.com/minneap/ #ICE #ICEout #FuckICE #DHS #protests #50501movement npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin FUCK YEAH! This is happening everywhere. MORE people are stepping up to train for #ICE watch, including in red states like Iowa. Or should I say *previously* red states like Iowa. "ICE legal observer training draws overflow crowd in Iowa City" https://littlevillagemag.com/ice-legal-observer-training-draws-overflow-crowd-in-iowa-city/ #DHS #ReneeGood #FuckICE #Iowa npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin Oh shit, way too many people seriously behave like this and he is way too good at describing it. 😭 https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/939/684/447/116/604/original/89779a976ba7ea69.png npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin If you are in #Texas and love #dogs, some animal shelters are asking for emergency fosters for the winter storm coming at the end of this week! Please spread the word for anybody who might be able to foster a shelter dog. https://cbsaustin.com/newsletter-daily/austin-pets-alive-seeks-foster-homes-for-75-dogs-as-cold-weather-approaches npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin Nothing has changed about his desire and intentions. Nothing has changed about the urgency or danger. But this does illustrate what happens when the bloated old white cowards in our government actually oppose Trump at all, even in private. GOP Senators told him in private that he can't do that. The investor class got anxious. Even MAGAs oppose bombing a country with white people in it. (Yes, that's how they think.) #Trump #Greenland https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/934/012/534/415/799/original/e0401b4d445b0def.png npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin The Portland and Minneapolis protesters have been heroic. So have millions of others across the US who were not covered. This is a video showing different means of resistance in Minneapolis, and all of these are being used nationwide. All our cities are learning from each other. All the organizers communicate. This is not to take away ANYTHING from the Minnesotans' bravery and honor. It's just that media coverage shapes perception, and you actually saw this. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTvdpKRjg57/ npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin #ICE kidnapped four members of the Oglala Sioux Nation and is trying to hold them hostage to force the Sioux to work with #DHS. Working on tribal land would give them legal impunity, so they've been trying to bribe or force Native tribes to work with them across the country. The natives are standing strong-- they don't take bribes and don't negotiate with terrorists. We need more leaders in Congress who understand the assignment like this. https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/01/cheyenne-river-lakota-nation-bans-ice.html npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin As a remind, Marriott is just as bad as Hilton or worse, as they have formal contracts with #ICE. Still, Hilton and ICE are experiencing FAFO. #DHS #FuckICE https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/922/199/079/794/844/original/629c2b0852da58dc.png npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin “'One ICE agent said if we let you see your clients, we would have to let all the attorneys see their clients, and imagine the chaos,' said another attorney who asked not to be named. 'And I said to that person, yeah, you do have to let all the attorneys see their clients. You do have to accommodate that. That’s the Constitution. You chose to put them here. I didn't bring this guy here, you did.'" They're not sending their best. https://abcnews.go.com/US/lawyers-allege-dept-homeland-security-denying-legal-counsel/story?id=129335914 #ICE #FuckICE #DHS npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin @nprofile…nmr0 Heh, and in some cases we are risking our lives for strangers because we are Christians who read the story of the Good Samaritan. In the proper context of that story the Samaritan took a real risk in aiding the man who'd been beaten by robbers-- it risked the wrath of the violent criminals to help. That's why priests and others who were supposed to help passed by. There is nothing new under the sun, as it also says in the Bible. These people just don't read the Bibles they wave. npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin Abigail Spanberger gets it. Upon being sworn in she immediately issued an executive order requiring #Virginia police to stop cooperating with #ICE. She also refused to kiss Nazi boot on #trans rights. Throwing trans people under the bus was depraved and ineffective against the original Nazis and nothing has changed. https://wjla.com/news/local/governor-abigail-spanberger-virginia-commonwealth-richmond-inauguration-rescinds-gov-glenn-youngkins-state-police-ice-affordability-education-immigration-attorney-general-jay-jones-lt-governor-ghazala-hashmi-general-assembly-trump-immigrants-ice #LGBT https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/916/810/348/477/285/original/cc06e6f1838b027d.png npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin For many people who live in apartments, it wouldn't be practical to hide people in their homes. But efforts like these represent the equivalent: make sure that immigrants don't have to leave their homes and risk kidnapping. Around the US people are paying immigrants' rent and bringing them food. If you're in the US, you can ask your local immigrant rights group about it. When this is all over, nobody will be left to wonder whether they would have hidden Anne Frank. https://www.mprnews.org/episode/2026/01/15/minneapolis-church-has-delivered-more-than-12000-boxes-of-groceries-to-families-in-hiding npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin #ICE has abducted three members of the Oglala Sioux nation and is holding them hostage to try to force the Sioux to enter into an agreement with #DHS. Although this is the first case of hostage taking I am aware of, ICE has been trying to operate on tribal lands in other parts of the country too. This is because protesters are showing up in force to ICE facilities in blue cities. https://apnews.com/article/ice-minneapolis-tribal-citizens-immigration-detention-29ac43de85569b80bd64875388097ab6 #FuckICE #NativeAmerican npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin #ICE #DHS #FuckICE https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/905/374/817/456/686/original/f08ab93ac3a9ecb7.png npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin @nprofile…550p Lol it's already happened. https://phoebewallhoward.substack.com/p/patriot-money-floods-gofundme-after npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin Well this was inevitable. I've been saying for months: can you find ten thousand men racist enough to join ICE? Yes, at any NFL game. But can you find that many who are so stupid they think neck gaiters will stop data breaches? No, and that is why they do not have the people for a nationwide crackdown. This is not doxxing. These people are public servants with an obligation to reveal their identities. There will be accountability. https://www.rawstory.com/ice-agents-data-leak #ICE #DHS #FuckICE npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin More and more accounts on other platforms that don't usually post about #Trump are now posting about #ICE. The trend is "Camping [or whatever nonpolitical interest] is political because you can't go camping if ICE murders you." We are closing in on this regime because the resistance is becoming unavoidable in everyone's life. When it shows up in headlines, NBA games, the Golden Globes, non political social media accounts, everywhere, that's it. That's the ballgame. #FuckICE #DHS #ReneeGood https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/888/417/539/974/649/original/600e6750ed557b2c.png npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin We are all disgusted by the desecration of the #KennedyCenter. But now it turns out that donations and tickets sales that would have gone there are now going to local theaters in the #WashingtonDC area. This seems to be the pattern: Trump is so awful that the response to him improves the country. Remember the blue wave of 2018 that brought in the most diverse Congress in our history? We have seen this before and we will see it again. We just have to stand strong. https://wtop.com/dc/2026/01/regional-theaters-see-boost-as-kennedy-center-faces-challenges/ npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin @nprofile…5xa9 I am so sorry you are dealing with this. To try to prevent these situations, Human Rights First created an app called "Ready Now" for immigrants or anyone who might be abducted. I have it even though I'm white and a citizen by birth, because I do ICE watch. It gives you a "panic button" to push on your phone to send an emergency message to your chosen contacts that ICE may have taken you. Mine just asks my neighbor to feed the cats and get me a lawyer. https://humanrightsfirst.org/library/human-rights-first-launches-readynow-app-to-offer-lifeline-to-immigrants-during-ice-encounters/ npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin Remember that Kristi Noem lies about how many thugs they have. She claimed to have hundreds of thousands of applications but then had to remove all age limits other than 18+, to say nothing of dispensing with all physical standards of fitness. Strange There are ways to get accurate numbers though due to payroll. There are about 6100 ERO ICE thugs nationwide. 2000 are already on the ground in Minneapolis and she says they are sending more... https://www.startribune.com/ice-raids-minnesota/601546426 #ICE #DHS #FuckICE npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin Kansas City #Missouri https://www.instagram.com/p/DTWelfhjOhk/?img_index=1 #protests #50501movement #ReneeGood #ICE #FuckICE https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/873/993/121/621/614/original/75775da6cb2022cc.png npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin I see Naomi Wolf's grasp of psychology is going about as well as her grasp of vaccine science.🤔 Look Naomi you can #FuckICE all you want but that is ENTIRELY NOT what we mean by it. #ICE #DHS https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/873/361/678/893/231/original/89373ec99ee92e11.png npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin Remember when people all of a sudden thought Portland was special and OMG there's a guy in a frog suit, because they finally saw one video from a nationwide movement? Portland IS awesome, and Seth Todd the frog guy IS a hero, but they were hardly unique in reality. Flash nationwide protests like this do not happen in less than 24 hours without months of exhausting work by millions of people who got the fuck out there. The media are finally covering it. #ICE #DHS #FuckICE #ReneeGood npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin Rolling protests in #Minneapolis are targeting hotels where #ICE agents are staying. These tactics have been used since the very beginning in LA, you just didn't see it unless you followed resisters on social media. There's a drum kit, a brass band, a person in a frog suit playing an accordion, and giant crowds of people banging pots and blowing whistles. They're out there in a frigid Minneapolis night. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTUJ0QKk-1J/ #50501movement #protests #DHS #FuckICE npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin The #50501movement says that just 24 hours after calling for nationwide #IceOutForGood protests, over a thousand events are expected to happen this weekend. The protest movement has been at this scope for some time now. Find your event on Mobilize or ask me to find it! #protests #ICE #FuckICE #ReneeGood https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/868/246/169/813/096/original/54be07b4b65ee821.png npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin Keith Porter was also murdered by #ICE on New Year's Eve. There is this action in his hometown of Carson #California. And while I cannot personally verify the Gofundme that has just been set up for his family, it does appear that a lot of people are donating to it now. https://www.gofundme.com/f/justice-for-keith-porters-memory #DHS #FuckICE #protests #50501movement https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/866/339/973/411/997/original/119c5a98b6bf3cd3.png npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin All these people should still be alive. Resisters at @LatinoMuslimUnity say: "Our communities are not disposable. Our communities are beautiful, resilient, and fiercely protective of one another. We are united against ICE. We demand justice. "Ice is not about safety, its about terrorizing communities to control them." #ICE #DHS #FuckICE #ReneeGood https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/863/277/167/286/723/original/20ba75763ce51986.png npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin Wired has removed the paywall from this article about digital safety in protesting. That is awesome. Please do read it. I would like to give a real life perspective though. You can do all or none of the things they recommend. Why? Because there are millions of us marching and they can't lock us all up. We've been laughing at them for months in the protest movement. 8% of USians (all comers, not Democrats) said they attended a No Kings rally. https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-protest-safely-surveillance-digital-privacy/ #protests #50501movement npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin I am offended by any public official who is *not* swearing under these circumstances. npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin Fantastic sign from Evanston #Illinois last night You said it ma'am #ICE #DHS #protests #50501movement https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/860/569/596/585/830/original/984ee4e61dbff7cc.png npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin If you haven't protested before now, people who've been protesting from the start will be completely fucking thrilled to have you or any other newcomer. No "where were you before." People do that shit online, not in the real world where we need every person we can get. Discover your community of street protesters and discover some of the most awesome and fun people you've ever met. The harder core the anti-Nazi, the less purity testing and pretense. Even though tonight's vigils will be... npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin People in Minneapolis are showing up to the intersection where #ICE murdered that woman. Here a very brave woman of color shows and describes the scene: 100-200 people have gathered in front of a line of ICE goons in armored vehicles. The protesters are demanding the arrest of the murderer. She is representing the Sunrise Movement for Minneapolis Twin Cities. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTOQ1xwEgq2/ #minneapolis #ICE #DHS #protests #50501movement npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin As a reminder, you can buy this excellent T shirt from Karen Hallion https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/77190202-f-ck-ice?store_id=2982 #ICE #FuckICE https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/855/811/638/700/497/original/5c98e0ad26208956.png npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin I love how this article highlights the "behind the scenes" work people are doing to thwart #ICE. You don't have to be on the front line to prevent deportations. Can you do a grocery run for neighbors who are rightly afraid to leave their homes? Can you step up for carpool duty for immigrant parents? Can you call a local immigrant rights group and ask for the emergency number to call if you see ICE, then spread that number around? You probably can. It all matters. https://truthout.org/articles/amid-ice-raids-we-continue-to-organize-thats-how-we-refuse-to-disappear/ npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin "Your disabled friend isn’t exactly thrilled about the idea of getting whatever horrible lurgy you’ve reassured them isn’t Covid, it has been revealed. "In a statement released today, your disabled friend clarified that yes, they’re keen to avoid Covid at all costs, but you still can’t sneeze your germ particles onto them because your LFT was clear..." #Covid #CovidIsNotOver #Disability https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/833/486/977/829/079/original/a6b03468ce6822f8.png npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin Boy let's fuckin hope we speed run all of this in January somehow I realize no one protester can make Trump stroke out but I will be giving it my all this evening #Trump #Venezuela https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/832/347/950/337/794/original/3bc4ad84e261463e.png npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin @nprofile…9dzp Done! Thank you Laffy for all the information and thank you @nprofile…yjla for all the inspiration. https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/815/979/782/367/661/original/6de9027ecea4e0b1.png npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin The #Buddhist monks on the #WalkForPeace are now in the #Atlanta #Georgia area! Their social media continues to show the most moving footage of the monks and their faithful dog Aloka, but there has been at least local coverage. https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/walk-peace-continues-through-georgia-where-see-them-week They have been drawing such huge crowds they even forced corporate media to pay attention. ✊🏼 https://apnews.com/article/buddhist-monks-peace-texas-washington-16a91db6f9fa1c90f8c87efa907bb6a7 #50501movement #protests npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin MORE USPS FUCKERY The USPS just changed the meaning of a postmark. Under the old rules, when you dropped the mail off at the post office was the postmark date. Now, the postmark is the date your mail was first processed by an automated center. If you drop your mail off Monday but it doesn't get processed until Wednesday, Wednesday is the new postmark date. Yes, this can affect taxes, healthcare, and-- not coincidentally, I'm sure-- ELECTIONS. https://nstp.org/article/usps-announces-changes-postmark-date-system #USPS #Trump npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin Oh barf, yes it does. Who would care about a dead Nazi if she hadn't been hot? I didn't even click on this tripe. https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/804/790/961/178/931/original/2fa2198d603c2c0f.png npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin As a former red state resident who still has a red state area code, I still get MAGA texts. This one read: "John Thune: I promise you, this text is different. No fundraising pitch. I just need you to answer a question." The link contained a propaganda "survey" followed by... you guessed it!... a fundraising pitch. npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin Okay at this point Tolkien has stopped spinning in his grave and is just laughing his ass off. https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/800/912/006/670/544/original/315ae30a64c286e9.png npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin Carol O'Connor played famous TV bigot Archie Bunker. This interview he gave in 1971 has resurfaced because he takes down the idea of his character as a "lovable bigot." He talks about how his character's hate poisons his whole life and keeps him from enjoying his life. It's eerily descriptive of MAGA in the future. The part I'm talking about starts around 1:45. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5j4gjse35C8 #racism #MAGA npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin BREAKING NEWS UPDATE: One of my colleagues managed to get a better picture of Towel Dude. Behold, the proud face of Nazi America. Behold the sort of person who calls Arab-Americans "towel heads." https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/788/894/037/370/529/original/860785820197f41d.jpeg npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin I don't write about everything we do on ICE watch, even though it is all legal. But I have to share that today I saw an ICE agent driving past my camera with A TOWEL OVER HIS HEAD. I do not, of course, mean any normal religious or cultural headdress. I mean there was a hand towel draped over this moron's head to cover his face. You ever have a dog and throw a towel over the dog's head for a joke, to see what he does? It looked dumber than that, because this is a grown man. I laughed openly. npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin The We Are America March took a copy of the Constitution from Philadelphia to DC earlier this year, because they figured the government lost its copy. A group of Buddhist monks are currently halfway through a 2300 mile journey on foot from Texas to DC, the Walk for Peace. Meanwhile, drag performer Pattie Gonia just walked 100 miles down the #California coast IN DRAG over five days and raised over $1.1m for outdoor charities. Badasses all. https://www.instagram.com/p/DSptf4pFJ-f/?img_index=1 https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/776/368/657/001/031/original/7fa95bd83526aa89.png npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin In which @nprofile…weku debunks Dr. Oz's bullcrap announcement about health insurance enrollment for next year and predicts further #GOP bullcrap. I wouldn't be at all surprised if this is their game. But reality keeps catching up to their propaganda. https://acasignups.net/25/12/23/dr-oz-announces-156m-hcgov-enrollees-date-down-600k-last-yearbut-no-cms-report #healthcare npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin BWAAAAHAHAHAHA! SCROTUS is starting to turn on Trump. Good luck taking over our cities without National Guard. Chicago already handed the ICE Nazis their asses. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/23/supreme-court-blocks-trump-national-guard-chicago #Chicago #Trump #SCOTUS #NationalGuard npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin We knew they'd try to release redacted files. We knew they'd fuck it up. But I know I still didn't imagine they'd fuck it up to this degree, let alone that I'd be reading about that from random accounts on social media. Yes, I've now seen this from several accounts, although I haven't tried it myself. https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/769/824/855/513/223/original/4308f55fb7ac7208.png npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin @nprofile…dt7j Yes, I meant it as more of an analogy. It's not good when people stay the same forever, either. npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin @nprofile…dt7j I am from a town of 500 people, and you have to really want to count 500. Sometimes people talk about going back to their home and feeling wistful about how much everything's changed. But it's not a bad thing! My family moved away from that town when I was 9 or 10. I came back to visit at 19 and absolutely nothing had changed. The same letters were missing from the same signs. When you get nostalgic about the way your town used to be, ask yourself if my situation is better. 😂 npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin Apparently this happened at Stonehenge this morning. Of course a crowd gathered to observe the solstice there, and what should they see but a house panther blessing the new year! I consider house panthers to be the finest of luck, so this is a good omen for the new year. #WinterSolstice https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/760/825/997/045/628/original/f59364871abac546.png npub1xurlvgw2qqspcz99pws5vte63m3n5us0e7sqldpaja8rhf0tdphquwc3ly Scary Austin You know the rules, folks: if I have to see it you do. https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/758/050/797/717/087/original/95903aa8045c2e75.png