Diane Magras (she/her)

@dianemagras@mstdn.social
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I'm a #history nerd, #vegetarian, avid #reader, and the #author of #MiddleGrade books for young people (The Mad Wolfโ€™s Daughter, The Hunt for the Mad Wolfโ€™s Daughter, and Secret of the Shadow Beasts). I love #libraries, #History, #ChildrensLiterature, #MiddleGradeFantasy, gaming with my son, #Scotland, #castles, and tea.
Websitehttps://www.dianemagras.com/
Linktree (trailers of my books and more)https://linktr.ee/dianemagras
Show threadDiane Magras (she/her)2d ago
@nomadwarmachine Ooo, thank you so much for sharing this!
Diane Magras (she/her)4d ago
Vagina Museum5d ago
On this day in 1978, the rainbow flag first flew as a symbol of pride. It was raised at San Francisco Gay Freedom Day.
Show threadDiane Magras (she/her)5d ago
@nomadwarmachine That hat is gorgeous!
Diane Magras (she/her)Jun 22
Antoinne SterkJun 22

Dragon (WaldMenschen VI)

#Art #Nature #Photography

Diane Magras (she/her)Jun 22
Murray GM - PaperpostsJun 22
#SilentSunday #bloomscrolling #hummingbirds
Diane Magras (she/her)Jun 21
Molly Cantrell-Kraig ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆJun 21

I like this idea.

#ICE #immigrants

Diane Magras (she/her)Jun 21
Michael MagrasJun 20
I recently learned that Bernie Sanders, whom I have long admired, has endorsed Maine's former Senate President Troy Jackson for governor in next year's gubernatorial election. *This* Troy Jackson, the one who sided with Republicans in 2023 to kill a bill that would have banned bump stocks? Maybe rethink that one, Bernie. #Politics #Maine #Guns #Safety #US #USpol https://www.pressherald.com/2023/06/16/maine-senate-rejects-house-backed-bill-to-ban-bump-stocks-other-gun-modifications/
Maine Senate rejects House-backed bill to ban bump stocks, other gun modifications

The House voted 76-66 to pass the bill Thursday, but Friday's vote in the Senate likely means it's dead.

Press Herald
Diane Magras (she/her)Jun 19
Assoc for Scottish LiteratureJun 19

Massive congratulations to Margaret McDonald, winner of the 2025 Carnegie Medal for Writing, for her debut novel GLASGOW BOYS.

The Carnegies are the UKโ€™s longest-running childrenโ€™s & YA book awards. McDonaldโ€™s GLASGOW BOYS explores mental health, trauma, inequality & identity through the friendship between two boys who have grown up in foster care.

@bookstodon

https://carnegies.co.uk/2025-winners-announced/

#Scottish #literature #kidlit #YA #Glasgow #mentalhealth #trauma #inequality #identity #fostercare

The Carnegies

Diane Magras (she/her)Jun 19
Karen StrickholmJun 19

๐Ÿ“ข๐Ÿ“ข๐Ÿ“ข This nonprofit media group - The Conversation - is very much worth a follow. It's terrific!

They feed curated news. They aim for unbiased, and select "the best of journalism." They both develop stories and republish (with permission).

#TheConversation publishes under Open Commons guidelines/license. The AP feeds their stuff out, high praise indeed.

How did I not know about this?! Interesting new media model, too. Glimpse of the future?

https://TheConversation.com

Diane Magras (she/her)Jun 16
Show threadWaldo JaquithJun 15
After seeing the protest in Charlottesville today, my kid came home and set up his own Lego protest.
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Molly Cantrell-Kraig ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆJun 21

I like this idea.

#ICE #immigrants

Show threadrequiem ๐ŸฆซJun 21
@mckra1g worth a shot
Show threadLรธrJun 21
@mckra1g brilliant
Show threadGhostOnTheHalfShellJun 21

@mckra1g

I like the idea I had a similar thought about outdoor public assemblies, where just a large number of people put on the same kind of clothing.

I like the idea, but I am given pause because thereโ€™s a trust issue if you donโ€™t know who the people playing chameleon are

Show threadsiderealJun 21
@GhostOnTheHalfShell @mckra1g isn't that just black bloc?
Show threadGhostOnTheHalfShellJun 21

@sidereal @mckra1g

It may look that way because the ICE guys are all dressed up close to that, but the point is to confound them with the sea of bodies that they would have a hard time distinguishing from their own members.

And simply making it hard for them to do anything in a organized fashion

Show threadJargogglesJun 22
@sidereal @GhostOnTheHalfShell @mckra1g
Yes, but like when a cop is doing it to be all, "Hello, fellow anarchists."
Show threadMartin SeegerJun 21

@mckra1g The cinema inside my head:

"If everyone is ICE; no one will be." (evil laugh)

Like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmSO2cz2ozQ

And when everyone's super...

YouTube
Show threadsamiamsamJun 21

@mckra1g

BRILLIANT

Show threadMatt BoehmJun 21

@mckra1g

Can't be impersonating a police officer if the police officer is in plain clothes.

Show threadmartinl ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿค๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆJun 21
@bigolewannabe @mckra1g Furthermore, can't be impersonating a police officer if it turns out the ICE goon is not actually a police officer ๐Ÿ˜‰
Show threadbennyJun 22
@bigolewannabe @mckra1g is ICE considered police?
Show threadSassinake! - โŠƒโˆชโˆฉโชฝJun 21

@mckra1g

You'll only be able to pull off that once.

and worse, it could go terribly wrong.

Show threadLevkaJun 22

@Sassinake @mckra1g

"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take." -- Wayne Gretzky

Show threadPatrick Morris MillerJun 21
@mckra1g Best part is, the ICEholes wouldn't know what the fuck happened.
Show threadRobJun 21
@mckra1g would it work? might vary on the city but worth a shot because what if you succeed?
Show threadBrian NicarJun 21
@mckra1g Wouldn't be hard. Just throw on some jeans and an outer flannel or shirt. Put on a mask. Those goofy fucks have made themselves even more identifiable by trying to play badass.
Show threadcrazyeddieJun 21
@mckra1g They'll be able to tell I think because they know who they are and where they're supposed to be. Could cause massive confusion in the immediate area though. OTHER people not knowing who is "supposed" to be carting people away while refusing to ID themselves won't know who's side to take. Guns could fire. "ICE" almost certainly will.
Show threadcognitively accessible mathJun 21
@mckra1g I'd want a code word so it wasn't terrifying and people might know ...
Show threadcwicseolforJun 22
@geonz @mckra1g It would need to be prearranged by the targeted individual or else it just turns into a way of abducting people by posing as the "safe" option.
Show threadcognitively accessible mathJun 22
@cwicseolfor @mckra1g Makes sense.
Show threadOld Hippie โ“‹ Resistance!Jun 21
@mckra1g This is a great idea. It's not like ICE has an official uniform so you wouldn't be impersonating an officer.
Show threadrexiJun 21

@mckra1g

bring a defibrillator

Show threadDavid J. AtkinsonJun 21
@mckra1g โ€œWe donโ€™t need no stinkโ€™n badges!โ€
- from Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Show threadOberst EnzianJun 21
@mckra1g Thatโ€™s a legit good idea!
Show threadDoNotPunchDownJun 21

@mckra1g

I dig this idea!! โœŒ๐Ÿปโ˜ฎ๏ธ

Show threadKevin Patrick Doyle ๐Ÿ…๐ŸฅซJun 21
@mckra1g just gonna leave this here https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/912
18 U.S. Code ยง 912 - Officer or employee of the United States

LII / Legal Information Institute
Show threadlonely extrovertJun 22
@Kevin @mckra1g doh!!
Show threadanyGouldJun 22
@Kevin @mckra1g if no one asks you and you don't claim to be, are you impersonating? Not your fault if they make assumptions.
Show threadShadSterlingJun 22
@Kevin @mckra1g havenโ€™t the agents abducting immigrants been avoiding wearing logos or badges? Do they identify themselves and their agencies when asked?
Show threadSpread The TruthJun 21
@mckra1g love this idea!
Show threadCallieJun 21
@mckra1g nICE
Show threadSir Rochard 'Dock' BunsonJun 21
#StopICE #FuckIce #Resist
Show threadโ„ฆ ๐ŸŒ Gus PoseyJun 22
@SrRochardBunson (Jim Breuer is an emphatic Donald supporter which makes this GIF confusing.)
Show threadRobin BartonJun 21
@mckra1g What a great idea
Show threadNatsura  ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ 11/7 - 4/10 (DD/MM)Jun 21
@mckra1g I mean if ICE is impersonating police, then there is NOTHING wrong with this idea. I love it!
Show threadMaddad โ˜‘๏ธJun 21

@mckra1g

Me too.
This made me wonder what would happen if EVERYONE started dressing like ICE agents....
Would #tRump implement a dress code....

What if we all went out dressed like this?
This would really mess with them...

Show threadN3VEMJun 22
@mckra1g oh...finally a good use for my clown car black SUV aside from just driving all my kids around!
Show threadTheNovemberFella โœŠ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆโ˜ธ๏ธ๐Ÿ›ฐ๏ธ๐Ÿš€Jun 22
@mckra1g I approve ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ‘
Show threadMirishuliJun 22
@mckra1g This is brilliant.
Show threadSteve's PlaceJun 22

@mckra1g It is a crime to impersonate a federal officer. This is sounds like a guaranteed conviction after the beatings.

One Catholic priest tossing holy water around seems to have deterred a group of ICE kidnappers and sent them scurrying. I think priests should do more of this.

Show threadEggs now in different baskets.Jun 22

@steter @mckra1g

But are these ICE agents actually federal officers?

Or are they feral officers let loose to roam as they please?

Show thread*sparkling anxiety* EvelynJun 23

@steter @mckra1g But it's not a crime to impersonate a priest (it may be a sin, but that's mostly a post-life problem).

So what if we all dress up as priests or nuns and start hanging out in the hallways outside detention hearings?

Overdoing it would dull the effect, and you'd have to avoid yelling out stuff like "Die, you motherf*cking a**hole pig!"; but you could probably be pretty effective at least at first.

*& hey, one of the jack-booted thugs might ask you to hear his confession

Show threadJuno JoveJun 22
@mckra1g
So much wrong with this.
might terrorize others at the courts even further, and might those willing to help shrug people being detained as just being with friends and not in danger.
Show threadiveylineJun 22
@mckra1g Brilliant!
Show threadEndemicEarthlingJun 22
@mckra1g Added bonus: ICE often don't even wear uniforms, carry authorisation, or identify themselves. So it's not like such a thing would require a great deal of preparation...
Show threadSIEM ShadyJun 23
@EndemicEarthling @mckra1g Was thinking this. Can't break the law for impersonating a federal officer if the federal officers don't even have an established persona.
Show threadbennyJun 22
@mckra1g how foes one apply there anyway? If enough sane people joined and destructed it from the inside?
No idea if they'd be prepared for this...
Show threadTรขi Siรกu-kรกu ๅฐ็—Ÿ็‹— ใ„Šใ„‡ใ„‰ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ซ ๅฐ็ฃๅœ‹Jun 22
@mckra1g
Until the part where you get sentenced for impersonating an officer. ๐Ÿค”
Show threadKaren E. Lund ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’›4d ago

@TimMaddog @mckra1g Most of them don't seem to wear any insignia at all! No badges, no uniforms, no vests, no jackets, no hats... Which, honestly, I find much more scary than the face masks.

But if you just wear jeans and a hoodie, as most of them seem to, *what* exactly are you impersonating?

Show threadTรขi Siรกu-kรกu ๅฐ็—Ÿ็‹— ใ„Šใ„‡ใ„‰ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ซ ๅฐ็ฃๅœ‹4d ago
@Karen5Lund @mckra1g
Show threadMolly BJun 22
@mckra1g idk. It seems like it would be extremely scary for the people who think they're being kidnapped from their hearings by people dressed like ICE agents.
Show threadKaren E. Lund ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’›4d ago
@mjibrower @mckra1g It could be, but if you know (or learn) a little Spanish--based on what I'm seeing and reading--that you could whisper comfortingly...
Show threadKaren E. Lund ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’›4d ago
@mckra1g This is brilliant!