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   Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 23-Jan-2026 10:28:12 JST Paul Cantrell

   From that observer who was taken yesterday, shared here with permission, because we could all use a good laugh. (Note: Whipple is the fed bldg that’s ICE’s MSP HQ)

   ❝So here’s my story about returning to the world…

   When they let you out of Whipple, they give you back your personal effects (minus your phone). And just send you out the front door with whatever you were wearing when you came in.

   So I’m walking out the front door of Whipple, probably looking like an ice agent coming off shift, and pulling all of my random shit out of my bag/dropping it in the snowbank, etc.… And I can hear the protesters at the gate, taunting me… “oh did you drop your phone, you piece of shit?” “You’re TERRIBLE!” “Fucking Nazi!” And I was just loving it, actually. But when I got closer and used my big voice “You assholes are barking up the wrong tree…. These MF’ers just released me!” The crowd went absolutely crazy.❞

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 23-Jan-2026 10:41:39 JST Paul Cantrell

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     @20002ist
     We are all wondering this. What is this “[FILL IN ANY PART OF THIS]” bullshit honestly??

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     Hoarse e-Books (20002ist@thepit.social)'s status on Friday, 23-Jan-2026 10:41:40 JST Hoarse e-Books

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     @inthehands What is this “minus your phone” bullshit?