umbellifer
@apiaceae.bsky.social
land trust worker in baltimore, developmental editor of academic work in the humanities, urban farmer, PhD in cultural studies, biophilic and 'a salty person'
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A caregiving social movement IS political.
The anti-ICE movement isn’t just about politics — it’s a caregiving social movement minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/30/t...
The anti-ICE movement isn't just about politics — it's a caregiving social movement • Minnesota Reformer
It’s a caregiving social movement based on relatedness and belonging.
minnesotareformer.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:40 PM
A caregiving social movement IS political.
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This has been driving me insane all week. Downtown is completely ass backwards right now with fragile human bodies (the ones outside of cars) incurring all the weather risks. Curb cuts are behind walls of snow, sidewalks are skating rinks, it’s bananas.
Our priorities are exactly the opposite of what they should be as a society. Snow should be cleared off of sidewalks and crosswalks onto car lanes on the vast majority of streets in a major city. Clear a few emergency routes for ambulances and major bus routes and otherwise people should be walking.
January 29, 2026 at 11:48 PM
This has been driving me insane all week. Downtown is completely ass backwards right now with fragile human bodies (the ones outside of cars) incurring all the weather risks. Curb cuts are behind walls of snow, sidewalks are skating rinks, it’s bananas.
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“Originally … designed and marketed as e-commerce distribution facilities,” 23 sites across the country soon to be outfitted to detain up to 9,500 people each, i.e. more than triple the capacity of the largest current ICE facility where at least 3 people have died in the past two months
The largest infrastructure projects currently being built in the US appear to be data centers and detention centers. The AI boom has coincided with ICE becoming the most heavily funded government agency. It's hard not to see a connection: This is the architectures of digital fascism
ICE Begins Buying ‘Mega’ Warehouse Detention Centers Across US
Plans for such centers and jails in nearly two dozen communities have sparked protests over suitability, proximity to homes and schools.
www.bloomberg.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:07 PM
“Originally … designed and marketed as e-commerce distribution facilities,” 23 sites across the country soon to be outfitted to detain up to 9,500 people each, i.e. more than triple the capacity of the largest current ICE facility where at least 3 people have died in the past two months
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A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:55 AM
A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
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In our latest, we speak with Ruth Wilson Gilmore and Craig Gilmore about the rapid escalation of police forces and carceral logics on US streets and why abolition is the only way
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www.patreon.com/posts/149118...
The Anti-State State w/ Ruth Wilson Gilmore and Craig Gilmore (01/26/26) | The Death Panel
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January 26, 2026 at 2:38 PM
In our latest, we speak with Ruth Wilson Gilmore and Craig Gilmore about the rapid escalation of police forces and carceral logics on US streets and why abolition is the only way
www.patreon.com/posts/149118...
www.patreon.com/posts/149118...
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I know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
January 28, 2026 at 11:38 PM
I know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
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EXCLUSIVE: These Patches Are Clues to Identifying Immigration Agents
We built a guide to patches worn by ICE and CBP to help the public determine which federal agents are in their communities
theintercept.com/2026/01/28/i...
We built a guide to patches worn by ICE and CBP to help the public determine which federal agents are in their communities
theintercept.com/2026/01/28/i...
These Patches Are Clues to Identifying Immigration Agents
We built a guide to patches worn by ICE and CBP to help the public determine which federal agents are in their communities.
theintercept.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:55 PM
EXCLUSIVE: These Patches Are Clues to Identifying Immigration Agents
We built a guide to patches worn by ICE and CBP to help the public determine which federal agents are in their communities
theintercept.com/2026/01/28/i...
We built a guide to patches worn by ICE and CBP to help the public determine which federal agents are in their communities
theintercept.com/2026/01/28/i...
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the bejeweled marsh
January 27, 2026 at 3:37 PM
the bejeweled marsh
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Trump's discolored hand holds Nicky Minaj's hand today
(Win McNamee/Getty)
(Win McNamee/Getty)
January 28, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Trump's discolored hand holds Nicky Minaj's hand today
(Win McNamee/Getty)
(Win McNamee/Getty)
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Just so we are clear. Haitians are currently in the United States legally.
They are not here illegally.
Trump is revoking their legal status Feb. 3, and then, according to reports, immediately sending ICE in to Springfield and Columbus, Ohio, to target them.
They are not here illegally.
Trump is revoking their legal status Feb. 3, and then, according to reports, immediately sending ICE in to Springfield and Columbus, Ohio, to target them.
Thousands of Haitians living in Ohio legally will lose their temporary protected status next week unless a federal court blocks it. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/01/28/t...
'The folks are fearful.' Haitians living in Ohio may soon lose temporary protected status • Ohio Capital Journal
Thousands of Haitians living in Ohio will lose their temporary protected status next week unless a federal court blocks it.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Just so we are clear. Haitians are currently in the United States legally.
They are not here illegally.
Trump is revoking their legal status Feb. 3, and then, according to reports, immediately sending ICE in to Springfield and Columbus, Ohio, to target them.
They are not here illegally.
Trump is revoking their legal status Feb. 3, and then, according to reports, immediately sending ICE in to Springfield and Columbus, Ohio, to target them.
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There's also a call for solidarity and to support the Maine Solidarity Fund: www.mainesolidarity.org
Maine Solidarity Fund
www.mainesolidarity.org
January 28, 2026 at 3:56 PM
There's also a call for solidarity and to support the Maine Solidarity Fund: www.mainesolidarity.org
back from an eerie trip to the UK, where I lived for 2.5yrs but visited as 2026 luxury after 14 years with no idea if I'll ever return; the diasporic shopkeepers remembered me, wanting to discuss this turn to 19th-c shit, expecting it there too by 2027; one said: "don't get detained, & come back-"
January 28, 2026 at 3:05 PM
back from an eerie trip to the UK, where I lived for 2.5yrs but visited as 2026 luxury after 14 years with no idea if I'll ever return; the diasporic shopkeepers remembered me, wanting to discuss this turn to 19th-c shit, expecting it there too by 2027; one said: "don't get detained, & come back-"
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Critique by creating.
January 28, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Critique by creating.
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Holy shit, that’s just actual theft.
In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
January 16, 2026 at 7:16 AM
Holy shit, that’s just actual theft.
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The NYT has a new video analysis of Renee Good's shooting which is careful, accurate, and clear - he walked across the path of a moving car, then leaned in and shot her with his feet well clear of the vehicle. 1/
Video Analysis of ICE Shooting Sheds Light on Contested Moments
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:05 AM
The NYT has a new video analysis of Renee Good's shooting which is careful, accurate, and clear - he walked across the path of a moving car, then leaned in and shot her with his feet well clear of the vehicle. 1/
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Thread from a subject matter expert with details on the green smoke.
OK. Green smoke. Coloured smoke grenades have existed for decades. They are for signalling purposes. They are not meant for riot control purposes. As with any smoke, they are irritating, but they are not meant for that purpose, so use as "riot control" agents is an off-label usage.
January 16, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Thread from a subject matter expert with details on the green smoke.
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When you focus on the regular people showing up magnificently in all of their flawed beauty, it helps you to keep going.
January 16, 2026 at 11:34 AM
When you focus on the regular people showing up magnificently in all of their flawed beauty, it helps you to keep going.
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For my out-of-state friends wanting to help Minneapolis, Sanctuary Supply Depot is a grassroots mutual aid effort to support unhoused folks here. They take cash as well as in-kind donations: linktr.ee/sanctuarysup...
January 16, 2026 at 3:52 AM
For my out-of-state friends wanting to help Minneapolis, Sanctuary Supply Depot is a grassroots mutual aid effort to support unhoused folks here. They take cash as well as in-kind donations: linktr.ee/sanctuarysup...
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Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
That is what was relayed
January 15, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
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Oh neat. They're using chemical weapons on American civilians that we condemn when other governments do the same on their own citizens.
January 15, 2026 at 7:17 AM
Oh neat. They're using chemical weapons on American civilians that we condemn when other governments do the same on their own citizens.
Lucifer cat morning suite to bless your feeds
January 15, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Lucifer cat morning suite to bless your feeds
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Meanwhile, in Iran.
One of the biggest reasons for the uprising in Iran right now, as far as I can tell: water.
Only ~8% of the nation's water goes to people for drinking, bathing, etc. And even that's getting cut off.
One of the biggest reasons for the uprising in Iran right now, as far as I can tell: water.
Only ~8% of the nation's water goes to people for drinking, bathing, etc. And even that's getting cut off.
Vetted figures from reliable sources have it as 2,000, and I suspect it's probably twice that. I can't imagine that it is anywhere near 20K. Whatever it is, though, the regime has pressed the accelerator where the only off ramp is "winning" or its own total destruction. apnews.com/live/iran-pr...
Live updates: At least 2,000 dead in nationwide Iran protests, activists say
The death toll from nationwide protests in Iran spiked Tuesday to at least 2,000 people killed, activists said, as Iranians made phone calls abroad for the first time in days after authorities severed...
apnews.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:55 AM
Meanwhile, in Iran.
One of the biggest reasons for the uprising in Iran right now, as far as I can tell: water.
Only ~8% of the nation's water goes to people for drinking, bathing, etc. And even that's getting cut off.
One of the biggest reasons for the uprising in Iran right now, as far as I can tell: water.
Only ~8% of the nation's water goes to people for drinking, bathing, etc. And even that's getting cut off.