Nicole Rizzuto
@fluentisona.bsky.social
I spend a lot of time talking, writing, and teaching about LGBTQ history, identities, and communities. Ask me about Dead Lesbian Syndrome.
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As we learn more about the companies supporting ICE, this is will be a giant thread of ways to divest from them.
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In the last month ICE has bought warehouses in:
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
February 9, 2026 at 6:09 PM
In the last month ICE has bought warehouses in:
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
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I'm going to do a thread of all the references and context behind Bad Bunny's performance and what it means for Puerto Ricans to see this on the biggest stage.
The opening title screen is a street mural in Puerto Rico that comes to life with footballs as coconuts.
Follow along!
The opening title screen is a street mural in Puerto Rico that comes to life with footballs as coconuts.
Follow along!
February 9, 2026 at 5:08 PM
I'm going to do a thread of all the references and context behind Bad Bunny's performance and what it means for Puerto Ricans to see this on the biggest stage.
The opening title screen is a street mural in Puerto Rico that comes to life with footballs as coconuts.
Follow along!
The opening title screen is a street mural in Puerto Rico that comes to life with footballs as coconuts.
Follow along!
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They're building concentration camps with my tax money Chuck. They're torturing children. They're murdering innocent people on the street. What are you doing.
Our DHS reform demands are exceedingly reasonable.
We're asking ICE to do nothing more than follow the standards that the vast majority of law enforcement agencies already follow.
Republicans, the ball is in your court. The clock is ticking.
We're asking ICE to do nothing more than follow the standards that the vast majority of law enforcement agencies already follow.
Republicans, the ball is in your court. The clock is ticking.
February 10, 2026 at 3:45 AM
They're building concentration camps with my tax money Chuck. They're torturing children. They're murdering innocent people on the street. What are you doing.
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“No matter how Ring and other surveillance tech companies may downplay it, there’s no world in which finding lost dogs is the final end-use for this technology.”
Opinion | Ring is using lost dogs to make the surveillance state adorable
The same technology the Amazon-owned company uses to find lost dogs could easily be turned against their owners.
www.ms.now
February 9, 2026 at 11:00 PM
“No matter how Ring and other surveillance tech companies may downplay it, there’s no world in which finding lost dogs is the final end-use for this technology.”
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We definitely don’t have money for USAID, or to buy and stabilize American crop prices, but we certainly have money in the banana stand for a Gulag Archipelago.
In the last month ICE has bought warehouses in:
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
February 10, 2026 at 12:27 AM
We definitely don’t have money for USAID, or to buy and stabilize American crop prices, but we certainly have money in the banana stand for a Gulag Archipelago.
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🚨WEBINAR: As calls for criminal justice reform grow louder, advocates are increasingly up against "carceral humanism" – a harmful strategy that offers only the appearance of change.
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February 9, 2026 at 2:15 PM
🚨WEBINAR: As calls for criminal justice reform grow louder, advocates are increasingly up against "carceral humanism" – a harmful strategy that offers only the appearance of change.
Get tips & tools to resist these narratives at our upcoming webinar👇
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"True affordability and support are not found in a voucher. It is found in a fully funded public school in every neighborhood. Gov. Pritzker — don’t let Illinois be sold on a program that leaves the majority of our children behind."
"At a time when the federal government is actively working to dismantle educational protections, Illinois has the opportunity to reject these exclusionary schemes and advance Illinois’ role as a national leader in public education." chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-t...
School vouchers, rooted in segregation, don't belong in Illinois
Vouchers are not a new innovation; they are a policy rooted in exclusion. Also, the need for more cycling safety education and Trump's likeness to the late Juan Perón.
chicago.suntimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:02 AM
"True affordability and support are not found in a voucher. It is found in a fully funded public school in every neighborhood. Gov. Pritzker — don’t let Illinois be sold on a program that leaves the majority of our children behind."
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I tell you what, Ring figured out exactly how to weaponize white people’s empathy in service to a corporately controlled surveillance state.
Tell them it will find your dog.
Tell them it will find your dog.
February 9, 2026 at 2:08 AM
I tell you what, Ring figured out exactly how to weaponize white people’s empathy in service to a corporately controlled surveillance state.
Tell them it will find your dog.
Tell them it will find your dog.
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We’re a few legislative sessions from these schools being targeted for closure imo
FAMU can't use the word Black on anything posted around campus related to Black History Month, to stay in compliance with Florida state laws against DEI. Black students can't use the word Black at their Historically Black College during Black History Month.
February 8, 2026 at 2:40 PM
We’re a few legislative sessions from these schools being targeted for closure imo
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While independent bookstores are giving out free whistles, hosting protest sign making events, and donating proceeds to mutual aid, Amazon is *checks notes* providing technology that assists ICE in their terrorizing of communities.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
January 27, 2026 at 5:07 PM
While independent bookstores are giving out free whistles, hosting protest sign making events, and donating proceeds to mutual aid, Amazon is *checks notes* providing technology that assists ICE in their terrorizing of communities.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
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who called it Heated Rivalry and not Fuck Ice
February 6, 2026 at 3:08 PM
who called it Heated Rivalry and not Fuck Ice
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The really appalling part is that the supposedly “originalist” justices on the Supreme court completely ignored both the text of the constitution and the history.
They stand exposed.
They stand exposed.
15 Historians File Amicus Brief in Trump v. US Debunking Immunity Claim
Historians show that history doesn’t support presidential immunity from criminal prosecution.
www.brennancenter.org
February 6, 2026 at 11:03 PM
The really appalling part is that the supposedly “originalist” justices on the Supreme court completely ignored both the text of the constitution and the history.
They stand exposed.
They stand exposed.
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when the polycule looks at you from across the bar
January 30, 2026 at 8:21 PM
when the polycule looks at you from across the bar
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Amazon Web Services hosts massive surveillance systems for both ICE and DHS.
Citizens Bank provides nearly $1 trillion in credit & bonds to private prison companies.
AT&T has a $147 million contract to provide communications services to DHS.
Know who is profiting from ICE’s cruelty.
Citizens Bank provides nearly $1 trillion in credit & bonds to private prison companies.
AT&T has a $147 million contract to provide communications services to DHS.
Know who is profiting from ICE’s cruelty.
January 26, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Amazon Web Services hosts massive surveillance systems for both ICE and DHS.
Citizens Bank provides nearly $1 trillion in credit & bonds to private prison companies.
AT&T has a $147 million contract to provide communications services to DHS.
Know who is profiting from ICE’s cruelty.
Citizens Bank provides nearly $1 trillion in credit & bonds to private prison companies.
AT&T has a $147 million contract to provide communications services to DHS.
Know who is profiting from ICE’s cruelty.
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Breaking: jury finds Chicago resident Juan Espinoza Martinez NOT GUILTY of placing a hit on Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino.
We've got a verdict in this case, in which feds accused a Chicago resident of murder-for-hire, allegedly for a $10K hit on Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino.
Attorneys coming in now, jurors haven't returned to the courtroom.
Attorneys coming in now, jurors haven't returned to the courtroom.
The jury has begun deliberations in the murder for hire trial of Juan Espinoza Martinez, who feds accuse of placing a hit on Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino.
Opening arguments in the case began yesterday morning; closing arguments concluded about a half hour ago.
Now we're on verdict watch.
Opening arguments in the case began yesterday morning; closing arguments concluded about a half hour ago.
Now we're on verdict watch.
January 22, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Breaking: jury finds Chicago resident Juan Espinoza Martinez NOT GUILTY of placing a hit on Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino.
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Kaleb Blain, a 35-year old trans man and pitmaster, was fired from the legendary BBQ restaurant Terry Black’s after he was doxxed over Charlie Kirk comments.
Now he’s running his own barbecue spot in Waco: “I feel better than I ever have.”
By @kitoconnell.com
thebarbedwire.com/2026/01/21/b...
Now he’s running his own barbecue spot in Waco: “I feel better than I ever have.”
By @kitoconnell.com
thebarbedwire.com/2026/01/21/b...
‘Barbecue Saved My Life’: Meet Waco’s Antifascist Transgender Pitmaster
Kaleb Blain went from the fast-paced world of 911 dispatching to the “low and slow” of BBQ, where he’s built a following.
thebarbedwire.com
January 21, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Kaleb Blain, a 35-year old trans man and pitmaster, was fired from the legendary BBQ restaurant Terry Black’s after he was doxxed over Charlie Kirk comments.
Now he’s running his own barbecue spot in Waco: “I feel better than I ever have.”
By @kitoconnell.com
thebarbedwire.com/2026/01/21/b...
Now he’s running his own barbecue spot in Waco: “I feel better than I ever have.”
By @kitoconnell.com
thebarbedwire.com/2026/01/21/b...
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"Should we vote to give more money to the people shooting my constituents in the face?" is not a complicated political question. And yet, Democrats don't seem able to answer it.
January 22, 2026 at 1:05 AM
"Should we vote to give more money to the people shooting my constituents in the face?" is not a complicated political question. And yet, Democrats don't seem able to answer it.
So glad the state is investigating something we've all known. Selling off this property is part of an ongoing effort by most of the apartment/commercial landlords in South Shore to let buildings fall to ruin so the land can be purchased and gentrified as the Obama Center opens 2 miles away.
NEWS: Illinois investigating allegation that South Shore apartment owner and management tipped federal officials about the presence of Venezuelan immigrants in the building in order to intimidate and coerce the building’s Black and Hispanic tenants into leaving.
January 22, 2026 at 2:30 AM
So glad the state is investigating something we've all known. Selling off this property is part of an ongoing effort by most of the apartment/commercial landlords in South Shore to let buildings fall to ruin so the land can be purchased and gentrified as the Obama Center opens 2 miles away.
As we learn more about the companies supporting ICE, this is will be a giant thread of ways to divest from them.
January 22, 2026 at 1:41 AM
As we learn more about the companies supporting ICE, this is will be a giant thread of ways to divest from them.
Sometimes I really need this reminder.
Sometimes the most radical thing you can do is educate normal people on complex subjects in ways that are engaging and digestible.
January 20, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Sometimes I really need this reminder.
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Half a century ago, the American Indian Movement (AIM) was founded on Franklin Ave. in Minneapolis in response to police violence targeting indigenous residents.
Today, as ICE invades the city, AIM patrols are back, watching over elders, youths and aunties along the same avenue.
Today, as ICE invades the city, AIM patrols are back, watching over elders, youths and aunties along the same avenue.
'Full Circle': AIM patrols back on Minneapolis streets as tensions rise - ICT
Supporters are pouring in from across Indian Country to protect the Minnesota community from ICE
ictnews.org
January 19, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Half a century ago, the American Indian Movement (AIM) was founded on Franklin Ave. in Minneapolis in response to police violence targeting indigenous residents.
Today, as ICE invades the city, AIM patrols are back, watching over elders, youths and aunties along the same avenue.
Today, as ICE invades the city, AIM patrols are back, watching over elders, youths and aunties along the same avenue.
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In light of the duck’s harrowing adventure, a friendly amendment to buses, fast & free, to be: buses, fast, free, & following a fixed route.
January 20, 2026 at 4:04 AM
In light of the duck’s harrowing adventure, a friendly amendment to buses, fast & free, to be: buses, fast, free, & following a fixed route.
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correct. chicago is the greatest city in the world
I love a city that always does the impossible. Doesn't always win, always tries.
January 19, 2026 at 3:13 AM
correct. chicago is the greatest city in the world