Tony Corsentino
@notalegalrecord.net
Boring and useless. Librarian; abolitionist adoptee; bicyclist; Southerner in New England; erstwhile philosophy prof, current LIS adjunct prof. Cis. Trans rights are human rights.
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Tony Corsentino
@notalegalrecord.net
· Dec 14
Our society to adoptive parents:
Love is what makes a family.
Our society to birth parents:
Love just isn’t enough.
Love is what makes a family.
Our society to birth parents:
Love just isn’t enough.
i want one of the baileys to primary him
i’m sure that even Schumer’s imaginary constituents hate his guts by now
January 25, 2026 at 2:32 AM
i want one of the baileys to primary him
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The Baileys think he's a loser
January 25, 2026 at 2:31 AM
The Baileys think he's a loser
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omg it’s so good one of my favorite movies of all time
January 25, 2026 at 2:23 AM
omg it’s so good one of my favorite movies of all time
All About Eve
Name an old film you haven’t seen but want to
January 25, 2026 at 2:20 AM
All About Eve
i’m a librarian and i really love archivists and their mission. we librarians serve the people of the present. archivists serve posterity.
January 25, 2026 at 2:17 AM
i’m a librarian and i really love archivists and their mission. we librarians serve the people of the present. archivists serve posterity.
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I’m sorry for posting a screenshot from there, but he’s my senator, and this statement at least manages to be germane
January 24, 2026 at 7:21 PM
I’m sorry for posting a screenshot from there, but he’s my senator, and this statement at least manages to be germane
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Extortion.
Pam Bondi just sent a letter to Minnesota officials saying ICE will leave if the state turns over its voter database to Trump.
Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.
Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.
January 25, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Extortion.
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Throwing witnesses in prison is what regimes do
I’m sorry for posting a screenshot from there, but he’s my senator, and this statement at least manages to be germane
January 24, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Throwing witnesses in prison is what regimes do
i’m sure that even Schumer’s imaginary constituents hate his guts by now
January 25, 2026 at 1:49 AM
i’m sure that even Schumer’s imaginary constituents hate his guts by now
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i feel much better having made some good food to feed me for a few days if anyone wants to put doing a big cook down for tomorrow to self-care
January 25, 2026 at 1:39 AM
i feel much better having made some good food to feed me for a few days if anyone wants to put doing a big cook down for tomorrow to self-care
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This guy lives in the next town over, and was kidnapped by ICE on there first day in Maine. gofund.me/97b75fddc #Maine
Donate to Help Bring My Husband Home to His Family, organized by Alessia Gaspar Da Silva
On the morning of January 20th at 7:07 a.m. in Portland, Maine, my hu… Alessia Gaspar Da Silva needs your support for Help Bring My Husband Home to His Family
gofund.me
January 25, 2026 at 1:27 AM
This guy lives in the next town over, and was kidnapped by ICE on there first day in Maine. gofund.me/97b75fddc #Maine
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One thing that irks me: people keep calling the folks on the streets in Minneapolis protestors. They are not generally there to protest, they are there to observe and document. This is the product of organizing and mutual aid. It is telling that these acts of citizenship are seen as protest!
January 24, 2026 at 9:29 PM
One thing that irks me: people keep calling the folks on the streets in Minneapolis protestors. They are not generally there to protest, they are there to observe and document. This is the product of organizing and mutual aid. It is telling that these acts of citizenship are seen as protest!
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We are observers, not protestors. We show up to document and film the atrocities ICE is committing. Using 5 year olds as bait. Kidnapping senior citizens. Breaking down doors without warrants. Murdering poets and nurses. Media has all of that information because *observers* were there to document it
January 25, 2026 at 12:20 AM
We are observers, not protestors. We show up to document and film the atrocities ICE is committing. Using 5 year olds as bait. Kidnapping senior citizens. Breaking down doors without warrants. Murdering poets and nurses. Media has all of that information because *observers* were there to document it
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Spot on 👇
rather than Nazis or ISIS, i think of ICE as a mirror of the paramilitary death squads the dictatorships of the Southern Cone deployed in Operation Condor, with assistance and training from the United States of America.
January 24, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Spot on 👇
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rather than Nazis or ISIS, i think of ICE as a mirror of the paramilitary death squads the dictatorships of the Southern Cone deployed in Operation Condor, with assistance and training from the United States of America.
January 24, 2026 at 9:43 PM
rather than Nazis or ISIS, i think of ICE as a mirror of the paramilitary death squads the dictatorships of the Southern Cone deployed in Operation Condor, with assistance and training from the United States of America.
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if they’ll shoot an ICU nurse point blank what’s happening inside the detention centers
ICE agents are kidnapping, torturing, raping, and murdering US citizens seemingly with impunity. these are just the cases we KNOW about.
January 25, 2026 at 12:53 AM
if they’ll shoot an ICU nurse point blank what’s happening inside the detention centers
so are you implying that it is a pattern of mine to get my children Xmas gifts that stay at my house and that i happen to enjoy very much?
January 24, 2026 at 11:49 PM
so are you implying that it is a pattern of mine to get my children Xmas gifts that stay at my house and that i happen to enjoy very much?
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i have a thread of artfully arranged heart photos if you want to look at that
hearts hearts hearts hearts
i am going to start shipping these out in the next few days!
nora.jewelry/products/kob...
#glass #fusedglass
i am going to start shipping these out in the next few days!
nora.jewelry/products/kob...
#glass #fusedglass
January 24, 2026 at 10:57 PM
i have a thread of artfully arranged heart photos if you want to look at that
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my gut tells me american politics are about to shift radically within the next few days, as this rubicon crossing event occurs with both sides heading toward snowstorm-induced isolation and online algorithms
January 24, 2026 at 10:25 PM
my gut tells me american politics are about to shift radically within the next few days, as this rubicon crossing event occurs with both sides heading toward snowstorm-induced isolation and online algorithms
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Any of us who left the fold of a fundamental home (in this case, Catholic) have been far more clear-eyed than those outside that tradition.
January 24, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Any of us who left the fold of a fundamental home (in this case, Catholic) have been far more clear-eyed than those outside that tradition.
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I had this right from the beginning, in large part because I grew up evangelical, and never have I been offered a staff writer position anywhere despite a hefty portfolio of commentary (and occasional reporting) that holds up well
What's making me really livid right now is thinking back to the years of commentary lecturing us that the rise of MAGA was rooted in a sense of righteous victimization by overbearing liberal elites, and sneering at those who insisted that it was fundamentally about domination and sadism all along.
They are telling us in unequivocal terms that if you show solidarity with immigrants who are in the literal crosshairs of Trump/MAGA, you're risking a death sentence.
newrepublic.com/article/2055...
newrepublic.com/article/2055...
January 24, 2026 at 8:44 PM
I had this right from the beginning, in large part because I grew up evangelical, and never have I been offered a staff writer position anywhere despite a hefty portfolio of commentary (and occasional reporting) that holds up well
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🧵“How do seemingly ordinary people become agents of state murder?” This is one of the guiding questions I ask students in my graduate class on genocide/state violence. With recent events, it is a question many Americans are asking.
I do not have a definitive answer, but here is a reading list: 1/
I do not have a definitive answer, but here is a reading list: 1/
January 24, 2026 at 5:45 PM
🧵“How do seemingly ordinary people become agents of state murder?” This is one of the guiding questions I ask students in my graduate class on genocide/state violence. With recent events, it is a question many Americans are asking.
I do not have a definitive answer, but here is a reading list: 1/
I do not have a definitive answer, but here is a reading list: 1/
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Becker’s argument is existential. Humans fear mortality, and we manage that fear by attaching ourselves to meaning systems that promise symbolic immortality. In extreme contexts, violence can be reframed as sacred duty or historical mission, turning killing into a path toward purpose. 11/
January 24, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Becker’s argument is existential. Humans fear mortality, and we manage that fear by attaching ourselves to meaning systems that promise symbolic immortality. In extreme contexts, violence can be reframed as sacred duty or historical mission, turning killing into a path toward purpose. 11/
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January 24, 2026 at 9:56 PM
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COINTELPRO there
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Everywhere a COINTELPRO...
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COINTELPRO there
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