Joby Gelbspan
@outgrained.bsky.social
Strategic research & finance for anti-oppressive movements & communities. Consultant: https://corporateaccountability.org/, Treasurer: https://resist.org/, Member: https://www.idha-nyc.org/. Personal acct, she/her, Philly. Words: https://www.outgrained.com
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You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
Breaking News: The Trump administration repealed the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being, meaning that the EPA can no longer regulate them. nyti.ms/4rSszQu
February 12, 2026 at 8:38 PM
You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
30 years of friendship summarized
February 9, 2026 at 9:36 PM
30 years of friendship summarized
Beautiful poem, makes me think of this mural in West Philly.
February 9, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Beautiful poem, makes me think of this mural in West Philly.
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Thank you for this beautiful post about my late mother. ❤️
Before SC, Patricia S. Due held a "jail-in" in Fla.
Due’s refusal to post bail "gave CRM a new tactic in struggle for equality. It was a tactical breakthrough that filled the jails & put pressure on the gov't." — Paul Ortiz
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@tananarivedue.bsky.social
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Due’s refusal to post bail "gave CRM a new tactic in struggle for equality. It was a tactical breakthrough that filled the jails & put pressure on the gov't." — Paul Ortiz
More ⬇️cc
@tananarivedue.bsky.social
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/pa...
Feb. 20, 1960: Patricia Stephens Due Called for “Jail, No Bail”
#tdih On Feb. 20, 1960, Patricia Stephens Due was fined and arrested for sitting at a whites-only lunch counter at Woolworth's in Tallahassee, Florida. Due refused to pay a fine and chose to stay in j...
www.zinnedproject.org
February 7, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Thank you for this beautiful post about my late mother. ❤️
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In our latest, we’re joined by @melissagiragrant.com to discuss how Minneapolis is fighting back against state violence with extraordinary acts of community care, Melissa’s reporting on ICE surges across the county, and ICE paying a visit to our own home
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soundcloud.com/deathpanel/d...
Dispatch from Occupied Minneapolis w/ Melissa Gira Grant (01/29/26)
Beatrice is joined by Melissa Gira Grant to discuss what’s happening on the ground in Minneapolis, the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, and the broader currents of fascism nationally producing t
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January 29, 2026 at 2:29 PM
In our latest, we’re joined by @melissagiragrant.com to discuss how Minneapolis is fighting back against state violence with extraordinary acts of community care, Melissa’s reporting on ICE surges across the county, and ICE paying a visit to our own home
soundcloud.com/deathpanel/d...
soundcloud.com/deathpanel/d...
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These mounds aren't going anywhere: street artists in Philly have started tagging the piles of snow!
January 31, 2026 at 4:56 PM
These mounds aren't going anywhere: street artists in Philly have started tagging the piles of snow!
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A pregnant mother in ICE detention says she’s bleeding — and hasn’t seen a doctor in weeks 19thnews.org/2026/01/preg... via @19thnews.org
A pregnant mother in ICE detention says she’s bleeding — and hasn’t seen a doctor in weeks
Cecil Elvir-Quinonez, who is still breastfeeding her youngest child, is awaiting deportation in a Louisiana ICE facility states away from her family and children.
19thnews.org
January 30, 2026 at 4:14 PM
A pregnant mother in ICE detention says she’s bleeding — and hasn’t seen a doctor in weeks 19thnews.org/2026/01/preg... via @19thnews.org
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A general strike in Minneapolis. Student walkouts across the country. Demonstrations break out everywhere, organized by prisoners, workers, and youth - are all picking up speed.
Masses of people are working together to organize mutual aid + community solidarity on a growing scale. A thread.
Masses of people are working together to organize mutual aid + community solidarity on a growing scale. A thread.
January 27, 2026 at 9:45 PM
A general strike in Minneapolis. Student walkouts across the country. Demonstrations break out everywhere, organized by prisoners, workers, and youth - are all picking up speed.
Masses of people are working together to organize mutual aid + community solidarity on a growing scale. A thread.
Masses of people are working together to organize mutual aid + community solidarity on a growing scale. A thread.
I have too many thoughts for a short post, but this feels like a significant development for people paying attention to the consolidation of fascist and corporate power in this moment. Link to the source: www.mnchamber.com/blog/open-le...
January 26, 2026 at 11:32 PM
I have too many thoughts for a short post, but this feels like a significant development for people paying attention to the consolidation of fascist and corporate power in this moment. Link to the source: www.mnchamber.com/blog/open-le...
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I made this ASL video about the SALUTE/ACTUAR acronyms re: observing ICE, but @bsky.app won't let me post here because, best I can tell, hands are moving too much? Anyway, if you have a moment to share, many d/hh folks have 1st lang that's not English.
www.instagram.com/reel/DT5OPk0...
www.instagram.com/reel/DT5OPk0...
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January 24, 2026 at 1:53 PM
I made this ASL video about the SALUTE/ACTUAR acronyms re: observing ICE, but @bsky.app won't let me post here because, best I can tell, hands are moving too much? Anyway, if you have a moment to share, many d/hh folks have 1st lang that's not English.
www.instagram.com/reel/DT5OPk0...
www.instagram.com/reel/DT5OPk0...
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"Vast majority of men are only willing to engage in public violence if they feel like the people around them will approve of — and reward them for — that violence. ICE Watch works because it surrounds men seeking approval with people loudly expressing their disapproval."
www.ms.now/opinion/minn...
www.ms.now/opinion/minn...
January 17, 2026 at 4:51 AM
"Vast majority of men are only willing to engage in public violence if they feel like the people around them will approve of — and reward them for — that violence. ICE Watch works because it surrounds men seeking approval with people loudly expressing their disapproval."
www.ms.now/opinion/minn...
www.ms.now/opinion/minn...
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crazy that the website that I randomly decided to put together at 10AM yesterday has had over 25k unique visitors in 24 hours.
please keep sharing with your networks.
please keep sharing with your networks.
Stand With Minnesota
A directory of places to give to as Minnesota defends itself from ICE occupation
www.standwithminnesota.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:24 PM
crazy that the website that I randomly decided to put together at 10AM yesterday has had over 25k unique visitors in 24 hours.
please keep sharing with your networks.
please keep sharing with your networks.
I was feeling demoralized about men’s domination of public space after several patriarchal micro aggressions on my walk today. Then I passed this masterpiece & my mood lifted. Art is powerful.
January 15, 2026 at 11:56 PM
I was feeling demoralized about men’s domination of public space after several patriarchal micro aggressions on my walk today. Then I passed this masterpiece & my mood lifted. Art is powerful.
“When we lose our fear, they lose their power” mask by @rlmartstudio.bsky.social was the perfect outer layer to protect my N95 from the rain while protesting at the detention center in Philly this morning.
January 10, 2026 at 7:51 PM
“When we lose our fear, they lose their power” mask by @rlmartstudio.bsky.social was the perfect outer layer to protect my N95 from the rain while protesting at the detention center in Philly this morning.
Another win for organizers isolating ICE from the corporations it needs to carry out its violence! After public pressure & a boycott, Spotify announces they are no longer running ICE recruitment ads: variety.com/2026/digital...
Spotify Confirms ICE Recruitment Ads Are No Longer Running on Platform
Spotify has confirimed that ICE recruitment ads are no longer running on its platform following criticism from last year.
variety.com
January 9, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Another win for organizers isolating ICE from the corporations it needs to carry out its violence! After public pressure & a boycott, Spotify announces they are no longer running ICE recruitment ads: variety.com/2026/digital...
Avelo Airlines is ending its contract to carry out ICE deportation flights after months of sustained grassroots pressure. Organizing gets the goods by shifting the cost-benefit ratio: increasing the costs and reducing the profit from abuse. www.theledger.com/story/news/2...
Avelo Airlines will end DHS deportation flights by end of January
The budget carrier faced harsh criticism and widespread national protests over its participation in the deportation flights.
www.theledger.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Avelo Airlines is ending its contract to carry out ICE deportation flights after months of sustained grassroots pressure. Organizing gets the goods by shifting the cost-benefit ratio: increasing the costs and reducing the profit from abuse. www.theledger.com/story/news/2...
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if you're out of state and looking for ways to help, here are some groups in minneapolis that are organizing ICE watch and resistance (non-exhaustive!) that could surely use more resources:
www.miracmn.com
monarcamn.org
unidos-mn.org/blockxblock
www.miracmn.com
monarcamn.org
unidos-mn.org/blockxblock
MIRAC - Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee
www.miracmn.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:09 PM
if you're out of state and looking for ways to help, here are some groups in minneapolis that are organizing ICE watch and resistance (non-exhaustive!) that could surely use more resources:
www.miracmn.com
monarcamn.org
unidos-mn.org/blockxblock
www.miracmn.com
monarcamn.org
unidos-mn.org/blockxblock
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In prison, as in occupied Palestine, the spectre of death is a constant, whether sudden or slow, sought out or fought against. Available in EN, ES, PT-BR, DE, FR, IT, AR, HI and RU.
Death and Resistance: A Dispatch from HMP Low Newton
An incarcerated activist draws a powerful parallel between the slow violence and denial of autonomy within UK prisons and Israel's tactics in Gaza.
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December 11, 2025 at 8:04 AM
In prison, as in occupied Palestine, the spectre of death is a constant, whether sudden or slow, sought out or fought against. Available in EN, ES, PT-BR, DE, FR, IT, AR, HI and RU.
Too many insights here to pull forward a single quote. Marc Lamont Hill interviews Tarana Burke on the state of sexual & gender-based violence, what the #MeToo movement has accomplished and what work remains: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuGD...
MeToo Founder on Epstein and sexual violence: “survivors are easy to sacrifice” | UpFront
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
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January 2, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Too many insights here to pull forward a single quote. Marc Lamont Hill interviews Tarana Burke on the state of sexual & gender-based violence, what the #MeToo movement has accomplished and what work remains: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuGD...
Happy new year! The vet just cleared this pair of kittens I rescued during the recent polar vortex, so I’m entering 2026 with a joyfully enlarged family.
January 1, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Happy new year! The vet just cleared this pair of kittens I rescued during the recent polar vortex, so I’m entering 2026 with a joyfully enlarged family.
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Every bit of this:
"I do understand: you want permission. ....You want to know you can use it sometimes without me thinking less of you."
EVERY time, someone is like "I just use it to" "I mean otherwise X sucks SO much..."
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
(h/t @jacquelyngill.bsky.social)
"I do understand: you want permission. ....You want to know you can use it sometimes without me thinking less of you."
EVERY time, someone is like "I just use it to" "I mean otherwise X sucks SO much..."
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
(h/t @jacquelyngill.bsky.social)
I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
anthonymoser.github.io
December 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Every bit of this:
"I do understand: you want permission. ....You want to know you can use it sometimes without me thinking less of you."
EVERY time, someone is like "I just use it to" "I mean otherwise X sucks SO much..."
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
(h/t @jacquelyngill.bsky.social)
"I do understand: you want permission. ....You want to know you can use it sometimes without me thinking less of you."
EVERY time, someone is like "I just use it to" "I mean otherwise X sucks SO much..."
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
(h/t @jacquelyngill.bsky.social)
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DHS said that accusations of abuses in Camp East Montana are “clickbait.”
But 911 emergency calls from the massive detention center I obtained paint a different picture, with emergency being made for life-threatening illnesses and acute mental health crises.
My story:
But 911 emergency calls from the massive detention center I obtained paint a different picture, with emergency being made for life-threatening illnesses and acute mental health crises.
My story:
Exclusive: 911 calls from migrant detention center highlight dire conditions
About 90 emergency 911 calls have been made from the Camp East Montana immigration detention center in El Paso, Texas, during the 15 weeks since it opened.
www.elpasotimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 9:20 PM
DHS said that accusations of abuses in Camp East Montana are “clickbait.”
But 911 emergency calls from the massive detention center I obtained paint a different picture, with emergency being made for life-threatening illnesses and acute mental health crises.
My story:
But 911 emergency calls from the massive detention center I obtained paint a different picture, with emergency being made for life-threatening illnesses and acute mental health crises.
My story:
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The Groundings Podcast, S3 E5: "The Anti-Black Pinnings of Ableism" feat. Dustin Gibson
Audio: groundings.simplecast.com/episodes/abl...
Transcript: groundings.simplecast.com/episodes/abl...
#IntroDisabilityJustice #BlackDisabilityPolitics #DisabilityJustice
Audio: groundings.simplecast.com/episodes/abl...
Transcript: groundings.simplecast.com/episodes/abl...
#IntroDisabilityJustice #BlackDisabilityPolitics #DisabilityJustice
December 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The Groundings Podcast, S3 E5: "The Anti-Black Pinnings of Ableism" feat. Dustin Gibson
Audio: groundings.simplecast.com/episodes/abl...
Transcript: groundings.simplecast.com/episodes/abl...
#IntroDisabilityJustice #BlackDisabilityPolitics #DisabilityJustice
Audio: groundings.simplecast.com/episodes/abl...
Transcript: groundings.simplecast.com/episodes/abl...
#IntroDisabilityJustice #BlackDisabilityPolitics #DisabilityJustice
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Take ACTION: Tell President Noboa to reject this unjust award and stand with the people of Ecuador, not Chevron
- the corporation that poisoned them! #CleanUpEcuador amazonwatch.org/take-action/...
- the corporation that poisoned them! #CleanUpEcuador amazonwatch.org/take-action/...
Tell President Noboa: Do Not Pay Chevron a Single Dime! | Amazon Watch
Tell President Noboa to stand with the people of Ecuador, not a corporation that poisoned them!
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December 9, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Take ACTION: Tell President Noboa to reject this unjust award and stand with the people of Ecuador, not Chevron
- the corporation that poisoned them! #CleanUpEcuador amazonwatch.org/take-action/...
- the corporation that poisoned them! #CleanUpEcuador amazonwatch.org/take-action/...