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Mostly poetry and soccer from an antifascist, neurodivergent, genderqueer, Christian heretic perspective. Also practical and impractical uses of language and images in and out of our current context, and an item a day from the published archives.
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· Nov 14
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Meta removed a few Nazi posts, but left influencers with millions of followers free to push misogyny, racism, and white supremacist content. Instagram is still hosting creators who monetize hate. The platform isn’t moderating extremism—it’s amplifying it.
After GPAHE Reporting, Meta Removes Antisemitic Content But Leaves Misogyny and Anti-Black Racism Unchecked
GPAHE’s investigation forced Meta to remove some antisemitic and neo-Nazi content — but the platform continues to host rampant misogyny, anti-Black racism, and other extremist propaganda from major in...
globalextremism.org
January 14, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Meta removed a few Nazi posts, but left influencers with millions of followers free to push misogyny, racism, and white supremacist content. Instagram is still hosting creators who monetize hate. The platform isn’t moderating extremism—it’s amplifying it.
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h/t Hortense Spillers.
January 14, 2026 at 12:34 AM
h/t Hortense Spillers.
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Think you have to retire the phrase “immigration crackdown” when every major violent spectacle — at least those the news is choosing to highlight — involve US citizens screaming “Check my ID!”
As the Trump administration escalates its immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, arrests and aggressive tactics by ICE and the Border Patrol, many seen on viral videos, have intensified the frustration and fear among residents, business owners and immigrant workers. trib.al/zVm2mk5
January 13, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Think you have to retire the phrase “immigration crackdown” when every major violent spectacle — at least those the news is choosing to highlight — involve US citizens screaming “Check my ID!”
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Yes, immigration agents not only took Arnoldo's phone, the 10th grader had to use Find My Phone to locate it — in a vending machine for used electronics, close to an ICE detention center.
Read the full story here:
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
Read the full story here:
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
January 14, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Yes, immigration agents not only took Arnoldo's phone, the 10th grader had to use Find My Phone to locate it — in a vending machine for used electronics, close to an ICE detention center.
Read the full story here:
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
Read the full story here:
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
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🚨BREAKING: ICE agents just launched flash bang grenades at protesters in front of federal building in Minneapolis—causing massive explosions. "It's terrorizing, this isn't the America I served for 20 years in the U.S. Navy," tearful protester tells us.
WE'RE LIVE NOW ⬇️
WE'RE LIVE NOW ⬇️
January 14, 2026 at 12:43 AM
🚨BREAKING: ICE agents just launched flash bang grenades at protesters in front of federal building in Minneapolis—causing massive explosions. "It's terrorizing, this isn't the America I served for 20 years in the U.S. Navy," tearful protester tells us.
WE'RE LIVE NOW ⬇️
WE'RE LIVE NOW ⬇️
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Unions and community orgs are calling for a Minnesota-wide shutdown in 10 days to protest the ferocious assault by federal immigration agents. They're saying on Jan 23, no work, no school, no shopping. SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, & others are supporting, w/ more to join. By me, Amie Stager
“We Are Facing a Tsunami of Hate”: Amid ICE Crackdown, Unions and Community Groups Call for Minnesota Shutdown in 10 Days
Following the ICE murder of Renee Good and an assault on the state by federal immigration forces, a labor-community coalition is calling for residents to refuse to work, shop or go to school on Januar...
inthesetimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Unions and community orgs are calling for a Minnesota-wide shutdown in 10 days to protest the ferocious assault by federal immigration agents. They're saying on Jan 23, no work, no school, no shopping. SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, & others are supporting, w/ more to join. By me, Amie Stager
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January 14, 2026 at 12:09 AM
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January 13, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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Bald eagles and beer are pretty friggin cool too though ngl
Frost: For so long, the right wing has held up patriotism as a vibe, as an aesthetic. But patriotism is more than bald eagles and flags and beer. Patriotism is about loving the people who live in the damn country — every single one of them.
January 14, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Bald eagles and beer are pretty friggin cool too though ngl
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“Each vowel pitched high as heaven.” A poem by Madisen Gummer.
January 14, 2026 at 12:11 AM
“Each vowel pitched high as heaven.” A poem by Madisen Gummer.
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Do you realize how much of a loser you have to be to have a worker in a factory that was founded by a Nazi sympathizer call you a ‘pedophile protector’?
January 14, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Do you realize how much of a loser you have to be to have a worker in a factory that was founded by a Nazi sympathizer call you a ‘pedophile protector’?
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gonna be interesting to see who votes to continue funding ICE at the end of the month
January 14, 2026 at 12:10 AM
gonna be interesting to see who votes to continue funding ICE at the end of the month
I'm surprised there isn't a gambling sponsor. They're fully integrated into sports now. Take bets on the news during the segment. Report on the odds for various events happening. Is this worse than having Jack Daniels commercials? I have no objection to whiskey. But yes this is a little weird.
Update — Here is what the new apparent CBS News segment "Whiskey Fridays with Tony Dokoupil" may look like:
January 13, 2026 at 11:58 PM
I'm surprised there isn't a gambling sponsor. They're fully integrated into sports now. Take bets on the news during the segment. Report on the odds for various events happening. Is this worse than having Jack Daniels commercials? I have no objection to whiskey. But yes this is a little weird.
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a fortnight ago,
I was taking it
upstairs,
your hoodie,
smelling
whiskey and
weed vape,
stopped cold;
This is
me searching
for you,
you emotionally
derailing me,
lying,
promising sobriety,
delivering abuse;
#bedroomeyes #promptcombo #ourpoetryx #weirdmicro @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social #poetry
I was taking it
upstairs,
your hoodie,
smelling
whiskey and
weed vape,
stopped cold;
This is
me searching
for you,
you emotionally
derailing me,
lying,
promising sobriety,
delivering abuse;
#bedroomeyes #promptcombo #ourpoetryx #weirdmicro @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social #poetry
January 13, 2026 at 4:22 PM
a fortnight ago,
I was taking it
upstairs,
your hoodie,
smelling
whiskey and
weed vape,
stopped cold;
This is
me searching
for you,
you emotionally
derailing me,
lying,
promising sobriety,
delivering abuse;
#bedroomeyes #promptcombo #ourpoetryx #weirdmicro @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social #poetry
I was taking it
upstairs,
your hoodie,
smelling
whiskey and
weed vape,
stopped cold;
This is
me searching
for you,
you emotionally
derailing me,
lying,
promising sobriety,
delivering abuse;
#bedroomeyes #promptcombo #ourpoetryx #weirdmicro @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social #poetry
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"The veteran said he saw volunteering as an ICE observer as another way of serving his country.
'It’s the most American thing to do: not to be scared of people trying to scare you...
This is a pivotal moment we’ll be asked about by our kids, "Where were you?"
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
'It’s the most American thing to do: not to be scared of people trying to scare you...
This is a pivotal moment we’ll be asked about by our kids, "Where were you?"
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
They say they’re monitoring ICE arrests. Feds say they’re breaking the law.
The fatal shooting of Renée Good last week, as ICE officers and residents faced off on a Minneapolis street here, has brought new attention to ICE monitoring.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:12 PM
"The veteran said he saw volunteering as an ICE observer as another way of serving his country.
'It’s the most American thing to do: not to be scared of people trying to scare you...
This is a pivotal moment we’ll be asked about by our kids, "Where were you?"
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
'It’s the most American thing to do: not to be scared of people trying to scare you...
This is a pivotal moment we’ll be asked about by our kids, "Where were you?"
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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Monsters.
Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
January 13, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Monsters.
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I've been telling people that the reason this is happening in no small part is because they see urban white Minnesotans as race traitors. For having a semi-integrated society at all, but also for 2020.
January 13, 2026 at 6:14 PM
I've been telling people that the reason this is happening in no small part is because they see urban white Minnesotans as race traitors. For having a semi-integrated society at all, but also for 2020.
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3 Prosecutors Quit After Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:43 PM
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We Choose to Stand
I speak softly at times
but the ground listens.
Every step carries intention.
The world asks for nothing
then records everything-
pauses, proximity, care.
I stay where tenderness resolve
is not a separate choice-
we stand beside one another
deeply as an act of love.
#Solseed
I speak softly at times
but the ground listens.
Every step carries intention.
The world asks for nothing
then records everything-
pauses, proximity, care.
I stay where tenderness resolve
is not a separate choice-
we stand beside one another
deeply as an act of love.
#Solseed
January 13, 2026 at 2:42 PM
We Choose to Stand
I speak softly at times
but the ground listens.
Every step carries intention.
The world asks for nothing
then records everything-
pauses, proximity, care.
I stay where tenderness resolve
is not a separate choice-
we stand beside one another
deeply as an act of love.
#Solseed
I speak softly at times
but the ground listens.
Every step carries intention.
The world asks for nothing
then records everything-
pauses, proximity, care.
I stay where tenderness resolve
is not a separate choice-
we stand beside one another
deeply as an act of love.
#Solseed
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WASTELINES. Details from a new piece (by me) up on brilliantly innovative @icefloepress.bsky.social site, with thanks to series editors @rfredekenter.bsky.social @vikkicwrites.bsky.social and to other wonderful contributors. You can check out the full piece here icefloepress.net/2026/01/12/i...
January 12, 2026 at 5:38 PM
WASTELINES. Details from a new piece (by me) up on brilliantly innovative @icefloepress.bsky.social site, with thanks to series editors @rfredekenter.bsky.social @vikkicwrites.bsky.social and to other wonderful contributors. You can check out the full piece here icefloepress.net/2026/01/12/i...
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