Jamila
@ampersandstar.bsky.social
averse to fear-mongering in all its forms.
if you must punch, please, consider punching up.
music is (still) a wonder drug. (most) books are magic. however, magic is not real.
if you must punch, please, consider punching up.
music is (still) a wonder drug. (most) books are magic. however, magic is not real.
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I think I will keep making art but, as many have mentioned before, there are times (in history or in one's own life) when it feels even more futile than usual.
February 3, 2026 at 6:40 PM
I think I will keep making art but, as many have mentioned before, there are times (in history or in one's own life) when it feels even more futile than usual.
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Surround yourself with people who fight for you in rooms you aren’t in.
February 2, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Surround yourself with people who fight for you in rooms you aren’t in.
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"These sentences will be half of something loving and half of something gone." —Renee Gladman
February 2, 2026 at 9:31 PM
"These sentences will be half of something loving and half of something gone." —Renee Gladman
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3/ and wander away, leaving us alone for awhile in the physical world, that collection of thoughts, flowers, weather, and proper names. And, just as with people, there is no real escape from them . . .”
February 3, 2026 at 1:38 PM
3/ and wander away, leaving us alone for awhile in the physical world, that collection of thoughts, flowers, weather, and proper names. And, just as with people, there is no real escape from them . . .”
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I Wrote This Poem on Company Time
by @isabellewrites.bsky.social
#smallpoemsunday
@tomsnarsky.bsky.social
with thanks to @katierpoet.bsky.social for introducing me to her work on her substack. #poetry
by @isabellewrites.bsky.social
#smallpoemsunday
@tomsnarsky.bsky.social
with thanks to @katierpoet.bsky.social for introducing me to her work on her substack. #poetry
January 18, 2026 at 3:24 PM
I Wrote This Poem on Company Time
by @isabellewrites.bsky.social
#smallpoemsunday
@tomsnarsky.bsky.social
with thanks to @katierpoet.bsky.social for introducing me to her work on her substack. #poetry
by @isabellewrites.bsky.social
#smallpoemsunday
@tomsnarsky.bsky.social
with thanks to @katierpoet.bsky.social for introducing me to her work on her substack. #poetry
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Neil Young doesn't play.
January 27, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Neil Young doesn't play.
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As I wrote today, this has been a consistent pattern, strategic retreat when things get too hot, return when it fades.
It's how grab 'em by the pussy and Jan 6 was handled. They're counting on memories being short.
prospect.org/2026/01/26/i...
It's how grab 'em by the pussy and Jan 6 was handled. They're counting on memories being short.
prospect.org/2026/01/26/i...
January 26, 2026 at 11:01 PM
As I wrote today, this has been a consistent pattern, strategic retreat when things get too hot, return when it fades.
It's how grab 'em by the pussy and Jan 6 was handled. They're counting on memories being short.
prospect.org/2026/01/26/i...
It's how grab 'em by the pussy and Jan 6 was handled. They're counting on memories being short.
prospect.org/2026/01/26/i...
i often think *what would people be concerned about, if ___ ___ & ___ hadn't just occurred?*
watching all of Friday's Washington Week on a Tuesday morning reminded me: Article 5, Iran, etc.
watching all of Friday's Washington Week on a Tuesday morning reminded me: Article 5, Iran, etc.
@lacaldwelldc.bsky.social: “With the Greenland situation, when I was talking to Republicans on Capitol Hill, this is really the first time in the second Trump administration that I got a lot of anger — privately, of course — from House Republicans. ... But they were afraid to say anything publicly.”
January 27, 2026 at 12:13 PM
i often think *what would people be concerned about, if ___ ___ & ___ hadn't just occurred?*
watching all of Friday's Washington Week on a Tuesday morning reminded me: Article 5, Iran, etc.
watching all of Friday's Washington Week on a Tuesday morning reminded me: Article 5, Iran, etc.
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Nonviolence is, in fact, working. This administration is weaker than it was a year ago. More and more of the public is becoming galvanized against it; its agents are being impeded.
Do you honestly think people in the civil rights movement and other nonviolent movements faced no violence themselves? They practiced nonviolence because it works, because the oppressor wants a shooting war, which is the war it will win
How's your non-violent working Mr Gandhi stancil? They will kill each and everyone of you right if they had the chance and you will still be writing Kumbaya.
January 24, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Nonviolence is, in fact, working. This administration is weaker than it was a year ago. More and more of the public is becoming galvanized against it; its agents are being impeded.
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This🧵 is not an argument inferring: "Social Media=Bad"
We all know these sites are a tool for getting out emergency info & news developments responsibly.
IMO - Longform journalism is usually a wiser source for/when grappling with prolonged, systemic issues.
It's pre-grappled! (And fact checked.)
We all know these sites are a tool for getting out emergency info & news developments responsibly.
IMO - Longform journalism is usually a wiser source for/when grappling with prolonged, systemic issues.
It's pre-grappled! (And fact checked.)
What we’re witnessing in America is what happens when disordered discourse captures a political party, then the state itself. The Republican Party was the first to fall - abandoning truth for conspiracy, ideology for grievance, and policy for performative outrage.
March 15, 2025 at 7:59 PM
This🧵 is not an argument inferring: "Social Media=Bad"
We all know these sites are a tool for getting out emergency info & news developments responsibly.
IMO - Longform journalism is usually a wiser source for/when grappling with prolonged, systemic issues.
It's pre-grappled! (And fact checked.)
We all know these sites are a tool for getting out emergency info & news developments responsibly.
IMO - Longform journalism is usually a wiser source for/when grappling with prolonged, systemic issues.
It's pre-grappled! (And fact checked.)
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José Olivarez / @joseolivarez.bsky.social
January 9, 2026 at 1:03 AM
José Olivarez / @joseolivarez.bsky.social
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Here's one reason to worry a bit less about who Trump appoints to replace Powell: The Fed is a committee, not a monarchy. So appointing a charlatan is less “Game of Thrones” and more “group project where nobody lets Chad touch the spreadsheet.”
January 23, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Here's one reason to worry a bit less about who Trump appoints to replace Powell: The Fed is a committee, not a monarchy. So appointing a charlatan is less “Game of Thrones” and more “group project where nobody lets Chad touch the spreadsheet.”
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Calls and in-person actions are best. Contact your senators.
indivisible.org/campaigns/ho...
Email is better than nothing. Here's some language if you want it. HT @econgarcia.bsky.social.
indivisible.org/campaigns/ho...
Email is better than nothing. Here's some language if you want it. HT @econgarcia.bsky.social.
January 24, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Calls and in-person actions are best. Contact your senators.
indivisible.org/campaigns/ho...
Email is better than nothing. Here's some language if you want it. HT @econgarcia.bsky.social.
indivisible.org/campaigns/ho...
Email is better than nothing. Here's some language if you want it. HT @econgarcia.bsky.social.
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One of the things that I most appreciate about my students is the way they’ve figured out how to encourage each other to speak. One student will posit an idea and say, “Maybe that can be a starting point,” and another will pick up that idea and build on it, so that they work together over time.
January 24, 2026 at 4:23 PM
One of the things that I most appreciate about my students is the way they’ve figured out how to encourage each other to speak. One student will posit an idea and say, “Maybe that can be a starting point,” and another will pick up that idea and build on it, so that they work together over time.
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Pretti clearly did not brandish his gun. Which means the government is saying he was killed for legally exercising his right to carry.
It’s as clear-cut a violation of the Second Amendment as I can possibly imagine. And we’re about to see the bulk of the gun rights crowd defend his murder.
It’s as clear-cut a violation of the Second Amendment as I can possibly imagine. And we’re about to see the bulk of the gun rights crowd defend his murder.
January 24, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Pretti clearly did not brandish his gun. Which means the government is saying he was killed for legally exercising his right to carry.
It’s as clear-cut a violation of the Second Amendment as I can possibly imagine. And we’re about to see the bulk of the gun rights crowd defend his murder.
It’s as clear-cut a violation of the Second Amendment as I can possibly imagine. And we’re about to see the bulk of the gun rights crowd defend his murder.
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Rights: use them or lose them
Every member of congress has a duty & right to conduct oversight on DHS.
They should all come do rapid response. Come inspect the Twin Cities ICE HQ. Push in and do some oversight. Do not let the guards turn you away. Make them arrest you or beat you or let you in.
They should all come do rapid response. Come inspect the Twin Cities ICE HQ. Push in and do some oversight. Do not let the guards turn you away. Make them arrest you or beat you or let you in.
January 24, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Rights: use them or lose them
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We have been told for nearly 30 years that America needed to tolerate mass shootings because the broad availability of guns would help us defend ourselves from an overreaching federal government. That day has come. The people who said this are supporting the federal agents. Many have joined them.
January 24, 2026 at 6:02 PM
We have been told for nearly 30 years that America needed to tolerate mass shootings because the broad availability of guns would help us defend ourselves from an overreaching federal government. That day has come. The people who said this are supporting the federal agents. Many have joined them.
Adding to resume: "smart enough not to drink -directly- out of a firehose."
January 23, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Adding to resume: "smart enough not to drink -directly- out of a firehose."
fantastic substack read.
post-#tbt
post-#tbt
Social movements are strong when the rowdy and the peaceful elements work in solidarity with one another. The myth of the provocateur is spread specifically because it undermines that solidarity.
January 23, 2026 at 1:10 PM
fantastic substack read.
post-#tbt
post-#tbt
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Another friend put it to me like this: "ICE has made the classic Nazi mistake. They've invaded a winter people in the winter."
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Another friend put it to me like this: "ICE has made the classic Nazi mistake. They've invaded a winter people in the winter."
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nothing you don't already know.
pre-#tbt
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nothing you don't already know.
pre-#tbt
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January 21, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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nothing you don't already know.
pre-#tbt
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nothing you don't already know.
pre-#tbt
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ha?
As a social movements scholar, I absolutely love the diversity of tactics being developed by each city, reflecting their local flavor
Portland kept it weird with inflatable costumes
Chicago protected its street vendors by buying up their food each day
Charlotte chased ICE agents into the woods
Portland kept it weird with inflatable costumes
Chicago protected its street vendors by buying up their food each day
Charlotte chased ICE agents into the woods
Naaaaaaailed it
January 16, 2026 at 10:52 AM
ha?
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In the last 4 days:
-- Elise Slotkin says she's being criminally investigated by DOJ
-- ICE illegally goes "door to door" in Minneapolis
-- FBI raids the home of a WP journalist
-- DHS illegally arrests, detains 100+ Somalians with legal refugee status
-- Elise Slotkin says she's being criminally investigated by DOJ
-- ICE illegally goes "door to door" in Minneapolis
-- FBI raids the home of a WP journalist
-- DHS illegally arrests, detains 100+ Somalians with legal refugee status
January 14, 2026 at 2:47 PM
In the last 4 days:
-- Elise Slotkin says she's being criminally investigated by DOJ
-- ICE illegally goes "door to door" in Minneapolis
-- FBI raids the home of a WP journalist
-- DHS illegally arrests, detains 100+ Somalians with legal refugee status
-- Elise Slotkin says she's being criminally investigated by DOJ
-- ICE illegally goes "door to door" in Minneapolis
-- FBI raids the home of a WP journalist
-- DHS illegally arrests, detains 100+ Somalians with legal refugee status
i just learned a contronym has an actual definition/classification.
not just a phenomenon.
not just a phenomenon.
January 13, 2026 at 5:10 PM
i just learned a contronym has an actual definition/classification.
not just a phenomenon.
not just a phenomenon.