Avery Hudson
@averyhudson.bsky.social
Writer. Editor.
"For, indeed, none can love freedom heartily but good men; the rest love not freedom but license, which never hath more scope or more indulgence than under tyrants." - John Milton, The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates
"For, indeed, none can love freedom heartily but good men; the rest love not freedom but license, which never hath more scope or more indulgence than under tyrants." - John Milton, The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates
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The map for No Kings Day just went live with nearly 600 peaceful protests planned across all 50 states (including our flagship event in the Twin Cities).
Find your local protest or start a new No Kings event if there’s currently nothing planned near you: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
Find your local protest or start a new No Kings event if there’s currently nothing planned near you: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
February 17, 2026 at 6:11 PM
The map for No Kings Day just went live with nearly 600 peaceful protests planned across all 50 states (including our flagship event in the Twin Cities).
Find your local protest or start a new No Kings event if there’s currently nothing planned near you: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
Find your local protest or start a new No Kings event if there’s currently nothing planned near you: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
"A Trump administration official recently told WIRED that California and New York are 'next'." #ICE #massdeportation
ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next
ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, monthslong expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
www.wired.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:10 PM
"A Trump administration official recently told WIRED that California and New York are 'next'." #ICE #massdeportation
Remembrance is not a Violation!
#VladyslavHeraskevych #OlenaSmaha #InternationalOlympicCommittee #KirstyCoventry
#VladyslavHeraskevych #OlenaSmaha #InternationalOlympicCommittee #KirstyCoventry
February 13, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Remembrance is not a Violation!
#VladyslavHeraskevych #OlenaSmaha #InternationalOlympicCommittee #KirstyCoventry
#VladyslavHeraskevych #OlenaSmaha #InternationalOlympicCommittee #KirstyCoventry
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Alex Pretti's killers are now known: Jesus Ochoa & Raymundo Gutierrez. This is thanks to ProPublica. It's a travesty and intolerable that Homeland Security & the Justice Dept have hidden these federal agents' identities. @markjacob.bsky.social & I discuss. www.americaamerica.news/p/unmasking-...
Unmasking The Masked Men
ProPublica identifies the agents who killed Alex Pretti because there’s no place for secret police in America
www.americaamerica.news
February 4, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Alex Pretti's killers are now known: Jesus Ochoa & Raymundo Gutierrez. This is thanks to ProPublica. It's a travesty and intolerable that Homeland Security & the Justice Dept have hidden these federal agents' identities. @markjacob.bsky.social & I discuss. www.americaamerica.news/p/unmasking-...
Before your next chatbot prompt, calculate the water cost.
#AI
#AI
AI Chugs a Bottle of Water Every Time You Chat With It
Artificial intelligence systems are thirsty, consuming as much as 500 milliliters of water – a single-serving water bottle – for each short conversation a user has with the GPT-3 version of OpenAI's C...
www.sciencealert.com
February 5, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Before your next chatbot prompt, calculate the water cost.
#AI
#AI
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For those keeping score at home:
February 4, 2026 at 3:48 PM
For those keeping score at home:
"The conductor, who just last week said he was trying to ignore the political turmoil around him and focus on his music, was described by associates as surprised by the announcement." This is what complicity gets you.
#GianandreaNoseda #NationalSymphonyOrchestra #KennedyCenter
#GianandreaNoseda #NationalSymphonyOrchestra #KennedyCenter
Trump’s Kennedy Center Shutdown Plan Jolts Workers and Performers
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 8:31 PM
"The conductor, who just last week said he was trying to ignore the political turmoil around him and focus on his music, was described by associates as surprised by the announcement." This is what complicity gets you.
#GianandreaNoseda #NationalSymphonyOrchestra #KennedyCenter
#GianandreaNoseda #NationalSymphonyOrchestra #KennedyCenter
"She’s Open About Her Immigrant Roots"?? Sorry, @nytimes.com, but that's just plain disinformation. Radio silence on her actual immigration and naturalization history. #melania
6 Takeaways from ‘Melania,’ the Documentary About the First Lady
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 4:54 PM
"She’s Open About Her Immigrant Roots"?? Sorry, @nytimes.com, but that's just plain disinformation. Radio silence on her actual immigration and naturalization history. #melania
While opening strong for a documentary, Amazon's 'Melania' failed to match Disney's 2012 nature film 'Chimpanzee'. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/b...
February 2, 2026 at 4:45 PM
While opening strong for a documentary, Amazon's 'Melania' failed to match Disney's 2012 nature film 'Chimpanzee'. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/b...
“Video documentation has the power to expose abuses, to help call for accountability, and to challenge official narratives.” #ICE #massdeportation #citizenjournalism
How to Film ICE
Filming federal agents in public is legal, but avoiding a dangerous—even deadly—confrontation isn’t guaranteed. Here’s how to record ICE and CBP agents as safely as possible and have an impact.
www.wired.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:28 PM
“Video documentation has the power to expose abuses, to help call for accountability, and to challenge official narratives.” #ICE #massdeportation #citizenjournalism
“Why did you go to that Melania thing the day Pretti was killed?” #timcook #MarkZuckerberg #AndyJassy #LisaSu #JeffBezos #SergeyBrin #SundarPichai #SatyaNadella #GregBrockman
After Minneapolis, Tech CEOs Are Struggling to Stay Silent
Silicon Valley’s power brokers spent the past year currying favor with President Trump. Two deadly shootings in Minneapolis are now exposing the price of that bargain.
www.wired.com
February 1, 2026 at 7:14 PM
“Why did you go to that Melania thing the day Pretti was killed?” #timcook #MarkZuckerberg #AndyJassy #LisaSu #JeffBezos #SergeyBrin #SundarPichai #SatyaNadella #GregBrockman
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In Minneapolis and many other communities across the country, we're seeing people come together to peacefully protest and support their neighbors. If you're looking to get involved, here are some ways to help:
How to help the resistance to ICE in Minnesota — and beyond
What Minnesota’s immigrant communities need from you now.
www.vox.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:30 PM
In Minneapolis and many other communities across the country, we're seeing people come together to peacefully protest and support their neighbors. If you're looking to get involved, here are some ways to help:
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They grabbed his father at McDonald’s — he tried to bring his dad his heart medication and they laughed at him
A heartless, lawless regime
A heartless, lawless regime
January 29, 2026 at 2:03 PM
They grabbed his father at McDonald’s — he tried to bring his dad his heart medication and they laughed at him
A heartless, lawless regime
A heartless, lawless regime
A Reuters/Ipsos poll shows just 39% of Americans approve of the job Trump is doing on immigration while 53% disapprove. #massdeportation #ICE
Trump's immigration approval drops to record low, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
A majority of Americans said Trump's crackdown on immigration has gone too far.
www.reuters.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:35 PM
A Reuters/Ipsos poll shows just 39% of Americans approve of the job Trump is doing on immigration while 53% disapprove. #massdeportation #ICE
“There has been a dramatic shift in the way Apple operates worldwide. Before they would focus on quality and design and doing the right thing, and now they’re just getting things out quickly and pandering to fascists.” #melania #timcook
Apple Workers Are Livid That Tim Cook Saw “Melania” Movie Hours After CBP Killed Pretti
Internal Slack logs shared with The Intercept show outrage over Cook’s coziness with Trump and Apple's silence on Pretti's death.
theintercept.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:07 PM
A guide to the shoulder patches that ICE uses for unit identification, as well as insignias worn by US Customs and Border Protection personnel and unofficial patches conveying personal or political messages that federal agents have been spotted wearing.
These Patches Are Clues to Identifying Immigration Agents
We built a guide to patches worn by ICE and CBP to help the public determine which federal agents are in their communities.
theintercept.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:04 PM
A guide to the shoulder patches that ICE uses for unit identification, as well as insignias worn by US Customs and Border Protection personnel and unofficial patches conveying personal or political messages that federal agents have been spotted wearing.
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AGAIN: If you work for Palantir and have concerns about its role in US federal immigration enforcement, please reach out. You can remain anonymous.
Signal: makenakelly.32
www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
Signal: makenakelly.32
www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
ICE Is Using Palantir’s AI Tools to Sort Through Tips
ICE has been using an AI-powered Palantir system to summarize tips sent to its tipline since last spring, according to a newly released Homeland Security document.
www.wired.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:44 PM
AGAIN: If you work for Palantir and have concerns about its role in US federal immigration enforcement, please reach out. You can remain anonymous.
Signal: makenakelly.32
www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
Signal: makenakelly.32
www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Population, economy, healthcare, agriculture, international leadership -- no matter the measure, it's clear that underneath Trump's cynical campaign promise to "Make America Great Again" was a massive project to make America permanently weak. Putin's investment is paying off spectacularly.
U.S. Population Growth Slows Sharply as Immigration Numbers Plunge
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Population, economy, healthcare, agriculture, international leadership -- no matter the measure, it's clear that underneath Trump's cynical campaign promise to "Make America Great Again" was a massive project to make America permanently weak. Putin's investment is paying off spectacularly.
“Roughly 1 in 4 American adults now report eating all of their daily meals alone — an overall increase of more than 50 percent since 2003.” files.worldhappiness.report/WHR25.pdf
January 27, 2026 at 5:43 PM
“Roughly 1 in 4 American adults now report eating all of their daily meals alone — an overall increase of more than 50 percent since 2003.” files.worldhappiness.report/WHR25.pdf
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We are not the first people, or the first country, to suffer under a tyrannical government that does not respect our lives, or our rights.
There is a method for how to effectively resist, and eventually topple, such a regime. We can learn from others who came before us.
This is my favorite guide.
There is a method for how to effectively resist, and eventually topple, such a regime. We can learn from others who came before us.
This is my favorite guide.
CANVAS Core Curriculum: A Guide to Effective Nonviolent Struggle | ICNC
You may also be interested in: A Guide to Nonviolent Activism (Ekta Parishad)Ekta Parishad is a mass-based peoples’ movement for land rights with an active membership of 250,000 landless poor and is r...
www.nonviolent-conflict.org
January 24, 2026 at 7:54 PM
We are not the first people, or the first country, to suffer under a tyrannical government that does not respect our lives, or our rights.
There is a method for how to effectively resist, and eventually topple, such a regime. We can learn from others who came before us.
This is my favorite guide.
There is a method for how to effectively resist, and eventually topple, such a regime. We can learn from others who came before us.
This is my favorite guide.
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“Freedom is not free. We have to work at it. Nurture it. Protect it. Even sacrifice for it.”
January 25, 2026 at 2:56 AM
“Freedom is not free. We have to work at it. Nurture it. Protect it. Even sacrifice for it.”
