Pam Nath
@beaglestu.bsky.social
The wise oak trees here in New Orleans, the bayou, & Fierce Love are what’s keeping me going these days. Our liberation is bound up together
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There isn't a doubt in my mind that we’re going to crush this regime, but that isn’t going to come from pretending that everything is normal, ok, & working as it should. It will be achieved as always by mass agitation & defiance that makes the existing system impossible.
This tactic of flooding & clogging systems of repression was central to the success of civil rights organizers who mobilized to overturn Jim Crow. They didn’t *vote* it out bc they were legally blocked from doing so. Instead, they made it impossible to maintain.
February 5, 2026 at 2:33 PM
There isn't a doubt in my mind that we’re going to crush this regime, but that isn’t going to come from pretending that everything is normal, ok, & working as it should. It will be achieved as always by mass agitation & defiance that makes the existing system impossible.
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I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
www.theverge.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
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From a FB post about Alex Pretti:
January 26, 2026 at 12:32 AM
From a FB post about Alex Pretti:
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As someone who has spent over 35 years trying to explain that violence is inherent to policing only to have most people be OK with this, I could be excused if I decided to just give up. But I'm not. I knew we would be where we are today. I still think that we do not have to live like this.
January 24, 2026 at 8:39 PM
As someone who has spent over 35 years trying to explain that violence is inherent to policing only to have most people be OK with this, I could be excused if I decided to just give up. But I'm not. I knew we would be where we are today. I still think that we do not have to live like this.
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I was one of Alex's nursing faculty at MCTC. This is simply devastating. He was a good student and I knew he'd be a good nurse. Im so sorry for you and his VA family. May his memory be a blessing and an example of what a nurse is.
January 24, 2026 at 7:51 PM
I was one of Alex's nursing faculty at MCTC. This is simply devastating. He was a good student and I knew he'd be a good nurse. Im so sorry for you and his VA family. May his memory be a blessing and an example of what a nurse is.
He was a nurse who worked in the ICU (formerly worked for the VA); he had been helping to direct traffic, then responded when ICE agents began pepper spraying a woman. Footage shows he had a camera in his hands, filming the interaction….
Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now
January 24, 2026 at 8:39 PM
He was a nurse who worked in the ICU (formerly worked for the VA); he had been helping to direct traffic, then responded when ICE agents began pepper spraying a woman. Footage shows he had a camera in his hands, filming the interaction….
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He was a nurse.
The Strib has identified him. Alex Pretti. Another 37-year-old executed for standing up for our immigrant neighbors. For shame.
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
January 24, 2026 at 6:55 PM
He was a nurse.
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How to communicate with people drawn to white nationalist "faith":
1. Don't bother with the namecalling
If you lead with “racist,” “fascist,” or “cult,” they will likely shut down. Use words that they will listen to.
1. Don't bother with the namecalling
If you lead with “racist,” “fascist,” or “cult,” they will likely shut down. Use words that they will listen to.
January 17, 2026 at 7:34 AM
How to communicate with people drawn to white nationalist "faith":
1. Don't bother with the namecalling
If you lead with “racist,” “fascist,” or “cult,” they will likely shut down. Use words that they will listen to.
1. Don't bother with the namecalling
If you lead with “racist,” “fascist,” or “cult,” they will likely shut down. Use words that they will listen to.
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I wrote about how the Trump administration won’t let Black people use MATH to prove racism exists.
Apparently, only white self-reporting their own racism now counts as evidence of racism.
Apparently, only white self-reporting their own racism now counts as evidence of racism.
The DOJ Just Made It Almost Impossible to Prove Racism Exists
By rolling back “disparate impact" claims, the Trump administration is reducing courts to mere rubber stamps for the white supremacy written into the laws.
www.contrabandcamp.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I wrote about how the Trump administration won’t let Black people use MATH to prove racism exists.
Apparently, only white self-reporting their own racism now counts as evidence of racism.
Apparently, only white self-reporting their own racism now counts as evidence of racism.
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The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
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Palestinians face more than 150 Israeli settler, military attacks so far during this year's olive harvest in West Bank.
‘Armed, dangerous’: Israeli settlers attack Palestinians harvesting olives
Palestinians face more than 150 Israeli settler, military attacks so far during this year's olive harvest in West Bank.
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October 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Palestinians face more than 150 Israeli settler, military attacks so far during this year's olive harvest in West Bank.
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I asked a friend of mine who was in that group for a picture to post here. He told he they were working so fast that they had no time to take pictures.
This is a victory. Every plot of land harvested is a plot of land not abandoned to the Israeli occupation.
This is a victory. Every plot of land harvested is a plot of land not abandoned to the Israeli occupation.
October 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I asked a friend of mine who was in that group for a picture to post here. He told he they were working so fast that they had no time to take pictures.
This is a victory. Every plot of land harvested is a plot of land not abandoned to the Israeli occupation.
This is a victory. Every plot of land harvested is a plot of land not abandoned to the Israeli occupation.
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The CJNV olive harvest group is on the ground and working hard. Sydney Levy, a member of CJNV's advisory committee is there and has been sending dispatches from the field. Here are some excerpts and photos from Sydney:
October 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The CJNV olive harvest group is on the ground and working hard. Sydney Levy, a member of CJNV's advisory committee is there and has been sending dispatches from the field. Here are some excerpts and photos from Sydney:
If you need one more reason to VOTE FOR CALVIN DUNCAN for Clerk of Criminal Court, here’s a new one. Lombard lied (in contradiction to court RECORDS re his opponent) and now this: www.wdsu.com/article/orle...
#neworleans #elections #voting
#neworleans #elections #voting
Orleans Parish Clerk of Criminal Court incumbent accused of electioneering
WDSU reached out to the Secretary of State's office, who said they are aware of the issue and commissioners are being asked to remove the items in question.
www.wdsu.com
October 11, 2025 at 7:58 PM
If you need one more reason to VOTE FOR CALVIN DUNCAN for Clerk of Criminal Court, here’s a new one. Lombard lied (in contradiction to court RECORDS re his opponent) and now this: www.wdsu.com/article/orle...
#neworleans #elections #voting
#neworleans #elections #voting
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Every American should read this ACLU lawsuit about what is happening in Los Angeles and California. It is the stuff of dystopian nightmares. This is not immigration enforcement. It is positively stuffed with videos and articles documenting racial profiling on a scale unseen since Jim Crow.
July 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Every American should read this ACLU lawsuit about what is happening in Los Angeles and California. It is the stuff of dystopian nightmares. This is not immigration enforcement. It is positively stuffed with videos and articles documenting racial profiling on a scale unseen since Jim Crow.
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If you’re an American should watch the Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown ep on Iran. A deeply humanizing look at a country full of people just like you and me. I watched it after Anthony died and it moved in ways that are hard to relay. I also immediately ran out to try kabob koobideh and tahdig.
Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown Iran S04 E06
Dailymotion video by L3arnTV
www.dailymotion.com
June 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
If you’re an American should watch the Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown ep on Iran. A deeply humanizing look at a country full of people just like you and me. I watched it after Anthony died and it moved in ways that are hard to relay. I also immediately ran out to try kabob koobideh and tahdig.
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ICE agents scatter as SD Bishop Pham, other clergy visit immigration court timesofsandiego.com/life/2025/06... via @TimesofSanDiego
ICE agents scatter as SD Bishop Pham, other clergy visit immigration court
"Our presence made a difference," one priest said, quoting an immigration lawyer saying their client was given more time to prepare for another hearing.
timesofsandiego.com
June 22, 2025 at 6:15 PM
ICE agents scatter as SD Bishop Pham, other clergy visit immigration court timesofsandiego.com/life/2025/06... via @TimesofSanDiego
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" I also believe that those of us who are older, whiter, safer from the threats of state violence do not have the moral ground to lecture the younger, browner and blacker, more directly impacted demographic on what they should and should not do." www.meditationsinanemergency.com/some-notes-o...
Some Notes on the City of Angels and the Nature of Violence
I think maybe it's begun, the bigger fiercer backlash against the Trump Administration which is itself a violent backlash against every good thing that's happened over the past several decades – the a...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
June 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
" I also believe that those of us who are older, whiter, safer from the threats of state violence do not have the moral ground to lecture the younger, browner and blacker, more directly impacted demographic on what they should and should not do." www.meditationsinanemergency.com/some-notes-o...
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Highly recommend @dahlialithwick.bsky.social’s interview with Aziz Huq about the “dual state” legal arrangement in Nazi Germany and now creeping into the American system.
What a helpful framework for understanding and explaining what is happening today.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
What a helpful framework for understanding and explaining what is happening today.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
The Two Tracks of Justice
Podcast Episode · Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts · 05/24/2025 · 1h 10m
podcasts.apple.com
May 25, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Highly recommend @dahlialithwick.bsky.social’s interview with Aziz Huq about the “dual state” legal arrangement in Nazi Germany and now creeping into the American system.
What a helpful framework for understanding and explaining what is happening today.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
What a helpful framework for understanding and explaining what is happening today.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
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Apparently NYU wants to hear what we think of them denying Logan Rozos his diploma for his “one-sided” assertion that bombing and starving people is a bad idea. Email: [email protected]
May 15, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Apparently NYU wants to hear what we think of them denying Logan Rozos his diploma for his “one-sided” assertion that bombing and starving people is a bad idea. Email: [email protected]
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During his graduation speech, NYU student Logan Rozos condemned Israel’s genocide in Gaza and the U.S. role in funding it. The university responded by withholding his diploma, calling his remarks “one-sided” and accusing him of “abusing a privilege.”
May 15, 2025 at 8:06 PM
During his graduation speech, NYU student Logan Rozos condemned Israel’s genocide in Gaza and the U.S. role in funding it. The university responded by withholding his diploma, calling his remarks “one-sided” and accusing him of “abusing a privilege.”
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In the wake of what Judge Dugan did (100% legal), now is a good time for everyone to know what she knows:
An immigration or administrative warrant is *not* a judicial warrant. You are not obliged to obey it. Indeed, you can let the person out the back door. docs.google.com/presentation...
An immigration or administrative warrant is *not* a judicial warrant. You are not obliged to obey it. Indeed, you can let the person out the back door. docs.google.com/presentation...
April 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
In the wake of what Judge Dugan did (100% legal), now is a good time for everyone to know what she knows:
An immigration or administrative warrant is *not* a judicial warrant. You are not obliged to obey it. Indeed, you can let the person out the back door. docs.google.com/presentation...
An immigration or administrative warrant is *not* a judicial warrant. You are not obliged to obey it. Indeed, you can let the person out the back door. docs.google.com/presentation...
Among all the other disturbing things going on….
The FBI and other law enforcement agencies raided multiple homes in Michigan, reportedly targeting a number of student activists connected to Gaza solidarity protests at the University of Michigan. mondoweiss.net/2025/04/fbi-...
FBI and police raid homes of Palestine activists in Michigan
The FBI and other law enforcement agencies raided multiple homes in Michigan, reportedly targeting a number of student activists connected to Gaza solidarity protests at the University of Michigan.
mondoweiss.net
April 24, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Among all the other disturbing things going on….
The work of the Whitney is so important. I’ve learned so much from the tours there. This is enraging.
A plantation museum focused on the truths of slavery had two grants for Black history and culture terminated in ‘furtherance of president’s agenda’
Trump cuts federal grants to plantation museum focused on reality of slavery
Whitney Plantation has two grants for Black history and culture terminated in ‘furtherance of president’s agenda’
www.theguardian.com
April 23, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The work of the Whitney is so important. I’ve learned so much from the tours there. This is enraging.