Bobbi Wickham
@bobbiwickham.bsky.social
Academic. I'm trying to rebuild my old feed.
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"A construction worker of Carpenters Local 349, witnessed a Black woman with a small child screaming after three ICE agents stopped her vehicle while she screamed that she was a US citizen and her toddler child screamed as she was torn from her car."
Maine.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Maine.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Maine shaken by ICE raids as backlash threatens Republican Senate control
Workers and unions condemn ICE operation as ‘horrific’ as pressure builds on Susan Collins, facing re-election this year
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:31 PM
"A construction worker of Carpenters Local 349, witnessed a Black woman with a small child screaming after three ICE agents stopped her vehicle while she screamed that she was a US citizen and her toddler child screamed as she was torn from her car."
Maine.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Maine.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
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He's so camp! It's all spangles and teenage sincerity.
Ilia Malinin skates his long program to music containing his own voiceover reading Jack Handy-esque quotes it’s so bad whyyyyyy
February 9, 2026 at 1:03 AM
He's so camp! It's all spangles and teenage sincerity.
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This article is fantastic AND those of us who’ve been organizing since early December are oh-so-very tired.
Time for the second wave of folks to jump in and take on more so we can rest a bit.
If you have capacity, plug in with whatever’s happening in your neighborhood.
Time for the second wave of folks to jump in and take on more so we can rest a bit.
If you have capacity, plug in with whatever’s happening in your neighborhood.
The Women Holding Minneapolis Together
In Minnesota, a community is coming together to push back against ICE and support their neighbors. It should surprise no one that much of this work is being led by women. Glamour reports from the fron...
www.glamour.com
February 8, 2026 at 1:45 AM
This article is fantastic AND those of us who’ve been organizing since early December are oh-so-very tired.
Time for the second wave of folks to jump in and take on more so we can rest a bit.
If you have capacity, plug in with whatever’s happening in your neighborhood.
Time for the second wave of folks to jump in and take on more so we can rest a bit.
If you have capacity, plug in with whatever’s happening in your neighborhood.
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Blessed are the plane spotters, and the spreadsheets they populate.
‘This was just one of the best ways that I could be a helper, and I'm glad that I'm here to be able to do it.’
‘This was just one of the best ways that I could be a helper, and I'm glad that I'm here to be able to do it.’
Minneapolis now has daily deportation flights. One man has been documenting them
A professional airplane enthusiast has been tracking the federally chartered deportation flights out of the Minneapolis airport as DHS sends immigration detainees to other states and, eventually, othe...
www.npr.org
February 7, 2026 at 2:38 AM
Blessed are the plane spotters, and the spreadsheets they populate.
‘This was just one of the best ways that I could be a helper, and I'm glad that I'm here to be able to do it.’
‘This was just one of the best ways that I could be a helper, and I'm glad that I'm here to be able to do it.’
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"In a 2016 email, Trivers thanks Epstein for 'extra money' and appointment as an advisor to Epstein’s foundation. He also signals that he ready to do as Epstein urged him, taking on unnamed theoretical work. Epstein responded: 'i want to see you piece on transgender in the bio world.'" 1/
Lots of correspondence between Robert Trivers and Jeffrey Epstein mentioning money and a predatory view of women 🤮https://www.justice.gov/epstein
February 6, 2026 at 10:23 PM
"In a 2016 email, Trivers thanks Epstein for 'extra money' and appointment as an advisor to Epstein’s foundation. He also signals that he ready to do as Epstein urged him, taking on unnamed theoretical work. Epstein responded: 'i want to see you piece on transgender in the bio world.'" 1/
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While reporting this, I had something happen that's never happened. A comms rep for one of the co's disputed my reporting and said what I was telling them was untrue because it was not in Grok, xAI's chatbot.
I was looking directly at the files. And this person was using AI to challenge the truth.
I was looking directly at the files. And this person was using AI to challenge the truth.
Epstein had many known connections to Silicon Valley CEOs, but less known was how he made money from those relationships.
We did a deep dive into how he got dealflow in Silicon Valley, giving him shots to invest in Coinbase, Palantir, SpaceX and other companies.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/b...
We did a deep dive into how he got dealflow in Silicon Valley, giving him shots to invest in Coinbase, Palantir, SpaceX and other companies.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/b...
Jeffrey Epstein’s Money Mingled With Silicon Valley Start-Ups
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:38 PM
While reporting this, I had something happen that's never happened. A comms rep for one of the co's disputed my reporting and said what I was telling them was untrue because it was not in Grok, xAI's chatbot.
I was looking directly at the files. And this person was using AI to challenge the truth.
I was looking directly at the files. And this person was using AI to challenge the truth.
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The entire anti wokeness nonsense of the past decade was about making this kind of gutter racism broadly acceptable again bsky.app/profile/adam...
Pour one out for every professional political pundit, writer, consultant whatever that has spent the last decade trying to pretend that the Trump phenomenon was about trade or opiates and not a big chunk of white america losing its mind over having a black president bsky.app/profile/kyle...
A screenshot from a video posted on Trump's Truth Social account: truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
February 6, 2026 at 10:09 AM
The entire anti wokeness nonsense of the past decade was about making this kind of gutter racism broadly acceptable again bsky.app/profile/adam...
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The most maddening thing when talking about sex pests in media is that the genre actually doesn't matter. They're literally everywhere. And they love to form their own creepy networks. But if you respond in kind, somehow you're the problem.
February 6, 2026 at 1:01 AM
The most maddening thing when talking about sex pests in media is that the genre actually doesn't matter. They're literally everywhere. And they love to form their own creepy networks. But if you respond in kind, somehow you're the problem.
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We have no idea where Yglesias got his numbers but they’re wrong. This debate has for so long been plagued by numbers basically pulled out of thin air
Right pic is from my and @adambonica.bsky.social’s response essay: www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...
Right pic is from my and @adambonica.bsky.social’s response essay: www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...
February 3, 2026 at 5:02 PM
We have no idea where Yglesias got his numbers but they’re wrong. This debate has for so long been plagued by numbers basically pulled out of thin air
Right pic is from my and @adambonica.bsky.social’s response essay: www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...
Right pic is from my and @adambonica.bsky.social’s response essay: www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...
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Frank, Trace and I represented Minnesota on the Alien Super Show. Thanks for having us, guys. It was fun to joke through the rage! @frankconniff.bsky.social
@tracebeaulieu.bsky.social
@tracebeaulieu.bsky.social
we got the mystery science theater 3000 guys who all live in minneapolis to watch the news with us and they had a lot to say about "tom homan's new tone"
February 3, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Frank, Trace and I represented Minnesota on the Alien Super Show. Thanks for having us, guys. It was fun to joke through the rage! @frankconniff.bsky.social
@tracebeaulieu.bsky.social
@tracebeaulieu.bsky.social
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DHS said that the woman CBP shot in the chest in Portland was “involved” in a gang shooting.
Her ~involvement~ was that suspected gang members sexually assaulted and robbed her.
Her ~involvement~ was that suspected gang members sexually assaulted and robbed her.
After Border Patrol shot two people in Portland, DHS claimed they were "vicious gang members" tied to a past shooting.
But records I obtained reveal a US prosecutor has since directly contradicted DHS, saying, "We're not suggesting he is a gang member." My dive into how DHS' claims have collapsed:
But records I obtained reveal a US prosecutor has since directly contradicted DHS, saying, "We're not suggesting he is a gang member." My dive into how DHS' claims have collapsed:
DHS’s account of two Venezuelans shot by border patrol falls apart in court: ‘A smear campaign’
Immigration officials said agent shot two ‘vicious gang members’ in Portland, but records obtained by the Guardian reveal US prosecutor contradicted claims
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:02 AM
DHS said that the woman CBP shot in the chest in Portland was “involved” in a gang shooting.
Her ~involvement~ was that suspected gang members sexually assaulted and robbed her.
Her ~involvement~ was that suspected gang members sexually assaulted and robbed her.
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International officials say a point-rigging scheme denied American Katie Uhlaender a shot to compete in the Milan Cortina Olympics. But a sports tribunal based in Switzerland says it can't intervene. n.pr/4c1N2gQ
U.S. sledder Katie Uhlaender loses appeal, won't race at the Milan Cortina Olympics
International officials say a point-rigging scheme denied American Katie Uhlaender a shot to compete in the Milan Cortina Olympics. But a sports tribunal based in Switzerland says it can't intervene.
n.pr
February 2, 2026 at 8:49 PM
International officials say a point-rigging scheme denied American Katie Uhlaender a shot to compete in the Milan Cortina Olympics. But a sports tribunal based in Switzerland says it can't intervene. n.pr/4c1N2gQ
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the Epstein files make it very clear why the MeToo backlash was so extreme and why so much of elite society preferred Donald Trump ruling us like a king to the barest hint of accountability
February 1, 2026 at 9:27 PM
the Epstein files make it very clear why the MeToo backlash was so extreme and why so much of elite society preferred Donald Trump ruling us like a king to the barest hint of accountability
Important list to read, dear lord
Academics vying for a spot in Epstein‘s world. There are so many. I feel the need to make a thread, so I don’t keep confusing them. 1/
February 1, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Important list to read, dear lord
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SOS.
Because they are under attack by their own federal government and their own president.
The government to whom they pay taxes.
The President who is sworn to “take care that the laws be faithfully executed.”
Because they are under attack by their own federal government and their own president.
The government to whom they pay taxes.
The President who is sworn to “take care that the laws be faithfully executed.”
Hundreds of people spelled out the distress signal "SOS" on Bde Maka Ska in Minneapolis on Friday, Jan. 30.
📷️ Provided by Jeff Schad
📷️ Provided by Jeff Schad
January 31, 2026 at 11:14 PM
SOS.
Because they are under attack by their own federal government and their own president.
The government to whom they pay taxes.
The President who is sworn to “take care that the laws be faithfully executed.”
Because they are under attack by their own federal government and their own president.
The government to whom they pay taxes.
The President who is sworn to “take care that the laws be faithfully executed.”
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Unmarked car, no lights or police insignia. Masked armed men leap out. Victim not in the act of committing any crime. This is not how a serious federal law enforcement agency acts in a free society.
How is this not supposed to be a “right wing paramilitary force loyal to the regime”?
How is this not supposed to be a “right wing paramilitary force loyal to the regime”?
This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here.
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
January 31, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Unmarked car, no lights or police insignia. Masked armed men leap out. Victim not in the act of committing any crime. This is not how a serious federal law enforcement agency acts in a free society.
How is this not supposed to be a “right wing paramilitary force loyal to the regime”?
How is this not supposed to be a “right wing paramilitary force loyal to the regime”?
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NEW: School hallways are silent. Grandparents patrol outside in shifts. Two more kids taken from Liam Ramos' school.
Trump isn't deescalating ICE at all at MN schools.
“I stopped wearing my high heels to work. I wear my boots to work because I have had to run." www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-mi...
Trump isn't deescalating ICE at all at MN schools.
“I stopped wearing my high heels to work. I wear my boots to work because I have had to run." www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-mi...
ICE Is Circling Minnesota Schools, Looking For Children to Take
Liam Ramos, 5, isn’t the only child in detention. Teachers and parents describe kids being hunted by federal agents.
www.huffpost.com
January 31, 2026 at 1:32 PM
NEW: School hallways are silent. Grandparents patrol outside in shifts. Two more kids taken from Liam Ramos' school.
Trump isn't deescalating ICE at all at MN schools.
“I stopped wearing my high heels to work. I wear my boots to work because I have had to run." www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-mi...
Trump isn't deescalating ICE at all at MN schools.
“I stopped wearing my high heels to work. I wear my boots to work because I have had to run." www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-mi...
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Any other new names from academia in the latest docs?
Here’s Duke behavioral economist Dan Ariely asking Jeffrey Epstein for “the name and email of the redhead that was here with you.” This is four years after Epstein’s 2008 conviction for procuring a child for prostitution.
Doo do doo
January 31, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Any other new names from academia in the latest docs?
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Hi I'm on the newest episode of The Bugle with Andy Zaltzman and Tiff Stevenson!
Gravity conspiracies, Netflix's daring documentary, and a new portrait of Robert Burns: it's episode 4366 of The Bugle!
Podcast Episode · The Bugle · 01/28/2026 · 41m
podcasts.apple.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Hi I'm on the newest episode of The Bugle with Andy Zaltzman and Tiff Stevenson!
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Political scientists generally are all flying the same flag.
January 30, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Political scientists generally are all flying the same flag.
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Trying to raise Grok's game by sending it to study with Joyce Carol Oates, the hardest poster of all time
X is hiring a creative writing specialist at $40 an hour to make Grok better at writing and a true LOL at the qualifications
January 30, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Trying to raise Grok's game by sending it to study with Joyce Carol Oates, the hardest poster of all time
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Texas now following the lead of Hungary under Orban.
Texas A&M ends its women's & gender studies program while hundreds of syllabi remain flagged and censored under top-down review policies.
“I have never seen anything like this.”
— Dr. Leonard Bright, @tamu-aaup.bsky.social President
@texasaft.org
@texasaaup.bsky.social
@cwa-tseu.bsky.social
“I have never seen anything like this.”
— Dr. Leonard Bright, @tamu-aaup.bsky.social President
@texasaft.org
@texasaaup.bsky.social
@cwa-tseu.bsky.social
Texas A&M Ends Women’s Studies and Overhauls Classes Over Race and Gender
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Texas now following the lead of Hungary under Orban.