Doc Fran
@dr-fran-phd.bsky.social
Gen X Latinx. Environmental & climate justice, anti-racist, improving intersectional feminist, anti-authoritarian, anti-genocide. Books, photos from my walks, poetry, politics, dad jokes. Overwhelmed, caminando.
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Uhhhhhh ummmmm uhhhh I don't think we can keep this up
CNN is reporting that federal authorities may have been collecting information and "documenting details" about Alex Pretti before killing him on Saturday, and that officers tackled him a week earlier. www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/u...
Alex Pretti was in earlier confrontation with federal agents who tackled him, broke his rib, sources say | CNN
Federal immigration officials have been collecting information on protesters and agitators, sources told CNN.
www.cnn.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Uhhhhhh ummmmm uhhhh I don't think we can keep this up
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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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and we didn't have to listen to what Charlie Kirk thinks about any of this
January 27, 2026 at 5:24 AM
and we didn't have to listen to what Charlie Kirk thinks about any of this
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Let's fix this a bit. (the thread gives links)
Current status of the fundraisers for those killed by ICE:
Renee Good: $1,499,580
Alex Pretti: $1,289,249
Keith Porter, Jr. $302,423
Parady La: $45,848
Heber Sanchez Dominguez: $47,991
Luis Beltrán Yanez Cruz: $18,640
Victor Manuel Diaz: $2,538
Geraldo Lunas: $2,260
Luis Gustavo Núñez: $1,935
Renee Good: $1,499,580
Alex Pretti: $1,289,249
Keith Porter, Jr. $302,423
Parady La: $45,848
Heber Sanchez Dominguez: $47,991
Luis Beltrán Yanez Cruz: $18,640
Victor Manuel Diaz: $2,538
Geraldo Lunas: $2,260
Luis Gustavo Núñez: $1,935
January 26, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Let's fix this a bit. (the thread gives links)
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Tonight (Monday) 8pm ET:
virtual training on exercising your #rights at a time when federal agents are terrorizing our communities. #ICEOut
Register: indivisi.org/nk-rights
virtual training on exercising your #rights at a time when federal agents are terrorizing our communities. #ICEOut
Register: indivisi.org/nk-rights
Eyes on ICE: Document and Record · No Kings
On Saturday, federal agents horrifically shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse who cared for veterans, in the Eat Street neighborhood of south Minneapolis after brutally beating him in...
indivisi.org
January 26, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Tonight (Monday) 8pm ET:
virtual training on exercising your #rights at a time when federal agents are terrorizing our communities. #ICEOut
Register: indivisi.org/nk-rights
virtual training on exercising your #rights at a time when federal agents are terrorizing our communities. #ICEOut
Register: indivisi.org/nk-rights
“Obviously, Trump is hardly the only US president in recent history to engage in blatantly illegal action abroad – although he does manage to add a certain dramatic layer of dementedness to everything he does.”
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Venezuela: American regime change with a Trumpian twist
Trump has added a particular layer of dementedness to the latest unprovoked US aggression.
aje.io
January 3, 2026 at 6:49 PM
“Obviously, Trump is hardly the only US president in recent history to engage in blatantly illegal action abroad – although he does manage to add a certain dramatic layer of dementedness to everything he does.”
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Seeing how much of the right-wing on Twitter is just bot farms, kinda lays bare how much hate and hatred is a project that needs to be constantly maintained, a fire that needs to be fed all the time lest it go out for a moment, so much time, effort, and resources to keep people angry and hateful.
November 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Seeing how much of the right-wing on Twitter is just bot farms, kinda lays bare how much hate and hatred is a project that needs to be constantly maintained, a fire that needs to be fed all the time lest it go out for a moment, so much time, effort, and resources to keep people angry and hateful.
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THEY CLOSED PUBLIC POOLS RATHER THAN SWIM WITH BLACK PEOPLE
YOU ARE DEALING WITH THE SAME GROUP OF PEOPLE AS THE FOLKS WHO DID THIS
PLEASE WAKE THE FUCK UP
YOU ARE DEALING WITH THE SAME GROUP OF PEOPLE AS THE FOLKS WHO DID THIS
PLEASE WAKE THE FUCK UP
September 30, 2025 at 8:58 PM
THEY CLOSED PUBLIC POOLS RATHER THAN SWIM WITH BLACK PEOPLE
YOU ARE DEALING WITH THE SAME GROUP OF PEOPLE AS THE FOLKS WHO DID THIS
PLEASE WAKE THE FUCK UP
YOU ARE DEALING WITH THE SAME GROUP OF PEOPLE AS THE FOLKS WHO DID THIS
PLEASE WAKE THE FUCK UP
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It’s going to break your heart how many people you know, love, and respect will turn out to be cowards. Prepare yourself as best you can. You are not alone, but you are your own center. Be a strong center.
September 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
It’s going to break your heart how many people you know, love, and respect will turn out to be cowards. Prepare yourself as best you can. You are not alone, but you are your own center. Be a strong center.
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A grim reminder: these people will never be satisfied. There’s no point at which they will say “we’ve won, let’s enjoy life.” They will always be looking for someone else to punish, to revile, to dehumanize. They’re empty without that.
September 18, 2025 at 3:04 AM
A grim reminder: these people will never be satisfied. There’s no point at which they will say “we’ve won, let’s enjoy life.” They will always be looking for someone else to punish, to revile, to dehumanize. They’re empty without that.
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The left was derided for promoting a cancel culture because they went after predators and those who abused their wealth and power.
The right is canceling anyone who dares speak truth to power.
Both sides are not remotely the same.
The right is canceling anyone who dares speak truth to power.
Both sides are not remotely the same.
September 17, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The left was derided for promoting a cancel culture because they went after predators and those who abused their wealth and power.
The right is canceling anyone who dares speak truth to power.
Both sides are not remotely the same.
The right is canceling anyone who dares speak truth to power.
Both sides are not remotely the same.
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If I could just summarize 1 sentence from the new National Academy of Sciences study on climate, boldface, flashing red, it would be:
"the evidence for current and future harm to human health and welfare created by human-caused GHGs is beyond scientific dispute."
BEYOND SCIENTIFIC DISPUTE
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If I could just summarize 1 sentence from the new National Academy of Sciences study on climate, boldface, flashing red, it would be:
"the evidence for current and future harm to human health and welfare created by human-caused GHGs is beyond scientific dispute."
BEYOND SCIENTIFIC DISPUTE
🚨🚨
September 17, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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If I could just summarize 1 sentence from the new National Academy of Sciences study on climate, boldface, flashing red, it would be:
"the evidence for current and future harm to human health and welfare created by human-caused GHGs is beyond scientific dispute."
BEYOND SCIENTIFIC DISPUTE
🚨🚨
If I could just summarize 1 sentence from the new National Academy of Sciences study on climate, boldface, flashing red, it would be:
"the evidence for current and future harm to human health and welfare created by human-caused GHGs is beyond scientific dispute."
BEYOND SCIENTIFIC DISPUTE
🚨🚨
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One thing that everyone with any sense will have to do over the next few years is to refuse to accept lies and bullshit.
September 12, 2025 at 2:59 AM
One thing that everyone with any sense will have to do over the next few years is to refuse to accept lies and bullshit.
Thank you, Marisa Kabas.
September 12, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Thank you, Marisa Kabas.
Many of us are totally invested in demonstrably false notions of American peacefulness, respectability, and decorum.
condemnations of political violence are well taken but it does feel as if some
prominent political commentators are of the view that violence isn’t a part of the history of American politics and that is very much not true.
prominent political commentators are of the view that violence isn’t a part of the history of American politics and that is very much not true.
September 11, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Many of us are totally invested in demonstrably false notions of American peacefulness, respectability, and decorum.
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Which work? Calling for gay people to be stoned to death? Blaming airplane crashes on black pilots? Anti-vax bullshit? Election denialism? Pushing Great Replacement Theory?
Kirk’s murder is awful and ominous for this country. But no, we don’t need to honor him or “continue his work.”
Kirk’s murder is awful and ominous for this country. But no, we don’t need to honor him or “continue his work.”
September 11, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Which work? Calling for gay people to be stoned to death? Blaming airplane crashes on black pilots? Anti-vax bullshit? Election denialism? Pushing Great Replacement Theory?
Kirk’s murder is awful and ominous for this country. But no, we don’t need to honor him or “continue his work.”
Kirk’s murder is awful and ominous for this country. But no, we don’t need to honor him or “continue his work.”
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It's absolutely undeniable the system is broken. On so many levels in so many ways. And none of it is sustainable. But the status quo forces have quite the grip! Mostly on what we can imagine is possible.
We need to get busy on imagining a different kind of world. Then get to work on it.
We need to get busy on imagining a different kind of world. Then get to work on it.
September 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM
It's absolutely undeniable the system is broken. On so many levels in so many ways. And none of it is sustainable. But the status quo forces have quite the grip! Mostly on what we can imagine is possible.
We need to get busy on imagining a different kind of world. Then get to work on it.
We need to get busy on imagining a different kind of world. Then get to work on it.
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The battle against authoritarianism is fought in the streets, but also in the mind.
The War for the Imagination
I and we are wildlife whose natural habitat is libraries, when it comes to physical space, because they contain books in which minds roam free through time and space, encounter Dogen and Dante and Sap...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
September 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
The battle against authoritarianism is fought in the streets, but also in the mind.
Fantastic thread!
Alright, so I've been afraid to say this out loud, but I think after today, I can say it: In the first Battle of Los Angeles, the good people of LA County have prevailed. We beat ICE back. 1/
September 8, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Fantastic thread!
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"How to Report ICE" zines are available for free printable download for these places:
California
Chicago
Colorado
DC Metro Area
Florida
Massachusetts
NC Triangle Area
NYC
Philly
Pittsburgh
Portland
St. Louis Metro Area
Washington State
Zine request form in folder.
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
California
Chicago
Colorado
DC Metro Area
Florida
Massachusetts
NC Triangle Area
NYC
Philly
Pittsburgh
Portland
St. Louis Metro Area
Washington State
Zine request form in folder.
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
August 30, 2025 at 8:14 PM
"How to Report ICE" zines are available for free printable download for these places:
California
Chicago
Colorado
DC Metro Area
Florida
Massachusetts
NC Triangle Area
NYC
Philly
Pittsburgh
Portland
St. Louis Metro Area
Washington State
Zine request form in folder.
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
California
Chicago
Colorado
DC Metro Area
Florida
Massachusetts
NC Triangle Area
NYC
Philly
Pittsburgh
Portland
St. Louis Metro Area
Washington State
Zine request form in folder.
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
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Today in the @nytimes.com, one of the most important stories of our time. Between the months of February and July, 319,000 Black women exited the workforce. In the same period, White men saw the largest increase in jobs- 365,000.
This is #TheDoubleTax. Pre-order: annagifty.com. #blacksky
This is #TheDoubleTax. Pre-order: annagifty.com. #blacksky
In Trump’s Federal Work Force Cuts, Black Women Are Among the Hardest Hit
www.nytimes.com
August 31, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Today in the @nytimes.com, one of the most important stories of our time. Between the months of February and July, 319,000 Black women exited the workforce. In the same period, White men saw the largest increase in jobs- 365,000.
This is #TheDoubleTax. Pre-order: annagifty.com. #blacksky
This is #TheDoubleTax. Pre-order: annagifty.com. #blacksky
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You are not necessarily going to have to specify what makes you high risk and therefore qualified for a Covid shot. You likely will only just have to click “yes” - and the truth is EVERYONE IS HIGH RISK
Getting covid puts you at risk for disability and chronic illness.
Getting covid puts you at risk for disability and chronic illness.
This. I live in NYC, but my mom is in NJ. Just scheduled an appt online at a CVS in NJ for when I visit her. System asked for age (I’m under 65) then if high risk - I clicked yes and it took me to page to make an appt. So it takes people’s word for it when they click yes and allows scheduling.
August 30, 2025 at 10:56 PM
You are not necessarily going to have to specify what makes you high risk and therefore qualified for a Covid shot. You likely will only just have to click “yes” - and the truth is EVERYONE IS HIGH RISK
Getting covid puts you at risk for disability and chronic illness.
Getting covid puts you at risk for disability and chronic illness.