Jeff Spakowski
@jeffspakowski.bsky.social
Born at 319.65 ppm, so angry it's already going past 419.44 ppm today Nov 13, 2024.
Also on IG: https://instagram.com/jfspakowski/
Would rather be reading. An actual book. Always from an independent bookstore or my library.
Also on IG: https://instagram.com/jfspakowski/
Would rather be reading. An actual book. Always from an independent bookstore or my library.
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January 19, 2026 at 2:36 AM
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ICE kidnapped an elderly Hmong man in St. Paul, Minnesota. The temperature was sub-zero, and he was taken only wearing shorts and Crocs, and no shirt. (1/18/26)
January 18, 2026 at 8:32 PM
ICE kidnapped an elderly Hmong man in St. Paul, Minnesota. The temperature was sub-zero, and he was taken only wearing shorts and Crocs, and no shirt. (1/18/26)
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There is no ceasefire, just less bombing than before
Israeli attacks wound civilians across Gaza in latest ceasefire violations https://aje.news/hyccgh
January 18, 2026 at 10:02 PM
There is no ceasefire, just less bombing than before
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Many Palestinians are tired of being asked to think and worry about antisemitism, esp because the spectre and accusation of antisemitism has been used as a racist anti-Palestinian cudgel.
The same Christian nationalists who are the majority of US Zionists are also genuinely antisemitic.
Both true.
The same Christian nationalists who are the majority of US Zionists are also genuinely antisemitic.
Both true.
If you call someone a Zionist because they are calling out ACTUAL antisemitism and NOT defending the state of Israel or its current regime, you are actually playing right into the hands of Netanyahu & said regime.
January 18, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Many Palestinians are tired of being asked to think and worry about antisemitism, esp because the spectre and accusation of antisemitism has been used as a racist anti-Palestinian cudgel.
The same Christian nationalists who are the majority of US Zionists are also genuinely antisemitic.
Both true.
The same Christian nationalists who are the majority of US Zionists are also genuinely antisemitic.
Both true.
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Trump’s America. 🇺🇸
(H/T Sidewalk School)
(H/T Sidewalk School)
January 18, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Trump’s America. 🇺🇸
(H/T Sidewalk School)
(H/T Sidewalk School)
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In advance of King Day tomorrow, I am resharing a piece about Coretta AND MLK as a reminder that they were a team. open.substack.com/pub/prisoncu...
Coretta Scott King and Looking Backwards
No MLK without CSK
open.substack.com
January 18, 2026 at 6:04 PM
In advance of King Day tomorrow, I am resharing a piece about Coretta AND MLK as a reminder that they were a team. open.substack.com/pub/prisoncu...
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*absolutely screams in FEMA*
Nick Miroff: After 9/11, George W. Bush created the Department of Homeland Security to prevent future terror strikes. Now DHS shifted from defending the country against foreign terrorists to deploying agents on American streets for the purpose of terrorizing American citizens.
‘Maybe DHS Was a Bad Idea’
Two decades after its founding, the department has become what its critics feared.
www.theatlantic.com
January 18, 2026 at 5:39 PM
*absolutely screams in FEMA*
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Reminder: Troops are still deployed in the nation’s capital under the Trump administration’s direction. As they have been since August.
January 17, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Reminder: Troops are still deployed in the nation’s capital under the Trump administration’s direction. As they have been since August.
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Reminder: Troops are still deployed in NYC subways, under the Biden administration's direction, as ordered by Kathy Hochul, both Dems.
The National Guard is in NYC subways supposedly to "fight crime," even though NYC crime is at close to historic lows🤡
1000 troops have been there since March 2024
The National Guard is in NYC subways supposedly to "fight crime," even though NYC crime is at close to historic lows🤡
1000 troops have been there since March 2024
January 18, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Reminder: Troops are still deployed in NYC subways, under the Biden administration's direction, as ordered by Kathy Hochul, both Dems.
The National Guard is in NYC subways supposedly to "fight crime," even though NYC crime is at close to historic lows🤡
1000 troops have been there since March 2024
The National Guard is in NYC subways supposedly to "fight crime," even though NYC crime is at close to historic lows🤡
1000 troops have been there since March 2024
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I wonder how long it will take the media to catch on to the fact that ICE’s recruiting spree has effectively deputized every white supremacist hate group out there.
January 17, 2026 at 5:32 AM
I wonder how long it will take the media to catch on to the fact that ICE’s recruiting spree has effectively deputized every white supremacist hate group out there.
Ben Shapiro: "Israel did not commit a genocide in Gaza"
Gavin Newsom: "I agree with you."
Gavin Newsom: "I agree with you."
January 17, 2026 at 10:50 PM
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The fact that Gavin Newsom is even talking to the likes of Shapiro is a sign that he’s a non-starter. I’ve never forgotten how Shapiro said that Trayvon Martin deserved to die. Not fucking ever.
Ben Shapiro: "Israel did not commit a genocide in Gaza"
Gavin Newsom: "I agree with you."
Gavin Newsom: "I agree with you."
January 17, 2026 at 9:06 PM
The fact that Gavin Newsom is even talking to the likes of Shapiro is a sign that he’s a non-starter. I’ve never forgotten how Shapiro said that Trayvon Martin deserved to die. Not fucking ever.
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Love how @susrust.bsky.social notes the hypocrisy of a supposedly states' rights Republican trying to stop CA from doing its own thing when the issue is environmental, rather than marriage or abortion. Then making the connection to oil/gas campaign funding. This is what journalism should look like!
January 17, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Love how @susrust.bsky.social notes the hypocrisy of a supposedly states' rights Republican trying to stop CA from doing its own thing when the issue is environmental, rather than marriage or abortion. Then making the connection to oil/gas campaign funding. This is what journalism should look like!
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How much more in your face can it be?
"Why are you asking me for my paperwork?"
"Because of your accent."
"You have an accent too."
"Where were you born sir?"
"Where were you born at?"
"Put your hands behind your back."
"Why are you asking me for my paperwork?"
"Because of your accent."
"You have an accent too."
"Where were you born sir?"
"Where were you born at?"
"Put your hands behind your back."
January 17, 2026 at 9:16 PM
How much more in your face can it be?
"Why are you asking me for my paperwork?"
"Because of your accent."
"You have an accent too."
"Where were you born sir?"
"Where were you born at?"
"Put your hands behind your back."
"Why are you asking me for my paperwork?"
"Because of your accent."
"You have an accent too."
"Where were you born sir?"
"Where were you born at?"
"Put your hands behind your back."
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PSA for people with vaginas:
I’ve had so many convos with folks who don’t know that pelvic floor dysfunction is a thing even for people who have never given birth, that pain during sex isn’t something they need to tolerate (unless they enjoy it), and help is available!
pelvic floor physio exists!
I’ve had so many convos with folks who don’t know that pelvic floor dysfunction is a thing even for people who have never given birth, that pain during sex isn’t something they need to tolerate (unless they enjoy it), and help is available!
pelvic floor physio exists!
January 17, 2026 at 7:01 PM
PSA for people with vaginas:
I’ve had so many convos with folks who don’t know that pelvic floor dysfunction is a thing even for people who have never given birth, that pain during sex isn’t something they need to tolerate (unless they enjoy it), and help is available!
pelvic floor physio exists!
I’ve had so many convos with folks who don’t know that pelvic floor dysfunction is a thing even for people who have never given birth, that pain during sex isn’t something they need to tolerate (unless they enjoy it), and help is available!
pelvic floor physio exists!
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Folks saying this is just as bad, I need you to reread about reconstruction. Not holding people accountable is how we get into this position. Removing people who colluded with the administration in an authoritarian takeover of higher ed from their position is the most reasonable thing to do.
January 17, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Folks saying this is just as bad, I need you to reread about reconstruction. Not holding people accountable is how we get into this position. Removing people who colluded with the administration in an authoritarian takeover of higher ed from their position is the most reasonable thing to do.
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this crystallizes why, despite truly heroic solidarity and activism, i can’t quite get in the “we’re going to win” mindset right now. the harm is so active and there’s so much violence we don’t even know about. people are being turned into ghosts.
January 17, 2026 at 4:39 PM
this crystallizes why, despite truly heroic solidarity and activism, i can’t quite get in the “we’re going to win” mindset right now. the harm is so active and there’s so much violence we don’t even know about. people are being turned into ghosts.
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DHS employees entered our store this afternoon and served us a Notice of Inspection, demanding copies of I9 forms for each employee.
In 27 years as shopkeepers, we have never been subjected to this type of investigation.
In 27 years as shopkeepers, we have never been subjected to this type of investigation.
January 17, 2026 at 12:23 AM
DHS employees entered our store this afternoon and served us a Notice of Inspection, demanding copies of I9 forms for each employee.
In 27 years as shopkeepers, we have never been subjected to this type of investigation.
In 27 years as shopkeepers, we have never been subjected to this type of investigation.
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Biden would not have won without the movement for Black lives protests etc... PERIOD. There is EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE about this. I am sick of the bullshit.
January 16, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Biden would not have won without the movement for Black lives protests etc... PERIOD. There is EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE about this. I am sick of the bullshit.
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' AI adopters have published three times more papers, received five times more citations, and reach leadership roles faster than their AI-free peers.' None of this is about knowledge or making a lasting contribution. These are arbitrary performance measures. Might benefit careers but not science.
In the largest analysis of its kind so far, researchers find that scientists embracing any type of #AI—going all the way back to early machine learning methods—consistently make the biggest professional strides. https://scim.ag/49DAlWT
AI has supercharged scientists—but may have shrunk science
Analysis of 41 million papers finds that although AI expands individual impact, it narrows collective scientific exploration
scim.ag
January 16, 2026 at 9:56 PM
' AI adopters have published three times more papers, received five times more citations, and reach leadership roles faster than their AI-free peers.' None of this is about knowledge or making a lasting contribution. These are arbitrary performance measures. Might benefit careers but not science.
When you see ICE commit crimes remember that despite a so-called “ceasefire” Israel’s IDF continues to commit genocide in Gaza”.
ICE and the IDF use the same tactics. No one should suffer from them. Read up on what corporations they have in common.
ICE and the IDF use the same tactics. No one should suffer from them. Read up on what corporations they have in common.
January 16, 2026 at 5:54 PM
When you see ICE commit crimes remember that despite a so-called “ceasefire” Israel’s IDF continues to commit genocide in Gaza”.
ICE and the IDF use the same tactics. No one should suffer from them. Read up on what corporations they have in common.
ICE and the IDF use the same tactics. No one should suffer from them. Read up on what corporations they have in common.
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A federal judge in Minnesota on Thursday ordered the release of a Liberian man after heavily armed immigration agents broke into his home.
Judge orders release of Liberian man arrested in Minneapolis by agents with a battering ram
A federal judge in Minnesota on Thursday ordered the release of a Liberian man after heavily armed immigration agents broke into his home
sahanjournal.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:37 PM
A federal judge in Minnesota on Thursday ordered the release of a Liberian man after heavily armed immigration agents broke into his home.
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Something Marco Rubio points to often as a reason to deport or arrest campus protestors (he did it twice in this one press conference a few months ago) is "wearing a mask and terrorizing people" 🙃
January 16, 2026 at 2:55 AM
Something Marco Rubio points to often as a reason to deport or arrest campus protestors (he did it twice in this one press conference a few months ago) is "wearing a mask and terrorizing people" 🙃
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When you grovel before Trump and give him your Nobel medal and thank him for invading Venezuela you're pretty much guaranteeing you won't ever lead the country, right? In other news, pissed-off CBS staff are leaking like crazy.
CBS News report on ICE officer’s injuries drew ‘huge internal concern’
Anonymously sourced report that Jonathan Ross ‘suffered internal bleeding’ after killing Renee Good faced skepticism inside CBS newsroom
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:32 AM
When you grovel before Trump and give him your Nobel medal and thank him for invading Venezuela you're pretty much guaranteeing you won't ever lead the country, right? In other news, pissed-off CBS staff are leaking like crazy.
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state and local political leadership at this time requires a willingness to be in the streets facing agents of the federal government. don't know what else to say but that
January 15, 2026 at 6:25 AM
state and local political leadership at this time requires a willingness to be in the streets facing agents of the federal government. don't know what else to say but that