Julia Slater
@jslayyyer.bsky.social
Publishing Editor, Social Science Journals @ Sage Publishing. All posts/opinions are mine.
Art, AuDHD, baking, data, decolonization, drag, ethical publishing, history, theatre, and truth-seeking. Unapologetically queer.
Art, AuDHD, baking, data, decolonization, drag, ethical publishing, history, theatre, and truth-seeking. Unapologetically queer.
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Julia Slater
@jslayyyer.bsky.social
· Feb 19
a man with long hair and a beard says " gondor has no king " and " gondor needs no king "
Alt: Sean Bean as Boromir in the Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring states: Gondor has no king. Gondor needs no king.
media.tenor.com
*The U.S. has no king. The U.S. needs no king.
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If you have 15 minutes, it's worth listening to this interview with Aisha Gomez from MN - www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YHa...
Listen particularly to her responses to the questions of what the cops are doing and also to what state/local government responses are/can't be.
The limits are everywhere.
Listen particularly to her responses to the questions of what the cops are doing and also to what state/local government responses are/can't be.
The limits are everywhere.
This Is Just The Beginning
YouTube video by The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder
www.youtube.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:14 PM
If you have 15 minutes, it's worth listening to this interview with Aisha Gomez from MN - www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YHa...
Listen particularly to her responses to the questions of what the cops are doing and also to what state/local government responses are/can't be.
The limits are everywhere.
Listen particularly to her responses to the questions of what the cops are doing and also to what state/local government responses are/can't be.
The limits are everywhere.
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Shirley Raines, founder of Beauty 2 The Streetz and known for her volunteer work serving homeless communities in Los Angeles and Nevada, has died
January 28, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Shirley Raines, founder of Beauty 2 The Streetz and known for her volunteer work serving homeless communities in Los Angeles and Nevada, has died
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“I watched him die… then I watched them maneuver his body like a rag doll— only to discover it was because they wanted to count the bullet wounds and see how many they ‘got’, like he was a deer.”
January 28, 2026 at 5:46 AM
“I watched him die… then I watched them maneuver his body like a rag doll— only to discover it was because they wanted to count the bullet wounds and see how many they ‘got’, like he was a deer.”
I have nothing new or insightful to add, only gentle reminders:
- Continue to regulate your nervous system.
- Hydrate and fuel your body.
- Check in on your loved ones and neighbors.
- If you can, give to mutual aid (it helps people immediately!).
- Protect the most vulnerable.
- Read.
- Continue to regulate your nervous system.
- Hydrate and fuel your body.
- Check in on your loved ones and neighbors.
- If you can, give to mutual aid (it helps people immediately!).
- Protect the most vulnerable.
- Read.
January 25, 2026 at 6:51 PM
I have nothing new or insightful to add, only gentle reminders:
- Continue to regulate your nervous system.
- Hydrate and fuel your body.
- Check in on your loved ones and neighbors.
- If you can, give to mutual aid (it helps people immediately!).
- Protect the most vulnerable.
- Read.
- Continue to regulate your nervous system.
- Hydrate and fuel your body.
- Check in on your loved ones and neighbors.
- If you can, give to mutual aid (it helps people immediately!).
- Protect the most vulnerable.
- Read.
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Fascism needs us isolated. Community is the antidote. Think about it.
They bust up unions and outlaw them
They make bulldoze playgrounds
They deploy BOTS to sow confusion and hate in online communities
They segregate schools
They redline neighborhoods
They gerrymander voting districts
They bust up unions and outlaw them
They make bulldoze playgrounds
They deploy BOTS to sow confusion and hate in online communities
They segregate schools
They redline neighborhoods
They gerrymander voting districts
January 25, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Fascism needs us isolated. Community is the antidote. Think about it.
They bust up unions and outlaw them
They make bulldoze playgrounds
They deploy BOTS to sow confusion and hate in online communities
They segregate schools
They redline neighborhoods
They gerrymander voting districts
They bust up unions and outlaw them
They make bulldoze playgrounds
They deploy BOTS to sow confusion and hate in online communities
They segregate schools
They redline neighborhoods
They gerrymander voting districts
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After hearing the news today, I feel rage.
I am going to do what I've told so many of you to do for so long; use your anger for something good.
So this is me, trembling as I type this trying to do something good.
Here is a list of ways to help folks in Minnesota right now⬇️
I am going to do what I've told so many of you to do for so long; use your anger for something good.
So this is me, trembling as I type this trying to do something good.
Here is a list of ways to help folks in Minnesota right now⬇️
"They Just Keep Killing Us": Turning Rage Into Help For Us All | Whitney Alese
Get more from Whitney Alese on Patreon
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January 24, 2026 at 9:15 PM
After hearing the news today, I feel rage.
I am going to do what I've told so many of you to do for so long; use your anger for something good.
So this is me, trembling as I type this trying to do something good.
Here is a list of ways to help folks in Minnesota right now⬇️
I am going to do what I've told so many of you to do for so long; use your anger for something good.
So this is me, trembling as I type this trying to do something good.
Here is a list of ways to help folks in Minnesota right now⬇️
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Alex Pretti was a helper.
He was directing traffic in an area of ICE occupation and then was trying to help a woman bystander being roughed up by ICE when ICE tackled him to the ground and executed him.
He was directing traffic in an area of ICE occupation and then was trying to help a woman bystander being roughed up by ICE when ICE tackled him to the ground and executed him.
Alex Pretti, the man killed by federal agents today in Minneapolis, appears to have been a registered nurse, an athlete, a son and a brother, with ties to Colorado and Wisconsin.
Here is a photo he used for several accounts.
Here is a photo he used for several accounts.
January 24, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Alex Pretti was a helper.
He was directing traffic in an area of ICE occupation and then was trying to help a woman bystander being roughed up by ICE when ICE tackled him to the ground and executed him.
He was directing traffic in an area of ICE occupation and then was trying to help a woman bystander being roughed up by ICE when ICE tackled him to the ground and executed him.
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💔 we need to do everything we can to help Minneapolis, and with the other hand be preparing our communities.
Love to everyone.
Love to everyone.
Protester in Minneapolis just before disappearing in gas: "Fuck you! Stop. Damn! I'm 70 years old and I'm fuckin' angry!"
January 24, 2026 at 6:17 PM
💔 we need to do everything we can to help Minneapolis, and with the other hand be preparing our communities.
Love to everyone.
Love to everyone.
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In response to the United States’ withdrawal from the World Health Organization, California announced that it has joined the WHO’s Global Outbreak Alert & Response Network, the first state to do so.
January 23, 2026 at 11:07 PM
In response to the United States’ withdrawal from the World Health Organization, California announced that it has joined the WHO’s Global Outbreak Alert & Response Network, the first state to do so.
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But have you taken care of you today?
Have you taken your meds?
Drank water?
Ate something nourishing?
Rested?
Unplugged?
Connected with someone you love and who loves you?
Please take care of you. You matter and are important and deserve care.
Have you taken your meds?
Drank water?
Ate something nourishing?
Rested?
Unplugged?
Connected with someone you love and who loves you?
Please take care of you. You matter and are important and deserve care.
January 21, 2026 at 4:05 PM
But have you taken care of you today?
Have you taken your meds?
Drank water?
Ate something nourishing?
Rested?
Unplugged?
Connected with someone you love and who loves you?
Please take care of you. You matter and are important and deserve care.
Have you taken your meds?
Drank water?
Ate something nourishing?
Rested?
Unplugged?
Connected with someone you love and who loves you?
Please take care of you. You matter and are important and deserve care.
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I’m seeing increased use of this word and I just want to gently suggest that if there’s one word you can manage to remove from your vocabulary it should be this one.
It was coined by a eugenicist who used it as a diagnosis to forcibly institutionalize and sterilize mentally disabled people.
It was coined by a eugenicist who used it as a diagnosis to forcibly institutionalize and sterilize mentally disabled people.
The Origins of the Word "Moron" Are Actually REALLY Sinister
It's much more than just a casual insult.
www.teenvogue.com
January 18, 2026 at 10:25 PM
I’m seeing increased use of this word and I just want to gently suggest that if there’s one word you can manage to remove from your vocabulary it should be this one.
It was coined by a eugenicist who used it as a diagnosis to forcibly institutionalize and sterilize mentally disabled people.
It was coined by a eugenicist who used it as a diagnosis to forcibly institutionalize and sterilize mentally disabled people.
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ICE has kidnapped so many people from their cars that the city had to put out this statement. Let that sink in.
Vehicles that are abandoned due to an ICE detention and towed to the City's impound lot will be released to their owners or a representative at no cost.
Learn more: https://www.minneapolismn.gov/getting-around/parking-driving/impound-lot/#d.en.200746
Learn more: https://www.minneapolismn.gov/getting-around/parking-driving/impound-lot/#d.en.200746
January 16, 2026 at 11:42 PM
ICE has kidnapped so many people from their cars that the city had to put out this statement. Let that sink in.
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Everyone with authority must speak out now against Trump's depravity and lawlessness.
Every Democratic leader.
Every university, professional association, charity, and foundation head.
Every CEO.
Every religious leader.
If they don't, history will condemn their cowardice and complicity.
Every Democratic leader.
Every university, professional association, charity, and foundation head.
Every CEO.
Every religious leader.
If they don't, history will condemn their cowardice and complicity.
January 16, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Everyone with authority must speak out now against Trump's depravity and lawlessness.
Every Democratic leader.
Every university, professional association, charity, and foundation head.
Every CEO.
Every religious leader.
If they don't, history will condemn their cowardice and complicity.
Every Democratic leader.
Every university, professional association, charity, and foundation head.
Every CEO.
Every religious leader.
If they don't, history will condemn their cowardice and complicity.
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I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.
January 16, 2026 at 10:15 PM
I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.
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NEW — ICE violence has spread well beyond Minneapolis, with agents landing in small cities like St. Cloud. I spoke with Alice Valentine, a local queer trans woman, who protested ICE on Monday and was pepper sprayed, beaten and jailed as a result, along with her girlfriend.
This is Alice's story:
This is Alice's story:
Queer trans ICE protester in small Minn. city recounts agents' violence and humiliation
Alice Valentine of St. Cloud was pepper sprayed and jailed by ICE for trying to protect immigrant neighbors.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 16, 2026 at 6:58 PM
NEW — ICE violence has spread well beyond Minneapolis, with agents landing in small cities like St. Cloud. I spoke with Alice Valentine, a local queer trans woman, who protested ICE on Monday and was pepper sprayed, beaten and jailed as a result, along with her girlfriend.
This is Alice's story:
This is Alice's story:
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casually reminding folks that most of what the nazis learned, they learned from America's Jim Crow...
...but folks aren't ready for that convo.
...but folks aren't ready for that convo.
January 15, 2026 at 4:27 PM
casually reminding folks that most of what the nazis learned, they learned from America's Jim Crow...
...but folks aren't ready for that convo.
...but folks aren't ready for that convo.
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A WIRED review of outputs hosted on Grok’s official website shows it’s being used to create violent sexual images and videos, as well as content that includes apparent minors.
Grok Is Generating Sexual Content Far More Graphic Than What's on X
A WIRED review of outputs hosted on Grok’s official website shows it’s being used to create violent sexual images and videos, as well as content that includes apparent minors.
wrd.cm
January 10, 2026 at 5:30 PM
A WIRED review of outputs hosted on Grok’s official website shows it’s being used to create violent sexual images and videos, as well as content that includes apparent minors.
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He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.
January 9, 2026 at 11:25 PM
He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.
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Nothing so perfectly proves the concept of whiteness as a social construct than the reality that white people who stand up for minorities forfeit some of the protections that whiteness afforded them.
January 8, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Nothing so perfectly proves the concept of whiteness as a social construct than the reality that white people who stand up for minorities forfeit some of the protections that whiteness afforded them.
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“On Wednesday, January 7th, we stopped to support our neighbors. We had whistles. They had guns," said Renee Nicole Macklin Good's wife, Becca Good, in her first remarks since the killing.
www.advocate.com/news/becca-g...
www.advocate.com/news/becca-g...
Wife of Minneapolis woman killed by ICE speaks out for the first time
“We had whistles. They had guns,” Rebecca Good said about the shooting.
www.advocate.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:09 PM
“On Wednesday, January 7th, we stopped to support our neighbors. We had whistles. They had guns," said Renee Nicole Macklin Good's wife, Becca Good, in her first remarks since the killing.
www.advocate.com/news/becca-g...
www.advocate.com/news/becca-g...
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Officials are calling for transparent investigations into controversial shootings involving federal agents. Here's a recap of the latest developments in Portland and Minneapolis.
Federal agents shoot 2 in Portland after an ICE agent killed a woman in Minneapolis
Officials are calling for transparent investigations into controversial shootings involving federal agents. Here's a recap of the latest developments in Portland and Minneapolis.
n.pr
January 9, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Officials are calling for transparent investigations into controversial shootings involving federal agents. Here's a recap of the latest developments in Portland and Minneapolis.
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A gentle reminder in your grief that Renee Good was out there to protect her Black and brown neighbors from ethnic cleansing. That is still the mission.
The focus should remain on slowing down the ethnic cleansing campaign and on protecting Black and brown families and communities from destruction.
The focus should remain on slowing down the ethnic cleansing campaign and on protecting Black and brown families and communities from destruction.
January 9, 2026 at 7:17 PM
A gentle reminder in your grief that Renee Good was out there to protect her Black and brown neighbors from ethnic cleansing. That is still the mission.
The focus should remain on slowing down the ethnic cleansing campaign and on protecting Black and brown families and communities from destruction.
The focus should remain on slowing down the ethnic cleansing campaign and on protecting Black and brown families and communities from destruction.
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This is horrific. ICE just murdered a woman in Minnesota in broad daylight.
This rogue, violent agency has no business in our communities and must be abolished.
And the agents involved must be held fully accountable.
This rogue, violent agency has no business in our communities and must be abolished.
And the agents involved must be held fully accountable.
January 7, 2026 at 8:21 PM
This is horrific. ICE just murdered a woman in Minnesota in broad daylight.
This rogue, violent agency has no business in our communities and must be abolished.
And the agents involved must be held fully accountable.
This rogue, violent agency has no business in our communities and must be abolished.
And the agents involved must be held fully accountable.
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We don't have to live like this.
January 7, 2026 at 5:59 PM
We don't have to live like this.