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As much as this month has sucked, it has also given me enormous hope in the power of ordinary people to do extraordinarily selfless things.
January 17, 2026 at 4:54 AM
As much as this month has sucked, it has also given me enormous hope in the power of ordinary people to do extraordinarily selfless things.
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One thing to remember is that lots of people in the US didn’t vote for the current president because they are children. Other countries aren’t required to care about that but it would be nice if those of us in the US could keep that in mind when deciding who is “getting what they voted for.”
January 17, 2026 at 11:17 PM
One thing to remember is that lots of people in the US didn’t vote for the current president because they are children. Other countries aren’t required to care about that but it would be nice if those of us in the US could keep that in mind when deciding who is “getting what they voted for.”
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Talked to a Somali man today who said his mosque last night was surrounded by neighbors ready to protect them against ICE if needed. Made me feel proud to live in this city.
January 17, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Talked to a Somali man today who said his mosque last night was surrounded by neighbors ready to protect them against ICE if needed. Made me feel proud to live in this city.
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One of the things about people showing up to protest for the first time, that many, many armchair theorists don't grasp, is the effect of seeing what happens with your own eyes, then seeing how media covers it, and what is said ABOUT YOU by media and political personalities/office holders.
January 15, 2026 at 7:27 PM
One of the things about people showing up to protest for the first time, that many, many armchair theorists don't grasp, is the effect of seeing what happens with your own eyes, then seeing how media covers it, and what is said ABOUT YOU by media and political personalities/office holders.
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Friends—I need you to connect to your rapid response in your city. Your ICE watch. If you don’t have one, start one. I’m watching Minneapolis and we need to be prepared for what comes next. Know the activists in our neighborhoods. If you don’t know your rights now is the time to learn. Have a plan.
January 14, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Friends—I need you to connect to your rapid response in your city. Your ICE watch. If you don’t have one, start one. I’m watching Minneapolis and we need to be prepared for what comes next. Know the activists in our neighborhoods. If you don’t know your rights now is the time to learn. Have a plan.
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People need to stop pretending the U.S. government isn’t actively rebranding as a white supremacist movement.
🚨 The Trump administration has rolled out a coordinated campaign across departments, using imagery and messaging straight from right-wing and white nationalist circles.
This isn’t subtle.
🚨 The Trump administration has rolled out a coordinated campaign across departments, using imagery and messaging straight from right-wing and white nationalist circles.
This isn’t subtle.
January 15, 2026 at 2:35 AM
People need to stop pretending the U.S. government isn’t actively rebranding as a white supremacist movement.
🚨 The Trump administration has rolled out a coordinated campaign across departments, using imagery and messaging straight from right-wing and white nationalist circles.
This isn’t subtle.
🚨 The Trump administration has rolled out a coordinated campaign across departments, using imagery and messaging straight from right-wing and white nationalist circles.
This isn’t subtle.
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To be extra clear here: my single biggest source of hope in all this has been the moral courage of everyday Americans standing up for their neighbors despite the violence.
Given the cowardice displayed by so many of our leaders, this was not at all guaranteed, and we'd be lost without it.
Given the cowardice displayed by so many of our leaders, this was not at all guaranteed, and we'd be lost without it.
I was trying to explain to my husband the other night how the Gar Guy - a scientist who posts exuberantly and almost exclusively about his study fish - is now posting about ICE alerts and how this indicates both the level of danger we're in and the confidence we should have in our fellow Americans.
This is where we gar in Minnesota.
I always have a little gar figurine in the vest pocket of my fleece, but was recently given a whistle (ICE alert) that now goes alongside the gar. 1/3
I always have a little gar figurine in the vest pocket of my fleece, but was recently given a whistle (ICE alert) that now goes alongside the gar. 1/3
January 15, 2026 at 3:10 AM
To be extra clear here: my single biggest source of hope in all this has been the moral courage of everyday Americans standing up for their neighbors despite the violence.
Given the cowardice displayed by so many of our leaders, this was not at all guaranteed, and we'd be lost without it.
Given the cowardice displayed by so many of our leaders, this was not at all guaranteed, and we'd be lost without it.
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Props to the lady giving an interview in her pink UFFDA hat and saying, "well, gosh, I've never had tear gas and flashbangs shot at me, but I'm happy to take it so my neighbors are safe."
January 15, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Props to the lady giving an interview in her pink UFFDA hat and saying, "well, gosh, I've never had tear gas and flashbangs shot at me, but I'm happy to take it so my neighbors are safe."
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This is a direct violation of the Fourth Amendment, which protects people from unreasonable searches and unlawful entry.
Nuremberg trials 2.0 will be required after this administration. History shows that systemic abuses carried out under the excuse of “just following orders” are still crimes.
Nuremberg trials 2.0 will be required after this administration. History shows that systemic abuses carried out under the excuse of “just following orders” are still crimes.
January 12, 2026 at 2:12 AM
This is a direct violation of the Fourth Amendment, which protects people from unreasonable searches and unlawful entry.
Nuremberg trials 2.0 will be required after this administration. History shows that systemic abuses carried out under the excuse of “just following orders” are still crimes.
Nuremberg trials 2.0 will be required after this administration. History shows that systemic abuses carried out under the excuse of “just following orders” are still crimes.
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I wish people were as horrified about immigrants being kidnapped and killed in detention centers as they are about this shooting at the same time I am very glad there is finally some larger momentum building against this and I hope it sustains.
January 9, 2026 at 2:33 AM
I wish people were as horrified about immigrants being kidnapped and killed in detention centers as they are about this shooting at the same time I am very glad there is finally some larger momentum building against this and I hope it sustains.
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There are so many acts of bravery by every day people while elected Dems cower behind focus group tested talking points.
Pastor: I said to this ICE agent, 'Take me, stop harassing her.' The agent got in my face, pointed a gun at me, and said, 'Are you afraid now?' To which I said, 'I am not afraid.'
January 9, 2026 at 2:37 AM
There are so many acts of bravery by every day people while elected Dems cower behind focus group tested talking points.
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When it comes to politics, it's always better to fight and lose than to simply acquiesce.
December 31, 2025 at 9:30 PM
When it comes to politics, it's always better to fight and lose than to simply acquiesce.
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A nice read heading into a new year. open.substack.com/pub/lakauffm... - and maybe a reminder for some about the reality that people are in motion, everywhere.
What the F Was That?
Reflections on a harrowing year, and hopes for 2026
open.substack.com
December 31, 2025 at 9:18 PM
A nice read heading into a new year. open.substack.com/pub/lakauffm... - and maybe a reminder for some about the reality that people are in motion, everywhere.
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"Public forgetting, like public memorialization, can have a swift and easy outcome if the forces intent on causing the loss of memory have enough power and put enough effort into the project."
I've Never Seen Anything
How could the Jedi Order vanish from public memory in less than a generation?
contingentmagazine.org
December 31, 2025 at 9:29 PM
"Public forgetting, like public memorialization, can have a swift and easy outcome if the forces intent on causing the loss of memory have enough power and put enough effort into the project."
What ICE was up to last week in Columbus, OH: dissentinbloom.substack.com/p/ice-target...
We are bracing and preparing for more cruelty over the holiday, holding the joy and longing of Christmas in tension. Even as ICE tears down my faith in humanity, the community response is building it back up.
We are bracing and preparing for more cruelty over the holiday, holding the joy and longing of Christmas in tension. Even as ICE tears down my faith in humanity, the community response is building it back up.
ICE Targets School Zones in Columbus, Families Detained
Students reported watching entire families pulled from their cars outside Dublin Scioto High, as ICE staged outside of other schools serving immigrant and refugee communities in Ohio.
dissentinbloom.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:57 AM
What ICE was up to last week in Columbus, OH: dissentinbloom.substack.com/p/ice-target...
We are bracing and preparing for more cruelty over the holiday, holding the joy and longing of Christmas in tension. Even as ICE tears down my faith in humanity, the community response is building it back up.
We are bracing and preparing for more cruelty over the holiday, holding the joy and longing of Christmas in tension. Even as ICE tears down my faith in humanity, the community response is building it back up.
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When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
Seems like it's worth posting this one again.
Why Do Historians Still Have To Go To Archives?
Why do historians go to archives? Hasn’t everything already been digitized?
contingentmagazine.org
December 22, 2025 at 1:40 AM
When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
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ICE kidnapped high schoolers as the walked out of finals, they took parents a week before Christmas. Columbus is here to say, not without a fight. When you come for our neighbors, our kids, our sisters and brothers, when you come for our friends, you come for all of us. #ICEoutofCbus
December 20, 2025 at 2:25 PM
ICE kidnapped high schoolers as the walked out of finals, they took parents a week before Christmas. Columbus is here to say, not without a fight. When you come for our neighbors, our kids, our sisters and brothers, when you come for our friends, you come for all of us. #ICEoutofCbus
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ICE moved their group of 200 traveling gestapo into Columbus, Ohio, and for the last few days my community has been scrambling, connecting, activating and showing up in the most magnificent way. There are so many different emergency trainings, protests, etc. that I physically can’t go to them all.
December 20, 2025 at 2:25 PM
ICE moved their group of 200 traveling gestapo into Columbus, Ohio, and for the last few days my community has been scrambling, connecting, activating and showing up in the most magnificent way. There are so many different emergency trainings, protests, etc. that I physically can’t go to them all.
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ICE descends on my hometown of Columbus, Ohio, hitting K-12 schools and immigrant neighborhoods. Update: ICE reportedly arrested two Dublin Scioto high schools students today.
austinkocher.substack.com/p/ice-descen...
austinkocher.substack.com/p/ice-descen...
ICE Descends on Columbus, Ohio, Hits K-12 Schools and Immigrant Neighborhoods
I received a disturbing text message from my sister yesterday afternoon: “ICE has been at the girls’ old school today.”
austinkocher.substack.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:21 PM
ICE descends on my hometown of Columbus, Ohio, hitting K-12 schools and immigrant neighborhoods. Update: ICE reportedly arrested two Dublin Scioto high schools students today.
austinkocher.substack.com/p/ice-descen...
austinkocher.substack.com/p/ice-descen...
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ICE has made it to Columbus and I’m honestly quite heartened by the solidarity being exhibited by my neighbors.
December 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
ICE has made it to Columbus and I’m honestly quite heartened by the solidarity being exhibited by my neighbors.
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ICE Targets School Zones in Columbus, Families Detained by Dissent in Bloom: They pulled parents and students out of their cars on the way out of the student pickup line. I don’t know what happened to some of my friends, but I know I might not see them ever again.” freepress.org/article/ice-...
ICE Targets School Zones in Columbus, Families Detained
On December 19th, school let out early in Columbus, and children did what children always do. Kids walked home and waited in pickup lines expecting to go home with family for winter break and all the coming festivities of the holidays.
freepress.org
December 21, 2025 at 3:00 AM
ICE Targets School Zones in Columbus, Families Detained by Dissent in Bloom: They pulled parents and students out of their cars on the way out of the student pickup line. I don’t know what happened to some of my friends, but I know I might not see them ever again.” freepress.org/article/ice-...
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The google AI summary of my most famous piece of writing--a thousand word blog post--misunderstands it on a fundamental level. In doing so, it reproduces the way critical yet lazy scholars misunderstood it, by reading the title and filling in what they thought was the most likely meaning.
Are you citing things you have not read?
Knowing that LLMs are text-generation machines, not text-analysis machines, that's more than a bit irresponsible and suspect.
Knowing that LLMs are text-generation machines, not text-analysis machines, that's more than a bit irresponsible and suspect.
December 21, 2025 at 4:17 AM
The google AI summary of my most famous piece of writing--a thousand word blog post--misunderstands it on a fundamental level. In doing so, it reproduces the way critical yet lazy scholars misunderstood it, by reading the title and filling in what they thought was the most likely meaning.
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I spent the morning at an ICE Detention Center and I don’t think I will ever be the same.
If you’d like to read it in full, I’ve put it in the comments below.
My Day at an ICE Detention Center: open.substack.com/pub/zachwlam...
If you’d like to read it in full, I’ve put it in the comments below.
My Day at an ICE Detention Center: open.substack.com/pub/zachwlam...
My Day at an ICE Detention Center
“Do not mistreat or oppress an immigrant." Exodus 22:21
open.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I spent the morning at an ICE Detention Center and I don’t think I will ever be the same.
If you’d like to read it in full, I’ve put it in the comments below.
My Day at an ICE Detention Center: open.substack.com/pub/zachwlam...
If you’d like to read it in full, I’ve put it in the comments below.
My Day at an ICE Detention Center: open.substack.com/pub/zachwlam...
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Worth reading for lots of reasons, but particularly because it closes with something I see in my work and travels speaking on writing and AI. Many, maybe most students do not want AI-mediated schooling or lives. We can offer them something better. www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Worth reading for lots of reasons, but particularly because it closes with something I see in my work and travels speaking on writing and AI. Many, maybe most students do not want AI-mediated schooling or lives. We can offer them something better. www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
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This really is a must read for anyone in academia.
December 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This really is a must read for anyone in academia.