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Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
January 22, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
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It’s not so much that Trump & co don’t think slavery was important, they want to remove this history precisely *because* of how important it was. They don’t want people to learn about slavery because then people would understand how it continues to shape the landscape of inequality in America today.
Signs about the history of slavery in the U.S. and the 9 people George Washington enslaved are being removed right now at the President’s House Site in Philadelphia, across from Independence Hall, months after the Trump administration threatend to do so.
How far we have not come in 250 years.
How far we have not come in 250 years.
January 22, 2026 at 10:19 PM
It’s not so much that Trump & co don’t think slavery was important, they want to remove this history precisely *because* of how important it was. They don’t want people to learn about slavery because then people would understand how it continues to shape the landscape of inequality in America today.
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In our conservative estimate, 41 percent of Grok’s images — or 1.8 million — were sexualized depictions of women. Separately, CCDH analyzed how many were sexualized images across genders and ages. Their findings: an estimated 3 million images, including more than 23,000 of children.
January 22, 2026 at 3:01 PM
In our conservative estimate, 41 percent of Grok’s images — or 1.8 million — were sexualized depictions of women. Separately, CCDH analyzed how many were sexualized images across genders and ages. Their findings: an estimated 3 million images, including more than 23,000 of children.
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The Ghost in the Machine: Why Generative AI is a Crisis of Authorship, Not Just a Tool scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/01/22/g... @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social
Guest Post - The Ghost in the Machine: Why Generative AI is a Crisis of Authorship, Not Just a Tool - The Scholarly Kitchen
Today's guest author raises the question of whether a researcher submitting an article that was significantly drafted by an LLM without clear disclosure is effectively engaging in a contemporary form ...
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January 22, 2026 at 3:32 PM
The Ghost in the Machine: Why Generative AI is a Crisis of Authorship, Not Just a Tool scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/01/22/g... @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social
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✅ This photo authentically shows ICE agents escorting a U.S. citizen wearing only underwear, shoes and a blanket out of his St. Paul, Minnesota, home in freezing temperatures.
www.snopes.com/fact-check/u...
www.snopes.com/fact-check/u...
Photo authentically shows ICE agents detaining US citizen in freezing weather
The Department of Homeland Security said agents detained ChongLy Thao, 56, because he matched the description of two men the agency was seeking.
www.snopes.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:00 AM
✅ This photo authentically shows ICE agents escorting a U.S. citizen wearing only underwear, shoes and a blanket out of his St. Paul, Minnesota, home in freezing temperatures.
www.snopes.com/fact-check/u...
www.snopes.com/fact-check/u...
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But seriously thanks @indivisible.org for the hour of phonebanking my way out of utter hopelessness. Asked people to implore their senator to hold firm on no appropriations until ICE is reined in. Some really great convos. A reminder that all eyes are on MN & we are sick w rage.
You haven't lived until you've been on an @indivisible.org phone bank Zoom as 650 people ask questions in the chat that have already been answered.
January 21, 2026 at 7:39 PM
But seriously thanks @indivisible.org for the hour of phonebanking my way out of utter hopelessness. Asked people to implore their senator to hold firm on no appropriations until ICE is reined in. Some really great convos. A reminder that all eyes are on MN & we are sick w rage.
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front porches. I recognise there’s regionality to this but I grew up in an area with rocking chairs and benches on the front porch and just shooting the shit with neighbours. I miss that
January 21, 2026 at 3:11 PM
front porches. I recognise there’s regionality to this but I grew up in an area with rocking chairs and benches on the front porch and just shooting the shit with neighbours. I miss that
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Mental institutions have more power than police
They can drug you, keep you, and involuntarily commit you based on literally nothing. One of the biggest missed opportunities in criminal justice reform is uniting with the disabled rights movement in abolishing 51/50 laws which are used against women
They can drug you, keep you, and involuntarily commit you based on literally nothing. One of the biggest missed opportunities in criminal justice reform is uniting with the disabled rights movement in abolishing 51/50 laws which are used against women
January 21, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Mental institutions have more power than police
They can drug you, keep you, and involuntarily commit you based on literally nothing. One of the biggest missed opportunities in criminal justice reform is uniting with the disabled rights movement in abolishing 51/50 laws which are used against women
They can drug you, keep you, and involuntarily commit you based on literally nothing. One of the biggest missed opportunities in criminal justice reform is uniting with the disabled rights movement in abolishing 51/50 laws which are used against women
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He's just straight-up telling everyone that he's deployed a vicious occupying force to brutalize an American state and terrorize every non-white resident because they didn't vote for him
Trump: "MN is a very corrupt place & the elections are totally corrupt. I feel I won it all 3 times. Nobody has won it since Richard Nixon. It's a rigged state. The Somalians vote as one group even if they're not citizens. They all ought to get the hell out of here. They're bad for our country"
January 20, 2026 at 8:00 PM
He's just straight-up telling everyone that he's deployed a vicious occupying force to brutalize an American state and terrorize every non-white resident because they didn't vote for him
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This shows what I think was more her preference, and, yes, it is quite edgy: daily.jstor.org/sophie-schol...
I think there are various reasons why you usually see her depicted with longer hair (including the obvious reason that that's how it is in the mug shot), but it's still a bit of a pity.
I think there are various reasons why you usually see her depicted with longer hair (including the obvious reason that that's how it is in the mug shot), but it's still a bit of a pity.
Sophie Scholl and the Legacy of Resistance - JSTOR Daily
Sophie Scholl has become the face of resistance to Nazism. That took decades, as the legacy of resistance itself was resisted.
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January 20, 2026 at 4:40 PM
This shows what I think was more her preference, and, yes, it is quite edgy: daily.jstor.org/sophie-schol...
I think there are various reasons why you usually see her depicted with longer hair (including the obvious reason that that's how it is in the mug shot), but it's still a bit of a pity.
I think there are various reasons why you usually see her depicted with longer hair (including the obvious reason that that's how it is in the mug shot), but it's still a bit of a pity.
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How did a cluster of Bay Area families focused on support and socializing become one of the most successful orgs defending transition care for youth?
New, original reporting from @evanurquhart.bsky.social on the group who won a reprive from Sutter Health.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
New, original reporting from @evanurquhart.bsky.social on the group who won a reprive from Sutter Health.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
From Play Dates to Protest: Rainbow Families Chart a Trans Evolution — Assigned
Founded in a far different era, the Bay Area group has emerged as a highly effective advocate for policy and press strategy.
www.assignedmedia.org
January 20, 2026 at 12:05 PM
How did a cluster of Bay Area families focused on support and socializing become one of the most successful orgs defending transition care for youth?
New, original reporting from @evanurquhart.bsky.social on the group who won a reprive from Sutter Health.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
New, original reporting from @evanurquhart.bsky.social on the group who won a reprive from Sutter Health.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
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1. ICE has STOPPED PAYING for medical treatment for its 73,000 detainees
ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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ICE has stopped paying for detainee medical treatment
ICE halted payments in October, and the situation will persist for at least several more months
popular.info
January 20, 2026 at 1:42 PM
1. ICE has STOPPED PAYING for medical treatment for its 73,000 detainees
ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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ST. PAUL MAYOR: “We’ve received reports of ICE officers going door to door asking where the Asian people live… I myself have received advice to carry my passport with me because they may target me based on what I look like.”
January 19, 2026 at 10:52 PM
ST. PAUL MAYOR: “We’ve received reports of ICE officers going door to door asking where the Asian people live… I myself have received advice to carry my passport with me because they may target me based on what I look like.”
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THIS is IT.
Community wins.
Community wins.
Minneapolis and Saint Paul have basically mobilized into a war economy of mutual aid and non-violent defense. I’ve never seen anything like it, even during Covid. People who barely vote are guarding their schools from ICE and doing the shopping for neighbors in hiding.
This is so smart. I’m so impressed with all the different ways you’re helping your neighbors.
January 20, 2026 at 3:22 AM
THIS is IT.
Community wins.
Community wins.
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The 25th Amendment must be invoked by the cabinet. I’m all for pressuring them. Congressional Dems should lead the charge. Not on Bluesky or Threads. Let’s do it.
January 19, 2026 at 10:28 PM
The 25th Amendment must be invoked by the cabinet. I’m all for pressuring them. Congressional Dems should lead the charge. Not on Bluesky or Threads. Let’s do it.
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It is MLK day—which means that although I am not teaching my Ancient Middle East class until later this week, I still always go back and read the pastor and activist’s essay on Mithra for his Greek religion class. kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/...
January 19, 2026 at 12:30 PM
It is MLK day—which means that although I am not teaching my Ancient Middle East class until later this week, I still always go back and read the pastor and activist’s essay on Mithra for his Greek religion class. kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/...
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🧵One of the small acts of defiance I've engaged in (nearly) every day since the election is...well, flossing.
I was, uh, sporadic? before & just thought "they're gonna fuck up healthcare, I better take up spite-flossing." For teeth & gum health, obvi, but also HEART & apparently BRAIN! (see next!)
I was, uh, sporadic? before & just thought "they're gonna fuck up healthcare, I better take up spite-flossing." For teeth & gum health, obvi, but also HEART & apparently BRAIN! (see next!)
People really really downplay dental health. Cavities are not the worse case scenario here. Poor oral health can kill you
January 19, 2026 at 2:19 AM
🧵One of the small acts of defiance I've engaged in (nearly) every day since the election is...well, flossing.
I was, uh, sporadic? before & just thought "they're gonna fuck up healthcare, I better take up spite-flossing." For teeth & gum health, obvi, but also HEART & apparently BRAIN! (see next!)
I was, uh, sporadic? before & just thought "they're gonna fuck up healthcare, I better take up spite-flossing." For teeth & gum health, obvi, but also HEART & apparently BRAIN! (see next!)
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COME ON.
Almost a majority of Americans WANT TO ABOLISH A POLICE AGENCY.
Given how insanely obsequious our entire culture is to law enforcement these days, that is a WILD NUMBER.
It earns at least one bucket. It really does.
Almost a majority of Americans WANT TO ABOLISH A POLICE AGENCY.
Given how insanely obsequious our entire culture is to law enforcement these days, that is a WILD NUMBER.
It earns at least one bucket. It really does.
NEW: In this interview, Chuck Schumer describes the "five buckets" Dems think are key to their possibly winning a Senate majority in 2026: housing, "the high price of food [and] food monopolies playing a major role there," electricity, "the high cost of childcare," and health care.
Zero Chucks Left to Give
Chuck Schumer now sees a path back to the majority. Can he manage his way through it?
www.thebulwark.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:32 AM
COME ON.
Almost a majority of Americans WANT TO ABOLISH A POLICE AGENCY.
Given how insanely obsequious our entire culture is to law enforcement these days, that is a WILD NUMBER.
It earns at least one bucket. It really does.
Almost a majority of Americans WANT TO ABOLISH A POLICE AGENCY.
Given how insanely obsequious our entire culture is to law enforcement these days, that is a WILD NUMBER.
It earns at least one bucket. It really does.
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The rebuilding of the eastbound lanes of Interstate 40 through the Pigeon River Gorge is now expected to cost $2 billion.
The costliest NC road repair after Helene got a lot more expensive
The rebuilding of the eastbound lanes of Interstate 40 through the Pigeon River Gorge is now expected to cost $2 billion.
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January 19, 2026 at 1:30 AM
The rebuilding of the eastbound lanes of Interstate 40 through the Pigeon River Gorge is now expected to cost $2 billion.
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recorded this last week
Why Congress Needs to Treat ICE Like the Ku Klux Klan
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
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January 19, 2026 at 1:11 AM
recorded this last week
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I'm late, but this is the first confirmation I've seen of Waymo using foreign-based remote operators. Prior, there was only a rumored podcast ep, immediately cease-and-desisted.
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
January 19, 2026 at 12:35 AM
I'm late, but this is the first confirmation I've seen of Waymo using foreign-based remote operators. Prior, there was only a rumored podcast ep, immediately cease-and-desisted.
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
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Jesse Watters is fine with living in a 'papers please' country. ICE agents are supposed to be targeting the worst of the worst not random folks. PBS pointed out that U.S. citizens are not legally required to carry ID to confirm their legal status.
January 19, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Jesse Watters is fine with living in a 'papers please' country. ICE agents are supposed to be targeting the worst of the worst not random folks. PBS pointed out that U.S. citizens are not legally required to carry ID to confirm their legal status.
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There is no bygones will be [email protected] and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social talking about anything but ICE, Greenland, Venezuela is going to make a lot of suburban voters in Minnesota furious in a way they can't appreciate.
January 19, 2026 at 12:37 AM
There is no bygones will be [email protected] and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social talking about anything but ICE, Greenland, Venezuela is going to make a lot of suburban voters in Minnesota furious in a way they can't appreciate.
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Top of the charts at my house today
January 17, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Top of the charts at my house today