Nick Durant
@skeowsha.bsky.social
Playwright, librarian and children’s writer
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Genuine question: what is this supposed to mean?
I reckon almost nobody on my (London) street would know. I certainly don’t
I reckon almost nobody on my (London) street would know. I certainly don’t
January 25, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Genuine question: what is this supposed to mean?
I reckon almost nobody on my (London) street would know. I certainly don’t
I reckon almost nobody on my (London) street would know. I certainly don’t
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Kobani Syria, the last remaining stronghold of Kurds is totally surrounded. Syria’s Kurd have been corralled into Kobani.
Now, Al-Sharaa’s forces with help from Turkey are preparing to go in.
Will Kurds and Christians be cleansed from the region. Will the Yezidi face yet another massacre?
Now, Al-Sharaa’s forces with help from Turkey are preparing to go in.
Will Kurds and Christians be cleansed from the region. Will the Yezidi face yet another massacre?
January 21, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Kobani Syria, the last remaining stronghold of Kurds is totally surrounded. Syria’s Kurd have been corralled into Kobani.
Now, Al-Sharaa’s forces with help from Turkey are preparing to go in.
Will Kurds and Christians be cleansed from the region. Will the Yezidi face yet another massacre?
Now, Al-Sharaa’s forces with help from Turkey are preparing to go in.
Will Kurds and Christians be cleansed from the region. Will the Yezidi face yet another massacre?
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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."
January 25, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."
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AND IMPEACH AND REMOVE.
We need to clamor for that even if the votes aren't there—yet.
We need to clamor for that even if the votes aren't there—yet.
January 25, 2026 at 3:59 PM
AND IMPEACH AND REMOVE.
We need to clamor for that even if the votes aren't there—yet.
We need to clamor for that even if the votes aren't there—yet.
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i think this attitude — that all opposition is illegitimate and nothing we do can be questioned— is probably pervasive in the white house and helps explain why they keep making terrible political choices
Putin pioneered this. No opposition is legitimate. Regular, decent, “ordinary” people cannot possibly be against us because only we represent “the real people.”
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
January 25, 2026 at 3:02 PM
i think this attitude — that all opposition is illegitimate and nothing we do can be questioned— is probably pervasive in the white house and helps explain why they keep making terrible political choices
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Danish veterans and the families of dead Danish soldiers (the highest percentage per capita of any other US ally) are disgusted by Trump.
Next week, there will be a national protest, arranged by Danish veterans, which will end at the US Embassy in Copenhagen.
As a people, we feel utterly betrayed.
Next week, there will be a national protest, arranged by Danish veterans, which will end at the US Embassy in Copenhagen.
As a people, we feel utterly betrayed.
January 24, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Danish veterans and the families of dead Danish soldiers (the highest percentage per capita of any other US ally) are disgusted by Trump.
Next week, there will be a national protest, arranged by Danish veterans, which will end at the US Embassy in Copenhagen.
As a people, we feel utterly betrayed.
Next week, there will be a national protest, arranged by Danish veterans, which will end at the US Embassy in Copenhagen.
As a people, we feel utterly betrayed.
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In case you missed it: My suggestion that Farage was whispering to Trump behind the scenes while Trump was going after Greenland has been essentially confirmed.
As @jamesdaustin.bsky.social notes: Working against your country's interest with a semi-hostile state - there's a word for that.
As @jamesdaustin.bsky.social notes: Working against your country's interest with a semi-hostile state - there's a word for that.
January 24, 2026 at 7:40 AM
In case you missed it: My suggestion that Farage was whispering to Trump behind the scenes while Trump was going after Greenland has been essentially confirmed.
As @jamesdaustin.bsky.social notes: Working against your country's interest with a semi-hostile state - there's a word for that.
As @jamesdaustin.bsky.social notes: Working against your country's interest with a semi-hostile state - there's a word for that.
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My column from Monday. In 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. warned that genuine democracy — and true equality — could only come from a radical rethinking of American governance. In Alabama and around the country, we now see the consequences of not heeding his words.
The Martin Luther King Jr. speech everyone should know | Alabama Reflector
No, not that one.
alabamareflector.com
January 24, 2026 at 2:44 PM
My column from Monday. In 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. warned that genuine democracy — and true equality — could only come from a radical rethinking of American governance. In Alabama and around the country, we now see the consequences of not heeding his words.
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If you feel like they’re trying to force LLMs (“AI”) down our throats even if we don’t want it, it’s because they are. Fascinating essay on the SV-authoritarian alliance, LLMs, and the complete alienation of labor
January 24, 2026 at 2:35 PM
If you feel like they’re trying to force LLMs (“AI”) down our throats even if we don’t want it, it’s because they are. Fascinating essay on the SV-authoritarian alliance, LLMs, and the complete alienation of labor
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It’s hard to convey how pissed off people in NATO allies are about Trump dissing their soldiers except to say that both Prince Harry and Rod Stewart have release angry statements about it.
So shameful.
So shameful.
January 24, 2026 at 3:33 PM
It’s hard to convey how pissed off people in NATO allies are about Trump dissing their soldiers except to say that both Prince Harry and Rod Stewart have release angry statements about it.
So shameful.
So shameful.
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Appears this is also true for fascism.
January 24, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Appears this is also true for fascism.
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It’s posts like this that make Canada and other countries want to do deals with China and leave the United States all alone. This is the language of an abusive ex.
January 24, 2026 at 2:54 PM
It’s posts like this that make Canada and other countries want to do deals with China and leave the United States all alone. This is the language of an abusive ex.
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Yes. And this is the moderate position.
Abolish ICE. Fire them all. Prosecute *every single abuse*.
January 24, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Yes. And this is the moderate position.
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There is video circulating on social media of a group of ICE agents beating a man near 26th and Nicollet in south Minneapolis, then one of the ICE agents shoots the man while he's on the ground numerous times. A witness can be heard yelling that the victim is dead.
January 24, 2026 at 3:44 PM
There is video circulating on social media of a group of ICE agents beating a man near 26th and Nicollet in south Minneapolis, then one of the ICE agents shoots the man while he's on the ground numerous times. A witness can be heard yelling that the victim is dead.
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A whistleblower disclosure has revealed that ICE Director Todd Lyons gave agents permission to forcibly enter homes—in violation of the Fourth Amendment—in a secret memo distributed in May 2025. trib.al/AS7brI2
January 24, 2026 at 4:26 PM
A whistleblower disclosure has revealed that ICE Director Todd Lyons gave agents permission to forcibly enter homes—in violation of the Fourth Amendment—in a secret memo distributed in May 2025. trib.al/AS7brI2
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Take note: this is exactly what happened at the end of Reconstruction. Black people were on their own without any political or legal recourse to the terroristic violence they faced. It is living in a reign of terror with a very violent end.
There has been an increasing sense in Minneapolis that we are on our own, that our elected representatives are unwilling and/or unable to take action to get these murderous Nazi thugs out of our community. I really hope that changes today. The time for pleading TV hits ended weeks ago.
January 24, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Take note: this is exactly what happened at the end of Reconstruction. Black people were on their own without any political or legal recourse to the terroristic violence they faced. It is living in a reign of terror with a very violent end.
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Jason Stanley — How Fascism Works
“Once law enforcement becomes ideological and immune, fascism has moved from rhetoric into enforcement.”
“Once law enforcement becomes ideological and immune, fascism has moved from rhetoric into enforcement.”
January 24, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Jason Stanley — How Fascism Works
“Once law enforcement becomes ideological and immune, fascism has moved from rhetoric into enforcement.”
“Once law enforcement becomes ideological and immune, fascism has moved from rhetoric into enforcement.”
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All of this is fucking senseless. Minnesota did not have an immigration problem. Trump sent his Nazi thugs here because he's racist against Somali people and to own libs like Tim Walz. Now two Minnesotans are dead and Minneapolis is on the verge of going up in flames. None. Of. This. Was. Necessary.
January 24, 2026 at 4:55 PM
All of this is fucking senseless. Minnesota did not have an immigration problem. Trump sent his Nazi thugs here because he's racist against Somali people and to own libs like Tim Walz. Now two Minnesotans are dead and Minneapolis is on the verge of going up in flames. None. Of. This. Was. Necessary.
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From this moment forward (and before, but clearly now):
-If you work for ICE.
-If you vote for money for ICE.
You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.
-If you work for ICE.
-If you vote for money for ICE.
You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.
January 24, 2026 at 5:07 PM
From this moment forward (and before, but clearly now):
-If you work for ICE.
-If you vote for money for ICE.
You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.
-If you work for ICE.
-If you vote for money for ICE.
You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.
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"What the administration is pushing is not immigration enforcement. It has much more in common with ethnic cleansing, with trying to change the overall ethnic and racial mix of the country," says Jamelle Bouie www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
Video: Opinion | Is This Who Trump Meant by the ‘Worst of the Worst’?
The columnist Jamelle Bouie argues that the Trump administration’s immigration policy has more in common with ethnic cleansing than actual immigration enforcement.
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 4:35 PM
"What the administration is pushing is not immigration enforcement. It has much more in common with ethnic cleansing, with trying to change the overall ethnic and racial mix of the country," says Jamelle Bouie www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
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Fascism rises when people are told they are powerless.
But power lives in refusal, in memory, and in collective defiance.
We choose resistance.
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But power lives in refusal, in memory, and in collective defiance.
We choose resistance.
3/3
January 24, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Fascism rises when people are told they are powerless.
But power lives in refusal, in memory, and in collective defiance.
We choose resistance.
3/3
But power lives in refusal, in memory, and in collective defiance.
We choose resistance.
3/3
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Given Trump's history, given the state of America right now, given Trump's support for, to the degree of working for, Putin, it's irresponsible of OTHER news outlets to be IGNORING these issues. Bravo Byline Times! Standing bravely where others have run away. We need the mass media to follow example
January 23, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Given Trump's history, given the state of America right now, given Trump's support for, to the degree of working for, Putin, it's irresponsible of OTHER news outlets to be IGNORING these issues. Bravo Byline Times! Standing bravely where others have run away. We need the mass media to follow example
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Once again, these people aren't "patriots". They hate their own countries and have built an entire career out of attacking them, while cheering on any foreign leader who does the same
January 23, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Once again, these people aren't "patriots". They hate their own countries and have built an entire career out of attacking them, while cheering on any foreign leader who does the same