Gabe Malo
@sorta.online
Critical media studies. PhD in Communications & Media from ICR @ UIUC. He/him.
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this is the sickest shit ive ever seen
January 16, 2026 at 9:38 PM
this is the sickest shit ive ever seen
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That is why I told you to fix your heart.
You think it's only us weird lefties here on Bluesky who care about this but it's literally foundational American principles in the goddamn bill of rights which are being gleefully violated in the name of deporting more brown people and fuck that shit.
You think it's only us weird lefties here on Bluesky who care about this but it's literally foundational American principles in the goddamn bill of rights which are being gleefully violated in the name of deporting more brown people and fuck that shit.
January 16, 2026 at 4:09 PM
That is why I told you to fix your heart.
You think it's only us weird lefties here on Bluesky who care about this but it's literally foundational American principles in the goddamn bill of rights which are being gleefully violated in the name of deporting more brown people and fuck that shit.
You think it's only us weird lefties here on Bluesky who care about this but it's literally foundational American principles in the goddamn bill of rights which are being gleefully violated in the name of deporting more brown people and fuck that shit.
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This is why the work of the late Robert McChesney, who *for decades* revealed the dangers of concentration in media ownership, is so important.
(FWIW, 25yrs ago in grad school — during the first dot-com bubble, AOL-TW, etc — I was senior researcher for a lab that mapped media consolidation.)
(FWIW, 25yrs ago in grad school — during the first dot-com bubble, AOL-TW, etc — I was senior researcher for a lab that mapped media consolidation.)
All of the major media organizations over the last decade have been systematically bought up by oligarchs, dismantled, and turned into propaganda organs benefiting the oligarchs. This was not by accident, this was a concerted effort to exercise more control over US society.
January 11, 2026 at 6:06 PM
This is why the work of the late Robert McChesney, who *for decades* revealed the dangers of concentration in media ownership, is so important.
(FWIW, 25yrs ago in grad school — during the first dot-com bubble, AOL-TW, etc — I was senior researcher for a lab that mapped media consolidation.)
(FWIW, 25yrs ago in grad school — during the first dot-com bubble, AOL-TW, etc — I was senior researcher for a lab that mapped media consolidation.)
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A woman shot fucking dead in the streets and the biggest worry liberals have is that there could be looting or lawlessness.
What the fuck do you call summary executions by masked, unaccountable violent men? Let me know.
What the fuck do you call summary executions by masked, unaccountable violent men? Let me know.
January 8, 2026 at 12:56 AM
A woman shot fucking dead in the streets and the biggest worry liberals have is that there could be looting or lawlessness.
What the fuck do you call summary executions by masked, unaccountable violent men? Let me know.
What the fuck do you call summary executions by masked, unaccountable violent men? Let me know.
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You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
January 8, 2026 at 12:15 AM
You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
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I'm sorry, but I just think it's very telling when we differentiate between ICE's killing of American citizens versus undocumented immigrants. And I'm seeing that a lot right now.
January 7, 2026 at 10:13 PM
I'm sorry, but I just think it's very telling when we differentiate between ICE's killing of American citizens versus undocumented immigrants. And I'm seeing that a lot right now.
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We are one step away from the Proud boys suing the US Government for “retribution.”
It’s the perfect Trumpian phrasing for the moment too.
Soon enough, I bet Trump will give everyone pardoned $1million each and offer a job with ICE.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTh8CkoEk/
It’s the perfect Trumpian phrasing for the moment too.
Soon enough, I bet Trump will give everyone pardoned $1million each and offer a job with ICE.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTh8CkoEk/
Enrique Tarrio said that President Donald Trump owes more to his supporters who stormed the Capitol on Jan 6, 2021. Tarrio, whose prison sentence was commuted while 1,500 rioters received pardons, not...
TikTok video by HuffPost
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January 7, 2026 at 12:14 AM
We are one step away from the Proud boys suing the US Government for “retribution.”
It’s the perfect Trumpian phrasing for the moment too.
Soon enough, I bet Trump will give everyone pardoned $1million each and offer a job with ICE.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTh8CkoEk/
It’s the perfect Trumpian phrasing for the moment too.
Soon enough, I bet Trump will give everyone pardoned $1million each and offer a job with ICE.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTh8CkoEk/
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kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
January 6, 2026 at 2:00 AM
kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
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The destruction doesn't make for a photo-op like tearing down the East Wing of the White House or bulldozing the Rose Garden, but it's every bit as bad. Generations of American children learned to spell and count, learned the Preamble to the Constitution, from watching shows produced by the CPB.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been dissolved, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations
Corporation For Public Broadcasting Is Dissolved After 58 Years Of Service
www.huffpost.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:04 PM
The destruction doesn't make for a photo-op like tearing down the East Wing of the White House or bulldozing the Rose Garden, but it's every bit as bad. Generations of American children learned to spell and count, learned the Preamble to the Constitution, from watching shows produced by the CPB.
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March is heading up toward Trump Tower now. Organizers stopped briefly in the intersection to call attention to common threads between Israeli occupation of Gaza and U.S. military intervention in Latin America. People inside the shops on Michigan Avenue and lined up for the Nutella store look on.
January 4, 2026 at 12:31 AM
March is heading up toward Trump Tower now. Organizers stopped briefly in the intersection to call attention to common threads between Israeli occupation of Gaza and U.S. military intervention in Latin America. People inside the shops on Michigan Avenue and lined up for the Nutella store look on.
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Timezones are so weird. Australia is in 2026, Canada is in 2025, and the United States is in 1939.
December 31, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Timezones are so weird. Australia is in 2026, Canada is in 2025, and the United States is in 1939.
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We didn't survive and thrive as a species because we had warriors or hunters - pretty much every omnivore can manage that.
We did so because we developed Grandmothers, and domesticated Dogs.
Community is what defines us as a species, and every "self-reliant" libertarian shitweasel be damned.
We did so because we developed Grandmothers, and domesticated Dogs.
Community is what defines us as a species, and every "self-reliant" libertarian shitweasel be damned.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
December 28, 2025 at 5:00 AM
We didn't survive and thrive as a species because we had warriors or hunters - pretty much every omnivore can manage that.
We did so because we developed Grandmothers, and domesticated Dogs.
Community is what defines us as a species, and every "self-reliant" libertarian shitweasel be damned.
We did so because we developed Grandmothers, and domesticated Dogs.
Community is what defines us as a species, and every "self-reliant" libertarian shitweasel be damned.
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[screaming at the top of my lungs, once again] the fundamental technology of humanity is care
We didn't survive and thrive as a species because we had warriors or hunters - pretty much every omnivore can manage that.
We did so because we developed Grandmothers, and domesticated Dogs.
Community is what defines us as a species, and every "self-reliant" libertarian shitweasel be damned.
We did so because we developed Grandmothers, and domesticated Dogs.
Community is what defines us as a species, and every "self-reliant" libertarian shitweasel be damned.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
December 28, 2025 at 7:02 AM
[screaming at the top of my lungs, once again] the fundamental technology of humanity is care
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ICE was founded in 2003.
ICE agents spent Christmas Eve arresting a man in a Walmart parking lot—even taking his groceries for themselves.
A bystander asked ICE if she could take down the phone number of his wife to let her know her husband had been detained. The ICE agents refused.
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A bystander asked ICE if she could take down the phone number of his wife to let her know her husband had been detained. The ICE agents refused.
trib.al/kF8CDpe
December 27, 2025 at 6:14 PM
ICE was founded in 2003.
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I’m at the Pizza Hut. I’m at the cia. I’m at the combination pizza hut and CIA.
This is the funniest Christmas gift I've ever gotten
December 26, 2025 at 4:39 AM
I’m at the Pizza Hut. I’m at the cia. I’m at the combination pizza hut and CIA.
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Thrilled to see @mandytroeger.bsky.social and my article on the legacy of Bob McChesney publically available today in MR: monthlyreview.org/articles/be-...
It’s really such an honour to get to contribute to this very special issue alongside so many people that have helped shaped my own perspective
It’s really such an honour to get to contribute to this very special issue alongside so many people that have helped shaped my own perspective
December 17, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Thrilled to see @mandytroeger.bsky.social and my article on the legacy of Bob McChesney publically available today in MR: monthlyreview.org/articles/be-...
It’s really such an honour to get to contribute to this very special issue alongside so many people that have helped shaped my own perspective
It’s really such an honour to get to contribute to this very special issue alongside so many people that have helped shaped my own perspective
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this is called a "concentration camp"
“Like Prime, but with human beings.” Marketing gift link. wapo.st/4axtwZ4
ICE documents reveal plan to hold 80,000 immigrants in warehouses
The Trump administration wants to build seven large-scale deportation hubs to speed up deportations, internal ICE documents show.
wapo.st
December 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM
this is called a "concentration camp"
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"The latest records are also limited to enforcement activity by ICE — and not Border Patrol, which initiated some of the most aggressive and violent federal actions in Chicago."
“By this fall, ICE agents were arresting people at a higher rate in Illinois than almost anywhere else in the country.”
“The people arrested here were as young as 4 and as old as 75.”
“Most weren’t charged with a crime. But many of those arrested have already been deported.”
“The people arrested here were as young as 4 and as old as 75.”
“Most weren’t charged with a crime. But many of those arrested have already been deported.”
ICE's Illinois Arrests During Trump's Crackdown Were Among Nation's Highest
Most people arrested in Operation Midway Blitz didn't have criminal records, according to ICE's own data. Here are four other findings our investigative team discovered.
blockclubchicago.org
December 23, 2025 at 6:57 PM
"The latest records are also limited to enforcement activity by ICE — and not Border Patrol, which initiated some of the most aggressive and violent federal actions in Chicago."
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I just feel like it really needs to be emphasized that a trans teacher lost their job because they were trans. Not from any shoddy work, not for any scandal. For the simple fact of being trans.
Fuck that.
Fuck that.
A graduate teaching assistant who gave a University of Oklahoma student a failing grade on a psychology essay will no longer be teaching at the university
Graduate instructor who gave failing grade to Samantha Fulnecky no longer teaching at OU
A graduate teaching assistant who gave a University of Oklahoma student a failing grade on a psychology essay will no longer be teaching at the university.
www.koco.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I just feel like it really needs to be emphasized that a trans teacher lost their job because they were trans. Not from any shoddy work, not for any scandal. For the simple fact of being trans.
Fuck that.
Fuck that.
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ICE has posted a video of Santa Claus arresting immigrants. Your government is hijacking a symbol of charity to spread fear and hate. it’s up to all of us to defeat these twisted fascists.
December 22, 2025 at 11:49 PM
ICE has posted a video of Santa Claus arresting immigrants. Your government is hijacking a symbol of charity to spread fear and hate. it’s up to all of us to defeat these twisted fascists.
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“A Home Depot in Los Angeles installed three high-pitch noise-emitting machines outside to deter day laborers from seeking work there, causing them to suffer headaches and nausea, advocates alleged at a press conference on Wednesday.”
Noise machines installed by LA Home Depot ‘torture’ for day laborers, advocates say
Advocates call for removal of machines and demand that company speak out against ICE raids in parking lots
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
“A Home Depot in Los Angeles installed three high-pitch noise-emitting machines outside to deter day laborers from seeking work there, causing them to suffer headaches and nausea, advocates alleged at a press conference on Wednesday.”
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Even in Illinois — a "safe haven" where many have fled as persecution against trans people ramps up in other states — 29 trans teens have died by suicide this year as of Nov. 21, according to a count by Trans Up Front Illinois.
That’s compared to 4 last year, and 6 the year before that.
That’s compared to 4 last year, and 6 the year before that.
On Trans Day of Remembrance, community reflects on those lost: 'We're gonna be here forever'
But even in Illinois — where many trans people have fled as persecution against them ramps up in other states — 29 trans teens have died by suicide this year, according to a count by Trans Up Front Il...
chicago.suntimes.com
December 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Even in Illinois — a "safe haven" where many have fled as persecution against trans people ramps up in other states — 29 trans teens have died by suicide this year as of Nov. 21, according to a count by Trans Up Front Illinois.
That’s compared to 4 last year, and 6 the year before that.
That’s compared to 4 last year, and 6 the year before that.