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“There’s no single answer that will solve all our future problems. There’s no magic bullet. Instead there are thousands of answers—at least. You can be one of them if you choose to be.”
― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay
― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay
January 31, 2026 at 7:57 PM
“There’s no single answer that will solve all our future problems. There’s no magic bullet. Instead there are thousands of answers—at least. You can be one of them if you choose to be.”
― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay
― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay
This is beautiful in the most heartbreaking and courage inducing way
The group bike ride for Alex Pretti is about to depart in Minneapolis, stopping at his memorial, then Renee Good’s, and finishing at the VFW. If you can join, hop on anywhere. It’s a warm 17° & sunny!
I’ve never seen this many cyclists for a group ride. ⚡️✊🏽⚡️🚲⚡️✊🏽⚡️ #RIPPretti
I’ve never seen this many cyclists for a group ride. ⚡️✊🏽⚡️🚲⚡️✊🏽⚡️ #RIPPretti
January 31, 2026 at 9:57 PM
This is beautiful in the most heartbreaking and courage inducing way
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I’ve spent the past 2 years debating the credibility of the Gaza Health Ministry’s numbers with Israel supporters. It turns out the Israeli military agrees with me, not them.
My latest for Zeteo on how the media was also complicit in the genocide denial:
My latest for Zeteo on how the media was also complicit in the genocide denial:
Israel’s Military Now Accepts 70,000 Killed in Gaza – But Why Did Our Media Let Them Get Away With Denying It for So Long?
I have spent the past two years debating the credibility of the Gaza Health Ministry’s numbers with supporters of Israel. It turns out the Israeli military agrees with me, not them.
zeteo.com
January 31, 2026 at 4:22 PM
I’ve spent the past 2 years debating the credibility of the Gaza Health Ministry’s numbers with Israel supporters. It turns out the Israeli military agrees with me, not them.
My latest for Zeteo on how the media was also complicit in the genocide denial:
My latest for Zeteo on how the media was also complicit in the genocide denial:
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For decades the Right has daydreamed about saving their country from monsters, they finally got the chance and it turns out they love the monsters. The monsters are even monstrous in the exact ways they fantasized about! You never have to listen to these guys about anything again
January 30, 2026 at 9:52 PM
For decades the Right has daydreamed about saving their country from monsters, they finally got the chance and it turns out they love the monsters. The monsters are even monstrous in the exact ways they fantasized about! You never have to listen to these guys about anything again
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“They arrested the wrong Don," Jane Fonda said outside the federal courthouse in Los Angeles in support of Don Lemon, who was arrested by the Trump DOJ for reporting on a protest in Minnesota.
www.advocate.com/news/don-lem...
www.advocate.com/news/don-lem...
January 30, 2026 at 10:41 PM
“They arrested the wrong Don," Jane Fonda said outside the federal courthouse in Los Angeles in support of Don Lemon, who was arrested by the Trump DOJ for reporting on a protest in Minnesota.
www.advocate.com/news/don-lem...
www.advocate.com/news/don-lem...
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I get tired of saying it, but I’ll say it again: the nature of oppression in America is that they workshop it first on Black, Latino, Asian & Native people.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
The arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.
January 30, 2026 at 4:46 PM
I get tired of saying it, but I’ll say it again: the nature of oppression in America is that they workshop it first on Black, Latino, Asian & Native people.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
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BIG news from @bloomberg.com, which confirms that ICE has gone ahead and *purchased* multiple commercial warehouses with the aim of converting them into mass detention camps.
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
ICE Begins Buying ‘Mega’ Warehouse Detention Centers Across US
Plans for such centers and jails in nearly two dozen communities have sparked protests over suitability, proximity to homes and schools.
www.bloomberg.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:47 PM
BIG news from @bloomberg.com, which confirms that ICE has gone ahead and *purchased* multiple commercial warehouses with the aim of converting them into mass detention camps.
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Often as I put my son down, after his shower in clean PJ’s & warm bed Im struck with a pang of guilt over the babies that don’t have this, and my mind tonight drifts to the babies in prisons in Palestine & Texas. I wonder if the people guarding their cells have kids of their own.
January 30, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Often as I put my son down, after his shower in clean PJ’s & warm bed Im struck with a pang of guilt over the babies that don’t have this, and my mind tonight drifts to the babies in prisons in Palestine & Texas. I wonder if the people guarding their cells have kids of their own.
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good morning. (quilt by Melissa Laranjeira, via www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...)
January 29, 2026 at 12:59 PM
good morning. (quilt by Melissa Laranjeira, via www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...)
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A zine documenting the National Park Service’s “Life Under Slavery at George Washington House” exhibit—removed by the government January 22, 2026 in an act of censorship (zinebakery.com/bakeshop/cen...)
January 27, 2026 at 10:05 AM
A zine documenting the National Park Service’s “Life Under Slavery at George Washington House” exhibit—removed by the government January 22, 2026 in an act of censorship (zinebakery.com/bakeshop/cen...)
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I am. But there are three things at play here regarding ICE collecting private data. Quick rundown on the issue, why you should be paying attention, and what I'm doing about it:
So which politician is calling for the dismantling of the probably illegal database that ice & this government is collecting biometric data of protesters?
January 27, 2026 at 9:28 PM
I am. But there are three things at play here regarding ICE collecting private data. Quick rundown on the issue, why you should be paying attention, and what I'm doing about it:
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Really powerful, hopeful paragraph from the latest article in the Atlantic by @adamserwer.bsky.social
January 27, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Really powerful, hopeful paragraph from the latest article in the Atlantic by @adamserwer.bsky.social
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NO MORE FUNDING FOR ICE.
The Senate is expected to vote on funding for ICE and DHS later this week. Call your Senator now.
(instructions and script below)
The Senate is expected to vote on funding for ICE and DHS later this week. Call your Senator now.
(instructions and script below)
January 27, 2026 at 6:28 PM
NO MORE FUNDING FOR ICE.
The Senate is expected to vote on funding for ICE and DHS later this week. Call your Senator now.
(instructions and script below)
The Senate is expected to vote on funding for ICE and DHS later this week. Call your Senator now.
(instructions and script below)
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While independent bookstores are giving out free whistles, hosting protest sign making events, and donating proceeds to mutual aid, Amazon is *checks notes* providing technology that assists ICE in their terrorizing of communities.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
January 27, 2026 at 5:07 PM
While independent bookstores are giving out free whistles, hosting protest sign making events, and donating proceeds to mutual aid, Amazon is *checks notes* providing technology that assists ICE in their terrorizing of communities.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
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One small thing you can do today: ICE is ramping up in Maine. Food For All is delivering meals to 300 families that can't leave their homes. They need $7k a day to continue operations. The Culture Study community is raising enough to cover a day—join us?
Donate directly: givebutter.com/Scx87A
or
Donate directly: givebutter.com/Scx87A
or
Food Delivered With Dignity
In the current environment we need to raise a $7,000 a day to sustain our operations
givebutter.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:30 PM
One small thing you can do today: ICE is ramping up in Maine. Food For All is delivering meals to 300 families that can't leave their homes. They need $7k a day to continue operations. The Culture Study community is raising enough to cover a day—join us?
Donate directly: givebutter.com/Scx87A
or
Donate directly: givebutter.com/Scx87A
or
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social and Geoff Bennett discuss just that on the Settle In podcast. It really helped me understand that the antidote to political exhaustion is to be in community with others. @pbsnews.org
youtu.be/51rpTFbwwOE?...
youtu.be/51rpTFbwwOE?...
Tressie McMillan Cottom joins Geoff Bennett for our ‘Settle In’ podcast
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
youtu.be
January 27, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social and Geoff Bennett discuss just that on the Settle In podcast. It really helped me understand that the antidote to political exhaustion is to be in community with others. @pbsnews.org
youtu.be/51rpTFbwwOE?...
youtu.be/51rpTFbwwOE?...
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Lots of scrambling today by the terrible regime.
I want to argue that our goal should be to get Miller removed, that has to be the focus. Noem, Bovino, etc are all just middle managers. The architect of the terror regime is Miller.
A thread:
bsky.app/profile/simo...
I want to argue that our goal should be to get Miller removed, that has to be the focus. Noem, Bovino, etc are all just middle managers. The architect of the terror regime is Miller.
A thread:
bsky.app/profile/simo...
In my a new post I talk about how JD Vance and Stephen Miller have been responsible for the two biggest political disasters of Trump's second term so far - Greenland and Minnesota. Their "rules no longer apply to us" project is taking a huge, deserved hit.
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/the-senate...
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/the-senate...
January 27, 2026 at 1:57 AM
A thread 🧵
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Hey, this Bovino thing is a pathetic attempt to make all these horrors the fault of one guy, and it would be a serious, serious crisis if people fell for it. ICE needs to be abolished, bc this - terror, murder - are what it exists for. Nothing else. This is just an attempt to mollify us. Stay angry
January 27, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Hey, this Bovino thing is a pathetic attempt to make all these horrors the fault of one guy, and it would be a serious, serious crisis if people fell for it. ICE needs to be abolished, bc this - terror, murder - are what it exists for. Nothing else. This is just an attempt to mollify us. Stay angry
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The congressional switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. Put it in your cell phone. Use it. If you're not calling at least once a week, you're not doing your part.
January 26, 2026 at 8:00 PM
The congressional switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. Put it in your cell phone. Use it. If you're not calling at least once a week, you're not doing your part.
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NEW: A Texas county medical examiner found that Geraldo Lunas Campos was choked to death by a guard while he was held in ICE custody earlier this month.
Geraldo is the sixth person to die in ICE detention this year.
Geraldo is the sixth person to die in ICE detention this year.
January 26, 2026 at 6:39 PM
NEW: A Texas county medical examiner found that Geraldo Lunas Campos was choked to death by a guard while he was held in ICE custody earlier this month.
Geraldo is the sixth person to die in ICE detention this year.
Geraldo is the sixth person to die in ICE detention this year.
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In the olden times, U.S. presidents tried to help America process hard sad events, with at least ritual nods to the solemnity of the occasion.
That would obviously be hard here, for a variety of reasons, beginning with it's his fault.
That would obviously be hard here, for a variety of reasons, beginning with it's his fault.
January 25, 2026 at 5:42 PM
In the olden times, U.S. presidents tried to help America process hard sad events, with at least ritual nods to the solemnity of the occasion.
That would obviously be hard here, for a variety of reasons, beginning with it's his fault.
That would obviously be hard here, for a variety of reasons, beginning with it's his fault.
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So which politician is calling for the dismantling of the probably illegal database that ice & this government is collecting biometric data of protesters?
January 25, 2026 at 5:42 PM
So which politician is calling for the dismantling of the probably illegal database that ice & this government is collecting biometric data of protesters?
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I think a lot of us get hope wrong. Hope, I do not believe, is an emotion. In fact, hope makes space for lots of emotions to exist alongside it. You can DO hope scared, angry, sad etc...
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
January 25, 2026 at 2:05 AM
I think a lot of us get hope wrong. Hope, I do not believe, is an emotion. In fact, hope makes space for lots of emotions to exist alongside it. You can DO hope scared, angry, sad etc...
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
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Where are the libertarians?
They're killing white dudes with guns and demanding your personal information, lads.
Perhaps it's time to get mad about the theoretical thing you've said you've been mad at your whole lives. It's finally real.
They're killing white dudes with guns and demanding your personal information, lads.
Perhaps it's time to get mad about the theoretical thing you've said you've been mad at your whole lives. It's finally real.
🚨BREAKING: Hours after federal immigration officers shot and killed a man in Minneapolis, Pam Bondi seized upon the incident to demand access to voter rolls, directly tying the Trump administration’s quest for voters’ unredacted personal data to its aggressive immigration raids across the state.
AG Bondi demands access to Minnesota voter rolls after fatal Border Patrol shooting
Her demand came as Minneapolis was reeling from a second fatal shooting by a federal agent this month.
www.democracydocket.com
January 24, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Where are the libertarians?
They're killing white dudes with guns and demanding your personal information, lads.
Perhaps it's time to get mad about the theoretical thing you've said you've been mad at your whole lives. It's finally real.
They're killing white dudes with guns and demanding your personal information, lads.
Perhaps it's time to get mad about the theoretical thing you've said you've been mad at your whole lives. It's finally real.