Tori
@tlc-soc.bsky.social
sociologist. writing about safety nets, care, and debt. thinking about what we owe each other
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The anti-DEI bullshit has always been simple racism barely even repackaged. Erasing Dr. Kings legacy was always one of the goals.
We pretend that the segregationists lost. But any defeat was temporary and they currently control all three branches of government.
We pretend that the segregationists lost. But any defeat was temporary and they currently control all three branches of government.
After 56 years, Indiana University is canceling the MLK dinner hosted by their Black Student Union.
Indiana University Cancels MLK Celebration Dinner
Indiana University in Indianapolis canceled a dinner in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. hosted annually in January by the Black Student Union, Mirror Indy reported.
www.insidehighered.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:04 PM
The anti-DEI bullshit has always been simple racism barely even repackaged. Erasing Dr. Kings legacy was always one of the goals.
We pretend that the segregationists lost. But any defeat was temporary and they currently control all three branches of government.
We pretend that the segregationists lost. But any defeat was temporary and they currently control all three branches of government.
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This is surreal. 4 Oglala Lakota men kidnapped by ICE in Minneapolis have finally been located. One of them was released but the other 3 are being held at Fort Snelling, a former concentration camp used to imprison Native people incl. the Dakota 38 during Dakota Wars.
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Four Oglala detainees located, three still in ICE custody - ICT
The four Lakota detainees were reportedly sent to a former concentration camp used during the Dakota Wars
ictnews.org
January 14, 2026 at 10:31 PM
This is surreal. 4 Oglala Lakota men kidnapped by ICE in Minneapolis have finally been located. One of them was released but the other 3 are being held at Fort Snelling, a former concentration camp used to imprison Native people incl. the Dakota 38 during Dakota Wars.
ictnews.org/news/north-c...
ictnews.org/news/north-c...
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1/ I recently wrote about Frances Perkins—FDR’s Labor Secretary and first woman cabinet member. She is best known as the architect of the New Deal but she had a lesser-known achievement:
She dismantled her era’s version of ICE.🧵
She dismantled her era’s version of ICE.🧵
January 14, 2026 at 3:43 AM
1/ I recently wrote about Frances Perkins—FDR’s Labor Secretary and first woman cabinet member. She is best known as the architect of the New Deal but she had a lesser-known achievement:
She dismantled her era’s version of ICE.🧵
She dismantled her era’s version of ICE.🧵
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This is state terror.
I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
January 13, 2026 at 6:34 PM
This is state terror.
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American Samoans are part of the U.S., but they aren’t citizens, and they don’t have the right to vote. In Alaska, they’ve become a target for politicians looking to prosecute voter fraud.
Our new story with High Country News:
Our new story with High Country News:
Americans by Name, Punished for Believing It
In a small Alaska town, American Samoans face prosecution for voting in the only country they’ve ever known. They live in a limbo, created by colonial expansion, that now confuses even public officials—and has made them a new target for policing voter fraud.
boltsmag.org
January 12, 2026 at 5:00 PM
American Samoans are part of the U.S., but they aren’t citizens, and they don’t have the right to vote. In Alaska, they’ve become a target for politicians looking to prosecute voter fraud.
Our new story with High Country News:
Our new story with High Country News:
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ICE relies heavily on the private sector to help carry out its Gestapo-like crusade against immigrants and their allies. Without the logistical, financial, and political support of business, its capacity to terrorize our communities would crumble.
Want to Stop ICE? Go After Its Corporate Collaborators.
ICE can’t function without help from the private sector. So we should force the private sector to stop helping.
www.thenation.com
January 10, 2026 at 1:07 AM
ICE relies heavily on the private sector to help carry out its Gestapo-like crusade against immigrants and their allies. Without the logistical, financial, and political support of business, its capacity to terrorize our communities would crumble.
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Granted I’m biased but I actually don’t think that looking like a lesbian should justify summary executions.
January 11, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Granted I’m biased but I actually don’t think that looking like a lesbian should justify summary executions.
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This guy is in Minneapolis standing before an American citizen in an SUV.
The only reason he's brandishing an assault rifle is because he wants the people he's purportedly there protecting to feel terrorized by his presence.
This is not protection. This is occupation.
The only reason he's brandishing an assault rifle is because he wants the people he's purportedly there protecting to feel terrorized by his presence.
This is not protection. This is occupation.
January 10, 2026 at 7:23 PM
This guy is in Minneapolis standing before an American citizen in an SUV.
The only reason he's brandishing an assault rifle is because he wants the people he's purportedly there protecting to feel terrorized by his presence.
This is not protection. This is occupation.
The only reason he's brandishing an assault rifle is because he wants the people he's purportedly there protecting to feel terrorized by his presence.
This is not protection. This is occupation.
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"Men are afraid that women will laugh at them; women are afraid that men will kill them"
January 10, 2026 at 10:10 PM
"Men are afraid that women will laugh at them; women are afraid that men will kill them"
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A lack of accountability for rampant corruption and criminality is part of what got us into this mess in the first place and anyone who thinks we can “just turn the page” and move on is ensuring things will get worse. It’s disqualifying.
Newsom's already calling for a joining of hands with the Nazis and let atrocities be bygones.
January 10, 2026 at 11:11 PM
A lack of accountability for rampant corruption and criminality is part of what got us into this mess in the first place and anyone who thinks we can “just turn the page” and move on is ensuring things will get worse. It’s disqualifying.
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No person or group is a drain on public resources without planned austerity as the background condition.
If you want public resources to serve more people, you hire people to produce more robust public resources. Public resources are a factor of public employment.
If you want public resources to serve more people, you hire people to produce more robust public resources. Public resources are a factor of public employment.
January 9, 2026 at 6:13 PM
No person or group is a drain on public resources without planned austerity as the background condition.
If you want public resources to serve more people, you hire people to produce more robust public resources. Public resources are a factor of public employment.
If you want public resources to serve more people, you hire people to produce more robust public resources. Public resources are a factor of public employment.
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Employment creates capacity, not the other way around
January 9, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Employment creates capacity, not the other way around
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We're in a moment where "GenAI" is being used to create "revenge porn" aimed at women and girls (effectively CSAM) with no consequences. The response has been to suggest that women and girls stop posting pictures online altogether- which is tantamount to saying "the public(s) are not for you."
January 10, 2026 at 1:00 AM
We're in a moment where "GenAI" is being used to create "revenge porn" aimed at women and girls (effectively CSAM) with no consequences. The response has been to suggest that women and girls stop posting pictures online altogether- which is tantamount to saying "the public(s) are not for you."
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A Black man named Keith Porter was shot and killed by an ICE officer on New Year’s Eve.
Marimar Martinez was shot five times by an ICE officer in Chicago who went on to brag about leaving seven holes in her body.
This is not new but it is expanding.
Marimar Martinez was shot five times by an ICE officer in Chicago who went on to brag about leaving seven holes in her body.
This is not new but it is expanding.
Your reminder that what happened to Renee Nicole Good is something that happens regularly in America. This is not new, but it is an expanded version of militarized people targeting Black people in particular.
From ICE detention to murder with impunity, we've been doing it. Now it's broadened.
From ICE detention to murder with impunity, we've been doing it. Now it's broadened.
January 8, 2026 at 12:21 AM
A Black man named Keith Porter was shot and killed by an ICE officer on New Year’s Eve.
Marimar Martinez was shot five times by an ICE officer in Chicago who went on to brag about leaving seven holes in her body.
This is not new but it is expanding.
Marimar Martinez was shot five times by an ICE officer in Chicago who went on to brag about leaving seven holes in her body.
This is not new but it is expanding.
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nazi propagandists were found guilty of crimes in the nuremburg trials and if we ever get out of this these fucks should be treated the exact same. accessory to murder
A 23 year old larping as a journalist made a misleading and inaccurate YouTube video that the administration full of chronically online shitposters used to justify the “largest immigration operation ever” and now someone is dead
January 7, 2026 at 8:12 PM
nazi propagandists were found guilty of crimes in the nuremburg trials and if we ever get out of this these fucks should be treated the exact same. accessory to murder
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masked, unidentified goons who assault and murder with impunity. a literal gestapo.
This is the ICE agent who murdered a woman by shooting her multiple times in the face.
January 7, 2026 at 7:36 PM
masked, unidentified goons who assault and murder with impunity. a literal gestapo.
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this article is a good example of what i mean — literal kids work the orchards where the bulk of our oranges/lemons are grown, earning a piece-rate that can work out to less than minimum wage, and i genuinely don’t know what you or i can do about it even if it disgusts us. that’s shame
January 6, 2026 at 4:46 PM
this article is a good example of what i mean — literal kids work the orchards where the bulk of our oranges/lemons are grown, earning a piece-rate that can work out to less than minimum wage, and i genuinely don’t know what you or i can do about it even if it disgusts us. that’s shame
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“...how did Black feminism become a longstanding historical tradition? In part, by shedding light on the ways Black women’s bodies have been routinely exploited to preserve white supremacy, and by providing a liberatory framework to build solidarity across communities.”
Black feminist organizers reflect on Trump’s second term & the future of their movements, reports Gracelynne West. In the face of rising fascism & political instability, activists say the liberatory framework offered by Black feminism is more crucial than ever.
Black feminist organizers reflect on Trump’s second term and the future of their movements
In the face of rising fascism and political instability, activists say the liberatory framework offered by Black feminism is more crucial than ever
prismreports.org
January 6, 2026 at 5:04 PM
“...how did Black feminism become a longstanding historical tradition? In part, by shedding light on the ways Black women’s bodies have been routinely exploited to preserve white supremacy, and by providing a liberatory framework to build solidarity across communities.”
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Read theory www.liberalcurrents.com/the-crisis-o...
January 6, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Read theory www.liberalcurrents.com/the-crisis-o...
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New at Can We Still Govern: @agpines.bsky.social & @lizananat.bsky.social explain how the work volatility of low income service employees will make it hard for them to satisfy new SNAP/Medicaid work requirements, even when they work lots of hours. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/when-volat...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/when-volat...
When Volatile Work Schedules Meet SNAP Work Requirements
New policies put low income workers in jeopardy of losing vital supports
donmoynihan.substack.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:28 PM
New at Can We Still Govern: @agpines.bsky.social & @lizananat.bsky.social explain how the work volatility of low income service employees will make it hard for them to satisfy new SNAP/Medicaid work requirements, even when they work lots of hours. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/when-volat...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/when-volat...
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📣 Proud of our new paper revealing that 2 in 5 renters in cancer treatment can't pay their housing or utility bills, along with 1 in 9 homeowners.
Cancer patients need housing supports and a healthcare system that doesn't impoverish families fighting life-threatening chronic illness. #episky 🧪
Cancer patients need housing supports and a healthcare system that doesn't impoverish families fighting life-threatening chronic illness. #episky 🧪
January 3, 2026 at 2:49 AM
📣 Proud of our new paper revealing that 2 in 5 renters in cancer treatment can't pay their housing or utility bills, along with 1 in 9 homeowners.
Cancer patients need housing supports and a healthcare system that doesn't impoverish families fighting life-threatening chronic illness. #episky 🧪
Cancer patients need housing supports and a healthcare system that doesn't impoverish families fighting life-threatening chronic illness. #episky 🧪