On other platforms I've seen a few comments from ppl interpreting "force the fight" as a call to arms -- as if there is nothing between Dems continuing to follow a playbook the other side has shredded and civil war. 🤦🏼‍♀️

People are right to be incensed, but there are more names to uplift. ICE killed an immigrant man named Silverio Villegas González in Chicagoland. He had children. Victor Manuel Diaz was kidnapped in Minneapolis and died in ICE custody on January 14. Their names deserve to be repeated, too.

For something completely different from my usual posts. Made this tonight. www.skinnytaste.com/crock-pot-pi... My modifications (continued in thread): Rotel with green chilies - 1 regular, 1 mild Chicken: 2 large chicken breasts and 2 thighs More below

Resistance begins with truth and that means breaking free of the mythology of the founders and the founding. I have found @tadstoermer.bsky.social videos to be extremely helpful with that. #Resistance #History youtu.be/gmOnrKy4uwA?...

"the Trump administration has fired almost 100 judges viewed as too liberal and over the summer eased rules allowing any attorney, regardless of their legal background, to apply to become what recent recruitment ads refer to as a “Deportation Judge.”" www.stripes.com/branches/arm...

Have you seen this? My head after reading the first several paragraphs: 🤯🤬🤮🤬 msmagazine.com/2025/12/13/p...

Think you know the Montgomery Bus Boycott or Rosa Parks? This is a great reminder that resistance takes time to work. A fact that's easy to forget in our instantaneous culture.

I volunteer with Emergent Justice and I can tell you this evidentiary hearing is a big deal. Please help me and @emergentjustice.org amplify this story and this week's coverage of the hearing.

Great and important article.

This is why I will never, ever agree with Dem strategists who advise dropping transgender issues to win elections.

"Viola Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died at 111. In the final years of her life, she and other survivors shared their stories publicly, bringing a more nuanced awareness about the legacy of that day." More: 19thnews.org/2025/11/viol...

Today, I watched the documentary "Sir, No Sir" about the G.I. Antiwar Movement during Vietnam. This was a movement primarily of men (and a few women) who were serving during the Vietnam War and decided what was happening was wrong. I highly recommend it. I found a free version on Youtube. #protest

If the cave-in frustrated you, if you need some resistance inspiration, if you aren’t clear as to what liberal nationalism is or why it's a problem, check this out. And if you aren’t following him on IG or elsewhere, you should www.instagram.com/reel/DQ9FLtB...

When it shows up on our doorsteps, will we be this brave? Will I be this brave? Daily, I wonder what I should be doing now, learning now, to be prepared (if that is possible) for when it arrives. How does someone with my disabilities "stand" with these warriors?

We know that being able to stay connected to family and other members of their support network while incarcerated reduces recidivism. So this decision isn't about better outcomes for families. It's about increasing the profit of the correctional telecom industry.

Today was a hard day. Regulations that we passed unanimously last year, after 7 years of advocacy, were largely gutted. The FCC capitulated to the correctional telecom industry in roughly doubling rate caps for prison and jail calls. I'm truly sorry. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...

Highly recommend reading this.

One of the saddest truths I've see on social media. When will we wake up and realize that sacrificing anyone for personal safety will never provide long term safety for anyone?

We need a Schoolhouse Rock reboot that focuses on civics and factual history - with inclusive graphics. They were effective. I just read the words "constitution" and "we the people" in a skeet and now that song is going through my head unbidden.

It is important to recognize that mental health symptoms can show up at school in ways that are often misinterpreted as bad behavior. This contributes to absenteeism and the school to prison pipeline. 🧵 #MIAW youtube.com/shorts/Hlb8r...

Great representation of the various books by Black authors that have been banned. Banned books are banned knowledge.

I was raised in a home where parental mental illness was present. Books were my lifeline to sanity and after I left home, they were the first steps I took to broadened my understanding of ppl different from me.

I've been aware of who #AssataShakur was for a few years. Bought her autobiography after reading several quotes from her that really resonated. But it was like other books I've bought out of interest but not gotten to. Her death brought it to the top of my reading stack. Halfway through. Recommend.

Hey Michigan Followers, please help spread the word by sharing this thread from @emergentjustice.org

Do YOU remember “the 21st night of September?” Earth Wind & Fire’s co-writer Allee Willis said she told the band: “We can’t leave ‘baa-dee-ya’ in the chorus. That has to mean something.’” Maurice White replied: “No, that feels great. That’s what people are going to remember. We’re leaving it.”

My Representative, @rephaleystevens.bsky.social voted Yes today. I am extremely disappointed.

Your local elected officials are your first line of defense. Make sure you are ready for Nov 4, 2025.

Sharing this particular article on the topic because Ground News rates it as center in terms of bias with very high factuality. lancasteronline.com/news/nationa...

"Working with Teachers College, however, he realized how important it was to have a tool that inspired writing but didn’t do the writing itself." This approach to AI seems promising to me. AI should assist, not replace a student's efforts (or anyone's efforts).

Hey, if you are either a new or old follower that cares about youth and interrupting the school-to-prison pipeline, please help spread the word about this work from Emergent Justice (and follow them if you aren’t already).

Just now…

Very cool and very South Minneapolis. Would l9ve to see this in other places.

I have bought many books from Haymarket. Now is a great time to add to your reading pile or ebook library

Not the ppl I expected. But I am not surprised.

If you aren’t following Tad Stoermer on some platform, you should. Great info on what the Founders really had in mind without all the hero worship or claims of "brave inventors of a new system" bs. youtu.be/yTgM07R_ngg?...

The anti-transgender political ads that ran in 2024 were rarely challenged by Dem candidates, and the few who did waited far too long to do so. The result -- those unchallenged images and messages became "fact" even to many on the left.

More than ever, it is important to use the tools we have to protect yourself.

Be smart. Stay safe.

@rephaleystevens.bsky.social as one of your constituents I want to know what you were thinking in voting for this. Thanking ICE now? Do you think this will help in your run for Senator?

Just as it is up to us to keep true history alive in the face of the administration's attempts at erasure, we must spread the truth of this moment in the face of lies by those same ppl. The history our children will learn happens today.

Even when researchers took steps to reduce bias, it still happened. Not completely surprising since AI learns using historical data.

Instead, uncomfortable wht ppl in power are trying to erase the fact that slavery and Jim Crow even existed. Or if it did, that it wasn't "too bad."

Deepfakes are a threat to democracy by the disinformation they spread. We're all susceptible when the message is something we "hope" is true. Protect yourself and your community by checking and double-checking sources before you share videos and images.

While there's been a lot of emphasis on ICE, discussions about build-ups in other areas of law enforcement have been largely absent. This is a great explanation of why. As a volunteer in the police divest/invest and end mass incarceration movements, I'm ashamed to say I hadn't even noticed.

Black students fought for this space in the 70's. “It's one of the oldest culture centers in the country,” Reynolds said. As institutions bend their knee, it's up to us to keep true history alive.

When someone equates that sky-palace with this lady, remind them of the facts: 1. Congress approved the gift of Lady Liberty 2. She was a gift to the people, not the government or elected official. 3. She remains accessible to the people as a national park/monument www.poynter.org/fact-checkin...

Sharing history that others try to erase is RESISTANCE.