Ik deel de zorgen van deze collega's over de conclusie van deze commissie volledig: meer politie-inzet en surveillance op universiteiten zou - juist nu, juist in dit tijdsgewricht - niemand moeten willen. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

Things that you find when you clean out your office. Honorary Mayor-President of Baton Rouge.

Ik heb me deze week ook mateloos geërgerd aan de eindeloze interviews met Peter Kanne. In de categorie: man vindt iets, zonder zich echt te informeren. En als er íemand is die zich het schompes werkt voor zijn vakgebied én voor de wetenschap in bredere zin, dan is het @remcobreuker.bsky.social wel.

Dit! Maar “woke” zou de bedreiging van de academische vrijheid zijn, en dat wordt nog steeds geroeptoeterd door NL politici.

Opmars van dierenliefhebbers op kandidatenlijsten Partij voor de Dieren.

Vandaag is het alweer twee jaar geleden dat ik het eerste exemplaar van mijn TMF-boek, De muziekfabriek, mocht uitreiken aan @sylvanasimons.bsky.social in de @melkwegamsterdam.bsky.social. Nu verkrijgbaar voor de helft van de prijs! Lees de inleiding hier: assets.ctfassets.net/4wrp2um278k7...

Palantir. Waar ABP 825 miljoen pensioengeld in wil stoppen 😭 Vergeet niet een brief naar pensioenfondsen te sturen: onsgeldtelt.nl Bemoei je er verdulleme mee.

Glad I decided to get a physical copy of this gorgeous Richard Dyer reader, co-edited by my old friend and colleague @jaapkooijman.bsky.social as a true labor of love. 👍🏻

The front door of our Media Studies building is a good example of New Materialism.

happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.

This watermark graffiti by street artist Mathieu Tremblin is, like, the best thing ever.

"To rekindle our light, we must reject cruelty and corruption. To be strong, we need more empathy, not less." Convincing analysis of the current situation by HRC.

Gisteravond heb ik gezoomd met een vriendin uit Minneapolis die in het middelbaar onderwijs werkt. Angst, onzekerheid, woede en verdriet overheersen. Als oud-MPLS-inwoner (91/92 & 2009) verbaast het mij niet dat de stad in opstand komt tegen ICE. En vanuit democratisch NL verdienen ze onze steun.

NEW: Tens of thousands are once again bringing downtown Minneapolis to a standstill (Friday Jan 30, 2026). A massive protest against ICE and in support of a national economic shutdown. (🎥 Vince Monroy)

“[Lemon's] constitutionally protected work in Minneapolis was no different than what he has always done,” Lowell said. “The first amendment exists to protect journalists whose role it is to shine light on the truth and hold those in power accountable. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Dus we verbeteren “het democratisch ethos in de hele samenleving” door het inperken demonstratierecht? www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

Wat een verademing: na jarenlang afbraakbeleid door allerlei kabinetten met de VVD, nu eindelijk een kabinet met de VVD.

Imagine driving down the Miracle Mile in 1967 and seeing this in your rearview mirror... Fear not, it's just sculptor Howard Ball in a VW towing one of his fiberglass mammoths to be installed at the La Brea Tar Pits.

Artist De Strandharker, a Dutch creator known for large-scale beach rake drawings, give remarkable tribute to the victims of Trump's ICE (Renée Good and Alex Pretti) 🫶

Haha! And yes, we should boycott the 2026 FIFA World Cup, whether you like football (not soccer) or not!

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Deze goed lezen: - De Trump-regering dient een gerechtelijk verzoek in tegen het bevel van een rechter dat hen verbiedt bewijsmateriaal over de dood van Alex Pretti te vernietigen.

The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember: - Organized a city wide general strike - Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence - Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE - Flipped public opinion against ICE

The United States is now a country where the President’s goons kill civilians on the streets. There’s no sugarcoating it. Which country dares send supporters and citizens to such a country? #worldcup #fifa26 ⚽️

STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION (NBPA) AND ITS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ON THE FATAL SHOOTING IN MINNEAPOLIS BY ICE

Mood in minneapolis right now

It was an extrajudicial execution. Anyone who defends this is defending a police state.

Walz: "I call on all Americans to see the decency this state is exhibiting, and the horrific cruelty, unprofessional, absolute abomination that is passing for what these f--- ICE agents are doing on our streets."

"In the first year of his second presidency, Trump’s ICE deployments have been carefully aimed at cities that are Democratic-led and often Black-led, as if imposing collective punishment for their defiance."

I'm at a loss for words. I'm glad someone else has them.

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."

Met 8 man om een man heen staan, hem met de kolf van een geweer slaan en dan 6x in hoofd en borst schieten. Dat lijkt me moord, een ander woord is daar niet voor. Moord, door je eigen overheid. Vermoord worden door mensen waar je zelf aan mee hebt moeten betalen. En wij gaan daar lekker voetballen.

So far in Minnesota They Shot a 37-year-old mother Renee Good four times, killing her, right after she dropped off her son at school. Then Ice kidnapped a five year old. Then ice kidnapped a two year old Then border patrol murdered Va nurse. Then Sec Noam went on tv and lied about it

Here comes the video analysis: - Pretti was shot 10 times after they took his gun - He never "brandished" the gun, assaulted an agent - They repeatedly pepper sprayed him at point blank range and beat him when he was down - He was attempting to help a woman who an agent threw to the ground (battery)

Facebook reminded me that today it's 17 years ago that I moved to Minneapolis for the second time; after living there in 1991/1992. MPLS is like a second home that is now being invaded by its own federal government. If Minnesota had been a country, we would be enraged... and we should be now too!

There's a third video I just watched and it just confirms everything. He died trying to help people being brutalized by agents. His response to them shoving two women was to a) help the women and b) put himself between them and the agents WITH HIS HANDS UP. At no point does he reach for his gun.

The ONLY thing Alex Pettis had in his hand was his phone!!! His weapon was holstered- he was NEVER a threat!

Holy crap. This is the most damning video yet. It shows Border Patrol agents clearly taking Alex's firearm, running it away, and THEN executed him in cold blood by emptying a clip into his face. Murder.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey: "I just saw a video of more than 6 masked agents pummeling one of our constituents and shooting him to death. How many more residents, how many more Americans need to die or get badly hurt for this operation to end?"

Dit!

Reminder: Minneapolis was a calm city before the Trump regime sent paramilitary thugs (ICE & Border Patrol) to chase, abduct and kill people.

The democrats must stop funding ICE, the local State government should disconnect the taxation sytem from the federal government, local hotels must be fined for hosting ICE agents, ... You have a system with lots of autonomy for the State, use all of the levers it gives you.

I expect “HowManyMore?” to become a rallying cry.

ICE is killing people in broad daylight because they want Americans to respond with violence.

ICE has now carried out two summary executions of innocent people in the streets of an American city. If you work for ICE, there's no denying that's the mission you're supporting now. You don't get to claim in one year or ten or twenty that you didn't know what ICE was doing. You're complicit.

The Star Tribune reports that federal agents "attempted to order local police from the scene" where a man was shot and killed by feds this morning, but Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara refused and "instructed his officers to preserve the scene."

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.

It just doesn’t stop!

My annual announcement of the first flower of the year.