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It’s ironic that they’re like “if we do ethnic cleansing we’ll have a high trust neighborly society” and then Minneapolis is literally doing high trust neighborly society and they’re like nooooo

In the last 18 days alone: - Two men in ICE custody have killed themselves (jails are supposed to protect against this) - Two men died of cardiac-related issues - One man was reportedly choked to death by a guard - One man died of fentanyl withdrawal (family question the medical care provided)

Last night, The Minneapolis Federation of Educators Local 59 signed on to the call for a Jan 23 shutdown. That brings total labor support to: the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 1005, SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, CWA Local 7250, St. Paul Federation of Educators Local 28, and the MFE 59

Average Sunday show interview: OFFICIAL: we are going to dip enemies of the state into acid vats HOST: how will you pay for it? OFFICIAL: tariffs HOST: critics say tariffs don't generate acid vat money OFFICIAL: tariffs have generated more money than has ever existed HOST: thank u for ur time

It’s not bait when armed thugs are actually beating and killing you and your neighbors.

✨Good reading✨

I saw this video of a Vietnam vet in the fur coat yelling at ICE and thought to myself, "this is missing something," before I realized, "Ah, of course, the Ether instrumental. It's so obvious."

Infinite cheers to the security guard blocking ICE from abducting people from a McDonalds in Minneapolis, "I'm with ALL the bullshit."

Reporters, COMBINE the figure of those killed by ICE during street encounters with those dying in detention. And those who have died after deportation. They are also murdered by ICE.

The murdered woman's glove compartment is filled with stuffed animals.

they’re abducting our neighbors and putting them in concentration camps and they’ll shoot you in the fucking face if you don’t cheer them on while they’re doing it.

Helpful booklist!

this fool got bored with his coal fantasy and decided to kill hundreds or thousands to revisit the early 2000s? is that it?

true. no piratical terrorist attack for oil, 2026

NO WAR FOR OIL...2026

there's always that One Chapter 😩🗃️ #skystorians

At his inauguration today prior to Zohran Kwame Mamdani's inauguration,Jumaane Williams cited the Brazilian movement slogan, "Ninguém solta a mão de ninguém" -- no one lets go of anyone's hand. He also quoted Maurice Bishop, "Revolutionaries do not have the right to be cowards."

I love New York. Everyday.

is there a classic about how Masonic backrooms gave political connections and capital in the nineteenth century? like, I know it's an obvious point. But any good writing on it? 🗃️ #skystorians

wishing everyone good health in the new year with this nightmare from an 1890 Roseau newspaper 😬🗃️

Sentence I'd Like to Reread is quite the brass ring, it seems!

the thing about editing is it's not like the words that are already there are Not True, it's just that better ones are around somewhere. In the back of your brain like pocket lint? Lost in a decade of bad sleep? JUST AROUND THE NEXT INSPIRATIONAL PODCAST CORNER? who's to say.

Very much enjoyed this article, and footnotes are ✨ M E T I C U L O U S ✨, super helpful to reading about economic history and more. Highly recommended!

editors are amazing BUT/AND my self-confidence in preposition choices is plummeting fast

people with no conception of neighbors or solidarity are defeatist. spare me their hot takes.

DHS is engaged in textbook scapegoating that mirrors Nazi Germany. There is no ambiguity here.

professional associations asking for donations 3-10x a year is 😭😭😭, my $ is going a million different directions to mutual aid, STOP emailing

Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.

title-dump footnotes with twenty-plus books, I'm side-eying you

And even better if you direct readers to specific pages or passages... 🗃️

Horrifying.

truly

Truly an EXCELLENT podcast episode by @ceaubin.com and Marlene Daut on Mr. Genocide Bonaparte. Recommended listening. 🗃️

#Skystorians question! Did any non-colonial place pass anti-Carnival ordinances in the 1880s and 1890s? 🗃️

An ICE Air flight carried migrants from Alexandria, LA, to the US Naval Base at Guantánamo Bay today—the first migrants held at GTMO since October 17.

*poof!* archived. Now NONE of us know what was written.

Stop prompting me to send a follow up email. I'll gnaw off a finger or delete this whole mail app first

So, so many brilliant, energetic young scholars are not getting the chance that they deserve, ANY CHANCE, and we are all poorer for it. 🗃️

Spring syllabus time. De-emphasizing response papers for a seminar, adding two more presentations instead. Thoughts welcome. 🗃️ #skystorians

Congestion pricing now, congestion pricing ✨forever✨...

Comparative query about municipal history: French authorities create the first municipality in Martinique in 1789. British authorities do not create one in Dominica until the 1890s. Does anyone know if the French created municipal governments (with a mayor and an assistant mayor) more often? 🗃️

delete a little Read a new book Order more library books 😬🗃️

A 27 year old man in end stage kidney failure was told if he wanted his dialysis he has to sign self deportation papers. “If you want to leave, sign. If not, you're going to die here." Withholding of life saving medical treatment should be considered torture. www.wfae.org/race-equity/...

edit and delete edit and delete scribble! and delete

Dictation has started capitalizing Island always, and it's starting to feel right

Average folks kettled ICE

Let us try to give a helping hand This I know and I'm sure That with love we all could understand This is our world, can't you see? Everybody wants to live and be free Instead of fussing and fighting Cheating backbiting Scandalizing and hating Yeah, we could have a Wonderful world, beautiful people