So, like, I grew up around ATL during the early 90s-- prime Braves years. And I loved those guys. But I cannot tell you how much I do not watch baseball anymore, and it is at least 70% because I don't respect the players off the field. Some terrible goddamn opinions in the dugouts.

i have just gotten off a productive call with sauron where i laid out our requests - nazgul bodycams - morgul knife must remain sheathed unless suspect is determined to be carrying the one ring - shelob will be the new point of contact

👀 Judge Schlitz, the chief federal judge in Minnesota, has ordered the head of ICE, Todd Lyons, to appeal personally in court Friday and threatened him with contempt for the agency’s repeated violation of court orders. “The court’s patience is at an end.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

This is the GM firing an assistant coach and hoping that will be the end of the questions, except with fascism.

I KNOW SO MANY HISTORY PROFESSORS.

The terror that ICE and CBP have inflicted on the children of the Twin Cities is, by itself, a crime of scandalous proportions that will forever stain this country's moral fabric, and all those responsible should never know another day of peace. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Just a reminder that the paper is owned by one of the wealthiest men in the world who recently paid $40 million to distribute a documentary about the first lady.

I think there’s a difference worth pointing out between a person you know changing their mind (welcome) & a pundit feeling the wind shift on their spit-slicked finger as they declare it’s now correct to call something fascist (fuck off into the sun). One of them will never fight alongside you.

No Kings is hosting what is shaping up to be the largest ICE Watch training in history tonight. Join here: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

I've been stuck inside because of the storm for the past day, & had a brief moment today where I thought, "Well, I could do my taxes," because I usually do them early. & I cannot tell you how much the idea of readying my taxes for a murderous bunch of racists made me sick. So. Dude's got a point.

So I do this thing where I make a graduation playlist for my seniors every year (because public school teacher = broke and cannot afford presents for each of them), and I've been working on it a lot today. ...this may not be the correct headspace for a celebratory mix.

I re-read "About Face" by @natepowell.bsky.social tonight. It was always a powerful look at the aesthetics of fascism, but it hits differently in light of the government's assault on Minneapolis.

i’d also be super interested in talking to people at these companies about the vibe after your bosses ate popcorn with the president during a political assassination. signal in bio.

#tourdownunder Sincerely, I cannot express how much Harry Sweeney delights me. "I need to be more of an asshole." Snerk. Amazing. Never change.

I would like to thank the #TourDownUnder for existing right now, because I desperately need the distraction. I keep thinking of Minneapolis, and Alex Pretti's poor parents, and-- yeah. Thank god I can lose myself in a cycling race for a minute or two, you know?

Hey. Cycling folks. He was one of us in that way, too.

Text of the video posted by Mac Randolph “Never wanted to share this video but his speech is very on point.”

A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.

You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.

And now, Swan Lake!

I’m completely fed up with elected Representatives saying shit like, “Republicans will tell you behind closed doors that they don’t agree with what ICE is doing”. Playtime is over. Professional courtesy no longer exists. Name them, record them, and make it public.

Not exactly the same as what you're asking, but Android has a feature that can automatically record up to 45 minutes of footage, and automatically share with your emergency contacts. Triggered by pressing the power button 5 times. Located under Safety & Emergency settings.

I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.

UPDATE: @dropsitenews.com has obtained the very graphic video from the lady in the pink coat, which shows ICE executing yet another person in broad daylight:

We must stop funding DHS.

Ring the alarum-bell! Murder and treason!

This sure seems more like the tyranny the Constitution is supposed to protect against than forgiving student loans.

Call. Your. Senators. Right. Fucking. Now. It’s ok if your voice shakes while you leave the voice mail. If you cry. If you cuss. If you’re inarticulate. Just get the message across. bsky.app/profile/jaso...

palpable rage in Minnesota file:///C:/Users/Nikki/Downloads/Velshi-2026-01-24-0.mp4

MS NOW news crew capturing ICE/DHS agents firing pepper balls, flash bangs, and tear gas at non violent protesters. file:///C:/Users/Nikki/Downloads/Velshi-2026-01-24.mp4

i do not know how this goes on for three more years

What can you even do, but call with a throat full of rage and grief and leave another fucking voicemail?

Fair play, world. I respect it. I'd boycott us, too. I just live here.

They are never, ever going to win in Minnesota.

When someone tells you children’s programming in their day was nonpolitical, they are really saying they weren’t a very bright child.

One day, if we are lucky, the erasure of American history will itself be remembered as a shameful chapter in American history

It feels really damn good when a colleague who you really respect sees you teaching something, and pulls you aside later to say they were impressed and learned something.

PRINCE HENRY How does the king? GLOUCESTER Exceeding ill.

i feel like the viral bus thread resonates because at every step of the way you're like "ok surely this will be resolved shortly, any second now," which seems like what all the passengers are also thinking. then the fact that the situation doesn't resolve and the bus just keeps going is an Allegory

Some perspective: The S&P opened down -1.3% on Trump's Greenland saber-rattling. That's $750 billion of wealth destroyed -- roughly equal to estimates of the value of Greenland. And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.

If you're a soldier in the 11th Airborne Division being ordered to prep for deployment to Minnesota or Greenland, remember that you have the right to apply for conscientious objector status. Call the GI Bill Rights hotline: 1-877-447-4487

Dr. King in March, 1965 at Jimmie Lee Jackson’s funeral— a 26 year old Army veteran hunted & murdered by police during a nonviolent protest in Marion, AL, whose killing directly inspired the Selma-to-Montgomery march four days later. (from March: Book Three by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and myself)

"Never again can we afford to live with the narrow, provincial 'outside agitator' idea. Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered an outsider anywhere within its bounds." www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen...

How it started/how it's going

My mother, who was born in WV, lived in the Twin Cities region for her late elementary to early HS years, and then moved to ATL, where she has lived since the late 1960s. The amount of fondness my mother has for MN is only matched by her current rage for what is happening there.

New: We built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration. readsludge.com/2026/01/16/t...

NEW: Jonathan Ross, the ICE thug who murdered Renee Good, was NOT TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL according to police reports. He was taken to the Federal Building. He was NOT INJURED. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...