Current status of the fundraisers for those killed by ICE: Renee Good: $1,499,580 Alex Pretti: $1,289,249 Keith Porter, Jr. $302,423 Parady La: $45,848 Heber Sanchez Dominguez: $47,991 Luis Beltrán Yanez Cruz: $18,640 Victor Manuel Diaz: $2,538 Geraldo Lunas: $2,260 Luis Gustavo Núñez: $1,935

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Looking forward to the day when we win hard enough to not need articles like “what are the paramilitaries spraying at you?: a helpful guide”

The Washington Post published a clear video of federal agents removing Alex Pretti's handgun moments before he was fatally shot. There's nothing in the video to suggest Pretti even reached for his weapon. wapo.st/49Zqv1L

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.

“Multiple people familiar with the matter said The Post is planning to shutter a majority of the paper’s international bureaus, dramatically reducing the number of reporters stationed abroad.” Devastating if this comes to pass. www.status.news/p/washington...

The majority of organizing happening in Minnesota isn’t just peaceful, it’s INVISIBLE. Moms showing up who won’t be interviewed on TV, people whose ICE patrols don’t turn into viral video. The grocery runs, the donations, the people filming bc they happen to be there. Please remember this.

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The WNBA players have never backed down from taking a stand. Love to see it.

I have reached the "purge old blazers from closet" stage of the holiday grey period. Maybe I should go back to work tomorrow, otherwise, I fear I will rid myself of my entire wardrobe...

I know this isn't the point, but those Cameroonian AFCON kits are 🔥🔥🔥

Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.

So, like, if I *were* to start a substack for real, what would y'all wanna read about?

Firm reminder: We live in community with children, not above them.

Well, that happened fast! Kudos to South Africa for that goal. Wow. #Afcon2025

Not to be controversial but I think we should use tools and resources to make people's lives less miserable instead of more

“The deep critical thinker has become the misfit of the world, this is not a coincidence. “To maintain order and control you must isolate the intellectual, the sage, the philosopher, the savant before their ideas awaken people.” — Carl Jung #philosophy #scholars #education #Writing #QOTD

Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.

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Betty Reid Soskin, one of the nation's most iconic park rangers, died peacefully at her home in Richmond on Sun., Dec. 21, 2025. She was 104.

Being familiar with the literature is what makes you an ‘expert.’ Having a LLM summarize literature for you makes you nothing. No one said it was easy to learn. Much as you might wish it, there are no shortcuts.

Few experiences humble you more quickly than being smacked in the eye by the strings of your hoodie while doing kettlebell swings...

I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.

For 28% of Americans, they cannot read and understand this sentence, or this is the hardest sentence they can read and understand. – (Level 1) "The cat is big. The cat runs. The cat is happy. The dog is here. The dog sees the cat. They play."

I'm taking my passport and global entry card with me to run today's errands at the library, post office, and grocery store. So uhh, there's that

Everything is so incredibly stupid.

I don't want gen AI in my browser I don't want gen AI in my pc I don't want gen AI in my art I don't want gen AI in my games I don't want gen AI in my music I don't want gen AI in my movies I don't want gen AI in my books I don't want gen AI in my cart I don't want gen AI in my life

Not a deportation joke about Wemby during the broadcast! Goodness gracious

Providence Police just released this video of the person of interest in the mass shooting at Brown University today. Call police at 401-652-5767 if you recognize him. Live updates here: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/13/m...

So, I'm on a work trip, right? I ordered one of those breakfast plates that comes with toast. The server reaches into a mixed basket of jams & jellies and brought me....orange marmalade. And now I'm over here chomping on bacon wondering what it is about me that projects orange marmalade energy

We must continue to fight for young people & youth liberation which means centering the voices of young people including those disproportionately criminalized. These curfews often target young Black men. Abolish the police Abolish all the police www.fox5dc.com/news/dc-poli...

Fox, that wrecking ball graphic was...a lot

Come read with us! fable.co/club/specs-t...

Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old

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I need to move to a place without winter. Every year, the cold gets more offensive 😭🥶😶‍🌫️

This is ridiculous. “Trailing parents”—moms and dads who follow their kids to college—have become more common in the past few years, Russell Shaw writes. But they risk depriving their kids the "gift of separation” and independence. www.theatlantic.com/family/2025/...

COOKED.

Adding ORD's runways to the list of my personal nemeses. Because what do you mean I missed my flight because we were taxiing for FORTY MINUTES?!?! #TravelSky

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I hate to see Knicks fans happy

My mom on Lebron's outfit tonight: "He looks like that man who walks into the hairdresser salon selling something" 😂

I love how that MJ interview gave us absolutely nothing 😂

I just looked at a student's transcript. Their senior year GPA is 5.1 out of 4.0. We NEED to stop doing this to our children.

I'm not sure if this is a hot take or not, but I really think high school PE classes should be pass/fail. Why am I looking at a student's transcript, and their GPA is lowered due to uniform infractions in PE classes?!