Over 30 millions years of evolution has given us the perfect bird.

Mais de 450 académicos de todo o mundo candidataram-se a uma nova iniciativa da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian: ter tempo para dar largas ao pensamento. Em Abril serão anunciados os dez seleccionados.

Earlier today I was on the phone with a customer service rep who lives in minneapolis and works out of a call center there. Her stories about what is happening in her neighborhood enraged me but also broke my heart.

In "When Home Is a Photograph," Leigh Raiford asks how Black people use photography to make home in the world through an exploration of the practices of Black American activists and artists. #BlackStudies Read the intro for free now: buff.ly/lMkphrj

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Stunning photos from Minneapolis, including this one by John Locher for the Associated Press. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

The import of this ruling: Foreign citizens in the United States—including green card holders—can be arrested for political speech and imprisoned for months or even years before being given a meaningful opportunity to challenge the constitutionality of their arrest and imprisonment.

www.equator.org/articles/hom... Homeland Empire Nikhil Pal Singh

By Rinaldo Walcott and Christina Sharpe. hyperallergic.com/the-south-af...

🤔 of this especially on this, the birthday of Julian Bond, who championed the power of ordinary people to change their communities. Ella Baker had taught him and his cohorts that “oppressed people … have the ability to understand and interpret the world around them …and move to transform it.”

Mike Johnson compellingly making the case for abolishing ICE ...

UPDATE on Minnesota v. Noem: No TRO against DHS activities at this time, with further briefing ordered. DOJ response is due Monday. Reply due on or before Thursday. Hearing not yet set. Local news coverage: kstp.com/kstp-news/to...

Van Hollen: We are here to say not one more dime for Donald Trump's ICE operations

Something horrifying is happening in America: Because he was filming ICE Nazis, whuch is protected under the constitution, an American citizen in St. Paul, Minnesota was brutalized to the point of becoming unresponsive. What happened in Nazi Germany is happening in America. 😳👇

What's the Venn Dialogue of people who said not to use the term fascism and those who are telling people not to say abolish ICE?

Unions and community orgs are calling for a Minnesota-wide shutdown in 10 days to protest the ferocious assault by federal immigration agents. They're saying on Jan 23, no work, no school, no shopping. SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, & others are supporting, w/ more to join. By me, Amie Stager

I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen *Everyone has stories like this*

The state of Minnesota is suing the Trump administration, calling widespread federal immigration operations in the Twin Cities "a federal invasion." https://cnn.it/3LJgMEq

I never thought I'd be sympathetic or empathetic toward or rooting for Jerome Powell ( or anyone else in his position), but here we are.

Jerome Powell: "This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation."

Some of Hollywood’s biggest stars wore lapel pins to protest ICE at Sunday’s Golden Globe Awards.

"Sinners" just won at the Golden Globes for Cinematic and Box Office Achievement

Outrageous that this happened and unbearably sad. My heart goes out to the author Ms. Adichie and her family.

I can't say this loudly enough: THEY ARE TRYING TO NORMALIZE THE KILLING OF CIVILIANS FOR PARTICIPATING IN FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTED PROTEST ACTIVITIES.

Cornelius Eady. poets.org/poem/renee-n...

ICE just reported its fourth in-custody death of 2026. It’s only January 10.

I can't believe I'm posting this video - but we actually have to have a conversation about the real world implications of America going to war over Greenland. Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.

Suspect arrested in predawn fire that left parts of Mississippi’s largest synagogue in charred ruins A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil…

This black man, who was racially profiled by ICE in a gas station in Minneapolis today, would not have walked away if it weren’t for brave Americans who stood up for him and for those whose deaths have brought ICE’s savagery to the epicenter of national attention. Keep calling them out, America!

The never-ending attempt of “journalists” to construct virtuous victims. It’s irrelevant that Renee Nicole Good participated in a youth ministry in Ireland or was reported to be a Christian or was supposedly not “an activist” (whatever that means). She shouldn’t have been murdered in cold blood.

what are the countries where you can still openly protest and disagree with the government without fear of being killed, disappeared, intimidated, harassed, surveilled, abducted, or tortured?

book learning will never hit the same as embodied learning :/

Social media monitoring systems, cellphone location tracking, facial recognition, remote hacking tools — now being turned on Americans by ICE to target protesters. bit.ly/3Kq348R

Project 2025 is already handled this for Republicans. There’s a reason news media doesn’t mention Project 2025 anymore—its implementation is just part of normal U.S. society, now. 🇺🇸

It’s hard to know if people outside MN understand how much of life is grinding to a halt here because of Trump’s occupation. Schools have shut down, businesses are scaling back hours or closing because their employees aren’t safe. The whole city is weighted down.

The life and legacy of historian and author Dr. John Hope Franklin www.kut.org/life-arts/20...

The tragic death of Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year old mother fatally shot by ICE, shows that ICE can’t be reformed and must be abolished. I’ll be introducing the Abolish ICE Act as a step toward justice, accountability, and humanity in our immigration policy. Time to melt ICE.

The everyday courage of normal people is breathtaking

“When I speak about making our city more affordable, my vision is not limited to the homes that we live in or the child care that we’re making universal — it’s also a vision where we make it possible for working people to afford lives of joy, of art, of rest, of expression.”

Ending the Avelo contract with DHS also a big win. And a place where, as with many fights against logistical networks, local action against a national or international problem can be surprisingly effective. New Haven is its biggest airport! And they got the mayor against the airline.

Renée Good's last seconds alive with the man about to shoot her remind me of Elijah McClain saying, "You are beautiful and I love you" before he was killed. We have to end this brutality.

South Africa who took Israel to the ICJ on the crime of genocide.

If you are a white person newly activated by current events, here are some places to plug in: Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) surj.org

After the George Floyd protests, right-wingers needed something to counter demands from the largest protest movement in US history. Fortunately, they found a word that fueled their white backlash AND demonized anyone who supported police reform, equality or human decency. "Woke"

they didn’t leak it to make the shooter look innocent, but to make the victim look guilty. not guilty of a crime. guilty of having a visibly queer wife. guilty of liberalism. guilty of opposing the regime. they don’t seek to exonerate themselves, only to demonstrate who deserves to die.

Laughing at all the people saying shit like we should get rid of the few bad apples in the ethnic cleansing operation