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“If [wealthy, powerful people] can get us to accept that the future’s already settled, AI is already here, the end is already here, then we will create that for them. My most daring idea is to refuse.” — @tressiemcphd.bsky.social

Sometimes walking out of your history class is the best way to demonstrate that you learned something in your history class. wapo.st/4aF0iqG

Abolish ICE is merely the starting position. This below is the correct one.

New — I spoke to eight trans people in Kansas about the new state law that invalidated their driver’s licenses overnight, what’s it’s like to live there right now, plus details of two DMV emails exclusively obtained by The Handbasket that shed light on the law’s chaotic and cruel rollout:

A new paper shows that less than 2 months of exposure to Twitter’s algorithmic feed significantly shifts people’s political views to the right. Moving from chronological feed to the algorithmic feed also increases engagement. This is one of the most concerning papers I’ve read in awhile.

🚫🧊 HEY STUDENTS‼️ www.mobilize.us/aft/event/89...

I have some suggestions on who should replace David Brooks, but only after reminding everyone how terrible he is at his supposed job. biblioracle.substack.com/p/david-broo...

“History shows that wars can be lost [quickly] if defenders surrender strategic terrain without a struggle. For universities, that terrain is the ultimate high ground: human intelligence itself. If we do not fight for it now, those who come after us will face an even more unequal struggle.”

Why do people hate ai? It’s a mystery for the ages.

AI is so inherently popular that companies are paying influencers up to $600,000 to tell people how awesome it is: aftermath.site/ai-influencer-...

“at no point do they seriously contemplate the structural causes of academic dishonesty:the alienation of students from meaningful intellectual labor, the reduction of education to skill building and credential accumulation,and the pervasive distrust that suffuses increasingly surveilled classrooms”

Ending immigration agents’ abuses requires reckoning with a long history of cruelty at the border.

A candidate for political office SHOULD run on an “Abolish and Hunt ICE” platform. Reallocate ALL DHS funding for healthcare for all. Public trials that hold them accountable with Nuremberg punishments. Repealing the Patriot Act would be icing on the cake.

GET IN LOSERS WE'RE FLIPPING TEXAS

yet again it seems like the ones who are *most trained* are also *most likely* to draw their weapons & fire on civilians, almost as if the training exists to desensitize them to killing or its consequences & moreover to convince them of the necessity & desirability of pulling the trigger

Khalidi argues that the rise of Hamas was basically a predictable consequence of Israel stringing the PLO along for decades in a “peace process” that continuously resulted in zero meaningful concessions to Palestinian interests. Essentially burning away any sense that diplomacy could work.

It is past time for other senate leaders to demand Schumer resign. From the absolute disgrace of a Dem proposal responding to the fascist ICE thugs terrorizing our neighbors to these inexcusable comments… Senator Murray, you must take a stand. We deserve so much better. @murray.senate.gov

Schumer must resign. There is no path forward with this deeply ineffectual and out of touch man at the helm of the opposition party. #StepAsideSchumer

Okay! This has already inspired a bunch of DMs, so I made a page on the website. If you have 50,000+ Skymiles and would be willing to book flights to get someone home, please fill this out.

this almost got lost, but also seems important.

Seems bad.

I just got tear gassed along with thousands of union members, many of whom had their families with them. Federal agents at the ICE facility tear gassed children. We must abolish ICE, DHS, and we must have prosecutions. I expect to see enforcement of our city code prohibiting the use of tear gas.

BOISE: courage is wearing a Mexican flag cape to the pro-ICE demo

I live on the ride route and I cannot emphasize enough that the ride started passing my house 50 minutes ago and is 👏🏻 still 👏🏻 going 👏🏻. ICE OUT.

The answer is for WA to become the anti-MAGA. Invest in higher ed, not cut it as Gov. Ferguson wants. Fund the research and health care that Trump and DOGE cut. Hire all the scientists and experts looking for a good job in a good place. Build a lot more housing so people can afford to move here.

It has become clear that we need to organize our demands in 2 steps: 1) Chuck Schumer must resign immediately. 2) Abolish ICE (& resignations/ impeachments of the whole admin, starting w Noem/Miller). We can’t get to step 2 from here without step 1. Cc @citizensimpeachment.com @indivisible.org

"ICE is ... the product of escalating white nationalism and a long history of state-sanctioned kidnapping and disappearance of adults and children of color."

New York, call Schumer at (202) 224-6542 and tell him that better rules and training will not fix this. ICE must be completely dismantled. And if you don't live in New York, call your senator and tell them that the only sensible position is to abolish ICE and replace Schumer as minority leader.

Link to map with all the Alex Pretti memorial rides. bikepacking.com/news/alex-pr...

🚨 New from me I speak w/ Mary C. Turner, a registered nurse & one of the presidents of @nationalnurses.bsky.social, the largest nurses union in the US, which has called for ICE to be abolished after Alex Pretti's killing Listen on any podcast player @therealnews.com therealnews.com/nurses-union...

For those in #NY17 or the surrounding area. GOP Rep. Mike Lawler will be holding a town hall this Sunday, February 1st. In response, the local Fight Lawler group will be holding a peaceful rally at the event. If you’re interested in joining, see below: www.mobilize.us/fightlawler/...

Billy Bragg also chimed in: bsky.app/profile/bill...

This Dutch hospital integrates active transportation into healthcare access, offering two large dedicated bicycle parking areas for patients traveling to appointments

This is why the Dems' calls for body cams and de-escalation training totally miss the point: ICE agents are doing exactly what they were hired for - they're selected BECAUSE they're violent racists They're told - and now shown - they have immunity We can't reform our way out of this, abolish ICE

In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and ICE occupation, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about migrant justice and border abolition. We’ve also added a list of additional recommended reading:

🚨👀 This is powerful. Over 1,000 (ONE THOUSAND) orgs are asking Congress to "refuse to provide" one more dollar to ICE & CBP and "take action to revoke the tens of billions" given by the reconciliation (Trump's big ugly bill). Key ask of the letter that just went to Congress. ↘️

Abolish ICE. Abolish the border. Abolish the police. A better world is possible if we fight for it.

my guy was back out there doin Good Work with a broken rib from his previous encounter. name a fucking high school after him.

if you're looking to learn about what are some of the lowest-hanging fruits in terms of local elections in places that directly help ICE, this is for you:

Hi! I have tracked 12 Members of Congress that have called for ICE to be abolished. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Heads Up Minneapolis! MAGA propagandists Cam Higby, Kevin Posobiec & Hailey West have been spotted undercover otg & filming people today. They mean to twist your anger & sorrow into demonization. Avoid or nonviolently, but firmly, demand they leave. The less content you give them, the better.

NBC put out this list today, and i immediately saved it to my phone

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.

"The Department of Consumer and Worker Protection ... can issue public alerts under NYC Charter Chapter 64 about legal, financial, and political risks of buying land in occupied territory. The mayor could use these advisories to educate the public and signal the city's opposition."