Don’t just ABOLISH ICE, prosecute them for human rights violations! apnews.com/article/immi...

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THESE ARE CONCENTRATION CAMPS! www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Jan 31 in University District History: Pop chart-climbers Tony Orlando & Dawn surprisingly perform "Candida" and others at rock club Sugar Shack, 1551 N 4th. In 1971.

Hell yes!!

PEN America condemns the altering of syllabi and the shuttering of the Women’s & Gender Studies Program at Texas A&M University as an escalation in educational censorship in Texas. Read more here: pen.org/press-releas...

That’s sad. Was great back on the old SCTV. Loved her in Mighty Wind and all those Christopher Guest movies. variety.com/2026/more/ne...

There is nothing unlawful about protesting, posting, writing, broadcasting or otherwise exercising First Amendment-guaranteed rights. There is NO justification for this.

Jan 30 in University District History: "Cheerleaders" and "Blue Summer" are soft-core features to warm up a snowy January night at campus’ W 5th Ave Drive-In. Free in-car heaters. In 1976.

ICE DOES NOT MAKE US SAFE. We stand with all Springfield residents. www.wlwt.com/article/spri...

Early AM warming up the car

Love the Bruce Springsteen protest song. This one by Billy Bragg is pretty solid too. Happy Friday! Abolish ICE. Fuck fascism. open.spotify.com/track/0fOhXV...

DHS has a whole citizen detainment system set up in Minnesota. They snatch citizens off the street (often with proof they are citizens), detain them for a few hours, steal their phones, then release them into the cold. It ain’t about deporting citizens; it’s about terrorizing a whole population.

Ugh. Such weak tea. ICE isn’t malfunctioning. It’s doing exactly what it was meant to do: Sow terror. It can’t be reformed. It’s a goddamned goon squad. The problem with ICE isn’t lack of training or rules (to ignore). It’s LACK OF HUMANITY. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...

"We'll give you all the Murder Tools once you agree Murder is a Crime."

The Schumer negotiating pattern: start by conceding 80 percent of what your opponent wants for nothing. Delay the rest until your leverage has disappeared. Request weak assurances from bad faith actors, don’t get them. Then surrender everything else. Rinse and repeat.

Schumer Declares "Peace For Our Time"

Schumer caved. Congrats MAGA and ICE. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...

Anytime you see “Schumer” trending, you don’t even need to look to know it usually means he caved on something that matters.

Jan 29 in University District History: Work on 25-store University City Shopping Mall on Olentangy River Rd at Ackerman begins. Kroger, Woolworth, and Albers to be anchors. To open Sept 1. (Demolished 2017-18). In 1961.

Goon squad threatening the free press. This should not be happening. apnews.com/video/federa...

This should not be happening. lithub.com/letter-from-...

In six violent encounters, evidence contradicts Trump immigration officials' narratives. The murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti weren’t outliers; it’s how Trump’s brown shirts operate. #WhoKilledAlex www.reuters.com/world/us/evi...

I know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio. Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3. Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.

Lawless.

It's really not an understatement to say that America is being governed by absolute psychopaths. bsky.app/profile/wash...

Drive Trump crazy. Make it a hit. open.spotify.com/track/6AtgHx...

It’s coming here. www.acluohio.org/press-releas...

A hard read but a message for our time about the value of dissent and the importance of listening, acting in good faith, avoiding goal displacement, and not stampeding inconvenient ideas. www.npr.org/2026/01/25/g...

Jan 28 in University District History: Students gathering for lunch at Ohio Union on an ordinary Tuesday are horror-stricken to see Space Shuttle Challenger disaster unfold live on food court TVs. In 1986.

Never mind that Trump’s thugs should never violate another country’s territory, this line SHOULD NEVER appear in any story about the United States. How far we’ve fallen… “one woman, who asked not to be named, citing a fear of retribution by the federal government.” www.reuters.com/world/americ...

ABOLISH ICE! www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

“I watched him die… then I watched them maneuver his body like a rag doll— only to discover it was because they wanted to count the bullet wounds and see how many they ‘got’, like he was a deer.”

After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.

Airlines will not show this to prevent walkouts.

Trump has lost the National Review… www.nationalreview.com/2026/01/fire...

Jan 27 in University District History: Beloved Mirror Lake critter, a Peking Crested Duck called AfroDuck, found dead. Shrine rises on the bank. In 2016.

You can't reform this. It must be abolished.

Fuck this guy. 250 years ago we had a little thing about people being secure in their persons and papers. Even put it in the Constutution www.nbcnews.com/tech/interne...

Glad as anybody to see that economy-size Nazi cosplayer Bovino thrown off the sled to the wolves but this solves nothing. Keep up the fight!! www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Snow creep encountered in the wee hours of a Level 3 Snow Emergency.

Jan 26 in University District History: Lowest barometric pressure ever recorded in continental US accompanies arrival of legendary Blizzard of 1978. 1" ice, then heavy snow, 2°F, 50-70 mph winds, huge drifts. Roads impassable. Widespread power outages. OSU grudgingly closed two days. In 1978.

This: www.startribune.com/chris-madel-...

DON’T. If you don’t have to, don’t. Major streets are passable. Not much more. Ohio State streets and lots are pretty good actually. Neighborhood streets are a nightmare. Almost impassable. I saw zero cars on the way in but once there’s some traffic it’ll all be a mess.

"Recent events have brought Trump’s governing style into sharper focus," Jonathan Rauch argues. "'Fascist' best describes it, and reluctance to use the term has now become perverse." theatln.tc/wVq7MFaa

Snow’s left the skellies with party hats!!

OSU Columbus in-person classes canceled - moved to virtual - on Mon 1/26 & Tues 1/27. Campus open with limited services. Essential staff only: emergency.osu.edu