Excited to read!

For those commenting on the agents' surnames.

Fantastic Black History Month thread is up on the tl for the 14th Amendmebt Center for Law & Democracy. @the14thcenter.bsky.social Do you know the story of this drawing? It’s not what you think. Go to: bsky.app/profile/the1...

This past Friday, many participated in a nationwide strike in protest of the Trump administration’s ICE tactics and funding, but general strikes have played a role in U.S. activism for over 150 years.

Ok I'll bite. Nevermind the jobs you had, tell me five courses you took in college: -Historical Fiction -Social Movements -Figure Drawing -Dance in India -Community Responses to Natural Disaster

"Now isn't the time to bring up history." Really, because the people you claim to oppose are definitely making time to erase it.

If the admin's strategic goal was to break public resistance to immigration enforcement activities, it was a tactical mistake to go to the Twin Cities.

One of my soapboxes is that this place has never been a "white homeland." This is Indigenous land! Native nation and people have been here since before the glaciers receded. Every group the fascists are tormenting has a 500 year history here. Black Americans are not alone in that thanks to empire.

Anytime I see numbers showing that Asian people are less underwater than others, I wish we were actually fucking teaching the history of Asian people in this country. Instead, maybe people are told that Chinese laborers built the railroads in the mid-1800s and then... like, nothing at all.

Hey @dorianbae.bsky.social seems like I can't comment but you identified some classics. 👍 I also recommend Helen Zia and Ellen Wu's books. Since I have a foot in the arts, a couple of graphic novels on Japanese internment camps too: Displacement - Kiku Hughes They Called Us Enemy - George Takei

I've been here 24 hours, but already with what I've seen, well, I genuinely believe we're going to win. People here are well aware that what happens here impacts the entire country, that it sets the tone for resistance. ICE is angry, ICE is terrified, of how deeply unpopular it is.

🧵 to see "The people united will never be defeated" in action.

The disconnect between management and employee on AI usage is big. At the same time, CEOs are reporting they aren't seeing any revenue growth from AI. 🤷 www.wsj.com/lifestyle/wo...

I've been thinking about this a lot, for months: Gaza was a breaking point between verifiable reality and liberal governance. "AI" sparks fears ppl will believe things that aren't true, but Gaza SHOWED things that WERE true—& western governments, universities & news outlets pretened they were not.

There was a shared sense of reality in watching George Floyd's last moments, even between the classes—the ruling, overseer, and working classes. There was no such shared reality in watching Gaza. On one side, there were the people of Earth. On the other, govts, universities & journalists.

We're warned not to rely on tools like GPTZero to check if students have submitted AI work because they're not accurate. But sure, let's use it on journal articles. Embarrassing.

If you only read one thing today, this is well worth it.

This is an excellent column chronicling the attempted authoritarian takeover of Minneapolis. I appreciate the point that as a successful cosmopolitan city where people from around the world work together and support one another, the city‘s existence undermines the racist assumptions of Trumpism.

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"ICE Watch works because it surrounds men seeking approval with people loudly expressing their disapproval." "It’s based on de-escalation tactics that have long historical roots in American antiviolence and civil rights movements..."

I keep seeing it without a source link, so here it is: January 16, 2026 MINNEAPOLIS LABOR UNION DELEGATION AND LOCAL REGIONAL LABOR BODIES ENDORSE JANUARY 23: DAY OF TRUTH AND FREEDOM NO WORK, SCHOOL, OR SHOPPING minneapolisunions.org/system/files...

Minnesotans are standing up against this federal lawlessness. Please stand with us. Call your U.S. elected officials and tell them to stop DHS's lawlessness & disruption. They are here now but they could head toward your family next. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Heard from a public school staffer. ICE agents follow school buses on their afternoon routes & target some parents picking up kids from bus stops. If ICE knew anything abt particular parents, they'd go to homes. Seems they're just leveraging kids' vulnerability & mixing with racial profiling.

Alright, I already spiraled for 2 days this week (a cute little Mon-Thurs crash-and-burn cycle, if you will), so today we're getting back to #writing with some motivation via @kellyclancy.bsky.social's newsletter and an hour of article revisions. See ya. epilogueediting.substack.com/p/3-ways-wer...

I know a lot of people outside of Minnesota are starting to think about what they need to do to prepare for ICE coming to their city. Hanging out with people with good politics is a great starting place. Set a weekly thing with your friends who are as horrified as you are.

New book: The Limits of Diversity (@nyupress.bsky.social) by @estherdchan.bsky.social Comparing secular and evangelical college campuses, the book shows how diversity and inclusion frameworks can reproduce inequality across multiple lines of social difference. nyupress.org/978147983474...

This is the story of the day. Share it. We are all being called to be our highest selves. The cavalier treatment of the Nobel Prize is a disgrace. It represents another way to destroy and defile that which should be precious and revered. We can all make choices to be better.

The job market is horrendous, of course, but every once in a while, I'll work on an application that makes me realize, wow I could really dream bigger here. All this to say, some of you are doing incredible work during these dark times. #AcademicSky

We don't exist in the same reality in this country. Never really have. Here's something I wrote in 2013 about what police in Chicago do to young Black and Brown people REGULARLY: www.usprisonculture.com/2013/02/19/o...

We’re following the America First Global Health Strategy, the $11bil replacement for USAID, which Trump called “neocolonial”. KFF has a tracker that looks at public agreements in place so far. These direct agreements have more than a whiff of control hanging around them. What could this mean? 🧵/10

We made a zine about how Black women artists were targeted by the Red Scare. www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2673-r... - so many parallels to this moment

"The parallels with the Red Scare and now, when “diversity, equity, and inclusion” has become a taboo phrase and antisemitism and racism run rampant over every aspect of American culture, are difficult to miss." timesofsandiego.com/education/20...

I only meant to do a quick skim, share, & read more later but got sucked in. Authors use institutional theory to discuss risks (expertise, decision-making, isolation) to civic institutions (law, higher ed, journalism, & democracy). Ugh, but in an affirmed way. 😮‍💨 #AcademicSky

for some reason im really struggling to focus on work

The University of Zurich has an open professorship in sociology with a start date of August 2027. Great opportunity for colleagues looking for faculty positions in Europe. Application details at the link. #AcademicJobs #sociology suz.uzh.ch/de/institut/stellen/2026-01-14-profe...

Not reform. Abolish. Wow is right. (But also, hate that I'm so surprised.)

The deadline to register for SPSP preconferences at the Early Bird rates ends on January 22, 2026: spsp.org/events/annua... #PsychSciSky #SocialPsyc

The White House says the Smithsonian Institution must submit materials about current and upcoming exhibitions and events for a review that will determine whether they express "improper ideology." n.pr/4583d8f

NEW: I have exclusive new data on whether local resistance is slowing down the data center buildout. Heatmap’s comprehensive review finds that 25 data centers were cancelled last year after sustained local opposition. That’s quadruple the number from a year prior. heatmap.news/politics/dat...

@michmo.bsky.social I'm so excited to see you on here!

Reposting mostly because something about this is so satisfying and I want to be able to look at again later

Last week I had a new article published, comparing trans adolescent and family experiences in different UK healthcare services. 1/4 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

“We are far past the stage of permissiveness with white-supremacist violence inside DHS. We are at the stage of active, enthusiastic commission of it.” — @attackerman.bsky.social

Got back to #writing today and in true academic fashion, spent nearly 2 hours gathering info and citations for a single sentence. Almost forgot that it's like this 🙂👍 #AcademicSky

Ugh ok fine.

We don’t need to lie about the past to talk about how bad things are now. In fact, it’s problematic to do so because it ignores systemic issues. Policing in the U.S. was built to be/has always been oppressive and harmful. This is no anomaly. It’s a manifestation of its unrestrained original intent.

🔔 We're launching our Bluesky account today! Can you help us spread the word by retweeting this post? 😀 #Theoria #diamondopenaccessjournal

Wise insight, and excellent advice. Power is not the property of any individual actor; it's a relation and dynamic among actors.

Precisely.

"The work now is the same as it was in 1911: document the failures, design the remedies, prepare for the moment."