This is the whitest, most first-world take I've ever read. Sincerely, Someone who teaches American history

*stares in Black Studies*

Addendum. Shout-out to @pedalingpastor.bsky.social for leading this church. First time I've ever seen a white pastor lead like this. As some might say: he's done the reading.

So... I went to church today in Minnneapolis. It's not my church, it's my mother's and I've been her chauffeur. Started coming regularly end of last November. So, timing-wise just before the beginning of the ICE occupation. 1/10

For Twin Cities Metro folks:

1884 Berlin Conference Redux?

Posting for imp clarification. But also (I have a thing for acronymns) I want to know proper pronunciation of "MOC." Is it *maak* or *mook*? Lobbying for mook.

I continue to think that "backlash politics" is the wrong frame. There has been a counter-revolution against the Black freedom movement for generations. It is a FRONTLASH and I think that not thinking of it this way has done a real disservice. It's been PERMANENT WAR.

Attn: Amy Klobuchar. A posted something earlier on her, but I'm looking at what has happened in MN in the past 6 months and I don't think there's been a better time to go seriously left in this state. And a reminder this is a Senate seat once held by Paul Wellstone.

It's telling to me (as someone living in MN) that you live in this area, see what the "moderate" population (i.e. whyte ppl) did in response to an ICE-occupation, and decide to make nice with the folks who wanted ICE here in the first place. TL;DR: Klobuchar is a cop. ACAB.

This is for *your* kids, you understand. The tech elites send *their* kids to private, screen-free Montessori schools. They know exactly what they're doing.

Look at this heaping bowl of No-****ing-Kidding. Next thing you'll be telling me is that voters were also motivated by antiblackness instead of economic anxiety.

Excellent essay. And see the movie. Post haste.

See also gambling. And Wall Street.

Can't speak for anyone else, but this piece arrived right on time for me. Salute!

This whole thread/comments is bananas.

If trump is going to make political violence about getting a ballroom, Dems should make political violence about gun control.

Hey Randi. This is a press release from your org from last year. Do you see the issue? www.aft.org/press-releas...

this is america. you could find yourself within 100yds of a shooting at any time, in any place. school, the grocery store, a movie theater, a block party, a public park… it happens to regular people every day. but this week we’ll get 50+ weepy op-eds because it happened to the guys who write op-eds

This is @sylvanaquafarms.bsky.social You should follow him.

I think all the folks from center-to-left who keep admonishing ppl to reach out to GOPers who have buyers remorse. This long time operative has gotten more response from Warnock than folks she got elected. But she would *never* vote for Warnock. White supremacy is a drug. GOP are the dealers.

Since this is "making the rounds" I'll jump in. Yes, this is a phrase used within the orgs that serve said population. My understanding of the term's intentions: it's a way to include ppl who are connected to folks "in the system." Like a parent or child is incarcerated - it effects the family.

The fact that y’all have all the time in the world to philosophize about how much you hate Platner but no time in the world to talk about his opponent @andrealaflamme.bsky.social says a lot about the seriousness of your interest in the Maine race

@irishrainforest.bsky.social in case you haven't seen this: Ecuador study finds tropical rainforest biodiversity rebounds over 90% in 30 years share.google/VXPBtosLVu5X...

Data point(s) showing benefits of understanding that mutual aid should mean organizing. And relationships matter.

plot twist: the Easter Bunny is Filipino and has been saving this up for a century and change

“we’re all traumatized by covid” ok but i specifically need to know if you were traumatized because the government cancelled brunch or because of all the death, this is a super important distinction

I talked to the brilliant Kathi Weeks about her new book, Abolition Archives, Feminist Futures, about Angela Davis, Shulamith Firestone, and Donna Haraway, and about abolishing work, the prison, and the family

This is a really sharp post on Audre Lorde and her master's tools essay and how it fits with technological critique. And it's an even sharper critique of how Doctorow (apparently) invokes the quote.

NEW: Anishinaabe Leaders Raise Alarms About Enbridge’s Covert Line 5 Police Deals in Wisconsin Canadian oil pipeline giant Enbridge has begun construction of its re-routed Line 5 crude oil pipeline in Wisconsin & has secretive deals to reimburse sheriff’s depts for responding to Line 5 protests.

and there are tens of thousands of these families

Somebody said they found the throwback uniforms in the locker room.

First Louis Theroux and his documentary and then Bernie sanders talking to a chat bot. Men and society will do anything but listen to women experts. Especially Black women.

ICE has been hacked! Explore hacked data from DHS's Office of Industry Partnership, published by DDoSecrets on March 1, 2026. Https://micahflee.github.io/ice-contracts

St. Patrick’s Day deserves better than green beer! But enjoy it, if it's your thing. ☘️ I wrote about Sinners, Choctaw vampire hunters, and Irish resistance. Please read, subscribe, and share my latest Substack: On St. Patrick's Day, I'm Thinking About Sinners open.substack.com/pub/juliefra...

I haven't read Marisa's piece yet, but the name Jason Bagshaw jumped out. He's got a reputation among BLM activists in DC for a variety of malfeasance- not the least the murder of Lazurus Wilson in 2023. There were protest signs bearing his name during the 2020 uprising.

are you an oil tanker? because you dress like you're trying to pass with the straights

It’s hard to blame woke DEI when the military is losing a war because of the straits.

Not all songs of enslaved people were coded. Historian/musicologist Mat Callahan found and organized recordings of songs of revolution and abolitionists. Here's one, contemporaneous to Turner's insurrection. Black people knew. So much was lost and so much is hidden. The humanities matter.

This right here:

a while back a guy I knew was trying to justify having gone to Curtis Yarvin's wedding, and his girlfriend said "Don't you find him thrillingly contrarian' and I said 'That's how boring people excuse being racist'

omw to a national security briefing

This whole thread. I grew up in one of those so-called "one-income" households. To suggest that my mother wasn't working is laughable. And my white father had a white collar job.

Starting a new thread to collect critical perspectives on AI, as they are articulated dozens of times every day and appear repeatedly on my timeline. I can't read everything right away, but if, like me, you want to stay up to date, then this might help a bit:

Infinite grace for Elon Musk’s Nazi salute, and Mamdani gets condemned for having dinner

Pretty crazy how important the blockade of a trade route is right now

Kind of wild that Mojtaba Khamenei, the leader of a theocracy, is the world's first post-modern head of state: unconfirmed appt, no public appearances or sign of life, in an unknown location with limited communications. Baudrillard would be proud.

Bring it.

omfg