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Suzanne Conklin Akbari

@sakbari.bsky.social

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Living on Lunaapahkiing, faculty at IAS, servant of two cats and sometimes one dog.

Suzanne Conklin Akbari is a medievalist, recognised for her global and comparative approach to medieval literary history. She was a Professor in English and Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto from 1995 until 2019, when she joined the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. .. more

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Suzanne Conklin Akbari @sakbari.bsky.social · 23h

I think we’re all pretty much feeling this way today:

large furry cat curled up in fetal position in small box

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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 1d

A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."

The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"

"Learned what?" she asks

Then he knocks her phone out of her hand

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Jeremy Millar @jeremymillar.bsky.social · 1d

The one damn song that can make me break down and cry

David Bowie- Young Americans

YouTube video by Kate King

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 1d

Doc Rivers: “The whole ICE thing, it’s a travesty.”

“What happened in Minnesota was a straight up murder… We’re attacking brown people, and I just happen to be brown.”

In his response, Rivers spoke out about the deadly shooting and racial issues in the United States. “What happened in Minnesota was a straight-up murder, in my opinion,” Rivers said. “And it's awful. This lady was probably trying to go home, and she didn't make it home and that's really sad.6 hour

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bring on the dancing horses @ihavethatonvinyl.com · 1d

there is not a single story about renee good or minnesota at all on the front page of the new york times. talk about not meeting the moment. kind of infuriating

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 1d

ICE's use of force policy released under FOIA was almost completely redacted until it was accidentally released in court filing un-redacted. Read it here: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/exclusive-...

ICE Is Okay With Renee Good’s Killing

Read the use of “deadly force” documents laying out the logic

www.kenklippenstein.com

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 1d

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

ICE is claiming that the officer feared that Renee Good was about to seriously injure or kill him at this moment.

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UAINE @mahtowin1.bsky.social · 2d

ICE has detained 4 Oglala Lakota men in Minneapolis.
Story here: rapidcitypost.com/four-oglala-... and tribal president's statement below.

Reposted by Margot C. Finn, Jen Schneider, Henry Jones , and 1 more Margot C. Finn, Jen Schneider, Henry Jones, Suzanne Conklin Akbari

MPR News @mprnews.org · 2d

On Wednesday, Renee Macklin Good was fatally shot by a federal ICE agent. Becca Good, her wife, shared the following statement with MPR News.

Renee Macklin Good’s wife says she ‘nurtured kindness’

On Wednesday, Renee Macklin Good was fatally shot by a federal ICE agent. Becca Good, her wife, shared the following statement with MPR News.

www.mprnews.org

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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 2d

I've been planning to write for a long time about how ICE and their allies sure are a bunch of whiny bitches, for all they talk about how tough they are.

I'm sad that this is the occasion.

But by god, these "tough" guys are pathetic cowards.

www.salon.com/2026/01/09/i...

ICE is not the victim

MAGA lies can’t hide the real damage done to people like Renee Nicole Good

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 2d

In case you haven't seen the Jesse Ventura video, see it now:

www.youtube.com/shorts/cnF-D...

These Minnesota people — Frey, Walz, Sens Smith + Klobuchar, Keith Ellison, now Ventura — are not fooling around.

Jesse Ventura reacts to Minneapolis ICE shooting

YouTube video by FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul

www.youtube.com

Suzanne Conklin Akbari @sakbari.bsky.social · 3d

Wholesome content: “About 50 wayward sheep have broken off from their flock and stormed a discount supermarket.” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

On the lamb: 50 sheep break away from flock and storm German supermarket

Woolly incursion occurred during seasonal migration of animals in the Bavarian municipality of Burgsinn

www.theguardian.com

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 3d

New: we've obtained material explaining how an ICE surveillance system, called Webloc, works. Draw shape on a map, see all phones available there, follow them home. All without warrant

“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...

Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods

404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or t...

www.404media.co

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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 3d

I’m not going to lie. I’ve been writing about the War on Terror in its depravity my whole adult life. And the brazen execution of Renee Nicole Good has left me in a state since the moment I watched it.

Before we go, I have to acknowledge the ICE summary execution of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis. This 37-year old woman leaves behind a young child whose father has already passed away. Like many of you, I'm in a state of shock after watching the two different video angles of the final moments of her life. She posed no danger to ICE at all, they shot her through her windshield anyway, and then DHS Secretary Kristi Noem—in full contradiction of the video evidence—lied, saying that Good attempted to ram the officers. Supported by Donald Trump, she called it an act of terrorism. Well, there was an act of terrorism, and ICE committed it. Justice for Renee Nicole Good.

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 3d

If you have any info about the woman shot dead by ICE in Minneapolis today, text me via Signal at 202-510-1268. My DM is also open.

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Paul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · 4d

if the ICE officer is not swiftly arrested and charged with homicide, it will mean that American institutions have accepted that ICE can operate death squads on American soil

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

"Defunded by Congress and fearing the Trump administration might pervert the organization to further undermine free media, the board members agreed it was better to salt the earth than leave behind a place for Trump to plant his poisonous, choking weeds." — @lizdye.bsky.social

Corporation for Public Broadcasting's patriotic goodbye

Better nothing than a MAGA mouthpiece.

www.publicnotice.co

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 4d

dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...

Texas A&M Bans Plato - Daily Nous

Drop the race and gender material from your course and the Plato readings, or teach a different course. You have a day to decide. That's a paraphrase of what Martin Peterson, professor of philosophy a...

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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 5d

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKy7...

Suzanne Conklin Akbari @sakbari.bsky.social · 5d

“But the Norsemen had died out centuries before, and Egede decided to stay on to convert the Inuit who are native to that land. He was told to leave, but this strange qallunaaq, white man, settled down and the Dark Ages for the Inuit culture began.” (2/2)

Suzanne Conklin Akbari @sakbari.bsky.social · 5d

“In 1721, a Norwegian priest, Hans Egede, went to Greenland to preach Christianity to the Norsemen, descendants of Erik the Red…” (1/2)

History is What's Happening @historyiswhat.bsky.social · Feb 12

The Inuit of Greenland: A Brief History, by Malik, published in Akwesasne Notes (1975)

The Inuit of Greenland: A Brief History – Malik (1975)

historyiswhat.noblogs.org

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 5d

The destruction doesn't make for a photo-op like tearing down the East Wing of the White House or bulldozing the Rose Garden, but it's every bit as bad. Generations of American children learned to spell and count, learned the Preamble to the Constitution, from watching shows produced by the CPB.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 5d

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been dissolved, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations

Corporation For Public Broadcasting Is Dissolved After 58 Years Of Service

www.huffpost.com

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 6d

Yesterday was my late grandfather CLR James's birthday! I have two things to share, to honor his memory.

The first is a recommendation! To help you understand our current political moment, you should grab his book on Moby-Dick. It's a remarkable treatise on American xenophobic authoritarianism.

Mariners, Renegades and Castaways

Political theorist and cultural critic, novelist and cricket enthusiast, C. L. R. James (1901 - 1989) was a brilliant polymath who has been described by Edward Said as "a centrally important 20th-cent...

brandeisuniversitypress.com

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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 6d

A reminder that before France & the US overthrew Aristede in 2004 they called him & his circle drug traffickers too. Their real reason: stopping Aristede from pressing a case for reparations, not only for slavery but for the Indemnity (debt France made Haiti pay for *depriving slaveholders* of $)

Drug Traffickers Find Haiti a Hospitable Port of Call (Published 2004)

www.nytimes.com

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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 6d

There's a reason they tried to silence everyone talking about the role of settler colonialism in the accumulation and exercise of political power in the United States and my colleague Niiyokamigaabaw Deondre Smiles said it as clear as you can say it. @niiyokamigaabaw.bsky.social

Suzanne Conklin Akbari @sakbari.bsky.social · 7d

“The less generous interpretation is that the many systematic political and economic flaws built into our nation—investor capitalism, gerrymandering, the Electoral College, the Supreme Court—are now, at long last, bringing about the final end of the age of American global dominance.”

Patrick Hruby @patrickhruby.bsky.social · 8d

www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/we-are-the...

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Joanne Barker @joannebarker62.bsky.social · 7d

Joanne Barker, Dancing the Milky Way (2026).

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1980/1986 News (17 days) @40yearsago.bsky.social · 7d

[September 27th, 1980] Iranian soldier watches as oil refineries burn in the outskirts of the Iranian city of Abadan in SW Iran, during the siege of the city in the Iran-Iraq war

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Joanne Barker @joannebarker62.bsky.social · 7d

The admin’s use of “narco terrorism” to justify what it is doing in Venezuela is akin to its use of terrorism against Indigenous people in the US. Scary akin.

www.ucpress.edu/books/red-sc...

Red Scare by Joanne Barker - Paper

Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.

www.ucpress.edu