Anindita Basu Sempere
@anindita.org
PM at Performant Software. PhD & MFA. Digital Humanities, place, poetics, Elizabeth Bishop, poetry, children's lit. She/her. Lived in Lausanne for over a decade and now relearning the US.
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Anindita Basu Sempere
@anindita.org
· Nov 10
Welcome new folks! Happy to see so much activity here. I’m interested in place-related work, writing, all things Elizabeth Bishop, pedagogy and learning, poetry, children’s lit, crafting, nature & soccer/football. I’m a professional digital humanist. I love to hear about what people are working on.
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thank you to all the ordinary people who are putting themselves on the line for their neighbors. all of us deserve a better world than this and you give me hope we can make one
January 22, 2026 at 1:52 AM
thank you to all the ordinary people who are putting themselves on the line for their neighbors. all of us deserve a better world than this and you give me hope we can make one
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yeah if I was NATO the big worry isn’t just “Trump has gone off the rails,” it’s “wow okay so we have NO assurance that, even if this guy is replaced by someone good, y’all can sustain that for the long term and stop another Trump from happening.” every 4 years they have to expect this could happen
I'm not some highly paid pundit, nor a historian, and hell, I only have a communications degree from a state universtiy, but I have to think that the thing that is most troubling for the rest of the world is not the president — but that neither our Congress nor our SCOTUS are stopping him.
January 22, 2026 at 12:20 AM
yeah if I was NATO the big worry isn’t just “Trump has gone off the rails,” it’s “wow okay so we have NO assurance that, even if this guy is replaced by someone good, y’all can sustain that for the long term and stop another Trump from happening.” every 4 years they have to expect this could happen
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oh man, the Walker Art Center is going to be closed on Friday
(If you're not from the Twin Cities, this is like MoMA closing in support of a general strike—a very big deal)
(If you're not from the Twin Cities, this is like MoMA closing in support of a general strike—a very big deal)
Walker Art Center joins growing list of organizations closing on Jan. 23
"This reflects our institutional values to center our community, support our staff, and to approach our work with care and safety in mind," a representative says.
bringmethenews.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:28 PM
oh man, the Walker Art Center is going to be closed on Friday
(If you're not from the Twin Cities, this is like MoMA closing in support of a general strike—a very big deal)
(If you're not from the Twin Cities, this is like MoMA closing in support of a general strike—a very big deal)
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This is a photo of someone being tortured, not someone being restrained
An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 21, 2026 at 9:32 PM
This is a photo of someone being tortured, not someone being restrained
Straight up evil.
January 21, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Straight up evil.
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Here’s the report from KARE. The boy is five-year-old Liam Ramos.
January 21, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Here’s the report from KARE. The boy is five-year-old Liam Ramos.
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Just saw on KARE 11 that this boy was sent to a detainment facility in Texas and that his family didn't know his whereabouts for almost 24 hours.
This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
January 21, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Just saw on KARE 11 that this boy was sent to a detainment facility in Texas and that his family didn't know his whereabouts for almost 24 hours.
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guys minneapolis is a living hell today. they've tear-gassed so many people, tear-gassed a park, beaten people up in front of me. greg bovino is rolling around to gas stations and posing in front of them, trying to cause a riot.
January 21, 2026 at 9:33 PM
guys minneapolis is a living hell today. they've tear-gassed so many people, tear-gassed a park, beaten people up in front of me. greg bovino is rolling around to gas stations and posing in front of them, trying to cause a riot.
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I picked a hell of a week to visit Europe, and Switzerland, at that.l I’ve spent three days at an international gathering, and, Americans: everybody else is deep into planning a post-US world. We are only worth considering as an opponent. New alliances are being formed. We are being left behind.
January 21, 2026 at 6:35 PM
I picked a hell of a week to visit Europe, and Switzerland, at that.l I’ve spent three days at an international gathering, and, Americans: everybody else is deep into planning a post-US world. We are only worth considering as an opponent. New alliances are being formed. We are being left behind.
Hitting refresh on summer camp registration like I'm trying to get concert tickets...
January 21, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Hitting refresh on summer camp registration like I'm trying to get concert tickets...
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This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
I have enough Aleve in my system that I’m no longer in excruciating pain, but I still have no grip strength, so the kid had to open a jar for me 🫠
I mean, I’m glad for the help, but this is so annoying.
M as a threenager would yell, “Je suis capable!” and that is 100% my energy now.
I mean, I’m glad for the help, but this is so annoying.
M as a threenager would yell, “Je suis capable!” and that is 100% my energy now.
January 20, 2026 at 11:32 PM
I have enough Aleve in my system that I’m no longer in excruciating pain, but I still have no grip strength, so the kid had to open a jar for me 🫠
I mean, I’m glad for the help, but this is so annoying.
M as a threenager would yell, “Je suis capable!” and that is 100% my energy now.
I mean, I’m glad for the help, but this is so annoying.
M as a threenager would yell, “Je suis capable!” and that is 100% my energy now.
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this is, literally, a wild ride
I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
January 20, 2026 at 1:27 PM
this is, literally, a wild ride
AFCON = pure chaos. Wow.
January 18, 2026 at 9:52 PM
AFCON = pure chaos. Wow.
M has a friend over, and they beat Zelda Breath of the Wild, played in the snow, and are now drinking hot chocolate and speed cubing. I appreciate these bits of normalcy and delight.
January 18, 2026 at 9:11 PM
M has a friend over, and they beat Zelda Breath of the Wild, played in the snow, and are now drinking hot chocolate and speed cubing. I appreciate these bits of normalcy and delight.
Argh my hands hurt so much (even after taking Aleve), and it’s not like I can stop using them… dishes, laundry, groceries. At least I can dictate emails.
January 18, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Argh my hands hurt so much (even after taking Aleve), and it’s not like I can stop using them… dishes, laundry, groceries. At least I can dictate emails.
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Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system against your opponents is an authoritarian tactic.
The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.
The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.
Breaking news: The Justice Department has issued subpoenas for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey as part of an investigation alleging that they are impeding federal law enforcement officers’ abilities to do their jobs in the state.
Justice Dept. launches criminal investigation of Minnesota governor
The Justice Department has issued subpoenas for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey as part of an investigation into impeding law enforcement.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system against your opponents is an authoritarian tactic.
The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.
The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.
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I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.
January 16, 2026 at 10:15 PM
I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.
Kid hates going to activities immediately after school (and I sympathize) and despite toooons of whingeing, I finally got the kid to futsal.
The kid’s smile after getting the team (down 2-0) on the scoreboard? Bright spot this week. The kid *glows* when happy. Needed a bit of that this week.
The kid’s smile after getting the team (down 2-0) on the scoreboard? Bright spot this week. The kid *glows* when happy. Needed a bit of that this week.
January 16, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Kid hates going to activities immediately after school (and I sympathize) and despite toooons of whingeing, I finally got the kid to futsal.
The kid’s smile after getting the team (down 2-0) on the scoreboard? Bright spot this week. The kid *glows* when happy. Needed a bit of that this week.
The kid’s smile after getting the team (down 2-0) on the scoreboard? Bright spot this week. The kid *glows* when happy. Needed a bit of that this week.
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Hi @schumer.senate.gov
No funding for “training”. TRAINING IS NOT THE ISSUE.
No funding for body cams.
THEY’LL TURN THEM OFF.
we need:
•no masks
•ID badges (not useless QR codes)
•no immunity from prosecution/consequences.
Don’t be useless.
IOW: leaders must lead.
No funding for “training”. TRAINING IS NOT THE ISSUE.
No funding for body cams.
THEY’LL TURN THEM OFF.
we need:
•no masks
•ID badges (not useless QR codes)
•no immunity from prosecution/consequences.
Don’t be useless.
IOW: leaders must lead.
January 16, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Hi @schumer.senate.gov
No funding for “training”. TRAINING IS NOT THE ISSUE.
No funding for body cams.
THEY’LL TURN THEM OFF.
we need:
•no masks
•ID badges (not useless QR codes)
•no immunity from prosecution/consequences.
Don’t be useless.
IOW: leaders must lead.
No funding for “training”. TRAINING IS NOT THE ISSUE.
No funding for body cams.
THEY’LL TURN THEM OFF.
we need:
•no masks
•ID badges (not useless QR codes)
•no immunity from prosecution/consequences.
Don’t be useless.
IOW: leaders must lead.
I should be asleep but I'm too mad. Augh.
Earlier tonight I was helping the kid study for a test on WWII and the Holocaust and thinking about how when I was a kid studying this same material, it seemed impossible that anything like that could ever happen again. And I look around, and I'm furious.
Earlier tonight I was helping the kid study for a test on WWII and the Holocaust and thinking about how when I was a kid studying this same material, it seemed impossible that anything like that could ever happen again. And I look around, and I'm furious.
January 15, 2026 at 4:54 AM
I should be asleep but I'm too mad. Augh.
Earlier tonight I was helping the kid study for a test on WWII and the Holocaust and thinking about how when I was a kid studying this same material, it seemed impossible that anything like that could ever happen again. And I look around, and I'm furious.
Earlier tonight I was helping the kid study for a test on WWII and the Holocaust and thinking about how when I was a kid studying this same material, it seemed impossible that anything like that could ever happen again. And I look around, and I'm furious.
MA folks, we need to primary Katherine Clark.
The House voted 341 to 79 to fund Trump's war-mongering foreign policy agenda.
Only 57 Democrats voted NO.
clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/rol...
Only 57 Democrats voted NO.
clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/rol...
January 15, 2026 at 2:23 AM
MA folks, we need to primary Katherine Clark.
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Seems important. www.ft.com/content/e995... Earth to breach 1.5C warming a decade early, scientists say
Earth to breach 1.5C warming a decade early, scientists say
EU’s Copernicus observation service sees temperatures passing Paris goal by 2030
www.ft.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Seems important. www.ft.com/content/e995... Earth to breach 1.5C warming a decade early, scientists say
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This is surreal. 4 Oglala Lakota men kidnapped by ICE in Minneapolis have finally been located. One of them was released but the other 3 are being held at Fort Snelling, a former concentration camp used to imprison Native people incl. the Dakota 38 during Dakota Wars.
ictnews.org/news/north-c...
ictnews.org/news/north-c...
Four Oglala detainees located, three still in ICE custody - ICT
The four Lakota detainees were reportedly sent to a former concentration camp used during the Dakota Wars
ictnews.org
January 14, 2026 at 10:31 PM
This is surreal. 4 Oglala Lakota men kidnapped by ICE in Minneapolis have finally been located. One of them was released but the other 3 are being held at Fort Snelling, a former concentration camp used to imprison Native people incl. the Dakota 38 during Dakota Wars.
ictnews.org/news/north-c...
ictnews.org/news/north-c...
Kid: I gave [friend] my flash cards so he doesn’t fail the exam.
Me: And how are you going to study?
Kid: …
Kid: I’ll make new ones?
Me: And how are you going to study?
Kid: …
Kid: I’ll make new ones?
January 14, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Kid: I gave [friend] my flash cards so he doesn’t fail the exam.
Me: And how are you going to study?
Kid: …
Kid: I’ll make new ones?
Me: And how are you going to study?
Kid: …
Kid: I’ll make new ones?