barefootwriter
@bfwriter.bsky.social
PhD candidate, Educational Studies. MA, Human Development, Learning, and Culture. gamer (not the bad kind), budoka, NOLA girl. I blog about POTS at barefootwriterhaspots.com
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Shorter CEO: "we're losing money here!"
May they keep on losing money, the fuckers.
May they keep on losing money, the fuckers.
60+ CEOs release letter on "recent challenges" creating "tragic loss."
Call for "immediate deescalation of tensions and for state, local and federal officials to work together to find real solutions."
No mention of ICE.
Signers include Target, UnitedHealth, Cargill, General Mills, MN sport teams
Call for "immediate deescalation of tensions and for state, local and federal officials to work together to find real solutions."
No mention of ICE.
Signers include Target, UnitedHealth, Cargill, General Mills, MN sport teams
January 25, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Shorter CEO: "we're losing money here!"
May they keep on losing money, the fuckers.
May they keep on losing money, the fuckers.
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I really understand very little about the current version of reality.
January 25, 2026 at 10:26 PM
I really understand very little about the current version of reality.
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Papers could be written and likely have about the party that hates women being suspicious of "mom" energy in society. Is everyone warm, are we all fed, is everyone safe? They are literally some of the least suspicious concerns in the world, but the right is terrified by them.
January 25, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Papers could be written and likely have about the party that hates women being suspicious of "mom" energy in society. Is everyone warm, are we all fed, is everyone safe? They are literally some of the least suspicious concerns in the world, but the right is terrified by them.
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I think about this post a lot.
January 25, 2026 at 10:26 PM
I think about this post a lot.
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Solidarity is a beautiful—and powerful—thing.
The march is now passing the Chicago city hall / Cook County hall building. The chant goes up,
"Minnesota don't you fear, we, the people, are right here"
"Minnesota don't you fear, we, the people, are right here"
January 25, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Solidarity is a beautiful—and powerful—thing.
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it is so cool that people will just volunteer the information that they have never voted in their life in the course of screaming at you about how you'll never be able to vote again
January 25, 2026 at 10:29 PM
it is so cool that people will just volunteer the information that they have never voted in their life in the course of screaming at you about how you'll never be able to vote again
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Commercial AI is dehumanization. It is evasion of accountability. It is the machine which has been chosen to smuggle totalitarianism into democracies.
January 25, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Commercial AI is dehumanization. It is evasion of accountability. It is the machine which has been chosen to smuggle totalitarianism into democracies.
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This tells me that Jeffries has no interest in enforcing our constitution and our laws. Impeaching Trump is not a strategy, it’s not a poll point, it’s JUSTICE. It’s what the constitution demands! If they can’t manage to care about that we will just be sleepwalking until the next tyrant.
This guy sucks. Why should we ever vote for the democrats then?
January 25, 2026 at 10:30 PM
This tells me that Jeffries has no interest in enforcing our constitution and our laws. Impeaching Trump is not a strategy, it’s not a poll point, it’s JUSTICE. It’s what the constitution demands! If they can’t manage to care about that we will just be sleepwalking until the next tyrant.
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That is not enough snow to intimidate Chicago even if people weren't mad
Good afternoon from downtown Chicago, where despite heavy snowfall, thousands have gathered for an anti-ICE/CBP demonstration in solidarity with the Twin Cities. More are still streaming in.
Lt. Illinois Gov. Juliana Stratton just addressed the crowd, and called for ICE to be abolished.
Lt. Illinois Gov. Juliana Stratton just addressed the crowd, and called for ICE to be abolished.
January 25, 2026 at 10:38 PM
That is not enough snow to intimidate Chicago even if people weren't mad
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One of my favorite things is when bored college students decide to entertain themselves via prosocial activities, it's just so wholesome
January 25, 2026 at 8:36 PM
One of my favorite things is when bored college students decide to entertain themselves via prosocial activities, it's just so wholesome
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More updates on the student snow brigade: bsky.app/profile/skwi...
Their numbers are growing, it appears to be completely decentralized, with people shouting out updates like “we’re needed on 4th street!” plus loud cheers when they identify someone in need of help and loud cheers when a vehicle is freed.
January 25, 2026 at 8:31 PM
More updates on the student snow brigade: bsky.app/profile/skwi...
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Feels like society’s really broken down in the US in a way that’s deeply traumatic.
But also there are college students knocking on doors asking for shovels (they’re not well-prepared) and helping trapped motorists by shoveling and pushing out cars. Up to 24 of them now, wandering streets together
But also there are college students knocking on doors asking for shovels (they’re not well-prepared) and helping trapped motorists by shoveling and pushing out cars. Up to 24 of them now, wandering streets together
January 25, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Feels like society’s really broken down in the US in a way that’s deeply traumatic.
But also there are college students knocking on doors asking for shovels (they’re not well-prepared) and helping trapped motorists by shoveling and pushing out cars. Up to 24 of them now, wandering streets together
But also there are college students knocking on doors asking for shovels (they’re not well-prepared) and helping trapped motorists by shoveling and pushing out cars. Up to 24 of them now, wandering streets together
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Bush started ICE, but it was during the Obama years when they signed the contracts with local law enforcement, instituted Secure Communities/Priority Enforcement Program and 287(g), and set the norm of ICE as an unaccountable agency being written blank checks every fiscal year.
Barack and Michelle Obama blast Trump and ICE conduct: "This has to stop"
Barack and Michelle Obama blast Trump and ICE conduct: "This has to stop"
"Many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault," the Obamas wrote in a statement following the ICE shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis
www.latimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Bush started ICE, but it was during the Obama years when they signed the contracts with local law enforcement, instituted Secure Communities/Priority Enforcement Program and 287(g), and set the norm of ICE as an unaccountable agency being written blank checks every fiscal year.
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Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.
January 25, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.
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Real friends will text you at 5:24 am because the monks doing the Walk for Peace are routed right past your house so thank you Kathy and Amy
January 24, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Real friends will text you at 5:24 am because the monks doing the Walk for Peace are routed right past your house so thank you Kathy and Amy
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zohran randomly appearing at our local neighborhood diner an hour ago, like how the fuck is he everywhere at once
January 25, 2026 at 9:30 PM
zohran randomly appearing at our local neighborhood diner an hour ago, like how the fuck is he everywhere at once
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I don't mean this in the sense that you often see online that Jesus was a migrant whose family fled persecution, which is true, of course. I mean that the vast majority of the families they are tormenting right now are devout, practicing Christians.
January 25, 2026 at 9:18 PM
I don't mean this in the sense that you often see online that Jesus was a migrant whose family fled persecution, which is true, of course. I mean that the vast majority of the families they are tormenting right now are devout, practicing Christians.
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After decades of conservative Christians whining about how life in a modern, pluralistic and democratic society—with its rights for people and lifestyles they hate—amounts to persecution of them and their beliefs, they are now—in the most literal sense of the term—persecuting Christians.
January 25, 2026 at 9:17 PM
After decades of conservative Christians whining about how life in a modern, pluralistic and democratic society—with its rights for people and lifestyles they hate—amounts to persecution of them and their beliefs, they are now—in the most literal sense of the term—persecuting Christians.
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Current status
January 25, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Current status
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"Now that I have decided to agree with you, all the times you've been right before were false alarms, and now I'M right, and you are welcome to agree with ME."
"Hey why are you being rude?"
"Hey why are you being rude?"
January 18, 2026 at 11:18 PM
"Now that I have decided to agree with you, all the times you've been right before were false alarms, and now I'M right, and you are welcome to agree with ME."
"Hey why are you being rude?"
"Hey why are you being rude?"
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Guy next to me at the airport is reading this week’s New Yorker with a ripped-from-the-headlines cover of Trump guzzling Venezuelan oil… and it’s crazy how distant that now seems with all the new horrors.
January 25, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Guy next to me at the airport is reading this week’s New Yorker with a ripped-from-the-headlines cover of Trump guzzling Venezuelan oil… and it’s crazy how distant that now seems with all the new horrors.
January 25, 2026 at 8:05 PM
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"The term has been overused to the point of meaningless" is code for "The people sounding the alarm are not the kinds of people I think should be taken seriously and I've done no work to understand the situation"
media trust fund brunchlords have finally cracked the case
Yes, It’s Fascism
Until recently, I thought it a term best avoided. But now, the resemblances are too many and too strong to deny.
www.theatlantic.com
January 25, 2026 at 7:06 PM
"The term has been overused to the point of meaningless" is code for "The people sounding the alarm are not the kinds of people I think should be taken seriously and I've done no work to understand the situation"
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CBP chief Bovino has confirmed that the officers who executed Alex Pretti in the street yesterday are not only *not on administrative leave,* they have all been reassigned to other jurisdictions and are all on the street today.
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
January 25, 2026 at 8:01 PM
CBP chief Bovino has confirmed that the officers who executed Alex Pretti in the street yesterday are not only *not on administrative leave,* they have all been reassigned to other jurisdictions and are all on the street today.
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
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and the violence is a kind of proof that they do not have sufficient power
the answer to “why are you trying to intimidate and scare me?” is always “because they can’t just do the thing.”
an individual may revel in the bullying itself, but no SYSTEM would waste the time and energy if they could just… do it
it’s a low-power method of control
an individual may revel in the bullying itself, but no SYSTEM would waste the time and energy if they could just… do it
it’s a low-power method of control
January 25, 2026 at 7:44 PM
and the violence is a kind of proof that they do not have sufficient power