Brigid Alverson
@brigidalverson.bsky.social
Comics journalist, library fan, ally. I vote. Support trans youth! Pronouns: She/her.
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I will say it is kind of weird how high profile transphobes who are Just Very Concerned About The Safety Of Children universally tend to have at most 2 degrees of separation from Jeffrey Epstein
February 17, 2026 at 11:51 AM
I will say it is kind of weird how high profile transphobes who are Just Very Concerned About The Safety Of Children universally tend to have at most 2 degrees of separation from Jeffrey Epstein
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Get ready for The Spring of Galaxy & Dreamer!
April 29: JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERGALACTIC, by me, @nicoleamaines.bsky.social. Travis Moore & @tamrabonvillain.bsky.social!
May 5: Teenage Galaxy & Dreamer in GALAXY: AS THE WORLD FALLS DOWN by me, @ryehickman.bsky.social & @longtalljodie.com!
April 29: JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERGALACTIC, by me, @nicoleamaines.bsky.social. Travis Moore & @tamrabonvillain.bsky.social!
May 5: Teenage Galaxy & Dreamer in GALAXY: AS THE WORLD FALLS DOWN by me, @ryehickman.bsky.social & @longtalljodie.com!
February 17, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Get ready for The Spring of Galaxy & Dreamer!
April 29: JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERGALACTIC, by me, @nicoleamaines.bsky.social. Travis Moore & @tamrabonvillain.bsky.social!
May 5: Teenage Galaxy & Dreamer in GALAXY: AS THE WORLD FALLS DOWN by me, @ryehickman.bsky.social & @longtalljodie.com!
April 29: JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERGALACTIC, by me, @nicoleamaines.bsky.social. Travis Moore & @tamrabonvillain.bsky.social!
May 5: Teenage Galaxy & Dreamer in GALAXY: AS THE WORLD FALLS DOWN by me, @ryehickman.bsky.social & @longtalljodie.com!
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This is one of the most important graphic novels of the century so far. Nate Powell's collaboration with John Lewis' autobiography is truly powerful and remarkable.
Top Shelf has collected the March trilogy, the graphic memoir of Rep. John Lewis and the Civil Rights movement, into a single omnibus, and there is no better reading for our times. It's history, inspiration, and a handbook for action all in one. bookshop.org/p/books/marc...
March (Omnibus Edition): The Complete Trilogy in One Volume
The Complete Trilogy in One Volume
bookshop.org
February 17, 2026 at 12:30 PM
This is one of the most important graphic novels of the century so far. Nate Powell's collaboration with John Lewis' autobiography is truly powerful and remarkable.
Top Shelf has collected the March trilogy, the graphic memoir of Rep. John Lewis and the Civil Rights movement, into a single omnibus, and there is no better reading for our times. It's history, inspiration, and a handbook for action all in one. bookshop.org/p/books/marc...
March (Omnibus Edition): The Complete Trilogy in One Volume
The Complete Trilogy in One Volume
bookshop.org
February 17, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Top Shelf has collected the March trilogy, the graphic memoir of Rep. John Lewis and the Civil Rights movement, into a single omnibus, and there is no better reading for our times. It's history, inspiration, and a handbook for action all in one. bookshop.org/p/books/marc...
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I often think about the fact that if the FBI et al had not killed Fred Hampton, he would be 78 today. Younger than Jesse Jackson was. Must have felt strange to outlive many of your contemporaries by decades.
February 17, 2026 at 12:13 PM
I often think about the fact that if the FBI et al had not killed Fred Hampton, he would be 78 today. Younger than Jesse Jackson was. Must have felt strange to outlive many of your contemporaries by decades.
I voted for Jesse Jackson in 1988, grateful to have a candidate whose political beliefs aligned with mine for once. I was living in NYC at the time, and I remember how a number of ballot boxes in Black areas somehow came unsealed so the contents had to be invalidated. I've never forgotten that.
February 17, 2026 at 11:53 AM
I voted for Jesse Jackson in 1988, grateful to have a candidate whose political beliefs aligned with mine for once. I was living in NYC at the time, and I remember how a number of ballot boxes in Black areas somehow came unsealed so the contents had to be invalidated. I've never forgotten that.
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Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
February 16, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
One of the greats.
The prolific, pioneering filmmaker made dozens of documentaries and chronicled the inner workings of institutions. His 1967 film, Titicut Follies, revealed appalling conditions at a prison facility. n.pr/4rYs8nG
Frederick Wiseman, who captured the weirdness and wonder of everyday life, dies at 96
The prolific, pioneering filmmaker made dozens of documentaries and chronicled the inner workings of institutions. His 1967 film, Titicut Follies, revealed appalling conditions at a prison facility.
n.pr
February 17, 2026 at 12:11 AM
One of the greats.
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The open racism you guys have emboldened, megyn
February 16, 2026 at 10:22 PM
The open racism you guys have emboldened, megyn
Good to know that Brett Kavanaugh was Jeffrey Epstein's "first choice" for the Supreme Court. He must be so proud! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Epstein sympathized with Kavanaugh during supreme court confirmation, emails show
Files show convicted sex abuser messaged with Ken Starr and others about Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Good to know that Brett Kavanaugh was Jeffrey Epstein's "first choice" for the Supreme Court. He must be so proud! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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More evidence that Republicans just hate women and girls
UTAH - Wasatch County Republican Party Chair David Johnson arrested for allegedly “waterboarding” a teen girl for not cleaning her room.
She also had bruising, and says he did it to other kids. Released on $10,000 bail.
Full: www.abc4.com/news/crimes-...
She also had bruising, and says he did it to other kids. Released on $10,000 bail.
Full: www.abc4.com/news/crimes-...
February 16, 2026 at 3:39 AM
More evidence that Republicans just hate women and girls
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So you're saying ICE is incompatible with the rule of law as practiced in this nation from the founding?
Think I see a pretty easy solution here, champ.
Think I see a pretty easy solution here, champ.
Rep. Mark Alford: "If you tie a judicial warrant to what ICE is doing, it will never happen"
February 16, 2026 at 8:07 PM
So you're saying ICE is incompatible with the rule of law as practiced in this nation from the founding?
Think I see a pretty easy solution here, champ.
Think I see a pretty easy solution here, champ.
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👀 Invoking Orwell, a federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore panels and historical acknowledgments of the history of slavery that the National Park Service removed in Philadelphia. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 16, 2026 at 6:24 PM
👀 Invoking Orwell, a federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore panels and historical acknowledgments of the history of slavery that the National Park Service removed in Philadelphia. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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For @comicsbeat.bsky.social, I reviewed FIRST FREEDOM (@oni-press.bsky.social), a centuries-spanning nonfiction work chronicling the life of Dr. Opal Lee, the Grandmother of Juneteenth, and the fight for Juneteenth to become a federal holiday. This is an excellent addition to any library.
Graphic Novel Review: First Freedom – The Story of Opal Lee and Juneteenth is a marvel
First Freedom: The Story of Opal Lee and Juneteenth is a deeply researched, beautifully executed, historical and biographical graphic novel.
First Freedom: The Story of Opal Lee and Juneteenth is a deeply researched, beautifully executed, historical and biographical graphic novel.
Graphic Novel Review: First Freedom – The Story of Opal Lee and Juneteenth is a marvel
First Freedom: The Story of Opal Lee and Juneteenth is a deeply researched, beautifully executed, historical and biographical graphic novel.
www.comicsbeat.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:46 PM
For @comicsbeat.bsky.social, I reviewed FIRST FREEDOM (@oni-press.bsky.social), a centuries-spanning nonfiction work chronicling the life of Dr. Opal Lee, the Grandmother of Juneteenth, and the fight for Juneteenth to become a federal holiday. This is an excellent addition to any library.
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Let me just make a few little adjustments to that title…
“How a scientist with a PhD in Geology and 25 years of experience is helping lead California’s earthquake work”
Way to devalue my experience.
“How a scientist with a PhD in Geology and 25 years of experience is helping lead California’s earthquake work”
Way to devalue my experience.
Wendy Bohon has built a TikTok following as an earthquake geologist. She helps lead earthquake work for the California Geological Survey.
How a TikToker and former actress is helping lead California’s earthquake work
Wendy Bohon has built a TikTok following as an earthquake geologist. She helps lead earthquake work for the California Geological Survey.
bit.ly
February 15, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Let me just make a few little adjustments to that title…
“How a scientist with a PhD in Geology and 25 years of experience is helping lead California’s earthquake work”
Way to devalue my experience.
“How a scientist with a PhD in Geology and 25 years of experience is helping lead California’s earthquake work”
Way to devalue my experience.
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#OTD in 1851, Shadrach Minkins became the first person arrested in Boston, MA under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. While he was being taken to the courthouse, a crowd of abolitionists rushed the courtroom and overpowered the marshals who had taken him into custody.
February 15, 2026 at 6:36 PM
#OTD in 1851, Shadrach Minkins became the first person arrested in Boston, MA under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. While he was being taken to the courthouse, a crowd of abolitionists rushed the courtroom and overpowered the marshals who had taken him into custody.
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we may have deported people, but we did it without disturbing ✨your brunch✨
Hillary Clinton: "More people were deported under my husband and Barack Obama without killing American citizens and without putting children into detention camps than were in the first Trump term or this first year of Trump's second term."
February 15, 2026 at 6:39 PM
we may have deported people, but we did it without disturbing ✨your brunch✨
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American culture of the 1840’s would have been *very fucking surprised* to see the Irish considered as co-founders.
Elon’s an ahistorical dipshit, but its always worth saying some stuff out loud: if you‘re a fellow Irish-American and you aren’t 100% pro-immigrant, you’re a fucking embarassment.
Elon’s an ahistorical dipshit, but its always worth saying some stuff out loud: if you‘re a fellow Irish-American and you aren’t 100% pro-immigrant, you’re a fucking embarassment.
1/3 What Musk is really referring to here is, of course “race” - that construct that served to define the hierarchies of wealth & power structured by modern colonialism. Like other far right racists though, he uses the word “culture” as a seemingly less pernicious synonym.
February 15, 2026 at 5:44 PM
American culture of the 1840’s would have been *very fucking surprised* to see the Irish considered as co-founders.
Elon’s an ahistorical dipshit, but its always worth saying some stuff out loud: if you‘re a fellow Irish-American and you aren’t 100% pro-immigrant, you’re a fucking embarassment.
Elon’s an ahistorical dipshit, but its always worth saying some stuff out loud: if you‘re a fellow Irish-American and you aren’t 100% pro-immigrant, you’re a fucking embarassment.
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CoreCivic executives receive cash incentives beyond their base salaries, based on company earnings.
ICE revenues more than doubled in 2025.
Patrick Swindle is now CoreCivic CEO. He is heavily incentivized to grow ICE revenues -- as are executives and investors.
#DIVEST #$CXW
ICE revenues more than doubled in 2025.
Patrick Swindle is now CoreCivic CEO. He is heavily incentivized to grow ICE revenues -- as are executives and investors.
#DIVEST #$CXW
February 15, 2026 at 4:43 PM
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When you follow the money, you find some really disgusting people.
February 15, 2026 at 6:05 PM
When you follow the money, you find some really disgusting people.
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"That ICE is an organization of terror. And when I said that, you can imagine, I have had colleagues on the Republican side who said ‘she needs to be denounced, removed, deported.’ Also xenophobic and racist and terrible fascist things. "
A lot of people talk about wanting Dems with the courage and anger to meet this moment, but Rep. @ramirez.house.gov is actually doing it.
Read this 🔥 interview I did with her Friday:
Read this 🔥 interview I did with her Friday:
"The day of accountability will come": Rep. Delia Ramirez on abolishing and prosecuting DHS
The Handbasket spoke with the congresswoman who called out ICE long before it was popular.
www.thehandbasket.co
February 15, 2026 at 5:57 PM
"That ICE is an organization of terror. And when I said that, you can imagine, I have had colleagues on the Republican side who said ‘she needs to be denounced, removed, deported.’ Also xenophobic and racist and terrible fascist things. "
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CoreCivic CEO Patrick Swindle was promoted into the job last year after his predecessor stepped down.
"CoreCivic CEO to step down amid flurry of ICE contracts, soaring profits, prison violence: COO Patrick Swindle will replace Damon Hininger"
www.tennessean.com/story/news/l...
"CoreCivic CEO to step down amid flurry of ICE contracts, soaring profits, prison violence: COO Patrick Swindle will replace Damon Hininger"
www.tennessean.com/story/news/l...
CoreCivic CEO to step down amid flurry of ICE contracts, soaring profits, prison violence
The CoreCivic CEO Damon Hininger has served as head of the Brentwood-based private prison giant since 2009.
www.tennessean.com
February 15, 2026 at 6:12 PM
CoreCivic CEO Patrick Swindle was promoted into the job last year after his predecessor stepped down.
"CoreCivic CEO to step down amid flurry of ICE contracts, soaring profits, prison violence: COO Patrick Swindle will replace Damon Hininger"
www.tennessean.com/story/news/l...
"CoreCivic CEO to step down amid flurry of ICE contracts, soaring profits, prison violence: COO Patrick Swindle will replace Damon Hininger"
www.tennessean.com/story/news/l...
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🧵 Sick Detainees Describe Poor Care at Facilities Run by ICE Contractor: Problems at detention centers operated by CoreCivic extend far beyond recent measles outbreaks.
@nytimes.com:
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/b...
@nytimes.com:
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/b...
Sick Detainees Describe Poor Care at Facilities Run by ICE Contractor
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2026 at 6:09 PM
🧵 Sick Detainees Describe Poor Care at Facilities Run by ICE Contractor: Problems at detention centers operated by CoreCivic extend far beyond recent measles outbreaks.
@nytimes.com:
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/b...
@nytimes.com:
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/b...
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I think Democrats should stop with “Trump is doing deportation wrong” because I think they should stop focusing on immigration as a matter of crime and punishment. It should a matter of freedom and opportunity. The question should be how is the government going to protect and advance both.
Hillary Clinton: "More people were deported under my husband and Barack Obama without killing American citizens and without putting children into detention camps than were in the first Trump term or this first year of Trump's second term."
February 15, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I think Democrats should stop with “Trump is doing deportation wrong” because I think they should stop focusing on immigration as a matter of crime and punishment. It should a matter of freedom and opportunity. The question should be how is the government going to protect and advance both.
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I'm gifting this article on how Catholics had to go to court to be able to worship freely in this country under arguably the most anti-Catholic administration in American history, the Trump-Vance administration.
Judge Orders ICE to Let Clergy Give Communion to Detained Migrants on Ash Wednesday
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2026 at 5:26 PM
I'm gifting this article on how Catholics had to go to court to be able to worship freely in this country under arguably the most anti-Catholic administration in American history, the Trump-Vance administration.