Chris Becker
@chrisbecker.bsky.social
Associate Professor in Film, Television, and Theatre and the Sport, Media, & Culture Minor at University of Notre Dame. Working on a local TV history project: https://sites.nd.edu/boc-project/
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“ICE isn’t the Gestapo. The Gestapo was…” (proceeds to describe qualities that apply to what ICE is currently doing)
January 20, 2026 at 5:45 PM
“ICE isn’t the Gestapo. The Gestapo was…” (proceeds to describe qualities that apply to what ICE is currently doing)
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I posted this for 2 reasons:
1. The Little Rock Nine students are still alive, that is how recent integration was.
2. Be the nice kid, not the witness.
1. The Little Rock Nine students are still alive, that is how recent integration was.
2. Be the nice kid, not the witness.
Little Rock Nine student Minnijean Brown-Trickey: "There were 20 nice kids...There were about 300 really mean kids.... there were 1700 silent witnesses who stood by & said nothing...if you're walking through terror, if somebody smiles with a genuine smile, you feel like oh, there's hope."
Minnijean Brown-Trickey is one of the original members of the Little Rock Nine, the teenagers who integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, after the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ru...
TikTok video by pbsnews
www.tiktok.com
January 20, 2026 at 1:01 PM
I posted this for 2 reasons:
1. The Little Rock Nine students are still alive, that is how recent integration was.
2. Be the nice kid, not the witness.
1. The Little Rock Nine students are still alive, that is how recent integration was.
2. Be the nice kid, not the witness.
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i feel like the viral bus thread resonates because at every step of the way you're like "ok surely this will be resolved shortly, any second now," which seems like what all the passengers are also thinking. then the fact that the situation doesn't resolve and the bus just keeps going is an Allegory
January 20, 2026 at 5:02 PM
i feel like the viral bus thread resonates because at every step of the way you're like "ok surely this will be resolved shortly, any second now," which seems like what all the passengers are also thinking. then the fact that the situation doesn't resolve and the bus just keeps going is an Allegory
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Terrible restaurant could close unless people enthusiastically embrace bad food, complains chef.
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
Big tech boss tells delegates at Davos that broader global use is essential if technology is to deliver lasting growth
www.irishtimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Terrible restaurant could close unless people enthusiastically embrace bad food, complains chef.
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Regular people in Minnesota standing up to ICE and protecting their neighbors. Denmark and Belgium taking the strongest stances of European countries against Trump’s Greenland threats. Amazing how those with less power take action and sacrifice, while so many of the powerful equivocate and cower.
January 20, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Regular people in Minnesota standing up to ICE and protecting their neighbors. Denmark and Belgium taking the strongest stances of European countries against Trump’s Greenland threats. Amazing how those with less power take action and sacrifice, while so many of the powerful equivocate and cower.
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Just got back from my first day as a bus driver. I think it went well, despite the passengers telling me (wrongly) I was going to wrong destination. Now to crack open a beer and check BlueSky...
January 20, 2026 at 5:05 AM
Just got back from my first day as a bus driver. I think it went well, despite the passengers telling me (wrongly) I was going to wrong destination. Now to crack open a beer and check BlueSky...
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I like that the same day a guy was like “this place will never be Twitter” this thread gave us the most 2015 Twitter experience (complimentary) imaginable.
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 4:38 AM
I like that the same day a guy was like “this place will never be Twitter” this thread gave us the most 2015 Twitter experience (complimentary) imaginable.
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I gained like 1k followers on bluesky in a day when I gave McAfee a wedgie on national television
I got threats on twitter at the same time that happened. same on instagram.
idk man different priorities here maybe
I got threats on twitter at the same time that happened. same on instagram.
idk man different priorities here maybe
A tale of three apps. Identical post sent at the same time:
Twitter: 136,000 likes, 20,000 shares
Threads: 46,000 likes, 4,000 ahares
Bluesky: 149 likes, 45 shares
To be clear, I have 60k followers on Twitter, 15k on Bluesky, but only 7k on Threads.
I love Bluesky, but this isn't sustainable.
Twitter: 136,000 likes, 20,000 shares
Threads: 46,000 likes, 4,000 ahares
Bluesky: 149 likes, 45 shares
To be clear, I have 60k followers on Twitter, 15k on Bluesky, but only 7k on Threads.
I love Bluesky, but this isn't sustainable.
January 19, 2026 at 11:37 PM
I gained like 1k followers on bluesky in a day when I gave McAfee a wedgie on national television
I got threats on twitter at the same time that happened. same on instagram.
idk man different priorities here maybe
I got threats on twitter at the same time that happened. same on instagram.
idk man different priorities here maybe
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I remember seeing this when it first aired. The playbook stays the same. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mocq...
27Oct1968 'Outside Agitators' - Murray Roman, Tommy & Dick Smothers (Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour)
YouTube video by Randolph Stevens
www.youtube.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:42 PM
I remember seeing this when it first aired. The playbook stays the same. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mocq...
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Was Weiss rapping this?
"You got an issue with me? Take your shot
You never seen my likes, so unpredictable, so heterodox"
"You got an issue with me? Take your shot
You never seen my likes, so unpredictable, so heterodox"
January 19, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Was Weiss rapping this?
"You got an issue with me? Take your shot
You never seen my likes, so unpredictable, so heterodox"
"You got an issue with me? Take your shot
You never seen my likes, so unpredictable, so heterodox"
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When Trump chose Pete Hegseth as defense secretary, I said he did so because he knew Hegseth wouldn't hesitate to use troops against the American people.
U.S. military troops on standby for possible deployment to Minnesota
The move comes after President Trump again threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to control ongoing protests over the immigration enforcement surge in Minneapolis.
www.npr.org
January 19, 2026 at 1:21 PM
When Trump chose Pete Hegseth as defense secretary, I said he did so because he knew Hegseth wouldn't hesitate to use troops against the American people.
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"They have roughed up local lawmakers, detained and jailed legal observers without charges, tear-gassed high school students, smashed in car windows of bewildered drivers unlucky enough to cross their path."
I went to Minneapolis last week. What I saw was horrifying and inspiring in equal measure. Gift link to my latest column: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...
Opinion | In Minneapolis, I Glimpsed a Civil War
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:21 PM
"They have roughed up local lawmakers, detained and jailed legal observers without charges, tear-gassed high school students, smashed in car windows of bewildered drivers unlucky enough to cross their path."
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The Unfuckables
January 18, 2026 at 6:03 PM
The Unfuckables
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Average Sunday show interview:
OFFICIAL: we are going to dip enemies of the state into acid vats
HOST: how will you pay for it?
OFFICIAL: tariffs
HOST: critics say tariffs don't generate acid vat money
OFFICIAL: tariffs have generated more money than has ever existed
HOST: thank u for ur time
OFFICIAL: we are going to dip enemies of the state into acid vats
HOST: how will you pay for it?
OFFICIAL: tariffs
HOST: critics say tariffs don't generate acid vat money
OFFICIAL: tariffs have generated more money than has ever existed
HOST: thank u for ur time
January 18, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Average Sunday show interview:
OFFICIAL: we are going to dip enemies of the state into acid vats
HOST: how will you pay for it?
OFFICIAL: tariffs
HOST: critics say tariffs don't generate acid vat money
OFFICIAL: tariffs have generated more money than has ever existed
HOST: thank u for ur time
OFFICIAL: we are going to dip enemies of the state into acid vats
HOST: how will you pay for it?
OFFICIAL: tariffs
HOST: critics say tariffs don't generate acid vat money
OFFICIAL: tariffs have generated more money than has ever existed
HOST: thank u for ur time
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Disney's highest grossing film is about falsely demonizing minorities so you can colonize and gentrify.
‘ZOOTOPIA 2’ has already outgrossed the entire theatrical run of ‘INSIDE OUT 2’
It is now Disney’s highest-grossing animated film of all time.
It is now Disney’s highest-grossing animated film of all time.
January 18, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Disney's highest grossing film is about falsely demonizing minorities so you can colonize and gentrify.
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i was talking with someone in the twin cities about how it’s not even accurate to call them protesters. they’re literally just people protecting their city from TERRORISTS.
Every time the Trump regime uses the words "funded protesters" and "outside agitators" news outlets need to cut to this photo from last week.
ICE has invaded these communities. Outside agitators don't show up in their fucking bathrobes.
ICE has invaded these communities. Outside agitators don't show up in their fucking bathrobes.
January 18, 2026 at 4:39 PM
i was talking with someone in the twin cities about how it’s not even accurate to call them protesters. they’re literally just people protecting their city from TERRORISTS.
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Every time the Trump regime uses the words "funded protesters" and "outside agitators" news outlets need to cut to this photo from last week.
ICE has invaded these communities. Outside agitators don't show up in their fucking bathrobes.
ICE has invaded these communities. Outside agitators don't show up in their fucking bathrobes.
January 18, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Every time the Trump regime uses the words "funded protesters" and "outside agitators" news outlets need to cut to this photo from last week.
ICE has invaded these communities. Outside agitators don't show up in their fucking bathrobes.
ICE has invaded these communities. Outside agitators don't show up in their fucking bathrobes.
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How much more in your face can it be?
"Why are you asking me for my paperwork?"
"Because of your accent."
"You have an accent too."
"Where were you born sir?"
"Where were you born at?"
"Put your hands behind your back."
"Why are you asking me for my paperwork?"
"Because of your accent."
"You have an accent too."
"Where were you born sir?"
"Where were you born at?"
"Put your hands behind your back."
January 17, 2026 at 9:16 PM
How much more in your face can it be?
"Why are you asking me for my paperwork?"
"Because of your accent."
"You have an accent too."
"Where were you born sir?"
"Where were you born at?"
"Put your hands behind your back."
"Why are you asking me for my paperwork?"
"Because of your accent."
"You have an accent too."
"Where were you born sir?"
"Where were you born at?"
"Put your hands behind your back."
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Saw this elsewhere online and had to verify it myself.
There is someone running for US representative on the Republican primary ballot in Lake County, Indiana under the name “Richard Benedict (Sieg Heil) Mayers”.
lakecountyin.gov/departments/...
There is someone running for US representative on the Republican primary ballot in Lake County, Indiana under the name “Richard Benedict (Sieg Heil) Mayers”.
lakecountyin.gov/departments/...
January 17, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Saw this elsewhere online and had to verify it myself.
There is someone running for US representative on the Republican primary ballot in Lake County, Indiana under the name “Richard Benedict (Sieg Heil) Mayers”.
lakecountyin.gov/departments/...
There is someone running for US representative on the Republican primary ballot in Lake County, Indiana under the name “Richard Benedict (Sieg Heil) Mayers”.
lakecountyin.gov/departments/...
“As an attorney, I should be able to confidently advise my clients and community on what their constitutional rights are and how to exercise them, but the truth is that here in the Twin Cities right now, people’s Constitutional rights don't matter.”
Six weeks into the immigration enforcement surge in the Twin Cities and observers say the violence employed by ICE agents is getting worse. While this kind of response isn't new to immigrants, the difference is that many ICE observers are also having their basic constitutional rights violated.
Fear factor: Intimidation becomes a calling card as Twin Cities ICE surge widens
Six weeks into the immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota, observers say there are signs that federal agents are employing violence more frequently and with little apparent restraint against citiz...
www.mprnews.org
January 17, 2026 at 4:20 PM
“As an attorney, I should be able to confidently advise my clients and community on what their constitutional rights are and how to exercise them, but the truth is that here in the Twin Cities right now, people’s Constitutional rights don't matter.”
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Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
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He sounds like a guy explaining “Settlers of Catan” to a group of people who will never, ever play “Settlers of Catan” with him again.
Miller: Denmark is a tiny country with a tiny economy and a tiny military. They cannot defend Greenland… Under every understanding of law that has existed about territorial control for 500 years, to control a territory you have to be able to defend a territory…
January 17, 2026 at 1:20 PM
He sounds like a guy explaining “Settlers of Catan” to a group of people who will never, ever play “Settlers of Catan” with him again.
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The G-forces this post pulls on the turn after the word “but” made me black out for a second
I have the utmost respect for Senator Kaine and Senator Warner but we do not need “coaching” on redistricting coming from a cuck chair in the corner. How about you all stay focused on the fascist in the White House and let us handle redistricting in Virginia. 10-1
January 17, 2026 at 3:03 AM
The G-forces this post pulls on the turn after the word “but” made me black out for a second
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Ice is now using the levers of state power to attack businesses that are acting under the first amendment to protest their actions if you are outside of Minneapolis in St. Paul, you are under reacting to the danger we are all in.
DHS employees entered our store this afternoon and served us a Notice of Inspection, demanding copies of I9 forms for each employee.
In 27 years as shopkeepers, we have never been subjected to this type of investigation.
In 27 years as shopkeepers, we have never been subjected to this type of investigation.
January 17, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Ice is now using the levers of state power to attack businesses that are acting under the first amendment to protest their actions if you are outside of Minneapolis in St. Paul, you are under reacting to the danger we are all in.
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You have to block them immediately. The full nuclear. They are only here to make folks angry, and that can’t happen if we lock them out.
✅ @icegov.bsky.social has been verified by @bsky.app.
January 16, 2026 at 11:59 PM
You have to block them immediately. The full nuclear. They are only here to make folks angry, and that can’t happen if we lock them out.