Matthew L Reznicek
@drreznicek.bsky.social
Health Humanities and c18/19 British and Irish Literature. Must love dogs.
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To be truly radical is to make hope possible rather than despair convincing—Raymond Williams
They cannot kill all of us.
January 26, 2026 at 1:28 PM
They cannot kill all of us.
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My "Not involved in destroying evidence" T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt.
January 26, 2026 at 1:06 PM
My "Not involved in destroying evidence" T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt.
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#Reading Free online event coming up 🙌 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/enhancing-...
Enhancing young people’s reading enjoyment and engagement with books
This webinar will provide research-informed practical insights to support more teenagers to enjoy and engage with books and reading
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January 26, 2026 at 1:16 PM
#Reading Free online event coming up 🙌 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/enhancing-...
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Reminder: ICE’s budget has not been renewed — the House voted, but not the Senate — It will take 10 Democratic votes to stop it
Pressure your senators
Pressure your senators
January 24, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Reminder: ICE’s budget has not been renewed — the House voted, but not the Senate — It will take 10 Democratic votes to stop it
Pressure your senators
Pressure your senators
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They can’t fathom that people have come together because they care about their community, their neighbors, and their nation.
Not because they’re getting paid.
A total lapse in humanity and imagination.
What a sad & blatant lie.
Not because they’re getting paid.
A total lapse in humanity and imagination.
What a sad & blatant lie.
January 26, 2026 at 1:26 AM
They can’t fathom that people have come together because they care about their community, their neighbors, and their nation.
Not because they’re getting paid.
A total lapse in humanity and imagination.
What a sad & blatant lie.
Not because they’re getting paid.
A total lapse in humanity and imagination.
What a sad & blatant lie.
@samsteindc.bsky.social reports that the physician who raced to help yesterday swears in his affidavit that the ICE officers were counting the bullet holes rather than rendering aid.
January 26, 2026 at 12:42 AM
@samsteindc.bsky.social reports that the physician who raced to help yesterday swears in his affidavit that the ICE officers were counting the bullet holes rather than rendering aid.
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In case anyone was wondering how it’s going over on American Girl doll Instagram
January 25, 2026 at 10:21 PM
In case anyone was wondering how it’s going over on American Girl doll Instagram
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I spent the most formative years of my political life reading headlines like this seemingly every week.
January 25, 2026 at 4:07 PM
I spent the most formative years of my political life reading headlines like this seemingly every week.
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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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Chris Murphy: "This is really scary because what Bovino essentially told you is that if you just happen to be present when they are undertaking an operation, if you pull out your phone to record it, the use of force against you is justified. That is not true, it's not what the law says."
January 25, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Chris Murphy: "This is really scary because what Bovino essentially told you is that if you just happen to be present when they are undertaking an operation, if you pull out your phone to record it, the use of force against you is justified. That is not true, it's not what the law says."
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DO IT
A German soccer federation executive committee member says it's time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
German soccer federation official wants World Cup boycott considered because of Trump
A German soccer federation executive committee member says it’s time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
bit.ly
January 25, 2026 at 9:10 PM
DO IT
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When ordinary people are literally putting themselves in front of armed goons in armoured trucks it really makes clear that all those craven m/billionaire CEOs like Tim Cook should never know another days peace and should be shunned by all decent people till the day they die
This administration is cooked. Literally no one is scared of them.
January 25, 2026 at 9:25 PM
When ordinary people are literally putting themselves in front of armed goons in armoured trucks it really makes clear that all those craven m/billionaire CEOs like Tim Cook should never know another days peace and should be shunned by all decent people till the day they die
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it really is government by a bunch of bull connors. basically walking into traps set for them by their opposition. connor also did not understand that beating the hell out of demonstrators was *what they wanted*
January 25, 2026 at 3:08 PM
it really is government by a bunch of bull connors. basically walking into traps set for them by their opposition. connor also did not understand that beating the hell out of demonstrators was *what they wanted*
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“The notion that these masked enforcers are legitimate law enforcement is a fiction. They are paramilitary operatives. They are thugs in the service of a regime.”
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January 25, 2026 at 8:58 PM
“The notion that these masked enforcers are legitimate law enforcement is a fiction. They are paramilitary operatives. They are thugs in the service of a regime.”
open.substack.com/pub/theunpop...
open.substack.com/pub/theunpop...
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Whittier, Minneapolis vibe check
January 25, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Whittier, Minneapolis vibe check
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Walz: "We have got children in Minnesota hiding in their houses, afraid to go outside. Many of us grew up reading that story of Anne Frank. Somebody is gonna write that children's story about Minnesota."
January 25, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Walz: "We have got children in Minnesota hiding in their houses, afraid to go outside. Many of us grew up reading that story of Anne Frank. Somebody is gonna write that children's story about Minnesota."
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Nice try, but we remember who put these vaccine deniers in positions of power… and who, once they proved utterly unfaithful to their promises, are still keeping them there.
Sen Cassidy: “Claiming that risk from vaccines is greater than the threat from disease has led to highest rate of measles in decades. Undermining faith in polio vaccine will lead to paralyzed children. What others are doing will be blamed on President Trump. Unfair but true.”
January 25, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Nice try, but we remember who put these vaccine deniers in positions of power… and who, once they proved utterly unfaithful to their promises, are still keeping them there.
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I don’t see too many people talking about what an incredible accomplishment it was for MN officials and lawyers to get those affidavits and that motion written and filed and to get a Trump appointed judge to issue a TRO against the feds to stop them from destroying evidence - all in the same day.
January 25, 2026 at 4:19 PM
I don’t see too many people talking about what an incredible accomplishment it was for MN officials and lawyers to get those affidavits and that motion written and filed and to get a Trump appointed judge to issue a TRO against the feds to stop them from destroying evidence - all in the same day.
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For Burns Night, some thoughts on the later uses of his distinctive stanza form — or ‘standard Habbie’ — from Wordsworth to Heaney
Wee, Sleeket
The shrinking poetry of the Burns stanza, from Wordsworth to Heaney
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January 25, 2026 at 7:16 PM
For Burns Night, some thoughts on the later uses of his distinctive stanza form — or ‘standard Habbie’ — from Wordsworth to Heaney
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This statement seeming anything other than incoherent is an indictment of our political culture.
Tim Walz: "We're no longer having a political debate. We're having a moral debate."
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Tim Walz: "What side do you want to be on? The side of an all-powerful federal government that can kill, injure, menace, and kidnap its citizens off the streets, or the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness - the side of a mother whose last words were 'I'm not mad at you.'"
January 25, 2026 at 8:57 PM
This statement seeming anything other than incoherent is an indictment of our political culture.
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The Washington Post published a clear video of federal agents removing Alex Pretti's handgun moments before he was fatally shot. There's nothing in the video to suggest Pretti even reached for his weapon.
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January 25, 2026 at 6:11 PM
The Washington Post published a clear video of federal agents removing Alex Pretti's handgun moments before he was fatally shot. There's nothing in the video to suggest Pretti even reached for his weapon.
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wapo.st/49Zqv1L
Blocking Burnham doesn’t exactly give the air of confidence around No. 10
January 25, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Blocking Burnham doesn’t exactly give the air of confidence around No. 10
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The majority of organizing happening in Minnesota isn’t just peaceful, it’s INVISIBLE. Moms showing up who won’t be interviewed on TV, people whose ICE patrols don’t turn into viral video. The grocery runs, the donations, the people filming bc they happen to be there. Please remember this.
January 25, 2026 at 5:00 PM
The majority of organizing happening in Minnesota isn’t just peaceful, it’s INVISIBLE. Moms showing up who won’t be interviewed on TV, people whose ICE patrols don’t turn into viral video. The grocery runs, the donations, the people filming bc they happen to be there. Please remember this.
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As someone who’s spent nearly 2 decades in the content mines: they’re doing these stories critical of the regime because people are clicking on them
January 25, 2026 at 7:59 PM
As someone who’s spent nearly 2 decades in the content mines: they’re doing these stories critical of the regime because people are clicking on them