aaron boothby
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He was a nurse.
The Strib has identified him. Alex Pretti. Another 37-year-old executed for standing up for our immigrant neighbors. For shame.
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
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January 24, 2026 at 6:55 PM
He was a nurse.
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🚨"It was an execution! I can't believe what's happening in our city. Everything was so peaceful and beautiful and loving here until these cowards came in with masks and guns and started inflicting tyranny on our neighbors. They're killing us!" -Minneapolis protester. LIVE NOW ⬇️
January 24, 2026 at 7:05 PM
🚨"It was an execution! I can't believe what's happening in our city. Everything was so peaceful and beautiful and loving here until these cowards came in with masks and guns and started inflicting tyranny on our neighbors. They're killing us!" -Minneapolis protester. LIVE NOW ⬇️
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Alex J Pretti. That was his name. He had a YouTube channel, and a Linkdin profile. I think he was a nurse. He was 37 and had a permit to carry. www.youtube.com/@alexjpretti...
Alex J Pretti
www.youtube.com
January 24, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Alex J Pretti. That was his name. He had a YouTube channel, and a Linkdin profile. I think he was a nurse. He was 37 and had a permit to carry. www.youtube.com/@alexjpretti...
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time to take it back
The world we were promised as kids has been stolen
January 24, 2026 at 6:21 PM
time to take it back
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By who? Who shot the person dead? You saw the video. We all know a federal agent shot a man dead who was prone on the ground. Also, it's not "according to officials." It's according to verified video seen with your eyes. Not saying what anyone can obviously see with their eyes is a form of lying.
January 24, 2026 at 6:28 PM
By who? Who shot the person dead? You saw the video. We all know a federal agent shot a man dead who was prone on the ground. Also, it's not "according to officials." It's according to verified video seen with your eyes. Not saying what anyone can obviously see with their eyes is a form of lying.
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Hundreds of people are walking towards the federal paramilitary who *just murdered a guy this morning* with their hands raised. The courage of people who live here is stunning.
January 24, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Hundreds of people are walking towards the federal paramilitary who *just murdered a guy this morning* with their hands raised. The courage of people who live here is stunning.
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37 year old white male citizen with a lawful permit to carry a firearm, says the Minneapolis Police Department.
January 24, 2026 at 6:09 PM
37 year old white male citizen with a lawful permit to carry a firearm, says the Minneapolis Police Department.
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this is coming up on wednesday and would love to see some friendly faces because ngl feeling a little nervous…it’s funny how we can do this for years and years and then it can suddenly feel like we’ve never done it before…
“Poor Visibility: Seeing Algerian Victims of the French Bomb”
Gibson Art Museum
SFU Burnaby
Wed, Jan 28th, 12:00
I’ll be giving a talk re: some of my research as part of the Gibson’s new “Test Kitchen” series in a couple of weeks. Come hang out!
gibson.sfu.ca/whats-on/tes...
Gibson Art Museum
SFU Burnaby
Wed, Jan 28th, 12:00
I’ll be giving a talk re: some of my research as part of the Gibson’s new “Test Kitchen” series in a couple of weeks. Come hang out!
gibson.sfu.ca/whats-on/tes...
Test Kitchen
Test Kitchen is an informal, interdisciplinary public forum where SFU graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and faculty share their work publicly with others.
gibson.sfu.ca
January 24, 2026 at 5:47 PM
this is coming up on wednesday and would love to see some friendly faces because ngl feeling a little nervous…it’s funny how we can do this for years and years and then it can suddenly feel like we’ve never done it before…
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Please keep circulating. Please keep donating. They are trying to raise 100k for their neighbors to keep them housed, fed, and safe.
This was just given to me by someone on the frontline in Minneapolis.
This fundraiser is organized by a group of neighbors, community organizers, and friends to help with housing payments for the neighbors in the Bryant neighborhood.
Share, give, share, and give again!
#MutualAid
#AbolishICE
This fundraiser is organized by a group of neighbors, community organizers, and friends to help with housing payments for the neighbors in the Bryant neighborhood.
Share, give, share, and give again!
#MutualAid
#AbolishICE
Donate to Support Bryant Families in Urgent Need, organized by Bryant Neighborhood
This fundraiser is organized by a group of neighbors, community organizers,… Bryant Neighborhood needs your support for Support Bryant Families in Urgent Need
www.gofundme.com
January 24, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Please keep circulating. Please keep donating. They are trying to raise 100k for their neighbors to keep them housed, fed, and safe.
like cops have never put a gun on someone they murdered, old tricks for new cosplay fascists
January 24, 2026 at 5:51 PM
like cops have never put a gun on someone they murdered, old tricks for new cosplay fascists
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At the end of the day, the Black Lives Matter era was about whether people should be killed in the street, and lots of people decided yeah and put those little blue flags on their cars. It spread to everyone because it stopped for no one.
January 24, 2026 at 4:45 PM
At the end of the day, the Black Lives Matter era was about whether people should be killed in the street, and lots of people decided yeah and put those little blue flags on their cars. It spread to everyone because it stopped for no one.
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Abolition is the only way.
January 24, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Abolition is the only way.
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the video of another person being murdered by the state on the streets of minneapolis shows exactly what people are saying it shows. make your own choices but don’t feel like you are obligated to bear witness to it. reading a description is enough.
January 24, 2026 at 3:48 PM
the video of another person being murdered by the state on the streets of minneapolis shows exactly what people are saying it shows. make your own choices but don’t feel like you are obligated to bear witness to it. reading a description is enough.
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I just watched the shooting video. It's a horrific beating and execution in the middle of the street.
If local and state officials don't move to arrest everyone involved for murder, they need to resign. Making arrests will de-escalate the situation. Do nothing and this is going to explode.
If local and state officials don't move to arrest everyone involved for murder, they need to resign. Making arrests will de-escalate the situation. Do nothing and this is going to explode.
January 24, 2026 at 3:56 PM
I just watched the shooting video. It's a horrific beating and execution in the middle of the street.
If local and state officials don't move to arrest everyone involved for murder, they need to resign. Making arrests will de-escalate the situation. Do nothing and this is going to explode.
If local and state officials don't move to arrest everyone involved for murder, they need to resign. Making arrests will de-escalate the situation. Do nothing and this is going to explode.
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executions in the street.
January 24, 2026 at 3:53 PM
executions in the street.
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ICE just shot another one of my neighbors. They had the person on the ground, being beaten by several agents, and then fired multiple shots. In front of the donut shop where we like to get donuts for our kids.
January 24, 2026 at 3:46 PM
ICE just shot another one of my neighbors. They had the person on the ground, being beaten by several agents, and then fired multiple shots. In front of the donut shop where we like to get donuts for our kids.
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Wise words from WEB DuBois to gird us today: "It would be shame and cowardice to surrender this glorious land and its opportunities for civilization and humanity to the thugs and lynchers, the mobs and profiteers, the monopolists & gamblers who today choke its soul and steal its resources."
January 22, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Wise words from WEB DuBois to gird us today: "It would be shame and cowardice to surrender this glorious land and its opportunities for civilization and humanity to the thugs and lynchers, the mobs and profiteers, the monopolists & gamblers who today choke its soul and steal its resources."
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Witnesses say a man was shot by a federal agent in south Minneapolis this morning. The Minnesota Star Tribune is on the scene:
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
Live: Man shot by federal agent in south Minneapolis this morning, witnesses say
More than a hundred protesters and observers have gathered near E. 26th Street and Nicollet Avenue.
www.startribune.com
January 24, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Witnesses say a man was shot by a federal agent in south Minneapolis this morning. The Minnesota Star Tribune is on the scene:
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
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Settings > Content and Media > Autoplay Video and GIFs
Turn it off, now.
Turn it off, now.
January 24, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Settings > Content and Media > Autoplay Video and GIFs
Turn it off, now.
Turn it off, now.
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This is so fucking haunting.
January 24, 2026 at 3:11 AM
This is so fucking haunting.
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Great thread which links to a great article by one of our more indispensable commenters on contemporary india (and elsewhere).
In 1948, Nehru addressed the UN General Assembly laying out the fundamentals of a foreign policy based on India’s freedom struggle.
An aggressive rejection of colonialism, racial inequality, and a world where the previously colonised "no intention whatever of being ignored or of being passed by."
An aggressive rejection of colonialism, racial inequality, and a world where the previously colonised "no intention whatever of being ignored or of being passed by."
January 24, 2026 at 5:03 AM
Great thread which links to a great article by one of our more indispensable commenters on contemporary india (and elsewhere).
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I will vote for whichever candidate promises abolition and trials
January 24, 2026 at 5:15 AM
I will vote for whichever candidate promises abolition and trials
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Transphobia is a cancer of the heart and mind.
It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty.
Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face.
Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up.
It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty.
Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face.
Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up.
January 24, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Transphobia is a cancer of the heart and mind.
It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty.
Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face.
Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up.
It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty.
Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face.
Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up.
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The answers to this make an excellent winter reading list.
What are your favorite African classics in translation?
January 23, 2026 at 11:03 AM
The answers to this make an excellent winter reading list.
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Sagebrush, Snow & Sunrise
January 23, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Sagebrush, Snow & Sunrise