Juan C Chavez
@inafutureage.bsky.social
Prison & police accountability lawyer at OJRC. Dream baby dream. He/Him.
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Juan C Chavez
@inafutureage.bsky.social
· Dec 22
“I consistently break a rule I consider to be not only fake but pernicious. I know what I’m doing and why.”
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“Solitary 100 percent makes it harder to return to society as productive members. It creates a deep-seeded hate and distrust for the system and all connected to it,” says Kwaneta Harris, who has experienced the practice in a Texas prison.
“Designed to Break You:” Two Incarcerated Writers on the Heavy Toll of Solitary Confinement
The authors of a new book on solitary answer your questions about their experiences with isolation and the movement to end the torturous practice.
boltsmag.org
February 15, 2026 at 11:02 PM
“Solitary 100 percent makes it harder to return to society as productive members. It creates a deep-seeded hate and distrust for the system and all connected to it,” says Kwaneta Harris, who has experienced the practice in a Texas prison.
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Propaganda during WWI and WWII in fact
February 15, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Propaganda during WWI and WWII in fact
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douglas adams was our most accurate futurist
We are at an airport restaurant. A robot just drove up to us with our food, said, "Hi! Here I am!" and then drove away with our food.
February 15, 2026 at 10:10 PM
douglas adams was our most accurate futurist
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Farm workers pruning apple trees in WA state tell us, "The fog makes everything wet. This makes the work more difficult and dangerous. It also means we can't meet our minimum quota. They pay 45 cents per tree." #WeFeedYou
February 15, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Farm workers pruning apple trees in WA state tell us, "The fog makes everything wet. This makes the work more difficult and dangerous. It also means we can't meet our minimum quota. They pay 45 cents per tree." #WeFeedYou
Mixed Team Skeleton? How many of these Bone Temple sequels are we getting!
February 15, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Mixed Team Skeleton? How many of these Bone Temple sequels are we getting!
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It was my great honour to interview the one and only Francesca Albanese yesterday. Watch here, and find out why Trump and Rubio are so determined to stop her vital work:
zeteo.com/p/israels-te...
zeteo.com/p/israels-te...
Israel's Tech Boom & the Economy of Genocide
Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur, joins Naomi to discuss calls for her removal and her latest report documenting the 'corporate machinery sustaining Israel’s settler-colonial project.’
zeteo.com
July 9, 2025 at 6:41 PM
It was my great honour to interview the one and only Francesca Albanese yesterday. Watch here, and find out why Trump and Rubio are so determined to stop her vital work:
zeteo.com/p/israels-te...
zeteo.com/p/israels-te...
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hello and welcome to the political genius exam. here is question one. which is a more compelling message:
- the president is sending armies to occupy cities and kidnap and kill people and your town could be next
- a meal at the cheesecake factory that previously cost $100 now costs $104.9
- the president is sending armies to occupy cities and kidnap and kill people and your town could be next
- a meal at the cheesecake factory that previously cost $100 now costs $104.9
Romance alert: Trump's reckless tariffs have Valentine’s Day costs up across the board:
Roses 🌹16.6%
Chocolates🍫 18.7%
Ribeye 🥩 25.4%
Restaurant meals 🍽️ 4.9%
Roses 🌹16.6%
Chocolates🍫 18.7%
Ribeye 🥩 25.4%
Restaurant meals 🍽️ 4.9%
February 14, 2026 at 6:19 PM
hello and welcome to the political genius exam. here is question one. which is a more compelling message:
- the president is sending armies to occupy cities and kidnap and kill people and your town could be next
- a meal at the cheesecake factory that previously cost $100 now costs $104.9
- the president is sending armies to occupy cities and kidnap and kill people and your town could be next
- a meal at the cheesecake factory that previously cost $100 now costs $104.9
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So... this 106 million is a mix of unspent and unbudgeted revenue - www.opb.org/article/2026...
Portland now says roughly $106M in housing funds went unspent
The city continues to struggle to address homelessness and affordable housing, but officials say significant pots of money went untapped.
www.opb.org
February 15, 2026 at 1:26 AM
So... this 106 million is a mix of unspent and unbudgeted revenue - www.opb.org/article/2026...
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slavery is one of the rare things historically where the more you learn about it the more you realize your initial assessment was correct and it was in fact one of the most evil things ever to occur
Physically incapable of analyzing politics outside of this insipid frame.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
February 14, 2026 at 2:28 PM
slavery is one of the rare things historically where the more you learn about it the more you realize your initial assessment was correct and it was in fact one of the most evil things ever to occur
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this sequence in the U.S. women’s curling match was pure cinema
February 14, 2026 at 7:03 PM
this sequence in the U.S. women’s curling match was pure cinema
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AYN RAND: it is Rational and in fact Noble to care only for one's self because who knows if anyone else is even Real with an inner life like you, plus you're the Main Guy so your happiness is like the whole world is happy
NARCISSISTIC SOCIOPATHS: wow what an interesting and totally New belief system
NARCISSISTIC SOCIOPATHS: wow what an interesting and totally New belief system
February 14, 2026 at 11:25 AM
AYN RAND: it is Rational and in fact Noble to care only for one's self because who knows if anyone else is even Real with an inner life like you, plus you're the Main Guy so your happiness is like the whole world is happy
NARCISSISTIC SOCIOPATHS: wow what an interesting and totally New belief system
NARCISSISTIC SOCIOPATHS: wow what an interesting and totally New belief system
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AOC: "Extreme level of wealth inequality leads to social instability and drives authoritarianism, right-wing populism, and really dangerous domestic internal politics. That is a direct outcome of the failure of democracies over decades to deliver."
February 13, 2026 at 5:50 PM
AOC: "Extreme level of wealth inequality leads to social instability and drives authoritarianism, right-wing populism, and really dangerous domestic internal politics. That is a direct outcome of the failure of democracies over decades to deliver."
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Update: The "white culture" that has apparently been "erased" is football, baseball, hamburgers, pizza and "the music we listened to and the TV shows we watched."
Those foods and activities have their "roots in England" (?!?) and are no longer accessible in the United States (?!?!?)
Those foods and activities have their "roots in England" (?!?) and are no longer accessible in the United States (?!?!?)
when MAGA white supremacists like Carl whinge abt passing of 1965 Hart-Celler Immigration Act they are complaining that it overturned 1924 Johnson-Reed Act, a law limiting immigration to people from Northern Europe, which was drafted by eugenicist Rep. Albert Johnson, with BIG support from the Klan
February 14, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Update: The "white culture" that has apparently been "erased" is football, baseball, hamburgers, pizza and "the music we listened to and the TV shows we watched."
Those foods and activities have their "roots in England" (?!?) and are no longer accessible in the United States (?!?!?)
Those foods and activities have their "roots in England" (?!?) and are no longer accessible in the United States (?!?!?)
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another guy who never protested before radicalized to the point of tears by watching masked ICE agents terrify children in his neighborhood
the Republicans are not ready or mentally capable of comprehending the backlash they have generated
the Republicans are not ready or mentally capable of comprehending the backlash they have generated
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 7:02 PM
another guy who never protested before radicalized to the point of tears by watching masked ICE agents terrify children in his neighborhood
the Republicans are not ready or mentally capable of comprehending the backlash they have generated
the Republicans are not ready or mentally capable of comprehending the backlash they have generated
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ICE has pulled out of Terminal Island, its base for the last eight months for escalated immigration raids across Los Angeles and Southern California.
“ICE didn’t leave," Ron Gochez, a member of Unión del Barrio, told the L.A. Times. "The people kicked them out.”
www.latimes.com/california/s...
“ICE didn’t leave," Ron Gochez, a member of Unión del Barrio, told the L.A. Times. "The people kicked them out.”
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Activists celebrate as immigration agents depart Terminal Island. 'The people kicked them out'
Federal immigration agents departed from the Coast Guard site at Terminal Island in San Pedro, which they had used as a base for months while the Trump administration conducted immigration raids acros...
www.latimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:28 PM
ICE has pulled out of Terminal Island, its base for the last eight months for escalated immigration raids across Los Angeles and Southern California.
“ICE didn’t leave," Ron Gochez, a member of Unión del Barrio, told the L.A. Times. "The people kicked them out.”
www.latimes.com/california/s...
“ICE didn’t leave," Ron Gochez, a member of Unión del Barrio, told the L.A. Times. "The people kicked them out.”
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Ah, I see. Bill “Not Legally the FA US Attorney” Essayli sent out the goon squad to menace a crowd of Jewish activists standing in solidarity with their neighbors on Shabbat because an ICE agent broke from his group, tried to arrest a high schooler, and got wrecked by a bunch of teens earlier today
February 14, 2026 at 4:34 AM
Ah, I see. Bill “Not Legally the FA US Attorney” Essayli sent out the goon squad to menace a crowd of Jewish activists standing in solidarity with their neighbors on Shabbat because an ICE agent broke from his group, tried to arrest a high schooler, and got wrecked by a bunch of teens earlier today
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👀 A federal judge has ordered the disclosure of a roster of DOGE employees and affiliates, as well as a text message revealing a top NEH official’s views on “woke” and “progressive” grants. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 14, 2026 at 1:43 AM
👀 A federal judge has ordered the disclosure of a roster of DOGE employees and affiliates, as well as a text message revealing a top NEH official’s views on “woke” and “progressive” grants. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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I’m just going to leave this here
February 13, 2026 at 5:54 PM
I’m just going to leave this here
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I'm honored to accept this award from MWELA. We worked hard for the $7.25M jury verdict last year in Goodrum v. City of Alexandria. And while I'm the loud one who tends to get credit, it was really Katie's work throughout the case that got the job done.
CONGRATS to my husband and law partner, @joshuaerlich.bsky.social for being named Lawyer of the Year by the Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association.
Guys, this man works so hard and cares so much. Well deserved and could not be more proud.
Guys, this man works so hard and cares so much. Well deserved and could not be more proud.
February 13, 2026 at 7:31 PM
I'm honored to accept this award from MWELA. We worked hard for the $7.25M jury verdict last year in Goodrum v. City of Alexandria. And while I'm the loud one who tends to get credit, it was really Katie's work throughout the case that got the job done.
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this is comically evil. brazenly anti-social. just absolute black-pilled nihilism. we will not have a republic, we will not be free, until we regulate these companies to the point where — at a bare minimum — they're too afraid to put stuff like this down on paper.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
February 13, 2026 at 2:54 PM
this is comically evil. brazenly anti-social. just absolute black-pilled nihilism. we will not have a republic, we will not be free, until we regulate these companies to the point where — at a bare minimum — they're too afraid to put stuff like this down on paper.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
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Please follow @projectsaltbox.bsky.social and their research. And check their links to see if ICE is trying to buy abandoned for profit jails or warehouses near you to turn them into concentration camps.
Based on open source news reporting and FOIA documents procured by the ACLU, we have updated our ICE Warehouse Tracker to include formerly closed detention centers that ICE is looking at reopening. Those now show up as purple pins on the map.
tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
February 13, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Please follow @projectsaltbox.bsky.social and their research. And check their links to see if ICE is trying to buy abandoned for profit jails or warehouses near you to turn them into concentration camps.
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Here are a few of the emails from Casey Wasserman, current chair of LA28, to Ghislaine Maxwell in the latest Epstein files drop
![To:
*gmaxign
From:
Casey Wasserman
Sent:
Mon 4/7/2003 11:30:08 PM
Subject: RE: Title: Message
or something like that.
*--Original Message--
From: gmax [mailto:gmax1@mindspring.com]
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 4:34 PM
To: Casey Wasserman
Subject: RE: What foggy enough so that you can float naked down the beach and no one can see you unless
they are close up?
At 04:23 PM 4/7/2003 -0700, you wrote: june gloom is the common phrase...very foggy in the AM, usually burns off in the
afternoon...but still in the high 70's, low 80's...
I like Carbon Beach the best, and of course, that is where my house is...and it is the best and nicest
beach and closest to the city which is nice. ---Original Message---
From: gmax [mailto
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 4?28 PM
To: Casey Wasserman
Subject: RE: Max will be relieved - Stephen Shapiro just called and is going to find out what is available in June to rent in the 3 different areas along the beach. I said I would look at all 3 and would make a decision based more on the house than the area probably. Do
you have a view? I don't know anything about Malibu or LA for that matter. Anyway, regardless of that, Stephen told me that the weather is normally lousy in June -Is that right? What does lousy mean? Is it just hazy? Plse explain to the
foreigner
Gx
PS - I can't sleep - where are you when I need you?
- At 04:06 PM 4/7/2003 -0700, you wrote:
that can be the exception...but only one. ----Original Message-----
From: gmax [mailto:
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 3:12 PM
To: Casey Wasserman
Subject: RE:
What about Max? - At 02:39 PM 4/7/2003 -0700, you wrote:](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yvvwejxthpp5s62cu5bqpvxw/bafkreifsqmknqryxrwchuarb3isv5fg7lcr3asspmjybzeifpkkqjzldua@jpeg)
January 30, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Here are a few of the emails from Casey Wasserman, current chair of LA28, to Ghislaine Maxwell in the latest Epstein files drop
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Can’t wait for this event. Tickets will not be sold at the door, so get yours soon before we sell out.
To Catch a Fascist by Chris Mathias takes readers inside the underground fight against rising fascism in the U.S. where anti-fascists infiltrate far-right groups to expose white supremacists hiding in plain sight. Hear more at our event Feb 26 at Clinton Street Theater.
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February 12, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Can’t wait for this event. Tickets will not be sold at the door, so get yours soon before we sell out.
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ICE contracts increased private prison company GEO Group's revenues by 800% in 2025, according to an earnings call attended by @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social. But none of that money seems to be going to oversight amid a spate of sexual abuse & physical assault complaints against GEO Group guards.
ICE Boosts Income at Private Prison Company GEO Group by 800 Percent - The American Prospect
The company’s year-end earnings call came just days after a lawsuit alleges guards in the company’s Washington state immigrant prison assaulted immigrants.
prospect.org
February 12, 2026 at 10:50 PM
ICE contracts increased private prison company GEO Group's revenues by 800% in 2025, according to an earnings call attended by @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social. But none of that money seems to be going to oversight amid a spate of sexual abuse & physical assault complaints against GEO Group guards.
I am so excited for this event. If you've followed either @letsgomathias.bsky.social or @leahsottile.bsky.social, you'll know you're in for an insightful discussion about antifascist action. As always, grateful to @cstpdx.bsky.social for hosting great community events.
To Catch a Fascist by Chris Mathias takes readers inside the underground fight against rising fascism in the U.S. where anti-fascists infiltrate far-right groups to expose white supremacists hiding in plain sight. Hear more at our event Feb 26 at Clinton Street Theater.
dsnp.co/gg2d8g
dsnp.co/gg2d8g
February 12, 2026 at 10:46 PM
I am so excited for this event. If you've followed either @letsgomathias.bsky.social or @leahsottile.bsky.social, you'll know you're in for an insightful discussion about antifascist action. As always, grateful to @cstpdx.bsky.social for hosting great community events.