Janneken
@janneken.org
historian, author, Philadelphia committeeperson in Ward 18. janneken.org. A New Deal for Quilts https://linktr.ee/janneken
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Some children in Dilley were so distraught they cut themselves or talked about suicide, parents told ProPublica.
They said kids lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping, and were constantly sick.
They said kids lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping, and were constantly sick.
The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center
ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...
www.propublica.org
February 12, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Some children in Dilley were so distraught they cut themselves or talked about suicide, parents told ProPublica.
They said kids lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping, and were constantly sick.
They said kids lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping, and were constantly sick.
Never a bad time to enjoy Bisa Butler’s work, but I especially need her joy right now as we start Black History Month.
Broom Jumpers (2019), cotton, silk, wool and velvet, 87" x 52 1/4"; Source: artmuseum.mtholyoke.edu
Broom Jumpers (2019), cotton, silk, wool and velvet, 87" x 52 1/4"; Source: artmuseum.mtholyoke.edu
February 2, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Never a bad time to enjoy Bisa Butler’s work, but I especially need her joy right now as we start Black History Month.
Broom Jumpers (2019), cotton, silk, wool and velvet, 87" x 52 1/4"; Source: artmuseum.mtholyoke.edu
Broom Jumpers (2019), cotton, silk, wool and velvet, 87" x 52 1/4"; Source: artmuseum.mtholyoke.edu
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There seems to be a fundamental misconception about journalists and the First Amendment. You don't get 1A rights in exchange for being accurate and impartial. The ideal of journalistic neutrality was inconceivable to the founders. Journalism in the 1780s was partisan! And they still protected it!
January 31, 2026 at 12:46 PM
There seems to be a fundamental misconception about journalists and the First Amendment. You don't get 1A rights in exchange for being accurate and impartial. The ideal of journalistic neutrality was inconceivable to the founders. Journalism in the 1780s was partisan! And they still protected it!
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When racists killed Mickey Schwerner, James Chaney and Andrew Goodman in 1964, they burned their station wagon but left it just off a road where it was easily found.
When racists killed Viola Liuzzo, they advertised her shot-up car for sale, promoting it as a possible tourist attraction.
When racists killed Viola Liuzzo, they advertised her shot-up car for sale, promoting it as a possible tourist attraction.
ICE's decision to just leave cars abandoned in the roads is one of those dystopian things that makes you recoil in shock when you encounter it.
A legal asylum-seeker who works at Chipotle and plays music at a church in Maine went missing. His pastor searched and searched, eventually finding his abandoned car with the keys on the floor.
ICE grabbed him. No criminal record. No explanation.
ICE grabbed him. No criminal record. No explanation.
January 29, 2026 at 6:09 PM
When racists killed Mickey Schwerner, James Chaney and Andrew Goodman in 1964, they burned their station wagon but left it just off a road where it was easily found.
When racists killed Viola Liuzzo, they advertised her shot-up car for sale, promoting it as a possible tourist attraction.
When racists killed Viola Liuzzo, they advertised her shot-up car for sale, promoting it as a possible tourist attraction.
I am thrilled to learn that 15 of 17 Philadelphia Council Members are supporting this package of legislation to protect our neighbors from ICE’s worst tactics. Be sure to thank them, especially @ruephilacouncil.bsky.social and CM Kendra Brooks for taking the lead.
For those interested in the "Ice Out" Philly legislation introduced today, please see the link below.
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Please note that these bills are not the official record, they still need to be processed by the clerk and there might be some slight differences.
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Please note that these bills are not the official record, they still need to be processed by the clerk and there might be some slight differences.
Shared Legislation - Google Drive
drive.google.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:38 PM
I am thrilled to learn that 15 of 17 Philadelphia Council Members are supporting this package of legislation to protect our neighbors from ICE’s worst tactics. Be sure to thank them, especially @ruephilacouncil.bsky.social and CM Kendra Brooks for taking the lead.
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Philly, Council will be considering a fantastic package of ICE Out bills tomorrow. Today is a great day to call your councilmember, all the at-large councilmembers, and the mayor to urge their support. Tomorrow, pack council chambers to show your support!
January 28, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Philly, Council will be considering a fantastic package of ICE Out bills tomorrow. Today is a great day to call your councilmember, all the at-large councilmembers, and the mayor to urge their support. Tomorrow, pack council chambers to show your support!
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They report this without any irony or even noting that Trump just killed a protester.
January 11, 2026 at 3:02 AM
They report this without any irony or even noting that Trump just killed a protester.
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"I'm so sorry that we could not have done this earlier...to have saved the loved ones in your life. But I thank you fopr the work that you have done...to ensure that this pain not be felt by others who call this same city home." — Mayor Mamdani at McGuinness Blvd. presser youtube.com/shorts/uwAYI...
Mayor Mamdani commits to ending traffic violence across NYC on third day in office #safestreets
YouTube video by Streetsblog NYC
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January 3, 2026 at 9:07 PM
"I'm so sorry that we could not have done this earlier...to have saved the loved ones in your life. But I thank you fopr the work that you have done...to ensure that this pain not be felt by others who call this same city home." — Mayor Mamdani at McGuinness Blvd. presser youtube.com/shorts/uwAYI...
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For my Philadelphia-area friends: Monday 10am at the Kimmel Center is the *free* Inauguration ceremony for @dalarrykrasner.bsky.social (his 3rd term), city controller Christy Brady (first *full* term), and a lot of good judges who have been elected or retained.
These civic events are fun. Come!
These civic events are fun. Come!
City of Philadelphia Inauguration
The City of Philadelphia will host the official Inauguration Ceremony for the District Attorney, City Controller, and 34 members of the judiciary, including Judges of the Court of Common Pleas and Mun...
www.ensembleartsphilly.org
January 4, 2026 at 2:10 AM
For my Philadelphia-area friends: Monday 10am at the Kimmel Center is the *free* Inauguration ceremony for @dalarrykrasner.bsky.social (his 3rd term), city controller Christy Brady (first *full* term), and a lot of good judges who have been elected or retained.
These civic events are fun. Come!
These civic events are fun. Come!
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Candid answer - as someone who handled constituent affairs calls for years - while they’re not checking the phone right now, the urgency of the moment is important.
Show them you care enough to make the weekend call, and be counted that way. Staffers will clock and report this upstream.
Show them you care enough to make the weekend call, and be counted that way. Staffers will clock and report this upstream.
Is there actually a benefit to leaving a VM now vs getting a staffer on Monday? Can do both but just curious
January 3, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Candid answer - as someone who handled constituent affairs calls for years - while they’re not checking the phone right now, the urgency of the moment is important.
Show them you care enough to make the weekend call, and be counted that way. Staffers will clock and report this upstream.
Show them you care enough to make the weekend call, and be counted that way. Staffers will clock and report this upstream.
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"Academics literally cannot make genAI go away" we also can't make underage drinking go away and we're not advocating for installing bar carts in every classroom.
December 27, 2025 at 11:46 PM
"Academics literally cannot make genAI go away" we also can't make underage drinking go away and we're not advocating for installing bar carts in every classroom.
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No one says to legit business owners, "hey I see there's an underground market selling toxic knock-offs of your product: how will you incorporate the toxic product AND protect your customers against its harms?" But apparently it's fine to make this suggestion to educators with respect to AI.
December 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
No one says to legit business owners, "hey I see there's an underground market selling toxic knock-offs of your product: how will you incorporate the toxic product AND protect your customers against its harms?" But apparently it's fine to make this suggestion to educators with respect to AI.
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Your mission today:
1. Watch It's a Wonderful Life (1946) and identify any possible subversive elements.
2. Listen to the latest Unsung History with @gvaughnjoy.bsky.social to hear how the FBI(!) did just that, using a framework from Ayn Rand(!).
1. Watch It's a Wonderful Life (1946) and identify any possible subversive elements.
2. Listen to the latest Unsung History with @gvaughnjoy.bsky.social to hear how the FBI(!) did just that, using a framework from Ayn Rand(!).
Christmas Films, the Early Cold War & the FBI
Christmas Films, the Early Cold War & the FBI page for UNSUNG HISTORY
www.unsunghistorypodcast.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Your mission today:
1. Watch It's a Wonderful Life (1946) and identify any possible subversive elements.
2. Listen to the latest Unsung History with @gvaughnjoy.bsky.social to hear how the FBI(!) did just that, using a framework from Ayn Rand(!).
1. Watch It's a Wonderful Life (1946) and identify any possible subversive elements.
2. Listen to the latest Unsung History with @gvaughnjoy.bsky.social to hear how the FBI(!) did just that, using a framework from Ayn Rand(!).
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On Dec 20, June Rodriguez was killed in a hit-and-run at the intersection of Lancaster Avenue and 56th Street in West Philly.
June was a beloved friend and DJ in Philadelphia.
If you have any information please call the police.
June was a beloved friend and DJ in Philadelphia.
If you have any information please call the police.
December 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
On Dec 20, June Rodriguez was killed in a hit-and-run at the intersection of Lancaster Avenue and 56th Street in West Philly.
June was a beloved friend and DJ in Philadelphia.
If you have any information please call the police.
June was a beloved friend and DJ in Philadelphia.
If you have any information please call the police.
I have had three young men come shake my hand and thank me at the end of the last day of class. I like this gesture very much.
December 12, 2025 at 3:01 AM
I have had three young men come shake my hand and thank me at the end of the last day of class. I like this gesture very much.
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Hello! It’s true! I am the artist who painted the big baby JD Vance mural 💁🏻♀️
I wrote about fascism, surrealism, organizing, & how art + activism can work hand in hand to make real political change. Thank you @fubarpac.bsky.social for allowing me to contribute!
I wrote about fascism, surrealism, organizing, & how art + activism can work hand in hand to make real political change. Thank you @fubarpac.bsky.social for allowing me to contribute!
Hello! I Am the Artist Who Painted the Big Baby JD Vance Mural
Guest Contributor: Lauren Rinaldi
fubarpac.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Hello! It’s true! I am the artist who painted the big baby JD Vance mural 💁🏻♀️
I wrote about fascism, surrealism, organizing, & how art + activism can work hand in hand to make real political change. Thank you @fubarpac.bsky.social for allowing me to contribute!
I wrote about fascism, surrealism, organizing, & how art + activism can work hand in hand to make real political change. Thank you @fubarpac.bsky.social for allowing me to contribute!
My brilliant friend and @ward18dems.bsky.social leader @laurenrinaldi.bsky.social wrote about how art helps us organize, and why you should see the Surrealism exhibit @philamuseum.bsky.social fubarpac.substack.com/p/hello-i-am...
Hello! I Am the Artist Who Painted the Big Baby JD Vance Mural
Guest Contributor: Lauren Rinaldi
fubarpac.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
My brilliant friend and @ward18dems.bsky.social leader @laurenrinaldi.bsky.social wrote about how art helps us organize, and why you should see the Surrealism exhibit @philamuseum.bsky.social fubarpac.substack.com/p/hello-i-am...
Harnessing AI to root out wokeness. Higher Education at its finest.
“School officials have created a Microsoft Copilot prompt to review course descriptions with an eye toward avoiding ‘advocacy-oriented or prescriptive terms.’”
Terms: “dismantling, decolonizing, interrogating, challenging, centering, combating, liberation, resistance, activism, justice oriented”
Terms: “dismantling, decolonizing, interrogating, challenging, centering, combating, liberation, resistance, activism, justice oriented”
To Root Out Wokeness in the Course Catalog, This Texas University Is Turning to AI
“The AI was upset with my use of the phrase ‘women's rights movement.’”
www.texasmonthly.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Harnessing AI to root out wokeness. Higher Education at its finest.
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My uncle, Douglas Colesworthy, on the AIDS Memorial Quilt. He died in 1987. Silence = death.
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 AM
My uncle, Douglas Colesworthy, on the AIDS Memorial Quilt. He died in 1987. Silence = death.
My response to @miriamposner.com wondering if it is cruel to require students to use @zotero.org No, it is not. These are the assignments I use to get them started.
Here’s a folder with the key assignments I use to get my students using Zotero. Along with this, they produce an annotated bibliography for a research prospectus and have to put all the annotations in Zotero. I introduce the platform in an in class workshop. drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Zotero Assignments - Google Drive
drive.google.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:59 PM
My response to @miriamposner.com wondering if it is cruel to require students to use @zotero.org No, it is not. These are the assignments I use to get them started.
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Here's my little book on how pop business books shaped Trump's life writing. Lots of weird close readings of things like Lee Iacocca's autobiography and books about Japanese management techniques.
www.routledge.com/Trump-and-Au...
www.routledge.com/Trump-and-Au...
November 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Here's my little book on how pop business books shaped Trump's life writing. Lots of weird close readings of things like Lee Iacocca's autobiography and books about Japanese management techniques.
www.routledge.com/Trump-and-Au...
www.routledge.com/Trump-and-Au...
Please don’t ask me how my writing is going. But please buy these books for your great aunts, cousins, crafty pals, & art lovers who like to learn about history. americanart.si.edu/books/patter...
www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/internationa...
www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/internationa...
November 27, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Please don’t ask me how my writing is going. But please buy these books for your great aunts, cousins, crafty pals, & art lovers who like to learn about history. americanart.si.edu/books/patter...
www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/internationa...
www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/internationa...
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In case you missed this, the BBC edited a historian's speech about Trump to remove the claim that he's "the most openly corrupt president in US history." This came after Trump had threatened a $1 billion lawsuit.
Elite capitulation continues.
Read all about it here:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Elite capitulation continues.
Read all about it here:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump Angrily Threatened to Sue BBC. Then Things Took a Darker Turn.
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:30 PM
In case you missed this, the BBC edited a historian's speech about Trump to remove the claim that he's "the most openly corrupt president in US history." This came after Trump had threatened a $1 billion lawsuit.
Elite capitulation continues.
Read all about it here:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Elite capitulation continues.
Read all about it here:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...