Jessica Luther
@jessicawluther.com
Investigative journalist, mainly sports. Wrote a couple books. PhD in Sports Studies. Dissertation on the Univ of Texas women's bball team in the 1970s. Tall. Tired. She/Her. Austin, TX https://www.jessicawluther.com/
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Jessica Luther
@jessicawluther.com
· Nov 22
Ok, there are so many new followers and I appreciate it, but you should know what you're getting into LOL so here are some things I've written or worked on to give you an idea of what I do, what I care about
I always sit up and listen when Amira is giving a history lesson.
Brushing off the fatigue: is now the moment widespread athlete activism re-ignites?
@amirarose.bsky.social, @lindsaygibbs.bsky.social, and @brendaelsey.bsky.social examine the cycles of athletic activism amid growing Anti-🧊 protests
#athleteactivism #ICEOUT
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a47i...
@amirarose.bsky.social, @lindsaygibbs.bsky.social, and @brendaelsey.bsky.social examine the cycles of athletic activism amid growing Anti-🧊 protests
#athleteactivism #ICEOUT
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a47i...
January 28, 2026 at 5:31 PM
I always sit up and listen when Amira is giving a history lesson.
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@jonarnoldfc.bsky.social great job on What Next today
January 28, 2026 at 4:41 PM
@jonarnoldfc.bsky.social great job on What Next today
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You can preorder here and will get it in time for Juneteenth
A Second Sight: How the Wonder and Vision of Black Mediamakers Push America Toward Freedom
How the Wonder and Vision of Black Mediamakers Push America Toward Freedom
bookshop.org
January 28, 2026 at 1:31 PM
You can preorder here and will get it in time for Juneteenth
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I interviewed dozens of today’s most influential Black mediamakers. The interviews were heavy, juicy, astute. I tell their stories through an arc of mediamaking that links them to predecessors and successors revealing a collective practice of national intervention and imagination they ask us to join
January 28, 2026 at 1:31 PM
I interviewed dozens of today’s most influential Black mediamakers. The interviews were heavy, juicy, astute. I tell their stories through an arc of mediamaking that links them to predecessors and successors revealing a collective practice of national intervention and imagination they ask us to join
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In A Second Sight I trace media made by African Americans from before the founding via the printing press through every technological advancement to show how this media intervened in US politics & culture. Think Phillis Wheatley to Ryan Coogler. This is a media, history, & politics book (and more).
January 28, 2026 at 1:31 PM
In A Second Sight I trace media made by African Americans from before the founding via the printing press through every technological advancement to show how this media intervened in US politics & culture. Think Phillis Wheatley to Ryan Coogler. This is a media, history, & politics book (and more).
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Thrilled to have galleys of my book in hand! Final corrections & index pending. Please consider preordering, gifting, & teaching. Via the archive, interviews & more I show how the crisis we face now reflects failure to listen & act on the democracy Black folks have envisioned, but we still can.
January 28, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Thrilled to have galleys of my book in hand! Final corrections & index pending. Please consider preordering, gifting, & teaching. Via the archive, interviews & more I show how the crisis we face now reflects failure to listen & act on the democracy Black folks have envisioned, but we still can.
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Ice Out: Sport's activism re-igniting?
@amirarose.bsky.social, @brendaelsey.bsky.social and @lindsaygibbs.bsky.social struggle to process state violence in Minneapolis and wonder if it will spark renewed activism in the sport's world.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a47i...
@amirarose.bsky.social, @brendaelsey.bsky.social and @lindsaygibbs.bsky.social struggle to process state violence in Minneapolis and wonder if it will spark renewed activism in the sport's world.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a47i...
Ice Out: Sports Activism Re-ignites?
YouTube video by Burn It All Down
www.youtube.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Ice Out: Sport's activism re-igniting?
@amirarose.bsky.social, @brendaelsey.bsky.social and @lindsaygibbs.bsky.social struggle to process state violence in Minneapolis and wonder if it will spark renewed activism in the sport's world.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a47i...
@amirarose.bsky.social, @brendaelsey.bsky.social and @lindsaygibbs.bsky.social struggle to process state violence in Minneapolis and wonder if it will spark renewed activism in the sport's world.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a47i...
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Agents arrested Génesis and her mother, Karen, at their Austin home earlier this month. Karen called Austin PD at 4:30 a.m. for help. A man — whom she had an expired restraining order against — had showed up at their house. They’ve since been deported to Honduras.
thebarbedwire.com/2026/01/15/a...
thebarbedwire.com/2026/01/15/a...
A 5-Year-Old Disappeared in Austin. A Mom Shot Dead in Minneapolis. How Much More Violence Will It Take to ‘Abolish ICE’?
50% of American women support the abolish ICE movement.
thebarbedwire.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Agents arrested Génesis and her mother, Karen, at their Austin home earlier this month. Karen called Austin PD at 4:30 a.m. for help. A man — whom she had an expired restraining order against — had showed up at their house. They’ve since been deported to Honduras.
thebarbedwire.com/2026/01/15/a...
thebarbedwire.com/2026/01/15/a...
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OKC City Council Chambers are full for the meeting this morning. Lobby outside is also full- standing room only- as they talk about the new planned ICE detention center in south OKC.
January 27, 2026 at 3:02 PM
OKC City Council Chambers are full for the meeting this morning. Lobby outside is also full- standing room only- as they talk about the new planned ICE detention center in south OKC.
"Sources told CNN that about a week before [Pretti's] death, he suffered a broken rib when a group of federal officers tackled him while he was protesting their attempt to detain other individuals." www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/u...
Alex Pretti was in earlier confrontation with federal agents who tackled him, broke his rib, sources say | CNN
Federal immigration officials have been collecting information on protesters and agitators, sources told CNN.
www.cnn.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:30 PM
"Sources told CNN that about a week before [Pretti's] death, he suffered a broken rib when a group of federal officers tackled him while he was protesting their attempt to detain other individuals." www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/u...
This CBP? www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
January 27, 2026 at 5:12 PM
This CBP? www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
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Requisite reading for the moment. It's on back order at bookshop org, but check your local library.
bookshop.org/p/books/nobo...
bookshop.org/p/books/nobo...
January 27, 2026 at 6:11 AM
Requisite reading for the moment. It's on back order at bookshop org, but check your local library.
bookshop.org/p/books/nobo...
bookshop.org/p/books/nobo...
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Did you miss BIAD? Because we definitely missed you 🔥
Want to help us stick around? Our Kickstarter launches Feb. 3.
Pre-launch notification link:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/bur...
Want to help us stick around? Our Kickstarter launches Feb. 3.
Pre-launch notification link:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/bur...
January 27, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Did you miss BIAD? Because we definitely missed you 🔥
Want to help us stick around? Our Kickstarter launches Feb. 3.
Pre-launch notification link:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/bur...
Want to help us stick around? Our Kickstarter launches Feb. 3.
Pre-launch notification link:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/bur...
Right. This is our problem! 🤷🏼♀️
First step: Explicitly explore right-wing politics
January 27, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Right. This is our problem! 🤷🏼♀️
Wait. How do you get your podcast profiled in the NYT???
January 27, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Wait. How do you get your podcast profiled in the NYT???
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“Alleged violations include instances of medical neglect, physical and sexual abuse, denial of adequate food and water, and the mistreatment of children and pregnant women…”
"Those alleged violations amount to ‘an undeniable pattern of human rights abuse in immigration detention,’ the report says.”
"Those alleged violations amount to ‘an undeniable pattern of human rights abuse in immigration detention,’ the report says.”
January 27, 2026 at 3:59 PM
“Alleged violations include instances of medical neglect, physical and sexual abuse, denial of adequate food and water, and the mistreatment of children and pregnant women…”
"Those alleged violations amount to ‘an undeniable pattern of human rights abuse in immigration detention,’ the report says.”
"Those alleged violations amount to ‘an undeniable pattern of human rights abuse in immigration detention,’ the report says.”
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ICE operations are spinning up in Maine. @themainemonitor.org is looking to help report on ICE activity there and has set up a page to report what you're seeing. Also includes Signal and encrypted Protonmail options for secure communications.
We want to hear from you if you've seen federal agents detain someone in #Maine, if you know someone who is in #ICE custody, or if you have faced repercussions for observing their activities. If you prefer to contact a specific reporter or editor, you can via email or Signal. Click to learn more 👇
Help us report on ICE activity
We want to hear from you if you have witnessed federal agents detain someone in Maine, if you know someone who is in ICE custody, or if you have faced repercussions for observing their activities.
themainemonitor.org
January 26, 2026 at 11:34 PM
ICE operations are spinning up in Maine. @themainemonitor.org is looking to help report on ICE activity there and has set up a page to report what you're seeing. Also includes Signal and encrypted Protonmail options for secure communications.
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The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
when we were organizing against anti-abortion laws in the summer of 2013 in Texas, I got roped in bc I was good at Twitter and I cared a lot. I ended up on scary anti-abortion sites bc they were convinced I must be getting paid to do that work and they were trying to figure out who was paying me.
January 26, 2026 at 8:43 PM
when we were organizing against anti-abortion laws in the summer of 2013 in Texas, I got roped in bc I was good at Twitter and I cared a lot. I ended up on scary anti-abortion sites bc they were convinced I must be getting paid to do that work and they were trying to figure out who was paying me.
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you should not share a post that's a screenshot without a link to a news item. you should not share a post that's a video or picture without some kind of sourcing. we're in a new bad era and these are now basic practices.
... also photogs and journos gotta eat so share their work.
... also photogs and journos gotta eat so share their work.
January 26, 2026 at 3:04 PM
you should not share a post that's a screenshot without a link to a news item. you should not share a post that's a video or picture without some kind of sourcing. we're in a new bad era and these are now basic practices.
... also photogs and journos gotta eat so share their work.
... also photogs and journos gotta eat so share their work.
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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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NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdami advises New Yorkers to stay home and read ‘Heated Rivalry’ during the winter storm
via hearts530
via hearts530
January 25, 2026 at 6:38 PM
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdami advises New Yorkers to stay home and read ‘Heated Rivalry’ during the winter storm
via hearts530
via hearts530
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DHS has shot 12 people during immigration enforcement operations since September:
January 25, 2026 at 4:27 PM
DHS has shot 12 people during immigration enforcement operations since September: