Jonathan Stegall
@jonathanstegall.bsky.social
User experience designer. Faith-rooted organizer and abolitionist. Love design, theology, justice, grace. Enjoy coffee, beer, goth, metal. He/him. Live in Minneapolis.
https://jonathanstegall.com is my oft-ignored website.
https://jonathanstegall.com is my oft-ignored website.
Munther Isaac posted that this hear there is a six week Lenten devotional written by Palestinian Christians, in which they reflect on what it means to become peacemakers in a violent world. This is the signup link: mailchi.mp/bethbc/lent26
Lenten Devotional
mailchi.mp
February 16, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Munther Isaac posted that this hear there is a six week Lenten devotional written by Palestinian Christians, in which they reflect on what it means to become peacemakers in a violent world. This is the signup link: mailchi.mp/bethbc/lent26
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It's not enough to tell people to be "outraged." What precisely is it that you want them to DO? This is where so much falls apart and where a number of people fall short. Part of it is that people do not actually know what they want people to do; the other part is that it's DIFFICULT to organize ppl
February 16, 2026 at 10:55 PM
It's not enough to tell people to be "outraged." What precisely is it that you want them to DO? This is where so much falls apart and where a number of people fall short. Part of it is that people do not actually know what they want people to do; the other part is that it's DIFFICULT to organize ppl
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I talked with my friend @shaneburley.bsky.social about Nick Fuentes' recent rant about putting women in gulags. How seriously should we take Fuentes, culturally and politically? And what does rhetoric like this reveal about the broader trajectory of the movement he’s trying to shape? We get into it.
Nick Fuentes Wants Women in “Gulags.” Here’s Why That Matters.
"Gender has always been an important throughline of fascist politics," says Shane Burley.
organizingmythoughts.org
February 16, 2026 at 10:21 PM
I talked with my friend @shaneburley.bsky.social about Nick Fuentes' recent rant about putting women in gulags. How seriously should we take Fuentes, culturally and politically? And what does rhetoric like this reveal about the broader trajectory of the movement he’s trying to shape? We get into it.
One way to think about separation ordinances with ICE, on the city/county/state level, is as a spectrum. A jurisdiction can engage with ICE more or less. There are always places where the separation breaks down, but they are not always the same places. That matters, and creates places to push.
February 16, 2026 at 10:34 PM
One way to think about separation ordinances with ICE, on the city/county/state level, is as a spectrum. A jurisdiction can engage with ICE more or less. There are always places where the separation breaks down, but they are not always the same places. That matters, and creates places to push.
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Indigenous activists erected multiple tipis at Coldwater Spring outside Fort Snelling and near the Whipple Federal Building--headquarters of ICE's Operation Metro Surge--establishing an occupation demanding #LandBack in the form of “returning Fort Snelling” to the Dakota people. [Vid from Day 1 & 2]
The Original Oceti Sakowin 7 Council Fires at Mini Owe Sni - Ft. Snelling #LandBack Occupation
Indigenous activists erected multiple tipis at Coldwater Spring outside Fort Snelling and near the Whipple Federal Building -- headquarters of ICE's Operation…
vimeo.com
February 16, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Indigenous activists erected multiple tipis at Coldwater Spring outside Fort Snelling and near the Whipple Federal Building--headquarters of ICE's Operation Metro Surge--establishing an occupation demanding #LandBack in the form of “returning Fort Snelling” to the Dakota people. [Vid from Day 1 & 2]
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#PresidentsDay #TeachTruth
We need to remind students that this country has been at its best when people organized to question and challenge presidents — opposing presidential support for slavery, war, invasion, environmental destruction, segregation, mass deportations, and injustice of all kinds.
We need to remind students that this country has been at its best when people organized to question and challenge presidents — opposing presidential support for slavery, war, invasion, environmental destruction, segregation, mass deportations, and injustice of all kinds.
Question the President
This Presidents Day, rather than mythologize past presidents as kinder and gentler than Trump, let's remind students that this country has been at its best when people have organized to question and c...
www.zinnedproject.org
February 16, 2026 at 5:55 PM
#PresidentsDay #TeachTruth
We need to remind students that this country has been at its best when people organized to question and challenge presidents — opposing presidential support for slavery, war, invasion, environmental destruction, segregation, mass deportations, and injustice of all kinds.
We need to remind students that this country has been at its best when people organized to question and challenge presidents — opposing presidential support for slavery, war, invasion, environmental destruction, segregation, mass deportations, and injustice of all kinds.
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A List Apart founder @zeldman.bsky.social on our latest obsession with how much and how fast.
zeldman.com/2026/02/16/t...
zeldman.com/2026/02/16/t...
Jeffrey Zeldman Presents - The salad bar theory of UX professionalism - Design
Less, but better? Not this week.
zeldman.com
February 16, 2026 at 4:23 PM
A List Apart founder @zeldman.bsky.social on our latest obsession with how much and how fast.
zeldman.com/2026/02/16/t...
zeldman.com/2026/02/16/t...
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Haven Watch is the group that meets people who are being released from Whipple (usually because they were illegally detained), often without coats or phones or any way to get home.
Haven Watch released an Amazon wish list that will help them continue their work. If you have the ability, please consider gifting one or more of these items:
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
Check out my list on Amazon
www.amazon.com
February 16, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Haven Watch is the group that meets people who are being released from Whipple (usually because they were illegally detained), often without coats or phones or any way to get home.
New Converge album is really impressive.
February 16, 2026 at 3:03 PM
New Converge album is really impressive.
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Ehh yes and no.
Crowd sourcing does supersede sometimes a trained professional
But it’s usually because the crowd includes another trained professional ..
So you asked Twitter but got your answer from a nurse .
Crowd sourcing does supersede sometimes a trained professional
But it’s usually because the crowd includes another trained professional ..
So you asked Twitter but got your answer from a nurse .
February 16, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Ehh yes and no.
Crowd sourcing does supersede sometimes a trained professional
But it’s usually because the crowd includes another trained professional ..
So you asked Twitter but got your answer from a nurse .
Crowd sourcing does supersede sometimes a trained professional
But it’s usually because the crowd includes another trained professional ..
So you asked Twitter but got your answer from a nurse .
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peter, james, john, and the rest of the fellas
February 16, 2026 at 2:58 PM
peter, james, john, and the rest of the fellas
"The federal invasions are usurpations—but not necessarily of police authority. Instead, in some cities—particularly in blue states—they have become opportunities to hamstring liberal city governance and further weaken the already fraying democratic constraints on police power."
How and why police actually support the federal invasions—I have been working on this article for ~6 months, trying to make sense of Trump’s nationwide surge of DHS officers, how it has evolved, what brought us here, and what will remain after it ends.
Stuart Schrader on what Trump’s urban occupations mean for police and the unions that represent them https://www.nybooks.com/online/2026/02/14/authoritarianism-from-below-trump-city-takeovers-police/?utm_source=Bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=2026-02-14_Schrader-policing-1
February 16, 2026 at 2:54 PM
"The federal invasions are usurpations—but not necessarily of police authority. Instead, in some cities—particularly in blue states—they have become opportunities to hamstring liberal city governance and further weaken the already fraying democratic constraints on police power."
I think about this all the time.
I’ve been reading interview transcripts for a project and one person talked a lot about how in movement circles we prepare for what the state might do to our groups more than we prepare for what our groups, and the people in them, might do to each other and that often turns out to be backwards.
February 16, 2026 at 2:48 PM
I think about this all the time.
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This article briefly previews my forthcoming book Blue Power: How Police Organized to Protect and Serve Themselves, out in April from @basicbooksgroup.bsky.social. You can preorder it w/ the discount code BLUE20 here: www.basicbooks.com/titles/stuar...
February 15, 2026 at 3:36 PM
This article briefly previews my forthcoming book Blue Power: How Police Organized to Protect and Serve Themselves, out in April from @basicbooksgroup.bsky.social. You can preorder it w/ the discount code BLUE20 here: www.basicbooks.com/titles/stuar...
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How and why police actually support the federal invasions—I have been working on this article for ~6 months, trying to make sense of Trump’s nationwide surge of DHS officers, how it has evolved, what brought us here, and what will remain after it ends.
Stuart Schrader on what Trump’s urban occupations mean for police and the unions that represent them https://www.nybooks.com/online/2026/02/14/authoritarianism-from-below-trump-city-takeovers-police/?utm_source=Bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=2026-02-14_Schrader-policing-1
Authoritarianism from Below | Stuart Schrader
As National Guard troops and federal officers swarmed Washington, D.C., in August, sent by President Donald Trump to confront what he declared a “crime
www.nybooks.com
February 14, 2026 at 5:19 PM
How and why police actually support the federal invasions—I have been working on this article for ~6 months, trying to make sense of Trump’s nationwide surge of DHS officers, how it has evolved, what brought us here, and what will remain after it ends.
My pastor was saying that if a big drawdown really does happen over the next weeks, people shouldn’t be surprised if movement infighting happens (and he said that can be a good thing about spiritual practices, all that stuff needs places to go), and I don’t love it but I know he’s not wrong.
February 16, 2026 at 1:21 PM
My pastor was saying that if a big drawdown really does happen over the next weeks, people shouldn’t be surprised if movement infighting happens (and he said that can be a good thing about spiritual practices, all that stuff needs places to go), and I don’t love it but I know he’s not wrong.
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Comrade card for 2/23/2025.
February 23, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Comrade card for 2/23/2025.
Honestly feels like these protests were like ten years ago but yeah, there they are.
It was a year ago that protests began at the Tesla showroom just outside of Minneapolis (Golden Valley). The “Tesla Takedown” protests occurred worldwide after Elon Musk, who gave nazi salutes the month prior, took a major role in the new Trump Administration.
chaddavis.photography/tesla-takedo...
chaddavis.photography/tesla-takedo...
February 15, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Honestly feels like these protests were like ten years ago but yeah, there they are.
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It was a year ago that protests began at the Tesla showroom just outside of Minneapolis (Golden Valley). The “Tesla Takedown” protests occurred worldwide after Elon Musk, who gave nazi salutes the month prior, took a major role in the new Trump Administration.
chaddavis.photography/tesla-takedo...
chaddavis.photography/tesla-takedo...
February 14, 2026 at 3:11 PM
It was a year ago that protests began at the Tesla showroom just outside of Minneapolis (Golden Valley). The “Tesla Takedown” protests occurred worldwide after Elon Musk, who gave nazi salutes the month prior, took a major role in the new Trump Administration.
chaddavis.photography/tesla-takedo...
chaddavis.photography/tesla-takedo...
I went by the ceremony camp near the Whipple building for a bit today. It was a chill time this morning, people sitting around fires with some breakfast leftovers, but a beautiful spade and I’m glad to know how to navigate the paths now in case more events there happen.
February 15, 2026 at 10:16 PM
I went by the ceremony camp near the Whipple building for a bit today. It was a chill time this morning, people sitting around fires with some breakfast leftovers, but a beautiful spade and I’m glad to know how to navigate the paths now in case more events there happen.
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with alt text, because everyone needs to be able to read this 😭
February 15, 2026 at 6:24 PM
with alt text, because everyone needs to be able to read this 😭
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Just cloned Stand With Minnesota for another state.
I am so excited someone finally took me up on the offer. I even made them a little logo and redid the site in their colors.
I am so excited someone finally took me up on the offer. I even made them a little logo and redid the site in their colors.
February 15, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Just cloned Stand With Minnesota for another state.
I am so excited someone finally took me up on the offer. I even made them a little logo and redid the site in their colors.
I am so excited someone finally took me up on the offer. I even made them a little logo and redid the site in their colors.
“We are real people in real time, and these are acts of service and they are a form of love, but it is not exceptional love. It is just love.” @susanraffo.bsky.social truthout.org/articles/the...
The Love We See in Minneapolis Isn’t Exceptional — It’s How We Survive Together
A beautiful web is being woven in Minnesota: not with new materials but with wisdom that was already here.
truthout.org
February 15, 2026 at 3:00 PM
“We are real people in real time, and these are acts of service and they are a form of love, but it is not exceptional love. It is just love.” @susanraffo.bsky.social truthout.org/articles/the...
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Really touched by this recommendation of Read This When Things Fall Apart from Makkah Abdur Salaam at Black Garnet Books in St. Paul. ❤️
Ask a Bookseller: ‘Read This When Things Fall Apart,’ edited by Kelly Hayes
Makkah Abdur Salaam of Black Garnet Books in St. Paul recommends “Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis,” edited by Kelly Hayes.
www.mprnews.org
February 14, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Really touched by this recommendation of Read This When Things Fall Apart from Makkah Abdur Salaam at Black Garnet Books in St. Paul. ❤️