jonlink
@jonlink.bsky.social
Somerville safe streets, climate, and social justice enthusiast. Possible artist and avid enjoyer of the arts. Also sometimes do software stuff.
Somerville City Councilor At-Large.
JonForSomerville.com
Somerville City Councilor At-Large.
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🚨BREAKING: ICE unleashes ONSLAUGHT of flash bang grenades and chemical ammunition at unarmed Minneapolis protesters in WAR-LIKE attack. Several protesters struck. Our reporter @zdroberts.bsky.social struck in the head.
"I got hit in the head really bad." LIVE NOW ⬇️
"I got hit in the head really bad." LIVE NOW ⬇️
January 15, 2026 at 3:15 AM
🚨BREAKING: ICE unleashes ONSLAUGHT of flash bang grenades and chemical ammunition at unarmed Minneapolis protesters in WAR-LIKE attack. Several protesters struck. Our reporter @zdroberts.bsky.social struck in the head.
"I got hit in the head really bad." LIVE NOW ⬇️
"I got hit in the head really bad." LIVE NOW ⬇️
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The success of ICE watch interfering with ICE’s mission is almost certainly why DHS keeps sending more agents to Minneapolis.
They used to execute their raids with just a few agents. Now they need 6-12 to even begin to disrupt the social pressure to be nonviolent.
They used to execute their raids with just a few agents. Now they need 6-12 to even begin to disrupt the social pressure to be nonviolent.
January 13, 2026 at 5:37 PM
The success of ICE watch interfering with ICE’s mission is almost certainly why DHS keeps sending more agents to Minneapolis.
They used to execute their raids with just a few agents. Now they need 6-12 to even begin to disrupt the social pressure to be nonviolent.
They used to execute their raids with just a few agents. Now they need 6-12 to even begin to disrupt the social pressure to be nonviolent.
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abolish ice is the centrist position, the position moderates will take to appeal to the center
Wow — New YouGov / Economist poll:
46% support abolishing ICE
43% oppose abolishing ICE
This is the first time that abolishing ICE has received net positive support
46% support abolishing ICE
43% oppose abolishing ICE
This is the first time that abolishing ICE has received net positive support
January 13, 2026 at 2:44 PM
abolish ice is the centrist position, the position moderates will take to appeal to the center
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I've said it before and I'll say it again: The best antidote to doom and despair is getting out in your community if you are able to and working towards something positive. Not everything has to be about fighting fascism directly. Simply building better and stronger communities is a worthy endeavor.
January 13, 2026 at 1:21 AM
I've said it before and I'll say it again: The best antidote to doom and despair is getting out in your community if you are able to and working towards something positive. Not everything has to be about fighting fascism directly. Simply building better and stronger communities is a worthy endeavor.
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This is the blueprint. Pay attention. When ICE shows up, neighbors alert neighbors with whistles, horns, voices cutting through fear.
People come out of their homes. And when the community reaches critical mass, ICE is forced to retreat because occupation fails when the people refuse to disappear.
People come out of their homes. And when the community reaches critical mass, ICE is forced to retreat because occupation fails when the people refuse to disappear.
January 12, 2026 at 10:22 PM
This is the blueprint. Pay attention. When ICE shows up, neighbors alert neighbors with whistles, horns, voices cutting through fear.
People come out of their homes. And when the community reaches critical mass, ICE is forced to retreat because occupation fails when the people refuse to disappear.
People come out of their homes. And when the community reaches critical mass, ICE is forced to retreat because occupation fails when the people refuse to disappear.
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NEW: GoFundMe's rules forbid fundraisers tied to legal funds for violent crimes. One for the ICE agent who killed Renee Good, currently nearing $500K, changed the language in its description after @wired.com reached out (but not in the images at the top of the page, oops) @dell.bsky.social reports:
GoFundMe Ignores Own Rules by Hosting a Legal-Defense Fund for the ICE Agent Who Killed Renee Good
The fundraiser for the ICE agent in the Renee Good killing has stayed online in seeming breach of GoFundMe’s own terms of service, prompting questions about selective enforcement.
www.wired.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:52 PM
NEW: GoFundMe's rules forbid fundraisers tied to legal funds for violent crimes. One for the ICE agent who killed Renee Good, currently nearing $500K, changed the language in its description after @wired.com reached out (but not in the images at the top of the page, oops) @dell.bsky.social reports:
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We are far past the stage of permissiveness with white-supremacist violence inside DHS. We are witnessing ICE transition into a death squad.
This cannot be reformed. The only question is who will fight to abolish it, and who will accommodate it instead.
This cannot be reformed. The only question is who will fight to abolish it, and who will accommodate it instead.
Either ICE Is Abolished or It Will Kill Many More Renee Goods
Minnesota is just the beginning of ICE's transformation into a right-wing death squad. But it can be the end
www.forever-wars.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:46 PM
We are far past the stage of permissiveness with white-supremacist violence inside DHS. We are witnessing ICE transition into a death squad.
This cannot be reformed. The only question is who will fight to abolish it, and who will accommodate it instead.
This cannot be reformed. The only question is who will fight to abolish it, and who will accommodate it instead.
The far right has become a parody of itself, inventing new culture “wars” because it has nothing to offer on real problems: jobs and stagnant wages, rising healthcare, housing, and food costs.
They can’t govern, so they want to manufacture outrage and it shows.
They can’t govern, so they want to manufacture outrage and it shows.
I thought this was a joke but it’s an actual post from the White House: “we are ending the war on protein”
How about ending the war on the health of this country?
How about ending the war on the health of this country?
January 12, 2026 at 1:23 PM
The far right has become a parody of itself, inventing new culture “wars” because it has nothing to offer on real problems: jobs and stagnant wages, rising healthcare, housing, and food costs.
They can’t govern, so they want to manufacture outrage and it shows.
They can’t govern, so they want to manufacture outrage and it shows.
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This story ran in the @bostonglobe.com on the front page on New Year's Eve.
How have @mayorwu.boston.gov @wutrain.bsky.social @massgovernor.bsky.social and @massago.bsky.social still not publicly acknowledged a presumed innocent man killed in Boston by COs charged with his care? #mapoli #bospoli
How have @mayorwu.boston.gov @wutrain.bsky.social @massgovernor.bsky.social and @massago.bsky.social still not publicly acknowledged a presumed innocent man killed in Boston by COs charged with his care? #mapoli #bospoli
January 11, 2026 at 1:24 PM
This story ran in the @bostonglobe.com on the front page on New Year's Eve.
How have @mayorwu.boston.gov @wutrain.bsky.social @massgovernor.bsky.social and @massago.bsky.social still not publicly acknowledged a presumed innocent man killed in Boston by COs charged with his care? #mapoli #bospoli
How have @mayorwu.boston.gov @wutrain.bsky.social @massgovernor.bsky.social and @massago.bsky.social still not publicly acknowledged a presumed innocent man killed in Boston by COs charged with his care? #mapoli #bospoli
Stop doing infuriating and objectively evil things like murdering people.
Homan: "We gotta stop the hateful rhetoric. Saying this officer is a murderer is dangerous. It's just ridiculous. It's gonna infuriate people more which means there's gonna be more incidents like this."
January 11, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Stop doing infuriating and objectively evil things like murdering people.
Abolish ICE
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 11, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Abolish ICE
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“I have asked the clergy of the diocese to make sure their affairs are in order and they have written their wills.,not the time for statements. It is time to put our bodies between the powers of this world and the most vulnerable”. Rob Hirschfeld, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire
Redirecting...
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January 10, 2026 at 3:31 PM
“I have asked the clergy of the diocese to make sure their affairs are in order and they have written their wills.,not the time for statements. It is time to put our bodies between the powers of this world and the most vulnerable”. Rob Hirschfeld, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire
ICE must be abolished. Some things can get so broken that there’s no fixing them.
It's not training. These are violent people who are part of a violent organization who think that they can do whatever they want with impunity.
January 9, 2026 at 7:19 PM
ICE must be abolished. Some things can get so broken that there’s no fixing them.
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The new video of the Renee Good shooting makes it clear that his asshole was mad that two women were giving him shit and he threw a tantrum like a goddamn toddler. Except his tantrum involved shooting someone in the face. Fuck this utter piece of shit and anyone on the right defending what he did.
January 9, 2026 at 6:56 PM
The new video of the Renee Good shooting makes it clear that his asshole was mad that two women were giving him shit and he threw a tantrum like a goddamn toddler. Except his tantrum involved shooting someone in the face. Fuck this utter piece of shit and anyone on the right defending what he did.
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Here are your rights if ICE knocks on your door
January 8, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Here are your rights if ICE knocks on your door
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ICE is a state-sponsored domestic terrorist organization that executed Renee Nicole Good in broad daylight.
We can't let this stand. Demand your representatives vote to abolish ICE & to impeach & indict Bovino & the rest of the Regime that's complicit in ICE's crimes against the American people.
We can't let this stand. Demand your representatives vote to abolish ICE & to impeach & indict Bovino & the rest of the Regime that's complicit in ICE's crimes against the American people.
Tell Your Congressperson: Abolish ICE
Today, an ICE agent in Minneapolis executed Renee Nicole Good, an innocent legal observer. They shot her in the face multiple times, and, instead of providing her medical aid, ICE drew their weapons o...
actionnetwork.org
January 8, 2026 at 5:29 AM
ICE is a state-sponsored domestic terrorist organization that executed Renee Nicole Good in broad daylight.
We can't let this stand. Demand your representatives vote to abolish ICE & to impeach & indict Bovino & the rest of the Regime that's complicit in ICE's crimes against the American people.
We can't let this stand. Demand your representatives vote to abolish ICE & to impeach & indict Bovino & the rest of the Regime that's complicit in ICE's crimes against the American people.
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I’m joining Rep. @robinkelly.house.gov to introduce articles of impeachment against Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and will use every lever available to end the terror ICE has unleashed on our communities.
Stay loud.
Stay loud.
January 8, 2026 at 5:19 PM
I’m joining Rep. @robinkelly.house.gov to introduce articles of impeachment against Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and will use every lever available to end the terror ICE has unleashed on our communities.
Stay loud.
Stay loud.
The City of Somerville has one opening in the Fair Housing Commission. Any Somerville community member over the age of 18 can apply. They typically meet on the 4th Thursday of each month for one hour. Members commit to 3 year terms.
January 8, 2026 at 7:10 PM
The City of Somerville has one opening in the Fair Housing Commission. Any Somerville community member over the age of 18 can apply. They typically meet on the 4th Thursday of each month for one hour. Members commit to 3 year terms.
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Minneapolis public schools canceled classes officials after Roosevelt High School said armed Border Patrol officers came on school property during dismissal Wednesday and began tackling people, handcuffed two staff members and released chemical weapons on bystanders
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Minneapolis schools cancel classes after Border Patrol clash disrupts dismissal at Roosevelt
Minneapolis schools closed for the week citing safety concerns after an encounter involving armed Border Patrol agents near Roosevelt High School.
www.mprnews.org
January 8, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Minneapolis public schools canceled classes officials after Roosevelt High School said armed Border Patrol officers came on school property during dismissal Wednesday and began tackling people, handcuffed two staff members and released chemical weapons on bystanders
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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@chrislhayes.bsky.social: “A 37-year-old American citizen, the mother of a young child is dead tonight. She was shot in the face by an agent of the federal government, and that government has spent the day telling despicable lies about her.”
January 8, 2026 at 1:05 AM
@chrislhayes.bsky.social: “A 37-year-old American citizen, the mother of a young child is dead tonight. She was shot in the face by an agent of the federal government, and that government has spent the day telling despicable lies about her.”
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All republicans voted down a subpoena of all records and footage related to the murder of Renee Good by ICE agent
January 8, 2026 at 6:19 AM
All republicans voted down a subpoena of all records and footage related to the murder of Renee Good by ICE agent
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ICE shot a woman point-blank in Minneapolis. The agency’s raids and impunity were always going to lead to death.
This Isn’t the First Killing by ICE — and It Won’t Be the Last
ICE shot a woman point-blank in Minneapolis. The agency’s raids and impunity were always going to lead to death.
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January 7, 2026 at 8:56 PM
ICE shot a woman point-blank in Minneapolis. The agency’s raids and impunity were always going to lead to death.
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I heard an NPR reporter refer to January 6th as "perhaps the most videotaped crime in history" which is a really good way to drive home just how ridiculous and brazen the Republican attempts to rewrite history have been.
January 6, 2026 at 1:37 PM
I heard an NPR reporter refer to January 6th as "perhaps the most videotaped crime in history" which is a really good way to drive home just how ridiculous and brazen the Republican attempts to rewrite history have been.
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“ChatGPT started coaching Sam on how to take drugs, recover from them and plan further binges. It gave him specific doses of illegal substances, and in one chat, it wrote, ‘Hell yes—let’s go full trippy mode’”
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
A Calif. teen trusted ChatGPT for drug advice. He died from an overdose.
"Who on earth gives that advice?"
www.sfgate.com
January 5, 2026 at 6:28 PM
“ChatGPT started coaching Sam on how to take drugs, recover from them and plan further binges. It gave him specific doses of illegal substances, and in one chat, it wrote, ‘Hell yes—let’s go full trippy mode’”
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
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A must-read message from Colin and Sophie Hortman, Mark and Melissa's children:
January 5, 2026 at 12:24 AM
A must-read message from Colin and Sophie Hortman, Mark and Melissa's children: