Julia Carrie Wong
@joolia.bsky.social
senior reporter at the guardian us / [email protected] / juliacarriewong.11 on Signal
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Julia Carrie Wong
@joolia.bsky.social
· Apr 8
Loathe thy neighbor: Elon Musk and the Christian right are waging war on empathy
Trump’s actions are irreconcilable with Christian compassion. But an unholy alliance seeks to cast empathy as a parasitic plague
www.theguardian.com
I tried to write about empathy and ended up writing about fascism again
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The fact that *both* of the churches that have made news in Minneapolis for pro-ICE links/positions have ties to the Doug Wilson-verse (which, for those keeping track, is who oversees the church Sec. Pete Hegseth now attends) feels like evidence that the universe's writers are just getting lazy.
Via @bmietana.bsky.social: Cities Church in Minnesota is considering legal options after anti-ICE protest.
A surprising detail in here: Joe Rigney, author of the book "Sin of Empathy," is calling himself a founding pastor of this church. religionnews.com/2026/01/20/c...
A surprising detail in here: Joe Rigney, author of the book "Sin of Empathy," is calling himself a founding pastor of this church. religionnews.com/2026/01/20/c...
Cities Church in Minnesota is considering legal options after anti-ICE protest
(RNS) — Southern Baptist leaders say the protest was a violation of religious freedom and called on federal officials to protect churches.
religionnews.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:37 AM
The fact that *both* of the churches that have made news in Minneapolis for pro-ICE links/positions have ties to the Doug Wilson-verse (which, for those keeping track, is who oversees the church Sec. Pete Hegseth now attends) feels like evidence that the universe's writers are just getting lazy.
do they often turn planes around for minor electrical issues?
January 21, 2026 at 3:54 AM
do they often turn planes around for minor electrical issues?
don't print lies in the newspaper
January 20, 2026 at 3:20 PM
don't print lies in the newspaper
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A century of what now, @nytimes.com ?
January 20, 2026 at 3:15 PM
A century of what now, @nytimes.com ?
Do people feel confident about like, the banking system or whatever?
January 20, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Do people feel confident about like, the banking system or whatever?
We’re in a weird place
January 20, 2026 at 1:30 AM
We’re in a weird place
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Have y’all seen other crafters/hobbyists/artists/makers putting out into anti-ICE projects? I’ve seen nail art, knitting and crochet. Would love to see more of what folks are getting up to, aesthetically.
January 19, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Have y’all seen other crafters/hobbyists/artists/makers putting out into anti-ICE projects? I’ve seen nail art, knitting and crochet. Would love to see more of what folks are getting up to, aesthetically.
Have y’all seen other crafters/hobbyists/artists/makers putting out into anti-ICE projects? I’ve seen nail art, knitting and crochet. Would love to see more of what folks are getting up to, aesthetically.
January 19, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Have y’all seen other crafters/hobbyists/artists/makers putting out into anti-ICE projects? I’ve seen nail art, knitting and crochet. Would love to see more of what folks are getting up to, aesthetically.
I’ve never done stranded color work (or any color work) before, but perhaps this is the time to try it www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
Abolish ICE Beanie pattern by Daniel Drennan ElAwar
This pattern is an offshoot of my other beanie patterns. Suggested yarn weight is fingering/light sport. The pattern features a corrugated rib followed by stockinette, both in stranded colorwork. Inst...
www.ravelry.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:21 PM
I’ve never done stranded color work (or any color work) before, but perhaps this is the time to try it www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
one of the great mysteries of the universe to me is how anyone can bear to read wuthering heights
January 19, 2026 at 4:36 AM
one of the great mysteries of the universe to me is how anyone can bear to read wuthering heights
I saw an unusual opera today and it was so strange and delightful and mad that it has basically chased all of the thoughts out of my head
January 19, 2026 at 1:20 AM
I saw an unusual opera today and it was so strange and delightful and mad that it has basically chased all of the thoughts out of my head
fwiw these are unionized hotels and their local sent a formal request to employers not to accept ICE bookings or allow ICE to use their facilities www.facebook.com/share/p/1aV9...
ICE agents at a hotel in St. Paul woke up this morning to news that they’re getting kicked out of their hotel today at noon.
January 18, 2026 at 5:26 PM
fwiw these are unionized hotels and their local sent a formal request to employers not to accept ICE bookings or allow ICE to use their facilities www.facebook.com/share/p/1aV9...
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When ICE came onto campus at Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis, high school journalist Lila Dominguez wrote about it. “Being a student in Minneapolis right now can be really scary,” she said. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
‘My hands were really shaky’: high-school journalist documents ICE raids
Lila Dominguez was working on an article as agents came on to school grounds – their presence has jolted Minneapolis’s young people
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2026 at 2:54 PM
When ICE came onto campus at Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis, high school journalist Lila Dominguez wrote about it. “Being a student in Minneapolis right now can be really scary,” she said. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
they never say this kind of thing about osha violations
does making excuses for an abuser fall under "free markets" or "personal liberties"?
January 18, 2026 at 1:37 PM
they never say this kind of thing about osha violations
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This isn’t improv comedy. You don’t need to “yes and” Orwellian bullshit
January 17, 2026 at 12:00 AM
This isn’t improv comedy. You don’t need to “yes and” Orwellian bullshit
more mass more furious
kinda feel like we should have seen mass resignations from the doj five or six watergates ago
January 17, 2026 at 12:00 AM
more mass more furious
You don’t have to pretend that obvious pretext isn’t pretextual you can just say what it is
January 16, 2026 at 11:52 PM
You don’t have to pretend that obvious pretext isn’t pretextual you can just say what it is
I would rather die
January 16, 2026 at 9:06 PM
I would rather die
it would’ve been funny if she gave Trump a gag Nobel prize that spritzed water in his face or something
January 16, 2026 at 4:54 AM
it would’ve been funny if she gave Trump a gag Nobel prize that spritzed water in his face or something
is it normal for encyclopedias to include “skin tone” or just when they’re generated by a white nationalist’s ai?
January 16, 2026 at 12:53 AM
is it normal for encyclopedias to include “skin tone” or just when they’re generated by a white nationalist’s ai?
things are so bad I had a multi-year nervous breakdown that required huge amounts of therapy and all manner of experimental dissociative and magnetic treatments to kinda get past and yet here I am in 2026 and the thought that just crossed my mind for the first time was “maybe bangs would fix me?”
January 16, 2026 at 12:20 AM
things are so bad I had a multi-year nervous breakdown that required huge amounts of therapy and all manner of experimental dissociative and magnetic treatments to kinda get past and yet here I am in 2026 and the thought that just crossed my mind for the first time was “maybe bangs would fix me?”
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Please read this www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Kids with brain cancer were already in a life and death struggle. Then came Trump
The US president vowed to ‘end childhood cancer’. But his administration is dismantling the search for a cure and sending families scrambling for treatment
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Please read this www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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Truly incredible work in this Guardian article. “Remarkably tender frottage” is now indelibly burned into my brain.
January 13, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Truly incredible work in this Guardian article. “Remarkably tender frottage” is now indelibly burned into my brain.
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“The show seems to go out of its way to say that it’s very masculine to be gay. It’s a vision of a sort of non-toxic but also non-anxious masculinity – masculinity that doesn’t require women to constantly affirm it.”
Women are feral for Heated Rivalry. What does that say about men?
The explosive popularity of the gay hockey TV drama reveals women’s desire for sex and romance without violence or hierarchy
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:56 PM
“The show seems to go out of its way to say that it’s very masculine to be gay. It’s a vision of a sort of non-toxic but also non-anxious masculinity – masculinity that doesn’t require women to constantly affirm it.”