John Jackson
@jpj.bsky.social
Historian of scientific racism. Here's how to find all my stuff: https://www.johnpjacksonjr.com/
A part of Nixon's phone call to the moon. Can you imagine Trump's call? "I could have been the first on the moon, you know, lotta people say that. There's great real estate up there, I'm gonna built a huge tower hotel there, the first one. I see you have tears in your eyes and are calling me 'sir."
February 1, 2026 at 4:19 PM
A part of Nixon's phone call to the moon. Can you imagine Trump's call? "I could have been the first on the moon, you know, lotta people say that. There's great real estate up there, I'm gonna built a huge tower hotel there, the first one. I see you have tears in your eyes and are calling me 'sir."
My latest letter to my "Representative" Tom Barrett. democracyandme.bearblog.dev/to-tom-barre...
February 1, 2026 at 2:55 PM
My latest letter to my "Representative" Tom Barrett. democracyandme.bearblog.dev/to-tom-barre...
On the preservation of queer history. inthesetimes.com/article/figh...
Fighting Anti-Queer Backlash with Citizen Archivists
Queer archivist groups like Invisible Histories and the Queer Zine Archive Project are preserving queer history and making it accessible in the face of the federal government's erasure. You can do the...
inthesetimes.com
February 1, 2026 at 12:55 PM
On the preservation of queer history. inthesetimes.com/article/figh...
Here's my tasteless take. In 2012, John Brockman tells Jeff Epstein about his new granddaughter: "It's a girl!" That girl is now 14 years old. It's probably a good thing Epstein's dead. www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov
January 31, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Here's my tasteless take. In 2012, John Brockman tells Jeff Epstein about his new granddaughter: "It's a girl!" That girl is now 14 years old. It's probably a good thing Epstein's dead. www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
Oh yes, that "colorful past" isn't an issue anymore. Epstein assures Bill Gates that a billion here or there is no problem since the tax write off will make it a wash anyway. www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
January 31, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Oh yes, that "colorful past" isn't an issue anymore. Epstein assures Bill Gates that a billion here or there is no problem since the tax write off will make it a wash anyway. www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
Where? WHERE? [from the latest drop of the Epstein files. Reminder: Epstein was convicted of procuring a child for prostitution and of soliciting a prostitute in 2008]
January 31, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Where? WHERE? [from the latest drop of the Epstein files. Reminder: Epstein was convicted of procuring a child for prostitution and of soliciting a prostitute in 2008]
1. Psychology of Women (my introduction to feminism, 1981).
2. Ancient History (with the wonderfully named, Achilles Avramides).
3. Informal Logic (very useful!)
4. Human Anatomy ("Testicle is a diminutive, they are "testes!")
5. Senior seminar on slavery (read David Brion Davis).
2. Ancient History (with the wonderfully named, Achilles Avramides).
3. Informal Logic (very useful!)
4. Human Anatomy ("Testicle is a diminutive, they are "testes!")
5. Senior seminar on slavery (read David Brion Davis).
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1. Marine Biology (we got to go out on a boat!)
2. The History of the Holocaust
3. Logic and Critical Thinking
4. Eastern Religions
5. The French Revolution
1. Marine Biology (we got to go out on a boat!)
2. The History of the Holocaust
3. Logic and Critical Thinking
4. Eastern Religions
5. The French Revolution
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1. Origins of Nazism
2. Dante’s Divine Comedy
3. Behavioral Ecology & Conservation Biology
4. Principles of Evolution
5. Thinking and Speaking About Thinking and Speaking
1. Origins of Nazism
2. Dante’s Divine Comedy
3. Behavioral Ecology & Conservation Biology
4. Principles of Evolution
5. Thinking and Speaking About Thinking and Speaking
January 31, 2026 at 3:02 PM
1. Psychology of Women (my introduction to feminism, 1981).
2. Ancient History (with the wonderfully named, Achilles Avramides).
3. Informal Logic (very useful!)
4. Human Anatomy ("Testicle is a diminutive, they are "testes!")
5. Senior seminar on slavery (read David Brion Davis).
2. Ancient History (with the wonderfully named, Achilles Avramides).
3. Informal Logic (very useful!)
4. Human Anatomy ("Testicle is a diminutive, they are "testes!")
5. Senior seminar on slavery (read David Brion Davis).
This is in small-town Minnesota. This is not in one of those demonic blue cities that the GOP talk about. This is pretty goddam rural. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
St. Peter police chief intervenes, prevents federal agents from arresting resident
The police chief of St. Peter intervened to prevent federal agents from taking a local resident who was observing ICE enforcement actions into custody. It is believed to the first time local police in...
www.mprnews.org
January 31, 2026 at 2:50 PM
This is in small-town Minnesota. This is not in one of those demonic blue cities that the GOP talk about. This is pretty goddam rural. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
In 1944 the FBI believed that the Frankfurt school was "a Communist organization of intellectuals operating under the cloak of social and economic research, financed by an endowment created abroad." archive.org/details/theo...
Theodor Adorno Part 01 Of 01 : Federal Bureau of Investigation : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
FBI file of Theodor Adorno (1903-1969) social theorist.
archive.org
January 31, 2026 at 1:14 PM
In 1944 the FBI believed that the Frankfurt school was "a Communist organization of intellectuals operating under the cloak of social and economic research, financed by an endowment created abroad." archive.org/details/theo...
ICE murders people once they have those people in custody and then covers it up. Who knows how many deaths happen behind closed doors? www.jezebel.com/ice-detainee...
ICE Is Legally Required to Issue Full Reports on Detainee Deaths. They've Completely Stopped Doing It.
ICE is required to issue a full report to Congress on any detainee death within 90 days. They've skipped the last 8 deaths entirely.
www.jezebel.com
January 31, 2026 at 12:58 PM
ICE murders people once they have those people in custody and then covers it up. Who knows how many deaths happen behind closed doors? www.jezebel.com/ice-detainee...
This is pure racism. Here legally, but they are Haitian so Miller and Miller's puppet (Trump) will deport them.
“Half a million Haitians living in the United States are at risk of losing everything."
350,000 Haitians in U.S. “at Risk of Losing Everything” After Trump Revokes Legal TPS Status
An estimated 350,000 Haitian immigrants are set to lose their temporary protected status, or TPS, on February 3, 2026, after President Trump signed an executive order to revoke their TPS shortly after...
www.democracynow.org
January 30, 2026 at 5:55 PM
This is pure racism. Here legally, but they are Haitian so Miller and Miller's puppet (Trump) will deport them.
If an ICE agent quits or gets fired, they have to pay back their bonus in full. I see a lot of bankruptcies in their future. www.l4sb.com/blog/the-dev...
January 30, 2026 at 3:44 PM
If an ICE agent quits or gets fired, they have to pay back their bonus in full. I see a lot of bankruptcies in their future. www.l4sb.com/blog/the-dev...
People are being paid to attend the Melania documentary. You only have to stay in your seat. You do not have to remain silent, or even awake. boston.craigslist.org/gbs/evg/d/bo...
Attend MELANIA documentary- Free tickets + $50!!! - event gigs - craigslist
***We are at capacity for this promotion. Those selected to attend the film will be contacted directly via email with relevant details today, Friday 1/30. We are working to finalize arrangements...
boston.craigslist.org
January 30, 2026 at 3:32 PM
People are being paid to attend the Melania documentary. You only have to stay in your seat. You do not have to remain silent, or even awake. boston.craigslist.org/gbs/evg/d/bo...
As the authors indicated, it is an unscientific survey. bridgemi.com/michigan-gov...
January 30, 2026 at 1:38 PM
As the authors indicated, it is an unscientific survey. bridgemi.com/michigan-gov...
We lefty commies are clever. We knew we had to stage an attack on Omar so one of us pretended to hate her for years and years, eagerly awaiting the day when we could carry out the attack and spend years in prison for it! Fiendishly clever of us!
open.substack.com/pub/boingboi...
open.substack.com/pub/boingboi...
Charges announced for man who squirted vinegar on Ilhan Omar
MAGA man Anthony Kazmierczak, who squirted Democratic U.S.
open.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:58 AM
We lefty commies are clever. We knew we had to stage an attack on Omar so one of us pretended to hate her for years and years, eagerly awaiting the day when we could carry out the attack and spend years in prison for it! Fiendishly clever of us!
open.substack.com/pub/boingboi...
open.substack.com/pub/boingboi...
Head' s up, Michigan. bridgemi.com/talent-educa...
Ypsilanti schools warn parents to take precautions amid reported ICE detentions - Bridge Michigan
Ypsilanti Community Schools is urging families to make care plans and know their rights as reports of immigration enforcement by bus stop emerge.
bridgemi.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Head' s up, Michigan. bridgemi.com/talent-educa...
Americans preferred the app owned by a totalitarian regime to one owned by a corporate conglomerate. There's a lesson in that. www.cnbc.com/2026/01/26/t...
TikTok users are deleting the app, with removals up 150% following U.S. joint venture
TikTok users have been deleting the app at a higher rate since the company announced that its U.S. operations would be housed in a new joint venture.
www.cnbc.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Americans preferred the app owned by a totalitarian regime to one owned by a corporate conglomerate. There's a lesson in that. www.cnbc.com/2026/01/26/t...
Let this youngster teach you how to be really, really boring.
January 29, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Let this youngster teach you how to be really, really boring.
30 years ago I regularly played pickup basketball with Mary Moriarty. Now she's taking on the masked goons with FAFO. www.lawdork.com/p/hennepin-c...
Talking with Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty about Trump, Operation Metro Surge — and FAFO
Watch now (47 mins) | "[T]he people of Minneapolis are looking around, and this is what they’re saying to their electeds too, is, ‘Who is here protecting us?’”
www.lawdork.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:12 PM
30 years ago I regularly played pickup basketball with Mary Moriarty. Now she's taking on the masked goons with FAFO. www.lawdork.com/p/hennepin-c...
The Pentagon is the biggest waste of money in the federal budget. taskandpurpose.com/news/pentago...
Pentagon fails its 8th audit in a row
The annual review found multiple weaknesses in financial reporting across the Department of Defense's books.
taskandpurpose.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:45 AM
The Pentagon is the biggest waste of money in the federal budget. taskandpurpose.com/news/pentago...
The Boss gave us an anthem. youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?...
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 29, 2026 at 12:09 AM
The Boss gave us an anthem. youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?...
January 28, 2026 at 4:26 PM
MAGA is already screaming this was staged by Rep. Omar because she showed no fear. Omar literally survived a civil war, she's a bad ass! MAGAs are as cowardly as President Bone Spurs. Omar is braver than every masked and heavily-armed ICE agent in Minnesota. S www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Man arrested after Ilhan Omar attacked during town hall in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Democrat wasn't injured, and she continued speaking after the incident. Police said the man was arrested on suspicion of third-degree assault.
www.nbcnews.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:51 PM
MAGA is already screaming this was staged by Rep. Omar because she showed no fear. Omar literally survived a civil war, she's a bad ass! MAGAs are as cowardly as President Bone Spurs. Omar is braver than every masked and heavily-armed ICE agent in Minnesota. S www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
I've read claims that Bondi is offering a quid pro quo: If MN gives up its voter rolls, she with withdraw ICE. This is incorrect. The letter does not ever offer to withdraw ICE, even if MN caves to her illegal commands. There is no quid pro quo, just a threat. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Minneapolis shooting AG Pam Bondi gives Gov. Walz conditions for ICE to leave Minnesota FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul
www.documentcloud.org
January 28, 2026 at 1:48 PM
I've read claims that Bondi is offering a quid pro quo: If MN gives up its voter rolls, she with withdraw ICE. This is incorrect. The letter does not ever offer to withdraw ICE, even if MN caves to her illegal commands. There is no quid pro quo, just a threat. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...