Kevin Cantú
@killerswan.bsky.social
I occasionally say interesting things.
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Kevin Cantú
@killerswan.bsky.social
· Nov 6
![6/27/16
"The future is not a straight line. It is filled with many crossroads.
There must be a future that we can choose for ourselves." [Akira]
against totalitarianism, against fatalism, against jealousy: love
amidst chaos: the admission that things are out of control
empathy to the very end](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xvgvrz37sybdzkl3bom5c4wh/bafkreigp5lrawstmohll6yhilkyo7lt4memnockmedvxsahnbrkupjx6bm@jpeg)
my firmest belief?
"The future is not a straight line. It is filled with many crossroads. There must be a future that we can choose for ourselves."
against totalitarianism, against fatalism, against jealousy: love
amidst chaos: the admission that things are out of control
empathy to the very end
"The future is not a straight line. It is filled with many crossroads. There must be a future that we can choose for ourselves."
against totalitarianism, against fatalism, against jealousy: love
amidst chaos: the admission that things are out of control
empathy to the very end
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am I saying maybe we should have shot/jailed more? or less? am I just posting a thread about my mom’s lust for nuclear genocide?
no
I’m saying holding a grudge against evil individuals while failing to see flaws in their society — flaws in our own society — and repair those was a mistake!
no
I’m saying holding a grudge against evil individuals while failing to see flaws in their society — flaws in our own society — and repair those was a mistake!
January 24, 2026 at 7:34 AM
am I saying maybe we should have shot/jailed more? or less? am I just posting a thread about my mom’s lust for nuclear genocide?
no
I’m saying holding a grudge against evil individuals while failing to see flaws in their society — flaws in our own society — and repair those was a mistake!
no
I’m saying holding a grudge against evil individuals while failing to see flaws in their society — flaws in our own society — and repair those was a mistake!
I’ve been thinking about this and I’m not convinced
for decades, judges and cops and doctors all over Germany who’d collaborated were still powerful, doing bad shit
the most aggressive Nazi hunting vigilantes, the Mossad? look at their work the last couple years and tell me vengeance killing works
for decades, judges and cops and doctors all over Germany who’d collaborated were still powerful, doing bad shit
the most aggressive Nazi hunting vigilantes, the Mossad? look at their work the last couple years and tell me vengeance killing works
This is essentially what governments did in the late 1900s and early 2000s with respect to Nazis. Whether you were a lowly concentration camp guard or in Hitler's inner circle, if there was evidence you were a Nazi, it was straight to jail with your walker.
It worked.
It worked.
Maybe instead of identifying specific ICE agents who do particularly heinous things, we could just penalize everyone who was on payroll at the agency starting by a certain date.
January 24, 2026 at 7:13 AM
I’ve been thinking about this and I’m not convinced
for decades, judges and cops and doctors all over Germany who’d collaborated were still powerful, doing bad shit
the most aggressive Nazi hunting vigilantes, the Mossad? look at their work the last couple years and tell me vengeance killing works
for decades, judges and cops and doctors all over Germany who’d collaborated were still powerful, doing bad shit
the most aggressive Nazi hunting vigilantes, the Mossad? look at their work the last couple years and tell me vengeance killing works
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This bill by a Washington State Democratic legislator would prevent any law enforcement agency in the state from hiring anyone employed as a sworn ICE officer after January 20, 2025. A good start, I say. Make them outcasts.
Rep. Simmons introduces ICE Out Act of 2026 prohibiting hiring of ICE officers – Tarra Simmons
housedemocrats.wa.gov
January 24, 2026 at 4:35 AM
This bill by a Washington State Democratic legislator would prevent any law enforcement agency in the state from hiring anyone employed as a sworn ICE officer after January 20, 2025. A good start, I say. Make them outcasts.
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My loose info so far is that the Minneapolis General Strike today had about 80 unions sign on, and it might be one of the biggest labor actions in decades depending on your definition
January 23, 2026 at 11:16 PM
My loose info so far is that the Minneapolis General Strike today had about 80 unions sign on, and it might be one of the biggest labor actions in decades depending on your definition
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and yes, people who emailed me concerned despite my parenthetical above.... i rubbed that bat all over my face for a solid hour whilst singing "Down With Disease" by Phish before I tossed it like a hand grenade into the air and shouted "adios muthafucka".
January 24, 2026 at 3:52 AM
and yes, people who emailed me concerned despite my parenthetical above.... i rubbed that bat all over my face for a solid hour whilst singing "Down With Disease" by Phish before I tossed it like a hand grenade into the air and shouted "adios muthafucka".
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Video of the crowd in MN in a day where the high was -8 are just mind blowing. I’ve lived there. This is a phenomenally huge crowd for a city this size www.tiktok.com/t/ZThDt1bDq/
Minneapolis protest 1/23 -30 degrees out 🥶 #fyp #minnesota #ice #protest
TikTok video by djarabmoney
www.tiktok.com
January 24, 2026 at 3:51 AM
Video of the crowd in MN in a day where the high was -8 are just mind blowing. I’ve lived there. This is a phenomenally huge crowd for a city this size www.tiktok.com/t/ZThDt1bDq/
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This is why I get so cranked about "leftists" who are like "let them die." WE are the group who thinks everyone is a human being. THEY are the group who thinks only some people are humans worth caring about. Everyone means EVERYONE. You don't earn human rights via virtue.
January 24, 2026 at 12:07 AM
This is why I get so cranked about "leftists" who are like "let them die." WE are the group who thinks everyone is a human being. THEY are the group who thinks only some people are humans worth caring about. Everyone means EVERYONE. You don't earn human rights via virtue.
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I feel like this article is really of a piece with the story of the biracial trans woman who let noted piece of shit Jake Lang into her car because in the moment he approached, she saw a scared human being desperate for help and not a white supremacist.
You need to read this one. ICE detained two observers. The agent driving the vehicle started having seizures. The women asked to be uncuffed and gave him aid. After EMS arrived, the women were still taken to Whipple. www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
Detained by ICE, two women became first responders during agent’s seizure
The women say they guided agents through the emergency, later raising concerns about medical protocols, weapons safety and accountability.
www.startribune.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:17 PM
I feel like this article is really of a piece with the story of the biracial trans woman who let noted piece of shit Jake Lang into her car because in the moment he approached, she saw a scared human being desperate for help and not a white supremacist.
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Watching these videos of ICE attacking children, I can’t help but think about how many of these men first practiced their violence in their own homes.
Domestic violence teaches our oppressors to dehumanize the most vulnerable among us.
Domestic violence teaches our oppressors to dehumanize the most vulnerable among us.
January 23, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Watching these videos of ICE attacking children, I can’t help but think about how many of these men first practiced their violence in their own homes.
Domestic violence teaches our oppressors to dehumanize the most vulnerable among us.
Domestic violence teaches our oppressors to dehumanize the most vulnerable among us.
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Breaking MS NOW:
Aides to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche directed the U.S. Attorney's office and FBI agents in Minnesota to shut down the civil rights investigation into the fatal shooting of Renee Good and instead alter it to probe Good for possible criminal liability.
Aides to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche directed the U.S. Attorney's office and FBI agents in Minnesota to shut down the civil rights investigation into the fatal shooting of Renee Good and instead alter it to probe Good for possible criminal liability.
DOJ sought to probe Renee Good for criminal liability, even after her death: Sources
A judge refused an FBI warrant that proposed investigating dead Minnesota mom for suspected assault on an officer.
www.ms.now
January 23, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Breaking MS NOW:
Aides to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche directed the U.S. Attorney's office and FBI agents in Minnesota to shut down the civil rights investigation into the fatal shooting of Renee Good and instead alter it to probe Good for possible criminal liability.
Aides to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche directed the U.S. Attorney's office and FBI agents in Minnesota to shut down the civil rights investigation into the fatal shooting of Renee Good and instead alter it to probe Good for possible criminal liability.
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genuinely stunning image
January 24, 2026 at 1:37 AM
genuinely stunning image
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Very excited about the packaging I’m cooking up
January 24, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Very excited about the packaging I’m cooking up
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well well well look who’s afraid of memes now
CNN: DHS officials have come to FEMA staff and told them to limit the use of the word ice…they are worried that by posting something like, watch out for the ice, that it's going to become a meme….
January 24, 2026 at 12:48 AM
well well well look who’s afraid of memes now
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Cannot see the end of it.
January 23, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Cannot see the end of it.
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I am not being snarky. I need my colleagues who wrote on covid school lockdowns to engage with this. To be as loud as they have been about prior "learning loss." Hell, you can cite Tom & Mark's AERJ paper so you feel better that there's some econ somewhere in your argument.
"In St. Paul, at least one-fourth of students from Spanish-speaking homes have missed every day of school since Dec. 12."
8 weeks under siege in Minnesota • Minnesota Reformer
Frank has a hard time explaining to his 8-year-old daughter why they rarely leave their home in the Twin Cities. Why she can’t go to school, and why he can’t work. “The only thing we tell her is that ...
minnesotareformer.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:05 PM
I am not being snarky. I need my colleagues who wrote on covid school lockdowns to engage with this. To be as loud as they have been about prior "learning loss." Hell, you can cite Tom & Mark's AERJ paper so you feel better that there's some econ somewhere in your argument.
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It is -9 degrees without windchill. I have retreated to the Skyway. But the streets are full and they keep coming. There have been larger protests but I can’t think of that’s been more hazardous to bare skin.
January 23, 2026 at 9:19 PM
It is -9 degrees without windchill. I have retreated to the Skyway. But the streets are full and they keep coming. There have been larger protests but I can’t think of that’s been more hazardous to bare skin.
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Yes it could be argued that keeping up with world events is important but alternatively can I interest you in hugging an ancient mossy boulder that looks like a face and quietly listening while it tells you stories from centuries cloaked in mist.
January 23, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Yes it could be argued that keeping up with world events is important but alternatively can I interest you in hugging an ancient mossy boulder that looks like a face and quietly listening while it tells you stories from centuries cloaked in mist.
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Photo of anti-ICE rally and march in downtown Mpls in frigid weather.
Haven’t heard crowd size estimates yet.
www.mprnews.org for live updates.
Haven’t heard crowd size estimates yet.
www.mprnews.org for live updates.
January 23, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Photo of anti-ICE rally and march in downtown Mpls in frigid weather.
Haven’t heard crowd size estimates yet.
www.mprnews.org for live updates.
Haven’t heard crowd size estimates yet.
www.mprnews.org for live updates.
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this photo. minneapolis. 💜
📷️ Alex Kormann/Star Tribune
📷️ Alex Kormann/Star Tribune
January 23, 2026 at 10:04 PM
this photo. minneapolis. 💜
📷️ Alex Kormann/Star Tribune
📷️ Alex Kormann/Star Tribune
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Another question I came here with was: how effective are the whistles and honking? Does it stop abductions? And the answer is, surprisingly to my cynical self, yes, and often. I have talked to so many people who have successfully interrupted kidnappings.
January 23, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Another question I came here with was: how effective are the whistles and honking? Does it stop abductions? And the answer is, surprisingly to my cynical self, yes, and often. I have talked to so many people who have successfully interrupted kidnappings.
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“There are no sidelines any more, friends.” - @philtajitsunash.bsky.social
1942. Mochida Family awaiting deportation in Centerville, CA. Photo by Dorothea Lange.
2026. Five year old Liam Ramos taken away by ICE returning home from pre-school, Photo via Columbus Heights Elementary, Minneapolis.
1942. Mochida Family awaiting deportation in Centerville, CA. Photo by Dorothea Lange.
2026. Five year old Liam Ramos taken away by ICE returning home from pre-school, Photo via Columbus Heights Elementary, Minneapolis.
January 23, 2026 at 1:30 AM
“There are no sidelines any more, friends.” - @philtajitsunash.bsky.social
1942. Mochida Family awaiting deportation in Centerville, CA. Photo by Dorothea Lange.
2026. Five year old Liam Ramos taken away by ICE returning home from pre-school, Photo via Columbus Heights Elementary, Minneapolis.
1942. Mochida Family awaiting deportation in Centerville, CA. Photo by Dorothea Lange.
2026. Five year old Liam Ramos taken away by ICE returning home from pre-school, Photo via Columbus Heights Elementary, Minneapolis.
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As a photojournalist, I can confirm that good, clear signage with your key message, properly placed, is ABSOLUTELY KEY for your press conference/rally/march/event.
i designed this sign yesterday and i normally don’t like…claim my work, but i just want to talk about the power of a good podium sign.
put your message there! it ends up in every photo! have it mounted on foam so it stays straight for photos!
put your message there! it ends up in every photo! have it mounted on foam so it stays straight for photos!
January 23, 2026 at 1:52 AM
As a photojournalist, I can confirm that good, clear signage with your key message, properly placed, is ABSOLUTELY KEY for your press conference/rally/march/event.
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still feels like folks outside of MN are kind of not getting it: our state has been under attack for over a month, and the resistance is being organized by literally your regular old neighbors and coworkers and friends.
Voices of the MN Occupation - Racket
A real-time oral history of the ICE assault on Minnesota
racketmn.com
January 22, 2026 at 6:20 PM
still feels like folks outside of MN are kind of not getting it: our state has been under attack for over a month, and the resistance is being organized by literally your regular old neighbors and coworkers and friends.