Amber J Martin, Ph.D.
@lefthemisphere.bsky.social
Deaf, developmental psychologist, language acquisition and language change.
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
Protect trans folx 🏳️⚧️
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
Protect trans folx 🏳️⚧️
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ASA members Heba Gowayed @hebagowayed.bsky.social @huntercollege.bsky.social and Victor E. Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social (University of Iowa) note that ICE's violence isn't a "mistake," but a reflection of how the agency is designed to operate. @theguardian.com
Abolishing ICE isn’t enough – it’s time to center people’s humanity | Heba Gowayed and Victor Ray
It’s far from radical to reject a system predicated on violence – despite what thinktanks might claim
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January 20, 2026 at 9:27 PM
ASA members Heba Gowayed @hebagowayed.bsky.social @huntercollege.bsky.social and Victor E. Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social (University of Iowa) note that ICE's violence isn't a "mistake," but a reflection of how the agency is designed to operate. @theguardian.com
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Once OUP has the Table of Contents up (soon), I will start a thread each week covering the chapters one at a time because the press allows you to buy only one chapter of the book. I will provide a short summary of each AND pedagogical suggestions on how to use each chapter.
You can read law office history generated by edgy law profs new to the subject or my book that took 16 years of research/writing. It traces migration & citizenship law and policy from the colonial period to 1888, the long period when local govts controlled international + interstate migration. 1/
January 20, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Once OUP has the Table of Contents up (soon), I will start a thread each week covering the chapters one at a time because the press allows you to buy only one chapter of the book. I will provide a short summary of each AND pedagogical suggestions on how to use each chapter.
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Folks, if you know any Minnesotan, you'll know that many of us will bring up Minnesota and Minnesota things at every possible opportunity. If we manage to ride out military occupation, we're going to be absolutely insufferable for the next 20 years. Think about what you're risking here.
January 18, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Folks, if you know any Minnesotan, you'll know that many of us will bring up Minnesota and Minnesota things at every possible opportunity. If we manage to ride out military occupation, we're going to be absolutely insufferable for the next 20 years. Think about what you're risking here.
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Absolute horrors are unfolding in Iran.
January 19, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Absolute horrors are unfolding in Iran.
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An opposition party that can’t recognize the genocide we are supporting abroad ain’t gonna do shit about fascism at home
Ben Shapiro: "Israel did not commit a genocide in Gaza"
Gavin Newsom: "I agree with you."
Gavin Newsom: "I agree with you."
January 18, 2026 at 12:09 AM
An opposition party that can’t recognize the genocide we are supporting abroad ain’t gonna do shit about fascism at home
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If you work for the Minnesota National Guard, text me via Signal app at 202-510-1268. I will protect your anonymity.
January 17, 2026 at 11:12 PM
If you work for the Minnesota National Guard, text me via Signal app at 202-510-1268. I will protect your anonymity.
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People who were actually enslaved believed that chattel slavery would end one day.
I'm sorry but to me that suggests that you [who are not enslaved in 2026] can also imagine an end to the current horrors.
I'm sorry but to me that suggests that you [who are not enslaved in 2026] can also imagine an end to the current horrors.
January 17, 2026 at 6:02 PM
People who were actually enslaved believed that chattel slavery would end one day.
I'm sorry but to me that suggests that you [who are not enslaved in 2026] can also imagine an end to the current horrors.
I'm sorry but to me that suggests that you [who are not enslaved in 2026] can also imagine an end to the current horrors.
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January 17, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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ICE has kidnapped so many people from their cars that the city had to put out this statement. Let that sink in.
Vehicles that are abandoned due to an ICE detention and towed to the City's impound lot will be released to their owners or a representative at no cost.
Learn more: https://www.minneapolismn.gov/getting-around/parking-driving/impound-lot/#d.en.200746
Learn more: https://www.minneapolismn.gov/getting-around/parking-driving/impound-lot/#d.en.200746
January 16, 2026 at 11:42 PM
ICE has kidnapped so many people from their cars that the city had to put out this statement. Let that sink in.
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I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.
January 16, 2026 at 10:15 PM
I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.
Pre-ordered this book by @novicsara.bsky.social from my local bookstore!
A lot of things are bad and we keep building joy in the cracks between. buttondown.com/signs+wonder...
New Year, New Book
Announcing MOTHER TONGUE, 5 totally free things you can do to support a new book, and mutual aid for MN
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January 16, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Pre-ordered this book by @novicsara.bsky.social from my local bookstore!
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These photos are terrifying (as opposed to stunning). Black women have been killed in these kind of scenarios long before Trump.
Stunning photos from Minneapolis, including this one by John Locher for the Associated Press. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
January 15, 2026 at 10:44 PM
These photos are terrifying (as opposed to stunning). Black women have been killed in these kind of scenarios long before Trump.
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Twin Cities Leather (and adult toy store Smitten Kitten) have stopped regular operations to become a staging and delivery space for food and supply donations- they are requesting monetary donations to keep them afloat without any income
www.paypal.com/paypalme/kpa...
www.paypal.com/paypalme/kpa...
Pay Kurt Kopatich using PayPal.Me
Go to paypal.me/kpattonleather and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.
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January 16, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Twin Cities Leather (and adult toy store Smitten Kitten) have stopped regular operations to become a staging and delivery space for food and supply donations- they are requesting monetary donations to keep them afloat without any income
www.paypal.com/paypalme/kpa...
www.paypal.com/paypalme/kpa...
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We are in fact DESPERATE for winter coats, waterproof gloves, and good boots. We get so many wonderful donations but it is so cold and the numbers of unhoused unsheltered people are going up at the absolute worst time for it, and we run out of coats weekly.
The frigid Twin Cities temperatures will hurt the homeless; so do not gloat about the impact on ICE without also stepping up here:
If you're still able to help Minnesota, @supplydepotmpls.bsky.social is always accepting donations. $10 buys a pack of handwarmers. If you were given Amazon gift cards this year for Christmas, you can shop their Amazon wishlist: linktr.ee/sanctuarysup...
January 14, 2026 at 7:29 PM
We are in fact DESPERATE for winter coats, waterproof gloves, and good boots. We get so many wonderful donations but it is so cold and the numbers of unhoused unsheltered people are going up at the absolute worst time for it, and we run out of coats weekly.
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This kind of messaging is intended to drown moms in research, risk, and responsibility.
The goal is to keep them so anxious and so busy that they can't work for pay--especially not in high-powered "mens" jobs--or get involved in any kind of efforts to push for progressive change.
The goal is to keep them so anxious and so busy that they can't work for pay--especially not in high-powered "mens" jobs--or get involved in any kind of efforts to push for progressive change.
HHS Secretary RFK Jr: "This idea that you should trust the experts, a good mother doesn't do that"
January 16, 2026 at 12:00 AM
This kind of messaging is intended to drown moms in research, risk, and responsibility.
The goal is to keep them so anxious and so busy that they can't work for pay--especially not in high-powered "mens" jobs--or get involved in any kind of efforts to push for progressive change.
The goal is to keep them so anxious and so busy that they can't work for pay--especially not in high-powered "mens" jobs--or get involved in any kind of efforts to push for progressive change.
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crazy that the website that I randomly decided to put together at 10AM yesterday has had over 25k unique visitors in 24 hours.
please keep sharing with your networks.
please keep sharing with your networks.
Stand With Minnesota
A directory of places to give to as Minnesota defends itself from ICE occupation
www.standwithminnesota.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:24 PM
crazy that the website that I randomly decided to put together at 10AM yesterday has had over 25k unique visitors in 24 hours.
please keep sharing with your networks.
please keep sharing with your networks.
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Saint Paul schools will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday to prepare for optional online learning.
I’ve seen schools close for snow, for pandemic, for natural disaster. I’ve never seen schools close because of threat from our own government.
I’ve seen schools close for snow, for pandemic, for natural disaster. I’ve never seen schools close because of threat from our own government.
January 15, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Saint Paul schools will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday to prepare for optional online learning.
I’ve seen schools close for snow, for pandemic, for natural disaster. I’ve never seen schools close because of threat from our own government.
I’ve seen schools close for snow, for pandemic, for natural disaster. I’ve never seen schools close because of threat from our own government.
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The thing that really makes Minneapolis different, other than the fact that they straight up murdered someone, is that they've dropped all pretense that this is just about immigration. The state has declared war on its own people, or at least those people who live in cities.
January 14, 2026 at 2:47 PM
The thing that really makes Minneapolis different, other than the fact that they straight up murdered someone, is that they've dropped all pretense that this is just about immigration. The state has declared war on its own people, or at least those people who live in cities.
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OK! Request from an out of state neighbor for ways to help MSP. Here are a few:
Via my absolute boss cousin, @allisonanne.com, artist, community supporter, and cool person extraordinaire:
A doc!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Via my absolute boss cousin, @allisonanne.com, artist, community supporter, and cool person extraordinaire:
A doc!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
January 13, 2026 at 7:42 PM
OK! Request from an out of state neighbor for ways to help MSP. Here are a few:
Via my absolute boss cousin, @allisonanne.com, artist, community supporter, and cool person extraordinaire:
A doc!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Via my absolute boss cousin, @allisonanne.com, artist, community supporter, and cool person extraordinaire:
A doc!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Tehran, Iran.
They shut off the street lights to scare people back into their homes.
It did not work.
Iranians are standing stronger than ever, in the dark, without fear.
I stand with these brave people.
They shut off the street lights to scare people back into their homes.
It did not work.
Iranians are standing stronger than ever, in the dark, without fear.
I stand with these brave people.
January 10, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Tehran, Iran.
They shut off the street lights to scare people back into their homes.
It did not work.
Iranians are standing stronger than ever, in the dark, without fear.
I stand with these brave people.
They shut off the street lights to scare people back into their homes.
It did not work.
Iranians are standing stronger than ever, in the dark, without fear.
I stand with these brave people.
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More than 5,000 people here in Powderhorn Park protesting ICE’s occupation of Minneapolis.
#FuckICE #iceout #mpls #FuckTrump
#FuckICE #iceout #mpls #FuckTrump
January 10, 2026 at 7:58 PM
More than 5,000 people here in Powderhorn Park protesting ICE’s occupation of Minneapolis.
#FuckICE #iceout #mpls #FuckTrump
#FuckICE #iceout #mpls #FuckTrump
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It’s a critical moment to make our voices heard loud & clear:
No wars. No kings. No ICE.
See you in the streets tomorrow:
www.mobilize.us/indivisiblen...
No wars. No kings. No ICE.
See you in the streets tomorrow:
www.mobilize.us/indivisiblen...
No Wars No Kings No Ice March and Rally · Indivisible Brooklyn
From Minneapolis to Caracas, Trump is killing people in order to entrench rule by bullies for the benefit of billionaires. Our leaders in Congress must do their duty to stop this regime’s criminal att...
www.mobilize.us
January 10, 2026 at 9:45 PM
It’s a critical moment to make our voices heard loud & clear:
No wars. No kings. No ICE.
See you in the streets tomorrow:
www.mobilize.us/indivisiblen...
No wars. No kings. No ICE.
See you in the streets tomorrow:
www.mobilize.us/indivisiblen...