Elana Levin
@levin.bsky.social
Digital & narrative trainings @NewMediaMentors.
Host of Graphic Policy Radio: a podcast on genre media & movements for social change. 🤘🏻 🏳️🌈 🖖🏻 Public Health, unions, NYC, comic books, music history & DS9. https://graphicpolicy.com/radio/
Host of Graphic Policy Radio: a podcast on genre media & movements for social change. 🤘🏻 🏳️🌈 🖖🏻 Public Health, unions, NYC, comic books, music history & DS9. https://graphicpolicy.com/radio/
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Peacemaker Season 2 with Arturo Garcia, journalist and wrestling fan #peacemaker #johncena #dcstudios @aboynamedart.bsky.social @levin.bsky.social
Peacemaker Season 2 with Arturo Garcia, journalist and wrestling fan
The Real fantasy of Peacemaker is getting your friends to agree to listen to your favorite bands---and them like them.
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If you like podcasts where people respectfully disagree about the show they’re covering you’ll love this one.
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Go to any hotel and tell me if all you see is white American citizens cleaning the rooms and taking care of the grounds.
Why would hotel “staff” feel safe after ICE ate at a Mexican restaurant and after eating rounded up and arrested the people who worked there?
Why would hotel “staff” feel safe after ICE ate at a Mexican restaurant and after eating rounded up and arrested the people who worked there?
January 18, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Go to any hotel and tell me if all you see is white American citizens cleaning the rooms and taking care of the grounds.
Why would hotel “staff” feel safe after ICE ate at a Mexican restaurant and after eating rounded up and arrested the people who worked there?
Why would hotel “staff” feel safe after ICE ate at a Mexican restaurant and after eating rounded up and arrested the people who worked there?
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alternative possibility: the staff are terrified to come to work
January 18, 2026 at 4:47 PM
alternative possibility: the staff are terrified to come to work
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Boycotting is something
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 5:08 PM
Boycotting is something
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This is great for disabled people as well!
Before I became bedbound the biggest hurdle to going out in public was the lack of accessible facilities.
When you’re chronically ill you need safe, clean and easy access to restrooms.
Before I became bedbound the biggest hurdle to going out in public was the lack of accessible facilities.
When you’re chronically ill you need safe, clean and easy access to restrooms.
More public restrooms across our city?
Relief for all New Yorkers.
Relief for all New Yorkers.
January 18, 2026 at 3:20 AM
This is great for disabled people as well!
Before I became bedbound the biggest hurdle to going out in public was the lack of accessible facilities.
When you’re chronically ill you need safe, clean and easy access to restrooms.
Before I became bedbound the biggest hurdle to going out in public was the lack of accessible facilities.
When you’re chronically ill you need safe, clean and easy access to restrooms.
Nicole Maines Suicide Squad and Secret Six Comics Are So Good!
okay, i have:
❌ failed in my quest to find the semi remembered ep but damn i’d forgotten what a thing freddie was for li’l emily
❌ failed at new movie
❌ failed at pilot of pluribus
▪️i am now going to try comic book because apparently nicole maines did a suicide squad run and nobody told me
❌ failed in my quest to find the semi remembered ep but damn i’d forgotten what a thing freddie was for li’l emily
❌ failed at new movie
❌ failed at pilot of pluribus
▪️i am now going to try comic book because apparently nicole maines did a suicide squad run and nobody told me
January 18, 2026 at 7:30 AM
Nicole Maines Suicide Squad and Secret Six Comics Are So Good!
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The people who are most familiar with Gavin Newsom's policies and his *actual* record are the ones saying he's a terrible candidate. People who care very much about winning, whose lives depend on it.
January 16, 2026 at 6:13 AM
The people who are most familiar with Gavin Newsom's policies and his *actual* record are the ones saying he's a terrible candidate. People who care very much about winning, whose lives depend on it.
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Can I ask why you think people who mask are living in fear?
Are people who use an umbrella in the rain living in fear? Are those who wear a helmet on a motorcycle living in fear? Are rock climbers using a harness living in fear? Or are they protecting themselves from an outcome they want to avoid?
Are people who use an umbrella in the rain living in fear? Are those who wear a helmet on a motorcycle living in fear? Are rock climbers using a harness living in fear? Or are they protecting themselves from an outcome they want to avoid?
January 18, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Can I ask why you think people who mask are living in fear?
Are people who use an umbrella in the rain living in fear? Are those who wear a helmet on a motorcycle living in fear? Are rock climbers using a harness living in fear? Or are they protecting themselves from an outcome they want to avoid?
Are people who use an umbrella in the rain living in fear? Are those who wear a helmet on a motorcycle living in fear? Are rock climbers using a harness living in fear? Or are they protecting themselves from an outcome they want to avoid?
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I know it's not particularly relevant right now, but I've only recently realised what a bizarre career Linda Ronstadt had. She did folk and 70s rock but she also did a New Wave album that was pretty decent, plus a Spanish language album and one with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra.
January 18, 2026 at 7:04 AM
I know it's not particularly relevant right now, but I've only recently realised what a bizarre career Linda Ronstadt had. She did folk and 70s rock but she also did a New Wave album that was pretty decent, plus a Spanish language album and one with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra.
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Anti-Valentine’s beadwork for anyone who’s over performative romance. dark, edgy but still glam.
Made slowly. Worn loudly.
(Yes, they’re available — link’s in my bio.)
Made slowly. Worn loudly.
(Yes, they’re available — link’s in my bio.)
January 13, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Anti-Valentine’s beadwork for anyone who’s over performative romance. dark, edgy but still glam.
Made slowly. Worn loudly.
(Yes, they’re available — link’s in my bio.)
Made slowly. Worn loudly.
(Yes, they’re available — link’s in my bio.)
This.
We should stop referring to what ICE agents wear as “masks,” as it feeds into stigmatization and actual legislation to ban face-masks, including respirators. ICE agents technically do not wear masks; they wear neck gaiters. However we should refer to them as what they actually are: hoods
January 18, 2026 at 6:56 AM
This.
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So if you blocked Will Stancil in the past, it’s time to unblock him. He and his Honda have been relentless in trailing ICE around Minneapolis. He’s truly a mensch. 🥰
The ICE guy I was tailing decided to show me he knows where I live. You can’t really see in the video, but as he drove past my place he reached out the window and pointed at my apartment. Real tough guy
January 16, 2026 at 10:50 PM
So if you blocked Will Stancil in the past, it’s time to unblock him. He and his Honda have been relentless in trailing ICE around Minneapolis. He’s truly a mensch. 🥰
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Over 30 millions years of evolution has given us the perfect bird.
January 17, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Over 30 millions years of evolution has given us the perfect bird.
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It's cormorant eye selfie season. 🪶
January 17, 2026 at 9:17 PM
It's cormorant eye selfie season. 🪶
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This is by far my best full pelican video yet. Maybe 250 feet away?
January 17, 2026 at 9:46 PM
This is by far my best full pelican video yet. Maybe 250 feet away?
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This is the most complete list of articles/posts about the Nazi problem at Substack I’ve found so far. I’m wanting to compile info for people who ask me why I don’t fuck with Substack because I try to work on evidence and not just vibes. If you have more links, please drop them here.
That fuckery happened on Substack, which remains a Nazi bar, so please consider alternatives like Ghost, Beehiiv, Buttondown, etc! 🙏🏾
www.patreon.com/posts/119943...
www.anildash.com/2024/11/19/d...
www.thehandbasket.co/p/substack-a...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv... (Free link: archive.is/uyugO)
www.patreon.com/posts/119943...
www.anildash.com/2024/11/19/d...
www.thehandbasket.co/p/substack-a...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv... (Free link: archive.is/uyugO)
January 18, 2026 at 6:11 AM
This is the most complete list of articles/posts about the Nazi problem at Substack I’ve found so far. I’m wanting to compile info for people who ask me why I don’t fuck with Substack because I try to work on evidence and not just vibes. If you have more links, please drop them here.
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For weeks, I was watching LibsofTikTok and the rest of the right-wing internet post some of the most insane shit I've ever seen about the Minnesota Somali community. "Inciting a pogrom" is the only way I can describe the tone of it. I really do feel like that propaganda has been rejected now
ICE and MAGA really did bet the farm on all of Minneapolis’s white people going “oh yes, please take away our disgusting, evil non-white-foreigner neighbors, oh thank you so much.”
it’s beautiful that they’ve been proven incredibly wrong about that - may the rest of the country do the same.
it’s beautiful that they’ve been proven incredibly wrong about that - may the rest of the country do the same.
January 18, 2026 at 2:50 AM
For weeks, I was watching LibsofTikTok and the rest of the right-wing internet post some of the most insane shit I've ever seen about the Minnesota Somali community. "Inciting a pogrom" is the only way I can describe the tone of it. I really do feel like that propaganda has been rejected now
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There's gonna be a guy based on you in a kids' show, he's gonna be voiced by Patrick Warburton and he's gonna be constantly screaming at cats and dogs for interfering with A FEDERAL AGENCY then he's gonna get washed into the sewer by a giant tidal wave of molasses and the kids will laugh and laugh
January 17, 2026 at 10:25 PM
There's gonna be a guy based on you in a kids' show, he's gonna be voiced by Patrick Warburton and he's gonna be constantly screaming at cats and dogs for interfering with A FEDERAL AGENCY then he's gonna get washed into the sewer by a giant tidal wave of molasses and the kids will laugh and laugh
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If you work for ice please understand that your kids will laugh at a character based on you dying in an action movie before the end of the decade. They’ll be in movies for really little kids. Like Phineas and Ferb shit. There will be an action figure of you with a detachable head
January 17, 2026 at 8:40 PM
If you work for ice please understand that your kids will laugh at a character based on you dying in an action movie before the end of the decade. They’ll be in movies for really little kids. Like Phineas and Ferb shit. There will be an action figure of you with a detachable head
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A summary of my local Bsky feed:
- Go look at the sunset!
- Water balloons defeat Nazis
- Ways to help your neighbors
- Fancy sledding in Powderhorn
- Fuck ICE
- I love Minnesota
Love, Joy, Solidarity, Community
That’s MY Minnesota. And I will share it with anyone who also loves their neighbor.
- Go look at the sunset!
- Water balloons defeat Nazis
- Ways to help your neighbors
- Fancy sledding in Powderhorn
- Fuck ICE
- I love Minnesota
Love, Joy, Solidarity, Community
That’s MY Minnesota. And I will share it with anyone who also loves their neighbor.
January 17, 2026 at 11:39 PM
A summary of my local Bsky feed:
- Go look at the sunset!
- Water balloons defeat Nazis
- Ways to help your neighbors
- Fancy sledding in Powderhorn
- Fuck ICE
- I love Minnesota
Love, Joy, Solidarity, Community
That’s MY Minnesota. And I will share it with anyone who also loves their neighbor.
- Go look at the sunset!
- Water balloons defeat Nazis
- Ways to help your neighbors
- Fancy sledding in Powderhorn
- Fuck ICE
- I love Minnesota
Love, Joy, Solidarity, Community
That’s MY Minnesota. And I will share it with anyone who also loves their neighbor.
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I’ll double check but I’m pretty sure we are still paying for the translators ourselves.
January 18, 2026 at 1:48 AM
I’ll double check but I’m pretty sure we are still paying for the translators ourselves.
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this is the sickest shit ive ever seen
January 16, 2026 at 9:38 PM
this is the sickest shit ive ever seen
You need this
I've finally put my "Find Your Organizing Home in NYC" zine online in readable form with clickable links - check it out and GET HOOKED UP and ORGANIZED, friends!
gregpak.net/2026/01/17/f...
gregpak.net/2026/01/17/f...
January 17, 2026 at 11:49 PM
You need this
Love the greatest feel bad album of the century.
I just realized I’m picking albums with black and white covers…
January 17, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Love the greatest feel bad album of the century.
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The job of LGBT journalism isn’t to do PR spin for the NHL about how Gary Bettman is a Real Ally just because he wants to sell tickets to straight women who watch Heated Rivalry.
January 16, 2026 at 7:34 PM
The job of LGBT journalism isn’t to do PR spin for the NHL about how Gary Bettman is a Real Ally just because he wants to sell tickets to straight women who watch Heated Rivalry.
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one day I'll describe a comic like "Stan Lee's Spider-Man" on here instead of "Steve Ditko & Stan Lee's Spider-Man." that is your cue to find me and kill the dunder-headed doppleganger who has somehow outwitted and replaced me. cut my head off. bury me in four graves at the corners of the Earth.
January 17, 2026 at 10:38 PM
one day I'll describe a comic like "Stan Lee's Spider-Man" on here instead of "Steve Ditko & Stan Lee's Spider-Man." that is your cue to find me and kill the dunder-headed doppleganger who has somehow outwitted and replaced me. cut my head off. bury me in four graves at the corners of the Earth.