Monteiro
@monteiro.bsky.social
I paint. I used to do other things. I might do them again. He/him. Protect trans kids!
“One of our generation's most moving writers.” —some Bsky rando
“One of our generation's most moving writers.” —some Bsky rando
AI is a fascist’s tool.
Incredible. The Border Patrol recruiter literally filled in every part of the resume for her, including having AI write the resume.
I attended a Border Patrol recruitment event. By never saying “no,” I was corralled from standing near the recruitment table to having a completed application submitted on my behalf, and I received a tentative selection days later.
www.cltampa.com/news/at-st-p...
www.cltampa.com/news/at-st-p...
January 19, 2026 at 8:00 PM
AI is a fascist’s tool.
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If you’re a clinician and you’re cooperating with ICE, you should turn in your license. It is OUR JOB TO PROTECT PATIENTS. If you can’t do that, get the fuck out of patient care. Yes, it’s worth losing your job.
The allegations in this story are incredibly disturbing. Blocking kids from bedside, lying to their pastor, pushing a patient — Why are hospital staff so involved in ICE’s attempts to detain a woman in their care?
sahanjournal.com/health/ice-d...
sahanjournal.com/health/ice-d...
ICE agents detain Mounds View couple en route to ER
An early-morning trip to the ER turned into a nightmare for a Mounds View couple with Liborio Parral Ortiz shipped to Texas and the family blocked from access to the bedside of his wife by ICE agents ...
sahanjournal.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:57 PM
If you’re a clinician and you’re cooperating with ICE, you should turn in your license. It is OUR JOB TO PROTECT PATIENTS. If you can’t do that, get the fuck out of patient care. Yes, it’s worth losing your job.
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Hmong man detained by ICE today in St. Paul, Minnesota.
(Photo via Reuters)
(Photo via Reuters)
January 19, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Hmong man detained by ICE today in St. Paul, Minnesota.
(Photo via Reuters)
(Photo via Reuters)
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Awful. Trump’s America.
this is what it has come to for Mexican restaurants in the Twin Cities
January 19, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Awful. Trump’s America.
Brutal. Sorry, Chicago.
January 19, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Brutal. Sorry, Chicago.
“We need to find common ground. Stop calling them Nazis!!”
Meanwhile:
Meanwhile:
The guy is definitely going for an aesthetic.
January 18, 2026 at 11:36 PM
“We need to find common ground. Stop calling them Nazis!!”
Meanwhile:
Meanwhile:
What if: we can save democracy but it means we have to keep Cris Collinsworth?
January 18, 2026 at 11:34 PM
What if: we can save democracy but it means we have to keep Cris Collinsworth?
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Córy Doctorow with another verbal bullseye: pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/n...
January 18, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Córy Doctorow with another verbal bullseye: pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/n...
NFL needs a mercy rule.
January 18, 2026 at 3:33 AM
NFL needs a mercy rule.
Gavin Newsom isn’t the answer to anything unless the question is “who sucks?”
Ben Shapiro: "Israel did not commit a genocide in Gaza"
Gavin Newsom: "I agree with you."
Gavin Newsom: "I agree with you."
January 17, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Gavin Newsom isn’t the answer to anything unless the question is “who sucks?”
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I'm not going to tag him, but y'all know who I'm thinking about, and his name rhymes with Isha Bollins.
Sigh. Once again, if you are warning us about fascism while posting on Substack you’re asking us to do work YOU 👏 ARE 👏 NOT 👏 WILLING 👏 TO 👏 DO.
January 17, 2026 at 7:59 PM
I'm not going to tag him, but y'all know who I'm thinking about, and his name rhymes with Isha Bollins.
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Apparently this needs to keep being reiterated.
Sigh. Once again, if you are warning us about fascism while posting on Substack you’re asking us to do work YOU 👏 ARE 👏 NOT 👏 WILLING 👏 TO 👏 DO.
January 17, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Apparently this needs to keep being reiterated.
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Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
Start your Saturday with a story about magnets and shame!
In this week’s newsletter I answer the question of how we keep functioning in a capitalist world and make a shameful confession: buttondown.com/monteiro/arc...
How to fix a Kit Kat clock
I haven’t started making anything in my new art studio yet, but I organized! This week’s question comes to us from Gwen Dubois: How do I keep functioning in...
buttondown.com
January 17, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Start your Saturday with a story about magnets and shame!
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I wasn’t being glib saying AI is fascist
January 17, 2026 at 2:58 PM
I wasn’t being glib saying AI is fascist
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*taps the never Newsom sign*
California counties must jump through new hoops to get homelessness funds
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration is pressuring local leaders to pass ordinances regulating homeless encampments, among other requirements.
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration is pressuring local leaders to pass ordinances regulating homeless encampments, among other requirements.
California counties must jump through new hoops to get homelessness funds
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration is pressuring local leaders to pass ordinances regulating homeless encampments, among other requirements.
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January 17, 2026 at 3:40 PM
*taps the never Newsom sign*
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ICE agents ate at El Tapatio in Willmar, MN, then came back hours later and detained the workers who served them. Turning a meal into surveillance isn’t public safety it’s intimidation. Remember private businesses can refuse service to ICE agents!
ICE agents eat at small-town Mexican restaurant — then detain workers
“Would your mama be proud of you right now?” a bystander said as agents returned at closing time to nab the workers.
www.startribune.com
January 16, 2026 at 10:05 PM
ICE agents ate at El Tapatio in Willmar, MN, then came back hours later and detained the workers who served them. Turning a meal into surveillance isn’t public safety it’s intimidation. Remember private businesses can refuse service to ICE agents!
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every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
January 16, 2026 at 9:24 PM
every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
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Gavin does photo ops throwing away homeless peoples stuff
Here's shitlib Governor of Commiefornia Gavin Newsom
January 16, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Gavin does photo ops throwing away homeless peoples stuff
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"A Minneapolis couple said that ICE agents deployed tear gas... around them and their six children — the youngest only 6 months old — as they tried to maneuver their car out of a tense protest on Wednesday night."
They were driving home from a son’s basketball game.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
They were driving home from a son’s basketball game.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
January 16, 2026 at 5:42 PM
"A Minneapolis couple said that ICE agents deployed tear gas... around them and their six children — the youngest only 6 months old — as they tried to maneuver their car out of a tense protest on Wednesday night."
They were driving home from a son’s basketball game.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
They were driving home from a son’s basketball game.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
You can help the people of Minnesota get anti-ICE whistles!
We are quickly coming up on 50,000 whistles shipped so far in January, and I am just forever impressed by the passion of the folks who have joined forces with us!
A reminder that if you know anyone who needs whistles, they can email the address at the top of our linktree! linktr.ee/3Dwhistles
A reminder that if you know anyone who needs whistles, they can email the address at the top of our linktree! linktr.ee/3Dwhistles
January 16, 2026 at 5:02 PM
You can help the people of Minnesota get anti-ICE whistles!
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In this week’s newsletter I answer the question of how we keep functioning in a capitalist world and make a shameful confession: buttondown.com/monteiro/arc...
How to fix a Kit Kat clock
I haven’t started making anything in my new art studio yet, but I organized! This week’s question comes to us from Gwen Dubois: How do I keep functioning in...
buttondown.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:18 AM
In this week’s newsletter I answer the question of how we keep functioning in a capitalist world and make a shameful confession: buttondown.com/monteiro/arc...
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Newsom proves the point that a person who cedes ground on ANY human and civil rights Is just a conversation away from selling us ALL out.
If a politician didn't stand up for trans folks, or immigrants, or Palestinians, they are unfit to lead in a pluralist multiracial democracy.
If a politician didn't stand up for trans folks, or immigrants, or Palestinians, they are unfit to lead in a pluralist multiracial democracy.
January 16, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Newsom proves the point that a person who cedes ground on ANY human and civil rights Is just a conversation away from selling us ALL out.
If a politician didn't stand up for trans folks, or immigrants, or Palestinians, they are unfit to lead in a pluralist multiracial democracy.
If a politician didn't stand up for trans folks, or immigrants, or Palestinians, they are unfit to lead in a pluralist multiracial democracy.