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
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
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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...
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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.
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The head-in-the-sand messaging coming out of the mainstream liberal consultant class is so alienated from political reality it might as well be on Mars. This is the easiest policy win they could score right now and the leaders seem terrified of it.
January 16, 2026 at 4:26 PM
The head-in-the-sand messaging coming out of the mainstream liberal consultant class is so alienated from political reality it might as well be on Mars. This is the easiest policy win they could score right now and the leaders seem terrified of it.
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So she had a pulse. That’s what the doctor on the scene wanted to check. She wasn’t breathing, but she had a pulse. He could have started CPR right away.
Instead ICE barred the doctor from attending her and waited 15 mins for EMT to get to her.
Instead ICE barred the doctor from attending her and waited 15 mins for EMT to get to her.
January 16, 2026 at 3:03 PM
So she had a pulse. That’s what the doctor on the scene wanted to check. She wasn’t breathing, but she had a pulse. He could have started CPR right away.
Instead ICE barred the doctor from attending her and waited 15 mins for EMT to get to her.
Instead ICE barred the doctor from attending her and waited 15 mins for EMT to get to her.
Fuck this shit.
January 16, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Fuck this shit.
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Holy shit.
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Live Updates: Newly Released Records Detail Chaos During Fatal ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Holy shit.
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
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Ms Rachel: “You can’t bomb a child’s home, kill their family members, bomb their schools, bomb their hospitals, and then say they’re just gonna live in tents now that are cold and leaking… You can’t just kill 20,000 children.”
This is why they attack her.
This is why they attack her.
January 16, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Ms Rachel: “You can’t bomb a child’s home, kill their family members, bomb their schools, bomb their hospitals, and then say they’re just gonna live in tents now that are cold and leaking… You can’t just kill 20,000 children.”
This is why they attack her.
This is why they attack her.
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"A city is humanity’s most amazing broken machine. And when it doesn’t work it’s tragic, but it mostly does work."
One of the many gems from @monteiro.bsky.social 's latest newsletter, which you should definitely read, because it's about how to feel wonderful ™
One of the many gems from @monteiro.bsky.social 's latest newsletter, which you should definitely read, because it's about how to feel wonderful ™
How to feel wonderful
New art studio taking shape! This week’s question comes to us from Kylie Gusset: What makes you feel wonderful? Ok, yeah. So… the last couple of newsletters...
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January 16, 2026 at 3:41 AM
"A city is humanity’s most amazing broken machine. And when it doesn’t work it’s tragic, but it mostly does work."
One of the many gems from @monteiro.bsky.social 's latest newsletter, which you should definitely read, because it's about how to feel wonderful ™
One of the many gems from @monteiro.bsky.social 's latest newsletter, which you should definitely read, because it's about how to feel wonderful ™
I ❤️ PHILLY
@governorwalz.mn.gov @govpritzker.illinois.gov @governor.ca.gov @governorferguson.bsky.social
This is how you deter power hungry maniacs. Take notes, you feckless cowards.
The "or else" part of the conversation is an important aspect in any argument regarding civil rights.
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This is how you deter power hungry maniacs. Take notes, you feckless cowards.
The "or else" part of the conversation is an important aspect in any argument regarding civil rights.
imgur.com/gallery/CbZo...
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January 16, 2026 at 5:48 AM
I ❤️ PHILLY
100% accurate.
Also, people going hard for Newsom, who are never, ever from California, have you noticed how many of the people who hate him are FROM California? THAT'S B/C WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU ELECT GAVIN NEWSOM AS THE LESSER OF TWO EVILS & IT IS VERY NOT GREAT & WE ARE TRYING TO TELL YOU TO AVOID THAT.
January 16, 2026 at 5:47 AM
100% accurate.
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I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
January 16, 2026 at 12:17 AM
I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
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If you’re going to run for office in MN and aren’t going to call for Abolishing ICE, it’s going to get harder and harder for you. The kids who today are building snow walls to keep out ICE and drawing pictures of ICE defeating machines will soon be of voting age, and they’re not going to forget this
January 16, 2026 at 2:00 AM
If you’re going to run for office in MN and aren’t going to call for Abolishing ICE, it’s going to get harder and harder for you. The kids who today are building snow walls to keep out ICE and drawing pictures of ICE defeating machines will soon be of voting age, and they’re not going to forget this