Joby Gelbspan
@outgrained.bsky.social
Strategic research & finance for anti-oppressive movements & communities. Consultant: https://corporateaccountability.org/, Treasurer: https://resist.org/, Member: https://www.idha-nyc.org/. Personal acct, she/her, Philly. Words: https://www.outgrained.com
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This is a poem I wrote in 2021 as part of this essay on the vaccine apartheid. It is so depressing how in more ways than we can count, for more and more people, this earth is deliberately being made a mass grave. One day, "some will die" may become "all must die".
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November 24, 2025 at 11:14 AM
This is a poem I wrote in 2021 as part of this essay on the vaccine apartheid. It is so depressing how in more ways than we can count, for more and more people, this earth is deliberately being made a mass grave. One day, "some will die" may become "all must die".
folukeafrica.com/the-vaccine-...
folukeafrica.com/the-vaccine-...
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Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.
Donate - Native Organizers Alliance
Supporting organizing and advocacy initiatives for Indigenous justice.
nativeorganizing.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.
Love to see the appetite for action against the corporations facilitating US fascism. But slapping your own, weaker, demands on a handful of companies already under boycott is not the way. E.g. the Target boycott demands investment in Black biz & HBCUs, and Dell is a target for Palestinian BDS.
A Gen Z-led advocacy group announced a boycott campaign targeting major corporations “that enable, profit from, or directly collaborate with ICE.” Beyond the Ballot launched “Not With My Dollars: ICE Out of My Wallet” just days before Black Friday kicks off.
Boycott Campaign Targets Companies Tied to ICE Ahead of Black Friday
The Not With My Dollars campaign takes aim at Amazon, Whole Foods, Dell, Microsoft, Home Depot, Spotify, and Target.
truthout.org
November 26, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Love to see the appetite for action against the corporations facilitating US fascism. But slapping your own, weaker, demands on a handful of companies already under boycott is not the way. E.g. the Target boycott demands investment in Black biz & HBCUs, and Dell is a target for Palestinian BDS.
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"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
November 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
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“Nearly one hundred people had just one item on their list as they entered the Home Depot in Monrovia on Saturday: a small ice scraper worth a little less than a dollar.”
Day laborer organizers protest Home Depot, pressuring it to "scrape ICE out of their stores."
Over one hundred community members gathered at the Home Depot in Monrovia Saturday to pressure the company to stop the immigration raids taking place at its locations.
www.latimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:14 AM
“Nearly one hundred people had just one item on their list as they entered the Home Depot in Monrovia on Saturday: a small ice scraper worth a little less than a dollar.”
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Oh wait! Figured out how to get rid of the garbage Gemini button in Chrome:
- Right-click
- Unpin
Gone!
- Right-click
- Unpin
Gone!
November 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Oh wait! Figured out how to get rid of the garbage Gemini button in Chrome:
- Right-click
- Unpin
Gone!
- Right-click
- Unpin
Gone!
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I saw this on Maddow the other day. This campaign needs to go national. Boycott AT&T until they rescind their ICE/CBP contracts. Petition here --> actionnetwork.org/petitions/at...
November 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I saw this on Maddow the other day. This campaign needs to go national. Boycott AT&T until they rescind their ICE/CBP contracts. Petition here --> actionnetwork.org/petitions/at...
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6. In the interim, it is unclear how or if ICE detainees are receiving medication or obtaining outside medical care. According to two federal class action lawsuits, numerous ICE detainees have not been receiving medically necessary care since October 3.
EXCLUSIVE: How the Trump administration sparked a health crisis for ICE detainees
An abrupt decision on October 3 left thousands of ICE detainees without access to vital medical care — a crisis that is ongoing.
popular.info
November 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM
6. In the interim, it is unclear how or if ICE detainees are receiving medication or obtaining outside medical care. According to two federal class action lawsuits, numerous ICE detainees have not been receiving medically necessary care since October 3.
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FYI - AI is now auto-enabled in gmail by default. Here's how to turn it off:
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#fuckai #allmyhomieshateai #googlewtf
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#fuckai #allmyhomieshateai #googlewtf
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In the General Tab, scroll down to "Smart Features" and UNC…
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November 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM
FYI - AI is now auto-enabled in gmail by default. Here's how to turn it off:
www.tumblr.com/imonthemooni...
#fuckai #allmyhomieshateai #googlewtf
www.tumblr.com/imonthemooni...
#fuckai #allmyhomieshateai #googlewtf
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I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
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November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
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Indigenous people at #COP30 want change and power, not just visibility.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Tussles break out between protesters and security at Cop30 in Brazil
Dozens storm venue at climate conference that has encouraged NGOs and Indigenous groups to play unprecedented role in talks
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Indigenous people at #COP30 want change and power, not just visibility.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Andrea Pitzer has been a consistently grounding & clarifying voice throughout this past year, but this week's episode feels especially important in marking the latest inflection point on our collective descent into hell.
Trump's immigration policies may be echoing Nazi history, but that doesn't mean there's nothing we can do about it.
Why Trump Wants Chaos
YouTube video by Degenerate Art by Andrea Pitzer
youtu.be
November 1, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Andrea Pitzer has been a consistently grounding & clarifying voice throughout this past year, but this week's episode feels especially important in marking the latest inflection point on our collective descent into hell.
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Appreciate this coverage but it is hard to explain to people not in the Chicago area that THESE ARE NOT PROTESTS.
This is people coming out of their homes, doing anything in their power to try to stop their neighbors from being kidnapped.
It is coming for your city next, please be prepared.
This is people coming out of their homes, doing anything in their power to try to stop their neighbors from being kidnapped.
It is coming for your city next, please be prepared.
New from Bellingcat: “‘Pattern of Extreme Brutality’ — Tear gas, pepper balls among weapons used by federal agents at Illinois immigration protests.”
Read the full investigation:
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...
Read the full investigation:
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...
Tear Gas, Pepper Balls Among Weapons Deployed Against Illinois Protesters
A judge recently issued a restraining order on crowd-control tactics by federal agents in the state, including those involved in Operation Midway Blitz.
www.bellingcat.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Appreciate this coverage but it is hard to explain to people not in the Chicago area that THESE ARE NOT PROTESTS.
This is people coming out of their homes, doing anything in their power to try to stop their neighbors from being kidnapped.
It is coming for your city next, please be prepared.
This is people coming out of their homes, doing anything in their power to try to stop their neighbors from being kidnapped.
It is coming for your city next, please be prepared.
One year ago, a skinny, dirty, stray cat marched right in and made himself at home in my house & my heart. Today, we’re celebrating our 1st anniversary as a family. Happy Gotcha Day to Boo, my Halloween surprise!
October 31, 2025 at 6:27 PM
One year ago, a skinny, dirty, stray cat marched right in and made himself at home in my house & my heart. Today, we’re celebrating our 1st anniversary as a family. Happy Gotcha Day to Boo, my Halloween surprise!
Nice way to support neighbors this year: in addition to candy, offer kids a bag of chips or pretzels too.
October 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Nice way to support neighbors this year: in addition to candy, offer kids a bag of chips or pretzels too.
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Rev Sekou isn't on here, but on FB he wrote this gem and it applies to all kind of things.
October 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Rev Sekou isn't on here, but on FB he wrote this gem and it applies to all kind of things.
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It’s hard to convey just how much Chicagoans are mobilizing against ICE. Don’t want to downplay the harm, or make it seem like a fair fight. But in neighborhoods across this city, ICE is getting chased by people blowing whistles and shouting. People are running TOWARD ICE to protect their neighbors.
October 22, 2025 at 12:12 PM
It’s hard to convey just how much Chicagoans are mobilizing against ICE. Don’t want to downplay the harm, or make it seem like a fair fight. But in neighborhoods across this city, ICE is getting chased by people blowing whistles and shouting. People are running TOWARD ICE to protect their neighbors.
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Having organized my life around living car-free, I appreciate this whole thread but especially this point. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how much our car dependence fuels the perceived “need” for police at societal scale, from traffic laws to “accident” reports.
October 20, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Having organized my life around living car-free, I appreciate this whole thread but especially this point. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how much our car dependence fuels the perceived “need” for police at societal scale, from traffic laws to “accident” reports.
“BloombergNEF forecasts the growth of data centres used to train and run artificial intelligence models will cause power demand to more than double by 2035.”
So I THINK the AI bubble is going to collapse before the tech oligarchs get access to weapons grade plutonium but uh.......................... Don't love that!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
www.ft.com/content/2fbb...
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
www.ft.com/content/2fbb...
US offers nuclear energy companies access to weapons-grade plutonium
Expert warns commercial use of the radioactive material from cold war-era warheads carries safety risks
www.ft.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:25 AM
“BloombergNEF forecasts the growth of data centres used to train and run artificial intelligence models will cause power demand to more than double by 2035.”
Good thread: I spent yesterday passing out flyers pointing to on-ramps for ongoing organizing, and virtually everyone I spoke to was grateful for info on deeper next steps. A huge crowd of ppl looking to take action is an opportunity, if your goal is organizing > posturing or stewing.
I dunno, the size of the No Kings crowds yesterday made me feel slightly less hopeless? That morale boost isn't necessarily worth all the effort, but why take away that one positive morale boost by pointing out the obvious?
October 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Good thread: I spent yesterday passing out flyers pointing to on-ramps for ongoing organizing, and virtually everyone I spoke to was grateful for info on deeper next steps. A huge crowd of ppl looking to take action is an opportunity, if your goal is organizing > posturing or stewing.
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Charlottesville finally took down its Confederate monuments in 2021.
The statue of Robert E. Lee was melted down.
The statue of Stonewall Jackson was given to artist Kara Walker.
This is what she did with it:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The statue of Robert E. Lee was melted down.
The statue of Stonewall Jackson was given to artist Kara Walker.
This is what she did with it:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Breathtaking, unsettling, healing: a new exhibit by Black US artists transforms Confederate monuments
The sweeping exhibition Monuments opens in Los Angeles on 23 October and is on view through May
www.theguardian.com
October 18, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Charlottesville finally took down its Confederate monuments in 2021.
The statue of Robert E. Lee was melted down.
The statue of Stonewall Jackson was given to artist Kara Walker.
This is what she did with it:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The statue of Robert E. Lee was melted down.
The statue of Stonewall Jackson was given to artist Kara Walker.
This is what she did with it:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Really important (& short) thread about media literacy, going to primary source material, and how we have to be wary of letting fascists manipulate us by our cynicism. This is even more critical as these very propagandists are stepping into a much bigger (& more “trusted”) platform at CBS
🧵 1. I saw some high-profile pro-Palestine accounts condemning Mamdani for saying "I'm going to have ppl in my admin who are Zionists" & for allegedly putting a "softer spin on his anti-Israel past"
So [coughs, puts on ye ol' media analysis professor hat] I looked into the source and HOOO BOY...
So [coughs, puts on ye ol' media analysis professor hat] I looked into the source and HOOO BOY...
October 16, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Really important (& short) thread about media literacy, going to primary source material, and how we have to be wary of letting fascists manipulate us by our cynicism. This is even more critical as these very propagandists are stepping into a much bigger (& more “trusted”) platform at CBS
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Love Chicago 🫶💓
Hundreds Pack 'Whistlemania' Events To Fight ICE In Chicago: 'We Have To Stand Up For One Another'
Neighbors joined Whistlemania events in seven neighborhoods Tuesday to assemble whistle kits that alert when immigration agents are nearby.
blockclubchicago.org
October 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Love Chicago 🫶💓
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I see people sharing this, maybe as an act of shared mourning, an attempt to stir action, or confirmation that the world sucks. The death of reef ecosystems pushed me into a panic about climate change in 2013 & led to me starting the Climate Anxiety Counseling booth in 2014. So, a few things (1/5)
… today, a group of 160 scientists from 23 countries is announcing that the planet has already reached its first major tipping point: the widespread death of warm-water coral reefs.
Corals are disappearing, pushing Earth to its first major ‘tipping point’
A new report says Earth has reached a dire milestone with the widespread death of warm-water coral reefs. It's not too late to save what remains.
grist.org
October 13, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I see people sharing this, maybe as an act of shared mourning, an attempt to stir action, or confirmation that the world sucks. The death of reef ecosystems pushed me into a panic about climate change in 2013 & led to me starting the Climate Anxiety Counseling booth in 2014. So, a few things (1/5)