Tom Elliott
@paregorios.bsky.social
Roman Historian and Human Digitalist. Works for NYU's https://isaw.nyu.edu, but lives near Huntsville, Alabama. Editor/PI of the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places (https://pleiades.stoa.org).
Primary social account: https://hcommons.social/@paregorios/
Primary social account: https://hcommons.social/@paregorios/
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A stunning detail the ICE chief shared in this hearing that was supposed to be a brag, except it isn't: ICE has arrested 379,000 people between Jan. 2025-Jan. 2026 -- but only 8,700 were suspected gang members or known suspected terrorists.
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
Congresswoman Uses Simple Math To Show How Broken ICE Is
www.huffpost.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:08 PM
A stunning detail the ICE chief shared in this hearing that was supposed to be a brag, except it isn't: ICE has arrested 379,000 people between Jan. 2025-Jan. 2026 -- but only 8,700 were suspected gang members or known suspected terrorists.
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
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The numbers speak for themselves
A stunning detail the ICE chief shared in this hearing that was supposed to be a brag, except it isn't: ICE has arrested 379,000 people between Jan. 2025-Jan. 2026 -- but only 8,700 were suspected gang members or known suspected terrorists.
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
Congresswoman Uses Simple Math To Show How Broken ICE Is
www.huffpost.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:36 AM
The numbers speak for themselves
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Read the letters referenced by Rep. James Walkinshaw here:
February 10, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Read the letters referenced by Rep. James Walkinshaw here:
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this kind of turn out happened in OKC and the owners of the warehouse withdrew from the deal
February 10, 2026 at 8:42 PM
this kind of turn out happened in OKC and the owners of the warehouse withdrew from the deal
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Remember, the shitty jobs numbers you see from this administration are their fake numbers. The real numbers are much, much worse.
February 10, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Remember, the shitty jobs numbers you see from this administration are their fake numbers. The real numbers are much, much worse.
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KENNEDY: The Census Bureau is under your jurisdiction & responsible for defining what it means to be poor, is that right?
LUTNICK: I don't know
K: Well you need to look, bc it does. What's the % of Americans who live below poverty level?
L: I don't know
K: It's around 11%. It's been constant
LUTNICK: I don't know
K: Well you need to look, bc it does. What's the % of Americans who live below poverty level?
L: I don't know
K: It's around 11%. It's been constant
February 10, 2026 at 3:09 PM
KENNEDY: The Census Bureau is under your jurisdiction & responsible for defining what it means to be poor, is that right?
LUTNICK: I don't know
K: Well you need to look, bc it does. What's the % of Americans who live below poverty level?
L: I don't know
K: It's around 11%. It's been constant
LUTNICK: I don't know
K: Well you need to look, bc it does. What's the % of Americans who live below poverty level?
L: I don't know
K: It's around 11%. It's been constant
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I hear from people who are surprised I'm still talking about ICE, they thought they'd withdrawn from MN.
No, they have not. In some respects they've escalated.
Some asked why MN is a target. Are there are there a lot more illegals or criminals here?
No, it's not about that. It's about a grudge.
No, they have not. In some respects they've escalated.
Some asked why MN is a target. Are there are there a lot more illegals or criminals here?
No, it's not about that. It's about a grudge.
February 10, 2026 at 9:01 AM
I hear from people who are surprised I'm still talking about ICE, they thought they'd withdrawn from MN.
No, they have not. In some respects they've escalated.
Some asked why MN is a target. Are there are there a lot more illegals or criminals here?
No, it's not about that. It's about a grudge.
No, they have not. In some respects they've escalated.
Some asked why MN is a target. Are there are there a lot more illegals or criminals here?
No, it's not about that. It's about a grudge.
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NEW: ICE is leasing offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next
ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
www.wired.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:07 PM
NEW: ICE is leasing offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
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Pleased to announce the Spring 2026 SATHER LECTURE series, beginning this week in the Department of Ancient Greek and Roman Studies at UC Berkeley.
Emily Greenwood, CONVERSING ON THE OUTSIDE: ANCIENT GREEK DIALOGUES AND BLACK FEMINIST THOUGHT
Not recorded (as far as I know), but all welcome.
Emily Greenwood, CONVERSING ON THE OUTSIDE: ANCIENT GREEK DIALOGUES AND BLACK FEMINIST THOUGHT
Not recorded (as far as I know), but all welcome.
February 10, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Pleased to announce the Spring 2026 SATHER LECTURE series, beginning this week in the Department of Ancient Greek and Roman Studies at UC Berkeley.
Emily Greenwood, CONVERSING ON THE OUTSIDE: ANCIENT GREEK DIALOGUES AND BLACK FEMINIST THOUGHT
Not recorded (as far as I know), but all welcome.
Emily Greenwood, CONVERSING ON THE OUTSIDE: ANCIENT GREEK DIALOGUES AND BLACK FEMINIST THOUGHT
Not recorded (as far as I know), but all welcome.
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Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
February 10, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
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‘The hysteria that has developed about abuse of women’ (Chomsky in an email to Epstein).To all the Chomsky defenders, esp those on the left-this sentence, alone, dripping with misogyny & a sexist dismissal of sexual violence against women condemns him.There is no acceptable apology for this #epstein
February 10, 2026 at 10:33 AM
‘The hysteria that has developed about abuse of women’ (Chomsky in an email to Epstein).To all the Chomsky defenders, esp those on the left-this sentence, alone, dripping with misogyny & a sexist dismissal of sexual violence against women condemns him.There is no acceptable apology for this #epstein
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I will read anything with the Roman Philippi sundial on the front cover—but this also happens to be a fantastic book. 📕 www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
February 10, 2026 at 12:54 AM
I will read anything with the Roman Philippi sundial on the front cover—but this also happens to be a fantastic book. 📕 www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
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Imagine your provost or HR secretly recording your teaching because they don't like what you have to say.
UNC-Chapel Hill Preps Policy on Recording Professors
UNC-Chapel Hill aims to clarify guidelines after a secret recording controversy involving Larry Chavis and growing fear of surveillance.
www.theassemblync.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Imagine your provost or HR secretly recording your teaching because they don't like what you have to say.
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Out now!
Anomaly: Year 1 with two dozen *short* stories about futures "twisted by technology, isolation, and the unknowable."
Including mine about clones just trying to live their life: "Doppelgöner"
www.patreon.com/posts/anomal...
Anomaly: Year 1 with two dozen *short* stories about futures "twisted by technology, isolation, and the unknowable."
Including mine about clones just trying to live their life: "Doppelgöner"
www.patreon.com/posts/anomal...
Anomaly: Year One | Anomaly
Get more from Anomaly on Patreon
www.patreon.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Out now!
Anomaly: Year 1 with two dozen *short* stories about futures "twisted by technology, isolation, and the unknowable."
Including mine about clones just trying to live their life: "Doppelgöner"
www.patreon.com/posts/anomal...
Anomaly: Year 1 with two dozen *short* stories about futures "twisted by technology, isolation, and the unknowable."
Including mine about clones just trying to live their life: "Doppelgöner"
www.patreon.com/posts/anomal...
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Can anyone point me in the direction of an ancient source for Zeus’ marking of the centre of the Earth at Delphi with the two Eagles and the Omphalos stone? I can’t remember where it appears.
February 10, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Can anyone point me in the direction of an ancient source for Zeus’ marking of the centre of the Earth at Delphi with the two Eagles and the Omphalos stone? I can’t remember where it appears.
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Another classic post-Homan day where around school dismissal time we get a flurry of ICE vehicles all across our neighborhoods. Today one vehicle led an observer to their own home and pointed at it. This is a sick game to them, but we won’t be intimidated and we won’t stop until DHS is abolished.
February 9, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Another classic post-Homan day where around school dismissal time we get a flurry of ICE vehicles all across our neighborhoods. Today one vehicle led an observer to their own home and pointed at it. This is a sick game to them, but we won’t be intimidated and we won’t stop until DHS is abolished.
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Trump’s best friend Jeff Epstein was worried about Trump’s dementia way back in 2017. How bad do you think it is now?
February 9, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Trump’s best friend Jeff Epstein was worried about Trump’s dementia way back in 2017. How bad do you think it is now?
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1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
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NEW: An immigration court has terminated removal proceedings against Tufts doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk, finding that DHS did not meet its burden of establishing that she was removable, her lawyers tell the Second Circuit. live-awp-vermont.pantheonsite.io/app/uploads/...
February 9, 2026 at 11:38 PM
NEW: An immigration court has terminated removal proceedings against Tufts doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk, finding that DHS did not meet its burden of establishing that she was removable, her lawyers tell the Second Circuit. live-awp-vermont.pantheonsite.io/app/uploads/...
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It bears repeating that Tom Homan is a fucking psycho and Greg Bovino's exile means functionally nothing when it comes to what's happening on the ground in Minnesota.
In one 30-minute stretch, three legal observers were arrested — as Trump’s Border czar Tom Homan calls on locals to “end the resistance.”
“Uptick In Abductions”: ICE Ramps Up Targeting of Minneapolis Legal Observers
In one 30-minute stretch, three Minneapolis legal observers were arrested as ICE ramped up its targeting of community volunteers.
interc.pt
February 9, 2026 at 6:57 PM
It bears repeating that Tom Homan is a fucking psycho and Greg Bovino's exile means functionally nothing when it comes to what's happening on the ground in Minnesota.
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Rep. Raskin: "Releasing the names of a lot of victims is either spectacular incompetence and sloppiness on [DOJ's] part or, as a lot of the survivors believe, a deliberate threat to other survivors who are thinking about coming forward."
February 9, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Rep. Raskin: "Releasing the names of a lot of victims is either spectacular incompetence and sloppiness on [DOJ's] part or, as a lot of the survivors believe, a deliberate threat to other survivors who are thinking about coming forward."
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NEW: The Republican National Committee (RNC) is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to dramatically restrict mail-in voting nationwide and asking the justices to rule that ballots arriving after Election Day — even if mailed on time under state law — should not be counted.
Republicans ask Supreme Court to block states from counting legally cast mail ballots
If the Court sides with the RNC, millions of voters who depend on mail-in voting could be disenfranchised.
www.democracydocket.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:11 PM
NEW: The Republican National Committee (RNC) is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to dramatically restrict mail-in voting nationwide and asking the justices to rule that ballots arriving after Election Day — even if mailed on time under state law — should not be counted.
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I’ve been waiting to share until the ink was dry—but in <2 weeks I’ll be driving up to Iowa with our stalwart head of facilities to pick up 248† new metal & wood fonts for @skeuomorphpress.org — we’re buying the collection of a printer retiring at just 85 years old
†yes, you read that right—248
†yes, you read that right—248
February 9, 2026 at 10:55 PM
I’ve been waiting to share until the ink was dry—but in <2 weeks I’ll be driving up to Iowa with our stalwart head of facilities to pick up 248† new metal & wood fonts for @skeuomorphpress.org — we’re buying the collection of a printer retiring at just 85 years old
†yes, you read that right—248
†yes, you read that right—248
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Friday, February 13 from 11am-1pm we’re letting senator Britt know how we feel about ICE, the SAVE Act, the MEGA act, and so much more. Join us!
February 9, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Friday, February 13 from 11am-1pm we’re letting senator Britt know how we feel about ICE, the SAVE Act, the MEGA act, and so much more. Join us!