Rine Vieth
@rinewithoutacat.bsky.social
move with care • fan of balcony gardens and parks • socio-legal researcher on migration, law, religion, anti-gender movements • multilingual, mixed-methods • personal acct and I cite my sources • often MTL
they (EN) // iel (FR)
www.rinevieth.com
they (EN) // iel (FR)
www.rinevieth.com
Anyone in the greater Kitchener-Waterloo area looking for a last-minute dept/community talk next week (Feb 24-27)?
Looking at being in the area to talk migration, solidarity, support re ICE/CBP in the US + Canada, would love to add a second stop (esp if I can talk LGBTQ+ migration/refugee claims!)
Looking at being in the area to talk migration, solidarity, support re ICE/CBP in the US + Canada, would love to add a second stop (esp if I can talk LGBTQ+ migration/refugee claims!)
February 16, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Anyone in the greater Kitchener-Waterloo area looking for a last-minute dept/community talk next week (Feb 24-27)?
Looking at being in the area to talk migration, solidarity, support re ICE/CBP in the US + Canada, would love to add a second stop (esp if I can talk LGBTQ+ migration/refugee claims!)
Looking at being in the area to talk migration, solidarity, support re ICE/CBP in the US + Canada, would love to add a second stop (esp if I can talk LGBTQ+ migration/refugee claims!)
As we're (still, sadly) talking US border violence, I highly recommend @jasondeleon.bsky.social's "Land of Open Graves," which is a rigorous, heartbreaking, brilliant, four-field anthropological study of people crossing the border from Mexico into the US.
www.jasonpatrickdeleon.com/land-of-open...
www.jasonpatrickdeleon.com/land-of-open...
Land of Open Graves: Living and Dying on the Migrant Trail — Jason De León
www.jasonpatrickdeleon.com
February 16, 2026 at 3:09 PM
As we're (still, sadly) talking US border violence, I highly recommend @jasondeleon.bsky.social's "Land of Open Graves," which is a rigorous, heartbreaking, brilliant, four-field anthropological study of people crossing the border from Mexico into the US.
www.jasonpatrickdeleon.com/land-of-open...
www.jasonpatrickdeleon.com/land-of-open...
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This is a long and infuriating read. share.inquirer.com/4Pt2vm [gift link]
How FIRE, a Philly-based free-speech group, went from ‘cancel culture’ watchdog to Trump antagonist
FIRE built its reputation policing cancel culture. Now the free-speech group is confronting the Trump administration.
share.inquirer.com
February 16, 2026 at 2:50 PM
This is a long and infuriating read. share.inquirer.com/4Pt2vm [gift link]
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this is the video/account:
Tastebuds_nyc on Instagram: "Trying food from every country in the world, without leaving New York City. Season 1 Finale 🏀 Big thank you to the @brooklynnets for hosting us! Hats out now, link in bio ...
26K likes, 392 comments - tastebuds_newyorkcity on February 12, 2026: "Trying food from every country in the world, without leaving New York City. Season 1 Finale 🏀 Big thank you to the @brooklynnets ...
www.instagram.com
February 16, 2026 at 4:57 AM
this is the video/account:
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these two young white guys on IG go to an NYC restaurant each week to try food from a different country. they posted a video bringing together the owners of their first 12 stops & it made me cry bc it was simple & beautiful. just people from all over the world hanging & being pals. how it should be.
February 16, 2026 at 4:55 AM
these two young white guys on IG go to an NYC restaurant each week to try food from a different country. they posted a video bringing together the owners of their first 12 stops & it made me cry bc it was simple & beautiful. just people from all over the world hanging & being pals. how it should be.
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SUNY already has programs like this that the rest of the country should be investing in instead of allowing these capitalist vultures to continue privatizing public good.
I have two senior auditors in my community college classes; one signed up for all my other classes after auditing last semester.
I have two senior auditors in my community college classes; one signed up for all my other classes after auditing last semester.
Schools across the country are offering courses and retreats for people 50+ who want to reinvent themselves and embrace lifelong learning and discovery.
Need a new path in midlife? There's a school for that and a quiz to kickstart it
Schools across the country are offering courses and retreats for people 50+ who want to reinvent themselves and embrace lifelong learning and discovery.
n.pr
February 15, 2026 at 5:59 PM
SUNY already has programs like this that the rest of the country should be investing in instead of allowing these capitalist vultures to continue privatizing public good.
I have two senior auditors in my community college classes; one signed up for all my other classes after auditing last semester.
I have two senior auditors in my community college classes; one signed up for all my other classes after auditing last semester.
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That is nearly $20,000 Canadian dollars to stay in a country whose federal government has authorized the detention and often violent arrest of thousands of people as well as the construction of several more concentration camps.
February 16, 2026 at 3:00 AM
That is nearly $20,000 Canadian dollars to stay in a country whose federal government has authorized the detention and often violent arrest of thousands of people as well as the construction of several more concentration camps.
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it is very odd to see the US decline by so many metrics and remember I nearly paid $14,460 USD for an immigration application that would have only been valid for three years
February 16, 2026 at 2:57 AM
it is very odd to see the US decline by so many metrics and remember I nearly paid $14,460 USD for an immigration application that would have only been valid for three years
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This is somewhat more of an old-fashioned ICE ruse. Arguably this is a sign of the agency going back to more standard “targeted enforcement” tactics designed to be not as disruptive as the more recent aggro-style arrests. Watch for more like this to come.
CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.
February 15, 2026 at 2:13 AM
This is somewhat more of an old-fashioned ICE ruse. Arguably this is a sign of the agency going back to more standard “targeted enforcement” tactics designed to be not as disruptive as the more recent aggro-style arrests. Watch for more like this to come.
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If you’re tracking the warehouse developments, @projectsaltbox.bsky.social is a must-follow. Doing great work!
🚨ICE just got access to one of its biggest private detention center operators last night, thanks to a Navy contract.
The move lets ICE bypass normal contracting processes to tap GEO Group to operate its detention centers as they race to buy detention sites to house 92,000 detainees nationwide.
The move lets ICE bypass normal contracting processes to tap GEO Group to operate its detention centers as they race to buy detention sites to house 92,000 detainees nationwide.
ICE Gains Fast-Track Access to Private Prison Giant as It Plans to Nearly Double Detention Capacity
Navy contract allows immigration agency to bypass normal bidding and hire one of its largest detention operators directly as it plans to add 92,000 beds by November
projectsaltbox.substack.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:42 PM
If you’re tracking the warehouse developments, @projectsaltbox.bsky.social is a must-follow. Doing great work!
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Federal immigration officials plan to spend $38.3 billion to boost detention capacity to 92,600 beds, a document released Friday shows, as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement quietly purchases warehouses to turn into detention and processing facilities.
Immigration officials plan to spend $38.3 billion to boost detention capacity to 92,000 beds
Federal immigration officials plan to spend $38.3 billion to boost detention capacity to 92,600 beds, a document released Friday shows.
trib.al
February 14, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Federal immigration officials plan to spend $38.3 billion to boost detention capacity to 92,600 beds, a document released Friday shows, as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement quietly purchases warehouses to turn into detention and processing facilities.
I am good-faith curious how Canadians in Canadian urbanism spaces are squaring both the possibilities/desire for change vis-à-vis "not-US car heavy urbanism" AND ALSO the Canadian government about to (try to) push a massive number of migrant workers out of the country.
I’ve been thinking about Canada’s intention to become more economically independent from the United States, and to connect more with Europe.
We should do the same thing with our city-building.
Our city-building has always been too influenced by the U.S, especially with car dependency.
Thoughts?
We should do the same thing with our city-building.
Our city-building has always been too influenced by the U.S, especially with car dependency.
Thoughts?
Have you seen this? This recent study of mode share (the % share of transportation trips that are by car, transit, walking, biking etc) relative to city size and income levels in almost 800 cities in 61 countries. Interesting results. HT @davidzipper.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
February 16, 2026 at 4:31 AM
I am good-faith curious how Canadians in Canadian urbanism spaces are squaring both the possibilities/desire for change vis-à-vis "not-US car heavy urbanism" AND ALSO the Canadian government about to (try to) push a massive number of migrant workers out of the country.
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Just a reminder that the UC system was not a party in this litigation. Faculty, staff and the @aaup.org fought on their own. UCLA, and the entire UC system, should be ashamed of themselves, and their leaders should be reminded of their submissives every day.
NEW: The Trump administration has dropped its appeal of a federal court order blocking its $1.2-billion settlement demand to UCLA over alleged campus civil rights violations: www.latimes.com/california/s...
Trump administration drops its appeal of court order blocking $1.2-billion UCLA settlement
The Trump administration dropped its appeal of a major higher education case in which a federal judge blocked its $1.2-billion settlement proposal to UCLA over alleged civil rights violations. But it ...
www.latimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Just a reminder that the UC system was not a party in this litigation. Faculty, staff and the @aaup.org fought on their own. UCLA, and the entire UC system, should be ashamed of themselves, and their leaders should be reminded of their submissives every day.
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i am freed from the general election vote for newsom/don't discourse because like most people using this app i don't live in a swing state, so my vote for president gets stuffed in an incinerator by the electoral college. no possibility that it matters at all
February 16, 2026 at 12:03 AM
i am freed from the general election vote for newsom/don't discourse because like most people using this app i don't live in a swing state, so my vote for president gets stuffed in an incinerator by the electoral college. no possibility that it matters at all
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Roses are red
Vice is inherent
Vice is inherent
February 15, 2026 at 3:11 AM
Roses are red
Vice is inherent
Vice is inherent
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apex predator
February 15, 2026 at 11:54 PM
apex predator
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This city is home to people of countless faiths. But no matter what you believe, one thing unites us: we are all New Yorkers. We will not allow ICE to terrorize our neighbors.
youtu.be/uoU9Img_B40
youtu.be/uoU9Img_B40
Welcome The Stranger
YouTube video by NYC Mayor's Office
youtu.be
February 15, 2026 at 5:15 PM
This city is home to people of countless faiths. But no matter what you believe, one thing unites us: we are all New Yorkers. We will not allow ICE to terrorize our neighbors.
youtu.be/uoU9Img_B40
youtu.be/uoU9Img_B40
I don't think I've ever seen the London School of Economics and Florida Institute of Technology on the same list before...?
(Also legitimately curious why the LSE is on the list at all, given uh it's not in the US.)
(Also legitimately curious why the LSE is on the list at all, given uh it's not in the US.)
Not all of the best universities in the country are on the list, and not all of the universities on the list are the best the country, but damn, it's a pretty good list of some of the best universities in the country. They're the kind of universities we want military officers to be able to attend.
February 15, 2026 at 9:55 PM
I don't think I've ever seen the London School of Economics and Florida Institute of Technology on the same list before...?
(Also legitimately curious why the LSE is on the list at all, given uh it's not in the US.)
(Also legitimately curious why the LSE is on the list at all, given uh it's not in the US.)
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Missed our book club with @ryanceciljobson.bsky.social?
📚 Watch the full recording here: vimeo.com/1154794909
Tune in for discussion on imperialist resource grabs in the Caribbean and what Trinidad & Tobago's history of workers' struggle can teach us about fighting for a just transition.
📚 Watch the full recording here: vimeo.com/1154794909
Tune in for discussion on imperialist resource grabs in the Caribbean and what Trinidad & Tobago's history of workers' struggle can teach us about fighting for a just transition.
Resisting Mining Book Club: “The Petro-State Masquerade” with Ryan Cecil Jobson
For our first Resisting Mining Book Club of 2026 we welcomed Ryan Cecil Jobson to discuss his book, The Petro-State Masquerade: Oil, Sovereignty and Power in Trinidad…
vimeo.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Missed our book club with @ryanceciljobson.bsky.social?
📚 Watch the full recording here: vimeo.com/1154794909
Tune in for discussion on imperialist resource grabs in the Caribbean and what Trinidad & Tobago's history of workers' struggle can teach us about fighting for a just transition.
📚 Watch the full recording here: vimeo.com/1154794909
Tune in for discussion on imperialist resource grabs in the Caribbean and what Trinidad & Tobago's history of workers' struggle can teach us about fighting for a just transition.
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We're in the world, not against it.
February 15, 2026 at 9:30 PM
We're in the world, not against it.
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now that Git 2.53 is out, the Git data model @omarieclaire.bsky.social and I wrote is on the official Git website! git-scm.com/docs/gitdata...
February 14, 2026 at 1:47 PM
now that Git 2.53 is out, the Git data model @omarieclaire.bsky.social and I wrote is on the official Git website! git-scm.com/docs/gitdata...
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Our story @chicagotribune.com: Chicago teen Ofelia Torres, whose father was detained by ICE while she fought cancer, dies. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/14/c...
February 15, 2026 at 2:19 AM
Our story @chicagotribune.com: Chicago teen Ofelia Torres, whose father was detained by ICE while she fought cancer, dies. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/14/c...
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why is there anti-homeless architecture in pokemon
February 15, 2026 at 12:51 AM
why is there anti-homeless architecture in pokemon
Getting into going to the gym is great not just because I listen to EDM and dissociate for an hour, but also because it's now easier to carry my bags back from Costco
February 15, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Getting into going to the gym is great not just because I listen to EDM and dissociate for an hour, but also because it's now easier to carry my bags back from Costco
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WOMEN👏DON’T👏WANT👏CHOCOLATES 👏FOR 👏VALENTINE’S 👏DAY 👏THEY 👏WANT 👏MERRIAM-WEBSTER’S 👏COLLEGIATE 👏DICTIONARY 👏TWELFTH 👏EDITION 👏
February 14, 2026 at 8:50 PM
WOMEN👏DON’T👏WANT👏CHOCOLATES 👏FOR 👏VALENTINE’S 👏DAY 👏THEY 👏WANT 👏MERRIAM-WEBSTER’S 👏COLLEGIATE 👏DICTIONARY 👏TWELFTH 👏EDITION 👏