@tesseff2.bsky.social
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Malört, giardiniera and candles are TikToker "the Bears Witch's" recipe for a Sunday night playoff win against Los Angeles. Other fans are buying spells online to give the team an edge over Los Angeles. Don't tell da pope.
Niche group of Bears fans turn to witchcraft, cast spells for w-i-n over the Rams
chicago.suntimes.com
January 17, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Malört, giardiniera and candles are TikToker "the Bears Witch's" recipe for a Sunday night playoff win against Los Angeles. Other fans are buying spells online to give the team an edge over Los Angeles. Don't tell da pope.
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"Figure out pithy and original ways to write the comment, 'you need to support your claims, ' in the margins of 72 term papers."
Action Items On Your Radical Professor’s Liberal Agenda
Figure out pithy and original ways to write the comment “you need to support your claims” in the margins of 72 term papers. - - -Debate how old the...
buff.ly
January 16, 2026 at 6:20 PM
"Figure out pithy and original ways to write the comment, 'you need to support your claims, ' in the margins of 72 term papers."
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As a social movements scholar, I absolutely love the diversity of tactics being developed by each city, reflecting their local flavor
Portland kept it weird with inflatable costumes
Chicago protected its street vendors by buying up their food each day
Charlotte chased ICE agents into the woods
Portland kept it weird with inflatable costumes
Chicago protected its street vendors by buying up their food each day
Charlotte chased ICE agents into the woods
Naaaaaaailed it
January 16, 2026 at 12:38 AM
As a social movements scholar, I absolutely love the diversity of tactics being developed by each city, reflecting their local flavor
Portland kept it weird with inflatable costumes
Chicago protected its street vendors by buying up their food each day
Charlotte chased ICE agents into the woods
Portland kept it weird with inflatable costumes
Chicago protected its street vendors by buying up their food each day
Charlotte chased ICE agents into the woods
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Bluesky going to work over on Twitter
January 15, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Bluesky going to work over on Twitter
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If you live in the Twin Cities metropolitan area, I hope you’ll see your story reflected in @taylorcarik.bsky.social’s. Enough that when people outside the area reach out to try to get you to describe it, you can just point them here www.liberalcurrents.com/so-hows-the-...
So, How’s the Occupation Going for You?
What’s it like to live in America with a domestic military occupation? Minnesota has the answer.
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 14, 2026 at 11:31 AM
If you live in the Twin Cities metropolitan area, I hope you’ll see your story reflected in @taylorcarik.bsky.social’s. Enough that when people outside the area reach out to try to get you to describe it, you can just point them here www.liberalcurrents.com/so-hows-the-...
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Breaking: NYT now says *six* federal prosecutors in Minnesota have just resigned over the Justice Department's push to investigate the widow of Renee Good and the department's reluctance to investigate the ICE agent who shot Good, according to people with knowledge of their decision.
Six Prosecutors Quit Over Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Breaking: NYT now says *six* federal prosecutors in Minnesota have just resigned over the Justice Department's push to investigate the widow of Renee Good and the department's reluctance to investigate the ICE agent who shot Good, according to people with knowledge of their decision.
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semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
January 12, 2026 at 8:04 PM
semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
Instagram has been absolutely working overtime to feed me ads about meniscus relief. I’m genuinely annoyed that Meta seems to know I have a torn meniscus.
January 11, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Instagram has been absolutely working overtime to feed me ads about meniscus relief. I’m genuinely annoyed that Meta seems to know I have a torn meniscus.
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Go Bears.
Fuck the Packers.
Abolish ICE.
Fuck the Packers.
Abolish ICE.
January 10, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Go Bears.
Fuck the Packers.
Abolish ICE.
Fuck the Packers.
Abolish ICE.
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In America you drop your kid off at school, get your brains blown out on the ride home, then the Vice President drops everything for a week to call you a terrorist, to slander your family, to protect the circumstances that led to your death so they can do it again. It is government by Alex Jones.
January 9, 2026 at 7:24 PM
In America you drop your kid off at school, get your brains blown out on the ride home, then the Vice President drops everything for a week to call you a terrorist, to slander your family, to protect the circumstances that led to your death so they can do it again. It is government by Alex Jones.
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Editorial in the National Catholic Reporter: "The vice president's comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith. His repeated attempts to blame Good for her own death are fundamentally incompatible with the Gospel."
Catholic Vice President Vance takes to social media to justify killing of Renee Good
After the tragic shooting of Renee Good at the hands of ICE, the Catholic vice president of the United States took to social media to justify the killing.
www.ncronline.org
January 8, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Editorial in the National Catholic Reporter: "The vice president's comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith. His repeated attempts to blame Good for her own death are fundamentally incompatible with the Gospel."
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Unpaywalled btw, please share widely. Keep yourself and your communities safe.
Just days into 2026, the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has sparked protests around the US.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance
Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.
www.wired.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Unpaywalled btw, please share widely. Keep yourself and your communities safe.
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surrounding them after they just killed somebody and shouting “you can’t kill us all, nazis” is legitimate “ready to run through a wall” inspirational
January 7, 2026 at 6:31 PM
surrounding them after they just killed somebody and shouting “you can’t kill us all, nazis” is legitimate “ready to run through a wall” inspirational
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X basically industrialized the creation of fake porn of women who don't consent. Others did it first, but Grok made it normalized and centralized: publicly visible, instantly creatable by anyone, regardless of who's being targeted and dehumanized. Only question now is will X suffer any consequences
January 7, 2026 at 12:45 PM
X basically industrialized the creation of fake porn of women who don't consent. Others did it first, but Grok made it normalized and centralized: publicly visible, instantly creatable by anyone, regardless of who's being targeted and dehumanized. Only question now is will X suffer any consequences
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Having just finished Prof. Vladeck’s book, this follow-up is a useful encapsulation of the problems of SCOTUS’ shadow docket.
I've posted to @ssrn.bsky.social a revised version of "The Supreme Court's (Self-Defeating Supremacy"—my holistic assessment of #SCOTUS's behavior on Trump-related emergency applications during the October 2024 Term, which is forthcoming in the Supreme Court Review:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
The Supreme Court's (Self-Defeating) Supremacy
This essay, prepared for the 2025 volume of <i>The Supreme Court Review</i>, seeks to provide a holistic account of the Supreme Court’s behavior on emergency ap
papers.ssrn.com
January 5, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Having just finished Prof. Vladeck’s book, this follow-up is a useful encapsulation of the problems of SCOTUS’ shadow docket.
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"No one on the committee can identify who or what instilled Dr. Jones with the belief that an archaeologist's tool kit should consist solely of a bullwhip and a revolver."
Back from Yet Another Globetrotting Adventure, Indiana Jones Checks His Mail and Discovers That His Bid for Tenure Has Been Denied
January 22, 1939 Assistant Professor Henry “Indiana” Jones Jr. Department of Anthropology Chapman Hall 227B Marshall College Dr. Jones: As chairman...
buff.ly
July 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
"No one on the committee can identify who or what instilled Dr. Jones with the belief that an archaeologist's tool kit should consist solely of a bullwhip and a revolver."
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If you read nothing else this new year, let it be this piece. A former New York Times editor laid out how they're anti trans coverage was directed from the top by AG Sulzberger, Joe Kahn, and Carolyn Ryan. This was a purposeful effort to target trans people.
transnews.network/p/a-directiv...
transnews.network/p/a-directiv...
'A directive from above': Former NYT editor lays out how the paper pushes anti-trans bigotry
In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directe...
transnews.network
January 2, 2026 at 2:43 PM
If you read nothing else this new year, let it be this piece. A former New York Times editor laid out how they're anti trans coverage was directed from the top by AG Sulzberger, Joe Kahn, and Carolyn Ryan. This was a purposeful effort to target trans people.
transnews.network/p/a-directiv...
transnews.network/p/a-directiv...
Ended 2025 and entering 2026 focusing on what I’m most grateful for.
January 1, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Ended 2025 and entering 2026 focusing on what I’m most grateful for.
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pound for pound this might be the funniest thing ever written
December 31, 2025 at 6:15 PM
pound for pound this might be the funniest thing ever written
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Son, 3.5, got a camera for Christmas. I should’ve asked Santa for some personal space.
December 28, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Son, 3.5, got a camera for Christmas. I should’ve asked Santa for some personal space.
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Chicago resisted. Protests came with a price. Bruises from pepper balls and fits of sickness from the tear gas. But also the shattering of illusions and loss of faith that what they witnessed could not happen in America. It did and is happening in America www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/28/c...
64 days in Chicago: The story of Operation Midway Blitz
President Donald Trump’s federal immigration enforcement operation led to most surreal autumn in Chicago history. What happened during those 64 days will be remembered for a long time.
www.chicagotribune.com
December 28, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Chicago resisted. Protests came with a price. Bruises from pepper balls and fits of sickness from the tear gas. But also the shattering of illusions and loss of faith that what they witnessed could not happen in America. It did and is happening in America www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/28/c...
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Say what you will, but the Jackass dudes were far better role models for young men than these repressed intellectual dark web losers.
December 21, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Say what you will, but the Jackass dudes were far better role models for young men than these repressed intellectual dark web losers.