thingswithwings
@thingswithwings.bsky.social
Writer, vidder, teacher. she/they.
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Someone just asked me for a bibliography for people interested in delving more deeply into police and policing. Prof @alexvitale.bsky.social and crew have a comprehensive one that continues to evolve: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Police Bibliography
Critical Police Studies Bibliography The Policing and Social Justice Project at Brooklyn College Alex S. Vitale, Coordinator This is an open access resource for scholars, researchers, teachers, and ...
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January 15, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Someone just asked me for a bibliography for people interested in delving more deeply into police and policing. Prof @alexvitale.bsky.social and crew have a comprehensive one that continues to evolve: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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been thinking a lot about James Baldwin recently - from a 1970 documentary
January 15, 2026 at 12:43 AM
been thinking a lot about James Baldwin recently - from a 1970 documentary
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We are in fact DESPERATE for winter coats, waterproof gloves, and good boots. We get so many wonderful donations but it is so cold and the numbers of unhoused unsheltered people are going up at the absolute worst time for it, and we run out of coats weekly.
The frigid Twin Cities temperatures will hurt the homeless; so do not gloat about the impact on ICE without also stepping up here:
If you're still able to help Minnesota, @supplydepotmpls.bsky.social is always accepting donations. $10 buys a pack of handwarmers. If you were given Amazon gift cards this year for Christmas, you can shop their Amazon wishlist: linktr.ee/sanctuarysup...
January 14, 2026 at 7:29 PM
We are in fact DESPERATE for winter coats, waterproof gloves, and good boots. We get so many wonderful donations but it is so cold and the numbers of unhoused unsheltered people are going up at the absolute worst time for it, and we run out of coats weekly.
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Calling all Feminist SFF fans! Panel suggestions are OPEN! If you've ever thought, "I wish there was a panel about," this is your moment. Submit your feminist SFF ideas and help us have the BEST WisCon, EVER!
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#WisCon #WomeninSFF #feministconvention
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#WisCon #WomeninSFF #feministconvention
January 15, 2026 at 4:23 AM
Calling all Feminist SFF fans! Panel suggestions are OPEN! If you've ever thought, "I wish there was a panel about," this is your moment. Submit your feminist SFF ideas and help us have the BEST WisCon, EVER!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#WisCon #WomeninSFF #feministconvention
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#WisCon #WomeninSFF #feministconvention
this gave me a good laugh when I needed one
From @theinformation.com -- "Websites created through coding tools from OpenAI, Anthropic, Cursor, Replit and Devin have security flaws, new research shows."
These flaws are astounding, e.g., entering negative quantities on ecommerce sites and crediting back cash to customers.
These flaws are astounding, e.g., entering negative quantities on ecommerce sites and crediting back cash to customers.
January 14, 2026 at 2:03 AM
this gave me a good laugh when I needed one
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I was desperate for some organization, so I put together a list of places you can donate or buy things for to support folks in Minnesota.
If you have places for me to add, please DM me.
If you have places for me to add, please DM me.
Places to Donate to in Minnesota
Buy/Donate Materials: Help buy dashcams for legal observers Bethel Church Food Pantry TC Food Justice: Donate food Mutual Aid Funds: Lyndale School Mutual Aid Fund Rent Relief Fund for Southside Fami...
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January 12, 2026 at 7:53 PM
I was desperate for some organization, so I put together a list of places you can donate or buy things for to support folks in Minnesota.
If you have places for me to add, please DM me.
If you have places for me to add, please DM me.
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The reports coming out of Minnesota of the brutality of ICE terror are harrowing. What's clear to me, however, is that the people are rising up to resist this violence head on. Resistance is everywhere. We may be on our own, but we are not alone.
"Every time a whistle blows, they don’t win."
"Every time a whistle blows, they don’t win."
Blessed are the whistle blowers
Resistance to the ongoing brutality is everywhere. One need only step outside to find it.
www.wordsaboutwork.news
January 13, 2026 at 9:54 PM
The reports coming out of Minnesota of the brutality of ICE terror are harrowing. What's clear to me, however, is that the people are rising up to resist this violence head on. Resistance is everywhere. We may be on our own, but we are not alone.
"Every time a whistle blows, they don’t win."
"Every time a whistle blows, they don’t win."
just tore through Casey Plett's Dream of a Woman (short stories + one novella). dang can she write. It's also just something to feel so much Manitoba in a piece of writing, portrayed so bittersweetly. It's something when a writer matches your feelings so precisely, in all their complications.
January 13, 2026 at 4:30 AM
just tore through Casey Plett's Dream of a Woman (short stories + one novella). dang can she write. It's also just something to feel so much Manitoba in a piece of writing, portrayed so bittersweetly. It's something when a writer matches your feelings so precisely, in all their complications.
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One out of 12 rams is uninterested in females. Deemed “non-procreative" by farmers, they're typically sent to slaughter. German farmer Michael Stücke rescues the gay rams. His company Rainbow Wool, sells fabulous wool products from his flock of gay sheep. rainbow-wool.com
January 12, 2026 at 8:26 PM
One out of 12 rams is uninterested in females. Deemed “non-procreative" by farmers, they're typically sent to slaughter. German farmer Michael Stücke rescues the gay rams. His company Rainbow Wool, sells fabulous wool products from his flock of gay sheep. rainbow-wool.com
"Please, Captain, not in front of the Klingons."
January 12, 2026 at 2:13 AM
"Please, Captain, not in front of the Klingons."
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"I'm not in Minnesota -- what can I do to help?"
A list of ideas!
A list of ideas!
January 11, 2026 at 10:33 PM
"I'm not in Minnesota -- what can I do to help?"
A list of ideas!
A list of ideas!
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The world feels rough right now
So please enjoy this shrimp, filmed off Cozumel, Mexico. It may be a larval reef shrimp, but we don’t know what species or how long it lives or what it eats. The world is still full of wonder and beauty and mystery.
🎥 @pedrovalenciam scuba diver on Insta
So please enjoy this shrimp, filmed off Cozumel, Mexico. It may be a larval reef shrimp, but we don’t know what species or how long it lives or what it eats. The world is still full of wonder and beauty and mystery.
🎥 @pedrovalenciam scuba diver on Insta
January 8, 2026 at 8:20 PM
The world feels rough right now
So please enjoy this shrimp, filmed off Cozumel, Mexico. It may be a larval reef shrimp, but we don’t know what species or how long it lives or what it eats. The world is still full of wonder and beauty and mystery.
🎥 @pedrovalenciam scuba diver on Insta
So please enjoy this shrimp, filmed off Cozumel, Mexico. It may be a larval reef shrimp, but we don’t know what species or how long it lives or what it eats. The world is still full of wonder and beauty and mystery.
🎥 @pedrovalenciam scuba diver on Insta
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This is a fund for families in south Minneapolis who can't work due to ICE. My cousin who lives in south Minneapolis and is active in the community sent it to me; it is legit. Please donate if you can!
givebutter.com/H6lQkA
givebutter.com/H6lQkA
Rent Relief for South Minneapolis Families Impacted by Federal Immigration Operations
¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!
givebutter.com
January 11, 2026 at 2:05 PM
This is a fund for families in south Minneapolis who can't work due to ICE. My cousin who lives in south Minneapolis and is active in the community sent it to me; it is legit. Please donate if you can!
givebutter.com/H6lQkA
givebutter.com/H6lQkA
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you and many of your followers have probably already seen this but I thought it did a good job laying out a list of targets and categorizing strategic considerations for each vis a vis scope and lift: www.thenation.com/article/acti...
Want to Stop ICE? Go After Its Corporate Collaborators.
ICE can’t function without help from the private sector. So we should force the private sector to stop helping.
www.thenation.com
January 11, 2026 at 12:59 AM
you and many of your followers have probably already seen this but I thought it did a good job laying out a list of targets and categorizing strategic considerations for each vis a vis scope and lift: www.thenation.com/article/acti...
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Hi folks, I'm seeing a lot of "Eyes on Minneapolis" & "We support Minnesota" sentiment. Here's a tangible way you can help:
Trump just suspended federal funding for SNAP benefits to Minnesota. Second Harvest Heartland is an MN-based hunger-relief org.
Please donate what you can.
www.2harvest.org
Trump just suspended federal funding for SNAP benefits to Minnesota. Second Harvest Heartland is an MN-based hunger-relief org.
Please donate what you can.
www.2harvest.org
Second Harvest Heartland | Local Minnesota, Wisconsin food bank | 2harvest.org
There is more than enough food for everyone. As one of the nation’s largest hunger relief agencies, it’s our job to make sure healthy, nutritious food gets to the households who need it. Every day, we...
www.2harvest.org
January 10, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Hi folks, I'm seeing a lot of "Eyes on Minneapolis" & "We support Minnesota" sentiment. Here's a tangible way you can help:
Trump just suspended federal funding for SNAP benefits to Minnesota. Second Harvest Heartland is an MN-based hunger-relief org.
Please donate what you can.
www.2harvest.org
Trump just suspended federal funding for SNAP benefits to Minnesota. Second Harvest Heartland is an MN-based hunger-relief org.
Please donate what you can.
www.2harvest.org
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The 2025 Word of the Year is "slop," both as a noun for low-quality AI-generated content and as a combining form for anything of little value. Read the full press release. #WOTY2025 #ADS2026 #LSA2026
americandialect.org/2025-word-of...
americandialect.org/2025-word-of...
2025 Word of the Year Is “Slop”
New Orleans Marriott–Jan. 9—The American Dialect Society, in its 36th annual words-of-the-year vote, selected slop as the Word of the Year for 2025. More than three hundred attendees took part in the…
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January 10, 2026 at 8:18 AM
The 2025 Word of the Year is "slop," both as a noun for low-quality AI-generated content and as a combining form for anything of little value. Read the full press release. #WOTY2025 #ADS2026 #LSA2026
americandialect.org/2025-word-of...
americandialect.org/2025-word-of...
this is just gonna get the students defiantly excited to read Plato secretly on their own, and I think that's hilarious. The original assignment was the Aristophanes section from Symposium, too, which is a queer crowd-pleaser with a long history of being censored
Some have pointed out that the whole letter would have fit in the alt text window, so here is a version with the whole letter in alt text.
January 9, 2026 at 1:48 PM
this is just gonna get the students defiantly excited to read Plato secretly on their own, and I think that's hilarious. The original assignment was the Aristophanes section from Symposium, too, which is a queer crowd-pleaser with a long history of being censored
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Professor Peterson response to censorship at Texas A&M. (philosopher) king
Some have pointed out that the whole letter would have fit in the alt text window, so here is a version with the whole letter in alt text.
January 8, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Professor Peterson response to censorship at Texas A&M. (philosopher) king
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Free today. We're all getting secondary trauma right now.
Here are some tools from journalists and therapists that will help: www.patreon.com/posts/digita...
Here are some tools from journalists and therapists that will help: www.patreon.com/posts/digita...
January 7, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Free today. We're all getting secondary trauma right now.
Here are some tools from journalists and therapists that will help: www.patreon.com/posts/digita...
Here are some tools from journalists and therapists that will help: www.patreon.com/posts/digita...
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Good morning. I'd like to invite anyone who is interested to make a small gesture of kindness today. It's up to you to decide what that can be. The key is for you to act on the idea. With so much out of our control, we can choose how to be with each other today and every day.
January 8, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Good morning. I'd like to invite anyone who is interested to make a small gesture of kindness today. It's up to you to decide what that can be. The key is for you to act on the idea. With so much out of our control, we can choose how to be with each other today and every day.
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Tonight, I was one of more than 200 people who gathered on Chicago’s North Side to mourn Renee Nicole Good. Several people asked me to publish my remarks from the vigil, so I’m sharing them here.
The Cost of Staying Human
Remarks from a vigil for Renee Nicole Good
organizingmythoughts.org
January 8, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Tonight, I was one of more than 200 people who gathered on Chicago’s North Side to mourn Renee Nicole Good. Several people asked me to publish my remarks from the vigil, so I’m sharing them here.
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PSA: twitter, X, is doing new terms of service that basically make it so that any comtent you share on there including DMs and photos is theirs and they can use it for "any purpose" including commercial use.
So, if you have a page you’ve left up and don’t want them there’s time to act 1/
So, if you have a page you’ve left up and don’t want them there’s time to act 1/
January 7, 2026 at 12:15 AM
PSA: twitter, X, is doing new terms of service that basically make it so that any comtent you share on there including DMs and photos is theirs and they can use it for "any purpose" including commercial use.
So, if you have a page you’ve left up and don’t want them there’s time to act 1/
So, if you have a page you’ve left up and don’t want them there’s time to act 1/
this'll be really useful because gaming doesn't already have different difficulty settings to choose from, in-game hints, walkthrough guides, walkthrough videos, cheat codes, reddit forums, let's plays, twitch streams, your friend's older brother,
Sony has patented an AI gaming ghost that will play PlayStation games for you when you get stuck www.eurogamer.net/sony-has-pat...
January 6, 2026 at 4:24 PM
this'll be really useful because gaming doesn't already have different difficulty settings to choose from, in-game hints, walkthrough guides, walkthrough videos, cheat codes, reddit forums, let's plays, twitch streams, your friend's older brother,
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Seriously, Canadians, make some noise on this. Write your MPs.
This shouldn't need to be said, but it is *not to our advantage* if the US is allowed to randomly invade sovereign countries, kidnap their leadership, and seize their resources.
It's Venezuela today, it could easily be Canada tomorrow.
This shouldn't need to be said, but it is *not to our advantage* if the US is allowed to randomly invade sovereign countries, kidnap their leadership, and seize their resources.
It's Venezuela today, it could easily be Canada tomorrow.
I call on @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social and @mark-carney.bsky.social to officially condemn the reckless and illegal attacks launched by the US against Venezuela.
Under Trump, the former US is a depraved Fascist menace, which threatens all of us. The world needs to act to contain their aggression.
Under Trump, the former US is a depraved Fascist menace, which threatens all of us. The world needs to act to contain their aggression.
January 3, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Seriously, Canadians, make some noise on this. Write your MPs.
This shouldn't need to be said, but it is *not to our advantage* if the US is allowed to randomly invade sovereign countries, kidnap their leadership, and seize their resources.
It's Venezuela today, it could easily be Canada tomorrow.
This shouldn't need to be said, but it is *not to our advantage* if the US is allowed to randomly invade sovereign countries, kidnap their leadership, and seize their resources.
It's Venezuela today, it could easily be Canada tomorrow.
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This is not the first US imperial atrocity for oil —let’s not exceptionalize it— but wow is is it awful. And the violation of Venezuelans domestically in the name of a sovereign borders they actually dgaf about.
As Aimee Cesaire put it— the price of imperialism is the empire’s own civilization.
As Aimee Cesaire put it— the price of imperialism is the empire’s own civilization.
January 3, 2026 at 12:23 PM
This is not the first US imperial atrocity for oil —let’s not exceptionalize it— but wow is is it awful. And the violation of Venezuelans domestically in the name of a sovereign borders they actually dgaf about.
As Aimee Cesaire put it— the price of imperialism is the empire’s own civilization.
As Aimee Cesaire put it— the price of imperialism is the empire’s own civilization.