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A discussion about why Minnesota was so ready to reject ICE/CBP:

"Number one is the rigorous focus on agency-oriented organizing practice, a north star of building multiracial, democratic governing power. We have a majoritarian orientation — we want progressive and popular power."
Our Power Is Organized People
Creating a movement across generations, races, and faiths in Minnesota.
hammerandhope.org
January 29, 2026 at 6:10 PM
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We had eradicated this disease.

And now because of targeted disinformation, children, immunocompromised people, elderly folks, and so many others become victims in this proxy war and we have a new avoidable pandemic.
Holy moly this chart: Cumulative US measles cases
January 28, 2026 at 2:03 PM
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This is the BEST explanation I have seen so far.
January 28, 2026 at 3:12 AM
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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And thank you @haymarketbooks.org for keeping books in print for new generations of readers
January 26, 2026 at 6:53 PM
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Mother nature is a raver.
January 25, 2026 at 11:14 PM
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The Pro-ICE Primal Scream Chorus Fragments and The Underbussing Begins talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-p...
The Pro-ICE Primal Scream Chorus Fragments and The Underbussing Begins
Everywhere we’re seeing signs that ICE, the White House and its virtual...
talkingpointsmemo.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:16 PM
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Statement from the Minnesota Timberwolves team chaplain with alt text (ht @gregolear.bsky.social)
January 25, 2026 at 11:31 PM
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#Paleontologists are working to pinpoint the dawn of the #dinosaurs. What were the early evolutionary steps that set the stage for the animals’ impressive reign? A PNAS News Feature: https://ow.ly/q3wC50Y1LmI

#Lewisuchus #Triassic #Silesaurus #ornithischians #extinction
January 23, 2026 at 6:01 PM
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Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.
Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95
ALEXANDRIA, VA — Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She passed away
thezebra.org
January 19, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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A favorite sign from today's NYC protest march
January 11, 2026 at 8:56 PM
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Foodie Fun:

A 13th-Century Cookbook Featuring 475 Recipes from Moorish Spain Gets Published in a New Translated Edition

www.openculture.com/2021/10/a-13...

#Food
#FoodSky
#Recipes
#Spain
#Moors
A 13th-Century Cookbook Featuring 475 Recipes from Moorish Spain Gets Published in a New Translated Edition
Some of the distinctiveness of Spain as we know it today comes as a legacy of the period from 700 to 1200, when most of it was under Muslim rule. The culture of Al-Andalus, as the Islamic states of mo...
www.openculture.com
January 11, 2026 at 1:12 PM
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A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.

I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
January 10, 2026 at 3:24 PM
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Everybody should watch this and see this woman, who has a baby in her arms and is thrust into basically a standoff, develop courage in real time.
From the minnesota community on Reddit: ST. PAUL, MN: A sobbing resident calls 911 as federal agents force their way into her home to chase down a DoorDash driver who was just trying to deliver food.
Explore this post and more from the minnesota community
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January 10, 2026 at 8:42 PM
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The weak response from Can, EU and UN to Trump's flagrant crimes in Venezuela is striking.

It exposes that much of the world has been cowed.

Most notable exception: the Latin American left.

That is why the Trump Admin has gone to enormous lengths to defeat the left across the continent. 1/3
January 4, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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Yesterday was my late grandfather CLR James's birthday! I have two things to share, to honor his memory.

The first is a recommendation! To help you understand our current political moment, you should grab his book on Moby-Dick. It's a remarkable treatise on American xenophobic authoritarianism.
Mariners, Renegades and Castaways
Political theorist and cultural critic, novelist and cricket enthusiast, C. L. R. James (1901 - 1989) was a brilliant polymath who has been described by Edward Said as "a centrally important 20th-cent...
brandeisuniversitypress.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:25 PM
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All Americans, and the entire world, must remember. Robert Reich: The most shameful day in American history open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
The most shameful day in American history
We will never forget, and we will not let the nation or the world forget.
open.substack.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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N.K. Jemisin's Broken Earth series made her the first Black author to win the Hugo Award for Best Novel. She is the first author to win in 3 consecutive years & the first to win for all 3 novels in a trilogy. Recipient MacArthur Genius Grant, 2020.

#ScienceFictionDay #ScienceFantasy #scifi #booksky
January 2, 2026 at 4:23 PM
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This is an almost shockingly wise essay. I'm glad I've finally read it.
There Is No Mary Problem in ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’
George’s vision of his wife without him is essential to the film, but critics continue to miss its true—and profound—meaning.
open.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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Raccoon gets drunk at a Virginia liquor store and passes out in bathroom
Raccoon gets drunk at Ashland ABC store and passes out in bathroom
Talk about a trashed panda.
www.axios.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:28 PM
MS NOW host, Elise Jordan, referred tonight to “the higher education cartel” while talking about the cost of higher education, lumping flagship land grant universities with the University of Phoenix and Trump University. I don’t know where to begin with such mediocrity in “journalism.”
December 1, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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Killing of two unarmed men highlights Israeli attitudes towards similar incidents, and lack of domestic attention.
Jenin killings latest example of Israel’s ‘shoot to kill’ policy
Killing of two unarmed men highlights Israeli attitudes towards similar incidents, and lack of domestic attention.
bit.ly
November 28, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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This essay is a goddamn delight - reposting for anyone in academia who might ever be in danger of media attention, and also for @jacobuzman.bsky.social
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Black History Is for Everyone

Check out this conversation between @brianjoneseducator.bsky.social and @jessehagopian.bsky.social, from the new issue of @rethinkingschools.bsky.social
Black History Is for Everyone
Jesse Hagopian interviews author Brian Jones about his new book Black History Is for Everyone.
rethinkingschools.org
October 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM