Art Keene
@artkeene.bsky.social
Retired anthropologist. Managing Editor, The Amherst Indy (www.Amherstindy.org)
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It's hard to overstate how fully engaged Chicago and the surrounding suburbs are in this ICE madness. There are neighborhood watch alerts, spontaneous crowds gathering outside schools at pick up & drop off plus madly blowing whistles and honking car horns, this city is fighting back and hard.
October 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
It's hard to overstate how fully engaged Chicago and the surrounding suburbs are in this ICE madness. There are neighborhood watch alerts, spontaneous crowds gathering outside schools at pick up & drop off plus madly blowing whistles and honking car horns, this city is fighting back and hard.
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Abolish ICE.
Shame them wherever you see them.
They will never see Jesus.
Shame them wherever you see them.
They will never see Jesus.
This is a U.S. citizen being brutally abducted by ICE while his mom pleads for them to stop and the videographer cries for help. The Chicago police do nothing to stop it.
They will come for everyone, and they’re not even hiding that anymore. If you are not organizing and resisting yet, get started.
They will come for everyone, and they’re not even hiding that anymore. If you are not organizing and resisting yet, get started.
October 25, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Abolish ICE.
Shame them wherever you see them.
They will never see Jesus.
Shame them wherever you see them.
They will never see Jesus.
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Y’all, Spotify’s stock price sunk by 5% in 1 day. YOU did this by spreading the word to boycott them for running ICE ads.
These billionaires only speak one language—money—so let’s keep up the pressure. Tell everyone you know to cancel their Spotify subscriptions. Send them to BoycottSpotify.com.
These billionaires only speak one language—money—so let’s keep up the pressure. Tell everyone you know to cancel their Spotify subscriptions. Send them to BoycottSpotify.com.
October 25, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Y’all, Spotify’s stock price sunk by 5% in 1 day. YOU did this by spreading the word to boycott them for running ICE ads.
These billionaires only speak one language—money—so let’s keep up the pressure. Tell everyone you know to cancel their Spotify subscriptions. Send them to BoycottSpotify.com.
These billionaires only speak one language—money—so let’s keep up the pressure. Tell everyone you know to cancel their Spotify subscriptions. Send them to BoycottSpotify.com.
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😢💔
October 23, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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Well, you can finally cross “I’ve seen a handcuffed, inflatable penis” off your bucket list
October 19, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Well, you can finally cross “I’ve seen a handcuffed, inflatable penis” off your bucket list
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Top story when you go to The Guardian this AM. Which it is not when you go to the Washington Post or the NY Times. Apt language here, whereas WaPo describes the day as an airing of grievances as though we are a bunch of whining George Costanzas, not a vast public fearful of losing everything.
Millions across all 50 US states march in No Kings protests against Trump
Crowds of Americans, many in costumes, aligned behind message that US is sliding into authoritarianism
www.theguardian.com
October 19, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Top story when you go to The Guardian this AM. Which it is not when you go to the Washington Post or the NY Times. Apt language here, whereas WaPo describes the day as an airing of grievances as though we are a bunch of whining George Costanzas, not a vast public fearful of losing everything.
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They are terrified of the No Kings rallies and doing everything they can to discredit them.
If you're on the fence about going, just think of how much it'll piss off these assholes.
If you're on the fence about going, just think of how much it'll piss off these assholes.
Emmer: "We call it the 'Hate America' rally because you'll see the hate for America all over this thing when they show up. The rumor is that they can't end this shutdown because this small but very violent and vocal group is the only one that's happy about this."
October 14, 2025 at 12:53 PM
They are terrified of the No Kings rallies and doing everything they can to discredit them.
If you're on the fence about going, just think of how much it'll piss off these assholes.
If you're on the fence about going, just think of how much it'll piss off these assholes.
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Abolish ICE.
ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
October 12, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Abolish ICE.
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There’s a reason academics universally rejected the initial push to canonize Charlie Kirk as a saint devoted to free speech.
We know all too well that’s the exact opposite of reality.
We know all too well that’s the exact opposite of reality.
I know this case is all over - & it should be - but Turning Point USA has waged a harassment campaign against faculty for more than a decade. I know of at least a half dozen other faculty, personally, who have received death threats and several of those who felt so unsafe they too left their homes
Are we great yet?
Mark Bray, a Rutgers University professor and expert on anti-fascist groups, is fleeing to Spain with his family due to death threats that stem from a campaign by Turning Point USA and other conservative groups to get him fired, falsely labeling him as an antifa member.
Mark Bray, a Rutgers University professor and expert on anti-fascist groups, is fleeing to Spain with his family due to death threats that stem from a campaign by Turning Point USA and other conservative groups to get him fired, falsely labeling him as an antifa member.
October 9, 2025 at 11:55 PM
There’s a reason academics universally rejected the initial push to canonize Charlie Kirk as a saint devoted to free speech.
We know all too well that’s the exact opposite of reality.
We know all too well that’s the exact opposite of reality.
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Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
nyti.ms
October 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
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Generals I have gathered you here today to make sure the military isn't doing anything gay or black
September 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Generals I have gathered you here today to make sure the military isn't doing anything gay or black
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Spending a couple hours cutting invasive vines with your neighbors can extend trees’ lives — and in turn, enrich and protect the health of the communities that live alongside them.
Meet some of the volunteers doing this work in Southeast D.C.’s Woodlawn Cemetery:
Meet some of the volunteers doing this work in Southeast D.C.’s Woodlawn Cemetery:
How volunteers are fighting the vines strangling D.C.'s trees
How local residents are restoring D.C.’s green spaces — and combating the effects of climate change.
51st.news
September 30, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Spending a couple hours cutting invasive vines with your neighbors can extend trees’ lives — and in turn, enrich and protect the health of the communities that live alongside them.
Meet some of the volunteers doing this work in Southeast D.C.’s Woodlawn Cemetery:
Meet some of the volunteers doing this work in Southeast D.C.’s Woodlawn Cemetery:
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White House Deputy Press Secretary seen here posting data showing how much more prevalent right wing domestic terrorism is than left wing domestic terrorism... while thinking she's showing the reverse.
Apparently she can only read headlines, but not the actual graph with the data.
Apparently she can only read headlines, but not the actual graph with the data.
September 29, 2025 at 12:16 AM
White House Deputy Press Secretary seen here posting data showing how much more prevalent right wing domestic terrorism is than left wing domestic terrorism... while thinking she's showing the reverse.
Apparently she can only read headlines, but not the actual graph with the data.
Apparently she can only read headlines, but not the actual graph with the data.
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The $170 billion in funding going to Miller’s agenda could build more than 7,000 new elementary schools, pay for more than 1.5 million young Americans to attend an in-state public college for four years, or fund the Head Start program for nearly 14 years: open.substack.com/pub/americas...
September 28, 2025 at 10:35 PM
The $170 billion in funding going to Miller’s agenda could build more than 7,000 new elementary schools, pay for more than 1.5 million young Americans to attend an in-state public college for four years, or fund the Head Start program for nearly 14 years: open.substack.com/pub/americas...
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Hiding the truth.
September 16, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Hiding the truth.
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The Trump administration ordered several National Park Service sites to take down materials related to slavery and Native Americans, including an 1863 photograph of a formerly enslaved man with scars on his back, one of the most powerful images of the Civil War era. nyti.ms/4nyyyaQ
September 16, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The Trump administration ordered several National Park Service sites to take down materials related to slavery and Native Americans, including an 1863 photograph of a formerly enslaved man with scars on his back, one of the most powerful images of the Civil War era. nyti.ms/4nyyyaQ
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🧵This country has a deep history of resisting & rejecting oppression. It isn’t often taught or acknowledged.
We need to know. We need to learn from our elders, ancestors, & political forebears. Now.
A thread about that. I will inevitably miss many examples; pls reply or QT with additions.
We need to know. We need to learn from our elders, ancestors, & political forebears. Now.
A thread about that. I will inevitably miss many examples; pls reply or QT with additions.
November 29, 2024 at 3:55 PM
🧵This country has a deep history of resisting & rejecting oppression. It isn’t often taught or acknowledged.
We need to know. We need to learn from our elders, ancestors, & political forebears. Now.
A thread about that. I will inevitably miss many examples; pls reply or QT with additions.
We need to know. We need to learn from our elders, ancestors, & political forebears. Now.
A thread about that. I will inevitably miss many examples; pls reply or QT with additions.
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Here’s a lot of the stuff about Charlie Kirk that the right is now currently engaged in a nationwide witch hunt to suppress. Share it, repeat it, don’t let evil win.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
The whitewashing of Charlie Kirk’s toxic legacy is underway
Conservative activist and pundit Charlie Kirk was shot and killed on Wednesday, becoming another victim of America’s epidemic ...
www.dailykos.com
September 16, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Here’s a lot of the stuff about Charlie Kirk that the right is now currently engaged in a nationwide witch hunt to suppress. Share it, repeat it, don’t let evil win.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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"As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald."
So…they’re disappearing people. This is all just ticking along as expected. Now I know how the junta in Argentina lasted so long
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 16, 2025 at 2:29 AM
"As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald."
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I also tried to counter Klein and others’ characterization of Kirk as a model of commitment to debate and persuasion—a bizarrely revisionist account of his work.
September 14, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I also tried to counter Klein and others’ characterization of Kirk as a model of commitment to debate and persuasion—a bizarrely revisionist account of his work.
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It’s important to understand the extent of the digital bloodlust on X. They’re scraping data from social media sites—including Bsky—to create a searchable database targeting people for perceived thoughtcrimes related to CK. It has 40k names so far, and they’re sharing it with the federal government.
September 13, 2025 at 10:30 PM
It’s important to understand the extent of the digital bloodlust on X. They’re scraping data from social media sites—including Bsky—to create a searchable database targeting people for perceived thoughtcrimes related to CK. It has 40k names so far, and they’re sharing it with the federal government.
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These are calls for mass political violence, against all Democrats. They openly call for the bombing of "Democrat" cities and for the jailing or killing of Democratic politicians. They are from some of the most influential voices in right-wing politics. Will anyone say anything?
September 11, 2025 at 3:11 AM
These are calls for mass political violence, against all Democrats. They openly call for the bombing of "Democrat" cities and for the jailing or killing of Democratic politicians. They are from some of the most influential voices in right-wing politics. Will anyone say anything?
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The professor has been fired and senior administrators removed from their post. No mention of this in the New York Times, The Free Press, The Atlantic or other outlets who drove the campus speech moral panic.
Texas A&M University System orders audit of all courses after gender identity lesson goes viral
Details: bit.ly/42jauQZ
Details: bit.ly/42jauQZ
September 10, 2025 at 11:59 AM
The professor has been fired and senior administrators removed from their post. No mention of this in the New York Times, The Free Press, The Atlantic or other outlets who drove the campus speech moral panic.
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Musk’s Wealth
2012: $2 billion
2025: $436.3 billion
Bezos’ Wealth
2012: $18.4 billion
2025: $244.2 billion
Zuckerberg’s Wealth
2012: $17.5 billion
2025: $257.8 billion
Federal Minimum Wage
2012: $7.25
2025: $7.25
It’s not the start of an oligarchy. — We’re in the thick of it.
2012: $2 billion
2025: $436.3 billion
Bezos’ Wealth
2012: $18.4 billion
2025: $244.2 billion
Zuckerberg’s Wealth
2012: $17.5 billion
2025: $257.8 billion
Federal Minimum Wage
2012: $7.25
2025: $7.25
It’s not the start of an oligarchy. — We’re in the thick of it.
September 5, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Musk’s Wealth
2012: $2 billion
2025: $436.3 billion
Bezos’ Wealth
2012: $18.4 billion
2025: $244.2 billion
Zuckerberg’s Wealth
2012: $17.5 billion
2025: $257.8 billion
Federal Minimum Wage
2012: $7.25
2025: $7.25
It’s not the start of an oligarchy. — We’re in the thick of it.
2012: $2 billion
2025: $436.3 billion
Bezos’ Wealth
2012: $18.4 billion
2025: $244.2 billion
Zuckerberg’s Wealth
2012: $17.5 billion
2025: $257.8 billion
Federal Minimum Wage
2012: $7.25
2025: $7.25
It’s not the start of an oligarchy. — We’re in the thick of it.