formerly known as river & root
@estiloycojones.bsky.social
she/her. I like art, cheese, LFC, bangtan, and local DC history
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The man who literally wrote the book on the use of vehicles as ramming weapons says any claim Good used hers as such is false, and that her execution, followed by the false claim, is "death squad behavior."
🧵In my expert opinion as a researcher of vehicle ramming attacks, what has been publicly described in the video evidence does not support the claim that Renee Nicole Good was attempting a deliberate ramming attack when she was shot in Minneapolis on January 7, 2026. 1/7
January 8, 2026 at 9:36 PM
The man who literally wrote the book on the use of vehicles as ramming weapons says any claim Good used hers as such is false, and that her execution, followed by the false claim, is "death squad behavior."
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People Magazine is incredibly clear eyed about ICE being a terrorist organization. I’ll probably buy a subscription because of it:
January 8, 2026 at 7:25 PM
People Magazine is incredibly clear eyed about ICE being a terrorist organization. I’ll probably buy a subscription because of it:
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"We forget how much of the basic fabric of our country has been altered in the space of just a year, how many of our freedoms have been impinged, and how many things we took for granted that now we can’t," writes @vermontgmg.bsky.social: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-physic...
The physical weight of Trumpism
That heaviness you feel, that drag on your mental health, that drain on your emotional energy and lethargy in the face of world events, like yesterday, is real.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
January 9, 2026 at 12:05 AM
"We forget how much of the basic fabric of our country has been altered in the space of just a year, how many of our freedoms have been impinged, and how many things we took for granted that now we can’t," writes @vermontgmg.bsky.social: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-physic...
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Hey, this resource on secondary trauma is staying free today because it seems to be helping a lot of us!
Please consider supporting my work! Join up, grab something in the shop, share this link -- it all helps to make this resource possible: www.patreon.com/cw/violetblue
Please consider supporting my work! Join up, grab something in the shop, share this link -- it all helps to make this resource possible: www.patreon.com/cw/violetblue
January 8, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Hey, this resource on secondary trauma is staying free today because it seems to be helping a lot of us!
Please consider supporting my work! Join up, grab something in the shop, share this link -- it all helps to make this resource possible: www.patreon.com/cw/violetblue
Please consider supporting my work! Join up, grab something in the shop, share this link -- it all helps to make this resource possible: www.patreon.com/cw/violetblue
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LA fam, there is another vigil for New Afrikan Keith 'Pooter' Porter.
"Carson Park 21411 Orrick Ave
Carson, CA 90745
5pm - 7pm Saturday January 10th 2026
Together, in peace, we light the night with love and
memories in honor of a remarkable life.
Please bring white/silver balloons and candles"
"Carson Park 21411 Orrick Ave
Carson, CA 90745
5pm - 7pm Saturday January 10th 2026
Together, in peace, we light the night with love and
memories in honor of a remarkable life.
Please bring white/silver balloons and candles"
January 8, 2026 at 10:23 PM
LA fam, there is another vigil for New Afrikan Keith 'Pooter' Porter.
"Carson Park 21411 Orrick Ave
Carson, CA 90745
5pm - 7pm Saturday January 10th 2026
Together, in peace, we light the night with love and
memories in honor of a remarkable life.
Please bring white/silver balloons and candles"
"Carson Park 21411 Orrick Ave
Carson, CA 90745
5pm - 7pm Saturday January 10th 2026
Together, in peace, we light the night with love and
memories in honor of a remarkable life.
Please bring white/silver balloons and candles"
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My simple dream is a $200 tent to shelter my kids, Elif, Joan, Jude, Ahmed, and Jamil, and my wife who suffers from a heart valve condition. The rain and wind swept away our tent & flooded it. We urgently appeal to you before it's too late
Verfied
@mommunism.bsky.social
chuffed.org/project/1574...
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chuffed.org/project/1574...
January 8, 2026 at 1:15 PM
My simple dream is a $200 tent to shelter my kids, Elif, Joan, Jude, Ahmed, and Jamil, and my wife who suffers from a heart valve condition. The rain and wind swept away our tent & flooded it. We urgently appeal to you before it's too late
Verfied
@mommunism.bsky.social
chuffed.org/project/1574...
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@mommunism.bsky.social
chuffed.org/project/1574...
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Our friends in Chicago have been helping us rush whistles and other supplies to MSP for a couple weeks now. Wherever they go, folks will follow. There are so many more of us than there are of them, y'all.
They don't have capacity to terrorize more than 2-3 cities at a time.
Which means they rotate teams to new cities without relief.
Which means consistent resistance by fresh activists in each new city will break them over time.
Which means if you're city's not occupied, rest up and get ready.
Which means they rotate teams to new cities without relief.
Which means consistent resistance by fresh activists in each new city will break them over time.
Which means if you're city's not occupied, rest up and get ready.
"The Department of Homeland Security plans to pause operations in Chicago — where Gregory Bovino, a Border Patrol official, has led controversial arrest efforts — to support the immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota."
January 8, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Our friends in Chicago have been helping us rush whistles and other supplies to MSP for a couple weeks now. Wherever they go, folks will follow. There are so many more of us than there are of them, y'all.
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concerning recent events in Minneapolis
January 8, 2026 at 4:17 AM
concerning recent events in Minneapolis
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A local rapid response group I work with is desperately trying to raise $5K tonight to get immediate legal representation for a group member who is facing deportation. It is crucial that these funds be raised by tomorrow. These are organizers I trust.
Venmo for donations: @geebees5818
Venmo for donations: @geebees5818
January 8, 2026 at 4:12 AM
A local rapid response group I work with is desperately trying to raise $5K tonight to get immediate legal representation for a group member who is facing deportation. It is crucial that these funds be raised by tomorrow. These are organizers I trust.
Venmo for donations: @geebees5818
Venmo for donations: @geebees5818
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the toyota prius is older than ICE
January 8, 2026 at 3:57 AM
the toyota prius is older than ICE
Thread
I wanted to just share one story about a kid who spent a lot of time in the neighborhood where Renee Nicole Good died today. Prince got married at Park United Methodist just down the street from 34th & Plymouth; he went to high school at Central High a few blocks in the other direction over on 35th.
January 8, 2026 at 3:46 AM
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A year ago today was the start of violent, terrorizing raids in California’s rural Central Valley. Violent federal agents were hunting down farm workers like animals.
Today, they’re in the streets of Minneapolis. Our communities should not be enduring this. None of us are safe until all of us are.
Today, they’re in the streets of Minneapolis. Our communities should not be enduring this. None of us are safe until all of us are.
January 8, 2026 at 2:47 AM
A year ago today was the start of violent, terrorizing raids in California’s rural Central Valley. Violent federal agents were hunting down farm workers like animals.
Today, they’re in the streets of Minneapolis. Our communities should not be enduring this. None of us are safe until all of us are.
Today, they’re in the streets of Minneapolis. Our communities should not be enduring this. None of us are safe until all of us are.
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ICE: kidnappers, murderers, destroyers of the very fabric of society.
No school in Minneapolis tomorrow and Friday. Just got this email.
January 8, 2026 at 3:15 AM
ICE: kidnappers, murderers, destroyers of the very fabric of society.
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These systems are intentionally created to make it as difficult as possible to get help & soon new requirements are going to make it more difficult.
Connecting with neighbors in need of/receiving these kinds of supports & helping them manage paperwork, deadlines, endless phone calls is a huge help.
Connecting with neighbors in need of/receiving these kinds of supports & helping them manage paperwork, deadlines, endless phone calls is a huge help.
I know this isn’t new information but I just really gotta emphasize how goddamn difficult it is to successfully sign up for SNAP or Medicaid, even if you’re Good At Paperwork
January 8, 2026 at 3:15 AM
These systems are intentionally created to make it as difficult as possible to get help & soon new requirements are going to make it more difficult.
Connecting with neighbors in need of/receiving these kinds of supports & helping them manage paperwork, deadlines, endless phone calls is a huge help.
Connecting with neighbors in need of/receiving these kinds of supports & helping them manage paperwork, deadlines, endless phone calls is a huge help.
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Years ago, an organizing crew I was part of worked to help an unhoused woman in our neighborhood get services. She was dying and qualified for a number of programs. It took a team of seven working for almost two months to secure her a warm bed to die in. Her name was Jennifer.
I know this isn’t new information but I just really gotta emphasize how goddamn difficult it is to successfully sign up for SNAP or Medicaid, even if you’re Good At Paperwork
January 8, 2026 at 3:12 AM
Years ago, an organizing crew I was part of worked to help an unhoused woman in our neighborhood get services. She was dying and qualified for a number of programs. It took a team of seven working for almost two months to secure her a warm bed to die in. Her name was Jennifer.
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“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.” -- James Baldwin
this is why teaching history feels so important to me right now.
The thing I always come back to is how many people never despaired against longer odds, and how arrogant it would be to put myself above them.
January 7, 2026 at 10:31 PM
“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.” -- James Baldwin
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70+ free printable "How to Report ICE" zines with info on the SALUTE protocol and local hotline numbers for all over the country! Including some in Spanish!
There is an info sheet on how to fold and cut the zines and a form to request a zine for your area.
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
There is an info sheet on how to fold and cut the zines and a form to request a zine for your area.
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
January 7, 2026 at 11:06 PM
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babe wake up, new update to the US hegemonic suicide dropped:
Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United
www.whitehouse.gov
January 8, 2026 at 12:25 AM
babe wake up, new update to the US hegemonic suicide dropped:
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Avelo Airlines will stop flying deportation charters for the Department of Homeland Security after facing protests, boycotts and backlash from travelers, flight attendant unions, local politicians and immigration activists.
Avelo Airlines to stop deportation flights after months of backlash
Houston-based Avelo is shutting down its base in Arizona after facing protests and boycotts for flying deportation charters for Homeland Security.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Avelo Airlines will stop flying deportation charters for the Department of Homeland Security after facing protests, boycotts and backlash from travelers, flight attendant unions, local politicians and immigration activists.
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And less than a month later, another federal agent shot at another driver they said was trying to flee a stop. As I reported at the time, having lots of federal agents policing means training and accountability standards are all over the place: 51st.news/federal-poli...
When federal agents shoot people in D.C., there are few details — and little accountability
D.C. police officers are held to one standard, federal agents another.
51st.news
January 8, 2026 at 2:05 AM
And less than a month later, another federal agent shot at another driver they said was trying to flee a stop. As I reported at the time, having lots of federal agents policing means training and accountability standards are all over the place: 51st.news/federal-poli...
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Regarding today’s shooting in Minneapolis, recall that in mid-October a federal agent shot and almost killed D.C. driver Phillip Brown under similar circumstances. The agent claimed Brown was driving towards him as he tried to flee from a police stop.
January 8, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Regarding today’s shooting in Minneapolis, recall that in mid-October a federal agent shot and almost killed D.C. driver Phillip Brown under similar circumstances. The agent claimed Brown was driving towards him as he tried to flee from a police stop.
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This is a time for 1000s of mass meetings across the country to specifically address ICE & Border Patrol actions.
1. We need standardized agendas.
2. We need standardized teach ins - with local specificities.
3. We need mass meetings to happen in the same month.
4. Local officials must attend.
1. We need standardized agendas.
2. We need standardized teach ins - with local specificities.
3. We need mass meetings to happen in the same month.
4. Local officials must attend.
January 7, 2026 at 6:05 PM
This is a time for 1000s of mass meetings across the country to specifically address ICE & Border Patrol actions.
1. We need standardized agendas.
2. We need standardized teach ins - with local specificities.
3. We need mass meetings to happen in the same month.
4. Local officials must attend.
1. We need standardized agendas.
2. We need standardized teach ins - with local specificities.
3. We need mass meetings to happen in the same month.
4. Local officials must attend.
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This is the ninth shooting by ICE since September (I did not know that). All of them were into vehicles.
Deadly Minneapolis Encounter Is the 9th ICE Shooting Since September
www.nytimes.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:45 PM
This is the ninth shooting by ICE since September (I did not know that). All of them were into vehicles.
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A Black man named Keith Porter was shot and killed by an ICE officer on New Year’s Eve.
Marimar Martinez was shot five times by an ICE officer in Chicago who went on to brag about leaving seven holes in her body.
This is not new but it is expanding.
Marimar Martinez was shot five times by an ICE officer in Chicago who went on to brag about leaving seven holes in her body.
This is not new but it is expanding.
Your reminder that what happened to Renee Nicole Good is something that happens regularly in America. This is not new, but it is an expanded version of militarized people targeting Black people in particular.
From ICE detention to murder with impunity, we've been doing it. Now it's broadened.
From ICE detention to murder with impunity, we've been doing it. Now it's broadened.
January 8, 2026 at 12:21 AM
A Black man named Keith Porter was shot and killed by an ICE officer on New Year’s Eve.
Marimar Martinez was shot five times by an ICE officer in Chicago who went on to brag about leaving seven holes in her body.
This is not new but it is expanding.
Marimar Martinez was shot five times by an ICE officer in Chicago who went on to brag about leaving seven holes in her body.
This is not new but it is expanding.
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A poet.
The woman killed by ICE today was a poet. She won the 2020 Academy of American Poets, University & College Poetry Prize at Old Dominion University.
(And this is Renee from confirmed socials- a photo of a different woman with red lipstick is going around, but that was a classmate.)
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(And this is Renee from confirmed socials- a photo of a different woman with red lipstick is going around, but that was a classmate.)
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January 8, 2026 at 12:33 AM
A poet.