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Jen Smith
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Books, women’s sports, general liberation, solidarity always. And cats.
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www.nonviolent-conflict.org
January 24, 2026 at 9:05 PM
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We are not the first people, or the first country, to suffer under a tyrannical government that does not respect our lives, or our rights.

There is a method for how to effectively resist, and eventually topple, such a regime. We can learn from others who came before us.

This is my favorite guide.
CANVAS Core Curriculum: A Guide to Effective Nonviolent Struggle | ICNC
You may also be interested in: A Guide to Nonviolent Activism (Ekta Parishad)Ekta Parishad is a mass-based peoples’ movement for land rights with an active membership of 250,000 landless poor and is r...
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January 24, 2026 at 7:54 PM
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Fucking do something @governorwalz.mn.gov
January 24, 2026 at 3:54 PM
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TikTok is now under US ownership and their new ToS reads like a guide to giving fascists everything they need to put you on a list.

They’re collecting information about immigration status, citizenship, sexual orientation, whether you’re trans or non binary and physical or mental disabilities.
January 23, 2026 at 9:11 PM
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Here's a 3 quick takes column on Michigan State women's basketball's 74-68 win over USC — including on the return of "Fire & Ice" to MSU, and an important and impactful night for one sophomore.
www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports...
Couch: 3 quick takes on Michigan State women's basketball's 74-68 win over USC
Columnist Graham Couch breaks down the Spartans' performance in a 74-68 win over USC on Thursday night with three quick takes.
www.lansingstatejournal.com
January 23, 2026 at 9:23 AM
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every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO

this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
January 16, 2026 at 9:24 PM
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Here's a 3 quick takes column on Michigan State women's basketball's 73-71 win over Nebraska on Thursday night, their 17-1 start (the best in program history), and the gauntlet ahead.
www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports...
Couch: 3 quick takes on Michigan State women's basketball's 73-71 win over Nebraska for best start in program history
Graham Couch breaks down the Spartans' performance in a 73-71 win over Nebraska on Thursday night and 17-1 start to the season with three quick takes.
www.lansingstatejournal.com
January 16, 2026 at 6:32 AM
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“There is something deeply, shamefully American about this strike force of out-of-town shitheads complaining about the customer service it has received from the people it is trying to oppress…”
Fascists Are Pathetic | Defector
Two days before a shouting cluster of its agents surrounded the car of a Minneapolis mother and shot her to death last week, ICE was demanding answers from the Hilton hotel group on Twitter. “Why did ...
defector.com
January 15, 2026 at 10:27 PM
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Julian Woodard's late free throws send No. 14-ranked Michigan State women's basketball past Nebraska www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports...
Julian Woodard's late free throws send MSU women's basketball past Nebraska
No. 14-ranked Spartans extend win streak to nine with 73-71 win.
www.lansingstatejournal.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:15 AM
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No. 15 Michigan State women's basketball is off to its best 17-game start since the 2010-11 season after picking up a road win over Oregon
www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports...
No. 15 Michigan State women's basketball takes down Oregon on road
Spartans push win streak to eight with 85-81 victory over Oregon.
www.lansingstatejournal.com
January 12, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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hi! i would like to reup my request for ANY AND ALL PEOPLE FIGHTING DATA CENTERS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES TO PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME

i am now covering data center conflicts for @heatmap.news

my email is [email protected]
January 9, 2026 at 5:33 PM
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The playing time hasn't always been consistent but Juliann Woodard has been ready for her chances and capitalized for No. 15 MSU women's basketball www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports...
Juliann Woodard making most of opportunities for MSU women's basketball
Sophomore reserve had made mark off bench when called upon for No. 15-ranked Spartans.
www.lansingstatejournal.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:07 PM
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From the reporter's post: "15 years after Wayne State cut D1 women's hockey, not a single MI school has put forth a team — despite producing the 4th-most women in NCAA D1 hockey.

On talent drain, the women who had to leave Hockeytown to find success, and what returning is like"
PWHL players from Michigan reflect on their road to the pros
The Professional Women's Hockey League returned to Detroit as part of its Takeover Tour, where teams in the league play neutral-site games across the U.S. to grow the sport and audience. Saturday's ma...
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January 5, 2026 at 2:29 AM
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This time of year is fucking hard. The holidays are a fertile ground for dark thoughts. Loneliness can drown you, even when you're surrounded by people. Take care of yourself. If you feel like you're drowning in darkness, please talk to someone. Friend, family, stranger. Anyone.

You deserve love.
December 22, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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ICE raided a James Beard award winning restaurant & because the chef/owner was prepared, left emptyhanded:
December 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Big Ten women's basketball play begins Sunday and MSU will be without a starter when it heads to Wisconsin. www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports...
MSU women's basketball: Theryn Hallock to miss time with injury
Spartans' hopeful of getting senior guard back in lineup later this month.
www.lansingstatejournal.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Not to mention that school and library sales are a HUGE portion of all authors' sales. So they get the sale that you personally didn't pay for, your neighbor gets better access to books, and your unhoused pal has a place to sit WE ALL WIN
November 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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MSU's Grace VanSlooten grateful to be back on court after injury scare www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports... via
MSU's Grace VanSlooten grateful to be back on court after injury scare
Senior was back in action in win over Oakland after exiting early from Nov. 20 game.
www.lansingstatejournal.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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MSU women's soccer blanks Wake Forest to reach the Sweet 16 for third straight season — this time at home.

"This team continues to find ways, and it's a pretty special thing to now be able to do it again here on Sunday."

From @nathanielbott.bsky.social.
www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports...
Michigan State women's soccer reaches Sweet 16 for 3rd straight season
Kayla Briggs scores the only goal in the 69th minute to send the Spartans into a Sunday matchup with Colorado at DeMartin Stadium.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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Jalyn Brown finding niche off bench, helps Michigan State women's basketball move to 5-0 with rout of Eastern Illinois
www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports...
Jalyn Brown finding niche off bench, helps MSU women move to 5-0
Senior guard and Arizona State transfer was one of three players in double figures scoring for No. 25 Spartans in latest win.
www.lansingstatejournal.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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Chicago has had one 9/11 worth of people disappeared since the attacks began in September. Los Angeles has had two 9/11s since June.
November 18, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Michigan State's women's soccer team didn't play around Friday night. The Spartans dominated Milwaukee in their first-round NCAA tournament matchup, showing the traits that make them dangerous.

Story from DeMartin.
www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports...
Michigan State women's soccer puts together 'impressive' showing in first-round NCAA tournament win over Milwaukee
The Spartans dominated Milwaukee in a 4-1 win, getting goals from four different players, as MSU moves on to the second round of the NCAA tournament.
www.lansingstatejournal.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Column on the three attacking stars on MSU's women's soccer team, which begins NCAA tournament play today — one the daughter of a former MSU football star, another a hockey player, the other an All-Big Ten striker, who had to learn to trust her knee again.
www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports...
The journeys of Bell, Briggs and Sargeant have come together to make MSU's women's soccer team its ‘most dynamic’ yet
The journeys of Kennedy Bell, Kayla Briggs and Emerson Sargeant have come together to produce a dynamic trio for MSU as the NCAA tournament begins.
www.lansingstatejournal.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.

We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.

We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM