Ryan Abt (He/Him)
@ryanabt.bsky.social
History PhD in the intersection of Education (NYC & Texas), anti-racism, & Holocaust Memory. I also have opinions based on my evangelical upbringing and my anabaptist views.
Protect immigrants, Protect LGBTQ+, Protect PoC, Protect everyone!
Views my own
Protect immigrants, Protect LGBTQ+, Protect PoC, Protect everyone!
Views my own
The power of “please don’t let things change” is winning
January 22, 2026 at 12:27 AM
The power of “please don’t let things change” is winning
By golly! I believe these ICE agents may be up to no good!
January 22, 2026 at 12:23 AM
By golly! I believe these ICE agents may be up to no good!
If you are unwilling to admit that while you didn’t vote for Trump, aren’t conservative, are liberal, are leftists, or whatever else, you are still a product of the systems he represents you have a problem.
No different than the conservative anti-Trumper who refuses to examine their own beliefs.
No different than the conservative anti-Trumper who refuses to examine their own beliefs.
January 21, 2026 at 8:19 PM
If you are unwilling to admit that while you didn’t vote for Trump, aren’t conservative, are liberal, are leftists, or whatever else, you are still a product of the systems he represents you have a problem.
No different than the conservative anti-Trumper who refuses to examine their own beliefs.
No different than the conservative anti-Trumper who refuses to examine their own beliefs.
An inexplicably self-delusive statement that is, nevertheless, inexplicably true.
January 21, 2026 at 6:09 PM
An inexplicably self-delusive statement that is, nevertheless, inexplicably true.
Yes. Absolutely yes.
We (white people) MUST recognize and reckon with this fact. There is no path forward that doesn’t start with us giving up our hold on power and taking a reflective posture.
We (white people) MUST recognize and reckon with this fact. There is no path forward that doesn’t start with us giving up our hold on power and taking a reflective posture.
January 21, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Yes. Absolutely yes.
We (white people) MUST recognize and reckon with this fact. There is no path forward that doesn’t start with us giving up our hold on power and taking a reflective posture.
We (white people) MUST recognize and reckon with this fact. There is no path forward that doesn’t start with us giving up our hold on power and taking a reflective posture.
It is necessary to say, “Congressional Republicans knew the Trump administration was acting unconstitutionally and chose to protect them politically.”
Republicans at every level need to absolutely know they will be a part of the legal reckoning.
Republicans at every level need to absolutely know they will be a part of the legal reckoning.
January 21, 2026 at 5:34 PM
It is necessary to say, “Congressional Republicans knew the Trump administration was acting unconstitutionally and chose to protect them politically.”
Republicans at every level need to absolutely know they will be a part of the legal reckoning.
Republicans at every level need to absolutely know they will be a part of the legal reckoning.
It’s why I am still in the camp that the literal best and least dislocative (a word or not?) way forward is to remove voting rights from all who voted Trump in 2024 until a new constitution is created and ratified.
January 21, 2026 at 5:26 PM
It’s why I am still in the camp that the literal best and least dislocative (a word or not?) way forward is to remove voting rights from all who voted Trump in 2024 until a new constitution is created and ratified.
*woman. In both cases.
Why does my autocorrect change from “woman” to “women”?
Why does my autocorrect change from “woman” to “women”?
January 21, 2026 at 5:00 PM
*woman. In both cases.
Why does my autocorrect change from “woman” to “women”?
Why does my autocorrect change from “woman” to “women”?