Fig
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January 13, 2026 at 9:56 PM
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"Vast majority of men are only willing to engage in public violence if they feel like the people around them will approve of — and reward them for — that violence. ICE Watch works because it surrounds men seeking approval with people loudly expressing their disapproval."
www.ms.now/opinion/minn...
www.ms.now/opinion/minn...
January 17, 2026 at 4:51 AM
"Vast majority of men are only willing to engage in public violence if they feel like the people around them will approve of — and reward them for — that violence. ICE Watch works because it surrounds men seeking approval with people loudly expressing their disapproval."
www.ms.now/opinion/minn...
www.ms.now/opinion/minn...
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Important shit that I’m still trying to learn.
November 30, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Important shit that I’m still trying to learn.
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ICE raids are not the first time this was made explicit. I think people downplay how much Jim Crow was not just about controlling Black people but it was also about controlling white people. If you thought racism was dumb and acted that way you could end up with a bomb in your home
Just keep coming back to the fact that keeping people in a constant state of terror is a form of mass disablement and essential to the eugenic project that is the United States.
January 17, 2026 at 6:08 AM
ICE raids are not the first time this was made explicit. I think people downplay how much Jim Crow was not just about controlling Black people but it was also about controlling white people. If you thought racism was dumb and acted that way you could end up with a bomb in your home
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in general, a lot of doomerism on this website boils down to, "they are going to start treating us like black people, and i believe the marginalization of black people is immutable destiny"
January 15, 2026 at 6:38 PM
in general, a lot of doomerism on this website boils down to, "they are going to start treating us like black people, and i believe the marginalization of black people is immutable destiny"
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Two white friends tail me home if it's outside the hours when people are out and about. I'm damn near third generation Minnesotan. It's not just "you're a citizen you'll be fine." I'm a black woman alone. Who knows what they will do.
I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.
January 16, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Two white friends tail me home if it's outside the hours when people are out and about. I'm damn near third generation Minnesotan. It's not just "you're a citizen you'll be fine." I'm a black woman alone. Who knows what they will do.
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I see the ICE just got onto Bluesky and was immediately put on the "literal fascists" block list. LOLOLOL
January 16, 2026 at 11:23 PM
I see the ICE just got onto Bluesky and was immediately put on the "literal fascists" block list. LOLOLOL
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Yesterday, these incompetent fucks were just going door-to-door in a neighborhood near my house at 8:30 in the morning. School buses were driving through trying to pick up kids, people were out walking their dogs, and people were taking out their trash cans.
January 17, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Yesterday, these incompetent fucks were just going door-to-door in a neighborhood near my house at 8:30 in the morning. School buses were driving through trying to pick up kids, people were out walking their dogs, and people were taking out their trash cans.
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When you focus on the regular people showing up magnificently in all of their flawed beauty, it helps you to keep going.
January 16, 2026 at 11:34 AM
When you focus on the regular people showing up magnificently in all of their flawed beauty, it helps you to keep going.
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Here, I recommend 20 African novels that we can incorporate into our teaching to ensure we produce learning environments that do not consign Africa and her peoples to the silence of ignorance and distorted narratives. Further suggestions are very welcome!!!
folukeafrica.com/20-contempor...
folukeafrica.com/20-contempor...
20 Contemporary African Novels as Pedagogical Material
African fiction can teach us about African realities
folukeafrica.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Here, I recommend 20 African novels that we can incorporate into our teaching to ensure we produce learning environments that do not consign Africa and her peoples to the silence of ignorance and distorted narratives. Further suggestions are very welcome!!!
folukeafrica.com/20-contempor...
folukeafrica.com/20-contempor...
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I would like to underscore this part: "People are in the streets in greater numbers than the first Trump term." Elite pundits and opinion are extremely resistant to this fact and it has trickled down to regular people. But it is demonstrably TRUE. Ask why they are so resistant? Who does it serve?
People are in the streets in greater numbers than the first Trump term and party ID is shifting more significantly, and yet the Democratic Party has been considerably more accommodationist
New party identification polling from Gallup this week shows Americans are moving against Trump faster than they did in his first term. Adults were R+4 in 2024, now D+8. That 12-pt drop is 3x the change in the first year of his first term.
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/backlash-t...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/backlash-t...
January 16, 2026 at 1:13 PM
I would like to underscore this part: "People are in the streets in greater numbers than the first Trump term." Elite pundits and opinion are extremely resistant to this fact and it has trickled down to regular people. But it is demonstrably TRUE. Ask why they are so resistant? Who does it serve?
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January 16, 2026 at 1:27 PM
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This is an Underground Railroad style operation. This is what I mean that we should study UR history, tactics, and strategy.
They have quite an operation going.
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
Minneapolis church has delivered more than 12,000 boxes of groceries to families in hiding
DHH church has hundreds of volunteers packing and delivering groceries to families who have been too scared to leave their homes during the immigration operation.
www.mprnews.org
January 16, 2026 at 2:02 PM
This is an Underground Railroad style operation. This is what I mean that we should study UR history, tactics, and strategy.
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What's Up With COVID and What We Can Do About It: 2026 Edition
I've thoroughly updated this public health propaganda zine! With new information about:
Adjusting mask fit
CO2 monitoring
Improving ventilation for infection control
Read at newlevant.com/COVIDzine or in the thread below 👇
I've thoroughly updated this public health propaganda zine! With new information about:
Adjusting mask fit
CO2 monitoring
Improving ventilation for infection control
Read at newlevant.com/COVIDzine or in the thread below 👇
![[COVID zine front cover]
[bold, handwritten] What’s Up With COVID and What We Can Do About It: 2026 Edition
[Drawing of a person (me) with a shoulder-length shag haircut, wearing head-strap respirator mask a sweatshirt, carrying a Corsi-Rosenthal box (a DIY air purifier made with a box fan and furnace filters)]
[word balloon] clean the air, basically! By Hazel Newlevant
[COVID zine back cover]
[handwritten text, circled by a chain which is breaking on the bottom]
“Every chain of transmission that is broken is VALUABLE. Every person that doesn’t GET SICK, that doesn’t lose that WEEK OF WORK, that doesn’t become DISABLED or DIE, from the minorest of inconveniences, to the GREATEST of losses: every single one of those things is VALUABLE.” -Becca on DEATH PANEL podcast 2/16/23.
Print and distribute this zine yourself! Download a PDF here. [arrow pointing to the citations QR code]
[drawing of this zine, getting stapled with a long-arm stapler]
[Creative Commons license logo] CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Citations:
[QR code] newlevant.com/COVIDzine
[bold, handwritten] ALWAYS FREE](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:twccexjsbh6y2tyhysjrhc2v/bafkreicg6f3tsxzbhi6hesaqppsfaaidnee33exrrwoalyxyaihaxxdk3a@jpeg)
January 16, 2026 at 3:17 PM
What's Up With COVID and What We Can Do About It: 2026 Edition
I've thoroughly updated this public health propaganda zine! With new information about:
Adjusting mask fit
CO2 monitoring
Improving ventilation for infection control
Read at newlevant.com/COVIDzine or in the thread below 👇
I've thoroughly updated this public health propaganda zine! With new information about:
Adjusting mask fit
CO2 monitoring
Improving ventilation for infection control
Read at newlevant.com/COVIDzine or in the thread below 👇
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Happy Friday! Let's love on our creators today. Who is a Black SFF author you wish more people were screaming about? Bonus if they have new work coming out this year 🔥🔥🔥
January 16, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Happy Friday! Let's love on our creators today. Who is a Black SFF author you wish more people were screaming about? Bonus if they have new work coming out this year 🔥🔥🔥
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Will Psyduck pass his driving test??
January 16, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Will Psyduck pass his driving test??
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We are quickly coming up on 50,000 whistles shipped so far in January, and I am just forever impressed by the passion of the folks who have joined forces with us!
A reminder that if you know anyone who needs whistles, they can email the address at the top of our linktree! linktr.ee/3Dwhistles
A reminder that if you know anyone who needs whistles, they can email the address at the top of our linktree! linktr.ee/3Dwhistles
January 16, 2026 at 4:39 PM
We are quickly coming up on 50,000 whistles shipped so far in January, and I am just forever impressed by the passion of the folks who have joined forces with us!
A reminder that if you know anyone who needs whistles, they can email the address at the top of our linktree! linktr.ee/3Dwhistles
A reminder that if you know anyone who needs whistles, they can email the address at the top of our linktree! linktr.ee/3Dwhistles
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I was at bankruptcy court for three hours yesterday and listened to more of the hearing online after that. The lawyers for my current landlord and the presumptive buyer were SO mad about organized tenants so I personally think every rent-stabilized building should form a union :)
Slumlord update: Sale set to be finalized today. Thanks to tenant organizing "the bank financing the deal offered to extend a $3M line of credit to fund repairs." Buyer negotiated w city, tenants "around a binding timeline and specific cash commitment to address thousands of housing code violations"
NYC landlord clashes with Mamdani administration in 9-hour bankruptcy hearing
Attorneys for City Hall and Pinnacle tenants argued for legally binding financial commitments that would compel a new buyer to address housing violations.
gothamist.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:56 PM
I was at bankruptcy court for three hours yesterday and listened to more of the hearing online after that. The lawyers for my current landlord and the presumptive buyer were SO mad about organized tenants so I personally think every rent-stabilized building should form a union :)
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Games journalism layoffs hit Inverse, The Verge
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January 16, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Games journalism layoffs hit Inverse, The Verge
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Ash is an OG and mentor I always turned to first to get advice as a Black writer in the space. When imposter syndrome was kicking my ass, and especially while dealing with survivors guilt from layoffs and being laid off, her words always kept me grounded in my purpose. Hire her expeditiously!
January 16, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Ash is an OG and mentor I always turned to first to get advice as a Black writer in the space. When imposter syndrome was kicking my ass, and especially while dealing with survivors guilt from layoffs and being laid off, her words always kept me grounded in my purpose. Hire her expeditiously!
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I searched for unclaimed property in California and Colorado and I am getting nearly $2K returned to me! 🙌🏾
You should google "unclaimed property [the state you live in/lived in]" and see. You might be surprised!
Colorado requires a notarized form so that's a pain in the ass...but still.
You should google "unclaimed property [the state you live in/lived in]" and see. You might be surprised!
Colorado requires a notarized form so that's a pain in the ass...but still.
January 16, 2026 at 2:38 AM
I searched for unclaimed property in California and Colorado and I am getting nearly $2K returned to me! 🙌🏾
You should google "unclaimed property [the state you live in/lived in]" and see. You might be surprised!
Colorado requires a notarized form so that's a pain in the ass...but still.
You should google "unclaimed property [the state you live in/lived in]" and see. You might be surprised!
Colorado requires a notarized form so that's a pain in the ass...but still.
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Happy 2026 everyone! 🍾
48-word RPG Jam has started on itchio!
Make a RPG in 48 words in this new year!
itch.io/jam/48wordrp...
48-word RPG Jam has started on itchio!
Make a RPG in 48 words in this new year!
itch.io/jam/48wordrp...
48-word RPG Jam
A game jam from 2026-01-01 to 2026-01-31 hosted by W.H. Arthur & Rook and Role. An analogue game jam in 48 words This game jam is for 48-words RPGs, open to game designers of all experience level. The...
itch.io
January 1, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Happy 2026 everyone! 🍾
48-word RPG Jam has started on itchio!
Make a RPG in 48 words in this new year!
itch.io/jam/48wordrp...
48-word RPG Jam has started on itchio!
Make a RPG in 48 words in this new year!
itch.io/jam/48wordrp...
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Books from African authors and authors of African descent to look forward to in 2026
Books from African authors and authors of African descent to look forward to in 2026
It’s going to be another banner year (in the words of lying African governments, a “bumper harvest”) for books from authors on the Continent and in its Diaspora! Here’s your list, sorted by month, with all kinds of genres included (including children’s books, at the end of the post). There’s no way I could list every book that’s coming, but here’s what I think is notable—as always, a work in progress, subject to updates.
hararereview.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:44 AM
Books from African authors and authors of African descent to look forward to in 2026
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Good thread about actual community action you can take against ICE.
Getting a lot of messages. A lot are like "Can I come help?" (appreciated, but unless you know the area very well, probably not THAT useful) or "Can I send money?" (not to me, please).
But the best ones are like "I want to build what you guys have back in my home city." YES, DO THAT. DO IT NOW.
But the best ones are like "I want to build what you guys have back in my home city." YES, DO THAT. DO IT NOW.
January 16, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Good thread about actual community action you can take against ICE.
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Another way to help Minneapolis.
We are in fact DESPERATE for winter coats, waterproof gloves, and good boots. We get so many wonderful donations but it is so cold and the numbers of unhoused unsheltered people are going up at the absolute worst time for it, and we run out of coats weekly.
The frigid Twin Cities temperatures will hurt the homeless; so do not gloat about the impact on ICE without also stepping up here:
January 16, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Another way to help Minneapolis.