The Haitianist
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an emblem of our boundless affinity for disposable ephemera
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Saw a play recently at Brick Aux that feels like it came from the same universe as this
January 18, 2026 at 4:38 AM
Saw a play recently at Brick Aux that feels like it came from the same universe as this
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it's illegal for me to encourage terrorism, but it's not illegal for me to share this video by Nathan Fielder on forming a clandestine cell network
youtu.be/BF55TU28GRs?...
youtu.be/BF55TU28GRs?...
Undercover Uber Attack | Nathan For You
YouTube video by Comedy Central UK
youtu.be
January 18, 2026 at 3:13 AM
it's illegal for me to encourage terrorism, but it's not illegal for me to share this video by Nathan Fielder on forming a clandestine cell network
youtu.be/BF55TU28GRs?...
youtu.be/BF55TU28GRs?...
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I think that Jayapal hearings in MN are a good tactic and other electeds should replicate them across the country.
January 17, 2026 at 11:55 PM
I think that Jayapal hearings in MN are a good tactic and other electeds should replicate them across the country.
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Mubashir and his family came to the United States as refugees from Ethiopia when he was a child, and they all became naturalized citizens in 2019.
Despite being a U.S. citizen, Mubashir was targeted by ICE, assaulted, and detained. Listen to his story:
Despite being a U.S. citizen, Mubashir was targeted by ICE, assaulted, and detained. Listen to his story:
January 17, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Mubashir and his family came to the United States as refugees from Ethiopia when he was a child, and they all became naturalized citizens in 2019.
Despite being a U.S. citizen, Mubashir was targeted by ICE, assaulted, and detained. Listen to his story:
Despite being a U.S. citizen, Mubashir was targeted by ICE, assaulted, and detained. Listen to his story:
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Clips from creators in Minnesota have become primary evidence in attempts by the right wing to justify ICE’s surge on American cities.
Right-Wing Influencers Have Flooded Minneapolis
Clips from creators in Minnesota have become primary evidence in attempts by the right wing to justify ICE’s surge on American cities.
wrd.cm
January 17, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Clips from creators in Minnesota have become primary evidence in attempts by the right wing to justify ICE’s surge on American cities.
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Jake is from Florida & no doubt flew in for the photo ops.
I spent a few winters in MN and WI and am very much enjoying the locals leverage their home field advantage.
I spent a few winters in MN and WI and am very much enjoying the locals leverage their home field advantage.
Right-wing influencer Jake Lang is stuck in a window recess against Minneapolis City Hall.
He’s soaked with freezing water after counterprotesters hurled water balloons at him. bit.ly/4baGhJn
He’s soaked with freezing water after counterprotesters hurled water balloons at him. bit.ly/4baGhJn
January 17, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Jake is from Florida & no doubt flew in for the photo ops.
I spent a few winters in MN and WI and am very much enjoying the locals leverage their home field advantage.
I spent a few winters in MN and WI and am very much enjoying the locals leverage their home field advantage.
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January 17, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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Positively shocked that the house magazine of the Manhattan Institute is upset that my book refuses to attribute America's record-high homelessness to "personal choices"—rather than, say, rents outpacing income gains by 325 percent since 1985.
“There Is No Place for Us”: A Sympathetic, but Skewed, Portrait of the Working Homeless
Brian Goldstone’s new book downplays the role of personal choices.
www.city-journal.org
January 17, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Positively shocked that the house magazine of the Manhattan Institute is upset that my book refuses to attribute America's record-high homelessness to "personal choices"—rather than, say, rents outpacing income gains by 325 percent since 1985.
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you know this guy is a FOR REAL photographer because he's telling the story of his brutal, unconditional arrest by federal goons and can't help but slip in a gear review
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 3:37 PM
you know this guy is a FOR REAL photographer because he's telling the story of his brutal, unconditional arrest by federal goons and can't help but slip in a gear review
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“Glenn Youngkin…you are hiding a child…”
January 17, 2026 at 1:30 PM
“Glenn Youngkin…you are hiding a child…”
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you need to see the solo breakdown https://youtu.be/lhfwmH6Q5yA?t=253
January 17, 2026 at 4:48 PM
you need to see the solo breakdown https://youtu.be/lhfwmH6Q5yA?t=253
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I recommend periodically texting this to your artist friends and saying "why isn't your art more like this?"
painting of ET getting pelted with pinecones i did a few years ago
January 17, 2026 at 5:01 PM
I recommend periodically texting this to your artist friends and saying "why isn't your art more like this?"
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visited an important cultural artifact this morning
January 17, 2026 at 5:24 PM
visited an important cultural artifact this morning
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it is funny how many people affiliated with the secret police have had to say "stop making fun of the secret police, the guy in the tac vest that covers him like a training bra is a hero, he tracked down and subdued two hospice orderlies using only the W-2 forms they file annually"
June 21, 2025 at 4:49 AM
it is funny how many people affiliated with the secret police have had to say "stop making fun of the secret police, the guy in the tac vest that covers him like a training bra is a hero, he tracked down and subdued two hospice orderlies using only the W-2 forms they file annually"
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This isn't housing policy per se, but in a city where infant care averages $26k a year, universal child care would function as a massive, de facto housing subsidy—freeing up roughly $2,100 a month for rent.
More politicians need to grasp this: when it comes to "affordability," it's all connected.
More politicians need to grasp this: when it comes to "affordability," it's all connected.
Why universal child care is closer than ever in New York
One of Zohran Mamdani’s most expensive ideas has surprising early momentum.
www.vox.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:29 PM
This isn't housing policy per se, but in a city where infant care averages $26k a year, universal child care would function as a massive, de facto housing subsidy—freeing up roughly $2,100 a month for rent.
More politicians need to grasp this: when it comes to "affordability," it's all connected.
More politicians need to grasp this: when it comes to "affordability," it's all connected.
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"If you wanted to create a tool that would enable the destruction of institutions that prop up democratic life, you could not do better than artificial intelligence." papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
How AI Destroys Institutions
Civic institutions—the rule of law, universities, and a free press—are the backbone of democratic life. They are the mechanisms through which complex societies
papers.ssrn.com
January 17, 2026 at 11:12 AM
"If you wanted to create a tool that would enable the destruction of institutions that prop up democratic life, you could not do better than artificial intelligence." papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Showing your vulnerability in the anti-ICE Signal chat is low-key GOATed when trauma dumping late on a Friday night is the vibe.
January 17, 2026 at 4:11 AM
Showing your vulnerability in the anti-ICE Signal chat is low-key GOATed when trauma dumping late on a Friday night is the vibe.
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At one point today, there were 283 Minnesota attorneys doing a training on how to file emergency habeas petitions to keep our neighbors from being shipped out of state and held indefinitely.
That would be the second largest law firm in the state. And that training was just put together this week.
That would be the second largest law firm in the state. And that training was just put together this week.
January 15, 2026 at 11:48 PM
At one point today, there were 283 Minnesota attorneys doing a training on how to file emergency habeas petitions to keep our neighbors from being shipped out of state and held indefinitely.
That would be the second largest law firm in the state. And that training was just put together this week.
That would be the second largest law firm in the state. And that training was just put together this week.
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doodling the boy tonight, who is feeling very sleepy after an exciting evening (he got a bath)
January 17, 2026 at 3:41 AM
doodling the boy tonight, who is feeling very sleepy after an exciting evening (he got a bath)
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January 17, 2026 at 1:53 AM
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For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping.
Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.
www.ms.now
January 16, 2026 at 6:55 PM
For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
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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 10:15 PM
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.
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She won’t say the F word because children but she will defend people who flashbang children
January 16, 2026 at 9:55 PM
She won’t say the F word because children but she will defend people who flashbang children