SJ
@villainouscodpiece.bsky.social
sandwich connoisseur | smart af | transformative justice & sociology dilettante |
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Reminder that, in recent days, children have rallied and protested for their freedom inside an ICE detention center where water has been described as "putrid" and meals reportedly contain “bugs,” dirt, and debris. This is where the kidnapped 5-year-old Liam Ramos is being held.
Protest breaks out at Dilley immigration detention facility holding 5-year-old Liam Ramos
A protest broke out Saturday at the ICE-run South Texas family detention complex in Dilley, where five-year-old Liam Ramos is being detained.
www.tpr.org
January 27, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Reminder that, in recent days, children have rallied and protested for their freedom inside an ICE detention center where water has been described as "putrid" and meals reportedly contain “bugs,” dirt, and debris. This is where the kidnapped 5-year-old Liam Ramos is being held.
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The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
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While this is for new organizers from @prisonculture.bsky.social it’s an excellent reminder to veteran organizers. In these times (see why I did there?) we must all be grounded in the hope of what’s possible so we can continue to work for it and build it.
"We have to help people understand what is (the current, shared reality), we must collectively imagine what can be (a future possibility), & we have to diligently labor for what must be (organizing to sustain life/livingness & for liberation)."
@prisonculture.bsky.social on how to move forward.
@prisonculture.bsky.social on how to move forward.
Read This If You're New and Trying to Find Your Way
Abolitionist organizer and author Mariame Kaba offers youth living through the current crises a renewed perspective on how to move forward.
inthesetimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 5:07 PM
While this is for new organizers from @prisonculture.bsky.social it’s an excellent reminder to veteran organizers. In these times (see why I did there?) we must all be grounded in the hope of what’s possible so we can continue to work for it and build it.
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Okay, so. Time to leverage some clout. If you are outside MN and don't know how to help, here's one way. Pick a fund from standwithminnesota.com and I'll match them up to $1000. Post a receipt if you want but I'll probably believe you
Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
www.standwithminnesota.com
January 24, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Okay, so. Time to leverage some clout. If you are outside MN and don't know how to help, here's one way. Pick a fund from standwithminnesota.com and I'll match them up to $1000. Post a receipt if you want but I'll probably believe you
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🧵“How do seemingly ordinary people become agents of state murder?” This is one of the guiding questions I ask students in my graduate class on genocide/state violence. With recent events, it is a question many Americans are asking.
I do not have a definitive answer, but here is a reading list: 1/
I do not have a definitive answer, but here is a reading list: 1/
January 24, 2026 at 5:45 PM
🧵“How do seemingly ordinary people become agents of state murder?” This is one of the guiding questions I ask students in my graduate class on genocide/state violence. With recent events, it is a question many Americans are asking.
I do not have a definitive answer, but here is a reading list: 1/
I do not have a definitive answer, but here is a reading list: 1/
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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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Defend the liberty of a stranger as you would defend your own, or that of a loved one, because that is what's actually on the table—whether we are a society that will sit still as our neighbors are snatched in the night, and disappeared into darkness, or a society that will fight for each other.
March 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Defend the liberty of a stranger as you would defend your own, or that of a loved one, because that is what's actually on the table—whether we are a society that will sit still as our neighbors are snatched in the night, and disappeared into darkness, or a society that will fight for each other.
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PSA: you do not have to watch the news tomorrow. You do not have to keep track of everything day 1. This is a marathon not a sprint. Take care of yourself and spend time with friends and family. I'll be out on the slopes wfh my partner enjoying nature. They can't take our joy, I won't let them.
January 20, 2025 at 1:35 AM
PSA: you do not have to watch the news tomorrow. You do not have to keep track of everything day 1. This is a marathon not a sprint. Take care of yourself and spend time with friends and family. I'll be out on the slopes wfh my partner enjoying nature. They can't take our joy, I won't let them.
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Men are being drawn in by the lies of fascists, attracted by delusions of power, and are instead receiving isolation and demands of subservience. We have to reject it all. The idea that power over others brings happiness is a lie. It brings disconnection.
My latest: www.jphilll.com/p/fascists-t...
My latest: www.jphilll.com/p/fascists-t...
Fascists turn men into weapons
Isolation, fear, and getting free
www.jphilll.com
January 15, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Men are being drawn in by the lies of fascists, attracted by delusions of power, and are instead receiving isolation and demands of subservience. We have to reject it all. The idea that power over others brings happiness is a lie. It brings disconnection.
My latest: www.jphilll.com/p/fascists-t...
My latest: www.jphilll.com/p/fascists-t...
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Everyone should be following what is happening to @alissaazar.bsky.social, a journalist harassed and criminalized by police in Oregon. Kudos for great coverage by @gallows.bsky.social in @prismreports.bsky.social prismreports.org/2025/01/14/a...
Alissa Azar is going to trial for covering a pro-Palestine protest
The recent arrest of movement journalist Alissa Azar is part of a larger pattern of escalating intimidation and harassment by Portland police
prismreports.org
January 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Everyone should be following what is happening to @alissaazar.bsky.social, a journalist harassed and criminalized by police in Oregon. Kudos for great coverage by @gallows.bsky.social in @prismreports.bsky.social prismreports.org/2025/01/14/a...
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We have been criminalized. Put on your pink rags.
Pride Was A Riot, Sac stands in solidarity with @preciouschild.bsky.social and the silencing of her art by US Congresswoman Nancy Mace.
Share far and wide to piss off a transphobe.
Pride Was A Riot, Sac stands in solidarity with @preciouschild.bsky.social and the silencing of her art by US Congresswoman Nancy Mace.
Share far and wide to piss off a transphobe.
January 9, 2025 at 10:51 PM
We have been criminalized. Put on your pink rags.
Pride Was A Riot, Sac stands in solidarity with @preciouschild.bsky.social and the silencing of her art by US Congresswoman Nancy Mace.
Share far and wide to piss off a transphobe.
Pride Was A Riot, Sac stands in solidarity with @preciouschild.bsky.social and the silencing of her art by US Congresswoman Nancy Mace.
Share far and wide to piss off a transphobe.
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I just published a new Luigi Mangione document the press is withholding, an NYPD intel report warning of “disdain for corporate greed" and the "online reactions to the shooting"
Read the NYPD’s Mangione report the media won't publish
Post-Luigi, the "extremist" threat is you
www.kenklippenstein.com
December 26, 2024 at 10:18 PM
I just published a new Luigi Mangione document the press is withholding, an NYPD intel report warning of “disdain for corporate greed" and the "online reactions to the shooting"
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The federal charges against Mangione, which could result in death, underscore capital punishment’s arbitrariness. The death penalty has never been about just punishment, it’s about politics, posturing, & power.
December 20, 2024 at 6:57 PM
The federal charges against Mangione, which could result in death, underscore capital punishment’s arbitrariness. The death penalty has never been about just punishment, it’s about politics, posturing, & power.
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The problem with this article is that the media hasn't been very empathetic here. This isn't a case of "white man kills family" and the photo is him jet skiing. The media has actually been trying pretty hard to shame everyone who is being empathetic to him.
The empathy is coming from social media.
The empathy is coming from social media.
Media’s empathetic coverage of Luigi Mangione reveals an obsession with humanizing white male suspects
Media’s empathetic coverage of Luigi Mangione reveals an obsession with humanizing white male suspects
Interest in the United Healthcare CEO shooting suspect’s background underscores research that the media covers white and Black perpetrators differently
Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old who allegedly shot and killed the United Healthcare CEO Brian…
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2024 at 5:45 PM
The problem with this article is that the media hasn't been very empathetic here. This isn't a case of "white man kills family" and the photo is him jet skiing. The media has actually been trying pretty hard to shame everyone who is being empathetic to him.
The empathy is coming from social media.
The empathy is coming from social media.
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"This is a disturbing new development. I’ve been teaching at NYU for more than 30 years. I was at Princeton for eight years before. I’ve been around the block and have never seen anything remotely like this crackdown over the last year. It’s completely unprecedented and it’s solely about Palestine"
NYU professors barred from buildings say school is caving to pressure on Gaza
After joining pro-Palestinian sit-in, Andrew Ross and Sonya Posmentier were declared ‘personae non gratae’
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2024 at 12:19 AM
"This is a disturbing new development. I’ve been teaching at NYU for more than 30 years. I was at Princeton for eight years before. I’ve been around the block and have never seen anything remotely like this crackdown over the last year. It’s completely unprecedented and it’s solely about Palestine"
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This is a ULP (unfair labor practice) strike, not a boycott strike. Don’t initiate boycotts unless directed by workers — it packs a bigger punch!
Let’s all show our support by not buying anything from Amazon until they come to an agreement.
I stand with the unions!
I stand with the unions!
Happening now: Amazon Labor Union workers and supporters are rallying outside JFK8 on Staten Island ahead of a midnight strike due to Amazon refusing to come to the bargaining table following a Dec. 15 deadline.
#STRIKEMAS
#STRIKEMAS
December 21, 2024 at 5:14 AM
This is a ULP (unfair labor practice) strike, not a boycott strike. Don’t initiate boycotts unless directed by workers — it packs a bigger punch!
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The police work for billionaires.
They’ll attack a strike, they’ll arrest protesters, and they’ll devote themselves to making CEOs feel safe.
Not only do cops defund our cities, they work overtime to stop us from building a better world.
My latest: www.jphilll.com/p/the-cops-w...
They’ll attack a strike, they’ll arrest protesters, and they’ll devote themselves to making CEOs feel safe.
Not only do cops defund our cities, they work overtime to stop us from building a better world.
My latest: www.jphilll.com/p/the-cops-w...
The cops work for Jeff Bezos
Not for you or me
www.jphilll.com
December 20, 2024 at 2:08 PM
The police work for billionaires.
They’ll attack a strike, they’ll arrest protesters, and they’ll devote themselves to making CEOs feel safe.
Not only do cops defund our cities, they work overtime to stop us from building a better world.
My latest: www.jphilll.com/p/the-cops-w...
They’ll attack a strike, they’ll arrest protesters, and they’ll devote themselves to making CEOs feel safe.
Not only do cops defund our cities, they work overtime to stop us from building a better world.
My latest: www.jphilll.com/p/the-cops-w...
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Fuck it. Trans folks need MATERIAL SUPPORT.
@distributeaid.org is launching an HRT Harm Reduction Toolkit that provides 1 year of medical supplies needed to take injection-based HRT. We were planning to go live in January, but I'm not waiting.
Fund the kits here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...
@distributeaid.org is launching an HRT Harm Reduction Toolkit that provides 1 year of medical supplies needed to take injection-based HRT. We were planning to go live in January, but I'm not waiting.
Fund the kits here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...
December 14, 2024 at 2:09 AM
Fuck it. Trans folks need MATERIAL SUPPORT.
@distributeaid.org is launching an HRT Harm Reduction Toolkit that provides 1 year of medical supplies needed to take injection-based HRT. We were planning to go live in January, but I'm not waiting.
Fund the kits here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...
@distributeaid.org is launching an HRT Harm Reduction Toolkit that provides 1 year of medical supplies needed to take injection-based HRT. We were planning to go live in January, but I'm not waiting.
Fund the kits here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...
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I spoke with immigration organizer Silky Shah about how organizers are preparing to defend immigrant communities, and what actions we can take to prepare and respond. If you want to get more involved, be sure to check the resources in the show notes.
How Immigration Organizers Are Gearing Up for Another Trump Era
“It’s inherently a racial justice fight and economic justice fight,” says organizer Silky Shah.
truthout.org
December 5, 2024 at 3:29 PM
I spoke with immigration organizer Silky Shah about how organizers are preparing to defend immigrant communities, and what actions we can take to prepare and respond. If you want to get more involved, be sure to check the resources in the show notes.
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Will read full article later, but this title sucks.
You know what’s actually painful? Inaccessibility. Yes! It is causes real, physical pain. And it’s distressing, causing more pain.
Making web pages accessible is NOT painful. Hire experts. We’re here.
www.chronicle.com/article/coll...
You know what’s actually painful? Inaccessibility. Yes! It is causes real, physical pain. And it’s distressing, causing more pain.
Making web pages accessible is NOT painful. Hire experts. We’re here.
www.chronicle.com/article/coll...
December 11, 2024 at 6:20 PM
Will read full article later, but this title sucks.
You know what’s actually painful? Inaccessibility. Yes! It is causes real, physical pain. And it’s distressing, causing more pain.
Making web pages accessible is NOT painful. Hire experts. We’re here.
www.chronicle.com/article/coll...
You know what’s actually painful? Inaccessibility. Yes! It is causes real, physical pain. And it’s distressing, causing more pain.
Making web pages accessible is NOT painful. Hire experts. We’re here.
www.chronicle.com/article/coll...
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NYU Campus Security and Administration is totally out of control.
On Wednesday - I filmed a peaceful protest in Bobst library for two hours.
Yesterday at 2pm while at home,
I received an email explaining that I’ve been designated “persona non grata” and banned from several buildings on campus.
On Wednesday - I filmed a peaceful protest in Bobst library for two hours.
Yesterday at 2pm while at home,
I received an email explaining that I’ve been designated “persona non grata” and banned from several buildings on campus.
December 14, 2024 at 1:53 AM
NYU Campus Security and Administration is totally out of control.
On Wednesday - I filmed a peaceful protest in Bobst library for two hours.
Yesterday at 2pm while at home,
I received an email explaining that I’ve been designated “persona non grata” and banned from several buildings on campus.
On Wednesday - I filmed a peaceful protest in Bobst library for two hours.
Yesterday at 2pm while at home,
I received an email explaining that I’ve been designated “persona non grata” and banned from several buildings on campus.
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hahahaha, we use murder every day to resolve our differences, we just call it preemptive self-defense and generally do it to poor people and people of color living in other countries. What a joke.
Josh Shapiro: "In America, we do not kill people in cold blood to resolve policy differences or express a viewpoint ... I have no tolerance, nor should anyone, for one man using an illegal ghost gun to murder someone because he thinks his opinion matters most ... he is no hero."
December 10, 2024 at 12:30 AM
hahahaha, we use murder every day to resolve our differences, we just call it preemptive self-defense and generally do it to poor people and people of color living in other countries. What a joke.
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What this broke-ass culture never teaches you, and traditional knowledge DOES, is that inna properly run community, nobody's gotta lose just so you can win
we can all win. we all deserve to love happy, safe, comfortable lives supporting others and supported by others
we can all win. we all deserve to love happy, safe, comfortable lives supporting others and supported by others
December 9, 2024 at 4:49 AM
What this broke-ass culture never teaches you, and traditional knowledge DOES, is that inna properly run community, nobody's gotta lose just so you can win
we can all win. we all deserve to love happy, safe, comfortable lives supporting others and supported by others
we can all win. we all deserve to love happy, safe, comfortable lives supporting others and supported by others
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Telehealth was something disabled people had spent years begging for. It’s a game changer when you have an energy limiting chronic illness.
It’s hard to imagine any legitimate reason to remove it - it will cause harm.
Let patients access care in the way that is safest for them.
It’s hard to imagine any legitimate reason to remove it - it will cause harm.
Let patients access care in the way that is safest for them.
Most Medicare coverage for telehealth is set to end soon unless Congress acts. I reported on how this is a bad situation for the millions of people who rely on telehealth to more easily get medical care for @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Congress has one month to save a key Medicare benefit
Millions of Medicare patients use telehealth—but their coverage is ending abruptly.
www.motherjones.com
December 4, 2024 at 3:01 AM
Telehealth was something disabled people had spent years begging for. It’s a game changer when you have an energy limiting chronic illness.
It’s hard to imagine any legitimate reason to remove it - it will cause harm.
Let patients access care in the way that is safest for them.
It’s hard to imagine any legitimate reason to remove it - it will cause harm.
Let patients access care in the way that is safest for them.