Alison Fincher
@alisonfincher.bsky.social
public scholarship at Read Japanese Literature (@readjapaneseliterature.com) | co-editor for Japanese lit at Asian Review of Books | MSt English lit, 650-1550 | queer (historical/SFF) romance reader | ATL | genderqueer (all pronouns) | generative AI is bad
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Some folks I trust are organizing this petition of tech workers who oppose ICE.
Please sign: ICEout.tech
Please sign: ICEout.tech
Tech demands ICE out of our cities
We are tech industry employees in the United States.
Yesterday, we all witnessed ICE brutally kill a US citizen on the streets of Minneapolis. Then, the Trump administration brazenly lied about what h...
ICEout.tech
January 9, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Some folks I trust are organizing this petition of tech workers who oppose ICE.
Please sign: ICEout.tech
Please sign: ICEout.tech
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See you THIS EVENING at 5:00pm in front of the ICE Field Office
180 Ted Turner Drive, SW, Atlanta , GA 30303 US
Dress warmly and bring spare hard-warmers for fellow protestors if you can.
180 Ted Turner Drive, SW, Atlanta , GA 30303 US
Dress warmly and bring spare hard-warmers for fellow protestors if you can.
In Solidarity with the Workers of Minneapolis
Atlanta ICE Out
National Day of Truth and Freedom
5 pm / Friday, January 23rd
ICE Field Office
Ted Turner Drive, Atlanta
Atlanta ICE Out
National Day of Truth and Freedom
5 pm / Friday, January 23rd
ICE Field Office
Ted Turner Drive, Atlanta
January 23, 2026 at 5:28 PM
See you THIS EVENING at 5:00pm in front of the ICE Field Office
180 Ted Turner Drive, SW, Atlanta , GA 30303 US
Dress warmly and bring spare hard-warmers for fellow protestors if you can.
180 Ted Turner Drive, SW, Atlanta , GA 30303 US
Dress warmly and bring spare hard-warmers for fellow protestors if you can.
Feeling proud to be Nikema Williams’s constituent tonight
It’s time to dismantle ICE, we cannot continue to fund reckless terror. I will NOT be supporting DHS funding for the lawless, dangerous, and murderous ICE.
January 22, 2026 at 4:10 AM
Feeling proud to be Nikema Williams’s constituent tonight
A woman in the public bathroom today was on the phone (business chat?) in the stall. I found this odd and an invasion of privacy.
Then she turned on SPEAKER PHONE!
14yo said there was nothing disturbing about this.
Was I out of line to ask her to turn speaker phone off? (She didn’t.)
Then she turned on SPEAKER PHONE!
14yo said there was nothing disturbing about this.
Was I out of line to ask her to turn speaker phone off? (She didn’t.)
January 22, 2026 at 3:51 AM
A woman in the public bathroom today was on the phone (business chat?) in the stall. I found this odd and an invasion of privacy.
Then she turned on SPEAKER PHONE!
14yo said there was nothing disturbing about this.
Was I out of line to ask her to turn speaker phone off? (She didn’t.)
Then she turned on SPEAKER PHONE!
14yo said there was nothing disturbing about this.
Was I out of line to ask her to turn speaker phone off? (She didn’t.)
Mass shooters = Property theft 🫠
ICE/DHS launched a database with "the worst of worst criminal aliens."
As a piece of propaganda, it's reminiscent of work put out by white nationalist or nativist outlets, which selectively highlight migrants accused of or convicted by crimes. Here's a 2024 article from VDARE, framed similarly.
As a piece of propaganda, it's reminiscent of work put out by white nationalist or nativist outlets, which selectively highlight migrants accused of or convicted by crimes. Here's a 2024 article from VDARE, framed similarly.
January 21, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Mass shooters = Property theft 🫠
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Please take time to watch and share this video about ICE detainee and Atlanta neighbor Rodney Taylor.
Beloved Atlanta Barber, Father of 7, Taken by ICE: The Story of Rodney Taylor
YouTube video by BreakThrough News
m.youtube.com
January 21, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Please take time to watch and share this video about ICE detainee and Atlanta neighbor Rodney Taylor.
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In Solidarity with the Workers of Minneapolis
Atlanta ICE Out
National Day of Truth and Freedom
5 pm / Friday, January 23rd
ICE Field Office
Ted Turner Drive, Atlanta
Atlanta ICE Out
National Day of Truth and Freedom
5 pm / Friday, January 23rd
ICE Field Office
Ted Turner Drive, Atlanta
January 21, 2026 at 6:49 PM
In Solidarity with the Workers of Minneapolis
Atlanta ICE Out
National Day of Truth and Freedom
5 pm / Friday, January 23rd
ICE Field Office
Ted Turner Drive, Atlanta
Atlanta ICE Out
National Day of Truth and Freedom
5 pm / Friday, January 23rd
ICE Field Office
Ted Turner Drive, Atlanta
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Happening NOW at OUR Hartsfield-Jackson!
“Ortiz’s mother told Enriquez that her client has shooting pain in her abdomen and her back, and is suffering nausea and vomiting. ‘She has asked for medical care and has been denied it. So she is not currently receiving the medical care that she requires.’”
“Ortiz’s mother told Enriquez that her client has shooting pain in her abdomen and her back, and is suffering nausea and vomiting. ‘She has asked for medical care and has been denied it. So she is not currently receiving the medical care that she requires.’”
Pregnant woman in medical distress being deported from US, attorney says
Woman is eight months pregnant and on verge of being sent to Colombia, says Kennedy Human Rights Center attorney
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Happening NOW at OUR Hartsfield-Jackson!
“Ortiz’s mother told Enriquez that her client has shooting pain in her abdomen and her back, and is suffering nausea and vomiting. ‘She has asked for medical care and has been denied it. So she is not currently receiving the medical care that she requires.’”
“Ortiz’s mother told Enriquez that her client has shooting pain in her abdomen and her back, and is suffering nausea and vomiting. ‘She has asked for medical care and has been denied it. So she is not currently receiving the medical care that she requires.’”
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I'm sorry, but y'all slept on this one, and it's a damn shame. War for the Rohirrim is fuckin' awesome.
January 21, 2026 at 12:11 AM
I'm sorry, but y'all slept on this one, and it's a damn shame. War for the Rohirrim is fuckin' awesome.
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A reminder that you can, and should, turn on the setting (in your settings, natch) that forces you to use ALT text on photos.
It's under Settings / Accessibility --
It's under Settings / Accessibility --
January 20, 2026 at 1:00 PM
A reminder that you can, and should, turn on the setting (in your settings, natch) that forces you to use ALT text on photos.
It's under Settings / Accessibility --
It's under Settings / Accessibility --
Someone else’s post tonight made me wonder if y’all realize ICE’s enforcement is affecting more than just Latino folks.
Black Americans have been falsely arrested by ICE. Many Black immigrants are among the 32+ people who have died in ICE custody.
Applies to West, Central, + Eastern Asians, too.
Black Americans have been falsely arrested by ICE. Many Black immigrants are among the 32+ people who have died in ICE custody.
Applies to West, Central, + Eastern Asians, too.
January 20, 2026 at 3:42 AM
Someone else’s post tonight made me wonder if y’all realize ICE’s enforcement is affecting more than just Latino folks.
Black Americans have been falsely arrested by ICE. Many Black immigrants are among the 32+ people who have died in ICE custody.
Applies to West, Central, + Eastern Asians, too.
Black Americans have been falsely arrested by ICE. Many Black immigrants are among the 32+ people who have died in ICE custody.
Applies to West, Central, + Eastern Asians, too.
Godzilla (1954) may have set my expectations a little high when I sat down to watch Mothra this evening… 🫠
January 20, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Godzilla (1954) may have set my expectations a little high when I sat down to watch Mothra this evening… 🫠
Many Georgians think ICE isn’t in Georgia.
Georgia had either the ninth or fourth most ICE arrests in 2025 (depending on the source).
Our law enforcement is doing the work, so massive takeovers of our cities isn’t necessary—and it’s easy for liberals to pretend it isn’t happening.
Georgia had either the ninth or fourth most ICE arrests in 2025 (depending on the source).
Our law enforcement is doing the work, so massive takeovers of our cities isn’t necessary—and it’s easy for liberals to pretend it isn’t happening.
Can we stop with this? There are *massive* operations in Florida right now. Mostly on highways. The roundups are relentless and people are terrified to leave their homes. Florida Highway Patrol and the Sheriff’s depts all work for ICE
Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
January 19, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Many Georgians think ICE isn’t in Georgia.
Georgia had either the ninth or fourth most ICE arrests in 2025 (depending on the source).
Our law enforcement is doing the work, so massive takeovers of our cities isn’t necessary—and it’s easy for liberals to pretend it isn’t happening.
Georgia had either the ninth or fourth most ICE arrests in 2025 (depending on the source).
Our law enforcement is doing the work, so massive takeovers of our cities isn’t necessary—and it’s easy for liberals to pretend it isn’t happening.
Do you know the story of Claudette Colvin?
Nearly 10 months before Rosa Parks’s famous act of defiance, a 15-year-old Black girl named Claudette Colvin had already refused to surrender her seat on a segregated bus on March 2, 1955.
Colvin passed away this week at 86. https://capitalbnews.org/claudette-colvin-dies-86/
Colvin passed away this week at 86. https://capitalbnews.org/claudette-colvin-dies-86/
Claudette Colvin, Whose Defiance Helped End Bus Segregation, Dies at 86
For decades, Colvin was an unsung hero despite refusing to surrender her seat nearly 10 months before Rosa Parks’s famous act of defiance
capitalbnews.org
January 17, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Do you know the story of Claudette Colvin?
Phenomenally pleased to be involved with this.
Join us Thursday, January 22 at the Plaza for Battle Royale!
"In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary 'Battle Royale' act."
www.plazaatlanta.com/movie/behind...
"In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary 'Battle Royale' act."
www.plazaatlanta.com/movie/behind...
January 17, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Phenomenally pleased to be involved with this.
I've been trying to tell people that the ICE ads were just one of many sins for Spotify. We dumped them months ago. 🫠
In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
January 16, 2026 at 4:35 PM
I've been trying to tell people that the ICE ads were just one of many sins for Spotify. We dumped them months ago. 🫠
Folks, the BARE minimum is that activists/organizers on Bluesky should be using alt text when the post information. That is bottom-basement-level solidarity.
Without alt text, you are depriving people who use screen readers of whatever information you have decided it is important enough to share.
Without alt text, you are depriving people who use screen readers of whatever information you have decided it is important enough to share.
fascism will disabled a lot of people, particularly folks who are organizing and resisting. so what will it take for the left to actually care about disabled people?
January 16, 2026 at 1:56 AM
Folks, the BARE minimum is that activists/organizers on Bluesky should be using alt text when the post information. That is bottom-basement-level solidarity.
Without alt text, you are depriving people who use screen readers of whatever information you have decided it is important enough to share.
Without alt text, you are depriving people who use screen readers of whatever information you have decided it is important enough to share.
Fellow Atlantans!
Katsura Sunshine is coming!!
Katsura Sunshine is coming!!
ATLANTA | rakugo
www.rakugo.lol
January 14, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Fellow Atlantans!
Katsura Sunshine is coming!!
Katsura Sunshine is coming!!
Fellow folks on the Left—there are plenty of legit clips of Trump being unhinged and/or clearly unwell. There’s no need to lie falsify evidence. 😩
This is entirely out of context. Trump is doing a Biden impersonation.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SQ1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SQ1...
January 14, 2026 at 5:36 AM
Fellow folks on the Left—there are plenty of legit clips of Trump being unhinged and/or clearly unwell. There’s no need to lie falsify evidence. 😩
14yo learned about neo-conservatism this week by listening to NPR commentary about Venezuela.
He now wonders if there is anything called “neo-“ that is any good.
He now wonders if there is anything called “neo-“ that is any good.
January 12, 2026 at 10:14 PM
14yo learned about neo-conservatism this week by listening to NPR commentary about Venezuela.
He now wonders if there is anything called “neo-“ that is any good.
He now wonders if there is anything called “neo-“ that is any good.
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It is deeply satisfying to tell Discord that I’ll be deleting my account if they integrate AI. You should tell them the same 🥰
Discord wants to know how you feel about AI.
Go tell them: discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Go tell them: discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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January 10, 2026 at 2:04 PM
It is deeply satisfying to tell Discord that I’ll be deleting my account if they integrate AI. You should tell them the same 🥰
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I'm looking for books with transmasculine protagonists that might help me understand myself. I recently read Rules for Ghosting and found it relatable on so many levels. What's your top rec? I especially like romance, mystery, and sff. No sad endings please! 🌈📚💙
Special love to those who boost!
Special love to those who boost!
January 8, 2026 at 7:30 PM
I'm looking for books with transmasculine protagonists that might help me understand myself. I recently read Rules for Ghosting and found it relatable on so many levels. What's your top rec? I especially like romance, mystery, and sff. No sad endings please! 🌈📚💙
Special love to those who boost!
Special love to those who boost!
Can anyone recommend a good Spanish workbook for self-study?
January 7, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Can anyone recommend a good Spanish workbook for self-study?
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power has the most intense series finale ever. With 6.5 min. left in the show, writers have the audience in suspense about the main action AND the 5-season-long “will they/won’t they?”
Every loose end is tied up by the time credits roll. No denouement. Just BAM.
Every loose end is tied up by the time credits roll. No denouement. Just BAM.
Given that apparently the Stranger Things finale was meh (idk, didn't watch it, just the scuttlebutt) and we're not that far removed from the disastrous GOT finale that retroactively made everyone have never cared about the show:
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
January 7, 2026 at 2:46 AM
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power has the most intense series finale ever. With 6.5 min. left in the show, writers have the audience in suspense about the main action AND the 5-season-long “will they/won’t they?”
Every loose end is tied up by the time credits roll. No denouement. Just BAM.
Every loose end is tied up by the time credits roll. No denouement. Just BAM.