Dr Alex Fitzpatrick
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Chinese-American Immigrant in the UK.
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Museums & Heritage Researcher. 📜
Science Communicator & Writer. 🧪
Chinese-American Immigrant in the UK.
She/Her/她. All views my own. 🏳️🌈♿️
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Reposted by Dr Alex Fitzpatrick
But of course, the idea of “nonviolent” doesn’t really exist when the state has the mandate to declare anything as violent — anyone who protested in 2020 can tell you that. You can be standing around singing and the agents will beat you down after saying you violated a curfew.
January 16, 2026 at 3:33 PM
But of course, the idea of “nonviolent” doesn’t really exist when the state has the mandate to declare anything as violent — anyone who protested in 2020 can tell you that. You can be standing around singing and the agents will beat you down after saying you violated a curfew.
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And it’s pretty clear that people think of nonviolent as simply being passive, when nonviolent was a larger umbrella that encompassed agitative demonstrations. A sit-in at a whites only restaurant is nonviolent but it’s not passive. Occupying buildings, cars, etc are all nonviolent.
These aren’t the only two books on the subject and they’re about very specific points of US history but I truly cannot read another take from someone whose idea of Civil Rights protesting begins and ends with an organised march.
January 16, 2026 at 3:31 PM
And it’s pretty clear that people think of nonviolent as simply being passive, when nonviolent was a larger umbrella that encompassed agitative demonstrations. A sit-in at a whites only restaurant is nonviolent but it’s not passive. Occupying buildings, cars, etc are all nonviolent.
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PS even if you don’t have any $ to donate right now, sharing this list far and wide would help greatly! ⬇️
For people elsewhere who have asked how to support Minnesota while we’re overrun with nazi thugs, here’s an excellent list of places that could use financial help. Lots of choices. Thank you so much!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Stand With Minnesota: Resource Hub
Causes to Donate to in Minnesota to Help Our Communities Defend Themselves from ICE This list is now available/shareable at standwithminnesota.org *Note: I am from Minnesota, and these come from peo...
docs.google.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:51 AM
PS even if you don’t have any $ to donate right now, sharing this list far and wide would help greatly! ⬇️
These aren’t the only two books on the subject and they’re about very specific points of US history but I truly cannot read another take from someone whose idea of Civil Rights protesting begins and ends with an organised march.
January 16, 2026 at 3:27 PM
These aren’t the only two books on the subject and they’re about very specific points of US history but I truly cannot read another take from someone whose idea of Civil Rights protesting begins and ends with an organised march.
alright I can’t deal with another bout of non-violence discourse, everyone has to read these two books before they can weigh in now
January 16, 2026 at 3:26 PM
alright I can’t deal with another bout of non-violence discourse, everyone has to read these two books before they can weigh in now
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Our paper "Video Game Archaeology as Hauntological Practice: A Collaborative Autoethnography in Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree" has been conditionally accepted to #chi2026!
Super proud of this follow-up to @mtrc.bsky.social and I's Elden Ring archaeological survey. More soon!
Super proud of this follow-up to @mtrc.bsky.social and I's Elden Ring archaeological survey. More soon!
January 16, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Our paper "Video Game Archaeology as Hauntological Practice: A Collaborative Autoethnography in Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree" has been conditionally accepted to #chi2026!
Super proud of this follow-up to @mtrc.bsky.social and I's Elden Ring archaeological survey. More soon!
Super proud of this follow-up to @mtrc.bsky.social and I's Elden Ring archaeological survey. More soon!
btw in case you’re a fellow switch user, feel free to add me and watch as I put another 100 hours into this baby game for babies (complementary, as I am a big baby)
January 16, 2026 at 1:38 PM
btw in case you’re a fellow switch user, feel free to add me and watch as I put another 100 hours into this baby game for babies (complementary, as I am a big baby)
Let 2026 be the year that “civility” and “decorum” are finally viewed by everyone as the useless, sabotaging rhetoric of the politically cowardly and complicit.
That kind of vile, dehumanizing language has no place at a nonviolent demonstration. | Opinion
F-bombs at KC Plaza ICE protest spoiled our peaceful message | Opinion
That kind of vile, dehumanizing language has no place at a nonviolent demonstration. | Opinion
bit.ly
January 16, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Let 2026 be the year that “civility” and “decorum” are finally viewed by everyone as the useless, sabotaging rhetoric of the politically cowardly and complicit.
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Since posting this, I've seen more surprised reactions at Starmer trying to outflank Jenrick on his right and honestly I don't know what it will take for people to either wake up or stop pretending they really care about far-right politics
Either way, it's embarrassing
Either way, it's embarrassing
January 16, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Since posting this, I've seen more surprised reactions at Starmer trying to outflank Jenrick on his right and honestly I don't know what it will take for people to either wake up or stop pretending they really care about far-right politics
Either way, it's embarrassing
Either way, it's embarrassing
Reposted by Dr Alex Fitzpatrick
Jenrick didn't need to join Reform to mainstream reactionary politics, just like Badenoch and Starmer haven't needed to either
We can't keep exceptionalising the far right and instead make accountable all of those who mainstream its politics, regardless of their affiliation in politics or the media
We can't keep exceptionalising the far right and instead make accountable all of those who mainstream its politics, regardless of their affiliation in politics or the media
January 16, 2026 at 11:29 AM
Jenrick didn't need to join Reform to mainstream reactionary politics, just like Badenoch and Starmer haven't needed to either
We can't keep exceptionalising the far right and instead make accountable all of those who mainstream its politics, regardless of their affiliation in politics or the media
We can't keep exceptionalising the far right and instead make accountable all of those who mainstream its politics, regardless of their affiliation in politics or the media
It’s wild that there are still people defending Labour when they’re out here straight up saying “actually we’re to the right of the fucking Conservative Party when it comes to immigration”
“Robert Jenrick is the man who as Immigration Minister oversaw the open borders experiment that led to the biggest increase in illegal immigration in our country”
Labour's Steve Reed reacts to Robert Jenrick's decision to defect from the Conservatives to Reform UK
Labour's Steve Reed reacts to Robert Jenrick's decision to defect from the Conservatives to Reform UK
January 16, 2026 at 12:05 PM
It’s wild that there are still people defending Labour when they’re out here straight up saying “actually we’re to the right of the fucking Conservative Party when it comes to immigration”
We don’t have time to identify which form of violence is worse when it’s coming at our heads.
And if you do have the time, it sounds like you don’t have skin in the game so I could truly care less about your opinion right now 🤷🏻♀️
And if you do have the time, it sounds like you don’t have skin in the game so I could truly care less about your opinion right now 🤷🏻♀️
January 16, 2026 at 11:29 AM
We don’t have time to identify which form of violence is worse when it’s coming at our heads.
And if you do have the time, it sounds like you don’t have skin in the game so I could truly care less about your opinion right now 🤷🏻♀️
And if you do have the time, it sounds like you don’t have skin in the game so I could truly care less about your opinion right now 🤷🏻♀️
I’m worried about people seeking asylum in both countries, I’m worried about disabled people and trans people in both countries. I’m worried about protestors in both countries.
Because the UK and the US are coming for all of them, so who gives a fuck who sucks more?
Because the UK and the US are coming for all of them, so who gives a fuck who sucks more?
January 16, 2026 at 11:29 AM
I’m worried about people seeking asylum in both countries, I’m worried about disabled people and trans people in both countries. I’m worried about protestors in both countries.
Because the UK and the US are coming for all of them, so who gives a fuck who sucks more?
Because the UK and the US are coming for all of them, so who gives a fuck who sucks more?
While you are all arguing over which one sucks more, I’m worried about my immigrant family back in the US encountering ICE and also worried about my own immigrant ass getting permanent residency ripped from me by the UK government.
Believe me, I’m not looking at either place fondly right now.
Believe me, I’m not looking at either place fondly right now.
January 16, 2026 at 11:26 AM
While you are all arguing over which one sucks more, I’m worried about my immigrant family back in the US encountering ICE and also worried about my own immigrant ass getting permanent residency ripped from me by the UK government.
Believe me, I’m not looking at either place fondly right now.
Believe me, I’m not looking at either place fondly right now.
I just don’t care, bro, I really don’t care which country is worse because this discourse does nothing to alleviate the shit going down in BOTH countries.
Ah good, the Americans and the British are fighting about who sucks worse again.
My favourite time of the month as an American immigrant in the UK. 🙄
My favourite time of the month as an American immigrant in the UK. 🙄
January 16, 2026 at 11:26 AM
I just don’t care, bro, I really don’t care which country is worse because this discourse does nothing to alleviate the shit going down in BOTH countries.
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This is such a shame. What's been happening in EAA over the last six months or so is awful and is certainly putting off many of us from joining or attending.
Archaeology will never not be political and I am so proud of all those who have taken a stand against the bullying.
#Archaeology 🏺
Archaeology will never not be political and I am so proud of all those who have taken a stand against the bullying.
#Archaeology 🏺
Yesterday I resigned from the EAA Appeals & Anti-Harassment Committee (AAHC) after I was targetted in what I believe was an attempt to disprupt & undermine the AAHC. Be assured, AAHC are v much committed to making EAA a safe space, despite the restrictions imposed on them by the existing statutes. 🏺
January 16, 2026 at 7:59 AM
This is such a shame. What's been happening in EAA over the last six months or so is awful and is certainly putting off many of us from joining or attending.
Archaeology will never not be political and I am so proud of all those who have taken a stand against the bullying.
#Archaeology 🏺
Archaeology will never not be political and I am so proud of all those who have taken a stand against the bullying.
#Archaeology 🏺
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again, "open borders" is a lie. interviewers who don't immediately call this out are complicit, and should get another job
“Robert Jenrick is the man who as Immigration Minister oversaw the open borders experiment that led to the biggest increase in illegal immigration in our country”
Labour's Steve Reed reacts to Robert Jenrick's decision to defect from the Conservatives to Reform UK
Labour's Steve Reed reacts to Robert Jenrick's decision to defect from the Conservatives to Reform UK
January 16, 2026 at 8:56 AM
again, "open borders" is a lie. interviewers who don't immediately call this out are complicit, and should get another job
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From Ahmad:
"Urgent — We are collapsing under the weight of this harsh winter.
Hunger is ravaging us,
The cold is penetrating our bones,
My mother is ill and her condition is worsening as she has lost her sight.
We have nothing to face these days."
Donate to save us 💔🆘
chuffed.org/project/157281
"Urgent — We are collapsing under the weight of this harsh winter.
Hunger is ravaging us,
The cold is penetrating our bones,
My mother is ill and her condition is worsening as she has lost her sight.
We have nothing to face these days."
Donate to save us 💔🆘
chuffed.org/project/157281
January 16, 2026 at 9:22 AM
From Ahmad:
"Urgent — We are collapsing under the weight of this harsh winter.
Hunger is ravaging us,
The cold is penetrating our bones,
My mother is ill and her condition is worsening as she has lost her sight.
We have nothing to face these days."
Donate to save us 💔🆘
chuffed.org/project/157281
"Urgent — We are collapsing under the weight of this harsh winter.
Hunger is ravaging us,
The cold is penetrating our bones,
My mother is ill and her condition is worsening as she has lost her sight.
We have nothing to face these days."
Donate to save us 💔🆘
chuffed.org/project/157281
Reposted by Dr Alex Fitzpatrick
This should be reputation-shattering for the University of Minnesota.
Absolutely boycott-worthy that they are full collaborators.
Absolutely boycott-worthy that they are full collaborators.
Hundreds of anti-ICE demonstrators are making noise outside the Graduate hotel on the Minneapolis campus of the University of Minnesota. bit.ly/49SpwBk
📷️: Richard Tsong-Taatarii
📷️: Richard Tsong-Taatarii
January 16, 2026 at 1:01 AM
This should be reputation-shattering for the University of Minnesota.
Absolutely boycott-worthy that they are full collaborators.
Absolutely boycott-worthy that they are full collaborators.
You can donate to Lina’s family here: chuffed.org/project/omsham
January 16, 2026 at 8:55 AM
You can donate to Lina’s family here: chuffed.org/project/omsham
You can donate to Hammam’s family here: chuffed.org/project/1580...
January 16, 2026 at 8:51 AM
You can donate to Hammam’s family here: chuffed.org/project/1580...
Everytime you, as an American think about starting some US VS UK discourse (and likewise,
a Brit starting UK VS US discourse), I want you to remember that your good friend Alex can legally enter either country at her will and come at your with a baseball bat.
a Brit starting UK VS US discourse), I want you to remember that your good friend Alex can legally enter either country at her will and come at your with a baseball bat.
January 16, 2026 at 8:43 AM
Everytime you, as an American think about starting some US VS UK discourse (and likewise,
a Brit starting UK VS US discourse), I want you to remember that your good friend Alex can legally enter either country at her will and come at your with a baseball bat.
a Brit starting UK VS US discourse), I want you to remember that your good friend Alex can legally enter either country at her will and come at your with a baseball bat.
You both suck in very different and unique ways! You’re both very special in how shit you are!
Now shut the fuck up and do something useful, like stopping someone being violently deported - that’s a fun thing you both share, don’t worry!
Now shut the fuck up and do something useful, like stopping someone being violently deported - that’s a fun thing you both share, don’t worry!
January 16, 2026 at 8:40 AM
You both suck in very different and unique ways! You’re both very special in how shit you are!
Now shut the fuck up and do something useful, like stopping someone being violently deported - that’s a fun thing you both share, don’t worry!
Now shut the fuck up and do something useful, like stopping someone being violently deported - that’s a fun thing you both share, don’t worry!
Ah good, the Americans and the British are fighting about who sucks worse again.
My favourite time of the month as an American immigrant in the UK. 🙄
My favourite time of the month as an American immigrant in the UK. 🙄
January 16, 2026 at 8:40 AM
Ah good, the Americans and the British are fighting about who sucks worse again.
My favourite time of the month as an American immigrant in the UK. 🙄
My favourite time of the month as an American immigrant in the UK. 🙄
Reposted by Dr Alex Fitzpatrick
If democrats are not matching their potential voters’ anger, they’re not making them feel seen. It’s the one thing Trump was politically good at on day one.
January 15, 2026 at 10:46 PM
If democrats are not matching their potential voters’ anger, they’re not making them feel seen. It’s the one thing Trump was politically good at on day one.