Alex Ford
@apf102.bsky.social
PGCE Tutor and former history teacher with an American West obsession. All views my own…I think. #UKTeaching #historyteacher #PGCE
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A federal judge appointed by President Donald Trump said the government “failed to plan for the constitutional rights of its civil detainees.”
Judge: Government flouted constitutional rights of Whipple detainees
A federal judge appointed by President Donald Trump said the government “failed to plan for the constitutional rights of its civil detainees.”
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February 13, 2026 at 3:51 PM
A federal judge appointed by President Donald Trump said the government “failed to plan for the constitutional rights of its civil detainees.”
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this is comically evil. brazenly anti-social. just absolute black-pilled nihilism. we will not have a republic, we will not be free, until we regulate these companies to the point where — at a bare minimum — they're too afraid to put stuff like this down on paper.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
February 13, 2026 at 2:54 PM
this is comically evil. brazenly anti-social. just absolute black-pilled nihilism. we will not have a republic, we will not be free, until we regulate these companies to the point where — at a bare minimum — they're too afraid to put stuff like this down on paper.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
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The UK is going to hell in handcart right now, but I’m relieved to say that it’s still inconceivable that our head of state/government would single out individual athletes at the #Olympics for abuse. The USA is in a dark place. A remarkable article.
Amber Glenn won Olympic gold on Sunday. That same day, she left social media because of death threats. Her offense: she'd told reporters the queer community is going through "a hard time." The headline called it "backlash." www.readtpa.com/p/the-thresh...
The Threshold
The right used to attack athletes who protested. Now they attack athletes who express feelings at all.
www.readtpa.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:51 PM
The UK is going to hell in handcart right now, but I’m relieved to say that it’s still inconceivable that our head of state/government would single out individual athletes at the #Olympics for abuse. The USA is in a dark place. A remarkable article.
Fantastic piece on how collective action and care taking, led by Indigneous peoples, is challenging the federal occupation of Minnesota.
Both inspiring and humbling to see how people from all different backgrounds and walks of life have come together.
cmarmitage.substack.com/p/the-bluepr...
Both inspiring and humbling to see how people from all different backgrounds and walks of life have come together.
cmarmitage.substack.com/p/the-bluepr...
The Blueprint That Broke a Federal Occupation
Minneapolis and the Mosaic of Effective Activism
cmarmitage.substack.com
February 8, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Fantastic piece on how collective action and care taking, led by Indigneous peoples, is challenging the federal occupation of Minnesota.
Both inspiring and humbling to see how people from all different backgrounds and walks of life have come together.
cmarmitage.substack.com/p/the-bluepr...
Both inspiring and humbling to see how people from all different backgrounds and walks of life have come together.
cmarmitage.substack.com/p/the-bluepr...
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The occupation of MN has not been broken. The regime would like us to believe that narrative so we focus on something else. But it is still going on and still brutal.
February 8, 2026 at 12:31 PM
The occupation of MN has not been broken. The regime would like us to believe that narrative so we focus on something else. But it is still going on and still brutal.
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ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
February 7, 2026 at 5:54 PM
ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
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NEW: A baby held in immigration detention became so sick, she had to be rushed to a hospital in severe respiratory distress.
“She was at the brink of dying,” a lawyer told me.
But the girl didn’t go home after her 10-day hospital stay; instead, ICE put her and her mother back in lock up at Dilley.
“She was at the brink of dying,” a lawyer told me.
But the girl didn’t go home after her 10-day hospital stay; instead, ICE put her and her mother back in lock up at Dilley.
Toddler hospitalized with respiratory failure was returned to ICE detention without prescribed medication, lawsuit says
The 18-month-old was sent back to a South Texas facility after days in intensive care with severe respiratory distress, according to a federal lawsuit.
www.nbcnews.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:25 PM
NEW: A baby held in immigration detention became so sick, she had to be rushed to a hospital in severe respiratory distress.
“She was at the brink of dying,” a lawyer told me.
But the girl didn’t go home after her 10-day hospital stay; instead, ICE put her and her mother back in lock up at Dilley.
“She was at the brink of dying,” a lawyer told me.
But the girl didn’t go home after her 10-day hospital stay; instead, ICE put her and her mother back in lock up at Dilley.
This looks amazing
@1972shp.bsky.social's new webinar in our UNEARTHED series is a must for all teachers of the History of Medicine. Bring your students along to hear @teachmedwomen.bsky.social's Dr Natasha Hodgson discussing Medieval women, medicine & gardening ...
February 6, 2026 at 9:41 PM
This looks amazing
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@1972shp.bsky.social's new webinar in our UNEARTHED series is a must for all teachers of the History of Medicine. Bring your students along to hear @teachmedwomen.bsky.social's Dr Natasha Hodgson discussing Medieval women, medicine & gardening ...
February 6, 2026 at 5:30 PM
@1972shp.bsky.social's new webinar in our UNEARTHED series is a must for all teachers of the History of Medicine. Bring your students along to hear @teachmedwomen.bsky.social's Dr Natasha Hodgson discussing Medieval women, medicine & gardening ...
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Organizers have collected 14 lotion bottles, two deodorant bottles, and one AA Battery that detainees have thrown over the fences with notes attached to them.
The full story: lataco.com/captive-loti...
By Aisha Wallace-Palomares
The full story: lataco.com/captive-loti...
By Aisha Wallace-Palomares
February 6, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Organizers have collected 14 lotion bottles, two deodorant bottles, and one AA Battery that detainees have thrown over the fences with notes attached to them.
The full story: lataco.com/captive-loti...
By Aisha Wallace-Palomares
The full story: lataco.com/captive-loti...
By Aisha Wallace-Palomares
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I was just denied entry to the Dilley detention facility while my constituent, seven-year-old Diana, remains inside.
What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?
I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?
I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
February 6, 2026 at 2:35 AM
I was just denied entry to the Dilley detention facility while my constituent, seven-year-old Diana, remains inside.
What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?
I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?
I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
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They’re trying to run the Kilmar Abrego Garcia playbook with a five year old boy in a bunny hat because nobody can find peace if they embarrass the Trump administration publicly. Normal people didn’t like it with Garcia and they really aren’t going to like it for Liam.
BREAKING: The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
DHS has requested expedited deportation proceedings against family of Liam Conejo Ramos
The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
www.mprnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 2:51 AM
They’re trying to run the Kilmar Abrego Garcia playbook with a five year old boy in a bunny hat because nobody can find peace if they embarrass the Trump administration publicly. Normal people didn’t like it with Garcia and they really aren’t going to like it for Liam.
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That‘s the spirit.
February 5, 2026 at 10:46 AM
That‘s the spirit.
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In a fantastical disappointing update to this, content creators now allege that the head of the British Museum’s social media team is using his personal account to attack them online.
Is this how the British Musuem wants to be seen to be treating PhD Students?
www.instagram.com/reel/DUWLPkq...
Is this how the British Musuem wants to be seen to be treating PhD Students?
www.instagram.com/reel/DUWLPkq...
Seema R on Instagram: "@britishmuseum @rishi_365 bullying folks is a terrible look if your mission is to bring people together"
751 likes, 49 comments - art_lust_ on February 4, 2026: "@britishmuseum @rishi_365 bullying folks is a terrible look if your mission is to bring people together".
www.instagram.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:30 AM
In a fantastical disappointing update to this, content creators now allege that the head of the British Museum’s social media team is using his personal account to attack them online.
Is this how the British Musuem wants to be seen to be treating PhD Students?
www.instagram.com/reel/DUWLPkq...
Is this how the British Musuem wants to be seen to be treating PhD Students?
www.instagram.com/reel/DUWLPkq...
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…continue to follow an Ai model used in the photos.
(That last bit, pointed out by the content creators the BM has unfollowed, of course)
Content creators - PhD students - that the BM has happily used in the past for promo and influence.
news.artnet.com/art-world/br...
(That last bit, pointed out by the content creators the BM has unfollowed, of course)
Content creators - PhD students - that the BM has happily used in the past for promo and influence.
news.artnet.com/art-world/br...
British Museum’s A.I.-Generated Post Sparks Online Backlash
The British Museum has been called out for posting images containing A.I. generated content on its Instagram and Facebook.
news.artnet.com
February 3, 2026 at 9:51 PM
…continue to follow an Ai model used in the photos.
(That last bit, pointed out by the content creators the BM has unfollowed, of course)
Content creators - PhD students - that the BM has happily used in the past for promo and influence.
news.artnet.com/art-world/br...
(That last bit, pointed out by the content creators the BM has unfollowed, of course)
Content creators - PhD students - that the BM has happily used in the past for promo and influence.
news.artnet.com/art-world/br...
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Everything about trans history (and much LGBTQ+ history) has been erased from government websites since last year this time. See @outhistory.bsky.social @lgbtqhistorya.bsky.social and other groups that have been speaking out and documenting this for a while now. 🗃️ 🏳️🌈
February 3, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Everything about trans history (and much LGBTQ+ history) has been erased from government websites since last year this time. See @outhistory.bsky.social @lgbtqhistorya.bsky.social and other groups that have been speaking out and documenting this for a while now. 🗃️ 🏳️🌈
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A quick reminder that Teaching Slavery is #OpenAccess! Read and download it free from: uclpress.co.uk/book/teachin...
February 2, 2026 at 9:28 AM
A quick reminder that Teaching Slavery is #OpenAccess! Read and download it free from: uclpress.co.uk/book/teachin...
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We know that 4more children from Liam's school are still in ICE custody in TX. But we still do not know how many children from MN in total have been detained by ICE.
JUST IN: The five-year-old Columbia Heights Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, who have been in an ICE detention facility in Texas, are on their way home.
Liam Conejo Ramos and his father have landed back in Minnesota following a judge's order
Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old whose detention by ICE sparked national fervor, returned home to Minnesota with his father, Adrian Conejo Arias, Sunday morning after a judge ordered their release.
www.mprnews.org
February 1, 2026 at 4:19 PM
We know that 4more children from Liam's school are still in ICE custody in TX. But we still do not know how many children from MN in total have been detained by ICE.
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February 1, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Everything that is happening under the Trump regime needs to be held fully in the light of day. None of this is accidental - it is a deliberate trampling of the law and the fundamental principles of a free society
January 31, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Everything that is happening under the Trump regime needs to be held fully in the light of day. None of this is accidental - it is a deliberate trampling of the law and the fundamental principles of a free society