Brandi K. Adams
@bkadams.bsky.social
I am an Assistant Professor of English Literature at Arizona State University who works on book history, premodern critical race studies and early modern English drama. I spend a lot of time with Barnabe, an adorable dog. These posts are my opinion.
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"tired of some of their admiration for [insert lefty or left-leaning political and cultural figure]" explains a solid three-quarters of the last decade of american politics
Larry Summers complaining to Epstein that his kids admire Bernie Sanders too much
February 1, 2026 at 7:40 PM
"tired of some of their admiration for [insert lefty or left-leaning political and cultural figure]" explains a solid three-quarters of the last decade of american politics
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@jamellebouie.net
A terrific explanation of the institutional power of slavery before the civil war, but also the power of individual choice in combatting it.
Great job analyzing the historical scholarship, but also calling out books by @katemasur.bsky.social & @profmsinha.bsky.social
A terrific explanation of the institutional power of slavery before the civil war, but also the power of individual choice in combatting it.
Great job analyzing the historical scholarship, but also calling out books by @katemasur.bsky.social & @profmsinha.bsky.social
Nice word for @profmsinha.bsky.social’s THE SLAVE’S CAUSE in another fine Bouie video, this one about the incredible odds abolitionists faced for generations, and eventually, overcame.
tl;dw: You should take human agency seriously, you should take contingency seriously, and you should embrace the "pessimism of the intellect and the optimism of the will." (That's an Antonio Gramsci l...
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February 1, 2026 at 11:34 AM
@jamellebouie.net
A terrific explanation of the institutional power of slavery before the civil war, but also the power of individual choice in combatting it.
Great job analyzing the historical scholarship, but also calling out books by @katemasur.bsky.social & @profmsinha.bsky.social
A terrific explanation of the institutional power of slavery before the civil war, but also the power of individual choice in combatting it.
Great job analyzing the historical scholarship, but also calling out books by @katemasur.bsky.social & @profmsinha.bsky.social
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liam and his dad are home!
and someone please get rep. castro a coat!
and someone please get rep. castro a coat!
February 1, 2026 at 4:36 PM
liam and his dad are home!
and someone please get rep. castro a coat!
and someone please get rep. castro a coat!
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Once again, I’m just a small-town political scientist, & it’s still relatively early, but it appears that The Actual Democrats do not Need To Do any of the Things or Learn any of the Obvious Lessons that Ezra Douthglesias said they Must Do & Learn
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February 1, 2026 at 6:35 AM
Once again, I’m just a small-town political scientist, & it’s still relatively early, but it appears that The Actual Democrats do not Need To Do any of the Things or Learn any of the Obvious Lessons that Ezra Douthglesias said they Must Do & Learn
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In Minneapolis, people on the ground say it’s even worse after Alex Pretti’s murder. It’s all cover to continue what their chaos.
January 29, 2026 at 11:58 AM
In Minneapolis, people on the ground say it’s even worse after Alex Pretti’s murder. It’s all cover to continue what their chaos.
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English translation of statement from Ecuadorian Consulate regarding ICE’s attempt to enter their building in Minneapolis today:
January 27, 2026 at 11:53 PM
English translation of statement from Ecuadorian Consulate regarding ICE’s attempt to enter their building in Minneapolis today:
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Breaking:
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Man tackled to ground after spraying unknown substance on Rep. Ilhan Omar at town hall in Minneapolis.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Man tackled to ground after spraying unknown substance on Rep. Ilhan Omar at town hall in Minneapolis.
January 28, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Breaking:
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Man tackled to ground after spraying unknown substance on Rep. Ilhan Omar at town hall in Minneapolis.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Man tackled to ground after spraying unknown substance on Rep. Ilhan Omar at town hall in Minneapolis.
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Everything they learned in Minnesota they’re applying in Maine from day one. They started off doing fast-moving snatch and grabs on the street, recording and using facial id on observers, and threatening observers directly. They’ll do it all where you live too.
Why is the msm outside of Maine not covering this? It seems like a huge and very troubling story to me. ICE coming to observers houses or calling them on the phone warning them to back off??!! www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
ICE watchers in Maine say they were threatened by federal agents
Community members have been monitoring the activity of immigration agents in Greater Portland.
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January 26, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Everything they learned in Minnesota they’re applying in Maine from day one. They started off doing fast-moving snatch and grabs on the street, recording and using facial id on observers, and threatening observers directly. They’ll do it all where you live too.
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“I don’t need to love a field that fails to love me. I don’t need white supremacy to tell
me my worth.” 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 #RaceB4Race #ShakeRace
me my worth.” 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 #RaceB4Race #ShakeRace
Tune in now for Nahir Otaño Gracia on Chivalric whiteness—it's day 2 of #RaceB4Race Love! news.asu.edu/asulive
January 24, 2026 at 6:40 PM
“I don’t need to love a field that fails to love me. I don’t need white supremacy to tell
me my worth.” 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 #RaceB4Race #ShakeRace
me my worth.” 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 #RaceB4Race #ShakeRace
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RFK Jr. appointee Kirk Milhoan has just clearly stated, out loud, that he wants to experiment on the people of the United States by seeing what happens as vaccination coverage plummets and infectious diseases spread.
January 22, 2026 at 7:47 PM
RFK Jr. appointee Kirk Milhoan has just clearly stated, out loud, that he wants to experiment on the people of the United States by seeing what happens as vaccination coverage plummets and infectious diseases spread.
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Signs about the history of slavery in the U.S. and the 9 people George Washington enslaved are being removed right now at the President’s House Site in Philadelphia, across from Independence Hall, months after the Trump administration threatend to do so.
How far we have not come in 250 years.
How far we have not come in 250 years.
January 22, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Signs about the history of slavery in the U.S. and the 9 people George Washington enslaved are being removed right now at the President’s House Site in Philadelphia, across from Independence Hall, months after the Trump administration threatend to do so.
How far we have not come in 250 years.
How far we have not come in 250 years.
This is not it.
People who say this are clearly speaking aspirationally about a shared American creed they hold dear. “Have you heard of the Trail of Tears?” is not a very helpful response, because they probably have and the priority right now is moral opposition to fascism and not fake-educating each other.
I fear my tipping point into madness is "Thus is un-American" posts in response to ICE terrorizing immigrants. I beg you to open Wikipedia (I would say a book but let's start small) and read up on The Trail of Tears, Fugitive Slave Catchers, Japanese internment, Indian Boarding schools & Jim Crow
January 22, 2026 at 6:47 PM
This is not it.
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Please help us bring Liam Adrian Cornejo Ramos (he’s only 5 years of age and is currently in pre-K. Yesterday, he and his father were kidnapped by ICE. This will help the family with legal services to help reunite Liam and his dad with their family.
gofund.me/be8a1b2ab
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Donate to Help Bring 5-Year-Old Liam Home, organized by sarai Orquiz
Liam Adrian Cornejo Ramos is just 5 years old and currently in pre-K. Yesterday, he and h… sarai Orquiz needs your support for Help Bring 5-Year-Old Liam Home
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January 22, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Please help us bring Liam Adrian Cornejo Ramos (he’s only 5 years of age and is currently in pre-K. Yesterday, he and his father were kidnapped by ICE. This will help the family with legal services to help reunite Liam and his dad with their family.
gofund.me/be8a1b2ab
gofund.me/be8a1b2ab
AI has always lived within the realm of speculation. Surety is for people who are wedded to capitalism.
Microsoft CEO says AI “risks becoming a speculative bubble unless its use spreads beyond big tech companies and wealthy economies.” Brother you’re the one building this dogshit, we’re three years and hundreds of billions in, how have you not worked it out?
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January 20, 2026 at 5:22 PM
AI has always lived within the realm of speculation. Surety is for people who are wedded to capitalism.
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it is -10 here today. I was supposed to go do a volunteer shift standing outside loading groceries into people’s cars to deliver to families stuck at home. just got a call not to come in because they have too many volunteers already. if you were wondering if the cold would stop us.
January 19, 2026 at 5:09 PM
it is -10 here today. I was supposed to go do a volunteer shift standing outside loading groceries into people’s cars to deliver to families stuck at home. just got a call not to come in because they have too many volunteers already. if you were wondering if the cold would stop us.
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New: We built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
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The Companies Behind ICE
Sludge built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
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January 16, 2026 at 8:19 PM
New: We built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — US judge rules federal officers in Minneapolis-area immigration operation can’t detain or tear gas peaceful protesters.
January 17, 2026 at 1:35 AM
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — US judge rules federal officers in Minneapolis-area immigration operation can’t detain or tear gas peaceful protesters.
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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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Fort Snelling? Kidnap? Citizenship issues, you say?
Holy. Fucking. History. Yikes.
Holy. Fucking. History. Yikes.
This is surreal. 4 Oglala Lakota men kidnapped by ICE in Minneapolis have finally been located. One of them was released but the other 3 are being held at Fort Snelling, a former concentration camp used to imprison Native people incl. the Dakota 38 during Dakota Wars.
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Four Oglala detainees located, three still in ICE custody - ICT
The four Lakota detainees were reportedly sent to a former concentration camp used during the Dakota Wars
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January 15, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Fort Snelling? Kidnap? Citizenship issues, you say?
Holy. Fucking. History. Yikes.
Holy. Fucking. History. Yikes.
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May we the people prevail—as we have throughout history, especially when we face the fact that there is no Cape Crusader, Green Hornet, or Kato waiting in the wings. We have to save ourselves.
January 14, 2026 at 10:33 PM
May we the people prevail—as we have throughout history, especially when we face the fact that there is no Cape Crusader, Green Hornet, or Kato waiting in the wings. We have to save ourselves.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Claudette Colvin, whose refusal to move seats on a segregated bus helped spark the civil rights movement, dies at 86.
January 13, 2026 at 10:10 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Claudette Colvin, whose refusal to move seats on a segregated bus helped spark the civil rights movement, dies at 86.
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⚠️ Update: It has been 108 hours since #Iran introduced a nationwide internet shutdown leaving Iranians isolated from the rest of the world and each other 📉
The rights to free speech and free assembly are inviolable and must be protected #DigitalBlackoutIran
The rights to free speech and free assembly are inviolable and must be protected #DigitalBlackoutIran
January 13, 2026 at 4:34 AM
⚠️ Update: It has been 108 hours since #Iran introduced a nationwide internet shutdown leaving Iranians isolated from the rest of the world and each other 📉
The rights to free speech and free assembly are inviolable and must be protected #DigitalBlackoutIran
The rights to free speech and free assembly are inviolable and must be protected #DigitalBlackoutIran
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The signs have always been there. Many of scholars of Borderlands/Chicanx Studies have been warning forever that the US has encouraged the rise of extreme policing along the border--and that these tactics would eventually be used everywhere in the US (and against everyone).
my kingdom for a series called "They saw this coming" featuring interviews with people who predicted today's hellscape
that so many are thinking "how do we differentiate ourselves from the people who saw this coming" is not a good sign people learned anything lol
January 12, 2026 at 11:59 PM
The signs have always been there. Many of scholars of Borderlands/Chicanx Studies have been warning forever that the US has encouraged the rise of extreme policing along the border--and that these tactics would eventually be used everywhere in the US (and against everyone).
At first I thought “Who is is Al and what is his role?” Oh. Artificial Intelligence. Sans serif strikes again.
Escaped monkeys run wild in St Louis as AI hinders efforts to catch them
Escaped monkeys run wild in St Louis as AI hinders efforts to catch them
A troop of monkeys have spent days running wild in a US city and artificial intelligence is complicating efforts to catch them.
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January 12, 2026 at 9:06 PM
At first I thought “Who is is Al and what is his role?” Oh. Artificial Intelligence. Sans serif strikes again.
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What—and I say this is my most professional professor-of-art-history-voice—the HELL are we doing here?
WaPo is committing a fundamental category error. That category error is like gripping the neck of the journalistic integrity in two hands and squeezing it till the lights go out. 1/n
WaPo is committing a fundamental category error. That category error is like gripping the neck of the journalistic integrity in two hands and squeezing it till the lights go out. 1/n
January 11, 2026 at 2:08 PM
What—and I say this is my most professional professor-of-art-history-voice—the HELL are we doing here?
WaPo is committing a fundamental category error. That category error is like gripping the neck of the journalistic integrity in two hands and squeezing it till the lights go out. 1/n
WaPo is committing a fundamental category error. That category error is like gripping the neck of the journalistic integrity in two hands and squeezing it till the lights go out. 1/n