John Lloyd
@boyonabike62.bsky.social
History professor, transit and active transportation, housing, climate justice, Dodger fan.
How Palantir (run by a racist billionaire MAGA supporter) uses data theft of our private information by DOGE (run by another racist billionaire MAGA supporter) to create a tool for an authoritarian surveillance state.
A manual for ICE's immigrant-targeting computer system, Palantir ELITE, was leaked today.
Let's look at it, then step back to evaluate how far we've come along a dangerous road and where that road might take us. 🧵
Let's look at it, then step back to evaluate how far we've come along a dangerous road and where that road might take us. 🧵
Here is the User Guide for ELITE, the Tool Palantir Made for ICE
404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for ELITE, which lets ICE bring up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address.
www.404media.co
February 1, 2026 at 11:08 AM
How Palantir (run by a racist billionaire MAGA supporter) uses data theft of our private information by DOGE (run by another racist billionaire MAGA supporter) to create a tool for an authoritarian surveillance state.
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Federal judge has ordered the release of Liam Ramos (the bunny hat boy) and his father. A brief and rather remarkable order. Clearly written to be shared widely, so please do. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 31, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Federal judge has ordered the release of Liam Ramos (the bunny hat boy) and his father. A brief and rather remarkable order. Clearly written to be shared widely, so please do. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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The group bike ride for Alex Pretti is about to depart in Minneapolis, stopping at his memorial, then Renee Good’s, and finishing at the VFW. If you can join, hop on anywhere. It’s a warm 17° & sunny!
I’ve never seen this many cyclists for a group ride. ⚡️✊🏽⚡️🚲⚡️✊🏽⚡️ #RIPPretti
I’ve never seen this many cyclists for a group ride. ⚡️✊🏽⚡️🚲⚡️✊🏽⚡️ #RIPPretti
January 31, 2026 at 7:41 PM
The group bike ride for Alex Pretti is about to depart in Minneapolis, stopping at his memorial, then Renee Good’s, and finishing at the VFW. If you can join, hop on anywhere. It’s a warm 17° & sunny!
I’ve never seen this many cyclists for a group ride. ⚡️✊🏽⚡️🚲⚡️✊🏽⚡️ #RIPPretti
I’ve never seen this many cyclists for a group ride. ⚡️✊🏽⚡️🚲⚡️✊🏽⚡️ #RIPPretti
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I rode with many friends in the local Ride for Alex Pretti today. I love how the cycling community coalesces and supports each other. 😀
January 31, 2026 at 9:33 PM
I rode with many friends in the local Ride for Alex Pretti today. I love how the cycling community coalesces and supports each other. 😀
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"Too often, these vehicles become a menace when used at high speeds or in places they don’t belong."
I'm trying to imagine a world in which the Tribune Editorial Board applies this logic to automobiles and bike lanes.
I'm trying to imagine a world in which the Tribune Editorial Board applies this logic to automobiles and bike lanes.
Editorial: Secretary of State Giannoulias puts e-bike safety on the table
We are not letting teenaged motorcyclists out on our roads without oversight. So why is it different for electric bikes?
www.chicagotribune.com
January 30, 2026 at 7:12 PM
"Too often, these vehicles become a menace when used at high speeds or in places they don’t belong."
I'm trying to imagine a world in which the Tribune Editorial Board applies this logic to automobiles and bike lanes.
I'm trying to imagine a world in which the Tribune Editorial Board applies this logic to automobiles and bike lanes.
We must reckon with our past, not erase the uncomfortable parts. Failure to reckon with the truth of our history is what has brought us to this moment.
"If white Americans feel conflicted when they learn about Black hardship, it’s because they know those conditions were unfair," Nate Schumann writes. "That discomfort is important because it can lead to something this nation needs a little more of right now: empathy."
Editor’s Note | Hiding Black History Will Never Erase It
Features Editor Nate Schumann discusses a recent incident in Philadelphia involving the federal censorship of “unfavorable” U.S. history.
buff.ly
January 31, 2026 at 7:34 PM
We must reckon with our past, not erase the uncomfortable parts. Failure to reckon with the truth of our history is what has brought us to this moment.
Yes, otherwise it’s rewarded and it will come back worse.
I want commissions and tribunals when this ends. For everything. For everyone involved. Every lawless act. Every last corrupt backroom deal and constitutional violation. Years of investigations and prosecutions. No "Let's move on so we can heal" BS.
January 31, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Yes, otherwise it’s rewarded and it will come back worse.
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Full rights and citizenship actually means they’re not a “foreign labor class.” And that’s what he’s angry about. He’s mad citizenship is universal rather than restricted to white people like before the civil war bsky.app/profile/gbbr...
Translated "it's fine if they're slaves or indentured servants"
January 31, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Full rights and citizenship actually means they’re not a “foreign labor class.” And that’s what he’s angry about. He’s mad citizenship is universal rather than restricted to white people like before the civil war bsky.app/profile/gbbr...
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btw the civility panic a few years ago was about precisely this: the ability to have polite conversations about how black people are racially inferior in public without criticism or backlash bsky.app/profile/hann...
Jeffrey Epstein sent a link to the white nationalist podcast The Right Stuff, whose core hosts played an active role in the 2017 “Unite the Right” rally. He did so in February 2016. Before TRS made national news, really.
Genuinely bizarre.
Genuinely bizarre.
January 31, 2026 at 12:33 PM
btw the civility panic a few years ago was about precisely this: the ability to have polite conversations about how black people are racially inferior in public without criticism or backlash bsky.app/profile/hann...
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One out of every 5 students -- 20% -- in the Los Angeles Unified School District was absent today.
That's twice the absence rate for the whole week.
That's twice the absence rate for the whole week.
"There are times when protesting is more necessary than going to the classroom," said one high school junior from Pasadena. Voices of the thousands of L.A.-area students who walked out today to protest against ICE.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
'We want a change to happen.' L.A. County students walk out over ICE raids
Middle and high schoolers walked out of classrooms across L.A., Long Beach and Pasadena districts to protest the Trump administration's ICE crackdowns. UCLA, USC, Cal State and other college campuses ...
www.latimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 4:16 AM
One out of every 5 students -- 20% -- in the Los Angeles Unified School District was absent today.
That's twice the absence rate for the whole week.
That's twice the absence rate for the whole week.
Inspiring people power!
CNN in Minneapolis: We are seeing thousands and thousands of people, we've been standing on the corner here for the past ten minutes. This this crowd has not let up. It's just continuous.
January 31, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Inspiring people power!
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Don Lemon speaks outside of the courtroom after release: "I have spent my entire life covering the news. I will not stop now ... I will not be silenced."
January 30, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Don Lemon speaks outside of the courtroom after release: "I have spent my entire life covering the news. I will not stop now ... I will not be silenced."
I hope journalists describe this for what it is: fascism.
This is Georgia Fort as she’s being arrested by federal agents. Apparently, they had a grand jury indictment in hand. She was arrested for being an independent journalist who filmed the Cities Church protest.
January 31, 2026 at 12:29 AM
I hope journalists describe this for what it is: fascism.
Wonder why no one wants to buy his shitty cars
January 30, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Wonder why no one wants to buy his shitty cars
The deportation industrial complex is very profitable, which is why the fight to ABOLISH ICE is going to require sustained effort.
"The largest immigrant deportation and prison contractors in the US are expecting an epic payout this year: for every $1 that they donated to GOP campaigns in 2024, these private companies stand to reap more than $11,000 in increased annual revenue."
ICE Detention Contractors Are Reaping Massive Profits
The largest immigrant deportation and prison contractors in the US are expecting an epic payout this year: for every $1
jacobin.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:49 PM
The deportation industrial complex is very profitable, which is why the fight to ABOLISH ICE is going to require sustained effort.
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Terrorism is the calculated use of violence or threat of violence to induce fear, intending to coerce governments or societies to achieve political, religious, or ideological goals. It often targets civilians and critical infrastructure to disrupt safety and advance specific agendas.
January 30, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Terrorism is the calculated use of violence or threat of violence to induce fear, intending to coerce governments or societies to achieve political, religious, or ideological goals. It often targets civilians and critical infrastructure to disrupt safety and advance specific agendas.
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News cycles are being manipulated to make people think a problem has been solved when it hasn’t. Bovino removed didn’t change anything but people have been tricked into thinking it did, so they move on. Same as it was.
Know this. The situation in MN is as bad as it’s always been. Don’t forget them.
Know this. The situation in MN is as bad as it’s always been. Don’t forget them.
January 30, 2026 at 11:49 AM
News cycles are being manipulated to make people think a problem has been solved when it hasn’t. Bovino removed didn’t change anything but people have been tricked into thinking it did, so they move on. Same as it was.
Know this. The situation in MN is as bad as it’s always been. Don’t forget them.
Know this. The situation in MN is as bad as it’s always been. Don’t forget them.
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"As a member of the press, I filmed the church protest a few weeks ago and now I'm being arrested for that," Indipendent journalist Georgia Fort said. "It's hard to understand how we have a Constitution, Constitutional rights, when we can just be arrested for being a member of the press."
Journalists Don Lemon, Georgia Fort arrested in connection with church protest against ICE
Lemon's attorney said he was taken into custody by federal officers Thursday night in Los Angeles, where he was covering the Grammy Awards.
www.kare11.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:51 PM
"As a member of the press, I filmed the church protest a few weeks ago and now I'm being arrested for that," Indipendent journalist Georgia Fort said. "It's hard to understand how we have a Constitution, Constitutional rights, when we can just be arrested for being a member of the press."
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Whatever we’re doing, it’s not enough.
January 30, 2026 at 4:56 AM
Whatever we’re doing, it’s not enough.
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Amazing how consistent this rhetoric has been since the New Deal, and even back to Reconstruction. Historians are interested in change over time, but we have to pay attention to patters of continuity as well.
Brooke Rollins: "The dignity of work is real. That is a foundational American value, that the government should not support you from birth to death. The Democrats obviously don't believe that. The more people on government -- legal and illegal -- the more voter base that they believe they have."
January 30, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Amazing how consistent this rhetoric has been since the New Deal, and even back to Reconstruction. Historians are interested in change over time, but we have to pay attention to patters of continuity as well.
Fascist police state. This isn’t going to be reformed with body cams. Abolish ICE. Rethink immigration policy.
A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Fascist police state. This isn’t going to be reformed with body cams. Abolish ICE. Rethink immigration policy.
Fuck ICE
MINNESOTA — Mom goes outside to warm up her car, ICE grabs her: "Please, my car kids are all alone in the house!”
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
January 30, 2026 at 4:55 AM
Fuck ICE
Dems need new leadership. They’re just not up to this moment.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said House Democrats will demand a ban on the deportation of American citizens as a condition of winning their support for legislation funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Jeffries demands ban on deportation of US citizens as part of DHS reforms
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said House Democrats will demand a ban on the deportation of American citizens as a condition of winning their support for legislation fun…
www.kget.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:50 AM
Dems need new leadership. They’re just not up to this moment.
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When the president was calling all Somali immigrants "garbage" who "come from hell" and "contribute nothing" to America and therefore needed to go "back where they came from" did you ask him to "stop the rhetoric," Tom?
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 29, 2026 at 2:07 PM
When the president was calling all Somali immigrants "garbage" who "come from hell" and "contribute nothing" to America and therefore needed to go "back where they came from" did you ask him to "stop the rhetoric," Tom?