Xina
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I appreciated Senator Warren unequivocally saying she thinks Congress needs to, “tear ICE down to the studs” and start over, during her interview with NPR on Monday 1/26/2026z
I get so anxious calling my reps. But I pushed through & told the v nice person in Schumer’s office that while I appreciate efforts to disaggregate DHS funding from the rest of the bill, ICE is unreformable. An 11yo from Albany is still in a TX detention center. Get rid of Miller. Shut it all down.
This is NOT OK!
January 28, 2026 at 4:51 PM
I appreciated Senator Warren unequivocally saying she thinks Congress needs to, “tear ICE down to the studs” and start over, during her interview with NPR on Monday 1/26/2026z
Good episode. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
I Was the Fun Dad. It Almost Destroyed My Marriage.
Podcast Episode · Modern Love · 01/28/2026 · 43m
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January 28, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Good episode. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
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Friends in Boston, I’m reading at Boston University on February 4th at 7:30pm. Please come say hi!
January 28, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Friends in Boston, I’m reading at Boston University on February 4th at 7:30pm. Please come say hi!
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There are many research hosting services out there. Lots of them want to host your work in order to mine it for profit. Knowledge Commons wants to build a coalition of researchers, teachers, students, and more, in order to resist the authoritarian effort to undermine public access to knowledge.
Knowledge Commons – Open access, open source, open to all
hcommons.org
January 28, 2026 at 2:46 PM
There are many research hosting services out there. Lots of them want to host your work in order to mine it for profit. Knowledge Commons wants to build a coalition of researchers, teachers, students, and more, in order to resist the authoritarian effort to undermine public access to knowledge.
Reminder that Congress still has the authority and ability to put a stop to all of this right now. That may not be the case in another 6 mos. to a year. The time to act is now.
January 27, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Reminder that Congress still has the authority and ability to put a stop to all of this right now. That may not be the case in another 6 mos. to a year. The time to act is now.
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Live your life in a way that Tom Homan tells your friends, family, co-workers, bosses, etc. about what you did last weekend.
January 27, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Live your life in a way that Tom Homan tells your friends, family, co-workers, bosses, etc. about what you did last weekend.
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"So much of the resistance is either carried out by women or coded as women’s work—unheralded, boring, unglamorous, and mostly undocumented."
The ICE Resistance That You’re Not Seeing
Our screens may be bursting with graphic images of the ICE occupation, but the bulk of the work is boring, invisible—and absolutely vital.
newrepublic.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:31 PM
"So much of the resistance is either carried out by women or coded as women’s work—unheralded, boring, unglamorous, and mostly undocumented."
Database of folk heroes.
TOM HOMAN: “We’re going to create a database where those people that are arrested for interference, impeding and assault, we’re going to make them famous. We’re going to put their face on TV. We’re going to let their employers, in their neighborhoods, in their schools, know who these people are.”
Story: www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/u...
January 27, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Database of folk heroes.
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teaching Whitman tomorrow, thinking about
January 26, 2026 at 11:19 PM
teaching Whitman tomorrow, thinking about
And stay out!
President Donald Trump will not be attending Super Bowl LX on Feb. 8 in Santa Clara, Calif., he said in an interview with the New York Post.
“It’s just too far away,” he said.
“It’s just too far away,” he said.
January 26, 2026 at 11:37 PM
And stay out!
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Fuck ICE every single day. Taking folks who are the best of this city and the best of every city.
ICE took the flower man in Echo Park 40 minutes ago. He’s at this corner every day. I’ve bought flowers from the man and woman here for anniversaries and birthdays. Lemmy loves to smell them whenever we walk by in the mornings. I was just at the street corner 15 minutes before it happened. Fuck.
January 25, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Fuck ICE every single day. Taking folks who are the best of this city and the best of every city.
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He can’t imagine a potluck dinner.
James O'Keefe says he's never seen anything so organized as the anti-ICE movement, observers--he seems to think this term is code--everywhere he goes. Who is paying for it??? he demands to know. It's like he can't even imagine people caring for one another.
January 25, 2026 at 2:44 PM
He can’t imagine a potluck dinner.
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As we close out Betalevel this week, we'll be doing a number of events--tonight, I'll be hosting an absolutely stellar line-up of amazing musicians, writers & performers for a telethon-of-sorts.
We'll be raising money for immigrations rights groups in LA. Come down and join us; it'll be amazing.
We'll be raising money for immigrations rights groups in LA. Come down and join us; it'll be amazing.
Betathon
Betalevel + Telethon Sunday, January 25, at 7:30pm
betalevel.com
January 25, 2026 at 7:02 PM
As we close out Betalevel this week, we'll be doing a number of events--tonight, I'll be hosting an absolutely stellar line-up of amazing musicians, writers & performers for a telethon-of-sorts.
We'll be raising money for immigrations rights groups in LA. Come down and join us; it'll be amazing.
We'll be raising money for immigrations rights groups in LA. Come down and join us; it'll be amazing.
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They say everyone should have guns. And that it’s our right to have them. And scream and fight for the right to carry them. Then the moment they shoot you as you lie unarmed on the ground with five men in your back, they say it’s because you carried a gun.
January 24, 2026 at 10:42 PM
They say everyone should have guns. And that it’s our right to have them. And scream and fight for the right to carry them. Then the moment they shoot you as you lie unarmed on the ground with five men in your back, they say it’s because you carried a gun.
Star Tribune reporters covering everything in Minneapolis and their state heroically. www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
Live: Man shot and killed by federal agents in south Minneapolis this morning, police chief says
A video appears to shows federal agents wrestling a man to the ground then shooting him.
www.startribune.com
January 24, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Star Tribune reporters covering everything in Minneapolis and their state heroically. www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
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those who’ve aggressively promoted impunity for the lethal lawless rampages of Trump’s ICE/border patrol masked militia should be held directly responsible for the crimes they are licensing and cheering on
January 24, 2026 at 5:18 PM
those who’ve aggressively promoted impunity for the lethal lawless rampages of Trump’s ICE/border patrol masked militia should be held directly responsible for the crimes they are licensing and cheering on
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This.
January 23, 2026 at 10:59 PM
This.
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Look, there’s bigger issues with the White House posting meme slop about invading a NATO ally but.
PENGUINS AREN’T NATIVE TO GREENLAND. OR THE ARCTIC. THEY LIVE IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE YOU ADDLE-MINDED IDIOTS.
PENGUINS AREN’T NATIVE TO GREENLAND. OR THE ARCTIC. THEY LIVE IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE YOU ADDLE-MINDED IDIOTS.
January 23, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Look, there’s bigger issues with the White House posting meme slop about invading a NATO ally but.
PENGUINS AREN’T NATIVE TO GREENLAND. OR THE ARCTIC. THEY LIVE IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE YOU ADDLE-MINDED IDIOTS.
PENGUINS AREN’T NATIVE TO GREENLAND. OR THE ARCTIC. THEY LIVE IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE YOU ADDLE-MINDED IDIOTS.
I love Mel Brooks. Looking forward to watching this well-deserved paean.
Judd Apatow and Mike Bonfiglio's two-part HBO doc "Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!" will make you laugh. It's also almost guaranteed to make you cry. Or if it doesn't, I don't trust you as a human being.
My review:
My review:
‘Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!’ Review: Judd Apatow’s HBO Doc Pays Loving, Lovely Tribute to a Comedy Giant
Co-directed by Mike Bonfiglio, the four-parter celebrates the 'Blazing Saddles' auteur, his friendship with Carl Reiner and his marriage to Anne Bancroft.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
January 22, 2026 at 6:05 PM
I love Mel Brooks. Looking forward to watching this well-deserved paean.
Electrical problems with the plane or…
a man is holding a telephone in his hands and saying clear !
ALT: a man is holding a telephone in his hands and saying clear !
media.tenor.com
January 21, 2026 at 5:19 AM
Electrical problems with the plane or…
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Good read!
I'm excited to have a new story with @vol1brooklyn.bsky.social
Sunday Stories: “We Buy Houses”
We Buy Housesby Chloe N. Clark My parents had been planning to move for as long as I could remember. They were always talking about picking everything up and speeding across the state, across the c…
www.vol1brooklyn.com
January 21, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Good read!
“To these seekers, the border between the two countries scarcely mattered: The cheese was the thing.” 😔
The collapse of business from Canada - as told through the experiences of two iconic Vermont companies: Jasper Hill (cheese) and Hill Farmstead (beer) www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/u...
A Vermont Town Was a Foodie Mecca for Canadians. Until Trump’s Threats.
www.nytimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 12:23 AM
“To these seekers, the border between the two countries scarcely mattered: The cheese was the thing.” 😔
We had a good run.
Fairly sure it’s unintentional, but the end date on this mug being sold by the Smithsonian does make it sound a little like they’re saying America dies in 2026…
January 19, 2026 at 9:29 PM
We had a good run.
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Come and tell me what you love. London. 11 February.
If you just want the workshop sign up here to explore love and desire and tenderness with @minxmarple.bsky.social
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Let Me Tell You What I Love - A Writing Workshop
Join this writing workshop to flirt with texts and write about love in all its glorious forms.
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January 19, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Come and tell me what you love. London. 11 February.
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MLK reminds us that the time to act is NOW.
January 19, 2026 at 8:05 PM
MLK reminds us that the time to act is NOW.