CJ de Boix, mechanical owl, they/them👽🌈♿
@cjdeboix.bsky.social
uncooperative trans enby queer pan ace | ex-academic (music, phil, theo), retired teacher | multilingual | autistic adhd | conversion therapy survivor | breast cancer (stage IV) | pfp: Bubo the Mechanical Owl
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Every word in here is carefully chosen and accurate
What ICE is doing is terrorizing an entire community to rid it of anyone who is not white. They function like a modern day slave patrol, run by the federal government.
January 21, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Every word in here is carefully chosen and accurate
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"To date, 757,314 people – the majority children – have died from the funding cuts, according to ImpactCounter, which tracks the effect of USAID cuts via sophisticated modelling tools. That is 88 deaths every hour."
One Year Later: The Effect of US 'Chainsaw' on Global Health healthpolicy-watch.news/the-human-co...
One Year Later: The Effect Of US 'Chainsaw' On Global Health - Health Policy Watch
One year ago today (20 January), the Trump administration exploded the global health sector by immediately “pausing” all aid for 90 days – and dispensing with
healthpolicy-watch.news
January 20, 2026 at 11:05 PM
"To date, 757,314 people – the majority children – have died from the funding cuts, according to ImpactCounter, which tracks the effect of USAID cuts via sophisticated modelling tools. That is 88 deaths every hour."
Reading a little easy Gaelic this morning is immensely calming. I miss studying Gaelic so much. It is not an easy language to study as an isolated learner.
January 19, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Reading a little easy Gaelic this morning is immensely calming. I miss studying Gaelic so much. It is not an easy language to study as an isolated learner.
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Four and a half MILLION dead children
It's hard to describe the depths of suffering” caused by King Trump’s destruction of “the entire global aid system.
Oxfam says its analysis projects 4,537,157 child deaths by 2030 because of Trump's regime ending of USAID.
Oxfam says its analysis projects 4,537,157 child deaths by 2030 because of Trump's regime ending of USAID.
Ghastly new figures show Trump's cuts killing many more kids than dreaded
President Donald Trump’s shuttering of USAID last year will have a long-term negative impact on children throughout the world, according to a report released on Thursday by Oxfam.In its analysis, Oxfa...
www.rawstory.com
January 19, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Four and a half MILLION dead children
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The Nobel Peace Prize becoming so prestigious that wars are fought over a head of state coveting it is some real monkey paw stuff for Alfred Nobel.
January 19, 2026 at 8:47 AM
The Nobel Peace Prize becoming so prestigious that wars are fought over a head of state coveting it is some real monkey paw stuff for Alfred Nobel.
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I went to Minneapolis last week. What I saw was horrifying and inspiring in equal measure. Gift link to my latest column: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...
Opinion | In Minneapolis, I Glimpsed a Civil War
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 12:56 PM
I went to Minneapolis last week. What I saw was horrifying and inspiring in equal measure. Gift link to my latest column: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...
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recorded this last week
Why Congress Needs to Treat ICE Like the Ku Klux Klan
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
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January 19, 2026 at 1:11 AM
recorded this last week
#AbolishICE #NativeAmerican
Trump has always hated Native Americans and now he has a Gestapo willing to afflict violence upon them.
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Trump has always hated Native Americans and now he has a Gestapo willing to afflict violence upon them.
youtu.be/Yz-HrDL039U?...
They're Targeting Native Americans
YouTube video by Che Jim
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January 19, 2026 at 2:00 AM
#AbolishICE #NativeAmerican
Trump has always hated Native Americans and now he has a Gestapo willing to afflict violence upon them.
youtu.be/Yz-HrDL039U?...
Trump has always hated Native Americans and now he has a Gestapo willing to afflict violence upon them.
youtu.be/Yz-HrDL039U?...
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Victor Manuel Diaz was kidnapped from Minneapolis. He was my neighbor and he died in an American concentration camp. He was not "illegal," he was a human being made in the image of the divine. May his memory be a blessing, and may the rest of us fight like hell until we stop this brutality.
This is the sixth death in ICE custody in 18 days. This isn’t enforcement, it’s a system that cages people, outsources care, and shrugs when they die. Abolish ICE.
January 18, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Victor Manuel Diaz was kidnapped from Minneapolis. He was my neighbor and he died in an American concentration camp. He was not "illegal," he was a human being made in the image of the divine. May his memory be a blessing, and may the rest of us fight like hell until we stop this brutality.
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I’m seeing increased use of this word and I just want to gently suggest that if there’s one word you can manage to remove from your vocabulary it should be this one.
It was coined by a eugenicist who used it as a diagnosis to forcibly institutionalize and sterilize mentally disabled people.
It was coined by a eugenicist who used it as a diagnosis to forcibly institutionalize and sterilize mentally disabled people.
The Origins of the Word "Moron" Are Actually REALLY Sinister
It's much more than just a casual insult.
www.teenvogue.com
January 18, 2026 at 10:25 PM
I’m seeing increased use of this word and I just want to gently suggest that if there’s one word you can manage to remove from your vocabulary it should be this one.
It was coined by a eugenicist who used it as a diagnosis to forcibly institutionalize and sterilize mentally disabled people.
It was coined by a eugenicist who used it as a diagnosis to forcibly institutionalize and sterilize mentally disabled people.
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i simply don't think we need ICE and do not care how someone showed up in whatever place they happen to live.
January 18, 2026 at 10:58 PM
i simply don't think we need ICE and do not care how someone showed up in whatever place they happen to live.
This makes me ill. Lewiston was my father's hometown, and my grandfather was a New England francophone, descendent of the Quebecois diaspora, born on the Maine/Canada border. African immigrant in Lewiston have been vital to the revitalization of French there. And this is how they are repaid.
Make America White Again is very clearly the slogan, the movement, and philosophy at work here and the press is still shy about asking about it
“a pair of asylum-seekers from Angola who handed over the keys to their apartment Wednesday and said they planned to head for the Canadian border.”
“a pair of asylum-seekers from Angola who handed over the keys to their apartment Wednesday and said they planned to head for the Canadian border.”
Immigrants prepare for their arrests and leave Lewiston ahead of ICE action
One property manager showed a reporter a form being passed around so undocumented parents could designate temporary guardians for their children in the event of their arrest.
www.bangordailynews.com
January 18, 2026 at 2:59 AM
This makes me ill. Lewiston was my father's hometown, and my grandfather was a New England francophone, descendent of the Quebecois diaspora, born on the Maine/Canada border. African immigrant in Lewiston have been vital to the revitalization of French there. And this is how they are repaid.
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I wrote about my experiences being sexually exploited as a child, and what we need to do to make sure AI doesn’t make that a reality for millions of children.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My picture was used in child abuse images. AI is putting others through my nightmare | Mara Wilson
I was a child actor, exploited by strangers on the internet. Now millions of children face the same danger
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2026 at 2:20 AM
I wrote about my experiences being sexually exploited as a child, and what we need to do to make sure AI doesn’t make that a reality for millions of children.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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As you talk about Greenland, please make sure you are talking about the >56,000 Inuit who have called the Island their home for thousands of years. Here are 2 stories that include their voices, concerns, and hopes.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
canadiangeographic.ca/articles/buy...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
canadiangeographic.ca/articles/buy...
‘Buying countries is Stone Age mentality:’ Inuit speak up on Greenland
Indigenous Greenlanders, who endured centuries of colonialism from Denmark, now face a new threat from Donald Trump’s United States
canadiangeographic.ca
January 16, 2026 at 11:22 AM
As you talk about Greenland, please make sure you are talking about the >56,000 Inuit who have called the Island their home for thousands of years. Here are 2 stories that include their voices, concerns, and hopes.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
canadiangeographic.ca/articles/buy...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
canadiangeographic.ca/articles/buy...
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A nobel peace pryze doth not worke lyke the One Ring. It ys not about who ys physicallye holdinge it.
January 16, 2026 at 9:11 PM
A nobel peace pryze doth not worke lyke the One Ring. It ys not about who ys physicallye holdinge it.
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Seemed like a good day for my new shirt
January 16, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Seemed like a good day for my new shirt
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there is much pain in the world, but not in this room
January 16, 2026 at 11:37 PM
there is much pain in the world, but not in this room
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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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There is a clear undercurrent of violence against queer women from ICE.
If a woman isn't interested in them, she's a 'fucking bitch' who becomes disposable at best and in need of violent 'correction' at worst.
It's immigrants on the surface, and queer people incidentally today. Tomorrow it's you.
If a woman isn't interested in them, she's a 'fucking bitch' who becomes disposable at best and in need of violent 'correction' at worst.
It's immigrants on the surface, and queer people incidentally today. Tomorrow it's you.
“When I was in the cell, I overheard a woman asking to call her girlfriend, and I started crying because I just thought of Renee, and I thought of my girlfriend and this girl. And I was like, ‘Why are so many lesbians being fucked up by ICE right now?’”
Queer trans ICE protester in small Minn. city recounts agents' violence and humiliation
Alice Valentine of St. Cloud was pepper sprayed and jailed by ICE for trying to protect immigrant neighbors.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 16, 2026 at 7:28 PM
There is a clear undercurrent of violence against queer women from ICE.
If a woman isn't interested in them, she's a 'fucking bitch' who becomes disposable at best and in need of violent 'correction' at worst.
It's immigrants on the surface, and queer people incidentally today. Tomorrow it's you.
If a woman isn't interested in them, she's a 'fucking bitch' who becomes disposable at best and in need of violent 'correction' at worst.
It's immigrants on the surface, and queer people incidentally today. Tomorrow it's you.
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One of the most egregious wastes of taxpayer money in US history. Basically, burning your cash and then smearing the ash on your forehead.
Estimates on the cost to implement the Department of War name change range from $10 million to $125 million, but it could rise to "hundreds of millions," the CBO said this week.
Department of War rebrand could cost from $10 million to ‘hundreds of millions,’ CBO says
The final figure would likely hinge on the extent of replacement for signs, letterhead, name plates and digital coding related to many websites.
www.stripes.com
January 16, 2026 at 6:34 PM
One of the most egregious wastes of taxpayer money in US history. Basically, burning your cash and then smearing the ash on your forehead.
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YES.
Also when you realize this you will realize how many non-autistic people view empathy as a weakness and how toxic that is to community and society.
Also when you realize this you will realize how many non-autistic people view empathy as a weakness and how toxic that is to community and society.
No, autistics do not “lack empathy”: “Where researchers had assumed impairment, they found autistic people applying moral principles more consistently—even to strangers, even when costly.” By Ludmila Pradlova.
**This includes non-speakers &/or peeps w/ID**
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/posi...
**This includes non-speakers &/or peeps w/ID**
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/posi...
What the World Got Wrong About Autistic People
For decades, autism research compared autistic people to animals, denied them moral sensitivity, and assumed autistic traits made them miserable. All wrong.
www.psychologytoday.com
January 16, 2026 at 5:39 PM
YES.
Also when you realize this you will realize how many non-autistic people view empathy as a weakness and how toxic that is to community and society.
Also when you realize this you will realize how many non-autistic people view empathy as a weakness and how toxic that is to community and society.
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More on Heated Rivalry and representation: The autistic character is "informed by a genuine love and understanding of real-life autistic people [and] diverges from that usual autistic archetype in a number of meaningful and refreshing ways." By @fodderfigure.bsky.social:
time.com/7344379/heat...
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'Heated Rivalry' Handles Autism With Love, Care, And A Touch Of Awkwardness
The runaway hit hockey romance gives us a different kind of autistic character, one created by an author and an actor with their own personal investment.
time.com
January 10, 2026 at 3:38 PM
More on Heated Rivalry and representation: The autistic character is "informed by a genuine love and understanding of real-life autistic people [and] diverges from that usual autistic archetype in a number of meaningful and refreshing ways." By @fodderfigure.bsky.social:
time.com/7344379/heat...
time.com/7344379/heat...
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This 57% negative view of ICE is almost exact inversion of a 1970 Gallup poll: 58% blamed the students for the killlings at Kent State. Only 11% blamed the National Guard (and 31% had “no opinion”). The world is dfferent yes, but we start from a new place.www.kentguardvoices1970.com/the-shooting...
January 16, 2026 at 3:44 PM
This 57% negative view of ICE is almost exact inversion of a 1970 Gallup poll: 58% blamed the students for the killlings at Kent State. Only 11% blamed the National Guard (and 31% had “no opinion”). The world is dfferent yes, but we start from a new place.www.kentguardvoices1970.com/the-shooting...
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Thinking about this now in the context of the various kinds of disinformation in the U.S. at the moment. The overall message of the discussion (assuming I’m summarizing it correctly) is that what we believe is less about rationally weighing evidence and more about how we identify and who we trust.
ICYMI: I sat down with political scientist @samuel-bagg.bsky.social to discuss the crisis in our information environment and its roots in social identity.
The cure for misinformation is not more information or smarter news consumers
Political scientist Samuel Bagg explains why social identity is at the root of the misinformation crisis -- which calls for something deeper than factchecking.
www.volts.wtf
January 16, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Thinking about this now in the context of the various kinds of disinformation in the U.S. at the moment. The overall message of the discussion (assuming I’m summarizing it correctly) is that what we believe is less about rationally weighing evidence and more about how we identify and who we trust.