Derek Nystrom
@dereknystrom.bsky.social
Indolence capable of energies. I teach and write about various things, mostly stuff on screens. McGill, English. He/him.
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It does really hit you that American artists of color continue to make these aesthetically incredible, thematically rich works of art and the white supremacists that rule this country are just complete dullards
February 9, 2026 at 3:55 AM
It does really hit you that American artists of color continue to make these aesthetically incredible, thematically rich works of art and the white supremacists that rule this country are just complete dullards
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america could be such a cool fucking place if we’d just let it be
February 9, 2026 at 1:32 AM
america could be such a cool fucking place if we’d just let it be
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We’re just not a free country.
Any American watching this play out between regime forces and journalists overseas would recognize it for what it is.
Any American watching this play out between regime forces and journalists overseas would recognize it for what it is.
January 29, 2026 at 5:49 AM
We’re just not a free country.
Any American watching this play out between regime forces and journalists overseas would recognize it for what it is.
Any American watching this play out between regime forces and journalists overseas would recognize it for what it is.
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brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
January 27, 2026 at 12:22 AM
brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
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Worth noting that one reason you’re benefitting so fully from the Star-Tribune’s timely, extensive coverage of unfolding events is that it’s a metro newspaper that hasn’t been systematically starved to further enrich shareholders and executives.
January 24, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Worth noting that one reason you’re benefitting so fully from the Star-Tribune’s timely, extensive coverage of unfolding events is that it’s a metro newspaper that hasn’t been systematically starved to further enrich shareholders and executives.
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It seems clear Alex Pretti, a healthcare worker, was murdered for engaging in the exact kind of community care we hope all care workers to embody: the kind that doesn’t stop at the threshold of the hospital, the clinic, but that aims to care for and support the community where and how they can
January 24, 2026 at 7:05 PM
It seems clear Alex Pretti, a healthcare worker, was murdered for engaging in the exact kind of community care we hope all care workers to embody: the kind that doesn’t stop at the threshold of the hospital, the clinic, but that aims to care for and support the community where and how they can
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Yall outside of MN need to know that observers are STILL out protecting their neighbors. Right now. They know the news and they’re still out there.
January 24, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Yall outside of MN need to know that observers are STILL out protecting their neighbors. Right now. They know the news and they’re still out there.
So great that they got the Grain Belt bridge sign in the shot.
January 24, 2026 at 3:52 AM
So great that they got the Grain Belt bridge sign in the shot.
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On a downtown street in Minneapolis, as people stream out from the massive march, Mary Tyler Moore says “fuck ice.”
January 23, 2026 at 10:29 PM
On a downtown street in Minneapolis, as people stream out from the massive march, Mary Tyler Moore says “fuck ice.”
"They were detained but acting as first responders to the man who had detained them." ...
'I was hit so hard with the fact that this man would not do this for me, [Amundson] said. ...
'We were willing to do for this man, this human, what they were not willing to do for Renee Good,' Zemien said."
'I was hit so hard with the fact that this man would not do this for me, [Amundson] said. ...
'We were willing to do for this man, this human, what they were not willing to do for Renee Good,' Zemien said."
Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed.
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
Detained by ICE, two women became first responders during agent’s seizure
The women say they guided agents through the emergency, later raising concerns about medical protocols, weapons safety and accountability.
www.startribune.com
January 24, 2026 at 2:49 AM
"They were detained but acting as first responders to the man who had detained them." ...
'I was hit so hard with the fact that this man would not do this for me, [Amundson] said. ...
'We were willing to do for this man, this human, what they were not willing to do for Renee Good,' Zemien said."
'I was hit so hard with the fact that this man would not do this for me, [Amundson] said. ...
'We were willing to do for this man, this human, what they were not willing to do for Renee Good,' Zemien said."
Man, my hometown looks fucking beautiful.
This is the scene in downtown Minneapolis this afternoon, where thousands of people have braved -25F wind chills to protest ICE operations in Minnesota.
More: https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/a-sea-of-people-thousands-turn-out-for-anti-ice-march-in-downtown-minneapolis
Pic: Mike Auger
More: https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/a-sea-of-people-thousands-turn-out-for-anti-ice-march-in-downtown-minneapolis
Pic: Mike Auger
January 23, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Man, my hometown looks fucking beautiful.
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It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
January 23, 2026 at 8:16 PM
It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
An excellent thread.
I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
January 22, 2026 at 4:53 AM
An excellent thread.
It is embarrassing that I had not seen this until last night, but good golly, what an absolutely delightful, cockeyed movie. I can't think of another film with its kind of comic sensibility.
January 17, 2026 at 4:10 PM
It is embarrassing that I had not seen this until last night, but good golly, what an absolutely delightful, cockeyed movie. I can't think of another film with its kind of comic sensibility.
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pulling this reflection on white silence/fear over here, too:
January 15, 2026 at 4:41 PM
pulling this reflection on white silence/fear over here, too:
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Not helping someone who got stuck in snow or ice is the Minnesota equivalent of taking a shit on their car hood.
This morning in Minneapolis, an ICE vehicle got stuck on an icy hill in a residential neighborhood. Agents had to push the vehicles out, some almost slipping in the ice themselves.
January 9, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Not helping someone who got stuck in snow or ice is the Minnesota equivalent of taking a shit on their car hood.
This is an excellent and terrifying essay.
I wasn’t sure they were going to publish this. So good for them.
The ‘Crisis of the Humanities’ Is Over. That’s Not a Good Thing.
All of higher ed now suffers the attacks of politics and technology.
www.chronicle.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:01 PM
This is an excellent and terrifying essay.
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they’re abducting our neighbors and putting them in concentration camps and they’ll shoot you in the fucking face if you don’t cheer them on while they’re doing it.
January 7, 2026 at 6:08 PM
they’re abducting our neighbors and putting them in concentration camps and they’ll shoot you in the fucking face if you don’t cheer them on while they’re doing it.
I am enjoying the latest Knives Out, but it's 144 minutes? I fear that young people will grow up thinking that 90 minutes is not an appropriate length for movies--only for individual episodes of a limited series British police procedural.
December 27, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I am enjoying the latest Knives Out, but it's 144 minutes? I fear that young people will grow up thinking that 90 minutes is not an appropriate length for movies--only for individual episodes of a limited series British police procedural.
Anyone else have a song that you absolutely love even though you are unhappy with every existing recorded version of it? For me, it is Grant Hart's "2541." A transcendently beautiful song that suffers from echo-y production on the original single & a noisy, jittery performance on the album.
November 22, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Anyone else have a song that you absolutely love even though you are unhappy with every existing recorded version of it? For me, it is Grant Hart's "2541." A transcendently beautiful song that suffers from echo-y production on the original single & a noisy, jittery performance on the album.
Happy 1985: The Miracle Year to all who celebrate!
November 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Happy 1985: The Miracle Year to all who celebrate!
I appreciate the drama and everything, but come on man…
November 2, 2025 at 3:40 AM
I appreciate the drama and everything, but come on man…
Only 15 minutes in to the new season of The Diplomat and already being reminded that it seems designed to hit every pleasure center in my brain.
October 26, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Only 15 minutes in to the new season of The Diplomat and already being reminded that it seems designed to hit every pleasure center in my brain.