Diane Josefowicz
@dianejosefowicz.bsky.social
novelist, historian, amateur hoofer
www.dianejosefowicz.com | GUARDIANS & SAINTS out now from @cornerstonepress | THE GREAT HOUSES OF PILL HILL coming in May 2026 from @sohopress
www.dianejosefowicz.com | GUARDIANS & SAINTS out now from @cornerstonepress | THE GREAT HOUSES OF PILL HILL coming in May 2026 from @sohopress
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HEY NEW YORK: Whatcha doing on Saturday, Jan 31?
HEY NEW YORK: Whatcha doing on Saturday, Jan 31?
January 19, 2026 at 1:11 AM
HEY NEW YORK: Whatcha doing on Saturday, Jan 31?
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where are you taking our neighbors? where are you taking our beloved friends? where are you taking our precious strangers?
January 18, 2026 at 5:02 PM
where are you taking our neighbors? where are you taking our beloved friends? where are you taking our precious strangers?
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More than 200,000 Danish citizens have signed a petition to buy California as a response to Trump’s attempt to take Greenland.
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
January 17, 2026 at 5:36 PM
More than 200,000 Danish citizens have signed a petition to buy California as a response to Trump’s attempt to take Greenland.
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
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Now we go live to antifa headquarters in Minnesota
January 18, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Now we go live to antifa headquarters in Minnesota
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Want to help out in Minneapolis" CANMN are looking to raise $10k. They do mutual aid distributions and have since 2020:
www.canmn.org/donate
www.canmn.org/donate
Donate Funds — Community Aid Network MN
www.canmn.org
January 18, 2026 at 3:38 AM
Want to help out in Minneapolis" CANMN are looking to raise $10k. They do mutual aid distributions and have since 2020:
www.canmn.org/donate
www.canmn.org/donate
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For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping.
Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.
www.ms.now
January 16, 2026 at 6:55 PM
For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
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Feed: "The Providence Eye"
By: Diane Josefowicz on Wednesday, April 30, 2025
By: Diane Josefowicz on Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Kirstin Allio Wants You to Wake Up
Double-Check for Sleeping Children is Providence writer Kirstin Allio’s second volume of short stories and her fourth book. It might also be her best. In twenty lyrical short stories of [...]
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May 1, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Feed: "The Providence Eye"
By: Diane Josefowicz on Wednesday, April 30, 2025
By: Diane Josefowicz on Wednesday, April 30, 2025
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Clare Youngs, contemporary graphic designer and artist who works with collage, paper and fabric #WomensArt
January 17, 2026 at 5:58 AM
Clare Youngs, contemporary graphic designer and artist who works with collage, paper and fabric #WomensArt
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Blue Green Yellow Orange Red by Ellsworth Kelly, 1966
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137719
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137719
January 17, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Blue Green Yellow Orange Red by Ellsworth Kelly, 1966
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137719
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137719
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NEWS: A federal judge found that ICE had repeatedly retaliated against peaceful protesters in unconstitutional ways — and barred agents involved in Minnesota's "Operation Metro Surge" from using similar tactics and force.
w/ @joshgerstein @hassankanu
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
w/ @joshgerstein @hassankanu
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
January 17, 2026 at 1:55 AM
NEWS: A federal judge found that ICE had repeatedly retaliated against peaceful protesters in unconstitutional ways — and barred agents involved in Minnesota's "Operation Metro Surge" from using similar tactics and force.
w/ @joshgerstein @hassankanu
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
w/ @joshgerstein @hassankanu
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
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A federal judge bars DHS and ICE agents in Minneapolis from using "pepper-spray or similar nonlethal munitions and crowd dispersal tools" against peaceful protesters. Federal agents there now also cannot stop vehicles that are following them at a safe distance. storage.courtlistener.com/rec...
storage.courtlistener.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:01 AM
A federal judge bars DHS and ICE agents in Minneapolis from using "pepper-spray or similar nonlethal munitions and crowd dispersal tools" against peaceful protesters. Federal agents there now also cannot stop vehicles that are following them at a safe distance. storage.courtlistener.com/rec...
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next reporter who interviews stephen miller should ask him point blank if his goal in minneapolis is to kill more americans
January 17, 2026 at 2:18 AM
next reporter who interviews stephen miller should ask him point blank if his goal in minneapolis is to kill more americans
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Signing off with a sleeping cat, drawn by Federico Barocci. Italy c. 1600. Today has been his day.
January 17, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Signing off with a sleeping cat, drawn by Federico Barocci. Italy c. 1600. Today has been his day.
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This is your reminder that Hungarian-Jewish scientist George de Hevesy dissolved two Nobel Prizes in aqua regia to keep them out of the hands of the Nazis.
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
January 16, 2026 at 4:14 AM
This is your reminder that Hungarian-Jewish scientist George de Hevesy dissolved two Nobel Prizes in aqua regia to keep them out of the hands of the Nazis.
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
Also excellent 👇
January 16, 2026 at 3:35 AM
Also excellent 👇
Legend. Absolutely boss.
January 16, 2026 at 3:35 AM
Legend. Absolutely boss.
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🚨WHOA. The El Paso Medical Examiner says it will rule the death of a 55-year-old Cuban man at ICE's "Camp East Montana" tent camp as a homicide.
He was allegedly choked to death by a guard during a "struggle" after he refused to enter a housing unit without his medications.
He was allegedly choked to death by a guard during a "struggle" after he refused to enter a housing unit without his medications.
January 15, 2026 at 11:03 PM
🚨WHOA. The El Paso Medical Examiner says it will rule the death of a 55-year-old Cuban man at ICE's "Camp East Montana" tent camp as a homicide.
He was allegedly choked to death by a guard during a "struggle" after he refused to enter a housing unit without his medications.
He was allegedly choked to death by a guard during a "struggle" after he refused to enter a housing unit without his medications.
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BREAKING: Medical examiner says death of ICE detainee was a HOMICIDE - a witness says he was choked to death by GUARDS. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording says
A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being choked to death by guards at the ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:09 PM
BREAKING: Medical examiner says death of ICE detainee was a HOMICIDE - a witness says he was choked to death by GUARDS. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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New poll from Navigator also with an incredible result; the largest drop in support for ICE since June was actually among *Republicans*, 25% of which now say they have an unfavorable opinion of the agency.
January 15, 2026 at 10:31 PM
New poll from Navigator also with an incredible result; the largest drop in support for ICE since June was actually among *Republicans*, 25% of which now say they have an unfavorable opinion of the agency.
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I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
January 16, 2026 at 12:17 AM
I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
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The Dave Matthews tour bus has parked on a bridge high above a unit of ICE officers
January 16, 2026 at 12:38 AM
The Dave Matthews tour bus has parked on a bridge high above a unit of ICE officers
😂
The Nobel Prize museum in Oslo subtweeting the fuck out of Trump today.
January 16, 2026 at 3:25 AM
😂
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If you won’t hear me, hear Jamelle Bouie. He’s right: the ICE operation in Minnesota reads as panic. After Renee Good was killed, the White House escalated force instead of accountability. That choice isn’t strength. It’s fear. And it’s why they’re losing the political fight.
TY @jamellebouie.net
TY @jamellebouie.net
January 15, 2026 at 11:02 PM
If you won’t hear me, hear Jamelle Bouie. He’s right: the ICE operation in Minnesota reads as panic. After Renee Good was killed, the White House escalated force instead of accountability. That choice isn’t strength. It’s fear. And it’s why they’re losing the political fight.
TY @jamellebouie.net
TY @jamellebouie.net
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I am driving back home from a family visit with my husband and we got stuck in rush hour traffic, so I used the time to call all my reps to say that I want them to abolish ICE, yes, abolish it, I did not stutter.
January 16, 2026 at 1:52 AM
I am driving back home from a family visit with my husband and we got stuck in rush hour traffic, so I used the time to call all my reps to say that I want them to abolish ICE, yes, abolish it, I did not stutter.