Dr. Jenny Alexander
@drjennya.bsky.social
Lectures in Media & Politics UK (views own not employer's). Teaches Enviro Comms. Born 325ppm CO2, Loves human-created art > AI, LGB w the T 🏳️🌈
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Marimar Martinez, shot 5 times by Border Patrol in Chicago, speaks out after Renee Good, Alex Pretti deaths
'I am their voice'
NEW w/ @adrianacardmag.bsky.social: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
'I am their voice'
NEW w/ @adrianacardmag.bsky.social: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Marimar Martinez, shot by Border Patrol in Chicago, speaks out after Good, Pretti deaths: 'I am their voice'
In a wide-ranging interview with the Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ, Martinez discusses her shooting, the federal government’s failed attempt to prosecute her and the role she now sees for herself in a fi...
chicago.suntimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Marimar Martinez, shot 5 times by Border Patrol in Chicago, speaks out after Renee Good, Alex Pretti deaths
'I am their voice'
NEW w/ @adrianacardmag.bsky.social: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
'I am their voice'
NEW w/ @adrianacardmag.bsky.social: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Yet no (new) perpetrators names were included... selective incompetence looks a whole lot like malicious compliance
“A review of 47 victims’ full names on Sunday found that 43 of them were left unredacted in files that were made public by the government on Friday, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis. Several women’s full names appeared more than 100 times in the files. “
www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
Exclusive | Epstein Files Release Exposes Names of at Least 43 Victims, WSJ Review Finds
The Justice Department was required to redact all victims’ names prior to releasing the files.
www.wsj.com
February 2, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Yet no (new) perpetrators names were included... selective incompetence looks a whole lot like malicious compliance
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BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
www.propublica.org
February 1, 2026 at 9:10 PM
BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
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Samara Joy is wearing an ICE out pin to the Grammys
"to speak out for those who can't"
"to speak out for those who can't"
February 1, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Samara Joy is wearing an ICE out pin to the Grammys
"to speak out for those who can't"
"to speak out for those who can't"
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Bon Iver says he is wearing a whistle at the Grammys
to honour the peaceful observers in Minneapolis
to honour the peaceful observers in Minneapolis
February 1, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Bon Iver says he is wearing a whistle at the Grammys
to honour the peaceful observers in Minneapolis
to honour the peaceful observers in Minneapolis
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Love this one with the great Joan Baez and Jesse Welles
Rise Up - protest songs from now & before; a mixtape with lyrics
1. No Kings
No hatred, no violence, no starvation, and no greed
And no kings
no kings
no kings
No lies, no bullets, no bombs, and no need
And no kings
no kings
no kings
1. No Kings
No hatred, no violence, no starvation, and no greed
And no kings
no kings
no kings
No lies, no bullets, no bombs, and no need
And no kings
no kings
no kings
No Kings (feat. Joan Baez)
YouTube video by Jesse Welles - Topic
www.youtube.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Love this one with the great Joan Baez and Jesse Welles
Jesse Welles on point
🎵 If you're lackin' control & authority
Come with me & hunt down minorities
Join ICE
I got picked on at school, I never felt that cool
There's a hole in my soul that just a-rages
All the ladies turned me down, & I felt like a clown
But will you look at me now, I'm puttin' folks in cages
Join ICE 🎵
Come with me & hunt down minorities
Join ICE
I got picked on at school, I never felt that cool
There's a hole in my soul that just a-rages
All the ladies turned me down, & I felt like a clown
But will you look at me now, I'm puttin' folks in cages
Join ICE 🎵
January 29, 2026 at 1:56 AM
Jesse Welles on point
Beautiful...
January 29, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Beautiful...
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In addition to Bruce Springsteen, Billy Bragg has released a new song today, in support of Minneapolis.
youtu.be/IKOW2ZikGW8?...
youtu.be/IKOW2ZikGW8?...
BILLY BRAGG - CITY OF HEROES
YouTube video by Billy Bragg
youtu.be
January 29, 2026 at 12:11 AM
In addition to Bruce Springsteen, Billy Bragg has released a new song today, in support of Minneapolis.
youtu.be/IKOW2ZikGW8?...
youtu.be/IKOW2ZikGW8?...
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
New genre drop - the bribe-u-mentary...
Amazon’s MGM studios spent tens of millions, but the documentary is projected to make just $1M in its first week.
This comes as a new report from Rolling Stone details serious labor issues and two-thirds of the film’s staff requesting not to be credited at the end of the film. trib.al/Clr03cD
This comes as a new report from Rolling Stone details serious labor issues and two-thirds of the film’s staff requesting not to be credited at the end of the film. trib.al/Clr03cD
Melania Documentary Flops as Crew Reveals Behind-the-Scenes Chaos
The first lady’s documentary was a mess in production—and now it’s struggling at the box office.
trib.al
January 27, 2026 at 11:36 PM
New genre drop - the bribe-u-mentary...
Under fascism, "law and order" doesn't mean justice, it means the regime's violent imposition of who is considered a legitimate person and who is not (Jason Stanley's How Fascism Works, 2018)
Related:
Judges Are Begging The Public To Take Trump’s Attacks On Them Seriously | HuffPost
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Judges Are Begging The Public To Take Trump’s Attacks On Them Seriously | HuffPost
www-huffpost-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.huff...
January 27, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Under fascism, "law and order" doesn't mean justice, it means the regime's violent imposition of who is considered a legitimate person and who is not (Jason Stanley's How Fascism Works, 2018)
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The congresswoman LaMonica McIver arrived at Delaney Hall, a federal immigration jail in Newark, on May 9th. She was joining two other New Jersey Democrats—Bonnie Watson Coleman and Robert Menendez, Jr.—to tour the facility.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The Congresswoman Criminalized for Visiting ICE Detainees
LaMonica McIver went to tour an immigration jail in her district. Now she faces seventeen years in prison.
www.newyorker.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:04 PM
The congresswoman LaMonica McIver arrived at Delaney Hall, a federal immigration jail in Newark, on May 9th. She was joining two other New Jersey Democrats—Bonnie Watson Coleman and Robert Menendez, Jr.—to tour the facility.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
"The British FBI"?! Crack Labour Govt Comms Team at it again I see. Have you taken a look at what Kash Patel's FBI is up to right now? www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/m...
January 26, 2026 at 7:40 PM
"The British FBI"?! Crack Labour Govt Comms Team at it again I see. Have you taken a look at what Kash Patel's FBI is up to right now? www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/m...
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What did people think was going to happen? I draw your attention again to this excellent reporting by @drewharwell.com in which I was interviewed on the change in ownership of TikTok as a power grab bsky.app/profile/wash...
#TikTok has begun censoring anti-Trump and anti-Ice content
January 26, 2026 at 11:23 AM
What did people think was going to happen? I draw your attention again to this excellent reporting by @drewharwell.com in which I was interviewed on the change in ownership of TikTok as a power grab bsky.app/profile/wash...
Excellent piece on the relationship between AI and authoritarianism
I watched a bunch of AI sessions at the WEF so you wouldn’t have to.
But you should read this.
But you should read this.
"You have to use it. You have to trust it.": Forced Adoption of AI is The Subtext of Davos
Authoritarianism is the AI Bailout; But If AI Doesn't Need a Bailout, Does it Need Authoritarianism?
theamericanvandal.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Excellent piece on the relationship between AI and authoritarianism
Truly impressive and inspiring community organising <3
Neighborhood watch is taking on a new form in Minneapolis and other cities under occupation by federal immigration agents: ICE Watch.
These folks, who're tailing federal agents as they make arrests, are passionate, determined, and just about everywhere—and ICE is getting frustrated.
These folks, who're tailing federal agents as they make arrests, are passionate, determined, and just about everywhere—and ICE is getting frustrated.
Meet the Minneapolis neighbors standing up to ICE by the thousands
Local resistance is "growing exponentially," says Defend the 612's Andrew Fahlstrom.
www.motherjones.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:59 AM
Truly impressive and inspiring community organising <3
That is the lesson - a party who promises to punish an internal enemy never stops with *just* the people *you* want in the meatgrinder, because they BECOME a meatgrinder, and require an unending supply of meat
Incredible quote here from a Somali small business owner in Minneapolis who voted for Trump. minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/19/a...
January 20, 2026 at 10:08 PM
That is the lesson - a party who promises to punish an internal enemy never stops with *just* the people *you* want in the meatgrinder, because they BECOME a meatgrinder, and require an unending supply of meat
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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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"I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace"
January 19, 2026 at 7:00 PM
"I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace"
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COW TOOLS COW TOOLS COW TOOLS
Back-scratching bovine leads scientists to reassess intelligence of cows
Brown Swiss in Austria has been discovered using tools in multiple ways – something only ever seen in humans and chimpanzees
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:06 PM
COW TOOLS COW TOOLS COW TOOLS
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Not for the first time, it looks like Channel 4 just handed the keys to their socials to an evil genius:
January 19, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Not for the first time, it looks like Channel 4 just handed the keys to their socials to an evil genius: