Evan Berry
@ecothought.bsky.social
Settler on Akimel O’odham and Pee Posh territory. Sunny, but grumpy at the same time. Academic interests: environmental humanities, religion and climate change, petroculture, religious studies in public higher education, human rights
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This is infanticide
Congressman Castro says that Juan Nicolás’ 16-month-old sister was deported too. The family was given the $190 left in their commissary when they were “abandoned across the border.”
thebarbedwire.com/2026/02/17/2...
thebarbedwire.com/2026/02/17/2...
2-Month-Old Baby Juan Nicolás & His Mother Were ‘Abandoned Across the Border’ Hours After He Was Hospitalized With Bronchitis, Castro Says
“His life is in danger,” Congressman Castro said Tuesday about the baby.
thebarbedwire.com
February 18, 2026 at 3:42 AM
This is infanticide
Extrajudicial killings of non-combatants in the waters off Venezuela and Colombia continue apace.
ICE illegal use of force against immigrants and observers continues apace.
Threats to steal Greenland continue apace.
Protecting the powerful people named in the Epstein files continue apace.
ICE illegal use of force against immigrants and observers continues apace.
Threats to steal Greenland continue apace.
Protecting the powerful people named in the Epstein files continue apace.
February 17, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Extrajudicial killings of non-combatants in the waters off Venezuela and Colombia continue apace.
ICE illegal use of force against immigrants and observers continues apace.
Threats to steal Greenland continue apace.
Protecting the powerful people named in the Epstein files continue apace.
ICE illegal use of force against immigrants and observers continues apace.
Threats to steal Greenland continue apace.
Protecting the powerful people named in the Epstein files continue apace.
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“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
February 17, 2026 at 7:31 PM
“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
My parents canvases for Jackson in the ‘88 primaries. Still have the t-shirt somewhere. It means a lot to grow up in a family where you know your elders are actively trying to build justice. Jesse Jackson made that work easier and clearer for a lot of Americans.
February 17, 2026 at 1:51 PM
My parents canvases for Jackson in the ‘88 primaries. Still have the t-shirt somewhere. It means a lot to grow up in a family where you know your elders are actively trying to build justice. Jesse Jackson made that work easier and clearer for a lot of Americans.
Great thread. It’s really important to be speaking publicly about the role that religious studies plays in facilitating democratic, pluralistic public dialogue about religion and religious difference.
India does not have the academic study of religion. IMO, this is part of the reason why modi’s Hindu nationalist regime gained control of India
the concept of religion is a western construct that doesn’t “fit” non-Abrahamic traditions. Many Hindus say Hinduism is not a religion but a way of life. 🧵
the concept of religion is a western construct that doesn’t “fit” non-Abrahamic traditions. Many Hindus say Hinduism is not a religion but a way of life. 🧵
If it is not clear, they are arresting Black activists & journalists b/c they can’t deport them legally & state terror can serve a dual purpose of chilling dissent & labeling Black folks as rioters (read-anti nationals)./1
A 🧵 showing how this worked in India from 2014-2019.
A 🧵 showing how this worked in India from 2014-2019.
February 16, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Great thread. It’s really important to be speaking publicly about the role that religious studies plays in facilitating democratic, pluralistic public dialogue about religion and religious difference.
Universities should reconsider whether the giant plagiarism machine is worth the cost
Totalitarianism, plain and simple.
Death of whistleblower tied to Trump associate raises concerns about foul play
A whistleblower is dead, and it is making heads turn to look at top tech bros.Sam Altman, the new pal of President Donald Trump, is facing a campaign from the mother of former employee Suchir Balaji, ...
www.alternet.org
February 16, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Universities should reconsider whether the giant plagiarism machine is worth the cost
Historians estimate that approximately 15% of enslaved people brought to the Americas were Muslim, and even more practiced traditional African religions. The civilization they helped build was always religiously plural.
The Rubio speech really is appalling, and if you haven’t read it yet, you should.
www.state.gov/releases/off...
www.state.gov/releases/off...
February 15, 2026 at 3:47 AM
Historians estimate that approximately 15% of enslaved people brought to the Americas were Muslim, and even more practiced traditional African religions. The civilization they helped build was always religiously plural.
I taught at American University for 10 years, in an MA program in “Ethics, Peace, and Global Affairs.” Some of the best students were officers in the Armed Forces, taking advantage of DOD education benefits. A real loss for schools, but an even bigger loss for those in the service.
On the military blacklist for education benefits:
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American University
Boston College
Boston University
Brown University
Camegie Mellon University
Case Wester Reserve University
Columbia University
College of William and Mary
Cornell University
Duke University
Emory University
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American University
Boston College
Boston University
Brown University
Camegie Mellon University
Case Wester Reserve University
Columbia University
College of William and Mary
Cornell University
Duke University
Emory University
The US DOD has just blacklisted military personnel from taking courses at most of America's top universities and specialist tech and medicine schools, including Harvard, Yale, MIT and Johns Hopkins. Somehow I don't see the PLA making this kind of unforced error.
February 14, 2026 at 8:01 PM
I taught at American University for 10 years, in an MA program in “Ethics, Peace, and Global Affairs.” Some of the best students were officers in the Armed Forces, taking advantage of DOD education benefits. A real loss for schools, but an even bigger loss for those in the service.
Big win for organized faculties!
This is a genuinely huge, sweeping victory today for the University of California—or rather, for us, its faculty, acting through our faculty associations, while the UC itself maintained a strict policy of deer-in-headlights silence.
The Trump admin has given up its appeal of a powerful injunction:
The Trump admin has given up its appeal of a powerful injunction:
Trump administration drops appeal of court order blocking $1.2-billion UCLA settlement
The Trump administration dropped its appeal of a major higher education case in which a federal judge blocked its $1.2-billion settlement proposal to UCLA over alleged civil rights violations. It will...
www.latimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Big win for organized faculties!
Wasn’t the idea that immigrants drain government resources?
Palantir, Deloitte, and the private prison giant GEO Group took in more than $22 billion from ICE and CBP last year. Behind the spreadsheets and contracts, there's a quieter truth: someone is getting rich from cages, borders, and human pain. Profit has always been fluent in the language of cruelty.
Companies reap $22bn from Trump’s immigration crackdown
Palantir and Deloitte among beneficiaries of spending by government agencies
www.ft.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Wasn’t the idea that immigrants drain government resources?
We are about to do a lot of endangerment finding
“How can you go from science which was very, very strong in 2009 and is only stronger now in 2026 to saying science isn't strong enough to support it. You cannot. That's not a scientific judgment. That's a political judgment.” My statement in Time.
time.com/7377810/trum...
time.com/7377810/trum...
The History of the Endangerment Finding
The Trump Administration has repealed the landmark scientific finding that provides a legal basis for tackling climate change.
time.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:52 AM
We are about to do a lot of endangerment finding
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easy slogan for the next democratic presidential candidate is “i will reform the corrupt supreme court and repeal citizens united”
“When Citizens United was decided in 2010, billionaires had spent $18 million on the 2000 election, $13M 2004 and $16M in 2008. Then came the deluge. In 2012 it was $231M, and nearly doubled again in next three election cycles —to $682M in 2016, $1.2 billion in 2020 and $2.6 billion in 2024.” Gift:
Opinion | Affordability and the ‘Epstein Class’ Will Define American Politics
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:26 AM
easy slogan for the next democratic presidential candidate is “i will reform the corrupt supreme court and repeal citizens united”
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This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — NBC News
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
apple.news
February 12, 2026 at 2:26 AM
This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.
Lysistrata is the fastest pathway out of fascism
young women: I will not date anyone that supports a Republican.
young men: I've seen enough.
young men: I've seen enough.
February 12, 2026 at 1:44 AM
Lysistrata is the fastest pathway out of fascism
“Whatever questions arise from her history in Florida” is an unexploded ordinance that I cannot believe is just laying around in the cratered battlefield that is US politics.
AOC: We all saw the performance Bondi had. She was screaming and crashing, and I think it’s because she knows she is implicated in a massive cover-up to protect a ring of pedophiles through:
February 12, 2026 at 12:36 AM
“Whatever questions arise from her history in Florida” is an unexploded ordinance that I cannot believe is just laying around in the cratered battlefield that is US politics.
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DC statehood yesterday
Congressional Republicans are going to deprive D.C. of $700 million in revenue and repeal a local program projected to reduce child poverty by 20 percent, solely to spite District residents and make us suffer. They’re also throwing our tax filing into utter chaos. This is a disaster.
February 11, 2026 at 11:16 PM
DC statehood yesterday
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This is El Paso, where the airspace has been shut down without explanation for ten days btw
We have received numerous credible reports of torture, killing, and inhumane treatment of detained individuals at the Camp East Montana migrant detention facility, located within Fort Bliss. #txlege
February 11, 2026 at 1:20 PM
This is El Paso, where the airspace has been shut down without explanation for ten days btw
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Sometimes I remember Reagan removing Jimmy Carter’s solar panels and I think we’ve been enduring this shit for way too many years.
February 11, 2026 at 6:25 AM
Sometimes I remember Reagan removing Jimmy Carter’s solar panels and I think we’ve been enduring this shit for way too many years.
Religion powers violence, and religion powers peace. Religion justifies injustice, and religion cries out against injustice. Watch it move through the world.
The monks are part of a 2,300-mile pilgrimage for peace from a Buddhist temple in Fort Worth, Texas, across nine states to Washington DC
I drove hours to see the monks walking for peace. Five minutes with them was the gift of a lifetime
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Religion powers violence, and religion powers peace. Religion justifies injustice, and religion cries out against injustice. Watch it move through the world.
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Make the calls TODAY!
“The SAVE Act will require voters to show proof of citizenship in order to register to vote in federal elections…”
“Only half of Americans hold a valid passport…Birth certificates are also problematic for many married women [whose] name may be different than the name on her birth certificate.”
“Only half of Americans hold a valid passport…Birth certificates are also problematic for many married women [whose] name may be different than the name on her birth certificate.”
February 10, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Make the calls TODAY!
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February 10, 2026 at 3:05 AM
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The City of Phoenix needs to do more protect its community from ICE brutality. We have seen our community being attacked w/chemical weapons, neighbors disappeared, and terrorized by unknown masked men, in military gear with weapons! Making people afraid to leave their homes. #iceout #phoenix
February 8, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Maybe the most DPRK phraseology I’ve ever seen in a USG communique
February 10, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Maybe the most DPRK phraseology I’ve ever seen in a USG communique
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Next time somebody tries to get me to justify the existence of the humanities, I’ll just point out how for the past two Super Bowls we’ve all jumped online and engaged in collective semiotics and hermeneutics of the half-time show as text.
February 9, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Next time somebody tries to get me to justify the existence of the humanities, I’ll just point out how for the past two Super Bowls we’ve all jumped online and engaged in collective semiotics and hermeneutics of the half-time show as text.