Jay Edidin
@edidin.bsky.social
writer, anticarceral policy cryptid, knitter, comics-industry semi-expat, parent to small human, pirate king of the moon. queer, trans, brain wired weird. kind to reptiles. he/him. https://linktr.ee/edidin LOOKING FOR WORK.
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Jay Edidin
@edidin.bsky.social
· Aug 28
when i say that i'm an abolitionist, i am talking primarily about state violence including policing and incarceration; but i'm also very down for getting rid of grammar police and horny jail
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I can't believe I thought of making this book two weeks ago and now I'm holding it in my hand. My brain holds so much cheese knowledge. If you'd like to learn about cheese as guided by me, an experience cheesemonger of 13+ years, you can order it here: www.rosalarian.com/product-page...
January 17, 2026 at 10:17 PM
I can't believe I thought of making this book two weeks ago and now I'm holding it in my hand. My brain holds so much cheese knowledge. If you'd like to learn about cheese as guided by me, an experience cheesemonger of 13+ years, you can order it here: www.rosalarian.com/product-page...
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The BDS movement is something I think we could learn from and utilize. Which car rental companies are working with ICE? Which landlords? Who's supplying and doing all the little logistical things that we CAN interrupt and put pressure on?
a free idea for investigative reporters would be to try to get to the bottom of how much DHS is spending on rental vehicles and rental vehicle replacement, because it's got to be a substantial amount.
NOW: At 32nd and 15th in South Minneapolis. federal agents smash up their car, leaving the car there while hopping in another vehicle, per bystanders. Reports of a person taken as well.
Minneapolis January 23, 2026
Minneapolis January 23, 2026
January 24, 2026 at 12:49 AM
The BDS movement is something I think we could learn from and utilize. Which car rental companies are working with ICE? Which landlords? Who's supplying and doing all the little logistical things that we CAN interrupt and put pressure on?
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I‘m selling these Go Fuck Yourself ICE posters at cost. Happy decorating www.mollycrabapple.com/shop/p/icepr...
25-pack of Risographed Fuck ICE posters — Molly Crabapple
Express your feelings towards our American Gestapo with these striking posters, risographed by Molly Crabapple at her beloved Robert Blackburn Studios. These posters are NOT archival. They are printe...
www.mollycrabapple.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:55 PM
I‘m selling these Go Fuck Yourself ICE posters at cost. Happy decorating www.mollycrabapple.com/shop/p/icepr...
“Let’s go swimming with ducks sometime!
Sometimes they get water in their eyes.
I sink up! I sink down!
Let’s swim in our heads in the cozy water!”
-the kiddo, improvising a bath song
@teaberryblue.net
Sometimes they get water in their eyes.
I sink up! I sink down!
Let’s swim in our heads in the cozy water!”
-the kiddo, improvising a bath song
@teaberryblue.net
January 24, 2026 at 12:34 AM
“Let’s go swimming with ducks sometime!
Sometimes they get water in their eyes.
I sink up! I sink down!
Let’s swim in our heads in the cozy water!”
-the kiddo, improvising a bath song
@teaberryblue.net
Sometimes they get water in their eyes.
I sink up! I sink down!
Let’s swim in our heads in the cozy water!”
-the kiddo, improvising a bath song
@teaberryblue.net
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The Senate will vote on the DHS funding bill next week and it can’t pass without Democratic votes.
That means Democrats have real leverage to rein in ICE, but they won’t use it unless we force them to.
Call your senators: indivisible.org/ice-out-sena...
Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/ice-out...
That means Democrats have real leverage to rein in ICE, but they won’t use it unless we force them to.
Call your senators: indivisible.org/ice-out-sena...
Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/ice-out...
January 24, 2026 at 12:24 AM
The Senate will vote on the DHS funding bill next week and it can’t pass without Democratic votes.
That means Democrats have real leverage to rein in ICE, but they won’t use it unless we force them to.
Call your senators: indivisible.org/ice-out-sena...
Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/ice-out...
That means Democrats have real leverage to rein in ICE, but they won’t use it unless we force them to.
Call your senators: indivisible.org/ice-out-sena...
Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/ice-out...
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Kaz Daughtry, Adams-era NYPD official and deputy mayor for public safety, has a new job... at ICE.
hellgatenyc.com/kaz-daughtry...
hellgatenyc.com/kaz-daughtry...
Adams NYPD Bigwig Kaz Daughtry Fulfills His Destiny, Joins ICE
With Daughtry, ICE is getting the man said to have run a shadow chain of command within the police department.
hellgatenyc.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Kaz Daughtry, Adams-era NYPD official and deputy mayor for public safety, has a new job... at ICE.
hellgatenyc.com/kaz-daughtry...
hellgatenyc.com/kaz-daughtry...
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Fuck this guy forever. If he'd been the other option to Trump I obviously would have still voted against Trump, but I would have been maximally angry about it. Their "rivalry" is a supercilious puppet show and the real delta between them is molecular.
January 23, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Fuck this guy forever. If he'd been the other option to Trump I obviously would have still voted against Trump, but I would have been maximally angry about it. Their "rivalry" is a supercilious puppet show and the real delta between them is molecular.
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Venezuelan family seeking asylum -- entered legally, both parents with college degrees -- took their 7-year-old to the ER for a nosebleed and fever. ICE, which is now targeting hospitals as well as churches schools, blocked the child from getting care and detained them instead
The parents of a 7 year old, all of whom are in the process of applying for asylum, took their daughter to the ER when her nose wouldn't stop bleeding. ICE picked them up near the hospital and they are now in detention in Texas, presumably awaiting deportation. www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
ICE detains family seeking emergency care for child at Portland hospital
The Venezuelan parents and their 7-year-old daughter entered the U.S. legally.
www.oregonlive.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Venezuelan family seeking asylum -- entered legally, both parents with college degrees -- took their 7-year-old to the ER for a nosebleed and fever. ICE, which is now targeting hospitals as well as churches schools, blocked the child from getting care and detained them instead
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All of this.
Disrupt the “violence comes from emotions running too high” narrative whenever you can.
Patriarchal violence doesn’t come from someone losing control. It comes from someone using a very specific set of tactics to seek more control than they already have.
Disrupt the “violence comes from emotions running too high” narrative whenever you can.
Patriarchal violence doesn’t come from someone losing control. It comes from someone using a very specific set of tactics to seek more control than they already have.
This is it right here. Law enforcement personnel who move 0 to 60 with their aggression when "executing detention orders" are doing so from learned behavior - it is not instinctual to smash a car window, cut someone's seat belt, drag them out of their car and throw them to the ground. It's taught.
Watching these videos of ICE attacking children, I can’t help but think about how many of these men first practiced their violence in their own homes.
Domestic violence teaches our oppressors to dehumanize the most vulnerable among us.
Domestic violence teaches our oppressors to dehumanize the most vulnerable among us.
January 23, 2026 at 8:24 PM
All of this.
Disrupt the “violence comes from emotions running too high” narrative whenever you can.
Patriarchal violence doesn’t come from someone losing control. It comes from someone using a very specific set of tactics to seek more control than they already have.
Disrupt the “violence comes from emotions running too high” narrative whenever you can.
Patriarchal violence doesn’t come from someone losing control. It comes from someone using a very specific set of tactics to seek more control than they already have.
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We've made this Sinister Minnesotans shirt from our Stan Kelly comic this week.
Net proceeds from this shirt will be donated to local organizations doing their part to keep Minnesotans safe and send ICE agents home to ruin their own fucking communities.
Fuck ICE and stay strong, Minneapolis.
Net proceeds from this shirt will be donated to local organizations doing their part to keep Minnesotans safe and send ICE agents home to ruin their own fucking communities.
Fuck ICE and stay strong, Minneapolis.
'Sinister Minnesotans' T-Shirt
Show your solidarity with the Sinister Minnesotans refusing to back down from the ICE agents currently polluting their great state with brutality, lawlessness, and an obvious dependence on testosteron...
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January 23, 2026 at 9:30 PM
We've made this Sinister Minnesotans shirt from our Stan Kelly comic this week.
Net proceeds from this shirt will be donated to local organizations doing their part to keep Minnesotans safe and send ICE agents home to ruin their own fucking communities.
Fuck ICE and stay strong, Minneapolis.
Net proceeds from this shirt will be donated to local organizations doing their part to keep Minnesotans safe and send ICE agents home to ruin their own fucking communities.
Fuck ICE and stay strong, Minneapolis.
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She's 2.
January 23, 2026 at 9:48 PM
She's 2.
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Watching these videos of ICE attacking children, I can’t help but think about how many of these men first practiced their violence in their own homes.
Domestic violence teaches our oppressors to dehumanize the most vulnerable among us.
Domestic violence teaches our oppressors to dehumanize the most vulnerable among us.
January 23, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Watching these videos of ICE attacking children, I can’t help but think about how many of these men first practiced their violence in their own homes.
Domestic violence teaches our oppressors to dehumanize the most vulnerable among us.
Domestic violence teaches our oppressors to dehumanize the most vulnerable among us.
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The British Sign Language Gaming Glossary Aims to Capture Real World Sign Terms - Access-Ability
This week on AA I learn seven video game specific BSL signs. Come learn why this glossary is important, and maybe learn some BSL signs with me.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l5X...
This week on AA I learn seven video game specific BSL signs. Come learn why this glossary is important, and maybe learn some BSL signs with me.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l5X...
The British Sign Language Gaming Glossary Aims to Capture Real World Sign Terms - Access-Ability
YouTube video by LauraKBuzz
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January 16, 2026 at 3:01 PM
The British Sign Language Gaming Glossary Aims to Capture Real World Sign Terms - Access-Ability
This week on AA I learn seven video game specific BSL signs. Come learn why this glossary is important, and maybe learn some BSL signs with me.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l5X...
This week on AA I learn seven video game specific BSL signs. Come learn why this glossary is important, and maybe learn some BSL signs with me.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l5X...
Called @meng.house.gov to thank her for voting against ICE funding. If your rep did the same, call to let them know that you appreciate them voting to help keep their constituents--and everyone--safe.
Hassling electeds when they don't act is important, but so is checking in when they do.
Hassling electeds when they don't act is important, but so is checking in when they do.
January 23, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Called @meng.house.gov to thank her for voting against ICE funding. If your rep did the same, call to let them know that you appreciate them voting to help keep their constituents--and everyone--safe.
Hassling electeds when they don't act is important, but so is checking in when they do.
Hassling electeds when they don't act is important, but so is checking in when they do.
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In Pakistan, the CIA went around door-to-door pretending to be giving polio vaccines, while secretly hunting for Osama bin Laden. The result was that real health care workers were ignored or even killed, and hundreds of people got polio, which had otherwise been nearly eradicated worldwide.
There is no level to which these heartless shit-for-brains won’t stoop to inflict cruelty and suffering.
January 22, 2026 at 10:24 PM
In Pakistan, the CIA went around door-to-door pretending to be giving polio vaccines, while secretly hunting for Osama bin Laden. The result was that real health care workers were ignored or even killed, and hundreds of people got polio, which had otherwise been nearly eradicated worldwide.
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In a historic ruling, a federal judge found that Virginia’s Constitution broke federal law by stripping the voting rights of every Virginian with a felony conviction.
An estimated 260,000 Virginians, disproportionately Black and Brown, are disenfranchised as a result of a felony conviction.
An estimated 260,000 Virginians, disproportionately Black and Brown, are disenfranchised as a result of a felony conviction.
If you need a way to remember good fights are winnable in these dark times, we've (ACLU of Virginia) got you. Yday WE WON on summary judgement a historic case that will restore voting rights to tens & potentially hundreds of thousands of Virginians with felony records. www.acluva.org/press-releas...
Federal judge restores thousands of Virginians' voting rights in historic ruling - ACLU of Virginia
“Virginia’s government has blatantly broken the law for more than a century by disenfranchising everyone with a felony conviction, disproportionately affecting Black and Brown Virginians,” said ACLU-V...
www.acluva.org
January 23, 2026 at 5:18 PM
In a historic ruling, a federal judge found that Virginia’s Constitution broke federal law by stripping the voting rights of every Virginian with a felony conviction.
An estimated 260,000 Virginians, disproportionately Black and Brown, are disenfranchised as a result of a felony conviction.
An estimated 260,000 Virginians, disproportionately Black and Brown, are disenfranchised as a result of a felony conviction.
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This is entirely driven by small businesses, for whom a day of lost revenue is a big deal.
Who is not participating? Minnesota’s 17 Fortune 500 companies. “Those organizations have not spoken publicly about the federal immigration activity.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...
Who is not participating? Minnesota’s 17 Fortune 500 companies. “Those organizations have not spoken publicly about the federal immigration activity.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...
‘Enough Is Enough’: Hundreds of Minnesota Businesses Take Stand Against ICE
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:16 PM
This is entirely driven by small businesses, for whom a day of lost revenue is a big deal.
Who is not participating? Minnesota’s 17 Fortune 500 companies. “Those organizations have not spoken publicly about the federal immigration activity.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...
Who is not participating? Minnesota’s 17 Fortune 500 companies. “Those organizations have not spoken publicly about the federal immigration activity.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...
That I have a zero-penalty cancellation policy up to 15 minutes into the appointment makes no-shows a whole extra level of frustrating.
January 23, 2026 at 2:15 PM
That I have a zero-penalty cancellation policy up to 15 minutes into the appointment makes no-shows a whole extra level of frustrating.
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"my teammate told me Magneto keeps removing his skeleton so I asked how many skeletons he has and he said he just goes to Canada and gets a new skeleton afterwards so I said it sounds like he's just giving Canadian skeletons to Magneto and then his clones started crying."
January 23, 2026 at 2:36 AM
"my teammate told me Magneto keeps removing his skeleton so I asked how many skeletons he has and he said he just goes to Canada and gets a new skeleton afterwards so I said it sounds like he's just giving Canadian skeletons to Magneto and then his clones started crying."
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Deporting children with cancer.
Using a 5-year-old as bait.
Shooting moms.
ICE is beyond reform. And today the House is voting to bankroll more terror. Hell no.
Using a 5-year-old as bait.
Shooting moms.
ICE is beyond reform. And today the House is voting to bankroll more terror. Hell no.
January 22, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Deporting children with cancer.
Using a 5-year-old as bait.
Shooting moms.
ICE is beyond reform. And today the House is voting to bankroll more terror. Hell no.
Using a 5-year-old as bait.
Shooting moms.
ICE is beyond reform. And today the House is voting to bankroll more terror. Hell no.
X-Men includes roughly infinite repeats of this scene:
SOMEONE WITH USEFUL POWERS: Hey, I can help fight Magneto!
WOLVERINE, A MAN WITH A METAL SKELETON MAGNETO HAS ALREADY RIPPED OUT ONCE: Nah, doll, I got this.
ANY OTHER X-MEN PRESENT: [shrug]
SOMEONE WITH USEFUL POWERS: Hey, I can help fight Magneto!
WOLVERINE, A MAN WITH A METAL SKELETON MAGNETO HAS ALREADY RIPPED OUT ONCE: Nah, doll, I got this.
ANY OTHER X-MEN PRESENT: [shrug]
January 23, 2026 at 2:07 AM
X-Men includes roughly infinite repeats of this scene:
SOMEONE WITH USEFUL POWERS: Hey, I can help fight Magneto!
WOLVERINE, A MAN WITH A METAL SKELETON MAGNETO HAS ALREADY RIPPED OUT ONCE: Nah, doll, I got this.
ANY OTHER X-MEN PRESENT: [shrug]
SOMEONE WITH USEFUL POWERS: Hey, I can help fight Magneto!
WOLVERINE, A MAN WITH A METAL SKELETON MAGNETO HAS ALREADY RIPPED OUT ONCE: Nah, doll, I got this.
ANY OTHER X-MEN PRESENT: [shrug]
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We got to talk about the fact that the first target for this is a Black woman which a lot of people in the terminally online world we know these comms staffers (and others) inhabit represent a particular archetype of person who needs to be “humbled.”
January 22, 2026 at 9:44 PM
We got to talk about the fact that the first target for this is a Black woman which a lot of people in the terminally online world we know these comms staffers (and others) inhabit represent a particular archetype of person who needs to be “humbled.”
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MINNEAPOLIS ALERT:
ICE IS SENDING FLIERS OFFERING FOOD SUPPORT
IT IS NOT THE MINNEAPOLIS VOLUNTEERS
IT IS A TRAP
ICE IS SENDING FLIERS OFFERING FOOD SUPPORT
IT IS NOT THE MINNEAPOLIS VOLUNTEERS
IT IS A TRAP
January 22, 2026 at 11:38 PM
MINNEAPOLIS ALERT:
ICE IS SENDING FLIERS OFFERING FOOD SUPPORT
IT IS NOT THE MINNEAPOLIS VOLUNTEERS
IT IS A TRAP
ICE IS SENDING FLIERS OFFERING FOOD SUPPORT
IT IS NOT THE MINNEAPOLIS VOLUNTEERS
IT IS A TRAP
I need to be a grown-up and buckle down and [checks notes] write down some things to say about this comic book.
January 23, 2026 at 1:28 AM
I need to be a grown-up and buckle down and [checks notes] write down some things to say about this comic book.
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When Mr. Rogers said “look for the helpers” he meant also in ourselves
January 23, 2026 at 12:57 AM
When Mr. Rogers said “look for the helpers” he meant also in ourselves