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Travis W. Jacobson
@halingogringo.bsky.social
-Cultural Anthropologist
-Professional Tutor/Educator
-Mathematics Instructional Assistant
-Polyglot (English/Español/Hebrew)
-Language Coach
-Writer

https://linktr.ee/HaLingoGringo
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The message we must convey is simple: We are not intimidated. We will not stand for this. We maintain our power, the power of The People.

This is how we resist. We dance in the face of tyranny.

We wash ourselves of defeatism & inspire our community to recognize its power, its worth, & its future.
😆 🔥 some beautiful, creative resistance
I know I’m not the clever, funny, original, or creative, but thank you to everyone who has followed or subscribed to me over the last three years.

I have more content planned, just taking care of personal things (all good news) before I can actually create much of it.

Find me on Substack!
February 18, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Ramadan Mubarak ☪️ to any who celebrate.
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February 18, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Oh, I know this one!
They all forget about me 🥴
Really into bookmaxxing lately i.e. starting seven books at once and letting them fight for my attention
February 18, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Happy Chinese and Lunar New Year!
May this year of the Horse bring you the freedom you require to gain the momentum you desire. 🔥 🐴
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February 18, 2026 at 12:48 AM
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Tell me again how they’re only arresting and deporting criminals.

ICE holding conditions led this sick baby to deteriorate beyond control.

This baby—this person—is 2 months old.

2 months.
Meet Juan Nicolas—ICE’s youngest detainee who is seeing his condition rapidly deteriorate.
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February 17, 2026 at 4:48 PM
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Learning that we cannot know what we do not know is a huge anxiety relief because we are forced to think we know everything in this society. Most people know a set amount of things. It’s okay not to know what someone else does.

👇
Language, Learning, & Politics
5 Lessons on Learning That I Brought Into 2026
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February 17, 2026 at 4:42 PM
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It’s incredibly stupid that we are having this in-fighting about 2028 candidates just under 3 years from the General Election.

1) Let’s focus on 2026 & 2027 elections.
2) Gavin Newsom is fascist-lite
3) We know bc I’ve always lived in CA, now Sacramento.
I’ve lived in CA for 25 years #duet #hasanpiker #gavinnewsom #california #candidate #2028 #election
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February 17, 2026 at 2:56 PM
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Whiteness isn’t just the lack of melanin in the skin, but the systematic otherization of those with more melanin through both legal and extralegal means. It’s an institution—in an of itself—meant to deny humanity to Black & Brown people.
An ideology worth naming… #blackthought #racialequity
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February 17, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Rest easy, Jesse Jackson. 💛
Your legacy will live on forever. Thank you for everything you represented over the last 60+ years, all the good you led in this world, and the love you showed.
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February 17, 2026 at 2:15 PM
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A used Kleenex would have more significance than any executive order like this.
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President Trump said there will be voter ID requirements for the midterm elections "whether approved by Congress or not," vowing to issue an executive order ...
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February 16, 2026 at 8:44 PM
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My essays on Substack consistently reach the same audiences as @hcrichardson.bsky.social and @rbreich.bsky.social

If you are loving their content, make sure to give mine a try! It’s also always free!!!
HaLingoGringo (@halingogringo)
Month after month, my articles rank between 10%-20% similar in its viewing audiences as @Heather Cox Richardson and @Robert Reich. If you are loving their work, make sure to read my newest Language, ...
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February 16, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Language, Learning, & Politics
5 Lessons on Learning That I Brought Into 2026
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February 16, 2026 at 7:52 PM
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Damn.

That’s saddening, though certainly unsurprising.

Palestine has existed for at least 1500 years in some form or another. Modern I-state is less than 100 years old.

This is an international ethnic cleansing effort, a genocide, a culturicide.
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The British Museum has removed the name “Palestine” and related references from its ancient Middle East displays and maps, saying the term does not reflect t...
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February 16, 2026 at 5:25 PM
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Historical context for these jobs...one of the last people convicted for their role in the Holocaust was a secretary at a camp. She claimed as a secretary she wasn't responsible. She was found guilty because she could not deny that she knew what was actually happening.

www.mlive.com/news/detroit...
ICE buys Romulus detention facility, projects 1,458 jobs as local officials push back
The agency said the Romulus facility and its construction are expected to generate 1,458 jobs, nearly $150 million in economic activity and more than $33 million in projected tax revenue.
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February 16, 2026 at 4:54 PM
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i‘m using it for a column but i want to share here this line from lincoln on jefferson because it is applies to our situation as well. you can find it in his april 6, 1859 letter to henry l. pierce.
February 16, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Did Elon ghost his users? 😭😭😭😂😂😂
February 16, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Do not let them win. Do not let them think they’re winning because they aren’t.

Get out your phones or computers and register to vote. It takes 30 seconds!

Register to vote: vote.org/
February 16, 2026 at 3:33 PM
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Welp
February 16, 2026 at 3:28 PM
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And we were called doomers when the very horrors we saw coming were arriving.

No child deserves this. No one deserves this, but particularly not children.
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While attending a routine appointment with Immigration and Customs Enforcement in December, 1-year-old Amalia and her family were sent to Texas' Dilley immig...
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February 16, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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“The game doesn’t stop just because you’re not at the table.”

Go register to vote: vote.org/
You can’t opt out of the system by not voting🤷🏽‍♀️#blackthought #blackcommunity
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February 16, 2026 at 4:48 AM
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White in the hell is this unhinged madness 😭😂
Your cat wants a massage! #80s #impression #lipsync #comedyshorts #catlady #catmassage #cats
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February 15, 2026 at 11:31 PM
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Major update: New Epstein Files Show Pam Bondi misled Congress about whether there were any criminal allegations against Donald Trump.

Alan Dershowitz lies while suggesting Epstein was not a pedophile.

Backlash against the DOJ grows fast.

Jeffries pledges to redistrict more states.
Major News: New Epstein Files Reveal Evidence That Shows Pam Bondi Misled Congress as DOJ Faces Intensifying Backlash
Good evening everyone.
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February 15, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Hey, I just wrote an article that totally debunks these claims. America dos not have English-Scott’s-Irish origins, but Spanish, African, Portuguese, & French ones secondary to the Indigenous origins of New World civilizations.

Yall should read it! 🙂‍↕️🙏

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February 15, 2026 at 9:44 PM
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New Epstein emails show that Russia created MAGA for Donald Trump to become president—which is basically what the Mueller Report (2016) said happened.

The movement was always a farce and a coverup for the elite.
2/14/26: Another email shows Trump only won because of major help, including crafting the MAGA
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February 15, 2026 at 9:31 PM