Juli McKenna Kearns
@idyllopus.bsky.social
Author. Artist. Playwright (twas). Cinema analyses. Dem Socialist. She/her. Husband is a musician/engineer/producer. Son makes films and I sometimes assist. No AI. Atlanta GA. Plutonium-enriched childhood in WA.
My website: https://idyllopuspress.com
My website: https://idyllopuspress.com
Pinned
On my profile picture. It's an image that I took and has been my choice to use across platforms for years. My initial processing was high contrast.
Imperial Rome Exhibit at the Fernbank Museum of Natural History
Mask of Tragedy, From the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Florence. 2006, processed 2016
Imperial Rome Exhibit at the Fernbank Museum of Natural History
Mask of Tragedy, From the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Florence. 2006, processed 2016
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Jennings: Let's not get our knickers in a twist here
McGowan: Why are you talking like that? It's insane. Your attitude is just horrifying…
McGowan: Why are you talking like that? It's insane. Your attitude is just horrifying…
January 20, 2026 at 4:08 AM
Jennings: Let's not get our knickers in a twist here
McGowan: Why are you talking like that? It's insane. Your attitude is just horrifying…
McGowan: Why are you talking like that? It's insane. Your attitude is just horrifying…
"I am in the middle of a test", 2018, 2026
Digital painting with some collage elements
40 by 41.5 inches
Monitor inset is from William Klein's 1977 film, "The Model Couple". Also incorporated is a personal photo of a sculpture at the Michael C. Carlos museum.
#digitalpainting #digitalart
Digital painting with some collage elements
40 by 41.5 inches
Monitor inset is from William Klein's 1977 film, "The Model Couple". Also incorporated is a personal photo of a sculpture at the Michael C. Carlos museum.
#digitalpainting #digitalart
January 19, 2026 at 9:15 PM
"I am in the middle of a test", 2018, 2026
Digital painting with some collage elements
40 by 41.5 inches
Monitor inset is from William Klein's 1977 film, "The Model Couple". Also incorporated is a personal photo of a sculpture at the Michael C. Carlos museum.
#digitalpainting #digitalart
Digital painting with some collage elements
40 by 41.5 inches
Monitor inset is from William Klein's 1977 film, "The Model Couple". Also incorporated is a personal photo of a sculpture at the Michael C. Carlos museum.
#digitalpainting #digitalart
Trump wrote a letter to Norway's prime minister saying (paraphrasing) their failure to award him the Nobel Peace Prize means he's no longer focused on peace, for which reason he'll do what's good for America and take possession of Greenland.
Insane and vengeful. 25th Amendment time, please.
Insane and vengeful. 25th Amendment time, please.
Link to the article below for more context on what is going on inside the head of the man who has access to the nuclear codes:
Trump’s bizarre letter to Norway’s prime minister in full
Donald Trump claimed to deserve the peace prize for mediating ceasefire agreements
www.independent.co.uk
January 19, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Trump wrote a letter to Norway's prime minister saying (paraphrasing) their failure to award him the Nobel Peace Prize means he's no longer focused on peace, for which reason he'll do what's good for America and take possession of Greenland.
Insane and vengeful. 25th Amendment time, please.
Insane and vengeful. 25th Amendment time, please.
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ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.
January 19, 2026 at 5:41 AM
ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.
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WELKER: What is the national emergency that justifies this new slate of tariffs?
BESSENT: The national emergency is avoiding a national emergency
BESSENT: The national emergency is avoiding a national emergency
January 18, 2026 at 3:12 PM
WELKER: What is the national emergency that justifies this new slate of tariffs?
BESSENT: The national emergency is avoiding a national emergency
BESSENT: The national emergency is avoiding a national emergency
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Three years today. The cops are already killing protesters—it's not a line we haven't crossed, it's a thing already happening—but lots of people never heard about or paid attention to this one. So it goes
If you don't remember Tortuguita's story, one place that I think told some of it well was the Bitter Southerner: bittersoutherner.com/feature/2023...
Little Turtle’s War — THE BITTER SOUTHERNER
The shooting death of a protestor at the hands of police feels like both an inevitable outcome of this long battle over Atlanta’s South River Forest and a completely preventable tragedy.
bittersoutherner.com
January 18, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Three years today. The cops are already killing protesters—it's not a line we haven't crossed, it's a thing already happening—but lots of people never heard about or paid attention to this one. So it goes
I had known about Rummler being blinded. I hadn't realized that Britain Rodriguez was blinded as well that night.
Feds who blinded a young protester by shooting a less-lethal projectile at close range in Santa Ana shot a second man in the face that night, Britain Rodriguez, 31, blinding him too.
archive.ph/D90dN
archive.ph/D90dN
January 18, 2026 at 8:05 AM
I had known about Rummler being blinded. I hadn't realized that Britain Rodriguez was blinded as well that night.
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Remember when Trump said he’d make America respected again? When does that happen?
Denmark’s capital, Copenhagen, today: a massive protest outside the U.S. embassy against the sale/occupation of Greenland by the United States
January 17, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Remember when Trump said he’d make America respected again? When does that happen?
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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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This basically how Karoline Leavitt imagines herself addressing the White House press corps every day.
January 16, 2026 at 3:07 PM
This basically how Karoline Leavitt imagines herself addressing the White House press corps every day.
Virginia, 2007, processed 2026
January 17, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Virginia, 2007, processed 2026
King's Mountain, North Carolina, 2007, processed 2025
January 17, 2026 at 1:14 AM
King's Mountain, North Carolina, 2007, processed 2025
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Breaking: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey are being investigated by the Trump DOJ for allegedly obstructing law enforcement activities, two U.S. officials told WCCO.
It's unclear how Walz and Frey allegedly obstructed law enforcement or what they were allegedly obstructing.
It's unclear how Walz and Frey allegedly obstructed law enforcement or what they were allegedly obstructing.
Department of Justice investigating Gov. Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Frey, U.S. officials say
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey are under federal investigation, two U.S. officials told WCCO on Friday afternoon.
www.cbsnews.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Breaking: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey are being investigated by the Trump DOJ for allegedly obstructing law enforcement activities, two U.S. officials told WCCO.
It's unclear how Walz and Frey allegedly obstructed law enforcement or what they were allegedly obstructing.
It's unclear how Walz and Frey allegedly obstructed law enforcement or what they were allegedly obstructing.
Notification of a police emergency at Emory/CDC and to stay out of the area. Severity level is given as "severe".
January 16, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Notification of a police emergency at Emory/CDC and to stay out of the area. Severity level is given as "severe".
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"He said he saw guards choking Lunas Campos and heard Lunas Campos repeatedly saying, 'No puedo respirar' — Spanish for 'I can’t breathe'..."
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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 16, 2026 at 1:10 AM
"He said he saw guards choking Lunas Campos and heard Lunas Campos repeatedly saying, 'No puedo respirar' — Spanish for 'I can’t breathe'..."
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
"According to Shot in the Head, a report released in September 2020 by Physicians for Human Rights, during the protests between May 26 and July 27 of [2020], U.S. law enforcement officials shot 115 people in the head with “less lethal weapons.” ...at least 30 suffered permanent ocular damage."
The Shot-in-the-Eye Squad
Narratively · The Shot-in-the-Eye Squad My mind raced in the seconds after I was shot. I heard the gun go off and turned my head toward the sound, just in time to watch the spinning aluminum canister....
pulitzercenter.org
January 15, 2026 at 10:29 PM
"According to Shot in the Head, a report released in September 2020 by Physicians for Human Rights, during the protests between May 26 and July 27 of [2020], U.S. law enforcement officials shot 115 people in the head with “less lethal weapons.” ...at least 30 suffered permanent ocular damage."
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this kid only narrowly missed being killed by this 'less lethal munition' as shards of debris were found 7mm away from a carotid artery.
The Trump-Vance administration just used your taxes to pay for an ICE agent to do this to a 21-year-old kid, who was only protesting because another ICE agent killed a mother of three, who was only there because ICE agents are kidnapping your neighbors
January 15, 2026 at 9:00 PM
this kid only narrowly missed being killed by this 'less lethal munition' as shards of debris were found 7mm away from a carotid artery.
Stuck in Time II, 2018
Digital painting
36.4 by 31.9 inches
18_10_21
Reference model: Almudena
Digital painting
36.4 by 31.9 inches
18_10_21
Reference model: Almudena
January 15, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Stuck in Time II, 2018
Digital painting
36.4 by 31.9 inches
18_10_21
Reference model: Almudena
Digital painting
36.4 by 31.9 inches
18_10_21
Reference model: Almudena
The fascists all know they are wrong. They don't mind.
January 15, 2026 at 12:11 AM
The fascists all know they are wrong. They don't mind.
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Noem's thugs arrest several unhoused Oglala Sioux (beyond irony)...when asked to identify them, DHS refuses unless the tribe agrees to a cooperation scheme with ICE
www.twincities.com/2026/01/13/i...
www.twincities.com/2026/01/13/i...
January 14, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Noem's thugs arrest several unhoused Oglala Sioux (beyond irony)...when asked to identify them, DHS refuses unless the tribe agrees to a cooperation scheme with ICE
www.twincities.com/2026/01/13/i...
www.twincities.com/2026/01/13/i...
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the horror of this is compounded by the fact that the whipple building sits on the same military fort where 1600+ Dakota, mostly women and children were held in a concentration camp in 1863, where over 300 died
Oglala Sioux Tribe demands the release of Lakota men detained by ICE www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Oglala Sioux Tribe demands the release of Lakota men detained by ICE
The Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota has demanded the Department of Homeland Security release tribally enrolled citizens held by ICE, according to a statement released by the tribe.
www.mprnews.org
January 14, 2026 at 1:46 PM
the horror of this is compounded by the fact that the whipple building sits on the same military fort where 1600+ Dakota, mostly women and children were held in a concentration camp in 1863, where over 300 died
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The reality is that ICE and DHS actually CAN and ARE attacking people who are exercising their rights.
I say this NOT to dissuade anyone from exercising those rights, but to challenge @tedlieu.bsky.social and other politicians to do more to protect those rights than post this kind of thing.
I say this NOT to dissuade anyone from exercising those rights, but to challenge @tedlieu.bsky.social and other politicians to do more to protect those rights than post this kind of thing.
The First Amendment protects the public’s right to:
1. Film ICE in public
2. Photograph ICE in public
3. Observe what ICE does in public
ICE and DHS officials cannot lay a finger on any American who is peacefully exercising First Amendment rights.
1. Film ICE in public
2. Photograph ICE in public
3. Observe what ICE does in public
ICE and DHS officials cannot lay a finger on any American who is peacefully exercising First Amendment rights.
January 14, 2026 at 3:29 PM
The reality is that ICE and DHS actually CAN and ARE attacking people who are exercising their rights.
I say this NOT to dissuade anyone from exercising those rights, but to challenge @tedlieu.bsky.social and other politicians to do more to protect those rights than post this kind of thing.
I say this NOT to dissuade anyone from exercising those rights, but to challenge @tedlieu.bsky.social and other politicians to do more to protect those rights than post this kind of thing.
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Oh my god he admit it dot gif
Sen. Kevin Cramer: "Maybe the point should be if you're the attorney for Jay Powell and you want to avoid an indictment, how about you go to Jeanine Pirro and say, 'I'll make a deal. I'll step down today if you drop the investigation today.' To me, that would be a win win for everybody."
January 14, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Oh my god he admit it dot gif
January 14, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Advertising in window, downtown Atlanta, 2019, processed 2025
#blackandwhitephotography #atlantaphotography
#blackandwhitephotography #atlantaphotography
January 14, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Advertising in window, downtown Atlanta, 2019, processed 2025
#blackandwhitephotography #atlantaphotography
#blackandwhitephotography #atlantaphotography