Quinn Rollins
@jedikermit.bsky.social
History Teacher - US History, AP African American Studies, History Through Film; History Teacher Educator, Curriculum Dev, Author Play Like a PIRATE: http://amzn.to/1S3zVfO LEGO. Jedi. Muppet. Gilder Lehrman Teacher of the Year #HTOY #BLM He/Him 🏳️🌈✌
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Quinn Rollins
@jedikermit.bsky.social
· Sep 20
Anyone who says "kids these days..." and follows it with anything negative...doesn't know kids these days. They impress me every single day with their intellect, their compassion, and their hope. They have it so much more together than I did. Kids these days are brilliant.
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Transphobia is a cancer of the heart and mind.
It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty.
Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face.
Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up.
It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty.
Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face.
Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up.
January 24, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Transphobia is a cancer of the heart and mind.
It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty.
Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face.
Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up.
It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty.
Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face.
Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up.
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This is so fucking haunting.
January 24, 2026 at 3:11 AM
This is so fucking haunting.
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“The most important question in the world is, 'Why is the child crying?'”
—Alice Walker
—Alice Walker
January 24, 2026 at 2:41 AM
“The most important question in the world is, 'Why is the child crying?'”
—Alice Walker
—Alice Walker
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— Israel kills 3 journalists, including CBS contributor
— AFP, the other impacted outlet, condemns killing & calls for investigation
— CBS doesn't, instead peddles Israel's claim that they were targeting a group with "a drone affilliated with Hamas"
Inside the Bari Weiss-led CBS response:
— AFP, the other impacted outlet, condemns killing & calls for investigation
— CBS doesn't, instead peddles Israel's claim that they were targeting a group with "a drone affilliated with Hamas"
Inside the Bari Weiss-led CBS response:
Bari Weiss’s CBS News Won’t Even Condemn Israel for Killing a CBS Contributor
Instead, the network’s new top anchor Tony Dokoupil peddles Israel’s talking points about it killing a Palestinian journalist. A CBS source calls it a ‘disgrace.’
zeteo.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:42 PM
— Israel kills 3 journalists, including CBS contributor
— AFP, the other impacted outlet, condemns killing & calls for investigation
— CBS doesn't, instead peddles Israel's claim that they were targeting a group with "a drone affilliated with Hamas"
Inside the Bari Weiss-led CBS response:
— AFP, the other impacted outlet, condemns killing & calls for investigation
— CBS doesn't, instead peddles Israel's claim that they were targeting a group with "a drone affilliated with Hamas"
Inside the Bari Weiss-led CBS response:
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Are we invading Antarctica?
January 24, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Are we invading Antarctica?
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The Breaking Point: Resistance, Racial Reckoning, and the Fight for the American Soul
As Minnesota strikes back against authoritarian overreach, a nation grapples with a systemic crisis that only reacts when the blood spilled is from white skin.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
As Minnesota strikes back against authoritarian overreach, a nation grapples with a systemic crisis that only reacts when the blood spilled is from white skin.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
The Breaking Point: Resistance, Racial Reckoning, and the Fight for the American Soul
As Minnesota strikes back against authoritarian overreach, a nation grapples with a systemic crisis that only reacts when the blood spilled is from white skin.
open.substack.com
January 24, 2026 at 3:19 AM
The Breaking Point: Resistance, Racial Reckoning, and the Fight for the American Soul
As Minnesota strikes back against authoritarian overreach, a nation grapples with a systemic crisis that only reacts when the blood spilled is from white skin.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
As Minnesota strikes back against authoritarian overreach, a nation grapples with a systemic crisis that only reacts when the blood spilled is from white skin.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
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The only intelligence this administration has is artificial.
January 24, 2026 at 3:08 AM
The only intelligence this administration has is artificial.
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If you can afford it, please consider donating something towards their GoFundMe to help a good man and his family get through this terrible ordeal. Will is one of the best guys I know and has always been nothing but kind to those around him.
January 24, 2026 at 2:48 AM
If you can afford it, please consider donating something towards their GoFundMe to help a good man and his family get through this terrible ordeal. Will is one of the best guys I know and has always been nothing but kind to those around him.
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My friend William Bruce West had a medical emergency this week and his family needs help. Will has two young girls at home and with this sudden health problem his family can use all the support they can get!
gofund.me/5df1bcf22
gofund.me/5df1bcf22
January 24, 2026 at 2:48 AM
My friend William Bruce West had a medical emergency this week and his family needs help. Will has two young girls at home and with this sudden health problem his family can use all the support they can get!
gofund.me/5df1bcf22
gofund.me/5df1bcf22
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The most normal dog that's ever existed.
January 24, 2026 at 2:56 AM
The most normal dog that's ever existed.
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If Republicans want to tie themselves extremely tightly to a historically unpopular president and his policies that voters broadly consider to be a failure by having a high profile party for him a few months before the midterms, who are we to stop them?
this seems like a great idea that will build lots of enthusiasm for the party and doesn't have any blowback potential at all, i'm really excited for them
RNC takes steps toward a 2026 GOP midterm convention
The Republican National Committee voted Friday to allow for an off-cycle national convention this summer.
www.politico.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:22 PM
If Republicans want to tie themselves extremely tightly to a historically unpopular president and his policies that voters broadly consider to be a failure by having a high profile party for him a few months before the midterms, who are we to stop them?
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CNN: DHS officials have come to FEMA staff and told them to limit the use of the word ice…they are worried that by posting something like, watch out for the ice, that it's going to become a meme….
January 24, 2026 at 12:07 AM
CNN: DHS officials have come to FEMA staff and told them to limit the use of the word ice…they are worried that by posting something like, watch out for the ice, that it's going to become a meme….
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Thank goodness everyone spent months deciding that the Chinese were stealing our data so we could switch to good old patriotic American data stealing
According to its new privacy policy, TikTok now collects more data on its users, including their precise location, after majority ownership officially switched to a group based in the US. www.wired.com/story/tiktok...
TikTok Is Now Collecting Even More Data About Its Users. Here Are the 3 Biggest Changes
According to its new privacy policy, TikTok now collects more data on its users, including their precise location, after majority ownership officially switched to a group based in the US.
www.wired.com
January 23, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Thank goodness everyone spent months deciding that the Chinese were stealing our data so we could switch to good old patriotic American data stealing
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If ICE truly were targeting "the worst of the worst" and not, you know, deliberately brutalizing innocent families with children, they'd rush to correct all the stories like this one, apologizing and insisting it's not what they're really doing.
They don't because this is deliberate. This is it.
They don't because this is deliberate. This is it.
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 8:33 PM
If ICE truly were targeting "the worst of the worst" and not, you know, deliberately brutalizing innocent families with children, they'd rush to correct all the stories like this one, apologizing and insisting it's not what they're really doing.
They don't because this is deliberate. This is it.
They don't because this is deliberate. This is it.
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You can tell things are going well in America because accounts with names like MovieTVFunZone are posting things like, "THE PIGS ARE KIDNAPPING CHILDREN AND PRIESTS. THE TREE OF LIBERTY DEMANDS TO BE WATERED"
January 23, 2026 at 11:50 PM
You can tell things are going well in America because accounts with names like MovieTVFunZone are posting things like, "THE PIGS ARE KIDNAPPING CHILDREN AND PRIESTS. THE TREE OF LIBERTY DEMANDS TO BE WATERED"
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Amy just days ago voted to confirm a full on MAGA Trump judge.
She is also not doing anything publicly to lead and organize against Congressional Democratic Leaders who are scheming with Republicans to pour in more money into ICE.
This is craven, performative bullshit from a Democratic Senator.
She is also not doing anything publicly to lead and organize against Congressional Democratic Leaders who are scheming with Republicans to pour in more money into ICE.
This is craven, performative bullshit from a Democratic Senator.
Today we marched together in below zero weather. Thanks to the thousands and thousands of Minnesotans who turned out to stand up and speak out. ICE OUT.
January 24, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Amy just days ago voted to confirm a full on MAGA Trump judge.
She is also not doing anything publicly to lead and organize against Congressional Democratic Leaders who are scheming with Republicans to pour in more money into ICE.
This is craven, performative bullshit from a Democratic Senator.
She is also not doing anything publicly to lead and organize against Congressional Democratic Leaders who are scheming with Republicans to pour in more money into ICE.
This is craven, performative bullshit from a Democratic Senator.
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an additional selling factor of this shirt is that Raygun makes The Onion’s tees, which means they’re super soft AND screenprinted by union labor!
www.raygunsite.com/pages/usa-made
www.raygunsite.com/pages/usa-made
January 24, 2026 at 12:28 AM
an additional selling factor of this shirt is that Raygun makes The Onion’s tees, which means they’re super soft AND screenprinted by union labor!
www.raygunsite.com/pages/usa-made
www.raygunsite.com/pages/usa-made
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The anger people have at media institutions and college administrators can’t be detached from this, it’s not just that people can perceive cowardice it’s that they see others with more on the line doing more to stand up for their values than the people who have been trusted to safeguard things
January 23, 2026 at 10:16 PM
The anger people have at media institutions and college administrators can’t be detached from this, it’s not just that people can perceive cowardice it’s that they see others with more on the line doing more to stand up for their values than the people who have been trusted to safeguard things
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It’s not quite as cold as MN right now, but NYC just turned out a massive protest in solidarity in plunging temps, heading up 6th ave.
January 23, 2026 at 10:53 PM
It’s not quite as cold as MN right now, but NYC just turned out a massive protest in solidarity in plunging temps, heading up 6th ave.
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Reporters, if you wrote about learning loss due to covid school closures, you can write about learning loss due to state terror.
I am not being snarky. I need my colleagues who wrote on covid school lockdowns to engage with this. To be as loud as they have been about prior "learning loss." Hell, you can cite Tom & Mark's AERJ paper so you feel better that there's some econ somewhere in your argument.
"In St. Paul, at least one-fourth of students from Spanish-speaking homes have missed every day of school since Dec. 12."
January 23, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Reporters, if you wrote about learning loss due to covid school closures, you can write about learning loss due to state terror.
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ICE detained a 2-year-old girl in Minneapolis and put the child on a flight to a detention center in Texas, despite a court ordering her release: www.startribune.com/agents-detai...
January 24, 2026 at 12:29 AM
ICE detained a 2-year-old girl in Minneapolis and put the child on a flight to a detention center in Texas, despite a court ordering her release: www.startribune.com/agents-detai...
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I’m waiting for him to say English is too plagued with foreign words and does a purge. Make English American Again
January 23, 2026 at 11:45 PM
I’m waiting for him to say English is too plagued with foreign words and does a purge. Make English American Again
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On a downtown street in Minneapolis, as people stream out from the massive march, Mary Tyler Moore says “fuck ice.”
January 23, 2026 at 10:29 PM
On a downtown street in Minneapolis, as people stream out from the massive march, Mary Tyler Moore says “fuck ice.”
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Thousands of Minnesotans marched in downtown Minneapolis to protest ICE. The wind chill was 30 below during the march.
Hundreds of businesses closed their doors Friday in support of the protest as activists urged Minnesotans to abstain from economic activity.
Hundreds of businesses closed their doors Friday in support of the protest as activists urged Minnesotans to abstain from economic activity.
January 23, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Thousands of Minnesotans marched in downtown Minneapolis to protest ICE. The wind chill was 30 below during the march.
Hundreds of businesses closed their doors Friday in support of the protest as activists urged Minnesotans to abstain from economic activity.
Hundreds of businesses closed their doors Friday in support of the protest as activists urged Minnesotans to abstain from economic activity.