The Jelani
@jelanithunderstone.bsky.social
Below the courageous, there is nothing.
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“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
November 15, 2025 at 6:15 AM
“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
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Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated
November 15, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated
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Trump's Chicago deportation blitz has hinged on aggressive and forceful policing tactics: Shootings, takedowns, chokeholds, car chases, chemical munitions, etc.
To get a better sense of the scope and the impact, we mapped incidents, spoke to those affected and analyzed policy.
tinyurl.com/3nrkaw55
To get a better sense of the scope and the impact, we mapped incidents, spoke to those affected and analyzed policy.
tinyurl.com/3nrkaw55
Tear gas, car crashes, rubber bullets: Risky tactics have driven Trump’s Chicago deportation ‘blitz’
Law enforcement experts say federal agents have displayed a lack of training and restraint. “They’re out of control,” ex-police Supt. Garry McCarthy says.
tinyurl.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Trump's Chicago deportation blitz has hinged on aggressive and forceful policing tactics: Shootings, takedowns, chokeholds, car chases, chemical munitions, etc.
To get a better sense of the scope and the impact, we mapped incidents, spoke to those affected and analyzed policy.
tinyurl.com/3nrkaw55
To get a better sense of the scope and the impact, we mapped incidents, spoke to those affected and analyzed policy.
tinyurl.com/3nrkaw55
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this is actually really something. The NY Times stuff is bonkers.
As all this disgusting Epstein shit starts surfacing more and more, I hope we don't lose sight of the fact that apparently every major media outlet knew everything and instead spent their time money and energy attacking the trans community.
November 13, 2025 at 2:14 AM
this is actually really something. The NY Times stuff is bonkers.
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Yesterday, when Bovino announced ICE would be returning to Little Village today, some of us donated and fundraised to buy out street vendors in the neighborhood. This morning, volunteers hit the streets at 6:30 am, looking for vendors to buy out. Tamales make an excellent breakfast.
November 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Yesterday, when Bovino announced ICE would be returning to Little Village today, some of us donated and fundraised to buy out street vendors in the neighborhood. This morning, volunteers hit the streets at 6:30 am, looking for vendors to buy out. Tamales make an excellent breakfast.
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Appreciate your boosting/sharing of this episode in particular. Action items at the end include a petition for Leqaa
This week’s episode is an interview with two lawyers who represent Leqaa Kordia, a young Palestinian woman who is in ICE detention for protesting genocide.
open.spotify.com/episode/7gid...?
open.spotify.com/episode/7gid...?
“What’s at Stake is Everything”: The Last Columbia Protester in ICE Detention
open.spotify.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Appreciate your boosting/sharing of this episode in particular. Action items at the end include a petition for Leqaa
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While they’re still screwing about with SNAP, it’s a good idea to donate to pet shelters, too.
If you dare show up with “poor people shouldn’t have pets”, I will tear such a new one it generates a black hole.
apnews.com/article/pets...
If you dare show up with “poor people shouldn’t have pets”, I will tear such a new one it generates a black hole.
apnews.com/article/pets...
Families on SNAP worry about not just feeding themselves but also their pets
With SNAP benefits going out late, nonprofits are begging for pet food donations to prevent desperate owners from surrendering their dogs and cats to animal shelters.
apnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:06 PM
While they’re still screwing about with SNAP, it’s a good idea to donate to pet shelters, too.
If you dare show up with “poor people shouldn’t have pets”, I will tear such a new one it generates a black hole.
apnews.com/article/pets...
If you dare show up with “poor people shouldn’t have pets”, I will tear such a new one it generates a black hole.
apnews.com/article/pets...
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It was punk, metal and hip hop
Punk was hella mixed and queer
Metal was defiant
Hip hop was Black
Planet killing chatbot is billionaires toys so it’s coo
Punk was hella mixed and queer
Metal was defiant
Hip hop was Black
Planet killing chatbot is billionaires toys so it’s coo
40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
November 8, 2025 at 7:45 PM
It was punk, metal and hip hop
Punk was hella mixed and queer
Metal was defiant
Hip hop was Black
Planet killing chatbot is billionaires toys so it’s coo
Punk was hella mixed and queer
Metal was defiant
Hip hop was Black
Planet killing chatbot is billionaires toys so it’s coo
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This morning, in Broadview, 14 suburban women were arrested during an act of civil disobedience calling for an end to ICE/CBP’s kidnappings throughout the Chicago area.
“We want to encourage other people who feel strongly about ICE’s actions to step off the sidelines and take our cities back.”
“We want to encourage other people who feel strongly about ICE’s actions to step off the sidelines and take our cities back.”
Fourteen suburban moms arrested in sit-in protest outside Broadview ICE facility
The mothers sat in a circle on Beach Street on Friday to “demand an end” to the immigration raids that have swept through the Chicago area since the Trump administration launched “Operation Midway Bli...
chicago.suntimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:59 PM
This morning, in Broadview, 14 suburban women were arrested during an act of civil disobedience calling for an end to ICE/CBP’s kidnappings throughout the Chicago area.
“We want to encourage other people who feel strongly about ICE’s actions to step off the sidelines and take our cities back.”
“We want to encourage other people who feel strongly about ICE’s actions to step off the sidelines and take our cities back.”
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The past week+ has been really intense in Los Angeles. We need all of the help, support, & attention we can get. Feds are literally roving the streets snatch & grabbing vulnerable individuals. It's horrific. We need to do more.
Feds are once again ruthlessly targeting ktown & adjacent areas. This is getting really intense. We need to do more.
November 5, 2025 at 11:06 PM
The past week+ has been really intense in Los Angeles. We need all of the help, support, & attention we can get. Feds are literally roving the streets snatch & grabbing vulnerable individuals. It's horrific. We need to do more.
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Proud I can say that The Black Jewels #1 IS IN A COMIC SHOP!!! @peacelovecomics.bsky.social and I worked super hard on this and it’s so cool to see in print. Thanks to @salylockheart.bsky.social for her dope variant cover and to #GoldenAppleComics for putting it on their local creators shelf!
November 4, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Proud I can say that The Black Jewels #1 IS IN A COMIC SHOP!!! @peacelovecomics.bsky.social and I worked super hard on this and it’s so cool to see in print. Thanks to @salylockheart.bsky.social for her dope variant cover and to #GoldenAppleComics for putting it on their local creators shelf!
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We are speedrunning "the worst, most dangerous technologies trickle down from military to feds to local police"
www.404media.co/cbp-quietly-...
www.404media.co/cbp-quietly-...
CBP Quietly Launches Face Scanning App for Local Cops To Do Immigration Enforcement
The app, called Mobile Identify and available on the Google Play Store, is specifically for local and regional law enforcement agencies working with ICE on immigration enforcement.
www.404media.co
November 4, 2025 at 5:45 PM
We are speedrunning "the worst, most dangerous technologies trickle down from military to feds to local police"
www.404media.co/cbp-quietly-...
www.404media.co/cbp-quietly-...
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Season 4 of Anti-Trans Hate Machine opens with @imarajones.bsky.social in Pennsylvania, a vital swing district, investigating the network behind right-wing efforts to take over school boards, create chaos, and how communities are fighting back.
🎥: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSnYd82SdSA
🎥: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSnYd82SdSA
October 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Season 4 of Anti-Trans Hate Machine opens with @imarajones.bsky.social in Pennsylvania, a vital swing district, investigating the network behind right-wing efforts to take over school boards, create chaos, and how communities are fighting back.
🎥: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSnYd82SdSA
🎥: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSnYd82SdSA
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What’s not clicking? Everytime a racist hit the dirt I’m partying like it’s 1999 tffff
“I don’t celebrate deaths.”
Well I do. Yittadeeeee.
Well I do. Yittadeeeee.
November 4, 2025 at 5:45 PM
What’s not clicking? Everytime a racist hit the dirt I’m partying like it’s 1999 tffff
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thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
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Hey sweet thang,
This is your reminder that every living thing in the world slows down during these next months. You’re not lazy cuz you’re doing less. It’s okay that the early darkness makes you tired (it’s supposed to).
Humans the only ones who keep fighting against the natural patterns of life.
This is your reminder that every living thing in the world slows down during these next months. You’re not lazy cuz you’re doing less. It’s okay that the early darkness makes you tired (it’s supposed to).
Humans the only ones who keep fighting against the natural patterns of life.
November 3, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Hey sweet thang,
This is your reminder that every living thing in the world slows down during these next months. You’re not lazy cuz you’re doing less. It’s okay that the early darkness makes you tired (it’s supposed to).
Humans the only ones who keep fighting against the natural patterns of life.
This is your reminder that every living thing in the world slows down during these next months. You’re not lazy cuz you’re doing less. It’s okay that the early darkness makes you tired (it’s supposed to).
Humans the only ones who keep fighting against the natural patterns of life.
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*Whew*
Good for them.
Good for them.
Palate cleanse. Some humans are terrible, but more of us are great.
November 3, 2025 at 1:35 PM
*Whew*
Good for them.
Good for them.
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Last year, the DOJ criticized Memphis police for using minor infractions as a pretext to search people for serious crimes. Under Trump’s crackdown, it’s happening again. @wendicthomas.bsky.social @katieburgess.bsky.social @mlk50.com
“I Don’t Feel Safe”: Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump’s Police Task Force
A pastor was pulled over for looking lost. A 72-year-old was marched out in his bathrobe due to mistaken identity. Memphis’ mayor welcomed the federal law enforcement surge, but some residents say the...
www.propublica.org
November 3, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Last year, the DOJ criticized Memphis police for using minor infractions as a pretext to search people for serious crimes. Under Trump’s crackdown, it’s happening again. @wendicthomas.bsky.social @katieburgess.bsky.social @mlk50.com
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there are a lot of people who spent the whole 2024 saying look just vote for the party candidate and the whole 2025 poignantly refusing to say that and i can't wait til they start talkin about the Big Tent again cause i'm cussin everybody fake ass out
It really is amazing that when a popular young Democratic politician who wants to solve real problems for people beats an old-guard institutionalist Democrat in a primary, the institutionalist Democrat just stays in the race and basically runs as a Republican.
November 1, 2025 at 12:10 PM
there are a lot of people who spent the whole 2024 saying look just vote for the party candidate and the whole 2025 poignantly refusing to say that and i can't wait til they start talkin about the Big Tent again cause i'm cussin everybody fake ass out
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I commend them for being so laser-focused on turning every single Chicagoland suburb against them
Here's a short video of an Edison Park man confronting border patrol. You can hear others in the background. #chicago
October 31, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I commend them for being so laser-focused on turning every single Chicagoland suburb against them
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Thanks for the nice review, I’m glad someone is following my million IG stories.
Absolute Ultimate Escapist Comics Pod Episode 3.1 just dropped on Spotify and Apple Podcasts! YouTube is soon to come once they verify my identity! Give it a listen!
open.spotify.com/episode/268O...
open.spotify.com/episode/268O...
Episode 3.1: The Escapies Bring Tidings of a New Deathstroke...by Mariko Tamaki??
open.spotify.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Thanks for the nice review, I’m glad someone is following my million IG stories.
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It's weird seeing this Glamour article on the heels of sharing this other one from Trans Writes. Glamour's includes:
"...dolls – trans women working across fashion, music, publishing and activism..."
and
"I left wondering if protection is even the thing we need most?"
in the intro
"...dolls – trans women working across fashion, music, publishing and activism..."
and
"I left wondering if protection is even the thing we need most?"
in the intro
October 31, 2025 at 1:29 PM
It's weird seeing this Glamour article on the heels of sharing this other one from Trans Writes. Glamour's includes:
"...dolls – trans women working across fashion, music, publishing and activism..."
and
"I left wondering if protection is even the thing we need most?"
in the intro
"...dolls – trans women working across fashion, music, publishing and activism..."
and
"I left wondering if protection is even the thing we need most?"
in the intro
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techo-fascism is here: what a deadly combo of ICE’s violent enforcement and “impartial” face scanning software
New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
October 29, 2025 at 4:08 PM
techo-fascism is here: what a deadly combo of ICE’s violent enforcement and “impartial” face scanning software
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Stop posting AI videos!
October 27, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Stop posting AI videos!