Jordan WZ
@jordanthro.bsky.social
Cultural and medical anthropologist. MPH. Policy researcher. I write about how (usually not health) policies harm health.
We do not deserve him!! He’s so good at this.
October 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
We do not deserve him!! He’s so good at this.
Incredibly thoughtful, powerful and salient thread and exactly where our heads should be at right now. Thank you @gregggonsalves.bsky.social
I'm surprised how many people are quick to make a defense of violence in my replies. For them it's necessary, foreclosing on its use is a privilege. For me, non-violence is a powerful tool. It is the lesson of one of my heroes, Bayard Rustin. 1/ wagingnonviolence.org/2022/08/reme...
Remembering the genius of Bayard Rustin
Thirty-five years after his death, the man who mentored Martin Luther King Jr. still has much to teach movements.
wagingnonviolence.org
September 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Incredibly thoughtful, powerful and salient thread and exactly where our heads should be at right now. Thank you @gregggonsalves.bsky.social
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For everyone saying political violence has no place in this country…
Remember two Democratic legislators were shot in Minnesota just this year.
And America shrugged and moved on.
Remember two Democratic legislators were shot in Minnesota just this year.
And America shrugged and moved on.
September 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
For everyone saying political violence has no place in this country…
Remember two Democratic legislators were shot in Minnesota just this year.
And America shrugged and moved on.
Remember two Democratic legislators were shot in Minnesota just this year.
And America shrugged and moved on.
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The shooting of Charlie Kirk was the 46th school shooting of the year. The 47th one happened moments afterwards. www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/u...
At least 2 students shot at a Denver-area high school, authorities say | CNN
At least two students have been shot at Evergreen High School in Evergreen, Colorado, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.
www.cnn.com
September 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The shooting of Charlie Kirk was the 46th school shooting of the year. The 47th one happened moments afterwards. www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/u...
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I'm sick after seeing the video of Charlie Kirk being shot.
Violence against civilians is never okay. Political violence — no matter who is hurt — will always beget worse political violence. And it has no place in our country.
Violence against civilians is never okay. Political violence — no matter who is hurt — will always beget worse political violence. And it has no place in our country.
September 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I'm sick after seeing the video of Charlie Kirk being shot.
Violence against civilians is never okay. Political violence — no matter who is hurt — will always beget worse political violence. And it has no place in our country.
Violence against civilians is never okay. Political violence — no matter who is hurt — will always beget worse political violence. And it has no place in our country.
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Horrific to hear that Charlie Kirk was shot today in Utah. Political violence must be always and totally rejected. Praying for him and all who may have been injured or impacted.
September 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Horrific to hear that Charlie Kirk was shot today in Utah. Political violence must be always and totally rejected. Praying for him and all who may have been injured or impacted.
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May this portion of the dissent by Ketanji Brown Jackson haunt John Roberts forever and be the final word on his tenure as Chief Justice.
August 21, 2025 at 9:43 PM
May this portion of the dissent by Ketanji Brown Jackson haunt John Roberts forever and be the final word on his tenure as Chief Justice.
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Over the weekend, the “sandwich thrower” posters went up all over DC. Instant icon of resistance.
A remix of Banksy’s mural: not a Molotov, not a rock, but something just as disruptive, a hoagie hurled with defiance.
A remix of Banksy’s mural: not a Molotov, not a rock, but something just as disruptive, a hoagie hurled with defiance.
August 19, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Over the weekend, the “sandwich thrower” posters went up all over DC. Instant icon of resistance.
A remix of Banksy’s mural: not a Molotov, not a rock, but something just as disruptive, a hoagie hurled with defiance.
A remix of Banksy’s mural: not a Molotov, not a rock, but something just as disruptive, a hoagie hurled with defiance.
How is anyone nonchalant right now?
August 19, 2025 at 1:09 PM
How is anyone nonchalant right now?
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There are some fantastic Democratic politicians in Texas like James Talarico but one of my favorites is "Take no Bullshit" Roland Gutierrez ..man, we missed out on a good man for Senator ..instead we got Ted Cruz👺
#stoptexasgerrymandering
#stoptexasgerrymandering
August 13, 2025 at 4:20 AM
There are some fantastic Democratic politicians in Texas like James Talarico but one of my favorites is "Take no Bullshit" Roland Gutierrez ..man, we missed out on a good man for Senator ..instead we got Ted Cruz👺
#stoptexasgerrymandering
#stoptexasgerrymandering
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Friends, there are plenty of things RFK Jr. says and does that are worthy of contempt.
I am not on board with the “addict”, “junkie”, “heroin freak” narrative.
There are plenty of people in recovery who never go on to be sociopathic frauds, and they are worthy of our love and support.
I am not on board with the “addict”, “junkie”, “heroin freak” narrative.
There are plenty of people in recovery who never go on to be sociopathic frauds, and they are worthy of our love and support.
August 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Friends, there are plenty of things RFK Jr. says and does that are worthy of contempt.
I am not on board with the “addict”, “junkie”, “heroin freak” narrative.
There are plenty of people in recovery who never go on to be sociopathic frauds, and they are worthy of our love and support.
I am not on board with the “addict”, “junkie”, “heroin freak” narrative.
There are plenty of people in recovery who never go on to be sociopathic frauds, and they are worthy of our love and support.
She can FEEL that way. Doesn’t change the evidence that SSRI’s HELP pregnant and perinatal women who need it. It’s like when someone doEsN’t bELIevE in SSRI’s. Ok but they still exist..
She feels there is very little evidence that SSRIs are helpful and they just chemically destruct emotions and sexuality
(I am paraphrasing the people on the panel, do not shoot the messenger)
(I am paraphrasing the people on the panel, do not shoot the messenger)
July 21, 2025 at 7:16 PM
She can FEEL that way. Doesn’t change the evidence that SSRI’s HELP pregnant and perinatal women who need it. It’s like when someone doEsN’t bELIevE in SSRI’s. Ok but they still exist..
You cannot even look at baby items without risk. This is the least of our worries but will guests for a baby shower be subject to menstruation investigations?
When you log into Walmart in Virginia on the website this is the notice you get today, they are tracking women's pregnancies and working with the government, giving your info as a woman to anyone who wants it. Like handmaid tails... Cat trud.. part of the problem.. Walmart winners. 👎
July 21, 2025 at 3:48 PM
You cannot even look at baby items without risk. This is the least of our worries but will guests for a baby shower be subject to menstruation investigations?
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Cuomo: I am now running on affordability.
Also Cuomo: there is no “real answer” on affordability.
Also Cuomo: there is no “real answer” on affordability.
July 15, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Cuomo: I am now running on affordability.
Also Cuomo: there is no “real answer” on affordability.
Also Cuomo: there is no “real answer” on affordability.
Our explanatory models for death are predominated by scientific facts. They ignore the social, economic, political causes of death. Cause of death tends not to say, for example, BBB, but maybe it ought to if that more accurately reflects the world we live in. We need more social epidemiology.
Markwayne Mullin: "They're gonna be the ones that's gonna have to have to explain that these lies that they said, that tens of thousands of people are gonna be dying each year, they're gonna have to explain where all those morgues are that are holding those bodies because they won't exist."
July 4, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Our explanatory models for death are predominated by scientific facts. They ignore the social, economic, political causes of death. Cause of death tends not to say, for example, BBB, but maybe it ought to if that more accurately reflects the world we live in. We need more social epidemiology.
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
Trump and his goons are taking #necropolitics to the next level with this bill. They have decided who gets the opportunity to literally live and who doesn’t in a very open way.
July 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Trump and his goons are taking #necropolitics to the next level with this bill. They have decided who gets the opportunity to literally live and who doesn’t in a very open way.
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🚨 ICE disappeared a woman on Wednesday night. She was grabbed by men in plainclothes and taken to an unidentified location.
ICE is refusing to say where she is being held. It’s 72 hours later and not even a dedicated team of lawyers can find her.
This is WRONG. We can’t let this be the new norm.
ICE is refusing to say where she is being held. It’s 72 hours later and not even a dedicated team of lawyers can find her.
This is WRONG. We can’t let this be the new norm.
June 29, 2025 at 12:18 AM
🚨 ICE disappeared a woman on Wednesday night. She was grabbed by men in plainclothes and taken to an unidentified location.
ICE is refusing to say where she is being held. It’s 72 hours later and not even a dedicated team of lawyers can find her.
This is WRONG. We can’t let this be the new norm.
ICE is refusing to say where she is being held. It’s 72 hours later and not even a dedicated team of lawyers can find her.
This is WRONG. We can’t let this be the new norm.
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We need to start pushing back—legally
If they’re masked, unmarked, and flashing Amazon gear, report it for what it is: an attempted kidnapping by law enforcement impersonators.
🎥 Record.
📍 Share location.
📞 Call the police.
“ICE vest” is not an ID.
If they’re masked, unmarked, and flashing Amazon gear, report it for what it is: an attempted kidnapping by law enforcement impersonators.
🎥 Record.
📍 Share location.
📞 Call the police.
“ICE vest” is not an ID.
June 24, 2025 at 1:04 PM
We need to start pushing back—legally
If they’re masked, unmarked, and flashing Amazon gear, report it for what it is: an attempted kidnapping by law enforcement impersonators.
🎥 Record.
📍 Share location.
📞 Call the police.
“ICE vest” is not an ID.
If they’re masked, unmarked, and flashing Amazon gear, report it for what it is: an attempted kidnapping by law enforcement impersonators.
🎥 Record.
📍 Share location.
📞 Call the police.
“ICE vest” is not an ID.
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Ok trump admin, please tell us from which refugee camp they are coming and the vetting process you have undertaken.
The Trump administration has ended refugee resettlement from war-torn regions where people are in horrific scenarios, and has cut off support mandated by law to those resettled in the last year — and now they’re chartering a jet to fly White South Africans here as “refugees.”
May 9, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Ok trump admin, please tell us from which refugee camp they are coming and the vetting process you have undertaken.
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The Suspension Clause:
1) Doesn't allow the President to unilaterally suspend habeas, especially when Congress is in session;
2) Applies only to cases of invasion or rebellion (this is quite clearly neither); and
3) *Even then,* applies only "when the public safety may require it." (It doesn't.)
1) Doesn't allow the President to unilaterally suspend habeas, especially when Congress is in session;
2) Applies only to cases of invasion or rebellion (this is quite clearly neither); and
3) *Even then,* applies only "when the public safety may require it." (It doesn't.)
Stephen Miller says they are “actively looking at” suspending the writ of habeas corpus, which is only allowed when the US has been invaded or during an insurrection, which would not allow people to challenge their incarceration in court if they are arrested and detained.
May 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The Suspension Clause:
1) Doesn't allow the President to unilaterally suspend habeas, especially when Congress is in session;
2) Applies only to cases of invasion or rebellion (this is quite clearly neither); and
3) *Even then,* applies only "when the public safety may require it." (It doesn't.)
1) Doesn't allow the President to unilaterally suspend habeas, especially when Congress is in session;
2) Applies only to cases of invasion or rebellion (this is quite clearly neither); and
3) *Even then,* applies only "when the public safety may require it." (It doesn't.)
And he is running for senate in his spare time
I wrote about Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton dusting off his CRT-sensing goggles and setting his sights on Austin ISD — a district he claims is sneakily indoctrinating children with Pulitzer-Prize-winning history lessons. thebarbedwire.com/2025/05/08/k...
Nothing Terrifies Texas Leaders Like Kids Learning Slavery Was Bad
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton targets Austin schools in his latest CRT show trial.
thebarbedwire.com
May 9, 2025 at 8:16 PM
And he is running for senate in his spare time
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Given the literal definition of deportation is removing a foreigner or noncitizen from the country, we - journalists, media orgs - should probably all stop referring to the ‘deportation’ of a 2 year old US citizen. It’s NOT a deportation.
I’m not sure what it is. A kidnapping?
I’m not sure what it is. A kidnapping?
April 27, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Given the literal definition of deportation is removing a foreigner or noncitizen from the country, we - journalists, media orgs - should probably all stop referring to the ‘deportation’ of a 2 year old US citizen. It’s NOT a deportation.
I’m not sure what it is. A kidnapping?
I’m not sure what it is. A kidnapping?
Why is sparkly dyed easter egg salad superior? i cannot explain it
April 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Why is sparkly dyed easter egg salad superior? i cannot explain it