Jon Phillips
@jowiph.bsky.social
Historian of evolutionary biology and scientific racism who has somehow turned into a historian of the physical sciences. Expect lots of cat pictures and general miscellany. Baltimore.
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Jon Phillips
@jowiph.bsky.social
· Oct 5
I’ve shared these a few times on the other site, but since everything is new again, here’s a thread of extremist profiles on prominent scientific racists I wrote for @SPLC roughly 10 years ago:
The FBI may no longer be relying on SPLC, but their anti-extremist resources are still extremely worthwhile, especially these days. So in that spirit, time to re-up the thread of extremist profiles I wrote for them on scientific racists
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i really do think this is an inflection point
imagine getting cooked by Thomas Chatterton Williams over your policing takes
January 8, 2026 at 2:04 AM
i really do think this is an inflection point
Imo this remains the most powerful verse Christianity has produced
As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free
I have seen Him in the watch-fires of a hundred circling camps,
They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews and damps;
I can read His righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps:
His day is marching on.
They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews and damps;
I can read His righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps:
His day is marching on.
January 8, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Imo this remains the most powerful verse Christianity has produced
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A Black man named Keith Porter was shot and killed by an ICE officer on New Year’s Eve.
Marimar Martinez was shot five times by an ICE officer in Chicago who went on to brag about leaving seven holes in her body.
This is not new but it is expanding.
Marimar Martinez was shot five times by an ICE officer in Chicago who went on to brag about leaving seven holes in her body.
This is not new but it is expanding.
Your reminder that what happened to Renee Nicole Good is something that happens regularly in America. This is not new, but it is an expanded version of militarized people targeting Black people in particular.
From ICE detention to murder with impunity, we've been doing it. Now it's broadened.
From ICE detention to murder with impunity, we've been doing it. Now it's broadened.
January 8, 2026 at 12:21 AM
A Black man named Keith Porter was shot and killed by an ICE officer on New Year’s Eve.
Marimar Martinez was shot five times by an ICE officer in Chicago who went on to brag about leaving seven holes in her body.
This is not new but it is expanding.
Marimar Martinez was shot five times by an ICE officer in Chicago who went on to brag about leaving seven holes in her body.
This is not new but it is expanding.
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As others have pointed out, all of this stems from the fact that a MAGA Youtuber pretending to be a journalist posted a bullshit video about daycares that went viral in the MAGA sphere and that mainstream media also ran with. You better start believing in Hyperreality cause you are living in it.
I wouldn't call this a prediction, but for about a dozen reasons (including, now, Oz's threat) the situation in Minnesota seems poised to blow quickly and dramatically. I really hope it doesn't.
Dr Oz threatens to pull Medicaid support for Minnesota: "Sticking to the narrative that's cold in Minnesota -- this is the tip of the iceberg"
January 8, 2026 at 12:37 AM
As others have pointed out, all of this stems from the fact that a MAGA Youtuber pretending to be a journalist posted a bullshit video about daycares that went viral in the MAGA sphere and that mainstream media also ran with. You better start believing in Hyperreality cause you are living in it.
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I wouldn't call this a prediction, but for about a dozen reasons (including, now, Oz's threat) the situation in Minnesota seems poised to blow quickly and dramatically. I really hope it doesn't.
Dr Oz threatens to pull Medicaid support for Minnesota: "Sticking to the narrative that's cold in Minnesota -- this is the tip of the iceberg"
January 8, 2026 at 12:22 AM
I wouldn't call this a prediction, but for about a dozen reasons (including, now, Oz's threat) the situation in Minnesota seems poised to blow quickly and dramatically. I really hope it doesn't.
It does feel like we might be nearing the final transition from "slowly" to "all at once"
this week feels like the end of one chapter and the beginning of another.
January 8, 2026 at 12:21 AM
It does feel like we might be nearing the final transition from "slowly" to "all at once"
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Minnesota Public Radio says today marks the first and only shooting and homicide in Minneapolis in the year 2026
January 7, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Minnesota Public Radio says today marks the first and only shooting and homicide in Minneapolis in the year 2026
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Kinda sucks how one day you’ll post stuff like “does the Grinch use the toilet?” and then the next it has to be “I reject those who worship death”
January 7, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Kinda sucks how one day you’ll post stuff like “does the Grinch use the toilet?” and then the next it has to be “I reject those who worship death”
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Renee Good was a martyr
The Minneapolis ICE murder victim was executed in response to her efforts to protect her community. A martyr in the truest sense. Outrage at ICE and the administration is necessary, but we also need to honor real fallen heroes like her
January 7, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Renee Good was a martyr
Doubling down on the murder while simultaneously throwing the murderer under the bus. Bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see if it pays off for them.
ICE officers approached vehicle in manner counter to training, DHS official tells NBC News
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
January 7, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Doubling down on the murder while simultaneously throwing the murderer under the bus. Bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see if it pays off for them.
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they murdered Ms. Good.
"Renee was one of the kindest people I’ve ever known,” her mother said. “She was extremely compassionate. She’s taken care of people all her life. She was loving, forgiving and affectionate. She was an amazing human being.” www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...
‘She was an amazing human being:’ Mother identifies woman shot, killed by ICE agent
Renee Nicole Good, 37, lived in the Twin Cities with her partner.
www.startribune.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:01 PM
they murdered Ms. Good.
For any that don't end up in prison: state, local, and federal watchlists and close monitoring. They get to spend the rest of their lives on probation.
January 7, 2026 at 9:56 PM
For any that don't end up in prison: state, local, and federal watchlists and close monitoring. They get to spend the rest of their lives on probation.
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Hot take: the US should join the ICJ and then submit the former regime to be prosecuted under international, not national, law. Especially if it seeks to, in any way, salvage the idea of a rules based international order. This is the perfect (and only) way to restore any sort of credibility.
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
January 7, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Hot take: the US should join the ICJ and then submit the former regime to be prosecuted under international, not national, law. Especially if it seeks to, in any way, salvage the idea of a rules based international order. This is the perfect (and only) way to restore any sort of credibility.
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Fascism does at home what imperialism does abroad and now's probably a great time to internalize the full implications of that.
January 7, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Fascism does at home what imperialism does abroad and now's probably a great time to internalize the full implications of that.
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a lot of us forgot that the main reason racism is unacceptable is because it’s a fast-track to the end of human civilization, not because it’s uncouth. people will look back on this as an exceptionally stupid failure of memory and imagination, both.
January 7, 2026 at 8:43 PM
a lot of us forgot that the main reason racism is unacceptable is because it’s a fast-track to the end of human civilization, not because it’s uncouth. people will look back on this as an exceptionally stupid failure of memory and imagination, both.
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my friend @manzirae.bsky.social's not online cousin is out in minneapolis right now, and sent this image of a makeshift memorial from the site of the protest
January 7, 2026 at 8:19 PM
my friend @manzirae.bsky.social's not online cousin is out in minneapolis right now, and sent this image of a makeshift memorial from the site of the protest
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abolish ice is the moderate position to be honest. whichever candidate promises to nuremberg the ice agents has my vote at this point
January 7, 2026 at 8:39 PM
abolish ice is the moderate position to be honest. whichever candidate promises to nuremberg the ice agents has my vote at this point
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even the mises freaks are done
January 7, 2026 at 8:42 PM
even the mises freaks are done
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They made a massive fucking mistake today.
The murdered woman's glove compartment is filled with stuffed animals.
January 7, 2026 at 8:30 PM
They made a massive fucking mistake today.
The Minneapolis ICE murder victim was executed in response to her efforts to protect her community. A martyr in the truest sense. Outrage at ICE and the administration is necessary, but we also need to honor real fallen heroes like her
January 7, 2026 at 8:29 PM
The Minneapolis ICE murder victim was executed in response to her efforts to protect her community. A martyr in the truest sense. Outrage at ICE and the administration is necessary, but we also need to honor real fallen heroes like her
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Thank you. I'm with Jon, more willing to compromise my safety than ever before, but I'm going to be strategic about it.
They deploy wanton violence to try and cow the people around them, but they're very much mistaken about how people will react to state-sanctioned paramilitary thugs lynching their neighbors. I know I can't be the only one *more* ready to risk a bullet after today.
It takes an enormous amount of courage to stand there, keep filming, and scream "What the fuck, you asshole" at someone wearing a badge who just shot and killed one of your neighbors in cold blood.
January 7, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Thank you. I'm with Jon, more willing to compromise my safety than ever before, but I'm going to be strategic about it.
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That this asshole is walking around in jeans really drives home how ICE is populated with a bunch of amateurs who get high on terrorizing and, now, killing Americans.
Four photos of the murderer from various angles
January 7, 2026 at 7:16 PM
That this asshole is walking around in jeans really drives home how ICE is populated with a bunch of amateurs who get high on terrorizing and, now, killing Americans.
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this fucker wanted to punish a woman for standing up to him
Here are two key frames of the video. (Changed language on the first notation.)
January 7, 2026 at 7:30 PM
this fucker wanted to punish a woman for standing up to him
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David Barton, the self-described "amateur historian" whose debunked work has been central to mainstreaming claims that the US was founded as a Christian nation, says he and his son have been directly involved in the Trump administration's efforts to stop "woke propaganda" at the Smithsonian.
January 7, 2026 at 6:59 PM
David Barton, the self-described "amateur historian" whose debunked work has been central to mainstreaming claims that the US was founded as a Christian nation, says he and his son have been directly involved in the Trump administration's efforts to stop "woke propaganda" at the Smithsonian.