Katie J. Wells
@katiejwells.bsky.social
i study how labor platforms shape the way we live in cities. geographer. research director @groundwork.bsky.social. new book: DISRUPTING D.C. (Princeton Univ Press 2023) http://katiejwells.net
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‘As with climate change, the focus on consumers deflects scrutiny that should be directed towards industry. Not only do companies help establish false representations of consumer wastefulness, they are themselves waste creators on a gigantic scale.’
Brett Christophers:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Brett Christophers:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Brett Christophers · Assume the worst: Where our waste goes
Just as Big Oil has repeatedly failed to deliver on pledges to begin decarbonising, so too the promises of plastics...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
‘As with climate change, the focus on consumers deflects scrutiny that should be directed towards industry. Not only do companies help establish false representations of consumer wastefulness, they are themselves waste creators on a gigantic scale.’
Brett Christophers:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Brett Christophers:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
A woman deported from Maryland after fleeing Sierra Leone 30 years ago says she reported to an ICE check-in and was flown to Ghana in shackles. In a country her family said she had no ties to, video shows her being dragged. www.nbcwashington.com/investigatio...
Woman deported from Maryland shown on video being dragged in Ghana
Rabbiatu Kuyateh was detained this summer at her annual ICE check-in, her son said. She moved to the D.C. area 30 years ago as she fled civil war in Sierra Leone.
www.nbcwashington.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:17 PM
A woman deported from Maryland after fleeing Sierra Leone 30 years ago says she reported to an ICE check-in and was flown to Ghana in shackles. In a country her family said she had no ties to, video shows her being dragged. www.nbcwashington.com/investigatio...
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Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.
November 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.
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#BREAKING: A student intern at Rhode Island Superior Court was briefly taken into custody by ICE this afternoon before a judge intervened, 12 News has learned. Story by @jusolyn.bsky.social and @timwhiteri.bsky.social: ⤵️
RI judge intervenes after ICE mistakenly detains Superior Court intern
A teenager was nearly taken into federal immigration custody in Providence Thursday afternoon before a Superior Court judge intervened, according to the Rhode Island Judiciary.
www.wpri.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:51 PM
#BREAKING: A student intern at Rhode Island Superior Court was briefly taken into custody by ICE this afternoon before a judge intervened, 12 News has learned. Story by @jusolyn.bsky.social and @timwhiteri.bsky.social: ⤵️
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The Trump admin weaponized Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act to attack DEI programs, protections for trans people & freedom of speech at our universities.
We took the Trump admin to court over this in AAUP v. Trump and WON.
AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal discusses what prompted the lawsuit👇
We took the Trump admin to court over this in AAUP v. Trump and WON.
AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal discusses what prompted the lawsuit👇
November 20, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The Trump admin weaponized Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act to attack DEI programs, protections for trans people & freedom of speech at our universities.
We took the Trump admin to court over this in AAUP v. Trump and WON.
AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal discusses what prompted the lawsuit👇
We took the Trump admin to court over this in AAUP v. Trump and WON.
AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal discusses what prompted the lawsuit👇
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"A Chinese immigrant was found dead in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention, with his hands and feet tied behind him, an attorney has alleged."
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
Man detained by ICE found dead, hanging with hands and feet tied—attorney
The Chinese national died in Pennsylvania in August, but his family's requests for answers from DHS have gone unmet.
www.newsweek.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:15 AM
"A Chinese immigrant was found dead in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention, with his hands and feet tied behind him, an attorney has alleged."
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
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A new piece for @thenation.com on everyone's favourite industry -- private equity; in conversation with one of the many new books on PE, by Megan Greenwell.
Here:
Here:
Can We Blame Private Equity for Everything?
Did PE firms make the world worse? Or was it something else?
www.thenation.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:32 AM
A new piece for @thenation.com on everyone's favourite industry -- private equity; in conversation with one of the many new books on PE, by Megan Greenwell.
Here:
Here:
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Phone lines immediately down. Hundreds lined up for hours in the cold. Funding slashed from $27 million to $9 million.
This is supposed to be DC’s lifeline for low-income tenants who fall behind on rent.
Instead, we get this.
This is supposed to be DC’s lifeline for low-income tenants who fall behind on rent.
Instead, we get this.
November 20, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Phone lines immediately down. Hundreds lined up for hours in the cold. Funding slashed from $27 million to $9 million.
This is supposed to be DC’s lifeline for low-income tenants who fall behind on rent.
Instead, we get this.
This is supposed to be DC’s lifeline for low-income tenants who fall behind on rent.
Instead, we get this.
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![Screenshot of text: “[We] at The Washington Post will continue to remind you that one of our colleagues in the not-so-distant past was murdered," Jason Rezaian, the Washington Post’s director of press freedom initiatives, told NPR on Tuesday. "That’s not something we can just wipe under the rug or forget about.”
Trump offered a chummy welcome to Mohammed in the Oval Office, grasping his hand and wrist while mocking former president Joe Biden for offering a fist bump to the crown prince in 2022 because he did not want to shake hands with a man whose human rights record had been blasted by the U.S. intelligence community.
“Trump doesn’t give a fist pump. I grab that hand. I don’t give a hell where that hand’s been,” Trump said, calling the crown prince “one of the most respected people in the world.”
Trump called the inquiry about Khashoggi from ABC News reporter Mary Bruce a “horrible, insubordinate and just a terrible question,” adding that “I think the license should be taken away from ABC, because your news is so fake and it’s so wrong.”
His anger came minutes after he praised his and Mohammed’s openness and willingness to answer any and every question.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lwvjio7rxo2am62nonpap2vb/bafkreidp6mmvqkpz4mxd3cllxazfqorydqh25y3rfsfrumvsr77uc75xzm@jpeg)
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Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
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November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
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Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
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This article is not about Bryan but it does offer a glimpse of what is going on in DC, the capital of the land of the free. Anyway, thanks to those who have shared the Gofundme link and please continue to do so.
wapo.st/4r2L70A
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November 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
This article is not about Bryan but it does offer a glimpse of what is going on in DC, the capital of the land of the free. Anyway, thanks to those who have shared the Gofundme link and please continue to do so.
wapo.st/4r2L70A
wapo.st/4r2L70A
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Sadly, this MPD-ICE arrest is a nearly daily occurrence in DC now.
The DC police officers we pay with our tax dollars are being used to disappear our own neighbors and rip them away from their families.
All while our so-called leaders lie and pretend they are powerless to stop it.
The DC police officers we pay with our tax dollars are being used to disappear our own neighbors and rip them away from their families.
All while our so-called leaders lie and pretend they are powerless to stop it.
D.C. leaders oppose patrols with DHS. Are they powerless to stop them?
The arrest comes as some D.C. residents have expressed mounting frustration with city officials over the level of police cooperation with immigration officials.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Sadly, this MPD-ICE arrest is a nearly daily occurrence in DC now.
The DC police officers we pay with our tax dollars are being used to disappear our own neighbors and rip them away from their families.
All while our so-called leaders lie and pretend they are powerless to stop it.
The DC police officers we pay with our tax dollars are being used to disappear our own neighbors and rip them away from their families.
All while our so-called leaders lie and pretend they are powerless to stop it.
there are some things right in this world, and those things include @brian-goldstone.bsky.social. and the stories he shares about the kind of world we've chosen to build. thank you, brian. www.cbsnews.com/news/when-th...
When the employed are pushed into homelessness
Despite working full-time, many families are locked out of the rental housing market, due to low wages, soaring rents and poor credit, and have been pushed into homelessness.
www.cbsnews.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:22 PM
there are some things right in this world, and those things include @brian-goldstone.bsky.social. and the stories he shares about the kind of world we've chosen to build. thank you, brian. www.cbsnews.com/news/when-th...
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“Dubal…said…she was “kind of in tears” after the ruling. “This represents saving higher education, saving public research and the standing up of faculty and staff and students,” said Ms. Dubal, who is also a law professor at the University of California, Irvine.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
Judge Orders Trump Not to Threaten University of California’s Funding
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:18 AM
“Dubal…said…she was “kind of in tears” after the ruling. “This represents saving higher education, saving public research and the standing up of faculty and staff and students,” said Ms. Dubal, who is also a law professor at the University of California, Irvine.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
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One of the most chilling things about this story is that some did not even know it was ICE.
They thought it was “an attack on the school” i.e. a school shooter.
Think on that for a minute.
They thought it was “an attack on the school” i.e. a school shooter.
Think on that for a minute.
“They didn’t just walk in chasing one person, they went into multiple rooms asking and looking for teachers while children were present,” Ramirez said. “This is an agency that has gone rogue and it an agency that believes that as long as they can cover their face, they can get away with anything.”
Families "horrified" after daycare teacher pulled out of school by federal agents.
The incident happened in front of parents and children at Rayito de Sol in North Center, a parent said. They believe the employee, who cares for infants, is legally allowed to work in the United State...
www.chalkbeat.org
November 6, 2025 at 1:05 PM
One of the most chilling things about this story is that some did not even know it was ICE.
They thought it was “an attack on the school” i.e. a school shooter.
Think on that for a minute.
They thought it was “an attack on the school” i.e. a school shooter.
Think on that for a minute.
Last week, our book was released in paperback. Two yrs ago, its publication led to some of my most meaningful conversations, joyful events, + difficult debates about how we live with, and especially, against Big Tech. The DSA-sponsored Walking Tour of Big Tech and Capitalism was impossible to top. 🧵
November 3, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Last week, our book was released in paperback. Two yrs ago, its publication led to some of my most meaningful conversations, joyful events, + difficult debates about how we live with, and especially, against Big Tech. The DSA-sponsored Walking Tour of Big Tech and Capitalism was impossible to top. 🧵
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"[Chicago mom] Andrea Soria... overheard her 6-year-old whisper to her dolls: 'We have to be good or ICE will get us.'"
apnews.com/article/chic...
apnews.com/article/chic...
Chicago's children are getting caught in the chaos of immigration crackdowns
In Chicago, children and families have been traumatized by an immigration enforcement action involving tear gas.
apnews.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
"[Chicago mom] Andrea Soria... overheard her 6-year-old whisper to her dolls: 'We have to be good or ICE will get us.'"
apnews.com/article/chic...
apnews.com/article/chic...
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November 2, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Here in Atlanta yesterday, more than 2,000 people waited in their cars—one woman for 14 hours—for a box of food. The giveaway ended early; there wasn't enough to go around.
Multiply this scene by countless others across the country, and you get a sense of how crushing the desperation is right now.
Multiply this scene by countless others across the country, and you get a sense of how crushing the desperation is right now.
November 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Here in Atlanta yesterday, more than 2,000 people waited in their cars—one woman for 14 hours—for a box of food. The giveaway ended early; there wasn't enough to go around.
Multiply this scene by countless others across the country, and you get a sense of how crushing the desperation is right now.
Multiply this scene by countless others across the country, and you get a sense of how crushing the desperation is right now.
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ICE shot an American citizen and food bank worker who tried to block them arresting an immigrant by pulling his car in front of them.
After being released from hospital: "He is now facing charges for assault on a federal officer."
www.calonews.com/featured-top...
After being released from hospital: "He is now facing charges for assault on a federal officer."
www.calonews.com/featured-top...
November 2, 2025 at 6:54 PM
ICE shot an American citizen and food bank worker who tried to block them arresting an immigrant by pulling his car in front of them.
After being released from hospital: "He is now facing charges for assault on a federal officer."
www.calonews.com/featured-top...
After being released from hospital: "He is now facing charges for assault on a federal officer."
www.calonews.com/featured-top...
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I gotta be real, I did not suspect we would reach "roving mobs of white folks chanting "shame" at ICE" within 9 months, and it really feels like a sign of how much more horrifying it must be on the ground than those of us not there can even imagine.
Video taken by Jay Shefsky at 12:20 p.m. after the crash happened, Oakton Street/Asbury Avenue in Evanston, IL
October 31, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I gotta be real, I did not suspect we would reach "roving mobs of white folks chanting "shame" at ICE" within 9 months, and it really feels like a sign of how much more horrifying it must be on the ground than those of us not there can even imagine.
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Four cars filled with ICE masked agents accosted a driver across the street from Jackson Reed High school, claiming a traffic stop but there was no traffic violation. Observers taping and asking questions loudly likely is why ICE left. Principal says if not on school property, nothing he will do.
October 23, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Four cars filled with ICE masked agents accosted a driver across the street from Jackson Reed High school, claiming a traffic stop but there was no traffic violation. Observers taping and asking questions loudly likely is why ICE left. Principal says if not on school property, nothing he will do.
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Add Cincinnati to the rapidly expanding list of cities where homeless students sleep in parking lots because their families can't afford a place to live.
www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2...
www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2...
October 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Add Cincinnati to the rapidly expanding list of cities where homeless students sleep in parking lots because their families can't afford a place to live.
www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2...
www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2...
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The neo-Nazi ICE goons that @mayorbowser.dc.gov collaborates with are targeting the DC Bilingual elementary school. This morning, they conducted their third abduction during school drop off time in front of the children
#bigballsgoonshow
#bigballsgoonshow
October 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The neo-Nazi ICE goons that @mayorbowser.dc.gov collaborates with are targeting the DC Bilingual elementary school. This morning, they conducted their third abduction during school drop off time in front of the children
#bigballsgoonshow
#bigballsgoonshow
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Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
Harvard FAS Cuts Ph.D. Seats By More Than Half Across Next Two Admissions Cycles | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for th...
www.thecrimson.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero