Anarchic Squid
@leahanelson.bsky.social
Knower of things about Alabama, mass criminalization, fines and fees, healthcare access, capital punishment. Chair of the Praline Matzo Committee. Actively fearful of the Mariana Trench.
Pinned
Anarchic Squid
@leahanelson.bsky.social
· Jan 10
The Only Narcan Vending Machine In Alabama
oxfordamerican.org
In a postage stamp of a town at the southernmost tip of Appalachia, a minister and self-described anarchosocialist operates Alabama's only Narcan vending machine. I wrote about his lifesaving work in this, my first piece for @oxfordamerican.bsky.social.
oxfordamerican.org/oa-now/the-o...
oxfordamerican.org/oa-now/the-o...
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“I’m not there but let me tell you how this works” - let me stop you right there friend
🧵There is a certain level of mutual trust involved in direct action. I'm not otg in MSP, and I'm not in the coordination chats. People who are in those chats apparently decided that you violated that level of trust and placed people at risk through your actions. You aren't entitled to involvement
January 30, 2026 at 12:18 PM
“I’m not there but let me tell you how this works” - let me stop you right there friend
One. PB first, wipe on the remaining clean slice of bread, then J.
I just found out that my spouse makes a PB&J sandwich using the same knife for both toppings, instead of one knife for each separate container.
We've been married for over 16 years. I cannot believe I just discovered this NOW.
Is it 1 knife or 2 when making PB&J? Chime in!
We've been married for over 16 years. I cannot believe I just discovered this NOW.
Is it 1 knife or 2 when making PB&J? Chime in!
January 30, 2026 at 12:39 PM
One. PB first, wipe on the remaining clean slice of bread, then J.
Democrats are the worst etc etc etc but actually this deal seem kind of smart in that it isolates DHS in 2 weeks while still funding air traffic control?
January 30, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Democrats are the worst etc etc etc but actually this deal seem kind of smart in that it isolates DHS in 2 weeks while still funding air traffic control?
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The system works because there is incredible power in having huge numbers of people do something that would be dangerous and hopeless if we did it alone. There are so many more of us than them. Risk can't be reduced to zero, but it can be distributed across a network too vast to reliably persecute.
January 30, 2026 at 2:55 AM
The system works because there is incredible power in having huge numbers of people do something that would be dangerous and hopeless if we did it alone. There are so many more of us than them. Risk can't be reduced to zero, but it can be distributed across a network too vast to reliably persecute.
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Degeneration into self-parody. Make things that are already illegal...uh...illegal?
Like, if this was "do not detain anyone with an active legal process" or "do not detain citizens" I could understand it (as one demand of presumably MANY MORE)
But like...WHAT
Like, if this was "do not detain anyone with an active legal process" or "do not detain citizens" I could understand it (as one demand of presumably MANY MORE)
But like...WHAT
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said House Democrats will demand a ban on the deportation of American citizens as a condition of winning their support for legislation funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Jeffries demands ban on deportation of US citizens as part of DHS reforms
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said House Democrats will demand a ban on the deportation of American citizens as a condition of winning their support for legislation fun…
www.kget.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:25 AM
Degeneration into self-parody. Make things that are already illegal...uh...illegal?
Like, if this was "do not detain anyone with an active legal process" or "do not detain citizens" I could understand it (as one demand of presumably MANY MORE)
But like...WHAT
Like, if this was "do not detain anyone with an active legal process" or "do not detain citizens" I could understand it (as one demand of presumably MANY MORE)
But like...WHAT
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I did a ridealong today. Journalists and observers have common cause in tracking and documenting federal immigration activity in the Twin Cities — doing it as a group is the safest, most efficient way
I would really appreciate if journalists who have done ridealongs would speak up about how important they are to helping Minneapolis. As I’ve said many times, opsec fears are the greatest threat to the networks we’ve built. But the reason we’re out here is to show the world what’s happening.
Ridiculous. @chrislhayes.bsky.social did a ride-along that was played on @ms.now last night - the piece threatened nothing and was good 'publicity' for the cause. Hopefully they'll come around for you, Will. Thanks for what you're doing for our city & state.
January 30, 2026 at 2:27 AM
I did a ridealong today. Journalists and observers have common cause in tracking and documenting federal immigration activity in the Twin Cities — doing it as a group is the safest, most efficient way
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Oh, you want a perfect political system? Can't help at the moment
But a PERFECT CANADA GOOSE?
All over it.
Right here.
Exclusively on Bluesky. #birds
But a PERFECT CANADA GOOSE?
All over it.
Right here.
Exclusively on Bluesky. #birds
January 29, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Oh, you want a perfect political system? Can't help at the moment
But a PERFECT CANADA GOOSE?
All over it.
Right here.
Exclusively on Bluesky. #birds
But a PERFECT CANADA GOOSE?
All over it.
Right here.
Exclusively on Bluesky. #birds
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Here's a little bit of good news against the backdrop of well, everything.
(Joy briefly interrupted by the realisation that I qualify as land-based prey 😂)
(Joy briefly interrupted by the realisation that I qualify as land-based prey 😂)
Polar bears getting "fatter and healthier" amid ice loss
Scientists think that Svalbard bears have adapted to recent ice loss by eating more land-based prey.
www.bbc.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Here's a little bit of good news against the backdrop of well, everything.
(Joy briefly interrupted by the realisation that I qualify as land-based prey 😂)
(Joy briefly interrupted by the realisation that I qualify as land-based prey 😂)
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Never ever ever ever ever ever surrender the microphone. Restricting press is meaningless as long as we drive our own cars with our own bodies, they keep safe in the same way we do for our own.
I’m not totally sure how to address this but apparently I’m getting kicked out of ICE rapid response for the moment because I’m allowing press ridealongs, with an extremely strict condition that no other observer be identified. Lots of observers have allowed ridealongs and they benefit us.
January 29, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Never ever ever ever ever ever surrender the microphone. Restricting press is meaningless as long as we drive our own cars with our own bodies, they keep safe in the same way we do for our own.
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This is a huge mistake. What Will and others are doing is showing the country how to effectively resist ICE and showing the world that Americans are fighting back. Kicking Will out is bad opsec, bad policy, bad politics. Grow the movement and tell the story. Don't gatekeep.
I’m not totally sure how to address this but apparently I’m getting kicked out of ICE rapid response for the moment because I’m allowing press ridealongs, with an extremely strict condition that no other observer be identified. Lots of observers have allowed ridealongs and they benefit us.
January 29, 2026 at 9:09 PM
This is a huge mistake. What Will and others are doing is showing the country how to effectively resist ICE and showing the world that Americans are fighting back. Kicking Will out is bad opsec, bad policy, bad politics. Grow the movement and tell the story. Don't gatekeep.
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I’m not totally sure how to address this but apparently I’m getting kicked out of ICE rapid response for the moment because I’m allowing press ridealongs, with an extremely strict condition that no other observer be identified. Lots of observers have allowed ridealongs and they benefit us.
January 29, 2026 at 8:57 PM
I’m not totally sure how to address this but apparently I’m getting kicked out of ICE rapid response for the moment because I’m allowing press ridealongs, with an extremely strict condition that no other observer be identified. Lots of observers have allowed ridealongs and they benefit us.
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She didn’t even wait to find out what the substance was…
Ilhan said “we throwing substances?????”
Ilhan said “we throwing substances?????”
January 29, 2026 at 8:17 PM
She didn’t even wait to find out what the substance was…
Ilhan said “we throwing substances?????”
Ilhan said “we throwing substances?????”
I’ve been a regular reader of the Economist for more than half my life and I’ve never seen a US dispatch like this. By @danielknowles24.bsky.social with @whstancil.bsky.social
www.economist.com/united-state...
www.economist.com/united-state...
Inside the movement challenging—and disrupting—ICE
A non-violent network of activists is forming across America
www.economist.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:33 PM
I’ve been a regular reader of the Economist for more than half my life and I’ve never seen a US dispatch like this. By @danielknowles24.bsky.social with @whstancil.bsky.social
www.economist.com/united-state...
www.economist.com/united-state...
Is anyone doing “we know what we saw” yard signs? I would post one
good morning. (quilt by Melissa Laranjeira, via www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...)
January 29, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Is anyone doing “we know what we saw” yard signs? I would post one
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good morning. (quilt by Melissa Laranjeira, via www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...)
January 29, 2026 at 12:59 PM
good morning. (quilt by Melissa Laranjeira, via www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...)
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Take his personal army away from him while you can, you stupid, stupid assholes. You’re like an armadillo playing dead in the middle of the road so the semi won’t hurt you
January 28, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Take his personal army away from him while you can, you stupid, stupid assholes. You’re like an armadillo playing dead in the middle of the road so the semi won’t hurt you
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We are living through the total moral collapse of the United States of America.
Folks get touchy about the Nazi Germany comparisons but I cannot think of a more apt comparison, at least in the modern history of developed democracies.
Folks get touchy about the Nazi Germany comparisons but I cannot think of a more apt comparison, at least in the modern history of developed democracies.
January 29, 2026 at 2:57 AM
We are living through the total moral collapse of the United States of America.
Folks get touchy about the Nazi Germany comparisons but I cannot think of a more apt comparison, at least in the modern history of developed democracies.
Folks get touchy about the Nazi Germany comparisons but I cannot think of a more apt comparison, at least in the modern history of developed democracies.
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If Iran refuses to make a deal, Donald Trump says the next attack will be “far worse” than the raids on its nuclear sites last year. That is a credible threat. We lay out the three possible scenarios econ.st/4rohQNm
Photo: U.S. Navy
Photo: U.S. Navy
January 29, 2026 at 2:00 AM
If Iran refuses to make a deal, Donald Trump says the next attack will be “far worse” than the raids on its nuclear sites last year. That is a credible threat. We lay out the three possible scenarios econ.st/4rohQNm
Photo: U.S. Navy
Photo: U.S. Navy
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I do not give a shit if it's Noem or the Keebler elves who run the Gestapo, I want you to stop paying them.
Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (one of 7 Democrats who just voted to fund DHS) defends her stance.
Argues funding for ICE "is not the question." Instead, Senate Democrats have leverage for various demands.
"I think they could negotiate to replace Noem with someone that doesn't skirt the filibuster."
Argues funding for ICE "is not the question." Instead, Senate Democrats have leverage for various demands.
"I think they could negotiate to replace Noem with someone that doesn't skirt the filibuster."
January 28, 2026 at 9:59 PM
I do not give a shit if it's Noem or the Keebler elves who run the Gestapo, I want you to stop paying them.
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Kanye West easy, it is hard to remember now but Kanye was damn near permanently goated for voicing what people were feeling re Katrina.
Question for the Skyline: What was your HARDEST "cancel"?? Like the actor/singer/athlete that was the hardest to drop.
I feel like it's always people I don't fw getting canceled so it's never really a loss.
The hardest one was maybe TI because I actually liked multiple albums by him.
I feel like it's always people I don't fw getting canceled so it's never really a loss.
The hardest one was maybe TI because I actually liked multiple albums by him.
January 28, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Kanye West easy, it is hard to remember now but Kanye was damn near permanently goated for voicing what people were feeling re Katrina.
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HOLY SHIT: Donald Trump just sent out a fundraising email to his supporters saying if they don’t donate to his campaign, he’ll have ICE deport them.
January 28, 2026 at 7:03 PM
HOLY SHIT: Donald Trump just sent out a fundraising email to his supporters saying if they don’t donate to his campaign, he’ll have ICE deport them.
Objectively untrue. Younger generations have been more than clear about their reasons. A person is free to disagree with those reasons in the pages of the NYT but this is not that.
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Younger generations “have fallen out of love with Harry Potter because they have fallen out of love with the worldview the series represents,” writes Louise Perry. “Which is to say that young people have fallen out of love with liberalism.”
Younger generations “have fallen out of love with Harry Potter because they have fallen out of love with the worldview the series represents,” writes Louise Perry. “Which is to say that young people have fallen out of love with liberalism.”
Opinion | Why Gen Z Doesn’t Love ‘Harry Potter’
The wizarding worldview is naïve.
nyti.ms
January 28, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Objectively untrue. Younger generations have been more than clear about their reasons. A person is free to disagree with those reasons in the pages of the NYT but this is not that.
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I will simply never recover from reading this sentence:
"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."
"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."
Today, Luke Farrell (@lukef.bsky.social) explains how complex eligibility requirements have turned America’s safety net into a lucrative revenue stream for monopolistic private contractors.
The Means-Testing Industrial Complex
As Republicans tightened work requirements and eligibility rules for Medicaid and SNAP last year, Equifax’s CEO openly celebrated the profits to be made from administering this deprivation.
lpeproject.org
January 28, 2026 at 4:33 PM
I will simply never recover from reading this sentence:
"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."
"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."
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January 28, 2026 at 5:41 PM