Caroline Luce
@lucecaroline.bsky.social
American labor history / Jewish studies / digital humanities
UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment
UC-AFT Comms crew
memorywork.irle.ucla.edu
carolineluce.com
UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment
UC-AFT Comms crew
memorywork.irle.ucla.edu
carolineluce.com
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While it made it as far as dress rehearsal, Tommy Brennan's Weekend Update desk bit on Trump's ICE deployments in his home state of Minnesota did not make it to SNL broadcast.
But they've made it available anyway. And you should watch it.
But they've made it available anyway. And you should watch it.
Weekend Update: Tommy Brennan on Trump's ICE Deployments in Minnesota - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
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January 21, 2026 at 10:19 PM
While it made it as far as dress rehearsal, Tommy Brennan's Weekend Update desk bit on Trump's ICE deployments in his home state of Minnesota did not make it to SNL broadcast.
But they've made it available anyway. And you should watch it.
But they've made it available anyway. And you should watch it.
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I've been here 24 hours, but already with what I've seen, well, I genuinely believe we're going to win. People here are well aware that what happens here impacts the entire country, that it sets the tone for resistance. ICE is angry, ICE is terrified, of how deeply unpopular it is.
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
I've been here 24 hours, but already with what I've seen, well, I genuinely believe we're going to win. People here are well aware that what happens here impacts the entire country, that it sets the tone for resistance. ICE is angry, ICE is terrified, of how deeply unpopular it is.
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But when I asked an organizer what they wanted to see out of press coverage, they told me they wanted people to see the beautiful things they are building here, and not just the worst stories of the worst of ICE's crimes.
What people are doing here is beautiful. It's a tragic beauty, but a real one
What people are doing here is beautiful. It's a tragic beauty, but a real one
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
But when I asked an organizer what they wanted to see out of press coverage, they told me they wanted people to see the beautiful things they are building here, and not just the worst stories of the worst of ICE's crimes.
What people are doing here is beautiful. It's a tragic beauty, but a real one
What people are doing here is beautiful. It's a tragic beauty, but a real one
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BREAKING: San Francisco Giants star Jung Hoo Lee has been detained by CBP at LAX. Pelosi's office says she is working to secure his release. www.sfchronicle.com/sports/giant...
Giants outfielder Jung Hoo Lee detained at Los Angeles International Airport
San Francisco Giants outfielder Jung Hoo Lee was detained Wednesday evening at Los Angeles International Airport, his agent Scott Boras told the Chronicle.
www.sfchronicle.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:41 AM
BREAKING: San Francisco Giants star Jung Hoo Lee has been detained by CBP at LAX. Pelosi's office says she is working to secure his release. www.sfchronicle.com/sports/giant...
Every teacher in the US should be out on Friday defending their communities. Shameful that the leaders of the countries biggest education unions (including my own) aren’t calling for solidarity with MN educators on 1/23
Sharing this report of ICE depravity from Facebook at the request of community member. This is from a suburb north of ICE-occupied Minneapolis.
The text is from her post on Facebook.
The text is from her post on Facebook.
January 22, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Every teacher in the US should be out on Friday defending their communities. Shameful that the leaders of the countries biggest education unions (including my own) aren’t calling for solidarity with MN educators on 1/23
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His name is Liam Ramos, and he is 5. He was abducted from Minneapolis and trafficked to a detention camp in Texas.
This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
January 21, 2026 at 11:27 PM
His name is Liam Ramos, and he is 5. He was abducted from Minneapolis and trafficked to a detention camp in Texas.
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This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
January 21, 2026 at 6:52 PM
This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
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Our city has been over-run by Nazi ghouls kidnapping people to traffic them to concentration camps and other countries.
Did you ever think you'd see the day when masked gunmen jump out of moving vehicles and chase families down the street in your own neighborhood?
FUCK ICE forever and ever.
Did you ever think you'd see the day when masked gunmen jump out of moving vehicles and chase families down the street in your own neighborhood?
FUCK ICE forever and ever.
January 21, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Our city has been over-run by Nazi ghouls kidnapping people to traffic them to concentration camps and other countries.
Did you ever think you'd see the day when masked gunmen jump out of moving vehicles and chase families down the street in your own neighborhood?
FUCK ICE forever and ever.
Did you ever think you'd see the day when masked gunmen jump out of moving vehicles and chase families down the street in your own neighborhood?
FUCK ICE forever and ever.
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Dozens of Nunavummiut braved the cold to stand in solidarity with Greenland and against threats of annexation by the United States.
About 90 per cent of its 60,000 people are Inuit.
About 90 per cent of its 60,000 people are Inuit.
Nunavummiut rally to support Greenland
Dozens of Nunavummiut gathered in Iqaluit to show their support for the people of Greenland who are under threat from the United States.
www.aptnnews.ca
January 20, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Dozens of Nunavummiut braved the cold to stand in solidarity with Greenland and against threats of annexation by the United States.
About 90 per cent of its 60,000 people are Inuit.
About 90 per cent of its 60,000 people are Inuit.
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UC-AFT’s statewide Council voted unanimously on a resolution in solidarity with Minnesota workers striking on January 23, 2026. ucaft.org/news/resolut... @mplsunions.bsky.social
January 21, 2026 at 2:59 AM
UC-AFT’s statewide Council voted unanimously on a resolution in solidarity with Minnesota workers striking on January 23, 2026. ucaft.org/news/resolut... @mplsunions.bsky.social
Proud to have helped pass this @ucaft.bsky.social resolution in support of our colleagues in Minnesota ucaft.org/news/resolut...
RESOLUTION (Passed 1/20 by UC-AFT Council): Solidarity with Striking Minnesota Workers on January 23, 2026 – University Council-AFT
ucaft.org
January 21, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Proud to have helped pass this @ucaft.bsky.social resolution in support of our colleagues in Minnesota ucaft.org/news/resolut...
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“One notable MIT study found that 95 percent of companies that integrated AI saw zero meaningful growth in revenue. For coding tasks, one of AI’s most widely hyped applications, another study showed that programmers who used AI coding tools actually became slower at their jobs.”
AI Completely Failing to Boost Productivity, Says Top Analyst
AI may or may not excel at a lot of things, but from an economic standpoint, it's definitely not making us more productive.
futurism.com
January 20, 2026 at 12:52 AM
“One notable MIT study found that 95 percent of companies that integrated AI saw zero meaningful growth in revenue. For coding tasks, one of AI’s most widely hyped applications, another study showed that programmers who used AI coding tools actually became slower at their jobs.”
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Breaking: Three unions are calling on the University of Minnesota to shut down for Jan. 23. They include the Graduate Labor Union Electrical Workers Local 1105, AFSCME 3800, & Teamsters Local 320. Campus undergraduate organizations are joining the call. labornotes.org/2026/01/will...
January 20, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Breaking: Three unions are calling on the University of Minnesota to shut down for Jan. 23. They include the Graduate Labor Union Electrical Workers Local 1105, AFSCME 3800, & Teamsters Local 320. Campus undergraduate organizations are joining the call. labornotes.org/2026/01/will...
shut it down free them all
A third immigrant detainee at facility in El Paso has died, ICE says.
Third immigrant detainee at facility in El Paso has died, ICE says
Camp East Montana on Fort Bliss in El Paso is one of the largest ICE detention centers in the country.
nbcnews.to
January 19, 2026 at 9:05 PM
shut it down free them all
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It's a disservice to Kafka to say this is like something straight out of Kafka
January 19, 2026 at 5:19 AM
It's a disservice to Kafka to say this is like something straight out of Kafka
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Going to reup this curse in case anyone needs some good Yiddish. Translation: "May you slip on black ice, break your tailbone, and pour hot coffee in your lap."
To anyone in ICE or CBP out in Minneapolis today looking to violate rights:
זאָלסטו זיך אויסגליטשן אויף שוואַרצן אייז, באַקומען צעבראָכענע עקביינער, און פֿאַרגיסן דיין הייסן קאַווע אין דיין קראָטש
זאָלסטו זיך אויסגליטשן אויף שוואַרצן אייז, באַקומען צעבראָכענע עקביינער, און פֿאַרגיסן דיין הייסן קאַווע אין דיין קראָטש
January 19, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Going to reup this curse in case anyone needs some good Yiddish. Translation: "May you slip on black ice, break your tailbone, and pour hot coffee in your lap."
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This is my annual reminder that the MLK holiday began as a strike demand, which seems particularly relevant as we look toward A Day of Truth and Freedom: No Work, No School, No Shopping on January 23. @thenation.com
Working-Class Hero
While the edges continue to be smoothed off Martin Luther King Jr.'s bracing challenges to racism, war and free-market exploitation, the holiday is a time to remember a leader who believed civil rig...
www.thenation.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:45 AM
This is my annual reminder that the MLK holiday began as a strike demand, which seems particularly relevant as we look toward A Day of Truth and Freedom: No Work, No School, No Shopping on January 23. @thenation.com
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ICE abducted a man in minneapolis on january 6. by january 14, he was dead in a concentration camp in texas.
victor manuel diaz was 36 years old. they say he did it to himself. ICE murdered him.
victor manuel diaz was 36 years old. they say he did it to himself. ICE murdered him.
Man arrested by ICE in Minneapolis dies while under federal agency's custody in Texas
A 36-year-old man who was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minneapolis died while under the custody of federal law enforcement in Texas on Wednesday, according to the agency.
www.cbsnews.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:00 AM
ICE abducted a man in minneapolis on january 6. by january 14, he was dead in a concentration camp in texas.
victor manuel diaz was 36 years old. they say he did it to himself. ICE murdered him.
victor manuel diaz was 36 years old. they say he did it to himself. ICE murdered him.
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Greg Bovino was seen earlier today at the Minneapolis ICE facility dressed in a very nazi-inspired outfit. They don’t even hide anymore.
January 17, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Greg Bovino was seen earlier today at the Minneapolis ICE facility dressed in a very nazi-inspired outfit. They don’t even hide anymore.
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Grok is so much worse than you think.
January 17, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Grok is so much worse than you think.
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Rick Caruso just announced via X that he will not be running for Mayor or Governor of Los Angeles / California in this election cycle.
January 17, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Rick Caruso just announced via X that he will not be running for Mayor or Governor of Los Angeles / California in this election cycle.
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Chief Bovino and his men believe they are chosen to return this country to a Christian nation. This is not a joke. There are churches that cater to these agents telling them exactly this. Paid for with your tax dollars.
January 17, 2026 at 1:46 AM
Chief Bovino and his men believe they are chosen to return this country to a Christian nation. This is not a joke. There are churches that cater to these agents telling them exactly this. Paid for with your tax dollars.
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“The crisis of the humanities has been revealed by the events of the last year to be a crisis of civil society writ large. … Many [non-humanities] educators now see that defunding the humanities is the tip of a spear aimed at them as well.” The answer is “to organize.”
The ‘Crisis of the Humanities’ Is Over. That’s Not a Good Thing.
All of higher ed now suffers the attacks of politics and technology.
www.chronicle.com
January 17, 2026 at 12:17 AM
“The crisis of the humanities has been revealed by the events of the last year to be a crisis of civil society writ large. … Many [non-humanities] educators now see that defunding the humanities is the tip of a spear aimed at them as well.” The answer is “to organize.”
amerikkka’s finest
"The document says the ICE agent allegedly whipped his sons with a belt, made homophobic slurs and racist remarks about Black and Latino people and brought a gun to a youth sports game."
ICE agent believed responsible for L.A. killing accused of child abuse, racism in court filings
A court filing made public this week claims that a federal immigration agent thought to have shot and killed a Los Angeles man on New Year's Eve was previously accused of child abuse and making racist...
www.latimes.com
January 17, 2026 at 1:46 AM
amerikkka’s finest
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every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
January 16, 2026 at 9:24 PM
every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s