Matthew Terrill
@matthewterrill.bsky.social
Poetry, art, music, urbanism, justice. Runner for sport and cyclist for transport. Arts & Culture finance leader. Learning to thrive with ADHD. Finding the sacred all around. (he/him)
https://linktr.ee/matthewbterrill
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At Boston government center right now, next to the federal building. There are thousands of people gathered here in a massive crowd around the speakers against ICE.
A helicopter is circling lower than usual.
Small visible police presence.
The protest was organized by LUCE
A helicopter is circling lower than usual.
Small visible police presence.
The protest was organized by LUCE
January 10, 2026 at 7:31 PM
At Boston government center right now, next to the federal building. There are thousands of people gathered here in a massive crowd around the speakers against ICE.
A helicopter is circling lower than usual.
Small visible police presence.
The protest was organized by LUCE
A helicopter is circling lower than usual.
Small visible police presence.
The protest was organized by LUCE
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Anti-war and anti-ICE protestors marching in Boston.
#resist
#iceoutforgood
@mass50501.bsky.social
@50501movement.bsky.social
#resist
#iceoutforgood
@mass50501.bsky.social
@50501movement.bsky.social
January 10, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Anti-war and anti-ICE protestors marching in Boston.
#resist
#iceoutforgood
@mass50501.bsky.social
@50501movement.bsky.social
#resist
#iceoutforgood
@mass50501.bsky.social
@50501movement.bsky.social
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Here now at the 2nd protest in Boston today. LFG! We are done with the bs. Stop #ICELawlessness!
#NoWar At home or abroad! In solitary we say NOOOOOO to Trump and his regime!
#NoWar At home or abroad! In solitary we say NOOOOOO to Trump and his regime!
January 10, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Here now at the 2nd protest in Boston today. LFG! We are done with the bs. Stop #ICELawlessness!
#NoWar At home or abroad! In solitary we say NOOOOOO to Trump and his regime!
#NoWar At home or abroad! In solitary we say NOOOOOO to Trump and his regime!
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Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal warns ICE:
"No law enforcement professional wears a mask... Those that come into our communities wearing a mask to commit crime... You getting arrested".
"Fake wannabe law enforcement... The criminal in the WH will not be able to keep you from going to jail".
"No law enforcement professional wears a mask... Those that come into our communities wearing a mask to commit crime... You getting arrested".
"Fake wannabe law enforcement... The criminal in the WH will not be able to keep you from going to jail".
January 10, 2026 at 7:50 PM
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Another thing about the Boston Massacre is John Adams' famous defense was less about right to counsel, which wasn't in question, and more demonstrating British troops could and should face fair trials w/ local courts and juries. Thus the Declaration's grievance about when they stopped allowing that.
The thing about the Boston Massacre— the fruits of arbitrary power— was not that the colonists were universally in the right. Things were thrown at the soldiers. But, the presence of a standing army escalated conditions. The use of force that night was not proportional. Citizens died needlessly.
January 10, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Another thing about the Boston Massacre is John Adams' famous defense was less about right to counsel, which wasn't in question, and more demonstrating British troops could and should face fair trials w/ local courts and juries. Thus the Declaration's grievance about when they stopped allowing that.
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This was a big part of my read on Vance's tweet of the agent's video, that it is de jure justified because the agent takes the video, and then the VP has blessed it, the actual contents merit no interrogation.
Another way to look at JD Vance and other conservatives pushing a video that clearly does not exonerate Jonathan Good is that it is a clear threat to anyone who opposes ICE and a promise to protect ICE murderers from consequences.
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 3:25 PM
This was a big part of my read on Vance's tweet of the agent's video, that it is de jure justified because the agent takes the video, and then the VP has blessed it, the actual contents merit no interrogation.
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10. Mike Luckovich
January 9, 2026 at 1:37 PM
10. Mike Luckovich
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6. Rick McKee
January 9, 2026 at 1:35 PM
6. Rick McKee
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Michael de Adder
January 9, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Michael de Adder
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Political cartoonists are not fuckin’ around this week. (thread)
1. Pat Bagley
1. Pat Bagley
January 9, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Political cartoonists are not fuckin’ around this week. (thread)
1. Pat Bagley
1. Pat Bagley
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Minneapolis College of Art & Design staffer taken yesterday. Funds being raised to support family here:
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
Donate to Support for Gerardo and His Family, organized by Annie GC
Gerardo has been a dedicated employee at Minneapolis College of Art and Design for over 20… Annie GC needs your support for Support for Gerardo and His Family
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January 10, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Minneapolis College of Art & Design staffer taken yesterday. Funds being raised to support family here:
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
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A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 2:52 PM
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
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I think I’ve mentioned it before but discovering Jacques Ellul’s writing on propaganda as the creation of a totalizing information space where a message is reflected in all mediums and all forms to imply unassailability, as opposed to just “biased messages” was really what clicked for me
April 9, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I think I’ve mentioned it before but discovering Jacques Ellul’s writing on propaganda as the creation of a totalizing information space where a message is reflected in all mediums and all forms to imply unassailability, as opposed to just “biased messages” was really what clicked for me
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This is literal, not figurative. I grew up in an authoritarian high-control religious group. Lived in a commune. Got the T-shirt.
The emergence of the right wing info space and its parasitic takeover of broader social/news spaces has been deeply familiar.
The emergence of the right wing info space and its parasitic takeover of broader social/news spaces has been deeply familiar.
idk maybe making the cult knowledge-shaping experience available everywhere all the time in your pocket instead of just at the compound of some wildeyed creep who chronically undersalts the food may just be one of those things it takes a couple generations to recover from
April 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM
This is literal, not figurative. I grew up in an authoritarian high-control religious group. Lived in a commune. Got the T-shirt.
The emergence of the right wing info space and its parasitic takeover of broader social/news spaces has been deeply familiar.
The emergence of the right wing info space and its parasitic takeover of broader social/news spaces has been deeply familiar.
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Ok Canada, time to show the same level of global leadership as (checks notes) Indonesia
Indonesian minister says deepfakes are a 'serious violation of human rights, dignity, and security of citizens' online.
Indonesia blocks access to Musk's AI chatbot Grok over deepfake images
Indonesian minister says deepfakes are a 'serious violation of human rights, dignity, and security of citizens' online.
www.aljazeera.com
January 10, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Ok Canada, time to show the same level of global leadership as (checks notes) Indonesia
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Allowing the executive branch to arbitrarily defund individual states would, in effect, unravel the Union itself. But that's where the US is right now.
The US Department of Agriculture suspends all federal funding to Minnesota, effective immediately.
January 10, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Allowing the executive branch to arbitrarily defund individual states would, in effect, unravel the Union itself. But that's where the US is right now.
Haven’t listened to her in ages, but there’s an old Regina Spektor lyric that seems apt: “You can write, but you can’t edit.”
January 10, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Haven’t listened to her in ages, but there’s an old Regina Spektor lyric that seems apt: “You can write, but you can’t edit.”
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There is a strain of “libertarianism” that is functionally a belief in a kind corporate feudalism
January 10, 2026 at 1:37 PM
There is a strain of “libertarianism” that is functionally a belief in a kind corporate feudalism
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I hope people see and understand and honor and respect the absolute bravery of Ilhan Omar being out there doing this.
JUST NOW: Huge mass of agents in a standoff, weapons drawn as Reps. Ilhan Omar, Angie Craig, and Kelly Morrison attempt to conduct congressional oversight at the Whipple Building, which has been HQ for thousands of ICE agents.
@zeteo.com
@zeteo.com
January 10, 2026 at 4:21 PM
I hope people see and understand and honor and respect the absolute bravery of Ilhan Omar being out there doing this.
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“A school official, speaking to MPR News on condition of anonymity, said many students sheltered in a nearby library.” Libraries offer so many kinds of shelter, refuge, galvanization, conviviality, etc. They’re under attack by this regime, too, and must be defended.
Kind of wild there has been almost no coverage of the fact that the federal government unleashed chemical weapons against literal kids *at school*.
workdaymagazine.org/minneapolis-...
workdaymagazine.org/minneapolis-...
January 10, 2026 at 4:37 PM
“A school official, speaking to MPR News on condition of anonymity, said many students sheltered in a nearby library.” Libraries offer so many kinds of shelter, refuge, galvanization, conviviality, etc. They’re under attack by this regime, too, and must be defended.
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okay but they literally issued a statement saying the exact opposite of that, @governorwalz.mn.gov
any word on that?
any word on that?
January 10, 2026 at 4:30 PM
okay but they literally issued a statement saying the exact opposite of that, @governorwalz.mn.gov
any word on that?
any word on that?
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One of the things that genuinely shocked me as I read through surveillance logs for the police is how much of their energy and attention is dedicated to shutting down vigils and other ceremonies of remembrance.
Anyway ICE was filmed desecrating Renee Nicole Good’s memorial & doing violence to people who found that distasteful. Might be too soon to say if this falls into some kind of pattern of behavior if you’re the stupidest motherfucker on earth.
It would appear that uncritically funding the people that hate us so much that they mint coins commemorating body counts instead of listening to the people who said that the institutional rot within the police is so deeply engrained that they represent a danger to us all has mysteriously backfired.
January 8, 2026 at 6:46 PM
One of the things that genuinely shocked me as I read through surveillance logs for the police is how much of their energy and attention is dedicated to shutting down vigils and other ceremonies of remembrance.
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You should do a town hall in Cambridge, @whipkclark.bsky.social. We have some thoughts for you, and calling your staff does not seem to be getting them through to you.
Rep. Katherine Clark is #2 in the House leadership, and represents half of Cambridge, MA.
She has two primary challengers.
She has two primary challengers.
"The Democrats’ plan: TBD. There has been a lot of rhetoric, but ... the caucus is largely shying away from using its leverage in the appropriations process and threatening another government shutdown."
“We’ll figure out the accountability mechanisms at the appropriate time" - Hakeem Jeffries
“We’ll figure out the accountability mechanisms at the appropriate time" - Hakeem Jeffries
January 10, 2026 at 2:15 PM
You should do a town hall in Cambridge, @whipkclark.bsky.social. We have some thoughts for you, and calling your staff does not seem to be getting them through to you.