Nate Holdren
@nhold.bsky.social
Hey bluesky. Historian. In decline. Views expressed here are those of a future insightful majority.
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Nate Holdren
@nhold.bsky.social
· May 29
harrumph. harrumph, I say!
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I don't know if it's really clear, outside of coverage of Mpls and pockets of organizing elsewhere, that hundreds of thousands of people are actively and at every level of society fighting our government as it abducts and imprisons and torments our neighbors.
February 12, 2026 at 1:09 AM
I don't know if it's really clear, outside of coverage of Mpls and pockets of organizing elsewhere, that hundreds of thousands of people are actively and at every level of society fighting our government as it abducts and imprisons and torments our neighbors.
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it's happening May 1 and 2; it's free to apply and to table
spreading the word much appreciated!
it's happening May 1 and 2; it's free to apply and to table
spreading the word much appreciated!
vermillion zine fest
a zine fest. in vermillion. for everyone.
vermillionzinefest.wordpress.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:54 AM
vermillionzinefest.wordpress.com
it's happening May 1 and 2; it's free to apply and to table
spreading the word much appreciated!
it's happening May 1 and 2; it's free to apply and to table
spreading the word much appreciated!
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"The border is a factory for making racism and racist violence."
Since there's been some conversation about historical analogies for the present stuff with ICE, I figured I'd share this. In it I argue the similarity between (opposition to) border enforcement and (the effort to abolish) slavery.
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Against The Border Power
As I’ve mentioned while back I wrote a letter to Little Village saying deportation as such is wrong, that we should think of it as something like slavery and...
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February 8, 2026 at 1:44 AM
"The border is a factory for making racism and racist violence."
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Listen to this!!!
In today’s episode, @nhold.bsky.social returns to discuss how deportation is unjustifiable state violence no matter one’s immigration status or citizenship, and how that violence is naturalized when demands are framed around who or what is “legal”
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Deportation Is State Violence w/ Nate Holdren (Unlocked)
This episode was originally released December 1st for Death Panel patrons and is being unlocked today for the first time. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a pa
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February 6, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Listen to this!!!
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we can’t keep living like this man
Just got a message from a signal group saying ICE was photographing *children* getting on and off a school bus today.
Stories about what ICE's presence in Minnesota has done to kids — something I'm seeing firsthand — are hard to read. It's unfathomable that kids have to go through this. www.startribune.com/ice-children...
February 11, 2026 at 11:02 PM
we can’t keep living like this man
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The interview w/Idaho sheriff involved in the raid (who I covered OFTEN years ago) is striking. He disputes zip-tied kids until shown pic of 14YO girl (same pic that made FBI backtrack months ago)
Then: "I've gone against gang members who are a lot younger than that" www.cbsnews.com/news/feds-zi...
Then: "I've gone against gang members who are a lot younger than that" www.cbsnews.com/news/feds-zi...
A 14-year-old girl described being zip-tied during Idaho raid, sparking fresh questions about ICE tactics
A 14-year-old girl said she was "crying" and "struggling to breathe" when law enforcement officers herded her onto a racetrack with other detainees and zip-tied her hands.
www.cbsnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:25 PM
The interview w/Idaho sheriff involved in the raid (who I covered OFTEN years ago) is striking. He disputes zip-tied kids until shown pic of 14YO girl (same pic that made FBI backtrack months ago)
Then: "I've gone against gang members who are a lot younger than that" www.cbsnews.com/news/feds-zi...
Then: "I've gone against gang members who are a lot younger than that" www.cbsnews.com/news/feds-zi...
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"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
February 10, 2026 at 10:09 AM
"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
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This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
February 11, 2026 at 4:46 PM
This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
idk if this study holds any water at all, I assume not, but if so I figure it's more a measure of the employers of these job classes being bigger dipshits than it is of anything else
Microsoft released a study showing the 40 jobs most at risk by AI:
February 11, 2026 at 4:23 PM
idk if this study holds any water at all, I assume not, but if so I figure it's more a measure of the employers of these job classes being bigger dipshits than it is of anything else
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Hundreds of thousands of audit logs spanning a month show police are assisting ICE with national database searches of automated license plate reader data, including from school cameras, using Flock.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Local police aid ICE by tapping school cameras amid Trump’s immigration crackdown
Local police assisted federal immigration agents by repeatedly searching school cameras that record license plate numbers, data show
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Hundreds of thousands of audit logs spanning a month show police are assisting ICE with national database searches of automated license plate reader data, including from school cameras, using Flock.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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lot of people clowning on this headline but this is a brave thing for a scholarly society to do and im gonna send it to scholarly societies im a member of to serve as an example of what we could be doing
February 10, 2026 at 2:58 PM
lot of people clowning on this headline but this is a brave thing for a scholarly society to do and im gonna send it to scholarly societies im a member of to serve as an example of what we could be doing
February 11, 2026 at 4:06 AM
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AI boosterism is a death cult.
February 10, 2026 at 7:32 PM
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Amid a sea of lawyers and legal observers, unidentified federal agents executed a chaotic arrest in the atrium of the Hennepin County Government Center on Tuesday morning.
Live: ICE director vows to release bodycam footage; Walz says crackdown could end soon
Lawmakers grilled the heads of ICE and the Border Patrol on immigration enforcement at a House committee hearing in Washington.
bit.ly
February 10, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Amid a sea of lawyers and legal observers, unidentified federal agents executed a chaotic arrest in the atrium of the Hennepin County Government Center on Tuesday morning.
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Whatever the productivity gains promised by LLMs, they result in heavier workloads—and that leads to workers experiencing “cognitive fatigue, burnout, and weakened decision-making.”
All this from the notoriously pro-worker rag [checks notes] Harvard Business Review: hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
All this from the notoriously pro-worker rag [checks notes] Harvard Business Review: hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
AI Doesn’t Reduce Work—It Intensifies It
One of the promises of AI is that it can reduce workloads so employees can focus more on higher-value and more engaging tasks. But according to new research, AI tools don’t reduce work, they consisten...
hbr.org
February 9, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Whatever the productivity gains promised by LLMs, they result in heavier workloads—and that leads to workers experiencing “cognitive fatigue, burnout, and weakened decision-making.”
All this from the notoriously pro-worker rag [checks notes] Harvard Business Review: hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
All this from the notoriously pro-worker rag [checks notes] Harvard Business Review: hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
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Depressed to hear how many people showed up to city hall in SUPPORT of building a giant data center here. Michigan holds 21% of the world's fresh water. If we poison it, we're cooked, especially in the US. This is "destroying the Amazon rainforest" level of serious.
February 10, 2026 at 3:21 AM
Depressed to hear how many people showed up to city hall in SUPPORT of building a giant data center here. Michigan holds 21% of the world's fresh water. If we poison it, we're cooked, especially in the US. This is "destroying the Amazon rainforest" level of serious.
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We murdered two more people in a boat today. One apparent survivor.
February 10, 2026 at 12:51 AM
We murdered two more people in a boat today. One apparent survivor.
"don't talk to me about my own morality" while allowing fucked up shit to happen is so very Democrat, incredibly infuriating
“I would rather you vote for what is morally correct,” Davidson said.
“Don’t talk to me about my own morality,” DeLauro shot back.
“Don’t tell your constituents what they can and can’t talk to you about,” replied Rev. Nathan Empsall. “What you are voting for is not moral.”
“Don’t talk to me about my own morality,” DeLauro shot back.
“Don’t tell your constituents what they can and can’t talk to you about,” replied Rev. Nathan Empsall. “What you are voting for is not moral.”
DeLauro to pressing clergy: 'I will not vote to abolish ICE'
The Connecticut U.S. representative found herself at odds with faith leaders.
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February 9, 2026 at 11:55 PM
"don't talk to me about my own morality" while allowing fucked up shit to happen is so very Democrat, incredibly infuriating
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The people who support mass deportation policies never cared about whether people have "criminal records," and I caution people who want to stop mass deportations that they should not focus on the "criminal records" either.
February 9, 2026 at 11:47 PM
The people who support mass deportation policies never cared about whether people have "criminal records," and I caution people who want to stop mass deportations that they should not focus on the "criminal records" either.
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Unicorn Riot, along with all the other cool stuff they do, has done a great job showcasing how local cops are defending ICE agents, as the agents go around and do their little ethnic cleansing program in the state.
NEW: At least 12 protesters were arrested last night in a heavy handed show of force by a mixture of state and local police. The protesters were taking part in the fourth noise demo against ICE being housed at the Graduate Hotel on the University of MN campus. [Full story at our website]
Another Mass Arrest by Large Police Force in Minneapolis After 4th Noise Demo at the Graduate Hotel
YouTube video by Unicorn Riot
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February 6, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Unicorn Riot, along with all the other cool stuff they do, has done a great job showcasing how local cops are defending ICE agents, as the agents go around and do their little ethnic cleansing program in the state.
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we won’t be intimidated because they don’t deserve our fear
Another classic post-Homan day where around school dismissal time we get a flurry of ICE vehicles all across our neighborhoods. Today one vehicle led an observer to their own home and pointed at it. This is a sick game to them, but we won’t be intimidated and we won’t stop until DHS is abolished.
February 9, 2026 at 11:29 PM
we won’t be intimidated because they don’t deserve our fear
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In one 30-minute stretch, three legal observers were arrested — as Trump’s Border czar Tom Homan calls on locals to “end the resistance.”
“Uptick In Abductions”: ICE Ramps Up Targeting of Minneapolis Legal Observers
In one 30-minute stretch, three Minneapolis legal observers were arrested as ICE ramped up its targeting of community volunteers.
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February 9, 2026 at 6:19 PM
In one 30-minute stretch, three legal observers were arrested — as Trump’s Border czar Tom Homan calls on locals to “end the resistance.”
'Hey guys stay calm! There's just a lot of chaos and destruction right now that we are aggessively smashing through! But, like, calmly! SO CALM!!!!'
February 9, 2026 at 9:38 PM
'Hey guys stay calm! There's just a lot of chaos and destruction right now that we are aggessively smashing through! But, like, calmly! SO CALM!!!!'