Joby Gelbspan
@outgrained.bsky.social
Strategic research & finance for anti-oppressive movements & communities. Consultant: https://corporateaccountability.org/, Treasurer: https://resist.org/, Member: https://www.idha-nyc.org/. Personal acct, she/her, Philly. Words: https://www.outgrained.com
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Indigenous people at #COP30 want change and power, not just visibility.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Tussles break out between protesters and security at Cop30 in Brazil
Dozens storm venue at climate conference that has encouraged NGOs and Indigenous groups to play unprecedented role in talks
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Indigenous people at #COP30 want change and power, not just visibility.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Andrea Pitzer has been a consistently grounding & clarifying voice throughout this past year, but this week's episode feels especially important in marking the latest inflection point on our collective descent into hell.
Trump's immigration policies may be echoing Nazi history, but that doesn't mean there's nothing we can do about it.
Why Trump Wants Chaos
YouTube video by Degenerate Art by Andrea Pitzer
youtu.be
November 1, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Andrea Pitzer has been a consistently grounding & clarifying voice throughout this past year, but this week's episode feels especially important in marking the latest inflection point on our collective descent into hell.
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Appreciate this coverage but it is hard to explain to people not in the Chicago area that THESE ARE NOT PROTESTS.
This is people coming out of their homes, doing anything in their power to try to stop their neighbors from being kidnapped.
It is coming for your city next, please be prepared.
This is people coming out of their homes, doing anything in their power to try to stop their neighbors from being kidnapped.
It is coming for your city next, please be prepared.
New from Bellingcat: “‘Pattern of Extreme Brutality’ — Tear gas, pepper balls among weapons used by federal agents at Illinois immigration protests.”
Read the full investigation:
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...
Read the full investigation:
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...
Tear Gas, Pepper Balls Among Weapons Deployed Against Illinois Protesters
A judge recently issued a restraining order on crowd-control tactics by federal agents in the state, including those involved in Operation Midway Blitz.
www.bellingcat.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Appreciate this coverage but it is hard to explain to people not in the Chicago area that THESE ARE NOT PROTESTS.
This is people coming out of their homes, doing anything in their power to try to stop their neighbors from being kidnapped.
It is coming for your city next, please be prepared.
This is people coming out of their homes, doing anything in their power to try to stop their neighbors from being kidnapped.
It is coming for your city next, please be prepared.
One year ago, a skinny, dirty, stray cat marched right in and made himself at home in my house & my heart. Today, we’re celebrating our 1st anniversary as a family. Happy Gotcha Day to Boo, my Halloween surprise!
October 31, 2025 at 6:27 PM
One year ago, a skinny, dirty, stray cat marched right in and made himself at home in my house & my heart. Today, we’re celebrating our 1st anniversary as a family. Happy Gotcha Day to Boo, my Halloween surprise!
Nice way to support neighbors this year: in addition to candy, offer kids a bag of chips or pretzels too.
October 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Nice way to support neighbors this year: in addition to candy, offer kids a bag of chips or pretzels too.
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Rev Sekou isn't on here, but on FB he wrote this gem and it applies to all kind of things.
October 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Rev Sekou isn't on here, but on FB he wrote this gem and it applies to all kind of things.
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It’s hard to convey just how much Chicagoans are mobilizing against ICE. Don’t want to downplay the harm, or make it seem like a fair fight. But in neighborhoods across this city, ICE is getting chased by people blowing whistles and shouting. People are running TOWARD ICE to protect their neighbors.
October 22, 2025 at 12:12 PM
It’s hard to convey just how much Chicagoans are mobilizing against ICE. Don’t want to downplay the harm, or make it seem like a fair fight. But in neighborhoods across this city, ICE is getting chased by people blowing whistles and shouting. People are running TOWARD ICE to protect their neighbors.
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Having organized my life around living car-free, I appreciate this whole thread but especially this point. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how much our car dependence fuels the perceived “need” for police at societal scale, from traffic laws to “accident” reports.
October 20, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Having organized my life around living car-free, I appreciate this whole thread but especially this point. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how much our car dependence fuels the perceived “need” for police at societal scale, from traffic laws to “accident” reports.
“BloombergNEF forecasts the growth of data centres used to train and run artificial intelligence models will cause power demand to more than double by 2035.”
So I THINK the AI bubble is going to collapse before the tech oligarchs get access to weapons grade plutonium but uh.......................... Don't love that!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
www.ft.com/content/2fbb...
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
www.ft.com/content/2fbb...
US offers nuclear energy companies access to weapons-grade plutonium
Expert warns commercial use of the radioactive material from cold war-era warheads carries safety risks
www.ft.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:25 AM
“BloombergNEF forecasts the growth of data centres used to train and run artificial intelligence models will cause power demand to more than double by 2035.”
Good thread: I spent yesterday passing out flyers pointing to on-ramps for ongoing organizing, and virtually everyone I spoke to was grateful for info on deeper next steps. A huge crowd of ppl looking to take action is an opportunity, if your goal is organizing > posturing or stewing.
I dunno, the size of the No Kings crowds yesterday made me feel slightly less hopeless? That morale boost isn't necessarily worth all the effort, but why take away that one positive morale boost by pointing out the obvious?
October 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Good thread: I spent yesterday passing out flyers pointing to on-ramps for ongoing organizing, and virtually everyone I spoke to was grateful for info on deeper next steps. A huge crowd of ppl looking to take action is an opportunity, if your goal is organizing > posturing or stewing.
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Charlottesville finally took down its Confederate monuments in 2021.
The statue of Robert E. Lee was melted down.
The statue of Stonewall Jackson was given to artist Kara Walker.
This is what she did with it:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The statue of Robert E. Lee was melted down.
The statue of Stonewall Jackson was given to artist Kara Walker.
This is what she did with it:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Breathtaking, unsettling, healing: a new exhibit by Black US artists transforms Confederate monuments
The sweeping exhibition Monuments opens in Los Angeles on 23 October and is on view through May
www.theguardian.com
October 18, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Charlottesville finally took down its Confederate monuments in 2021.
The statue of Robert E. Lee was melted down.
The statue of Stonewall Jackson was given to artist Kara Walker.
This is what she did with it:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The statue of Robert E. Lee was melted down.
The statue of Stonewall Jackson was given to artist Kara Walker.
This is what she did with it:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Really important (& short) thread about media literacy, going to primary source material, and how we have to be wary of letting fascists manipulate us by our cynicism. This is even more critical as these very propagandists are stepping into a much bigger (& more “trusted”) platform at CBS
🧵 1. I saw some high-profile pro-Palestine accounts condemning Mamdani for saying "I'm going to have ppl in my admin who are Zionists" & for allegedly putting a "softer spin on his anti-Israel past"
So [coughs, puts on ye ol' media analysis professor hat] I looked into the source and HOOO BOY...
So [coughs, puts on ye ol' media analysis professor hat] I looked into the source and HOOO BOY...
October 16, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Really important (& short) thread about media literacy, going to primary source material, and how we have to be wary of letting fascists manipulate us by our cynicism. This is even more critical as these very propagandists are stepping into a much bigger (& more “trusted”) platform at CBS
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Love Chicago 🫶💓
Hundreds Pack 'Whistlemania' Events To Fight ICE In Chicago: 'We Have To Stand Up For One Another'
Neighbors joined Whistlemania events in seven neighborhoods Tuesday to assemble whistle kits that alert when immigration agents are nearby.
blockclubchicago.org
October 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Love Chicago 🫶💓
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I see people sharing this, maybe as an act of shared mourning, an attempt to stir action, or confirmation that the world sucks. The death of reef ecosystems pushed me into a panic about climate change in 2013 & led to me starting the Climate Anxiety Counseling booth in 2014. So, a few things (1/5)
… today, a group of 160 scientists from 23 countries is announcing that the planet has already reached its first major tipping point: the widespread death of warm-water coral reefs.
Corals are disappearing, pushing Earth to its first major ‘tipping point’
A new report says Earth has reached a dire milestone with the widespread death of warm-water coral reefs. It's not too late to save what remains.
grist.org
October 13, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I see people sharing this, maybe as an act of shared mourning, an attempt to stir action, or confirmation that the world sucks. The death of reef ecosystems pushed me into a panic about climate change in 2013 & led to me starting the Climate Anxiety Counseling booth in 2014. So, a few things (1/5)
Trash day reminder that, while not everyone considers it a "Good Neighborhood," I live on the best block, actually.
October 13, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Trash day reminder that, while not everyone considers it a "Good Neighborhood," I live on the best block, actually.
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Another reason to mask at protests, aside from COVID safety and protection from doxxing, is that a lot of responsible documenters don't want to publish protesters' faces (esp without their consent) right now. Your face being in a shot may prevent people from sharing a worthwhile image publicly.
October 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Another reason to mask at protests, aside from COVID safety and protection from doxxing, is that a lot of responsible documenters don't want to publish protesters' faces (esp without their consent) right now. Your face being in a shot may prevent people from sharing a worthwhile image publicly.
Yet another example of how the “Blue Lives” ideology serves the corporate-fascist agenda.
October 8, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Yet another example of how the “Blue Lives” ideology serves the corporate-fascist agenda.
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On Saturday, the day before McMorrow called it a genocide, she told POLITICO she faces questions about the issue at nearly every event. She acknowledged it was “a probably small percentage of voters that are voting based on the issue, but it’s a lingering concern people have.”
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October 6, 2025 at 11:28 PM
On Saturday, the day before McMorrow called it a genocide, she told POLITICO she faces questions about the issue at nearly every event. She acknowledged it was “a probably small percentage of voters that are voting based on the issue, but it’s a lingering concern people have.”
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The US consumer is completely drained, and what did they do with all that cash they extracted from us? Lit it on fire to make a machine so advanced its the first ever computer that can't do math and spent the remaining scraps buying the media and presidency so people couldnt be mean about them
October 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The US consumer is completely drained, and what did they do with all that cash they extracted from us? Lit it on fire to make a machine so advanced its the first ever computer that can't do math and spent the remaining scraps buying the media and presidency so people couldnt be mean about them
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How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More - Consumer Reports
AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.
www.consumerreports.org
October 3, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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All charges brought against protesters at Broadview today must be dropped. When cops and agents attack crowds without provocation, they make shit up to justify their attacks (in his case, an attack waged on a cooperative crowd to produce fascist social media content). These charges must be dropped.
October 4, 2025 at 12:17 AM
All charges brought against protesters at Broadview today must be dropped. When cops and agents attack crowds without provocation, they make shit up to justify their attacks (in his case, an attack waged on a cooperative crowd to produce fascist social media content). These charges must be dropped.
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We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.
"Jones, 27, is among the residents left at 7500 S. South Shore Drive who are trying to piece together what remains after an early morning, high-powered federal immigration raid led to the arrests of dozens of their neighbors at their South Shore apartment building."
Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
chicago.suntimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.
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"The decision has not affected Microsoft’s wider commercial relationship with the IDF, which is a longstanding client and will retain access to other services" but still!
Microsoft will no longer allow Israel to use its cloud services to enable its mass surveillance of occupied Palestinians – "the first known case of a US technology company withdrawing services provided to the Israeli military since the beginning of its war on Gaza"
Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians
Exclusive: Tech firm ends military unit’s access to AI and data services after Guardian reveals secret spy project
www.theguardian.com
September 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
"The decision has not affected Microsoft’s wider commercial relationship with the IDF, which is a longstanding client and will retain access to other services" but still!
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FOX news host suggests we euthanize the homeless, someone goes into two encampments and starts shooting.
13 people shot and Jacob Frey and the media are just talking about it as the new best reason to clear the encampments
13 people shot and Jacob Frey and the media are just talking about it as the new best reason to clear the encampments
'We're shutting this thing down': 8 shot at Minneapolis homeless encampment hosted by landlord, Frey pledges action
That shooting came less than 12 hours after another shooting just two miles away that left five others injured.
kstp.com
September 16, 2025 at 12:38 PM
FOX news host suggests we euthanize the homeless, someone goes into two encampments and starts shooting.
13 people shot and Jacob Frey and the media are just talking about it as the new best reason to clear the encampments
13 people shot and Jacob Frey and the media are just talking about it as the new best reason to clear the encampments
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The best way .. is to support @resistanceschool.bsky.social!
I’ll be teaching Race, Media and International Affairs 101 and 102 next month.
Sign up for lectures by me and guest speakers!
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Fall Registration for Race, Media & International Affairs with Karen Attiah — Resistance Study Series
A virtual, seven week beginner and intermediate course on the history of race, mass media, and the modern world order.
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September 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
So many people are asking how they can support me..
The best way .. is to support @resistanceschool.bsky.social!
I’ll be teaching Race, Media and International Affairs 101 and 102 next month.
Sign up for lectures by me and guest speakers!
www.resistancesummerschool.com/fall-2025-re...
The best way .. is to support @resistanceschool.bsky.social!
I’ll be teaching Race, Media and International Affairs 101 and 102 next month.
Sign up for lectures by me and guest speakers!
www.resistancesummerschool.com/fall-2025-re...