William Powhida
@powhida.bsky.social
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As tens of thousands across America protest the violence that ICE sows with impunity, federal agents shot and killed another person in Minneapolis today.
ICE terrorizes our cities. ICE puts us all in danger. Abolish ICE.
January 24, 2026 at 6:00 PM
As tens of thousands across America protest the violence that ICE sows with impunity, federal agents shot and killed another person in Minneapolis today.
ICE terrorizes our cities. ICE puts us all in danger. Abolish ICE.
There is space here for an energetic lie. About the value of craft within the market for modernity.
Interview: Theaster Gates: "I’ve been intentional about acknowledging the polemics of craft as a starting point for recognizing the contribution of craft to all kinds of contemporary practices, and the truth of craft within modernity."
Theaster Gates on Waking Up That Energetic Life
In “The Craft Issue,” the art world’s multitasker par excellence speaks about image archives, fusing Japanese and West African traditions, and the possibilities of creation.
aperture.org
January 18, 2026 at 3:47 AM
There is space here for an energetic lie. About the value of craft within the market for modernity.
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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
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Love nothing more than @greg.org's Art Writing mixtapes (and being included in them).
greg.org/archive/2026...
greg.org/archive/2026...
Phone It In, Vol. 002: An Art Writing Mixtape – greg.org
greg.org
January 16, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Love nothing more than @greg.org's Art Writing mixtapes (and being included in them).
greg.org/archive/2026...
greg.org/archive/2026...
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Abolish ICE.
This is surreal. 4 Oglala Lakota men kidnapped by ICE in Minneapolis have finally been located. One of them was released but the other 3 are being held at Fort Snelling, a former concentration camp used to imprison Native people incl. the Dakota 38 during Dakota Wars.
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Four Oglala detainees located, three still in ICE custody - ICT
The four Lakota detainees were reportedly sent to a former concentration camp used during the Dakota Wars
ictnews.org
January 14, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Abolish ICE.
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Breaking News: The Washington National Opera is leaving the Kennedy Center after President Trump’s intervention upset artists and donors. The opera has performed there since 1971.
Washington National Opera Is Leaving the Kennedy Center
The opera, which has performed at the arts center since 1971, was concerned by declines in attendance and donations during President Trump’s second term.
nyti.ms
January 9, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Breaking News: The Washington National Opera is leaving the Kennedy Center after President Trump’s intervention upset artists and donors. The opera has performed there since 1971.
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Professor Peterson response to censorship at Texas A&M. (philosopher) king
Some have pointed out that the whole letter would have fit in the alt text window, so here is a version with the whole letter in alt text.
January 8, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Professor Peterson response to censorship at Texas A&M. (philosopher) king
JFC, you lost your federal funding @npr.org please stop sharing this hawk's views.
John Bolton, Trump's former national security adviser, told NPR in February 2025 that making Greenland a U.S. territory or commonwealth could help with security interests of "critical importance."
John Bolton on expanding into Greenland
John Bolton, Trump's former national security adviser, told NPR in February 2025 that making Greenland a U.S. territory or commonwealth could help with security interests of "critical importance."
n.pr
January 8, 2026 at 10:11 PM
JFC, you lost your federal funding @npr.org please stop sharing this hawk's views.
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600+ people still showed up for Legal Observers training in Minneapolis tonight.
In addition to those currently on patrol. This minute.
While the vigil is happening in South Mpls.
In addition to those currently on patrol. This minute.
While the vigil is happening in South Mpls.
January 8, 2026 at 1:15 AM
600+ people still showed up for Legal Observers training in Minneapolis tonight.
In addition to those currently on patrol. This minute.
While the vigil is happening in South Mpls.
In addition to those currently on patrol. This minute.
While the vigil is happening in South Mpls.
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Very clear and very smart—read the whole thread:
16 hours in, my guess this was all intended basically as a coup to put VP Delcy Rodriguez in power (likely without her knowledge but 🤷).
At least for democracy & human rights, that might be even worse than the "opening shots in a war" scenario.
All speculation, but let me explain:
At least for democracy & human rights, that might be even worse than the "opening shots in a war" scenario.
All speculation, but let me explain:
January 4, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Very clear and very smart—read the whole thread:
Is Bluesky ever going to fix its format for threaded posts? Hard to take an argument seriously as a trash compactor crushes it into gibberish.
January 4, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Is Bluesky ever going to fix its format for threaded posts? Hard to take an argument seriously as a trash compactor crushes it into gibberish.
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NY TIMES goes full Mark Lombardi to represent Trump's tangled web of money. Who wore it better?
January 1, 2026 at 8:53 PM
NY TIMES goes full Mark Lombardi to represent Trump's tangled web of money. Who wore it better?
It's amazing to hear your political and social beliefs shared aloud by the new mayor. Thank you @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and @demsocialists.bsky.social #BestNewYearEver
January 1, 2026 at 8:03 PM
It's amazing to hear your political and social beliefs shared aloud by the new mayor. Thank you @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and @demsocialists.bsky.social #BestNewYearEver
It is reassuring to see musicians saying "No."
December 30, 2025 at 1:26 AM
It is reassuring to see musicians saying "No."
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Will they move to the same imaginary place all the NYC billionaires threatened to move after Mamdani got elected?
Billionaires are considering cutting or reducing their ties to California by the end of the year because of a proposed ballot measure that could tax the state’s wealthiest residents.
A Wealth Tax Floated in California Has Billionaires Thinking of Leaving
It’s uncertain whether the proposal will reach the statewide ballot in November, but some billionaires like Peter Thiel and Larry Page may be unwilling to take the risk.
nyti.ms
December 27, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Will they move to the same imaginary place all the NYC billionaires threatened to move after Mamdani got elected?
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Even the dreaded NYTimes noted that the stupid rich and merely upper middle class drove most of the spending.
The data, which was delayed from October by the government shutdown, comes as the economy takes center stage for voters and the Trump administration. n.pr/3KKykQj
The U.S. economy grew robustly as Americans continued to spend
The data, which was delayed from October by the government shutdown, comes as the economy takes center stage for voters and the Trump administration.
n.pr
December 23, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Even the dreaded NYTimes noted that the stupid rich and merely upper middle class drove most of the spending.
IDK, The Bush admin hammered away at that self-image with the Iraq invasion, "enhanced interrogation" techniques, extraordinary rendition, Guantanamo, Dept of Homeland Security, Patriot Act etc. They really set the table for Trump and co. to make this a bad country, in the literal sense.
Americans have always had this self image of being the good guys, the heroes. It's jingoistic & certainly isn't 100% true, but it was built on ideas like fighting Nazism & fascism, spreading democracy, curing diseases & feeding starving nations. The Trump admin has taken a sledgehammer to that myth.
The CBS investigation portrays a modern concentration camp, similar to the Soviet GULAG (like CECOT, an acronym): sadistic guards, 24 hour lighting, isolation cells.
Americans once opposed this inhumane system.
The Trump administration sent innocent people there to suffer.
Americans once opposed this inhumane system.
The Trump administration sent innocent people there to suffer.
December 23, 2025 at 11:40 PM
IDK, The Bush admin hammered away at that self-image with the Iraq invasion, "enhanced interrogation" techniques, extraordinary rendition, Guantanamo, Dept of Homeland Security, Patriot Act etc. They really set the table for Trump and co. to make this a bad country, in the literal sense.
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I know this is hard to grasp and maybe boring but even when you’re posting shit from the Epstein files you need at least some context if not sources
random jpegs of half redacted text with the word trump highlighted are not the fucking way, c’mon
random jpegs of half redacted text with the word trump highlighted are not the fucking way, c’mon
December 23, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I know this is hard to grasp and maybe boring but even when you’re posting shit from the Epstein files you need at least some context if not sources
random jpegs of half redacted text with the word trump highlighted are not the fucking way, c’mon
random jpegs of half redacted text with the word trump highlighted are not the fucking way, c’mon
It was a mistake to make political art in this form. I should be liberating movie posters from their associated content. #formisallism
December 20, 2025 at 8:29 AM
It was a mistake to make political art in this form. I should be liberating movie posters from their associated content. #formisallism
Zohran punts on the follow up question "Is that by design?" which I'd say is a yes. Enshittification is not an accident.
Zohran: "I mean, think about when you fly. We have made it such a difficult experience to go through TSA that there's now a financial incentive to sign up for a separate program that can move you through it quicker. We have monetized the dysfunction."
December 18, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Zohran punts on the follow up question "Is that by design?" which I'd say is a yes. Enshittification is not an accident.
A little overlap with this year's @whitney.org biennial. Art fair/biennial bah. It's just messy folks.
December 18, 2025 at 5:32 AM
A little overlap with this year's @whitney.org biennial. Art fair/biennial bah. It's just messy folks.
I think Aaron understands it.
January 6 was like a much dumber version of Hitler’s Beer Hall Putsch and yet a plurality of American voters were like, Yeah, let’s give that guy the nuke codes again. An absolutely world historical debacle of societal ignorance. I’ll never understand it.
December 18, 2025 at 5:18 AM
I think Aaron understands it.
"He's gonna steamroll you fucks in 2016!"
December 18, 2025 at 5:03 AM
"He's gonna steamroll you fucks in 2016!"
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Diana Moreno is a socialist, mother, and Ecuadorian immigrant. And she’s looking to fill Zohran Mamdani’s now-vacant seat in the New York State Assembly.
We spoke to her about her campaign.
We spoke to her about her campaign.
Diana Moreno Is Running for Zohran Mamdani’s Assembly Seat
Diana Moreno is a socialist, mother, and Ecuadorian immigrant. And she’s looking to fill Zohran Mamdani’s now-vacant seat in the New York State Assembly. We spoke to her about her campaign.
jacobin.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Diana Moreno is a socialist, mother, and Ecuadorian immigrant. And she’s looking to fill Zohran Mamdani’s now-vacant seat in the New York State Assembly.
We spoke to her about her campaign.
We spoke to her about her campaign.