Mark Baxter
@sparkbadger.bsky.social
Writer & IIlustrator. Editor at Moseley B13 Magazine, Brum.
Free Palestine. Slava Ukraine. Animal rights. Art for social change #RadicalLeftScum #Resistance 🌊
Radio Show Communities #Forgotten80s #80sTM #sts70s #DLXP #ChooseDay #TOTP
Free Palestine. Slava Ukraine. Animal rights. Art for social change #RadicalLeftScum #Resistance 🌊
Radio Show Communities #Forgotten80s #80sTM #sts70s #DLXP #ChooseDay #TOTP
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Mark Baxter
@sparkbadger.bsky.social
· Nov 28
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This is domestic terrorism.
Jessica: The WSJ is reporting that there are incentives for ICE Agents because they need to meet that insane 3,000 people per day quota—they are getting rewarded even if they bring in people who then get released…
January 20, 2026 at 2:39 AM
This is domestic terrorism.
Julie Dowling (Badimaya First Nation, b. 1969), Self Portrait: Black Bird, 2002
Synthetic polymer paint, red ochre, glitter and metallic paint on canvas
Synthetic polymer paint, red ochre, glitter and metallic paint on canvas
January 20, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Julie Dowling (Badimaya First Nation, b. 1969), Self Portrait: Black Bird, 2002
Synthetic polymer paint, red ochre, glitter and metallic paint on canvas
Synthetic polymer paint, red ochre, glitter and metallic paint on canvas
Jane Clatworthy (English, b. 1966), Wrong Mythologies, 2020
Oil on linen
Oil on linen
January 20, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Jane Clatworthy (English, b. 1966), Wrong Mythologies, 2020
Oil on linen
Oil on linen
Oasa DuVerney (American, b. 1979), We Are A Conspiracy, 2021
January 20, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Oasa DuVerney (American, b. 1979), We Are A Conspiracy, 2021
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Mr. “President”, Greenland is not for sale, Greenland is not for war, Greenland is not to be invaded. Greenland is for the Greenlandic people.
So you have been warned Mr. “President”, the American people want the Epstein files, not Greenland.
I love Rep. Melanie Stansbury 😘
So you have been warned Mr. “President”, the American people want the Epstein files, not Greenland.
I love Rep. Melanie Stansbury 😘
January 16, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Mr. “President”, Greenland is not for sale, Greenland is not for war, Greenland is not to be invaded. Greenland is for the Greenlandic people.
So you have been warned Mr. “President”, the American people want the Epstein files, not Greenland.
I love Rep. Melanie Stansbury 😘
So you have been warned Mr. “President”, the American people want the Epstein files, not Greenland.
I love Rep. Melanie Stansbury 😘
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“Would you actually use the word fascist about a Nigel Farage led government or not? - Trevor Philips
“I would just say if it walks like a duck and it quacks like a duck in my experience it usually is a duck” - Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy
“I would just say if it walks like a duck and it quacks like a duck in my experience it usually is a duck” - Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy
January 18, 2026 at 9:05 AM
“Would you actually use the word fascist about a Nigel Farage led government or not? - Trevor Philips
“I would just say if it walks like a duck and it quacks like a duck in my experience it usually is a duck” - Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy
“I would just say if it walks like a duck and it quacks like a duck in my experience it usually is a duck” - Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy
"Women are inevitable collateral damage in this toxic brew. Worse, the misogyny feels so deliberate—and ICE enablers so brazenly confident—all the running commentary smacks of a smug, cruel glee."
The Trump Administration’s Full-Throated Misogyny
msmagazine.com/2026/01/15/t...
The Trump Administration’s Full-Throated Misogyny
msmagazine.com/2026/01/15/t...
The Trump Administration's Full-Throated Misogyny
As ICE expands, the Trump administration is deploying misogyny to excuse, normalize and weaponize state violence against women.
msmagazine.com
January 17, 2026 at 9:55 AM
"Women are inevitable collateral damage in this toxic brew. Worse, the misogyny feels so deliberate—and ICE enablers so brazenly confident—all the running commentary smacks of a smug, cruel glee."
The Trump Administration’s Full-Throated Misogyny
msmagazine.com/2026/01/15/t...
The Trump Administration’s Full-Throated Misogyny
msmagazine.com/2026/01/15/t...
The life of civil rights hero Claudette Colvin should teach us this: resistance is collective, and it never stops
Colvin, who died this week, made a stand on an Alabama bus nine months before Rosa Parks. When we met, her message about the struggle was clear www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Colvin, who died this week, made a stand on an Alabama bus nine months before Rosa Parks. When we met, her message about the struggle was clear www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Claudette Colvin’s life should teach us this: resistance is collective, and it never stops | Gary Younge
Colvin, who died this week, made a stand on an Alabama bus nine months before Rosa Parks. When we met, her message about the struggle was clear, says professor of sociology Gary Younge
www.theguardian.com
January 17, 2026 at 9:45 AM
The life of civil rights hero Claudette Colvin should teach us this: resistance is collective, and it never stops
Colvin, who died this week, made a stand on an Alabama bus nine months before Rosa Parks. When we met, her message about the struggle was clear www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Colvin, who died this week, made a stand on an Alabama bus nine months before Rosa Parks. When we met, her message about the struggle was clear www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Andrea Bowers (American, b. 1965), Migration Is Beautiful II (May Day, Los Angeles 2013), 2015
Graphite on paper
Graphite on paper
January 16, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Andrea Bowers (American, b. 1965), Migration Is Beautiful II (May Day, Los Angeles 2013), 2015
Graphite on paper
Graphite on paper
"If multiple men in masks with guns approached me in my vehicle, I would try to flee as well. I would be terrified."
Misogyny, Murder and Renee Nicole Good www.disabledginger.com/p/misogyny-m...
Misogyny, Murder and Renee Nicole Good www.disabledginger.com/p/misogyny-m...
Misogyny, Murder and Renee Nicole Good
It's been a week since we watched an ICE agent shoot and kill Renee Nicole Good and then mutter "f*cking b*tch" at her. It's time we talk about the misogyny that's baked into ICE enforcement.
www.disabledginger.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:05 AM
"If multiple men in masks with guns approached me in my vehicle, I would try to flee as well. I would be terrified."
Misogyny, Murder and Renee Nicole Good www.disabledginger.com/p/misogyny-m...
Misogyny, Murder and Renee Nicole Good www.disabledginger.com/p/misogyny-m...
Kudzanai-Violet Hwami (Zimbabwean, b. 1993), Lotus, 2018
Oil and acrylic on canvas
Oil and acrylic on canvas
January 16, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Kudzanai-Violet Hwami (Zimbabwean, b. 1993), Lotus, 2018
Oil and acrylic on canvas
Oil and acrylic on canvas
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“Tomorrow the revolution will ‘rise up again, clashing its weapons,’ and to your horror it will proclaim with trumpets blazing: I was, I am, I shall be!”
Rest in power, Rosa Luxemburg.
(5 March 1871 - 15 January 1919)
Rest in power, Rosa Luxemburg.
(5 March 1871 - 15 January 1919)
January 15, 2026 at 2:38 PM
“Tomorrow the revolution will ‘rise up again, clashing its weapons,’ and to your horror it will proclaim with trumpets blazing: I was, I am, I shall be!”
Rest in power, Rosa Luxemburg.
(5 March 1871 - 15 January 1919)
Rest in power, Rosa Luxemburg.
(5 March 1871 - 15 January 1919)
Finally watched Disney's version of the Beatles Anthology. I love the hopeful note at the end of the new and final episode — that Now and Then could somehow get finished in the future, as unlikely as it seemed at that point. The perfect ending. Carrying on with a rewatch of Get Back!
January 15, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Finally watched Disney's version of the Beatles Anthology. I love the hopeful note at the end of the new and final episode — that Now and Then could somehow get finished in the future, as unlikely as it seemed at that point. The perfect ending. Carrying on with a rewatch of Get Back!
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Recovering the lost history of Gaza
Decades of conflict and displacement have obliterated the history of one of the world’s oldest human settlements www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...
Decades of conflict and displacement have obliterated the history of one of the world’s oldest human settlements www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...
Recovering the lost history of Gaza
Decades of conflict and displacement have obliterated the history of one of the world’s oldest human settlements
www.newstatesman.com
January 15, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Recovering the lost history of Gaza
Decades of conflict and displacement have obliterated the history of one of the world’s oldest human settlements www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...
Decades of conflict and displacement have obliterated the history of one of the world’s oldest human settlements www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...
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Laura Jedeed on applying for a job with ICE: "I expected them to Google me, and they didn't ... they sent me a final job offer ... what's disturbing is we don't know who is wearing these masks with guns in our city. We don't know if they have domestic violence convictions."
January 14, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Laura Jedeed on applying for a job with ICE: "I expected them to Google me, and they didn't ... they sent me a final job offer ... what's disturbing is we don't know who is wearing these masks with guns in our city. We don't know if they have domestic violence convictions."
"...their justification is she was being sarcastic and therefore needed to be shot."
Strong Message Here (BBC Radio 4): With the shooting of Renee Good by an ICE officer in Minneapolis, we examine how the normal playbook of a tragedy no longer applies www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Strong Message Here (BBC Radio 4): With the shooting of Renee Good by an ICE officer in Minneapolis, we examine how the normal playbook of a tragedy no longer applies www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Strong Message Here, Elections Aren't Won on Twitter (with Phil Wang and Marianna Spring)
If elections aren't 'won on Twitter', then what is happening on social media?
www.bbc.co.uk
January 15, 2026 at 10:34 AM
"...their justification is she was being sarcastic and therefore needed to be shot."
Strong Message Here (BBC Radio 4): With the shooting of Renee Good by an ICE officer in Minneapolis, we examine how the normal playbook of a tragedy no longer applies www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Strong Message Here (BBC Radio 4): With the shooting of Renee Good by an ICE officer in Minneapolis, we examine how the normal playbook of a tragedy no longer applies www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Elizabeth Nourse (American, 1860-1938), Self-portrait, 1892
Oil on canvas
Oil on canvas
January 15, 2026 at 10:23 AM
Elizabeth Nourse (American, 1860-1938), Self-portrait, 1892
Oil on canvas
Oil on canvas
Toyin Ojih Odutola (Nigerian-American, b. 1985), Surveying the Family Seat, 2017
Pastel, charcoal, and pencil on paper
Pastel, charcoal, and pencil on paper
January 15, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Toyin Ojih Odutola (Nigerian-American, b. 1985), Surveying the Family Seat, 2017
Pastel, charcoal, and pencil on paper
Pastel, charcoal, and pencil on paper
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Rest in power, Claudette Colvin 🕊️
Friends, Claudette Colvin—the 15-year-old who refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in March 1955 & joined the federal case against bus segregation that went to the Supreme Court — died today at age 86. But there are lots of myths and mis-impressions about her. A short corrective thread:
January 14, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Rest in power, Claudette Colvin 🕊️
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Ansari: I think ICE is completely out of control, and there should be no more funding given to ICE. The funding that's already has been given to them through the big ugly bill should be stripped entirely
January 13, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Ansari: I think ICE is completely out of control, and there should be no more funding given to ICE. The funding that's already has been given to them through the big ugly bill should be stripped entirely
Lorna Simpson (American, b. 1960), Collide, 2019
Ink and screen print on gessoed fibreglass
Ink and screen print on gessoed fibreglass
January 14, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Lorna Simpson (American, b. 1960), Collide, 2019
Ink and screen print on gessoed fibreglass
Ink and screen print on gessoed fibreglass
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On this day in 1963, The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath was first published. Today we are delighted to share a new cover look for this iconic novel, referencing its original Faber cover by Shirley Tucker (pictured in black and white).
Design by Sophie Harris, Faber Design.
Design by Sophie Harris, Faber Design.
January 14, 2026 at 11:00 AM
On this day in 1963, The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath was first published. Today we are delighted to share a new cover look for this iconic novel, referencing its original Faber cover by Shirley Tucker (pictured in black and white).
Design by Sophie Harris, Faber Design.
Design by Sophie Harris, Faber Design.
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An amazing documentary and a reminder about the sovereignty of our friends to the north. #Greenland
youtu.be/fs4IsNIW7HE?...
youtu.be/fs4IsNIW7HE?...
GREENLAND: The Most Remote Place on Earth | 4K Travel Documentary
YouTube video by TRUE GLOBE
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January 13, 2026 at 5:13 PM
An amazing documentary and a reminder about the sovereignty of our friends to the north. #Greenland
youtu.be/fs4IsNIW7HE?...
youtu.be/fs4IsNIW7HE?...