Tom Strand
@tomstrand.bsky.social
a man of limited talents from a small town
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Couldn't be more thrilled to share that the paperback launch of There Is No Place for Us will be hosted by Charis Books at the Auburn Avenue Research Library on Tuesday, March 3 at 6:30pm.
I'll be in conversation with the brilliant @jduffyrice.bsky.social—truly a gift—and I'd love to see you there.
I'll be in conversation with the brilliant @jduffyrice.bsky.social—truly a gift—and I'd love to see you there.
February 15, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Couldn't be more thrilled to share that the paperback launch of There Is No Place for Us will be hosted by Charis Books at the Auburn Avenue Research Library on Tuesday, March 3 at 6:30pm.
I'll be in conversation with the brilliant @jduffyrice.bsky.social—truly a gift—and I'd love to see you there.
I'll be in conversation with the brilliant @jduffyrice.bsky.social—truly a gift—and I'd love to see you there.
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The Department of Homeland Security has had to correct information provided to at least five states after its SAVE voter tool misidentified some voters as noncitizens, according to correspondence between state and federal officials.
With @texastribune.org
With @texastribune.org
“Not Ready for Prime Time.” A Federal Tool to Check Voter Citizenship Keeps Making Mistakes.
The Department of Homeland Security pushed out the revamped tool while it was still adding data. That led to widespread misidentification, particularly for citizens born outside the U.S.
www.propublica.org
February 15, 2026 at 2:00 AM
The Department of Homeland Security has had to correct information provided to at least five states after its SAVE voter tool misidentified some voters as noncitizens, according to correspondence between state and federal officials.
With @texastribune.org
With @texastribune.org
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".. Wilkinson has been with CBP for almost 25 years and was promoted in 2021 to a supervisory role, where his duties included overseeing the enforcement of immigration laws .."
CBP officer faces federal charges over allegations he harbored an unauthorized immigrant who was also his girlfriend and niece.
CBP officer faces federal charges over allegations he harbored an unauthorized immigrant who was also his girlfriend and niece
The Justice Department alleges that CBP officer and supervisor Andres Wilkinson had been living in Laredo, Texas, with a woman who had overstayed her visa and is now in the U.S. illegally.
cbsn.ws
February 13, 2026 at 3:19 PM
".. Wilkinson has been with CBP for almost 25 years and was promoted in 2021 to a supervisory role, where his duties included overseeing the enforcement of immigration laws .."
New Ones and Tooze on The AI Economy
“the problem with ‘in medias res’ is which res are you in the middle of?”
that’s a good one @adamtooze.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
“the problem with ‘in medias res’ is which res are you in the middle of?”
that’s a good one @adamtooze.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
The AI Economy
Podcast Episode · Ones and Tooze · 02/13/2026 · 49m
podcasts.apple.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:43 PM
New Ones and Tooze on The AI Economy
“the problem with ‘in medias res’ is which res are you in the middle of?”
that’s a good one @adamtooze.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
“the problem with ‘in medias res’ is which res are you in the middle of?”
that’s a good one @adamtooze.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
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New game: Who’s abducting your mother? Professional kidnapper or ICE agent
February 11, 2026 at 12:52 PM
New game: Who’s abducting your mother? Professional kidnapper or ICE agent
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Great @mtkonczal.bsky.social post. The political economy of the affordability crisis sees the difficulty of planning if prices are volatile, faster-than-baseline rise in essentials prices, a credit cost shock, and a squeeze on first-time home buyers.
newsletter.mikekonczal.com/p/why-afford...
newsletter.mikekonczal.com/p/why-afford...
Why Affordability and the Vibecession Are Real Economic Problems
There are many ways inflation makes people worse off even when real incomes recover, especially for essentials.
newsletter.mikekonczal.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Great @mtkonczal.bsky.social post. The political economy of the affordability crisis sees the difficulty of planning if prices are volatile, faster-than-baseline rise in essentials prices, a credit cost shock, and a squeeze on first-time home buyers.
newsletter.mikekonczal.com/p/why-afford...
newsletter.mikekonczal.com/p/why-afford...
a must-read essay by @triofrancos.bsky.social reviewing Jean-Baptiste Fressoz's recent book MORE AND MORE AND MORE
I'm currently midway through both EXTRACTION and Fressoz's book, so this was a treat!
thebaffler.com/latest/gimme...
I'm currently midway through both EXTRACTION and Fressoz's book, so this was a treat!
thebaffler.com/latest/gimme...
Gimme More | Thea Riofrancos
The notion of any single “energy transition” masks the more complicated process of accumulation that undergirds capitalism.
thebaffler.com
February 8, 2026 at 6:24 PM
a must-read essay by @triofrancos.bsky.social reviewing Jean-Baptiste Fressoz's recent book MORE AND MORE AND MORE
I'm currently midway through both EXTRACTION and Fressoz's book, so this was a treat!
thebaffler.com/latest/gimme...
I'm currently midway through both EXTRACTION and Fressoz's book, so this was a treat!
thebaffler.com/latest/gimme...
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Excellent summary of the large body of work @steffenmurau.bsky.social and colleagues have done on the Offshore (US) Dollar Syatem
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/tru...
@phenomenalworld.bsky.social
Look here for the bigger body of work:
steffenmurau.com/portfolio/in...
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/tru...
@phenomenalworld.bsky.social
Look here for the bigger body of work:
steffenmurau.com/portfolio/in...
Trump's Dollar | Steffen Murau
Trump’s economic policy and the future of the world dollar
www.phenomenalworld.org
February 8, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Excellent summary of the large body of work @steffenmurau.bsky.social and colleagues have done on the Offshore (US) Dollar Syatem
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/tru...
@phenomenalworld.bsky.social
Look here for the bigger body of work:
steffenmurau.com/portfolio/in...
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/tru...
@phenomenalworld.bsky.social
Look here for the bigger body of work:
steffenmurau.com/portfolio/in...
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Look, if you are genuinely surprised, you haven’t really interacted deeply and widely within academia, you dont know its strengths and weaknesses, you dont understand its political economy, and you have not paid attention to claims and investigations when ten years ago MeToo made the academy shake.
Newly released files from the investigation of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein reveal that his ties to the scientific community were deeper than previously known.
go.nature.com/3Oq4Po2
go.nature.com/3Oq4Po2
Epstein files reveal deeper ties to scientists than previously known
Latest batch of documents show researchers consulting the financier and sex offender on publications, visas and more.
go.nature.com
February 8, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Look, if you are genuinely surprised, you haven’t really interacted deeply and widely within academia, you dont know its strengths and weaknesses, you dont understand its political economy, and you have not paid attention to claims and investigations when ten years ago MeToo made the academy shake.
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Check out the latest edition of my @financialtimes.com newsletter. (1/2)
Recessions have become rarer. But that's not necessarily a good thing:
as.ft.com/r/b1991122-0...
Recessions have become rarer. But that's not necessarily a good thing:
as.ft.com/r/b1991122-0...
February 8, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Check out the latest edition of my @financialtimes.com newsletter. (1/2)
Recessions have become rarer. But that's not necessarily a good thing:
as.ft.com/r/b1991122-0...
Recessions have become rarer. But that's not necessarily a good thing:
as.ft.com/r/b1991122-0...
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Hope to see everyone at the “Yes Kings” rally.
I can't think of anything I'd want to do less with my time than attending a protest against taxing billionaires. This is an insane amount of bootlicking energy.
An AI startup founder says he's planning a 'March for Billionaires' in protest of California's wealth tax | TechCrunch
The organizer of the event swears it's not a joke.
techcrunch.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Hope to see everyone at the “Yes Kings” rally.
the guy who made the Snowpiercer train:
February 6, 2026 at 12:23 PM
the guy who made the Snowpiercer train:
<Overheard walking on 42nd St>
Woman (on phone): “Pick up after yourself. You’re a grown man…I don’t want to hear it. It’s disgusting….This is why the city is the way it is. Because of slobs like you.”
Woman (on phone): “Pick up after yourself. You’re a grown man…I don’t want to hear it. It’s disgusting….This is why the city is the way it is. Because of slobs like you.”
February 4, 2026 at 9:56 PM
<Overheard walking on 42nd St>
Woman (on phone): “Pick up after yourself. You’re a grown man…I don’t want to hear it. It’s disgusting….This is why the city is the way it is. Because of slobs like you.”
Woman (on phone): “Pick up after yourself. You’re a grown man…I don’t want to hear it. It’s disgusting….This is why the city is the way it is. Because of slobs like you.”
February 4, 2026 at 9:25 PM
This is a great discussion of migrant labor in the long-term care industry with Professor Shefali Milczarek-Desai
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
Im/migrants and Aging: A Study on Immigrant Labor in the Long-Term Care Industry with Prof. Shefali Milczarek-Desai
Podcast Episode · ASU Law Student Radio · 02/14/2025 · 40m
podcasts.apple.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:35 PM
This is a great discussion of migrant labor in the long-term care industry with Professor Shefali Milczarek-Desai
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
Lack of training isn’t the issue!
“Ochoa…joined CBP in 2018. Gutierrez joined in 2014 and works for CBP’s Office of Field Operations. He is assigned to a special response team, which conducts high-risk operations like those of police SWAT units.”
www.propublica.org/article/alex...
“Ochoa…joined CBP in 2018. Gutierrez joined in 2014 and works for CBP’s Office of Field Operations. He is assigned to a special response team, which conducts high-risk operations like those of police SWAT units.”
www.propublica.org/article/alex...
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
www.propublica.org
February 1, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Lack of training isn’t the issue!
“Ochoa…joined CBP in 2018. Gutierrez joined in 2014 and works for CBP’s Office of Field Operations. He is assigned to a special response team, which conducts high-risk operations like those of police SWAT units.”
www.propublica.org/article/alex...
“Ochoa…joined CBP in 2018. Gutierrez joined in 2014 and works for CBP’s Office of Field Operations. He is assigned to a special response team, which conducts high-risk operations like those of police SWAT units.”
www.propublica.org/article/alex...
“School administrators have started calling families after raids to make sure that no children are left behind after their caregivers have been abducted.”
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
ICE’s Assault on a Minnesota School District
Liam Ramos, whose photo became a symbol of Operation Metro Surge, is one of several students in Columbia Heights who are now in federal custody.
www.newyorker.com
January 31, 2026 at 1:32 PM
“School administrators have started calling families after raids to make sure that no children are left behind after their caregivers have been abducted.”
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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Don Lemon is not the only reporter who was arrested by federal agents overnight — local independent journalist Georgia Fort just went live on FB to say federal agents were also at her door to take her into custody over her protest coverage in Minneapolis.
January 30, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Don Lemon is not the only reporter who was arrested by federal agents overnight — local independent journalist Georgia Fort just went live on FB to say federal agents were also at her door to take her into custody over her protest coverage in Minneapolis.
“a great and unlimited future with ‘TRUMP’”
what does that even mean lol
what does that even mean lol
January 30, 2026 at 2:13 PM
“a great and unlimited future with ‘TRUMP’”
what does that even mean lol
what does that even mean lol
January 30, 2026 at 1:11 PM
‘why does everyone hate the Democrats?’
exhibit number 8,947
exhibit number 8,947
January 29, 2026 at 12:51 AM
‘why does everyone hate the Democrats?’
exhibit number 8,947
exhibit number 8,947
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ICE are alllll over Harlem right now, 116 & Frederick Douglass, checking IDs and targeting the area’s African community. Multiple people have been detained.
Community members are advising folks to carry citizenship documents - or stay away if they are at risk
Community members are advising folks to carry citizenship documents - or stay away if they are at risk
January 28, 2026 at 5:48 PM
ICE are alllll over Harlem right now, 116 & Frederick Douglass, checking IDs and targeting the area’s African community. Multiple people have been detained.
Community members are advising folks to carry citizenship documents - or stay away if they are at risk
Community members are advising folks to carry citizenship documents - or stay away if they are at risk