John Breen
@breen.myatproto.social
He/They. Queer.🏴
Tech worker (derogatory)
Fuck fascism
📍: Northern Virginia
Tech worker (derogatory)
Fuck fascism
📍: Northern Virginia
A few reading recommendations for the moment:
This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible
Charles E. Cobb Jr.
app.thestorygraph.com/books/9e4caa...
This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible
Charles E. Cobb Jr.
app.thestorygraph.com/books/9e4caa...
This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible by Charles E. Cobb Jr.
Visiting Martin Luther King Jr. at the peak of the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott, journalist Wi...
app.thestorygraph.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:04 AM
A few reading recommendations for the moment:
This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible
Charles E. Cobb Jr.
app.thestorygraph.com/books/9e4caa...
This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible
Charles E. Cobb Jr.
app.thestorygraph.com/books/9e4caa...
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And the universal response of jailers to outbreaks? Lockdown.
Not mass triage or treatment. And certainly not releasing people or even addressing the foul conditions sparking outbreaks.
Not mass triage or treatment. And certainly not releasing people or even addressing the foul conditions sparking outbreaks.
ICE now confirming that there is a measles outbreak at the Texas concentration camp where young Liam was held.
February 2, 2026 at 10:55 PM
And the universal response of jailers to outbreaks? Lockdown.
Not mass triage or treatment. And certainly not releasing people or even addressing the foul conditions sparking outbreaks.
Not mass triage or treatment. And certainly not releasing people or even addressing the foul conditions sparking outbreaks.
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❄️Greetings from occupied Minneapolis, where a light dusting of new snow sparkles in bright sunlight and all I want for my birthday today is for you to stand with us.
For my home or yours: donate, signal-boost, volunteer, talk with your neighbors, and build a better world!
www.standwithminnesota.com
For my home or yours: donate, signal-boost, volunteer, talk with your neighbors, and build a better world!
www.standwithminnesota.com
Stand With Minnesota
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
www.standwithminnesota.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:24 PM
❄️Greetings from occupied Minneapolis, where a light dusting of new snow sparkles in bright sunlight and all I want for my birthday today is for you to stand with us.
For my home or yours: donate, signal-boost, volunteer, talk with your neighbors, and build a better world!
www.standwithminnesota.com
For my home or yours: donate, signal-boost, volunteer, talk with your neighbors, and build a better world!
www.standwithminnesota.com
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*Everyone* I know in MN is exhibiting telltale signs of trauma response to the occupation at this point; whether directly impacted or feeling the impacts of secondary and indirect trauma.
This is a reminder to care for the helpers and front line folks. To get rest and pace yourself.
Hang in there.
This is a reminder to care for the helpers and front line folks. To get rest and pace yourself.
Hang in there.
February 2, 2026 at 9:12 PM
*Everyone* I know in MN is exhibiting telltale signs of trauma response to the occupation at this point; whether directly impacted or feeling the impacts of secondary and indirect trauma.
This is a reminder to care for the helpers and front line folks. To get rest and pace yourself.
Hang in there.
This is a reminder to care for the helpers and front line folks. To get rest and pace yourself.
Hang in there.
They’re doing this to track us.
Kristi Noem: “Effective immediately we are deploying body cameras to every officer in the field in Minneapolis.”
February 2, 2026 at 10:03 PM
They’re doing this to track us.
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Surveillance state implements surveillance tool, who would've thought?
Kristi Noem: “Effective immediately we are deploying body cameras to every officer in the field in Minneapolis.”
February 2, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Surveillance state implements surveillance tool, who would've thought?
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Wait hold on.
Is Wonderman technically the first MCEU Haitian ... well, he not a hero lol? But he the first Haitian ... person that's loud in the MCEU?
Is Wonderman technically the first MCEU Haitian ... well, he not a hero lol? But he the first Haitian ... person that's loud in the MCEU?
February 2, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Wait hold on.
Is Wonderman technically the first MCEU Haitian ... well, he not a hero lol? But he the first Haitian ... person that's loud in the MCEU?
Is Wonderman technically the first MCEU Haitian ... well, he not a hero lol? But he the first Haitian ... person that's loud in the MCEU?
Midnight Messiah might be the best Dream Theater single released in like 10+ years
February 2, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Midnight Messiah might be the best Dream Theater single released in like 10+ years
If you drive around with sheets of ice on top of your car, you should get in trouble
February 2, 2026 at 2:25 PM
If you drive around with sheets of ice on top of your car, you should get in trouble
This is actually also a decent reading list for Black History Month
Black August Reading List:
Blood in my Eye by George Jackson
Without George Jackson there would be no Black August. He was murdered by the state on August 21, 1971 because his writing and organizing challenged their power.
https://archive.org/details/BloodInMyEyeByGeorgeL.Jackson
Blood in my Eye by George Jackson
Without George Jackson there would be no Black August. He was murdered by the state on August 21, 1971 because his writing and organizing challenged their power.
https://archive.org/details/BloodInMyEyeByGeorgeL.Jackson
Blood In My Eye by George L. Jackson : George L. Jackson : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : In...
Full PDF scan of Blood In My Eye by Black revolutionary George Jackson
archive.org
February 2, 2026 at 2:17 PM
This is actually also a decent reading list for Black History Month
Every time I see people suggesting we pull the Democratic Party to the left from within, I think about what they did to the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party in 1964.
Tl;dr President Johnson applied pressure and they sided with the racists in the party and refused to seat the Black delegates
Tl;dr President Johnson applied pressure and they sided with the racists in the party and refused to seat the Black delegates
February 2, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Every time I see people suggesting we pull the Democratic Party to the left from within, I think about what they did to the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party in 1964.
Tl;dr President Johnson applied pressure and they sided with the racists in the party and refused to seat the Black delegates
Tl;dr President Johnson applied pressure and they sided with the racists in the party and refused to seat the Black delegates
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"you can't just make up quotes to reply to" you'd be surprised
February 2, 2026 at 1:45 PM
"you can't just make up quotes to reply to" you'd be surprised
I’m going to be very annoyed if their renovations of the Kennedy Center are as hideous as everything else they’ve done. The theaters are so beautiful and so unique.
February 2, 2026 at 1:47 PM
I’m going to be very annoyed if their renovations of the Kennedy Center are as hideous as everything else they’ve done. The theaters are so beautiful and so unique.
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ICYMI: It's time someone prosecuted ICE and CBP agents, so I decided to do something about it.
I mentioned a couple of days ago that I am finished watching this government arrest Black journalists as lawless federal agents shoot innocent unarmed people in the street.
Before they did this to Minneapolis and Portland, they did it in Chicago in Operation Midway Blitz. (Cont)
Before they did this to Minneapolis and Portland, they did it in Chicago in Operation Midway Blitz. (Cont)
February 2, 2026 at 1:19 PM
ICYMI: It's time someone prosecuted ICE and CBP agents, so I decided to do something about it.
“March for Billionaires”
It’s not even March yet. Wait your turn
It’s not even March yet. Wait your turn
February 1, 2026 at 9:48 PM
“March for Billionaires”
It’s not even March yet. Wait your turn
It’s not even March yet. Wait your turn
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BREAKING: 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 Raymundo Gutierrez.
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 9:10 PM
BREAKING: 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 Raymundo Gutierrez.
This is who runs this account
February 1, 2026 at 5:45 PM
This is who runs this account
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I wholeheartedly vouch for Andy and the work he does! Let’s get him back up and running so he can get back to work.
I got $100 on it. Can anyone match me?
I got $100 on it. Can anyone match me?
Donate to Help Andy Fix His Car to Keep Supporting the Community, organized by Twin Cities Community
Help Andy fix his car so he can continue distributing to fami… Twin Cities Community needs your support for Help Andy Fix His Car to Keep Supporting the Community
www.gofundme.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:59 PM
I wholeheartedly vouch for Andy and the work he does! Let’s get him back up and running so he can get back to work.
I got $100 on it. Can anyone match me?
I got $100 on it. Can anyone match me?
I’m glad Liam and his dad are home. My heart breaks for all of the families who are still going through this hell.
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 1, 2026 at 4:14 PM
I’m glad Liam and his dad are home. My heart breaks for all of the families who are still going through this hell.
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Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
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DHS just unloaded a massive amount of teargas on the big labor rally at the PDX ICE facility.
Just before this the crowd was chanting "Show us your face!"
That turned into cries of "There are children here!"
Just before this the crowd was chanting "Show us your face!"
That turned into cries of "There are children here!"
February 1, 2026 at 12:43 AM
DHS just unloaded a massive amount of teargas on the big labor rally at the PDX ICE facility.
Just before this the crowd was chanting "Show us your face!"
That turned into cries of "There are children here!"
Just before this the crowd was chanting "Show us your face!"
That turned into cries of "There are children here!"
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There has been some discourse about performativity among people who don't appreciate the importance of aesthetics in social movements.
A red hat, inspired by a symbol of resistance to Nazi occupation, gains traction in Minnesota
A Minneapolis knitting shop has resurrected the design of a Norwegian cap worn to protest Nazi occupation. Its owner says the money raised from hat pattern sales will support the local immigrant commu...
www.npr.org
January 31, 2026 at 9:51 PM
There has been some discourse about performativity among people who don't appreciate the importance of aesthetics in social movements.
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Read the full statement here: movement-media.org/statement-fr...
January 31, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Read the full statement here: movement-media.org/statement-fr...
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Sandwiches Round 2, featuring Mala
January 31, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Sandwiches Round 2, featuring Mala