Joel Bakker
@joelbakker.bsky.social
Obsolete model human. He/him/his.
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Private prison companies arresting duly elected officials. The people no longer run our own country, they're treating us like occupied territory after we lost a war
Alina Habba, Trump’s personal lawyer and now the interim U.S. attorney for NJ, announces that the Trump administration has arrested the mayor of Newark at an private prison that ICE had decently contracted as a detention center. His arrest is seemingly for trespass.
May 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Private prison companies arresting duly elected officials. The people no longer run our own country, they're treating us like occupied territory after we lost a war
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We're outside the for-profit ICE detention center where our union sibling Rümeysa Öztürk is being held unjustly, simply for expressing her beliefs. No one should be locked up for exercising their rights. Free Rümeysa and all those unjustly detained! #4the1st
May 9, 2025 at 1:22 PM
We're outside the for-profit ICE detention center where our union sibling Rümeysa Öztürk is being held unjustly, simply for expressing her beliefs. No one should be locked up for exercising their rights. Free Rümeysa and all those unjustly detained! #4the1st
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unfortunately, this isn't surprising given ... everything. if you're an author, consider joining @authorsabb.bsky.social
if you're a reader looking to support the freedom read, show up for your local library! ilovelibraries.org
And attend local school board meetings and fight for these books!
if you're a reader looking to support the freedom read, show up for your local library! ilovelibraries.org
And attend local school board meetings and fight for these books!
April 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
unfortunately, this isn't surprising given ... everything. if you're an author, consider joining @authorsabb.bsky.social
if you're a reader looking to support the freedom read, show up for your local library! ilovelibraries.org
And attend local school board meetings and fight for these books!
if you're a reader looking to support the freedom read, show up for your local library! ilovelibraries.org
And attend local school board meetings and fight for these books!
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The United States government is sending people from our country to a concentration camp in El Salvador without due process or hope for release. It’s really important for everyday people to realize that if you truly believe in “never again,” never again is right now.
Sometimes it is important to say things very clearly and directly, so I wrote this.
talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...
talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...
Trump Is Sending People To The Camps
“More than a prison, El Salvador’s CECOT has many if not all...
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April 16, 2025 at 11:27 PM
The United States government is sending people from our country to a concentration camp in El Salvador without due process or hope for release. It’s really important for everyday people to realize that if you truly believe in “never again,” never again is right now.
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Okay, this is my newest very very favorite meme.
March 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Okay, this is my newest very very favorite meme.
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Please do not send your multivolume Sonic the Hedgehog mpreg fic to this email
Note that anyone can email the snitch line, DEIAtruth@opm.gov. So if you’ve got any, uh, thoughts or information you’d like to share about this initiative, fire off that email today!
January 23, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Please do not send your multivolume Sonic the Hedgehog mpreg fic to this email
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My dad was tortured by the Gestapo for 4 days and thrown in a concentration camp for being in the Norwegian Resistance. Growing up, he would tell me things he learned in the Resistance. I thought, I'm never going to need this stuff. Here's some of those things #Thread
November 19, 2024 at 6:51 PM
My dad was tortured by the Gestapo for 4 days and thrown in a concentration camp for being in the Norwegian Resistance. Growing up, he would tell me things he learned in the Resistance. I thought, I'm never going to need this stuff. Here's some of those things #Thread
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NYT reporting mass immigrant ICE raids have begun in Chicago.
I'm an immigrant & Chicago based human rights lawyer. I wrote this on how to handle ICE, actions to protect our immigrant neighbors, & debunking anti-immigrant hate.
No paywall. Please share widely. www.qasimrashid.com/p/trumps-mas...
I'm an immigrant & Chicago based human rights lawyer. I wrote this on how to handle ICE, actions to protect our immigrant neighbors, & debunking anti-immigrant hate.
No paywall. Please share widely. www.qasimrashid.com/p/trumps-mas...
Trump's Mass Anti-Immigrant Raids to Begin
Here are action items to protect your immigrant neighbors, answers to common FAQs, and insights to debunk anti-immigrant propaganda
www.qasimrashid.com
January 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
NYT reporting mass immigrant ICE raids have begun in Chicago.
I'm an immigrant & Chicago based human rights lawyer. I wrote this on how to handle ICE, actions to protect our immigrant neighbors, & debunking anti-immigrant hate.
No paywall. Please share widely. www.qasimrashid.com/p/trumps-mas...
I'm an immigrant & Chicago based human rights lawyer. I wrote this on how to handle ICE, actions to protect our immigrant neighbors, & debunking anti-immigrant hate.
No paywall. Please share widely. www.qasimrashid.com/p/trumps-mas...
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Please repost! We’re trying hard to sort out rumors from truth + would like to hear from anyone affected by the new federal orders + NIH pause. Patients, scientists, health equity researchers: please contact us below. We won’t share anything without your permission. www.statnews.com/2025/01/25/t...
Are you affected by the Trump administration’s pause on health communications, science meetings, and reviews?
Have you been affected by the Trump administration’s pause on communications, science meetings, and reviews? @statnews would like to hear from you.
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January 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Please repost! We’re trying hard to sort out rumors from truth + would like to hear from anyone affected by the new federal orders + NIH pause. Patients, scientists, health equity researchers: please contact us below. We won’t share anything without your permission. www.statnews.com/2025/01/25/t...
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Trump’s Director of White House personnel John McEntee has posted a video saying “Sorry, we want male only voting. The 19th might have to go.”
That’s certainly a strategic choice one week before the election.
That’s certainly a strategic choice one week before the election.
October 29, 2024 at 6:13 PM
Trump’s Director of White House personnel John McEntee has posted a video saying “Sorry, we want male only voting. The 19th might have to go.”
That’s certainly a strategic choice one week before the election.
That’s certainly a strategic choice one week before the election.
The man makes a good point.
humanity may someday come up with something greater than a jazz combo that includes a violin, but probably not
September 20, 2024 at 4:18 PM
The man makes a good point.
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As a professional epidemiologist, I can tell you what will happen if we do this. It doesn't take a lot of imagination.
This is childhood mortality in the US over the past 200+ years. Vaccination is a major contributor to this decline.
This is childhood mortality in the US over the past 200+ years. Vaccination is a major contributor to this decline.
July 28, 2024 at 7:08 PM
As a professional epidemiologist, I can tell you what will happen if we do this. It doesn't take a lot of imagination.
This is childhood mortality in the US over the past 200+ years. Vaccination is a major contributor to this decline.
This is childhood mortality in the US over the past 200+ years. Vaccination is a major contributor to this decline.
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I made this into a proper response to the absolutely misplaced calls to "turn down the heat": newrepublic.com/article/1838...
July 16, 2024 at 4:15 PM
I made this into a proper response to the absolutely misplaced calls to "turn down the heat": newrepublic.com/article/1838...
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My feeling is a lot of people don't take this kind of stuff seriously. I don't necessarily think it's fear as much as never having been in a situation with people who have this kind of mindset, let alone just a different worldview.
People need to learn, then. Because this is serious. They mean it.
People need to learn, then. Because this is serious. They mean it.
Neo Marxist is really clunky they are going to need to workshop that one just a bit…
All joking aside though calling marxists and other perceived threats esp. in higher education and those with higher educations ‘unhumans’who deserve to be hunted down is incredibly dangerous. They are fascists.
All joking aside though calling marxists and other perceived threats esp. in higher education and those with higher educations ‘unhumans’who deserve to be hunted down is incredibly dangerous. They are fascists.
July 11, 2024 at 11:14 PM
My feeling is a lot of people don't take this kind of stuff seriously. I don't necessarily think it's fear as much as never having been in a situation with people who have this kind of mindset, let alone just a different worldview.
People need to learn, then. Because this is serious. They mean it.
People need to learn, then. Because this is serious. They mean it.
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Superintendent in Utah banned books from the school library, including this students' favorite, the GN adaptation of A Handmaid's Tale.
At commencement, she tried to hand him a copy. He refused to take it. She dropped it at his feet!
Hero.
At commencement, she tried to hand him a copy. He refused to take it. She dropped it at his feet!
Hero.
'Under his eye': Student hands superintendent banned book at graduation
During graduation at the Idaho Fine Arts Academy, a student tried handing a copy of "The Handmaid's Tale" to the superintendent.
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June 2, 2024 at 11:03 PM
Superintendent in Utah banned books from the school library, including this students' favorite, the GN adaptation of A Handmaid's Tale.
At commencement, she tried to hand him a copy. He refused to take it. She dropped it at his feet!
Hero.
At commencement, she tried to hand him a copy. He refused to take it. She dropped it at his feet!
Hero.
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Read this, share this, write your representatives and senators to demand they back this.
May 29, 2024 at 11:24 PM
Read this, share this, write your representatives and senators to demand they back this.
Introduce yourself with:
One book: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
One film: Eraserhead (dir. David Lynch)
One album: Dub Housing, Pere Ubu
One TV show: Twin Peaks
One book: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
One film: Eraserhead (dir. David Lynch)
One album: Dub Housing, Pere Ubu
One TV show: Twin Peaks
Introduce yourself with:
One book: Weaveworld by Clive Barker
One film: The Brother from Another Planet (dir. John Sayles)
One album: The Sensual World, Kate Bush
One TV show: Robin of Sherwood
One book: Weaveworld by Clive Barker
One film: The Brother from Another Planet (dir. John Sayles)
One album: The Sensual World, Kate Bush
One TV show: Robin of Sherwood
One book: The Penultimate Truth, Philip K. Dick
One film: Charlie Bubbles, Albert Finney
One album: Eureka, Jim O'Rourke
One TV show: Dragnet 1967
One film: Charlie Bubbles, Albert Finney
One album: Eureka, Jim O'Rourke
One TV show: Dragnet 1967
May 28, 2024 at 2:14 AM
Introduce yourself with:
One book: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
One film: Eraserhead (dir. David Lynch)
One album: Dub Housing, Pere Ubu
One TV show: Twin Peaks
One book: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
One film: Eraserhead (dir. David Lynch)
One album: Dub Housing, Pere Ubu
One TV show: Twin Peaks
“So Shrek, you are opening a noodle house. What would you like to call it?”
Shrek:
Shrek:
April 22, 2024 at 3:17 PM
“So Shrek, you are opening a noodle house. What would you like to call it?”
Shrek:
Shrek:
Book Stop in Grand Rapids, MI. I got a ton of old Howard the Duck and TMNT comics there.
April 21, 2024 at 4:24 PM
Book Stop in Grand Rapids, MI. I got a ton of old Howard the Duck and TMNT comics there.
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Bloody hell.
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bookriot.com/louisiana-hb...
Louisiana HB 777 Would Criminalize Librarians and Libraries Who Join the American Library Association
Louisiana Library workers or libraries who seek membership in the largest professional organization would be criminalized for doing so.
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April 6, 2024 at 4:52 AM
Bloody hell.
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bookriot.com/louisiana-hb...
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I liked American Movie when it came out 25 years ago. I revisited it last night and it hit me so hard that this piece suddenly came pouring out of me.
‘American Movie’ Hits Differently Now
Step into the world of 'American Movie,' a timeless documentary that masterfully captures the comedic moments and profound struggles of filmmaker Mark Borchardt, offering a poignant exploration of the...
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March 29, 2024 at 2:24 PM
I liked American Movie when it came out 25 years ago. I revisited it last night and it hit me so hard that this piece suddenly came pouring out of me.