Jonathan Stegall
@jonathanstegall.bsky.social
User experience designer. Faith-rooted organizer and abolitionist. Love design, theology, justice, grace. Enjoy coffee, beer, goth, metal. He/him. Live in Minneapolis.
https://jonathanstegall.com is my oft-ignored website.
https://jonathanstegall.com is my oft-ignored website.
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From indirect rule to Operation Dudula, the lines dividing citizen from stranger trace back to the way empire organized identity and labor. Ntsika Dapo takes a look at citizenship in South Africa through the lens of Mahmood Mamdani africasacountry.com/2025/11/the-...
The invention of foreigners
From indirect rule to Operation Dudula, the lines dividing citizen from stranger trace back to the way empire organized identity and labor.
africasacountry.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM
From indirect rule to Operation Dudula, the lines dividing citizen from stranger trace back to the way empire organized identity and labor. Ntsika Dapo takes a look at citizenship in South Africa through the lens of Mahmood Mamdani africasacountry.com/2025/11/the-...
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This month, you can read about RLM's newest posters and the question, "What if we're confronting a single attack? What if we aimed for the heart instead of the limbs?" mailchi.mp/rlmartstudio...
This month, you can read about RLM's newest posters and the question, "What if we're confronting a single attack? What if we aimed for the heart instead of the limbs?" mailchi.mp/rlmartstudio...
November 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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This month, you can read about RLM's newest posters and the question, "What if we're confronting a single attack? What if we aimed for the heart instead of the limbs?" mailchi.mp/rlmartstudio...
This month, you can read about RLM's newest posters and the question, "What if we're confronting a single attack? What if we aimed for the heart instead of the limbs?" mailchi.mp/rlmartstudio...
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Read This When Things Fall Apart made Bookshop's Bestsellers of the Week list!
Bookshop.org Best Sellers of the Week
Last Week's Bestselling Books: A Taste of the US We're leaning in on politics and history nowadays with a compilation of letters to activists and a new exploration of the US Justice Department.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Read This When Things Fall Apart made Bookshop's Bestsellers of the Week list!
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a contribution of my book that I’m proud of: I unravel the myth of good intentions that animates carceral politics and a lot of contemporary liberalism. racist intent matters. harmful outcomes in policymaking matter. www.pennpress.org/978151282349...
This Is My Jail – Penn Press
While state and federal prisons like Attica and Alcatraz occupy a central place in the national consciousness, most incarceration in the United States occurs...
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November 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
a contribution of my book that I’m proud of: I unravel the myth of good intentions that animates carceral politics and a lot of contemporary liberalism. racist intent matters. harmful outcomes in policymaking matter. www.pennpress.org/978151282349...
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Important insight today from my friend Randy Woodley: open.substack.com/pub/rwoodley...
With Friends Like This: Exposing Trump's Anti-Indian Campaign
This is historical revisionism designed to erase Indigenous contributions while celebrating their oppressors.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Important insight today from my friend Randy Woodley: open.substack.com/pub/rwoodley...
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Sloppy scammers pretending to be Bluesky's automods sending DMs, do report and block.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Sloppy scammers pretending to be Bluesky's automods sending DMs, do report and block.
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I waited a day to say this bc I respected everyone's right to vent some anger, but *remember to focus on what you can do*. Whether it's defending your community, taking action around what you've been venting about, whatever — but don't let all of your energy get captured in the social media space.
November 10, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I waited a day to say this bc I respected everyone's right to vent some anger, but *remember to focus on what you can do*. Whether it's defending your community, taking action around what you've been venting about, whatever — but don't let all of your energy get captured in the social media space.
I always like it when my friends get to write books. Steve will have a lot of fascinating things to say, regardless of what it's about.
Some personal news: I’ve signed with Hyponymous Literary to represent me as I seek to publish my first book. Honored to be working with lenny duncan as my agent and in the company of these amazing writers: www.hyponymous.com/hyponymous-a...
November 10, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I always like it when my friends get to write books. Steve will have a lot of fascinating things to say, regardless of what it's about.
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In a time of acute crisis across the country, more people might be thinking about community-based crisis response. If that's you, and you want to learn more from folks who have created such projects, we encourage you to check out the latest, 4-episode season of our One Million Experiments podcast:
Listen to the Podcast: One Million Experiments
Listen to episodes from the One Million Experiments Podcast, where we explore community-based projects that expand our ideas about what keeps us safe.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:27 PM
In a time of acute crisis across the country, more people might be thinking about community-based crisis response. If that's you, and you want to learn more from folks who have created such projects, we encourage you to check out the latest, 4-episode season of our One Million Experiments podcast:
Interesting to think about what this means in a long term sense. Maybe it puts a bit of a question mark on the instincts (including mine) that we need to throw previous strategies away.
Final-round Mpls mayor ballots in. Short 🧵:
- Frey won 7 wards, Fateh 6
- Frey won the 5 votingest wards (excluding exhausted ballots) … over *60%* in each. Fateh won next 5 but basically didn’t matter at that point.
- All wards redistricted since ‘21. Still, Ward 6 went from 64% Frey to 72% Fateh!
- Frey won 7 wards, Fateh 6
- Frey won the 5 votingest wards (excluding exhausted ballots) … over *60%* in each. Fateh won next 5 but basically didn’t matter at that point.
- All wards redistricted since ‘21. Still, Ward 6 went from 64% Frey to 72% Fateh!
November 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Interesting to think about what this means in a long term sense. Maybe it puts a bit of a question mark on the instincts (including mine) that we need to throw previous strategies away.
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The reason I got into the line of work I did is because I want to help true, beautiful and important writing find an audience, which is why it was an honor to help get this piece from Kenji published. No share quote will do it justice. You'll just have to read it. sojo.net/articles/opi...
The Noose Has Tightened in Palestine
With a ceasefire in place, it’s tempting to ignore the broader issues that Palestinians still face: Namely, increased settler violence and the state of Israel annexing more land.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The reason I got into the line of work I did is because I want to help true, beautiful and important writing find an audience, which is why it was an honor to help get this piece from Kenji published. No share quote will do it justice. You'll just have to read it. sojo.net/articles/opi...
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NDN Collective is launching the “Feed The People” campaign in response to the SNAP benefits crisis. The U.S. Government shutdown is disrupting SNAP, deepening food insecurity in many Native and rural communities.
November 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
NDN Collective is launching the “Feed The People” campaign in response to the SNAP benefits crisis. The U.S. Government shutdown is disrupting SNAP, deepening food insecurity in many Native and rural communities.
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also: "The gigawatt data center is an evolutionary dead end. When the AI hype-bubble bursts, they are going to be multi-billion-dollar white elephants full of chips that are best simply turned off and the money regarded as wasted" Great piece by @ncweaver.skerry-tech.com via @davidgerard.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 9:58 AM
also: "The gigawatt data center is an evolutionary dead end. When the AI hype-bubble bursts, they are going to be multi-billion-dollar white elephants full of chips that are best simply turned off and the money regarded as wasted" Great piece by @ncweaver.skerry-tech.com via @davidgerard.co.uk
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Just a few days ago there was a rash of takes along the line of ‘moderation can win elections (and that is all that matters)’ but this is what else matters.
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Just a few days ago there was a rash of takes along the line of ‘moderation can win elections (and that is all that matters)’ but this is what else matters.
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MAHA and RFK Jr.'s attack on our public health infrastructure is part of the right's larger attack on "modernity," and the naturalistic fallacy that sits underneath their theories on health. But what it does is provide a cover for massive healthcare austerity cuts.
jacobin.com/2025/09/maha...
jacobin.com/2025/09/maha...
MAHA and the End of American Modernity
Dressed up as a health crusade, MAHA is a proxy for a larger right-wing revolt against science, technology, and public institutions. It fuses lifestyle rebellion with policy agendas that hollow out th...
jacobin.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:39 PM
MAHA and RFK Jr.'s attack on our public health infrastructure is part of the right's larger attack on "modernity," and the naturalistic fallacy that sits underneath their theories on health. But what it does is provide a cover for massive healthcare austerity cuts.
jacobin.com/2025/09/maha...
jacobin.com/2025/09/maha...
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Two things:
The federal government is starving the public but plans to buy warehouses for mega detention centers.
The plan is for detention centers to be run and staffed by the government. We can’t limit our critiques of the prison industrial complex to privatization!
apple.news/A-w34SnpqSzq...
The federal government is starving the public but plans to buy warehouses for mega detention centers.
The plan is for detention centers to be run and staffed by the government. We can’t limit our critiques of the prison industrial complex to privatization!
apple.news/A-w34SnpqSzq...
'Mega detention centers': ICE considers buying large warehouses to hold immigrants — NBC News
The Trump administration is exploring a plan to buy warehouses designed for companies like Amazon, sources said, which would drastically increase the Trump administration’s capacity for detaining immi...
apple.news
November 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Two things:
The federal government is starving the public but plans to buy warehouses for mega detention centers.
The plan is for detention centers to be run and staffed by the government. We can’t limit our critiques of the prison industrial complex to privatization!
apple.news/A-w34SnpqSzq...
The federal government is starving the public but plans to buy warehouses for mega detention centers.
The plan is for detention centers to be run and staffed by the government. We can’t limit our critiques of the prison industrial complex to privatization!
apple.news/A-w34SnpqSzq...
I endorse this plan 😂
ending all 2029 discourse with this simple plan
here is the thrive mpls plan:
step 1: get more votes
step 2: win
step 1: get more votes
step 2: win
November 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I endorse this plan 😂
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Hi Minnesotan Bluesky:
The DFL has a well-known transphobia problem. I'm organizing to change the party platform in 2026 to be explicitly supportive of trans people in Minnesota. This will provide a basis for expelling transphobia from our party.
Join me: abetterdfl.org.
The DFL has a well-known transphobia problem. I'm organizing to change the party platform in 2026 to be explicitly supportive of trans people in Minnesota. This will provide a basis for expelling transphobia from our party.
Join me: abetterdfl.org.
November 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Hi Minnesotan Bluesky:
The DFL has a well-known transphobia problem. I'm organizing to change the party platform in 2026 to be explicitly supportive of trans people in Minnesota. This will provide a basis for expelling transphobia from our party.
Join me: abetterdfl.org.
The DFL has a well-known transphobia problem. I'm organizing to change the party platform in 2026 to be explicitly supportive of trans people in Minnesota. This will provide a basis for expelling transphobia from our party.
Join me: abetterdfl.org.
I don't know that I'm convinced, but it is an interesting argument. I think to organize a base to act this way you'd have to drastically de-emphasize the value of electoral politics in favor of other kinds of organizing, while also making sure they still turn out to vote, and that is not easy work.
Yes, if you look at the distribution, Davis had a higher ceiling than Fateh. Davis can capture voters to the left and the right of him. And you need that to build 50%+1. The problem is the ordering of the rank. You still have to get to a majority. Rank three in any order isn't enough to win.
November 9, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I don't know that I'm convinced, but it is an interesting argument. I think to organize a base to act this way you'd have to drastically de-emphasize the value of electoral politics in favor of other kinds of organizing, while also making sure they still turn out to vote, and that is not easy work.
It just adds to the confusion I was having when Walz posted yesterday that Minnesota's SNAP benefits are (were?) restored and Ellison said it is (was?) because of a court victory.
November 9, 2025 at 3:59 PM
It just adds to the confusion I was having when Walz posted yesterday that Minnesota's SNAP benefits are (were?) restored and Ellison said it is (was?) because of a court victory.
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The regime despises poor people, yes. And importantly it does not fear poor people as a political force. It's important to take both of these together to understand what they are doing with SNAP. They do not believe that they will incur lasting political costs for their current actions.
November 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The regime despises poor people, yes. And importantly it does not fear poor people as a political force. It's important to take both of these together to understand what they are doing with SNAP. They do not believe that they will incur lasting political costs for their current actions.
What a fun read. hammerandhope.org/article/andr...
The Actor André Holland Paves His Own Path
Since his breakout role in “Moonlight,” the performer has made compelling moves driven by a desire not only to make meaningful art but also to be seen.
hammerandhope.org
November 9, 2025 at 3:23 PM
What a fun read. hammerandhope.org/article/andr...
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I know the idea that ICE and BP will be prosecuted en mass is comforting but it absolutely isn’t going to happen. If you actually care about this issue you should be more serious about it.
November 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I know the idea that ICE and BP will be prosecuted en mass is comforting but it absolutely isn’t going to happen. If you actually care about this issue you should be more serious about it.
Wow apparently it got cold all of a sudden.
November 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Wow apparently it got cold all of a sudden.
What a great line. “A modern Paul Robeson who still listens to all of his Clash albums.” (About Franklin Fisher of Algiers in their song “Cleveland”) www.instagram.com/reel/DQxEC03...
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November 9, 2025 at 1:47 PM
What a great line. “A modern Paul Robeson who still listens to all of his Clash albums.” (About Franklin Fisher of Algiers in their song “Cleveland”) www.instagram.com/reel/DQxEC03...