Nell Lancaster
@nlanc.bsky.social
gardener, fitful & mostly retired organizer* Interests: unions for all, pandemic prevention, abolition, cooking. *(mostly field & fr, oscillating for last 50 yrs betw Dem-electoral left & anti-imperialist left)
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Nick Estes's OUR HISTORY IS THE FUTURE “traces traditions of Indigenous resistance leading to the present campaigns against fossil fuel pipelines.”
Read @haymarketbooks.org nonfiction this fall! #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2214-o...
Read @haymarketbooks.org nonfiction this fall! #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2214-o...
Our History Is the Future
www.haymarketbooks.org
November 28, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Nick Estes's OUR HISTORY IS THE FUTURE “traces traditions of Indigenous resistance leading to the present campaigns against fossil fuel pipelines.”
Read @haymarketbooks.org nonfiction this fall! #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2214-o...
Read @haymarketbooks.org nonfiction this fall! #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2214-o...
On the other hand, the idea that such an order was exceptional is hard to maintain in light of the hundreds of Vietnam vets who responded to news of the My Lai massacre by saying that they'd taken part in or witnessed such killings of unarmed people. Who set that tone?
A central issue at trial for the My Lai massacre in Vietnam was whether an Army lieutenant, or the Army captain who was his superior, was responsible for the order to leave no survivors.
Neither suggested the SecDef would have given such a command.
Neither suggested the SecDef would have given such a command.
If the U.S. was at war, Pete Hegseth's order would be a war crime, a military lawyer said. Instead, it might just be murder. wapo.st/49KbUJ1
November 28, 2025 at 9:11 PM
On the other hand, the idea that such an order was exceptional is hard to maintain in light of the hundreds of Vietnam vets who responded to news of the My Lai massacre by saying that they'd taken part in or witnessed such killings of unarmed people. Who set that tone?
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From the MN Society for Professional Journalists: St. Paul police shot three photojournalists (MPR, Reuters, Sahan Journal) with "less lethal" munitions during an ICE operation yesterday. One had to go to the hospital. They say they were specifically targeted by St. Paul police.
November 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
From the MN Society for Professional Journalists: St. Paul police shot three photojournalists (MPR, Reuters, Sahan Journal) with "less lethal" munitions during an ICE operation yesterday. One had to go to the hospital. They say they were specifically targeted by St. Paul police.
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Since 2021, 11,000 workers at ~550 Starbucks stores have unionized, but there is not a single first contract. Now Starbucks workers are putting everything on the line, waging an open-ended ULP strike. “It restores my faith in humanity,” says Meg Davitch, who works at a Starbucks in Chanhassen, Minn.
“It Restores My Faith in Humanity”: Why Minnesota Workers Are Joining the Starbucks Strike - Workday Magazine
Minnesota workers rally in support of striking baristas.
workdaymagazine.org
November 26, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Since 2021, 11,000 workers at ~550 Starbucks stores have unionized, but there is not a single first contract. Now Starbucks workers are putting everything on the line, waging an open-ended ULP strike. “It restores my faith in humanity,” says Meg Davitch, who works at a Starbucks in Chanhassen, Minn.
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Some vaccines like COVID and flu don’t stop completely stop infection.
But they do reduce the risk of getting infected and greatly reduce severe illness risk.
They are still worth getting.
Since they are not 100% effective it’s also wise to add another layer of protection by wearing a mask.
But they do reduce the risk of getting infected and greatly reduce severe illness risk.
They are still worth getting.
Since they are not 100% effective it’s also wise to add another layer of protection by wearing a mask.
November 23, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Some vaccines like COVID and flu don’t stop completely stop infection.
But they do reduce the risk of getting infected and greatly reduce severe illness risk.
They are still worth getting.
Since they are not 100% effective it’s also wise to add another layer of protection by wearing a mask.
But they do reduce the risk of getting infected and greatly reduce severe illness risk.
They are still worth getting.
Since they are not 100% effective it’s also wise to add another layer of protection by wearing a mask.
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This is: 1. genuinely great 2. Less important than ending the months long collaboration between MPD and ICE bsky.app/profile/dcat...
NEW: The Court has ruled that the National Guard deployment to DC is illegal and granted a preliminary injunction.
As we made clear from the beginning: the US military should not be policing American citizens on American soil.
This is a victory for DC, Home Rule, and American democracy.
As we made clear from the beginning: the US military should not be policing American citizens on American soil.
This is a victory for DC, Home Rule, and American democracy.
November 21, 2025 at 12:50 AM
This is: 1. genuinely great 2. Less important than ending the months long collaboration between MPD and ICE bsky.app/profile/dcat...
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Extremely disturbing even by standards of recent immigration stories www.ms.now/news/immigra...
A man missing for weeks and the immigration system that lost him
Vicente Ventura Aguilar got picked up last month, but his family doesn’t know if he’s dead or alive. ICE says he’s not in their system, so they say they can’t help.
www.ms.now
November 21, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Extremely disturbing even by standards of recent immigration stories www.ms.now/news/immigra...
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Today there was an attempted ICE raid in Bensonhurst & community members showed up. Even though NYPD collaborated with ICE by trying to disburse the crowd; community members stood their ground & ICE left without kidnapping a single person per the rapid response groups I'm on. We protect us!
November 19, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Today there was an attempted ICE raid in Bensonhurst & community members showed up. Even though NYPD collaborated with ICE by trying to disburse the crowd; community members stood their ground & ICE left without kidnapping a single person per the rapid response groups I'm on. We protect us!
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these assholes have spent years claiming that the phrase"happy holidays" is part of a war to eradicate the meaning of christmas
"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays
The Trump Dept. of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over holidays.
thisweekinworcester.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:58 PM
these assholes have spent years claiming that the phrase"happy holidays" is part of a war to eradicate the meaning of christmas
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CBP is one of the most lawless agencies in the country and has a track record of violating people's rights, even those of U.S. citizens.
Putting them in charge of immigration enforcement is an alarming escalation, but our communities are prepared to defend our neighbors.
Putting them in charge of immigration enforcement is an alarming escalation, but our communities are prepared to defend our neighbors.
Border Patrol Agents Replace Top Leadership at ICE
As immigration enforcement expands nationwide, Trump assigns top leadership to Border Patrol staff despite agency’s track record of abuse.
www.aclu.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM
CBP is one of the most lawless agencies in the country and has a track record of violating people's rights, even those of U.S. citizens.
Putting them in charge of immigration enforcement is an alarming escalation, but our communities are prepared to defend our neighbors.
Putting them in charge of immigration enforcement is an alarming escalation, but our communities are prepared to defend our neighbors.
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“Multiple cases have been reported where CBP agents have shot at cars, pursued vehicles causing them to crash or rollover, and even used their cars to run over migrants. Twenty-eight percent of victims have died of medical issues or potential medical neglect …”
“… a total of 351 people have died as a result of an encounter with Customs and Border Protection agents since 2010. CBP’s culture of abuse and reckless use of force has led to the deaths of many U.S. citizens and noncitizens both at U.S. ports of entry and in the southern border region.”
November 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
“Multiple cases have been reported where CBP agents have shot at cars, pursued vehicles causing them to crash or rollover, and even used their cars to run over migrants. Twenty-eight percent of victims have died of medical issues or potential medical neglect …”
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I have two things to say about this - HA and HA
EXCLUSIVE: After Trump took over the Kennedy Center in Feb, he vowed to make it "hot" again. So, how's it doing? @jeremybmerrill.com and I used data from the center's ticketing website to find out. Ticket sales are lowest they've been since the pandemic.
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Kennedy Center ticket sales have plummeted since Trump takeover
Nearly nine months into Trump’s oversight, sales for the three largest performance venues are the worst they’ve been since the pandemic, according to a Washington Post analysis.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I have two things to say about this - HA and HA
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Appreciate this coverage but it is hard to explain to people not in the Chicago area that THESE ARE NOT PROTESTS.
This is people coming out of their homes, doing anything in their power to try to stop their neighbors from being kidnapped.
It is coming for your city next, please be prepared.
This is people coming out of their homes, doing anything in their power to try to stop their neighbors from being kidnapped.
It is coming for your city next, please be prepared.
New from Bellingcat: “‘Pattern of Extreme Brutality’ — Tear gas, pepper balls among weapons used by federal agents at Illinois immigration protests.”
Read the full investigation:
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...
Read the full investigation:
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...
Tear Gas, Pepper Balls Among Weapons Deployed Against Illinois Protesters
A judge recently issued a restraining order on crowd-control tactics by federal agents in the state, including those involved in Operation Midway Blitz.
www.bellingcat.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Appreciate this coverage but it is hard to explain to people not in the Chicago area that THESE ARE NOT PROTESTS.
This is people coming out of their homes, doing anything in their power to try to stop their neighbors from being kidnapped.
It is coming for your city next, please be prepared.
This is people coming out of their homes, doing anything in their power to try to stop their neighbors from being kidnapped.
It is coming for your city next, please be prepared.
This picture irresistibly calls up the Stonehenge bit in This Is Spinal Tap. The contractor needs to do this irl.
Exclusive: The White House has fired all six members of the Commission of Fine Arts, an independent federal agency that was expected to review some of President Trump’s construction projects, including his planned triumphal arch in Washington.
White House fires arts commission expected to review Trump construction projects
The moves comes as President Donald Trump pursues efforts to build a White House ballroom and a triumphal arch in Washington.
wapo.st
October 30, 2025 at 1:36 AM
This picture irresistibly calls up the Stonehenge bit in This Is Spinal Tap. The contractor needs to do this irl.
Thread on ICE in Chicao:
Their activity over the last week has included: car crashes, arrests of citizens, rapid responders and bystanders, four days straight of tear gas attacks on dense residential neighborhoods, real guns and pepper ball dispensers pointed at faces, breaking windows and dragging people from cars
October 26, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Thread on ICE in Chicao:
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U.S. to photograph Canadian travellers when they enter and exit at all land borders, airports
New rule introduced on Friday will make it mandatory for Canadians to take part
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
New rule introduced on Friday will make it mandatory for Canadians to take part
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
U.S. to photograph Canadian travellers when they enter and exit at all land borders, airports | CBC News
The United States is expanding its facial identification program for travellers, with the goal of collecting images of non-U.S. citizens entering and exiting the country by all modes of transport.
www.cbc.ca
October 26, 2025 at 8:47 PM
U.S. to photograph Canadian travellers when they enter and exit at all land borders, airports
New rule introduced on Friday will make it mandatory for Canadians to take part
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
New rule introduced on Friday will make it mandatory for Canadians to take part
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
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For days, I’ve been talking to a woman whose loved one has disappeared into ICE system. The torture of not knowing where this person is and what’s going to happen to them - it reminds me of covering the parents searching for the bodies of their missing kids in Mexico. No answers. No good answers.
October 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
For days, I’ve been talking to a woman whose loved one has disappeared into ICE system. The torture of not knowing where this person is and what’s going to happen to them - it reminds me of covering the parents searching for the bodies of their missing kids in Mexico. No answers. No good answers.
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These are mostly indigenous communities in Alaska that have been slammed by the storm.
The local manager of a small airline fleet says he is the only one doing evacuations right now!
Defund FEMA and people are abandoned. Defund public media and no-one knows.
FYI, today is Indigenous Peoples Day.
The local manager of a small airline fleet says he is the only one doing evacuations right now!
Defund FEMA and people are abandoned. Defund public media and no-one knows.
FYI, today is Indigenous Peoples Day.
October 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
These are mostly indigenous communities in Alaska that have been slammed by the storm.
The local manager of a small airline fleet says he is the only one doing evacuations right now!
Defund FEMA and people are abandoned. Defund public media and no-one knows.
FYI, today is Indigenous Peoples Day.
The local manager of a small airline fleet says he is the only one doing evacuations right now!
Defund FEMA and people are abandoned. Defund public media and no-one knows.
FYI, today is Indigenous Peoples Day.
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NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.
The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.
At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.
The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.
At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.
October 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.
The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.
At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.
The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.
At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.
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I prefer “anti-fascist“ for a host of reasons and this is a nice practical one.
I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.
October 12, 2025 at 12:26 AM
I prefer “anti-fascist“ for a host of reasons and this is a nice practical one.
This is why I can't take this sky place except in tiny doses. Not one commenter to this post expresses horror at the Nobel committee's actual choice: a fascist coup leader who praised Trump's murder spree of ppl in boats off Vzla & welcomes a US invasion to overthrow the govt. Peace of the Grave
Any news organization that treated "Will Trump Get Nobel?" as a remotely serious question, and not one more indication of his accelerating hallucinatory patterns, has some 'splaining to do.
Looking at you, all major news orgs.
Looking at you, all major news orgs.
October 11, 2025 at 2:08 PM
This is why I can't take this sky place except in tiny doses. Not one commenter to this post expresses horror at the Nobel committee's actual choice: a fascist coup leader who praised Trump's murder spree of ppl in boats off Vzla & welcomes a US invasion to overthrow the govt. Peace of the Grave
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BREAKING: Apple removed an app for preserving TikToks, Instagram reels, news reports, and videos documenting abuses by ICE
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🔗 www.404media.co/apple-banned...
Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses
Eyes Up's purpose is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." But it has been swept up in Apple's crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.
www.404media.co
October 8, 2025 at 7:12 PM
BREAKING: Apple removed an app for preserving TikToks, Instagram reels, news reports, and videos documenting abuses by ICE
🔗 www.404media.co/apple-banned...
🔗 www.404media.co/apple-banned...
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“It is a struggle for Palestinians to survive, let alone conceive in Gaza.”
Palestinian human rights attorney Noura Erakat spoke in front of the UN security council about Israel’s systematic attack on the reproductive capacity of women in Gaza
Palestinian human rights attorney Noura Erakat spoke in front of the UN security council about Israel’s systematic attack on the reproductive capacity of women in Gaza
October 6, 2025 at 8:05 PM
“It is a struggle for Palestinians to survive, let alone conceive in Gaza.”
Palestinian human rights attorney Noura Erakat spoke in front of the UN security council about Israel’s systematic attack on the reproductive capacity of women in Gaza
Palestinian human rights attorney Noura Erakat spoke in front of the UN security council about Israel’s systematic attack on the reproductive capacity of women in Gaza
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Boosting this, if anyone can help provide resources I appreciate it 🥺♥️
Does anyone have any resources to help explain to a developmentally disabled adult that they have cancer in an appropriate way? Are there books for this? I’m so overwhelmed
October 6, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Boosting this, if anyone can help provide resources I appreciate it 🥺♥️