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Eric Beckman

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Anti-racist History Educator | Online Tutor | Soccer fan: MN United FC, Liverpool FC No Kings, No jesters Lessons and reflections at ebeckman.org

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Adam Hamilton @hamilton4kansas.bsky.social · 13h
Here are the facts.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 15h
Cowboys past and present are: Black, Indigenous, Latino, immigrant, queer, trans, radical, female (and the ones in rodeos rely on rodeo clowns to keep them safe). And that pro-democracy pro-Constitution patriots despise this dimwitted pile of hatreds. I've met cowboys and you, sir, are no cowboy.
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Eric Beckman @erbeckman.bsky.social · 17h
Remember
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 18h
This blackout is not silence. It is remembrance. It is solidarity. It is a community standing together and saying that Nolan Wells will not simply become another name we scroll past and forget. #BlackoutForNolan #NolanWells #SayHisName
A photo of Nolan smiling is shown. 

BLACKOUT FOR NOLAN
One Community. One Voice. One Name.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2026 - Tonight, we are asking our community to go BLACK for Nolan Wells.
Change your profile picture. Share his name. Let his face fill our timelines.
This blackout is not silence.
It is remembrance.
It is solidarity.
It is a community standing together and saying that Nolan Wells will not simply become another name we scroll past and forget.
Behind the darkness is his face.
Behind his name is a life.
Behind this movement is a community that cares.
For Nolan.
For his family.
For everyone whose heart has been touched by his life.
BLACKOUT FOR NOLAN WELLS
Change your profile picture and pass it on.
#BlackoutForNolan
#NolanWells
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#SayHisName
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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 18h
“Texas Republicans redrew several House districts last year with the assumption that the Hispanic voters who moved toward their party were part of a new, durable coalition. But many of those voters have turned against the Republicans.”
nytimes.com
Hispanic Voters on the Texas Border Have Soured on Trump (Gift Article)
In 2024, these voters were an essential part of the winning Republican coalition. Now, many feel abandoned and furious, complicating the party’s chances in November.
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Eric Beckman @erbeckman.bsky.social · 17h
This needs to be the sign that we tap.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 18h
I'm positively obsessed with corporate journalistic simulacrum. It looks and smells like journalism, but it exists exclusively to prop up the agenda of an extraction class that wants to accumulate wealth completely free of ANY meaningful public interest guardrails
a collection of headlines falsely claiming the new AI accord is "morally binding" and "almost like a constitution"
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time for this classic again.
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Sahan Journal @sahanjournal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The complaint says Quentin Williams was pinned down by Border Patrol agents who came on school property following a car chase on Jan. 7. Written by @bzosiad.bsky.social
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Mpls. educator files claim alleging attack by Border Patrol agents
Roosevelt High special ed assistant Quentin Williams has filed a claim against the federal government over a Jan. 7 incident where he was pinned down by Border Patrol agents on school property.
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Dan Shafer @danshafer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I don't usually make endorsements anymore. But this year, I’m making a few exceptions for people who I’ve gotten to know a bit over the years, and who I think very highly of — in their work and as people. Go get 'em @markbecker.bsky.social @emtseffos.bsky.social @reprobynvining.bsky.social
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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026
We’re living through a period where the federal government, along with many state and local governments, has been pushing to normalize white supremacy while codifying it in policy. This effort has been aided by the world’s richest people and the most prestigious institutions in the country.
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Mary Joy @maryjoy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It's so odd how the rapist turned out to be unconcerned about law.
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Jack Schneider @jackschneider.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I don't disagree. But, as I wrote back to these reporters, I am most optimistic about projects that respond to the expressed concerns of students and teachers. These are the people who spend 180 days inside schools each year, and they're the key actors in the process of teaching and learning. 1/n
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Chatham Harrison dba TRUMP DELENDUS EST @chathamharrison.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It is, strangely, an anti-patriarchy. No elders would ever choose these men to succeed them. They are a postmodern accident in ill-fitting suits
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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
new toon: morning briefing www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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Morning briefing
A cartoon by Tom Tomorrow.
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Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Yep.
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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
reminiscent of spacexai (xai) in greater memphis…
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Indivisible Twin Cities @indivistwincities.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Ready to make a real impact? We are hitting the pavement to have those critical face to face conversations that win elections! Join your Indivisible Metro area friends doorknocking on October 3, 1-4pm. www.mobilize.us/indivisiblet...
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Door Knock for Jim DeMay for House · Indivisible Twin Cities
Ready to make a real impact? We are hitting the pavement to have those critical face to face conversations that win elections! Join your Indivisible Metro area Friends. Whether you are a seasoned can...
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Holly Brewer @earlymodjustice.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The responsibility lies with the people who provide the orders. Full stop
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Jessica Marie Johnson @jessicamariejohnson.com · 25/09/2026
research post 2026-09-25 www.kitchentablehistory.blog/p/research-p...
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research post 2026-09-25
Spanish New Orleans enslavers, strategy vs. consent, and Black woman-themed affirmations. It’s time for a research post.
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Minnesota 50501 @mn50501.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
ICE Air flight coming to MSP, Fri Sep 25, estimated arrival: 1:15 PM. Shackled detainees will board the plane at Signature Aviation. Since January 1, MN50501 has tracked 138 ICE Air flights through MSP, taking away 4,637 people. 📑 ottergoose.net/ice-flights-msp 📡 adsb.lol/?icao=a82a75
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25
ICE Air Flight
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW
Touchdown Time: 1:15 PM
SIGNATURE AVIATION'S
PRIVATE JET FACILITY
BETWEEN TERMINAL 1 & 2
AT MSP. OBSERVE FROM TERMINAL 1 GOLD 7 OR RED 8 PARKING RAMPS.
138 ICE AIR FLIGHTS
4,637
DETAINEES
LEAVING MN
Observed or estimated since Jan 1, 2026
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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Coming around to the idea that the biggest priority for Americans interested in keeping liberal democracy alive for the next several decades is whole scale reform of the Supreme Court and the judiciary. We can't afford to have Reconstruction 2.0 hampered by the SCOTUS like Reconstruction 1.0 was.
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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Imagine the AfD or Fidesz or the Polish PiS had gone full Nazi like this. One can be certain the NYT would not be writing euphemisms about sort of/maybe hinting they supported far right authoritarianism & extremism.
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 25/09/2026
Politico’s owner gave Peter Thiel an award today. Hardly surprising, since Peter Thiel gave the guy’s son $50 million. Have you heard of “The German JD Vance”? www.thenerdreich.com/politico-pet...
thenerdreich.com
Politico's $50M Peter Thiel Problem
Is Axel Springer CEO's son the 'German JD Vance'?
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Eric Beckman @erbeckman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Nate can say whatever he wants, but others can't say things that irritate Nate. Got it.
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Adam Hamilton @hamilton4kansas.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The pollsters know it. The forecasters know it. The media knows it. Roger Marshall knows it. This is one of the most competitive Senate races in the nation.
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Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Historian of Reconstruction here I have been sating that for quite some time! Glad it’s getting a full public hearing now!
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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 23/09/2026
This is a great piece that shows, in microcosm, how the right-wing is capturing the humanities in higher education and how private corporations like the College Board are going along with it.
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Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
but if you're interested in the connection between impeachment and these periods of lawless racial backlash (including legislator caution on impeachment) i do literally have a book for you
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The CW idea impeachment backfires isn't true. Nor is there any value in surrendering in advance on conviction. But there's a more important long-term consideration. Looking at all this and saying nope, we're not even going to say he should be removed, is locking in a message for future presidents.
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Why would you tout this? Well, the unique MAGA position is to aim entirely for division, for public displays of dominance, for hurting the people your voters want to hurt.
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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
it's not notable or new that reactionary straight white male bounders get in their feelings when marginalized people achieve recognition of any kind. it is notable that the NYT is printing pro segregationist gibberish in support of an openly white nationalist administration. 1
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Eric Beckman @erbeckman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Fascinating article from the reliably interesting @ageofrevolutions.bsky.social digs into the connections between an Icelandic volcano eruption and the French Revolution: ageofrevolutions.com/2026/09/14/t... #TeachWorldHistory #TeachEuropeanHistory #TeachEnvironmentalHistory #ITeachSocialStudies 🗺️
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Three Volcanoes: Two Revolutions, One Mountain, and the Emotional Environment
By Charlton Yingling and Marissa Yingling “It shows, in a strong light, the heaves and throes of the burning mountain, three years, at least, before the explosion of the volcano in Massachusetts or…
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Eric Beckman @erbeckman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Fascinating article from the reliably interesting @ageofrevolutions.bsky.social digs into the connections between an Icelandic volcano eruption and the French Revolution: ageofrevolutions.com/2026/09/14/t... #TeachWorldHistory #TeachEuropeanHistory #TeachEnvironmentalHistory #ITeachSocialStudies 🗺️
ageofrevolutions.com
Three Volcanoes: Two Revolutions, One Mountain, and the Emotional Environment
By Charlton Yingling and Marissa Yingling “It shows, in a strong light, the heaves and throes of the burning mountain, three years, at least, before the explosion of the volcano in Massachusetts or…
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 22/09/2026
your regular reminder that all is not well for those of us living in red states that women are still bleeding out in parking lots and dying because they can’t access abortion care we deserve not to die
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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
reposting for the evening crowd, because despite its deceptive simplicity, I worked a lot harder on this one than usual
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The lawyer for the Venezuelan man shot by ICE yesterday says he was discharged from the hospital and transferred to ICE detention while the bullet was still inside of him, and that in Pearsall he's not received any pain meds and was forced to sleep on the floor.
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The provost of Dartmouth, at which I teach, has been using AI to write both academic papers & national op-eds, according to brave reporting by @thedartmouth.bsky.social. Many students are already bitter about AI. This leaves us as faculty no ground to stand on. www.thedartmouth.com/article/2026...
thedartmouth.com
Op-eds, academic articles by Provost Santiago Schnell flagged as ‘AI-written’ by ‘near-zero error’ AI detector Pangram
Schnell said he used artificial intelligence for “making writing processes more efficient,” but that AI was not a “substitute” for his own “intellectual judgment or authorship.”
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 20/09/2026
Holy smokes I fuckin' did it. As promised, I hard launched before Yom Kippur, with hours to spare! I am going to take a nap.
soraya.press
Allow Me To Reintroduce Myself
Look at me. I’m the publisher now.
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Josh Zingher @zingherpolisci.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
There is no sector of society or the economy that is immune from the costs of democratic backsliding. Your aspiring autocrat might pay lip service to helping your sector, but what they're really doing is cutting the wires holding up the whole economy.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Stories like this have, for ages, treated men's desire to harm women as a sort of background noise, a weather we just normalize and accept and try to work around. Feminism is among other things a process of denormalization.
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Up with a quist @kquist.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Capitulating on trans rights is fascist appeasement, pass it on!
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Mark @markoftheeast.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This team is so poorly coached in defense. Largely the same group of defenders and there are just open spaces everywhere. No shape. No discipline. Just random and lost. And it’s gotten worse the longer this coaching staff has been in charge. #MNUFC
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
One aspect of living in a personalist form of government is that people no longer expect the laws or norms to protect them. If the king is rumored to be thinking of demolishing a believed institution, people assume they must defend it in person
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Recent American history is fucking bonkers.
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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
A mostly invisible force shaping politics in the Trump era—esp since 2025—is his ability to summon threats of violence & death against his opponents to such a degree it's become a material factor in political actors' decision making. I think a good term for this is "stochastic brownshirtism."
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Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Today’s post at Good Politics/Bad Politics - the discussion around Democratic candidates and trans rights got me thinking about party asymmetry… goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/what-if-we...
goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com
What if we’re wrong about party asymmetry?
Join me on this journey of speculation
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Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
One of my favorite things abt my job is looking through the incredible images enslaved people used to stake their claims to legal equality in their petitions to Congress. Going to put these together in my next tattoo.
A black bird carrying a banner that says “equal rights.”A white bird carrying a banner that reads “equal suffrage.”
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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Bessent is trying to suppress interest rates while the Trump-appointed Fed chair raises them, and Sean Duffy is trying to make gas-powered private vehicles the only transportation option while the Trump team's foreign policy is causing the cost of driving to skyrocket. Amazing stuff.
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