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Kay Whitlock @kwhitlock.bsky.social · 3h

A wrenching loss of a remarkable person. All respect.

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 11h

They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”

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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 9h

don’t turn my mailman into a cop, that sucks

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Kay Whitlock @kwhitlock.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Amen. He enabled and supported police torture as mayor of Chicago. Activists fought for years - and successfully - to bring pilice torture to light and secure some reparations for some of the many incarcerated people who suffered from that torture.

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Kay Whitlock @kwhitlock.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We should understand this as an intentionally criminalizing move against queers. Along with other measures, it accelerates demolition of the framework of civil rights in order to replace it with processes of criminalization against groups that challenge supremacist governance.

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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Social media = surveillance hellscape; Internet = AI nightmare; & Signal threads = insecure! In the context of rising criminalization & authoritarianism, communities of resistance need to build our own communication networks! Join this half-day interactive skill share: bit.ly/infopowerskillshare

SKILL SHARE Building Informational Power to Resist Authoritarianism Zines • Mesh networks • Community archiving • Prison radio • Signal safety OCT 10 • 1-5PM ET • ZOOM REGISTER NOW
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Kay Whitlock @kwhitlock.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

As @interruptcrim.bsky.social has long noted, criminalization is the fuel for fascism. 15 years ago, we explored how processes of criminalization work. And we've continued to educate and warn about "bipartisan" efforts to expand, deepen, strengthen those processes. Join us.

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Kay Whitlock @kwhitlock.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

RIP Bob Mackie, who designed this perfect outfit for Carol Burnett's memorable turn as Scarlett O'Hara on her weekly comedy hour. (Confesson: I have the Barbie Doll limited edition of Burnett in this outfit.)

Photo shows Carol Burnett and Harvey Korman in a "Gone With the Wind" skit on her weekly TV show. Burnett is in an outfit made by the legendary designer Bob Mackie. Hilariously, it features old green curtains and drapery accessories, a hideous green and gold headdress, and, best of all, curtain rods jutting out from her shoulders. Making a mockery of "Gone With the Wind"? Yes, please!

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

30 incarcerated men presented a $4,267 donation to a northwest Kansas school district to pay down the district's unsettled lunch debt The donation was to be "utilized to help local children fuel their day and stay focused and energized this school year"

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Prison inmates help to pay down school lunch debt

A school district's unsettled lunch debt was substantially paid down by a group of inmates.

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John Nichols @nicholsuprising.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Dolly Parton logged a combined total of 115 years of union membership. Throughout her working life, the “9 to 5” singer/songwriter carried the union cards of two major unions: The American Federation of Musicians Local 257 in Nashville — for 58 years. SAG-AFTRA — for 57 years. HAPPY LABOR DAY!

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Opinion | Celebrate Dolly Parton's working-class solidarity

John Nichols: She carried two union cards, sang Woody Guthrie songs and mocked the bosses in "9 to 5."

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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

TONIGHT! US & Israel want to merge their military systems to produce deadly weapons & surveillance tech together. This Deadly Merger is inside the annual military spending bill, which Congress will be voting on again soon. We have a small window to block it. Join a @uscpr.bsky.social phonebank!

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Phonebank to Stop the Deadly Merger - USCPR Action

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

“Nurses and community activists gathered on South Congress Avenue in Austin on Thursday to call on hospitals to cut ties with [Peter Thiel’s] Palantir… The demonstration began outside 8VC, an investment firm whose founder, Joe Lonsdale, also co-founded Palantir.” 8/27/26 … 1/

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Nurses urge hospitals to cut ties with Palantir as protesters rally in Austin

Nurses and community activists gathered on South Congress Avenue in Austin on Thursday to call on hospitals to cut ties with Palantir Technologies, a company th

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Kay Whitlock @kwhitlock.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I draw on many of the resources interrupting Criminalization provides; so do many community organizations. An essential site. I urge you to follow the account.

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Kay Whitlock @kwhitlock.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Brilliant! Thanks @mapquest.com for principles served up with humor. I personally cannot improve upon your example.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

This morning in Danbury, ICE was arresting parents at school bus stops. But it’s more sinister. ICE waited until the kids were on the bus so when they are dropped off at the end of the day, they are alone, scared to death they can’t find their parents. I’m heading to Danbury.

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

You can now search which businesses in your area are collaborating with ICE, thanks to a new project from @theappeal.org 🔗 theappeal.org/ice-local-bu...

Background: deli store front | text: A NEW PROJECT ALLOWS YOU SEARCH LOCAL BUSINESSES TO FIND OUT WHO'S COLLABORATING WITH ICE

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Kay Whitlock @kwhitlock.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Please join @jmogul.bsky.social, @dreanyc123.bsky.social, and me. The discussions with everyone are fascinating.

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Kay Whitlock @kwhitlock.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

If you’re not following @interruptcrim.bsky.social, you should! An astonishing set of resources.

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Kay Whitlock @kwhitlock.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

She was by no means my only girl crush when I was a girl - they were legion - but Shelley Fabrares on the Donna Reed Show was by far the most consistently femme. Can't explain it, but who needs to? RIP, dear heart. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwIY...

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Shelley Fabares - Johnny Angel [Full Video Edit] 1961

YouTube video by DiscoBar80

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Kay Whitlock @kwhitlock.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

US prisons have always been brutal, inhumane, and death-dealing, including the first ones created by religious and social reformers as alternatives to harsh corporal punishments. An excellent piece from Erica R. Meiners and @truthout.org. #abolition

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States Claim to Invest in “Humane” New Prisons — But Prisons Were Never Humane

The historical record shows that the glossy language of “reform” contributes to the normalization of prisons and jails.

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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Everything that ICE does has also been done by police. ICE and police are the same. To learn how you can help interrupt the ICE machine, see our toolkit. There are things you can do from your own home!

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Block It! — Interrupting Criminalization

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Marianne Dhenin @mariannedhe.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Healthcare workers in Minneapolis have been forced to grapple with violence and intimidation as ICE descends on their workplaces. I interviewed several about how organizing and rights training have helped them protect their colleagues and their patients. Read their advice here:

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Minneapolis Health Care Workers Are Organizing to Defend Their Patients From ICE

Organizing and rights trainings have helped health care workers protect their colleagues and their patients.

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Kay Whitlock @kwhitlock.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

So worth reading. See Dickey's excerpt from this piece in his comments.

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404 Media @404media.co · 12/08/2026

NEW: ICE plans to spend tens of millions of dollars on buying specialized gloves that pulse with electrical energy, which make it easier for agents to subdue people. 404 Media read the manual that says the gloves may even contribute to “sudden death.”

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Here's the Manual for ICE's Electric Shock Gloves

ICE plans to spends tens of millions of dollars on the gloves, which are supposed to incapacitate people. A manual 404 Media found says the gloves may even contribute to “sudden death.”

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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Congratulations to @slamble1.bsky.social on the publication of their new book Unsafe: The Carceral Origins of the Anti-Trans Backlash from @haymarketbooks.org! Watch them & @deanspade.bsky.social discuss the politics of fear & exclusion in the anti-trans backlash here:

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UNSAFE: S. Lamble and Dean Spade on the Anti-Trans Backlash

YouTube video by Haymarket Books

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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

🏳️‍⚧️ Please read, use, and share these safety resources for trans folks and their allies! 🧵

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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

"Prisons are death-making institutions." - IC cofounder Mariame Kaba

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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

This is an important article from IC board member Robyn Maynard (@policingblack.bsky.social). In it, she discusses how today's border policing is steeped in historic efforts to control Black mobility, from early passports to the Fugitive Slave Act.

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Hunted and Banned

Efforts to control Black mobility—from early passports to the Fugitive Slave Act—laid much of the groundwork for today’s border regimes.

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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

"..adoption of bargaining rights for law enforcement can explain 14% of all non-White civilian deaths by legal intervention between 1959 & 1988." Check out our toolkit on fighting Police Fraternal Organizations (PFOs — often incorrectly referred to as police unions):

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Fight the (FOP) Power! — Interrupting Criminalization

A resource explaining why it is important to focus on police fraternal organizations as we work to divest from policing and create safer communities, including FAQs and core strategies for challenging...

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Goodbye, Minneapolis, Chicago. Hello, Mt. Holly Springs, Pa., pop. 2,300 The inhumanity of mass deportation hits small-town America as a tiny borough with just 4 cops partners with ICE and pulls over dozens of drivers, turning over 32 for deportation My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/moun...

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This quaint Pa. borough is a ‘speed trap’ nabbing immigrants for ICE | Will Bunch

Police in Mount Holly Springs, a tiny borough in central Pennsylvania, have turned over 32 immigrants to ICE since March.

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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

If federal agents come to your door: 1. Do NOT talk to them without an attorney there! 2. Do NOT let them in without a proper warrant! 3. Call the @nlg.org hotline for a privileged conversation with an attorney: (212) 679-5100 For more on this topic, check out @ccrjustice.org's guide:

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If An Agent Knocks (resource)

Updated in 2020! The Center for Constitutional Rights created If An Agent Knocks to provide advice to activists likely to be targeted by FBI agents or other federal investigators.

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 30/07/2026

I wrote about how immigration arrests are at all-time highs, even as ICE is trying to assume a lower public profile. How are they doing this? Look to your local police.

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ICE’s Secret Weapon Is in Your Community

While attempting to maintain a relatively lower profile, ICE is managing to arrest record numbers of people. Here’s how it’s doing that.

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Septima P. Snark @drsubini.blacksky.app · 27/07/2026

this book was pivotal to my own understanding of the criminal legal system and the experiences of queer folks. 10/10 recommend for anyone questioning criminalization, policing, incarceration, or thinking about abolition.

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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

There's still time to join the last 2 sessions of the Queer (In)Justice reading group! Register today! bit.ly/IC-QIJ

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