Reposted by ZephaniahThe Captain @thoreau.bsky.social · 30/08/2026TEXANS PLEASE CHECK YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION 10229701481
Reposted by ZephaniahHellrosser @rosserford.bsky.social · 26/08/2026We’re going to hear about how everyone loved Dolly, and that feels true. But it’s good to remember, and to her credit, that she was attacked for her AIDS activism, her vaccine advocacy, her LGBTQ+ support and even, more recently, for her reading initiatives. She ALWAYS stood firm when it mattered. 326301886763
Reposted by ZephaniahPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Notice how the popular media narrative has moved on, while people on the ground in Minneapolis are still struggling and crying out that things are as bad as ever. This is how fascist regimes operate — overreach, recalibration, normalization. Get louder, not quieter. 4784543393
Reposted by ZephaniahMother Jones @motherjones.com · 11/02/2026“Essentially, child welfare has become the pass-through. The child welfare agency is acting as an agent of the police. There’s no distinction between the two.”motherjones.comTens of thousands of new mothers have been flagged to police over unreliable drug testsThe Marshall Project found more than 70,000 cases referred to law enforcement over allegations of substance use during pregnancy—and that’s a significant undercount. 216145
Reposted by ZephaniahPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 11/02/2026A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years 409253227182
Reposted by ZephaniahChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 10/02/2026Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude 55268929482
Reposted by ZephaniahSoraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 09/02/2026Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous 106204615191
Reposted by ZephaniahPrism @prismreports.org · 09/02/2026“We are deprived of the most basic necessities of life. What we are living is not a human life.” Rubble, open sewage, damaged wells & lack of electricity pose dangers, as Israel blocks equipment needed to rebuild from genocide, reports Esraa Abo Qamar in this dispatch from Palestine.prismreports.orgGaza’s destroyed infrastructure makes daily life a struggleRubble, open sewage, damaged wells, and lack of electricity pose dangers, as Israel blocks equipment needed to rebuild from genocide 14333
Reposted by ZephaniahJorell Meléndez-Badillo @jmelendezbadillo.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Bad Bunny’s performance began in the plantation, featured broken electric poles, and ended by centering a hemispheric understanding of “América”—among many other things—and some Anglo journalists are like “his performance wasn’t political.” This is why we need to be telling our stories. 10273181281
Reposted by ZephaniahProPublica @propublica.org · 09/02/20261/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken. Hundreds of kids are still detained. We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵 203115197373
Reposted by ZephaniahUnited Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 09/02/2026It's appropriate on #BlackHistoryMonth we uplift Kevin's voice. He's been a Jamaican H2A worker for the last 10 yrs & is excited over the implementation of his UFW contract at NYs Wafler Farms. He's looking forward to getting the benefits his contract provides. #UnionsForAll 338586
Reposted by ZephaniahAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 09/02/2026ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps. If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...ajc.comICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in AprilHomeland Security plans to build warehouse detention facilities in other cities being met with opposition. 1260127407408
Reposted by ZephaniahPrism @prismreports.org · 23/01/2026Former staff at LGBTQIA+ rights organization Lambda Legal complain of anti-Black bias, @alexmar.bsky.social investigates. According to interviews & internal documents, some Black & trans former workers said they faced retaliation & emotional harm after speaking up about discrimination.prismreports.orgFormer staff at Lambda Legal complain of anti-Black biasSome Black and trans former workers said they faced retaliation and emotional harm after speaking up about discrimination 13418
Reposted by ZephaniahLaura @tutusntinyhats.bsky.social · 19/12/2025This is a great, comprehensive debunking of Erica Chenoweth's popular myths about non-violent protest. I also recommend @petergelderloos.bsky.social's rebuttal of Chenoweth's work: roarmag.org/essays/cheno...roarmag.orgDebunking the myths around nonviolent resistanceThe Floyd rebellion follows a long tradition of movements using a diversity of tactics to achieve their goals, discrediting champions of nonviolence. 22212
Reposted by ZephaniahVicky ACAB @vickyacab.bsky.social · 19/01/2026They will fund ICE then they will blame you for criticizing them for their electoral defeats. They justify the fascism while fundraising like gangbusters off the angry and the frightened. They are grifters. They are profiting mightily off this situation. They are living WELL right now 1528161
Reposted by ZephaniahThe Advocate @advocate.com · 24/01/2026A gay Atlanta church leader opens up about serving the LGBTQ+ community in a time of uncertainty for many.advocate.comHow a Black-led, queer-affirming church is thriving in the South 0111
Reposted by ZephaniahMother Jones @motherjones.com · 24/01/2026Violent interactions with the public aren’t surprising, a former ICE official said of the agency under Trump. “That’s sort of by design.”motherjones.comFormer members of ICE say recent violence is "by design""What has changed is there has been an encouragement from the top to be much more aggressive in enforcement." 1323496
Reposted by ZephaniahUnited Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 24/01/2026"Julio" is pruning walnut trees in Fresno CA. "It is freezing in the early am. I pray for some sun later in the day so I can warm up. It's hard work, but its what I knows and it feeds my family. I get paid CA mininum wage." #WeFeedYou 319731
Reposted by ZephaniahCoyle "Barricade Material" Boron @fack.bsky.social · 24/01/2026There's a prison revolt at a concentration camp in Texas in solidarity with Minneapolis: 5580873565
Reposted by ZephaniahThe Advocate @advocate.com · 24/01/2026The DOJ is investigating Becca Good under a law against “assaulting, resisting, or impeding federal officers,” sources tell NBC News.advocate.comJustice Department will investigate Renee Good's wife but not the man who killed her 0126
Reposted by Zephaniahnilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 24/01/2026“Everyone should be allowed to carry a gun for their safety but the government can murder you in the street if you have a gun” is an incredible endpoint for the conservative moment 168175295427
Reposted by ZephaniahSkye @simplyskye.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Reminder: ICE’s budget has not been renewed — the House voted, but not the Senate — It will take 10 Democratic votes to stop it Pressure your senators 30089612584
Reposted by ZephaniahMolly White @molly.wiki · 25/01/2026We all just saw about six different angles of ICE murdering a guy who himself was filming them, but sure, you think body cameras will make all the difference. How stupid do they think we are? 302864586
Reposted by ZephaniahEbony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 24/01/2026Friend and comrade, I hate to tell you my own family history, let alone that of millions... for my people, it was 99 long years from the Emancipation Proclamation to the Civil Rights Act. Entire generations lived and died. (I pray that the fire this time is kinder. I do pray.) 101212278
Reposted by ZephaniahThe Advocate @advocate.com · 24/01/2026“They are textbook asylum cases,” attorney Rebekah Wolf told The Advocate. “People from a country where who they are is criminalized and punishable by torture or death — that is literally the definition of an asylum seeker.”advocate.comTrump administration is potentially sending two gay men to their death by preparing to deport them to Iran 12014
Reposted by ZephaniahLabor Notes @labornotes.bsky.social · 24/01/2026“We fight like hell on all issues of wages, benefits, and discipline. And that gives us some credibility to talk about things more broadly. So we talk about the philosophy that an injury to one is an injury to all. I tell people that’s my religion.” labornotes.org/2026/01/will...labornotes.orgWill ICE Ignite a Mass Strike in Minnesota?Minnesota appears to be in gear for a mass uprising. Unions, community organizations, faith leaders, and small businesses there are calling for a statewide day of “no work (except for emergency servic... 0309
Reposted by ZephaniahRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Why are they sending witnesses to Whipple? WHY ARE THEY SENDING WITNESSES TO WHIPPLE? 8144671429
Reposted by ZephaniahTina-Desiree Berg @tinadesireeberg.com · 24/01/2026Kudos to the guy with the sign that says “Nobody thought the revolution was going to start in Minneapolis except Prince” 😂 211923
Reposted by ZephaniahPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Yesterday, Minneapolis gave us hope. That’s what they’re trying to kill: the will of a people who are willing to fight them. 1541911231
Reposted by ZephaniahT @tpqrs.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Witnesses are being taken to Whipple. From a lawyer friend: “They’re trying to keep local PD and BCA from getting statements and confiscating any phones with video.” 6538801672
Reposted by ZephaniahSavannah @pnwpotato.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Not gonna lie, living here in WA that has so many deep ties with Microsoft, Amazon, Starbucks and Boeing makes me think that we as a state need to collectively reckon with our labor propping up such pillars of unchecked power and greed. 1174048645
Reposted by ZephaniahUnited Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 25/01/2026With storm clouds on the horizon. “Carmen” continues bunching parsley in damp conditions staying dry with overalls and sleeves. #WeFeedYou 529443
Reposted by ZephaniahDemocracy Now! @democracynow.org · 25/01/2026"Trump has all his work done for him by placid European centrists who went along with the policy of trashing international law."democracynow.org“An Abomination”: Yanis Varoufakis on Trump’s “Board of Peace” & Threat to Democratic World OrderWe speak to Greek economist Yanis Varoufakis about the United States under Donald Trump and its attempts to reshape the post-World War II international consensus. “Trump has all his work done for him ... 7226101
Reposted by ZephaniahAnnie loves Mpls @anniekp.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Yall outside of MN need to know that observers are STILL out protecting their neighbors. Right now. They know the news and they’re still out there. 3571321726
Reposted by Zephaniahunraveled @unraveledpress.com · 25/01/2026-5°F in Minneapolis tonight. At the site where feds killed Alex Pretti, the air still smells faintly of tear gas. Hundreds of people still here behind some impromptu barricades. Message spray painted on the road reads, "fuck ICE, love always wins." 182438655
Reposted by ZephaniahMother Jones @motherjones.com · 25/01/2026“There’s this focus on K-3, without a lot of resources dedicated to helping the kids in secondary school who fell through the cracks."motherjones.comAmerica’s reading crisis that no one wants to talk about“There’s this focus on K-3, without a lot of resources dedicated to helping the kids in secondary school who fell through the cracks.” 711027
Reposted by ZephaniahSusan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 25/01/2026These three stories were all published this week. Abolishing ICE is a reproductive justice issue 1983345
Reposted by ZephaniahDan Hinkel @danhinkel.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Worth noting that one reason you’re benefitting so fully from the Star-Tribune’s timely, extensive coverage of unfolding events is that it’s a metro newspaper that hasn’t been systematically starved to further enrich shareholders and executives. 2250101163
Reposted by ZephaniahMarco Rogers @polotek.bsky.social · 24/01/2026People already working hard to prove how perfect Alex Pretti was. To show he didn't "deserve" to be killed. But it's a trap folks. You're only feeding into a dynamic where people who are considered lesser get no protection. You don't have to be an Alex Pretti to deserve to live. 11290272541
Reposted by Zephaniahtruthbytwoheart aka truthbytwo music @truthbytwoheart.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Ableism and misogyny are an intricate dance. Even for those of us who live outside the gender binary. 062
Reposted by ZephaniahTina Vasquez @tinavasquez.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Tonight I am thinking of Claudia Patricia Gómez González, Alex Pretti, and so many others whose lives were cut short by Border Patrol. 08114
Reposted by ZephaniahZito @zeets.bsky.social · 24/01/2026The newest video shows very clearly that they attacked him for coming to an aid of a woman that the agents pushed, and then executed him while he was immobilized. Everything the government has said, like with Good, has been a complete lie. 100163554715
Reposted by Zephaniahunraveled @unraveledpress.com · 25/01/2026Mourners gather at the site where federal agents shot and killed nurse Alex Pretti this morning in Minneapolis. 📸: @andral404.bsky.social 6884261
Reposted by Zephaniahmolly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 24/01/2026they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence. 241273969834
Reposted by ZephaniahRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Chief Strategist for Rand Paul. 1204258286831
Reposted by ZephaniahDaniel Delgado #CeasefireNow @ddelgadovive.bsky.social · 25/01/2026I just want to make it clear that it was *Border Patrol* agents who murdered Alex Pretti, and those fuckers murder people regularly here along the border. Renee Good´s murderer is also a former Border Patrol agent (currently ICE). Disband ALL the paramilitary groups and prosecute every member. 4659481585
Reposted by ZephaniahBrandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke." 4433335710322
Reposted by ZephaniahICE must be destroyed 🏳️⚧️🏴 @miawong.bsky.social · 25/01/2026It's really distressing the extent to which in all of this Silverio Villegas González, the first man to be murdered by ICE in the streets, has been almost completely forgotten Moreover, ICE must be destroyed 171578520
