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Joel Stillerman

@jstillerman.bsky.social

Sociologist, Assoc. Ed. for Soc. at Lat. Am. Res. Rev. Chile, labor, consumption, middle classes. Book: Identity Investments: https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=32853 2024 ASA Consumpt. Distinguished Scholarly publication Award.

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In a country with a bad president, be a Bad Bunny. [Cartoon by Matt Davies]

12.02.2026 21:45 β€” πŸ‘ 8156    πŸ” 1947    πŸ’¬ 108    πŸ“Œ 51
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Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social.

12.02.2026 21:02 β€” πŸ‘ 17844    πŸ” 7085    πŸ’¬ 616    πŸ“Œ 358
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Republicans are still trying to pass the SAVE Actβ€”a bill that would make it harder to vote and disenfranchise millions of Americans. Join @redistrictingaction.org and tell your member of Congress to vote no: act.redistrictingaction.org/a/natl-saveact-cte

11.02.2026 23:03 β€” πŸ‘ 15389    πŸ” 7193    πŸ’¬ 453    πŸ“Œ 330
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If this doesn’t deep-six his Presidency I don’t know what will.

This is vile. This is ugly.

This perpetrator must be held accountable.

No longer is this right versus left.

It’s about right versus wrong.

America’s morality will be tested like never before in nearly 250 years.

11.02.2026 05:08 β€” πŸ‘ 4966    πŸ” 1788    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 120
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Vance Acknowledges Armenian Genocide, Then Deletes Post, Igniting Outrage By deleting the social-media post, Vice President JD Vance upset Armenians after a historic visit.

The Armenian Genocide is a historical fact. Vice President Vance can delete his post, but he can't erase history. His decision to ignore the facts is beyond disrespectful to the Armenian community and the millions killed in the Armenian Genocide.

10.02.2026 22:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2654    πŸ” 707    πŸ’¬ 190    πŸ“Œ 56

in fact you do not have to show your ID when you board a train in the united states, you only need to show your ticket (which can be purchased without an ID)

11.02.2026 13:59 β€” πŸ‘ 12689    πŸ” 2237    πŸ’¬ 507    πŸ“Œ 1

Friends 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

10.02.2026 22:54 β€” πŸ‘ 27091    πŸ” 9628    πŸ’¬ 56    πŸ“Œ 360

Leslie Wexner is one of the 10 co-conspirators named by the FBI during the 2019 arrest of Epstein.

He gave Epstein millions of dollars and the $70 million NYC townhouse.

Leon Black gave Epstein over $170 million.

Both men are alive.

How come they've never been asked to testify?

10.02.2026 05:58 β€” πŸ‘ 12453    πŸ” 3963    πŸ’¬ 324    πŸ“Œ 158
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What's the Matter with Florida? An Interview with Zachary Levenson A discussion about Florida's censorship of sociology and teaching under authoritarianism

There is lots more in the full interview: groupthreat.com/p/what-s-the...

08.02.2026 14:57 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Mother's immigration arrest leaves Madison soccer standout reeling Federal immigration agents detained a Madison soccer player's mother while she was in Minnesota for her son's games. Now, he's struggling.

Martin, an 18-year-old citizen and soccer player, traveled with his Madison-area team to Minneapolis for a Futsal tournament (which my kid's team was going to play in, then opted out). While there, ICE stopped Martin and took his mom, who has been detained since.

www.jsonline.com/story/news/l...

07.02.2026 18:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1094    πŸ” 566    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 40
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this is so funny, god bless louise lucas, Hero of the Commonwealth

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) β€” Alberto CastaΓ±eda MondragΓ³n says his memory was so jumbled after a beating by immigration officers that he initially could not remember he had a daughter and still struggles to recall treasured moments like the night he taught her to dance.

But the violence he endured last month in Minnesota while being detained is seared into his battered brain.

He remembers Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents pulling him from a friend’s car on Jan. 8 outside a St. Paul shopping center and throwing him to the ground, handcuffing him, then punching him and striking his head with a steel baton. He remembers being dragged into an SUV and taken to a detention facility, where he said he was beaten again.

He also remembers the emergency room and the intense pain from eight skull fractures and five life-threatening brain hemorrhages.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) β€” Alberto CastaΓ±eda MondragΓ³n says his memory was so jumbled after a beating by immigration officers that he initially could not remember he had a daughter and still struggles to recall treasured moments like the night he taught her to dance. But the violence he endured last month in Minnesota while being detained is seared into his battered brain. He remembers Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents pulling him from a friend’s car on Jan. 8 outside a St. Paul shopping center and throwing him to the ground, handcuffing him, then punching him and striking his head with a steel baton. He remembers being dragged into an SUV and taken to a detention facility, where he said he was beaten again. He also remembers the emergency room and the intense pain from eight skull fractures and five life-threatening brain hemorrhages.

ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man β€œpurposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”

What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.

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Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests

04.02.2026 14:24 β€” πŸ‘ 19487    πŸ” 5638    πŸ’¬ 418    πŸ“Œ 289
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Almost three years ago, my editor called me early one November morning. A wildfire had sparked near a town called Paradise, he said. Could I go? (1/13)
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I was just laid off by The Washington Post in the middle of a warzone. I have no words. I'm devastated.
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Waking up without power, heat, or running water. (Again.) 

But the work here in Kyiv continues. Warming up in the car, writing in pencil β€” pen ink freezes β€” by headlamp.

Pinned lizzie johnson @lizziejohnsonnn Β· Aug 19, 2021 Almost three years ago, my editor called me early one November morning. A wildfire had sparked near a town called Paradise, he said. Could I go? (1/13) 0:02 / 0:10 lizzie johnson @lizziejohnsonnn Β· 47m I was just laid off by The Washington Post in the middle of a warzone. I have no words. I'm devastated. Quote lizzie johnson @lizziejohnsonnn Β· Jan 25 Waking up without power, heat, or running water. (Again.) But the work here in Kyiv continues. Warming up in the car, writing in pencil β€” pen ink freezes β€” by headlamp.

A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world

04.02.2026 17:07 β€” πŸ‘ 22076    πŸ” 6956    πŸ’¬ 543    πŸ“Œ 415
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Kudos to Mayor Mamdani.

This is what economic justice looks like.

And it's a reminder of how we can fight corporate greed at the state and local level. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/mamdani-ice-delivery-workers-settlement-backpay-uber-gig-workers-million/

02.02.2026 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 11463    πŸ” 2799    πŸ’¬ 202    πŸ“Œ 143
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πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡

02.02.2026 18:10 β€” πŸ‘ 23029    πŸ” 8753    πŸ’¬ 509    πŸ“Œ 412
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Keep up the pressure. Or else they will cave.

01.02.2026 23:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1281    πŸ” 399    πŸ’¬ 72    πŸ“Œ 33

jesus christ

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ICE protester says her Global Entry was revoked after agent scanned her face Global Entry and Precheck revoked three days after incident, court filing says.

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#ICEOUT #fascism #terrorists

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Tell Congress: Impeach DHS Secretary Kristi Noem Contact Congress today!

I hope they didn’t think we forgot about impeaching Kristi Noem. 181 cosponsors and counting, 40k+ letters sent, and countless calls telling Representatives to get on board.

Let them know we aren’t slowing down. Send your letter here:

actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

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Tracking ICE's Profits ICE is extraordinarily costly to working people & grotesquely profitable for the worst among us

ICYMI @hebagowayed.bsky.social wrote about the companies profiting from ICE’s ethnic cleansing campaign and why a bipartisan consensus keeps the out-of-control agency funded for our newsletter Group Threat (please subscribe).

01.02.2026 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 75    πŸ” 52    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 5

Some may benefit from looking into @prisonpolicy.org's various articles relating to youth confinement.

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I just saw a video of what appeared to be a 6 or 7 year old little girl in agony as someone flushed her eyes for tear gas. ICE is an evil abomination. This is authoritarian, failed-state shit and everyone who helped this along should be held accountable.

01.02.2026 03:34 β€” πŸ‘ 107    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Tyvm

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This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here.

(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)

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You can always check here to find some bail funds to support: www.communityjusticeexchange.org/en/nbfn-dire... - not all bail funds are part of the network but all who are part of the network are vetted.

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It should not take a court order to get a toddler out of a prison.

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The Sociology of Consumption: A Global Approach <i>The Sociology of Consumption: A Global Approach</i> offers college students, scholars, and interested readers a state-of-the-art overview of consumption the desire for, purchase, use, display, exch...

I’m with you. I wrote this book: www.wiley.com/en-us/The+So...

01.02.2026 01:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Resist and Unsubscribe

Could be effective if coordinated: www.resistandunsubscribe.com

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