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David Ambaras

@borderlander62.bsky.social

Historian. Author, Japan's Imperial Underworlds: Intimate Encounters At the Borders of Empire (2018), Bad Youth: Juvenile Delinquency and the Politics of Everyday Life in Modern Japan (2006). Co-director, https://bodiesandstructures.org. Also shitposts.

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now that's the power of a union

09.02.2026 17:28 β€” πŸ‘ 3912    πŸ” 705    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 5

i think this more than anything is what miller wants. vast detention camps with all of the suffering and death that means.

10.02.2026 03:56 β€” πŸ‘ 4488    πŸ” 1351    πŸ’¬ 188    πŸ“Œ 1
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β€˜He’s not the same’: Father of Liam Conejo Ramos says 5-year-old continues to suffer Some people thought they say the 5-year-old during the Super Bowl halftime show. But Liam is still in hiding with his family, after he and his father were detained and then released from a Texas deten...

Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family.

β€œHe can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, β€˜Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.

10.02.2026 01:10 β€” πŸ‘ 10071    πŸ” 4011    πŸ’¬ 278    πŸ“Œ 401

ICE is building warehouses and killing people and this is what you're going with? Resign, Chuck

10.02.2026 04:41 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

well, that is bad.

10.02.2026 04:14 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Milli Vanilla

09.02.2026 03:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Marge says: 
WELL, KID ROCK ALSO HAS 
A SONG TO SING. DON'T MAKE UP
 YOUR MIND UNTIL YOU HEAR
 BOTH SONGS.

Marge says: WELL, KID ROCK ALSO HAS A SONG TO SING. DON'T MAKE UP YOUR MIND UNTIL YOU HEAR BOTH SONGS.

09.02.2026 01:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1590    πŸ” 229    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 3
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The Sermon on the Mount, by Beryl Lewis, before 1965, πŸ“Έ by @ScottStrazzante

09.02.2026 02:16 β€” πŸ‘ 11724    πŸ” 2623    πŸ’¬ 56    πŸ“Œ 65

They and the South Koreans should form a league of resistance

09.02.2026 02:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Iberia doing a lot of good things recently

08.02.2026 22:13 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

My first grader (a US citizen) came home from school crying because a friend from class (also a US citizen) hasn’t been coming to school because his parents (one of whom is not a citizen) are afraid of ICE.

Little kids don’t have concepts of racism and xenophobia. That has to be taught. Or imposed.

08.02.2026 17:11 β€” πŸ‘ 3624    πŸ” 838    πŸ’¬ 55    πŸ“Œ 21
β€œGood afternoon. My name is [redacted] and my wife and I have been at OMDC since April 15 2025,” reads a handwritten note, wrapped around a lotion bottle that was thrown by a man held captive inside the Otay Mesa Detention Center (OMDC) on Sunday.

β€œIt’s cold here all the time and the food is poor,” the missive continues. β€œFor 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick.”

β€œGood afternoon. My name is [redacted] and my wife and I have been at OMDC since April 15 2025,” reads a handwritten note, wrapped around a lotion bottle that was thrown by a man held captive inside the Otay Mesa Detention Center (OMDC) on Sunday. β€œIt’s cold here all the time and the food is poor,” the missive continues. β€œFor 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick.”

β€œFor 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick.”

Conditions in a San Diego concentration camp, via message hurled out in a bottle.

08.02.2026 13:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1072    πŸ” 607    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 37

Looking forward to NASCAR becoming NOICECAR

08.02.2026 17:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What *about* that 5-year-old US citizen? Finish the sentence, Congressman. What does that hypothetical child have to do with Liam Ramos? Spell it out. Don’t just say β€œbut what about our kids” and stop there. Explain your logic.

08.02.2026 16:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1290    πŸ” 284    πŸ’¬ 74    πŸ“Œ 11

FAMU can't use the word Black on anything posted around campus related to Black History Month, to stay in compliance with Florida state laws against DEI. Black students can't use the word Black at their Historically Black College during Black History Month.

08.02.2026 14:28 β€” πŸ‘ 4021    πŸ” 1485    πŸ’¬ 140    πŸ“Œ 223

just a reminder that the united states is essentially operating a network of torture camps holding individuals in arbitrary detention, without access to appeal and rarely to counsel.

08.02.2026 01:52 β€” πŸ‘ 911    πŸ” 357    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 15

For the record, Jonathans Chait and Haidt are not pleased with your post

07.02.2026 19:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Even if it doesn't pass can it serve as evidence that even the governing party accepts plain text of the 14th Amendment?

07.02.2026 19:02 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | This Is Just Who Trump Is

"For years, a cottage industry of political observers has contorted itself to obscure and occlude the obvious. That regardless of what others see in him, Trump’s entire political career...cannot be understood outside the context of his bitter, deep-seated racism." (gift link)

07.02.2026 16:49 β€” πŸ‘ 6808    πŸ” 1941    πŸ’¬ 158    πŸ“Œ 119

The Texas National Guard has been mobilized secretly to support South Texas ICE Concentration Camp in Pearsall, Texas, The San Antonio Express News reports.

US Rep Joaquin Castro (D-TX) is currently fighting to learn why the Guard is working at a Geo Group sponsored concentration camp…

06.02.2026 18:18 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

America's Mayor

06.02.2026 18:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Transplant recipient arrested by federal agents in Rochester needs medicine, state representative says State Rep. Kim Hicks told MPR News she drove to the Whipple Federal Building near Ft. Snelling Thursday night to give the man his medication but authorities wouldn't take it without a doctor's note. S...

A man taken into custody in Rochester Thursday by federal immigration agents and now held at the Whipple Federal Building in the Twin Cities is a recent organ transplant recipient who is without his needed anti-rejection medication, state Rep. Kim Hicks tells MPR News.

06.02.2026 18:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2811    πŸ” 1698    πŸ’¬ 119    πŸ“Œ 248

You had me until "lightly cover Quadrophenia"

06.02.2026 01:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The image shows a split view: on the left, a brick building with a clock tower labeled "Southwestern," and on the right, a photo of Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt.

The image shows a split view: on the left, a brick building with a clock tower labeled "Southwestern," and on the right, a photo of Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt.

Tenure Eliminated at Oklahoma Colleges

Regional and community colleges professors will no longer receive tenure; research university faculty are spared, with some exceptions. https://bit.ly/4tlEtUq

#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd

06.02.2026 00:04 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 17
Kaitlan Collins
@kaitlancollins
President Trump now says it was Attorney General Pam Bondi who insisted DNI Tulsi Gabbard attend the FBI raid in Georgia. Last night, he told NBC he didn't know why she was there. And Gabbard said in a letter to Congress that "the president specifically directed my observance of the execution of the Fulton County search warrant."

Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins President Trump now says it was Attorney General Pam Bondi who insisted DNI Tulsi Gabbard attend the FBI raid in Georgia. Last night, he told NBC he didn't know why she was there. And Gabbard said in a letter to Congress that "the president specifically directed my observance of the execution of the Fulton County search warrant."

I want to reiterate that this shit is nuts. A federal invasion of state-run elections, an intelligence community invasion of federal law enforcement, a White House invasion of a criminal investigation, and a president’s insane treasonable sore loser obsession all rolled up and muddled together.

05.02.2026 21:16 β€” πŸ‘ 4822    πŸ” 1532    πŸ’¬ 123    πŸ“Œ 72
The G.O.P. Senator Who Can’t Stop Thinking About the Boy ICE Detained
Katie Britt is uniquely positioned to reason with the Trump administration β€” when she chooses to speak up.

The G.O.P. Senator Who Can’t Stop Thinking About the Boy ICE Detained Katie Britt is uniquely positioned to reason with the Trump administration β€” when she chooses to speak up.

over the next 3 years, be ready for seeingΒ a lot of coverage of Republican lawmakers, business leaders, university leaders who did absolutely nothing to stall Trump (on the contrary) β€”Β about how *actually* they were wringing their hands all along. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/u...

05.02.2026 20:31 β€” πŸ‘ 3333    πŸ” 848    πŸ’¬ 125    πŸ“Œ 88

And that clip is a synonym for two "Johnsons"

05.02.2026 20:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Tillis has never been the sharpest knife in the drawer. But given that the other Senate Republicans are either Tuberville-class vegetables or self-immolating cultists, he comes off as an elder statesman.

05.02.2026 20:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Or anyone in the Heterodox Academy.

05.02.2026 20:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They're sending DHS to stop 18 year olds from signing up to vote at schools. In case you wanted to know.

05.02.2026 18:53 β€” πŸ‘ 200    πŸ” 66    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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