Lauren Colton

small brain: free markets produce free press

normal brain: consolidation of media into monopolies makes the press unfree

large brain: despite media consolidation, media consumption is more diverse than ever

galaxy brain: media fucked because of phone

Stand With Minnesota Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.

It's day 80 of the ICE occupation of MSP.

Many of our neighbors have been in hiding for 11 weeks. We have 9 days to raise March 1 rent for those families.

Please dig in and give as you can - many rent relief fund are in desperate need of $$

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a werewolf in front of a house wearing a ‘BE MINE’ heart and holding a sign that reads ‘THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE’ above a photo of bad bunny

a neighbor set up this werewolf for halloween and instead of taking it down they just update it with seasonal outfit changes. now it’s dressed for valentine’s day and holding a sign with a picture of bad bunny and his super bowl slogan. i love him.

The linked article is a case study, it's a practice often used with indigenous and black communities in archaeology (and a push to do more/better).

Building a Methodology for Community-based Archaeology of People of the African Diaspora: Thoughts on Case Studies - International Journal of Historical Archaeology The time is here for archaeologists to step up to the role of enabling communities to have a meaningful collaboration with our research. The papers in this volume exemplify this ability for archeologi...

Check out Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR). One example: link.springer.com/article/10.1....

we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad

Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.

Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.

Please tell me there's a tip you can share? Have not yet figured it out 😕

Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took at university.

Quantitative research methods (with THE Lisa Cook)
Science and social policy
Sexual politics (9yrs before Obergefell)
Philosophy of law
Russian/Spanish/ASL (why choose?)

Don was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles.

You can also donate (unopened) boxes to community centers, schools, VA hospitals, etc.,

We are now 40 days beyond the statutory deadline for the full release of the Epstein files

Hi. It’s a lot.

You still have a body.

Did you eat? Take your meds? Drink water?

this is not the first fight.

this will not be the last fight.

we do this in memory of those who came before us and fought too.

we do this for love of those who will come after us.

there is good in this world and it is worth fighting for.

Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.

Wise words from WEB DuBois to gird us today: "It would be shame and cowardice to surrender this glorious land and its opportunities for civilization and humanity to the thugs and lynchers, the mobs and profiteers, the monopolists & gamblers who today choke its soul and steal its resources."

Wait, how are you watching tennis with Spanish commentators? That sounds lovely!!

A threads post from @pearlomania: 365 days ago in America, you didn't need to carry a passport to prove your citizenship to armed masked men who refuse to identify themselves. 365 days ago in America, you didn't wonder if your city would be targeted for violent invasion by the President of the United States. 365 days ago in America, you didn't have to worry about what you posted online before you passed through customs to return home from a flight

Four Oglala detainees located, three still in ICE custody - ICT The four Lakota detainees were reportedly sent to a former concentration camp used during the Dakota Wars

This is surreal. 4 Oglala Lakota men kidnapped by ICE in Minneapolis have finally been located. One of them was released but the other 3 are being held at Fort Snelling, a former concentration camp used to imprison Native people incl. the Dakota 38 during Dakota Wars.

ictnews.org/news/north-c...

I don't think it's ever been more clear that many of these people want to kill us. They want us dead. They want us gone. If you're a Trump supporter who doesn't feel this way, if you're horrified by it, I would encourage you to speak out against violent rhetoric and actions. Because the window for forgiveness is rapidly closing among most of us, if it hasn't already been permanently slammed shut. I warn you: do not be the willful idiot who thinks there's a path back from this. That pendulum is gonna swing back with a lot of goddamn weight, and you do not want to be on the receiving end of it. Rediscover that part of your soul that's humane and act accordingly. There ain't much time left.

At 3 it let him trace the letters to his name, at 7 he reads stories with comprehension questions mixed in.

They actually have a "kids learning to read English" app (duo books). It's grown with my son over 4 years now.

Have an overbooked agenda for #sha2026 and so excited. I welcome all archaeology info dumping...please introduce yourself!

Bombing another country and kidnapping its leader would also be wrong with Congressional approval. The outrage, and call for impeachment, should be over the evil and illegal outcome not merely the failure to follow the prescribed process.

Part ridgeback, by chance? Such good dogs.

THE GOOD TROUBLE CHECKLIST keep all your shenanigans in one place

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Rafael Veraza, 25, said he pulled into Sam’s Club with his wife and baby on a weekend grocery run on Nov. 8 when he saw a commotion surrounding what looked to be unmarked vehicles full of immigration officers in Cicero, west of Chicago. The family decided to leave the area without shopping, he said. On his way out, he believes a passing agent mistook him for one of the protesters who have followed immigration officials throughout Chicagoland in an effort to warn residents and document their operations. Veraza’s wife happened to be filming the parking lot scene on her smartphone because they wanted to one day show their 1-year-old the turbulent times she was born in. She aimed her camera at a passing SUV and captured the moment when an officer filled the family’s vehicle with a mist of pepper spray.

Video shows the moment Rafael Veraza says federal agents shot pepper-spray into his car, where he was with his wife and 1-year-old daughter. (Video: Zoeann Murphy/The Washington Post) Veraza and his wife poured water on their crying baby’s face and rushed to the hospital. A doctor called in a poison control specialist for an expert opinion because they’d never seen such a young person pepper sprayed, Veraza said. They advised bringing the child to a specialist for follow-up visits to gauge potential long term damage to the child’s lungs and eyes. McLaughlin denied that federal agents pepper-sprayed anyone outside of Sam’s Club in a statement issued after the incident to the news media. She did not offer an explanation for what is shown in the video.

ICE sprayed a one-year-old in the face with pepper spray.

The child and parents are US citizens, but that doesn't even matter.

These monsters pepper-sprayed a baby.

We cannot allow ICE to continue this behavior, and they aren't going to reform themselves.

www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Colorful menorah in front of painting of snow