River Kanning

from 2019

because, like, what are the Earthside folks gonna do about it? But that means there are really EIGHTEEN names total. Well, the readers don’t need to know them all…right?

Me, earlier today: why there hell did I start writing this sci-fi SHORT STORY with NINE ships in it? They are generation ships, so the inhabitants basically renamed them all as soon as they were outside the VanAllen belt

Screenshot of a CNN segment shared by Acyn. A split-screen shows commentator Lydia Moynihan on the left and Kevin O’Leary on the right during a heated exchange. The chyron reads, “Obama: Dems need to avoid scolding and ‘virtue-signaling.’” The post quotes O’Leary referencing China and concentration camps, and McGowan responding about West Virginia.

I spent my childhood inside of American concentration camps. I know one when I see one. And that is what ICE is building.

Of course they did. “Won’t someone think of the wealthy business owners???”

I didn’t know Oregon was one of only 3 states so closely tied to federal tax income!

😬😬😬

This is the only sane approach

Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

And the same for folks who “can’t write” — your own words and thoughts are better than a thousand pages of grammatically perfect, auto-generated drivel.

Black Trans Trailblazers That You May Not Learn About in History Class For Black History Month, we’re honoring these Black trans pioneers from across America.

It's black history month, and so our writer S. Baum decided to cover black trans people you may not hear about in your history classes.

Go read their latest piece, and don't forget to subscribe to support our journalism.

www.erininthemorning.com/p/black-tran...

A rainbow foil sticker with a cartoon frog saying WOW!

I broke my boycott of Amazon (since July 8, 2025!) to do this. Worth it, especially since they didn’t see one dime from me

How to Film ICE Filming federal agents in public is legal, but avoiding a dangerous—even deadly—confrontation isn’t guaranteed. Here’s how to record ICE and CBP agents as safely as possible and have an impact.

NEW: The @wired.com Security desk put together a comprehensive guide to filming ICE—with tips for reducing risk at the forefront. No paywall, but please consider subscribing to help find these kinds of resources. And stay safe out there. www.wired.com/story/how-to...

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Official concedes 8-year-old who died in U.S. custody could have been saved as devastated family recalls final days The parents of 8-year-old Anadith Danay Reyes Alvarez told CBS News that their daughter died in Border Patrol custody because of negligence and discrimination.

In 2023, CBP killed a young Black girl that they imprisoned by incarcerating her and failing to provide the needed medical care for her sickle cell anemia

You cannot reform this apparatus which kills people no matter which party is in charge

Anadith Danay Reyes Alvarez, who was 8 years old

This isn't mine, and I can't definitively find the original source. But I love this little bit of wisdom:

"If you're a fifteen-minute walk from a coffee shop, but the server there has to drive an hour to get to work, you don't live in a walkable city. You live in a theme park."

This family was taking their child to urgent care and were taken from the same hospital parking lot where CBP shot a couple a few weeks ago. They were taken to South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, the same place where 5-year-old Liam Ramos was taken late last week.

Donate to Ayuda humanitaria para la Familia crespo González, organized by Stephany Melendez Hola me llamo Stephany soy familiar de Darianny y ella me autorizó… Stephany Melendez needs your support for Ayuda humanitaria para la Familia crespo González

They are still short of their goal as of today - www.gofundme.com/f/ayuda-huma...

Immigration agents detain family taking 7-year-old child to Portland hospital • Oregon Capital Chronicle Federal immigration agents in Portland detained a 7-year-old girl and her parents last week on their way to the hospital.

A whole family has been taken out of a Portland, OR hospital parking lot, including a 7-year-old girl. This happened late last week and I missed it until now. GoFundMe link in this article, and I’ll add it below - oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/01/23/i...

just some little intertidal guys

Just donated! Thanks for sharing the link to the campaign

Summons - Ayin Press Last night I dreamedten thousand grandmothersfrom the twelve hundred corners of the earthwalked out into the gapone breath deepbetween the ...

Last night I dreamed
ten thousand grandmothers
from the twelve hundred corners of the earth
walked out into the gap
one breath deep
between the bullet and the flesh
between the bomb and the family.

Hand-lettered sign with the words “reform, retrain” crossed out, reading ABOLISH ICE

The mainstream position

@selfwinding.bsky.social hey, that was a great workshop just now at OCLS — thanks for doing it 🏆

Refusing to send to Washington the federal payroll taxes collected from all state employees, including public schools, universities, parks, etc. could make a dent. More if you add in city employees’ taxes.

Have a larger story on this coming, but I’ve been embedded with this group, and this story from yesterday is part of what they’ve been doing in the city: religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...

This could be a good model for workplace mentoring and training, too

This experiment is super interesting from a “what skills are actually important for us humans to keep and how do we continue to teach them” standpoint.

Radiant Star (Hardcover) An electrifying new space opera of power, politics, and faith, set in the world of the Imperial Radch, Ann Leckie's ground-breaking, Hugo Award-winning science fiction epic. The Temporal Location of the Radiant Star is an inconvenience: A backwater religious site on an unimportant planet soon to be absorbed into the imperial Radch’s own, superior culture.

Wanna pre-order Radiant Star and also get it signed (by me)?

www.left-bank.com/book/9780316...

In case anyone needs another reason to buy some books…