Drew Dixon

‘We’re losing accessibility’: America says goodbye to the mass-market paperback The so-called ‘pocket book’ sold in supermarkets is being phased out across the US, the latest sign of an ongoing shift in how people are choosing to read

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‘We’re losing accessibility’: America says goodbye to the mass-market paperback

“The function, the very serious function of racism is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work. It keeps you explaining, over and over again.” - Toni Morrison

But did you apologize?!?!! Mortified is not apologized?!?!?!?

Alex Pretti’s coworkers take a moment of silence this morning

This is one of the things that I find is most shocking to people outside Minnesota who don’t realize it yet—the scale at which everyone who isn’t white has been forced into a spectrum of hiding.

Very good article drawing out the Tahrir Square comparison.

He has an account here.

This is ok tho

He was doing what many have been saying white men should be doing. He went outside to observe, he documented, he put his body on the line to protect another person and for this he was murdered by the gatekeepers of the fascist regime.

This is what police have been doing to black Americans since forever. Enough of the "this isn't who we are." You're now noticing because it's white people.

THIS RIGHT HERE: Disgusting to the core of their beings.

Numerous videos support this. And if you think this is the price of legal protest, f*ck you.

If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.

If the sole purpose of ICE were to instigate a civil war, they would behave exactly like this.

Screenshot of the same exact copy from the post itself from Twitter, which I included in order to attribute the post to Eric Blanc, who has an account on BlueSky but does not appear to be active.

Per @ericblanc.bsky.social:

ICE can't function without their top corporate collaborators:

Amazon/Whole Foods
Target
Palantir
Every major hotel chain
Home Depot
Lowe’s
AT&T
Aramark
Eastern Airlines
Global X
Omni Air
Flock Systems
Dell
UPS
FedEx
Motorola Solutions
LexisNexis
Thompson Reuters

The facts simply contradict the lies put out by DHS.

Thank you for taking a stand @benniethompson.bsky.social This is a step, but please keep going. I don't know who is whipping votes in there for anything remotely relevant to the gravity of what America is facing, but I hope you can lead your colleagues to stand up and fight for all of us.

General strike is where citizens have power.

Abolish ICE is now the moderate minimum position,

Prosecute ICE is where Dems should be at next.

America enabled wanton killing over there. Now wanton killing is happening over here. They unloaded 355 bullets into Hind Rajab, and then they trained the people who unloaded their clips into Renee Good and Alex Pretti. So look alive. Starting now. Protect your neighbors. General fucking strike.

“Say his name!”
“Alex Pretti!”

This.

They use these on ICE flights, too.

The dangerous magical thinking of ‘this is not who we are’ - Andscape Since the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, there have been statements from white people across the political spectrum, including President-elect Joe Biden, that repeat variations of the sa...

“If one is honest about the history of the United States, it prominently features white violence, terrorism and revanchism, particularly toward Black people, Indigenous people and women.” — @sorayanadiamcdonald.com

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MN lawmakers throw support behind Jan. 23 general strike Minnesota lawmakers are supporting a strike on Jan. 23, urging people to skip work, stay home from school and not go shopping for the day. More on why they support the strike here:

This is how you make change.

YOU take the lead.

You don’t wait for lawmakers to LEAD YOU.

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On patrol with Ice-spotters in Minneapolis There is no end in sight to American carnage

On patrol with Ice-spotters in Minneapolis

Lewis Goodall in the diary

I’ve been successful enough in my career to buy bidets, and recommend them. Usually we get this one, which is $40 and installs easily on any toilet. a.co/d/9KQdXzm Pays for itself in TP in no time.

Hundreds of clergy descend on Minneapolis and go on lookout for ICE MINNEAPOLIS (RNS) — The faith leaders, who hail from across the country and represent a range of religious traditions, deployed to neighborhoods with significant immigrant populations, where DHS agent...

NEW from me: Hundreds of clergy descend on Minneapolis and go on lookout for ICE —> religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...

TODAY IS THE DAY!!!!

Minnesotans are bringing a halt to business as usual - no work, no shopping, no school - to demand ICE OUT.

If you're not in Minnesota, support their demands and find an event near you here: iceoutforgood.org

I can’t wait to see how the general strike in MN is covered and what the reaction is for the rest of the country.

If this works and spreads it will be a fucking game changer.