Anna Kornbluh

It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing

we've got 84% of the country's freshwater

but you are herr doktor

If you want to know what people mean when they say Democrats are "controlled opposition," rather than whipping votes against ICE funding, Hakeem Jeffries struck a deal with Republicans to allow Democrats to feign outrage at ICE while still funding the spending package.

Singing

AI-induced cultural stagnation is no longer speculation − it’s already happening AI-mediated culture is already being filtered in ways that favor the familiar, the describable and the conventional.

today in cultural stagnation

“Generic”
“visual elevator music”
“devoid of any real meaning”

theconversation.com/ai-induced-c...

all solidarity from chicago unionists to our neighbors, good morning go go go we are going to win

very fun / very sucks to have written books about the history of financial bubbles!

"Aesthetic formalization... is the structural reduction of a social situation...Contrary to what the nationalists say, dialectical understanding depends on formal analysis, and its referent is not the country in our hearts but the real country of social classes."

Roberto Schwarz

are YOU a university professor, professor emeriti or associate professor of history, social sciences, law, philosophy, theology, and religion?
Did you know you can nominate people for the Nobel Peace Prize?

“If you show up, they will put you to work” and “you will find community”
“The first step to being good at something is being bad at something”
💪💪💪

“analysis of job postings data from the US, UK, France, Germany, Netherlands shows no clear evidence that AI is behind the slowdown in early-career employment across much of the west+indeed casts doubt on many of the assumptions underlying this narrative, with simpler non-AI explanations better.”

Hallo, Newskis! I've written three threads about how to start designing and organizing your feed on here. Since there isn't a central algorithm, this is key. #BlueskyHacks will surface my three threads on this, and posts by various other folks.

rarest of species!

ok and did you think the OBAA was homage to...the muppet movie? or what?

“We demand that TAMU end classroom censorship immediately, restore academic freedom to the faculty, reinstate improperly cancelled courses, let Plato out of his cage, guarantee truthful, rigorous education for our students, & end retaliation against faculty who refuse to voluntarily censor courses.”

yay patty melt!

same girl and its crazy making! lots of body shapes have tatas

what's in em

kingdom for a party dress that doesn't hate bras when will this one shoulder bullshit tire

I know I keep posting about this but every time I check, the list gets longer and longer and longer. Hundreds and hundreds of places, everything from huge local institutions to small spots that will definitely struggle.

No exaggeration, it's the most astonishing act of solidarity I've ever seen.

"Minnesota is deeply grounded in the values of community, compassion, dignity, and solidarity. The violent actions of federal agents have had profound effects on families and communities across our city and state, creating an environment of chaos, fear, and disruption in our neighborhoods. This federal operation has made life difficult for many residents to shop for groceries, go to work, take their children to school, or keep their small businesses open. When residents are brutalized and profiled, families are torn apart, and children are arrested, our communities are not any safer. We continue to demand that ICE, and all federal agents leave our state immediately. Minnesotans have a long tradition of activism, protest, and civic engagement during significant inflection moments in our state. A broad coalition of labor organizations, faith communities, community-based organizations, students, small businesses, and workers have called for a statewide Day of Truth and Freedom as a time for solidarity, community, mutual aid, and protest. The Minneapolis City Council fully supports this action as a time to exercise your constitutional rights, to express support for our neighbors, and demand the end of this federal occupation. We acknowledge and respect the diverse ways individuals, families, essential workers, students, and businesses may choose to observe this day and support our community. Together, with our community, the City Council reaffirms our commitment to civic expression, community safety, and our immigrant neighbors. We will continue the work of ensuring justice, freedom, and dignity for all during and beyond this occupation."

Statement from the entire Minneapolis City Council in support of a General Strike and Day of Truth & Freedom on January 23rd.

National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.

Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.

Hakeem Jeffries deserves to be unemployed.

Jewish Cross-Denominational Statement Against Violent Immigration Enforcement Love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. (Deuteronomy 10:19) Adding our voices to millions of others across the United States, leaders of the Reform, Conservative/Masorti, and Reconstructionist Movements of Judaism condemn, in the strongest terms, the violence with which the Department of Homeland Security is enforcing American immigration law—above all, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as well as in cities and towns across the nation. Many Americans are deeply disturbed as they see their neighbors targeted for detention and deportation in their homes, at work, at their schools, and at their houses of worship. They are deeply concerned about numerous accounts of the use of intimidating and violent detention tactics, dangerous and unhealthy holding facilities, lack of appropriate warrants or due process, and wrongful apprehension of US citizens or individuals with proper visas based on appearance or language. In response, some are taking nonviolent steps to warn and protect their neighbors from this immigration enforcement overreach. The right to protest and speak freely are fundamental American rights, protected by the United States Constitution. Too often, though, nonviolent protest and civil disobedience is being met with violence. The United States is a nation of laws, and as Americans we expect that our laws will be enforced with clarity and consistency. We are pained by reports and videos indicating that in carrying out their assignment, members of law enforcement are engaging in behavior that escalates confrontation, risking the safety of those suspected of having violated the law, of bystanders and protesters, and their own safety.... To that end, we call on the Department of Justice to investigate the shooting death by an ICE officer of Renee Good, z”l.

Our sages taught that the Book of Deuteronomy’s directive “Justice, justice shall you pursue” (16:20), implies that the law must be enforced through a fair process, and that one should pursue justice whether it would be to one’s advantage or to one’s loss. Immigrants are members of our congregations, our families, and people with whom we interact in our broader communities. American Jews cherish our own families’ immigration stories. We recall that, like many being expelled from America today, we or our ancestors came to this country to escape oppression and find opportunity. That is why so many Jewish congregations, rabbis, cantors, and lay leaders have engaged in a variety of legal actions to protect immigrants in our midst. We grieve an American promise that seems to be no more. We who lead the North American Reform, Conservative/Masorti, and Reconstructionist Jewish Movements stand with the members and leaders of Jewish communities in Minneapolis—and before that, in the Chicago area and other cities in the United States—who have confronted Immigration and Customs Enforcement nonviolently, legally, but resolutely. We fear that additional communities will need to be prepared to do the same in the months ahead. We call on President Trump and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem to pursue immigration enforcement and their response to protest through just and non-violent means, upholding our nation’s highest values and commitment to due process and the rule of law. MULTIPLE SIGNERS

"Jewish Cross-Denominational Statement Against Violent Immigration Enforcement

"...leaders of the Reform, Conservative/Masorti, & Reconstructionist Movements of Judaism condemn, in the strongest terms, the violence with which [DHS] is enforcing American immigration law..."

Thirty-one known defendants have been charged in Chicago with non-immigration crimes tied to “Operation Midway Blitz.”

With today’s acquittal, 15 of them have been cleared.

No one has been convicted.

Look man, if we don’t fund ICE, who will kidnap the five year olds?

nothing the right adler pill sculpture color blocked lewk with statement necklace and pillbox hat won't smoothe

it has to be sealed! constantly! buildings are living things. the aesthetic seems to telegraph that it doesn't need upkeep, and the municipal adoption perpetuates that illusion, but unsealed, the rebar rusts and swells and then you have constantly exploding concrete.

also this is the coolest