All four official candidates for the next UN Secretary General will be holding televised three-hour interactive dialogues with the UN diplomats today and tomorrow—Michelle Bachelet, 10-1 today; Rafael Grossi, 3-6 today; Rebeca Grynspan and Macky Sall at those times tomorrow. webtv.un.org/en
I'm not joking when I say mRNA technology is more important than "AI" and it's a tragedy we're throwing billions into one while our government is aggressively defunding the other.
Just because the pope is Trump's newest enemy does not mean we need to idealize the Catholic Church and it's role for liberal democracy. It is a central organisation in the global diffusion of anti-LGBT rhetoric and ideology. It thereby provides a key building block for far-right authoritarianism.
Absolutely horrifying. Conversion therapy is abuse. Period.
Yesterday, those who teach Intro to Sociology at Florida colleges (as opposed to universities) received a ready-made curriculum from the state and were ordered to teach it.
Yes, you read that correctly. The *state* is enforcing a curriculum on college profs, complete w/ the following restrictions:
Too many students are convinced by their own universities, by some of their teachers and professors, and by the AI companies themselves that ‘using ai to study is getting ahead of the game’
But the process they seek to get ahead of is the point.
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In this new TSQ article, Sadie Dempsey (sadiemdempsey.bsky.social) draws on four years of ethnographic fieldwork and 90 in-depth interviews to examine how civic associations facilitate political socialization.
Read more at bit.ly/4dou2d6
The drunk uncle theory.
You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there
As an anti-fascist, a figure skater, and an Alyssa Liu fan since her early career, ffffffffff Vance. Every time NBC's coverage pans to him it dampens the fun of watching the Olympics.
Trump has ended refugee resettlement pathways for Iranian religious minorities.
hias.org/statements/t...
I never, ever want to hear again from certain quarters about a free speech crisis on campus. I would accept apologies for being useful idiots.
This is unhinged. ICE will be in Italy participating in US security during the Olympics.
Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti “We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed. Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
Schools in Saint Paul were closed Tuesday and Wednesday as teachers prepared to do online and in-person teaching simultaneously due to safety concerns about ICE.
Kids in my daughter’s school refer to those two days off as Evil Break.
As in, “So what did you do over Evil Break?”
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...
🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
🚨WHOA. The El Paso Medical Examiner says it will rule the death of a 55-year-old Cuban man at ICE's "Camp East Montana" tent camp as a homicide.
He was allegedly choked to death by a guard during a "struggle" after he refused to enter a housing unit without his medications.
Apologies for being self-referential but
BREAKING: A federal officer shot a person in the leg after being attacked with a shovel during a Minneapolis arrest, an AP source says.
I can't say this loudly enough: THEY ARE TRYING TO NORMALIZE THE KILLING OF CIVILIANS FOR PARTICIPATING IN FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTED PROTEST ACTIVITIES.
I’ve put together a starter pack on … 🥁… wait for it … citizenship! 😉
This is a first stab and I have surely overlooked people. Happy to add you to this list and expand while more people are joining bluesky.
#migcitsky
go.bsky.app/5vLDGon
Important context for claims that the Nicole Renee Good was obstructing/assaulting officers before she was shot & killed:
The last time immigration agents shot a woman (Marimar Martinez, Chicago) they made similar claims. Prosecutors have already dropped the charges www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
An agent of the state murders an American, and government leaders rush to media to call the victim a "domestic terrorist" before any pretense of an investigation. We are so far down the fascist hole.
Homeland Security’s description of what happened and the narrative they’re pushing clearly doesn’t match up with the videos we’re all seeing.
They’re asking people not to believe what we can all see with our own eyes.
I’ve been in contact with DHS demanding more information.
In 2026, you should follow more of my @brennancenter.org colleagues. Find them all here: bsky.app/starter-pack...
Great thread with summary and analysis.
As people are working on reviews of Trump's immigration record one year in, you may want to compare to Biden, so I'm resharing our comprehensive overview here:
Biden’s Mixed Immigration Legacy: Border Challenges Overshadowed Modernization Advances
www.migrationpolicy.org/article/bide...
Two large dogs and a puppy asleep together
I'm updating my forced migration syllabus to reflect the hellscape that is the current US. But the scene beside me is helping me through. The two on the right, Sage (tiny puppy) and Dallas (gentle senior giant), are available for adoption in Missouri through People Helping Paws Rescue.
