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Nick Fesette

@nfesette.bsky.social

Associate prof of theater at Oxford College of Emory University. Abolition, critical prison studies, performance studies, drama. http://nickfesette.net/

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@amulya.bsky.social · last mo.

My husband Drew wrote this at breakneck speed while moving cross-country and caring for an 8 month old, bc he felt it was necessary, ethically and politically, to correct the record. If you read Tyler Austin Harper's piece, I hope you'll read this.

The Drift@thedriftmag.com · last mo.

Andrew Baker was also a “token black professor” at Bates College. But his perspective on the events Tyler Austin Harper recounts in his Atlantic cover story is very different. Read Baker’s side of the story online today. newsletter.thedriftmag.com/p/racism-and...

alec karakatsanis@equalityalec.bsky.social · last mo.

THREAD. Contrary to what you are being told, 40 years of polling have established that shifting money away from police/prisons toward social services is one of the most popular public policies among *all* political demographics. But it's not just that, it goes way deeper.

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Hate Free Tennessee@hatefreetennessee.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Absolutely devastating sentences announced for Prairieland defendents today. We urge everyone to pay attention to these stories, and use this anger to fuel our resistance. Solidarity forever. "When will you be called a domestic terrorist, too?"

DFW Support Committee@dfwsupportcommitt.bsky.social · 3mo ago

please read this statement written by Benjamin "Champagne" Song and share as far and wide as you can: https://prairielanddefendants.com/defendant-writings/statement-by-benjamin-champagne-song/

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 5mo ago

some things about becoming a parent are radicalizing in ways I expected - e.g being reminded viscerally how screwed we'd all be if childcare and other care work disappeared. but other things are radicalizing in ways I didn't - like experiencing constant spontaneous solidarity in ways big and small

Puff the Magic Hater@mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 7mo ago

After months of relentless rapid response in Minneapolis, members of Defend the 612 had a moment to breathe and reflect on the lessons they’ve learned, the grief they carry, and the citywide fellowship they hope will endure. The crisis is not over, and I’m grateful they made time to speak with me.

“We Belong to Each Other Now”: Lessons from Minneapolis

“This extreme closeness, togetherness and intimacy — you cannot infiltrate your way into a space where you'll understand that," says May, a rapid responder in Minneapolis.

organizingmythoughts.org

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🚨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.

The Gravamen of the Disclosure 4. The gravamen of the disclosure is as follows: a. By memorandum dated May 12, 2025 (“the May 12 Memo”), Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons authorizes ICE agents to forcibly enter into certain people’s homes without a judicial warrant, consent, or an emergency. b. Specifically, in the May 12 Memo, the Acting ICE Director authorized ICE Agents to rely on Form I-205 (which is not a judicial warrant) to enter the residence of an alien subject to a final order of deportation, without consent, including by “a necessary and reasonable amount of force.”2c. While addressed to “All ICE Personnel,” in practice the May 12 Memo has not been formally distributed to all personnel. Instead, the May 12 Memo has been provided to select DHS officials who are then directed to verbally brief the new policy for action. Those supervisors then show the Memo to some employees, like our clients, and direct them to read the Memo and return it to the supervisor.
The Associated Press@apnews.com · 8mo ago

BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.

Kelly@broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Another update on baby Chance, the child of Adriana Smith, a Georgia woman who was brain dead and turned into an incubator because of abortion bans. He’s still hospitalized and not going home anytime soon. What’s worse? His family are footing the bill. people.com/georgia-baby...

Son of Georgia Woman Who Gave Birth While Brain Dead Is ‘Underdeveloped,’ Still Hospitalized: ‘Not Coming Home Soon’

Adriana Smith was declared brain dead in February, but kept alive to deliver her baby in June due to Georgia’s strict ban on abortion. After nearly six months, Smith’s baby, Chance, is still hospitali...

people.com

I Travel Like Sound Dog@chadstanton.blacksky.app · 11mo ago

A lot of people are going to walk away from the Ghislaine Maxwell coverage with the impression that our prison system isn’t punitive enough but I’d say it highlights how most everyone else is treated with *deliberate* cruelty.

Air Conditioning Is Coming to Texas Prisons, But Not Fast Enough

The plan would make it so that every living unit has air conditioning by 2032.

prisonjournalismproject.org

New York Magazine@nymag.com · 11mo ago

Apparently, Ghislaine Maxwell is living it up in prison with unlimited toilet paper. Here’s what we know about her alleged special privileges at her new federal prison camp in Texas.

Kathleen Belew@kathleenbelew.bsky.social · 11mo ago

In my Chicago neighborhood this weekend: candy drive for kids who can't safely go out to trick or treat because of ICE; big visible letter-writing campaign at an outdoor block party; low-flying Blackhawk helicopter over a children's baseball game; whistle brigades everywhere. #chicagostrong

tamara nopper@tamaranopper.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Regarding the question “Well, what can I do?“ Ruth Wilson Gilmore said, “Go into something that already exists, and do that work towards the end of helping to tip it away from reinforcing the system towards weakening the system. That’s infiltrating. Or innovate. If something doesn't exist, make it."

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 12mo ago

an experience I think about a lot: I was visiting a class in DC Jail shortly after Kim Kardashian visited and had brought in her camera team. I relayed critiques of her "performative", "virtue signalling" acts I had heard on the outside. the response was somewhere between a shrug and an eye roll

utopia deferred@utopia-defer.red · 12mo ago

anyone else notice that the west took a turn for the worse once the concept of signaling one’s own social virtue became derogatory, almost as if cynically deriding all displays of charity and good will is indicative of a deeply cynical and nihilistic society capable of collaborating in genocide

The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 12mo ago

According the victim's attorney, body camera footage captured the officer saying, “Do something, bitch,” before leaping out of the car and shooting her multiple times. Another officer asked, “Hey, what happened?” The first pointed to his camera, “Hey, don’t speak. You’re good.” trib.al/2RfPYXK

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Hannah Riley Fernandez@hannahcrileyy.bsky.social · 12mo ago

thread: atlanta-area journalist Mario Guevara was arrested June 14 while livestreaming a protest. one of the charges? “pedestrian in the roadway” -- he stepped off a curb as police cleared the street. it’s on his livestream. he was wearing a press vest, and identified himself as media.

HowlRound Theatre Commons@howlround.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Since her arrival at a small liberal arts college in Kentucky, Jayme Kilburn has grown its theatre program into a valued local cultural institution. By positioning theatre as a social service, she writes, she has cultivated a community that wants to show up. #theatre howlround.com/reshaping-ru...

Reshaping a Rural College Theatre Program

|Jayme KilburnSince her arrival at a small liberal arts college in Kentucky, Jayme Kilburn has grown its theatre program into a valued local cultural institution. By positioning theatre as a social se...

howlround.com