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Sam Wesner 𓃰

@sswesner.bsky.social

Postdoctoral researcher (no longer NEH-funded) at the Science History Institute. Previously at U of Toronto. 18th-century revolutions. Electricity. Interested in nearly everything.

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Dave Jamieson@jamieson.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I spoke with two ICE watchers who lost their Global Entry after brushes with federal agents. Now an internal memo shows Customs and Border Protection is evaluating cases where people's Global Entry could be revoked based on "encounters" with its officers. www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-wa...

'It Was Very Creepy': These People Say They Lost Global Entry Just For Watching ICE Agents

Two people claim they were punished for acts of protest, and an internal government memo suggests they may not be the last.

huffpost.com

hauntedhamster@hauntedhamster.bsky.social · 6mo ago

picture of shelleys terrible creature which I always laugh at taken from wordsworth.org.uk/blog/2015/02...

a pencil drawing of a smiling man's face, with a scant outline of a box at shoulder height and a branch like arm. the head is not circular but kind of wavy? the text says copy by miss fanny holland, of shelley's drawing of the demon
Tobias Wilson-Bates@phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Percy Shelley’s journal: last night I awoke to a creature watching me through my bedroom window with a face white as chalk Mary Shelley’s journal: read four books today. Learning three languages while discussing astronomy and mathematics. Also Percy tried to chase his creature again.

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 6mo ago

A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years

sarah jeong@sarahjeong.bsky.social · 7mo ago

part of this is like, conservatives projecting; part of this is conservatives unable to imagine politics without money; and part of this is dudes who are so out of touch with feminized labor that they think children's birthday parties exist as a spontaneous act of parthogenesis

Naomi Kritzer@naomikritzer.bsky.social · 7mo ago

I mostly just stay off Twitter altogether but after double checking that the Walter Hudson post was still up I ran across this and just had to share so the Romancelandians who bought hand warmers could hear about the PROFESSIONAL GRADE LOGISTICS.

@GuntherEagleman on Twitter says, "BREAKING: The "No-Go-Zone" in Minneapolis is getting fully stocked like a pop-up leftist supply depot, free hand warmers, winter gear, coffee, food, milk, you name it. This is PROFESSIONAL-grade logistics. Someone is BANKROLLING this autonomous zone.
Minnesota House DFL@mnhousedfl.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Nasra Ahmed, a 23-year-old US citizen, was arrested and detained by ICE. She was held for TWO DAYS. ICE agents handcuffed her, called her a racial slur, and she was knocked to the ground so hard she got a concussion. This cannot continue happening. ICE needs to leave.

LIZ@lizrpg.bsky.social · 7mo ago

i hate it when i'm stressed out about something for days or weeks and then someone comes along and is like, "Hey, have you noticed this pit has a slowly descending pendulum?"

Andrew Couts@couts.bsky.social · 7mo ago

NEW: It's not just Jonathan Ross—or even the Trump administration. Over the past decade, US immigration agents have shot and killed at least 25 people. Not a single one appears to have faced criminal charges. @lilahassan.bsky.social reports: www.wired.com/story/why-ic...

Why ICE Can Kill With Impunity

Over the past decade, US immigration agents have shot and killed more than two dozen people. Not a single agent appears to have faced criminal charges.

wired.com

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7mo ago

LEAVITT: Why was Renee Good unfortunately and tragically killed? REPORTER: Because an ICE agent acted recklessly and killed her unjustifiably LEAVITT: Oh, ok. So you're a biased reporters with a biased opinion. You're a left-wing hack.

Sherrilyn Ifill@sifill.bsky.social · 7mo ago

U.S. citizen detained by ICE: “…they finally told me that they could offer undocumented family members of mine legal protection if I have any…or money, in exchange for giving them the names of protest organizers, or undocumented persons. I was shocked, and told them no.”

ashley fairbanks@ziibiing.com · 7mo ago

just a reminder that we aren’t even seeing the worst of what is happening in Minneapolis from someone detailed at the Whipple Federal Building yesterday

Eyewitness account: Good morning, My name is Brandon Siguenza, and l am a US citizen from Minneapolis. Yesterday, while doing legal observation, ICE stopped their cars to harass my friend and me. They sprayed pepper spray into the vent of our vehicle. We held our hands in the air and told them we were not obstructing, that the car was in park and they were free to drive forward and away. There was no active immigration raid. They returned to their cars, and drove forward a bit, then decided to stop again. They surrounded us, smashed the windows of our car, opened the doors (they were unlocked), ripped my friend and I out of the car and arrested us on charges of obstruction. I was put in an unmarked SUV, separated from my friend. As I was put in the back seat an ICE agent tore the whistle off my neck and said "I'll be taking this, I might need it later." My phone was knocked out of my hand while being arrested. As we drove away I asked the driver and the passenger if they wouldn't mind buckling my seatbelt, as they were driving erratically. I was ignored. I asked them if I could have the handcuffs loosened, as I was losing circulation, and was told no. At one point the passenger realized his own driver's license was in the backseat next to mine, and tried to surreptitiously grab it without me seeing it. We were taken to the Whipple federal building, where I saw dozens of brown people being processed in an unheated garage. I was frisked, told of my charges, and saw buses and vans being prepped. I later learned that these were being filled with detainees and driven to the airport for deportation. As we were led in, I noticed that the building was very busy. I got the impression that one of the 2 agents bringing me around was being trained. At multiple points throughout my stay, government agents were unable to open doors, not sure where they were meant to be going, and overall confused and overwhelmed. They couldn't figure out how to use the building phones, or complai…
Sam Wesner 𓃰@sswesner.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Editing a piece in which heated arguments (Franklin vs Nollet, Galvani vs Volta) feature and realizing they’re not only narratively important, these big arguments are also propelling the conceptual shifts