Matt Hooley
@citiless.bsky.social
Colonialism Studies and Environmental Humanities at Dartmouth. Get *Against Extraction: Indigenous Modernism in the Twin Cities* from DUP: https://www.dukeupress.edu/against-extraction
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How one village established a Native-led sexual assault response team to help address the oncoming chaotic boomtown atmosphere.
Alaska Native communities prepare for man camps driven by new mining boom - High Country News
Alaska Native villages rally to protect their communities from the administration’s ramped up resource development agenda.
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July 28, 2026 at 12:00 AM
How one village established a Native-led sexual assault response team to help address the oncoming chaotic boomtown atmosphere.
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Since 2020, at least 51 ICE and CBP officers, agents, and contractors have been convicted or accused of sexual misconduct — 34 of them for crimes against children. These are the masked men kidnapping women and children off the street into unmarked vans and disappearing them into concentration camps.
July 22, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Since 2020, at least 51 ICE and CBP officers, agents, and contractors have been convicted or accused of sexual misconduct — 34 of them for crimes against children. These are the masked men kidnapping women and children off the street into unmarked vans and disappearing them into concentration camps.
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Nice to see @commonmag.bsky.social stepping up their book reviews game. www.thecommononline.org/book-reviews/
Book Reviews
What We're Looking for At The Common, we’re primarily interested in publishing reviews of books that feature a strong sense of place and have been released by a small, independent press within the la...
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July 16, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Nice to see @commonmag.bsky.social stepping up their book reviews game. www.thecommononline.org/book-reviews/
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Alarming story that confirms my own reporting along similar lines: Dan Moraff, the political strategist who plucked Graham Platner out of obscurity to run for senate and barely vetted him, was barred from Rep. Summer Lee’s 2022 campaign after three complaints of sexual misconduct.
Platner’s Daniel Moraff Barred from Summer Lee’s Campaign Over Sexual Misconduct Complaints
Congresswoman Summer Lee barred Platner's strategist Daniel Moraff from her campaign after receiving sexual harassment complaints against him.
paydayreport.com
July 10, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Alarming story that confirms my own reporting along similar lines: Dan Moraff, the political strategist who plucked Graham Platner out of obscurity to run for senate and barely vetted him, was barred from Rep. Summer Lee’s 2022 campaign after three complaints of sexual misconduct.
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And now the US energy blockade has caused a severe water shortage in Cuba.
#LetCubaLive
#LetCubaLive
May 30, 2026 at 1:59 AM
And now the US energy blockade has caused a severe water shortage in Cuba.
#LetCubaLive
#LetCubaLive
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Israeli forces demolished a residential home in the Al-Bustan area of Silwan, in occupied East Jerusalem. The Israeli municipality has seized the property to clear land for a planned biblical theme park.
May 25, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Israeli forces demolished a residential home in the Al-Bustan area of Silwan, in occupied East Jerusalem. The Israeli municipality has seized the property to clear land for a planned biblical theme park.
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After 1948, Palestinians who remained in Jaffa were enclosed behind barbed wire in a single neighborhood and then systematically stripped of their property.
Listen now:
www.972mag.com/podcast-reme...
#Podcast #Shorts #Nakba #Jaffa #1948 #Israel #Palestine
Listen now:
www.972mag.com/podcast-reme...
#Podcast #Shorts #Nakba #Jaffa #1948 #Israel #Palestine
May 20, 2026 at 2:13 PM
After 1948, Palestinians who remained in Jaffa were enclosed behind barbed wire in a single neighborhood and then systematically stripped of their property.
Listen now:
www.972mag.com/podcast-reme...
#Podcast #Shorts #Nakba #Jaffa #1948 #Israel #Palestine
Listen now:
www.972mag.com/podcast-reme...
#Podcast #Shorts #Nakba #Jaffa #1948 #Israel #Palestine
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#Dartmouth professor and literary critic @citiless.bsky.social traces the circuits of grief and melancholy with poet, essayist, and novelist Billy-Ray Belcourt on the Novel Dialogue podcast, hosted by literature scholar and Dartmouth assistant dean Sarah Wasserman.
Beautiful Sentences Matter: Billy-Ray Belcourt and Matt Hooley - Public Books
“Queer theory in general spoke to me in an embodied way, beyond its important theoretical work, because it revealed for me that beautiful sentences matter and that they can be critical aspects of the ...
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March 31, 2026 at 7:01 PM
#Dartmouth professor and literary critic @citiless.bsky.social traces the circuits of grief and melancholy with poet, essayist, and novelist Billy-Ray Belcourt on the Novel Dialogue podcast, hosted by literature scholar and Dartmouth assistant dean Sarah Wasserman.
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New at PB: In a new episode of Novel Dialogue, poet, essayist, and novelist Billy-Ray Belcourt speaks with critic Matt Hooley (@citiless.bsky.social) about his debut novel, “A Minor Chorus,” and finding “a voice that could focalize the desires of a community.” Hosted by Sarah Wasserman.
Beautiful Sentences Matter: Billy-Ray Belcourt and Matt Hooley - Public Books
“Queer theory in general spoke to me in an embodied way, beyond its important theoretical work, because it revealed for me that beautiful sentences matter and that they can be critical aspects of the…
www.publicbooks.org
March 27, 2026 at 3:35 PM
New at PB: In a new episode of Novel Dialogue, poet, essayist, and novelist Billy-Ray Belcourt speaks with critic Matt Hooley (@citiless.bsky.social) about his debut novel, “A Minor Chorus,” and finding “a voice that could focalize the desires of a community.” Hosted by Sarah Wasserman.
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The man who was killed last night wasn't the first Black man killed by government forces in DC since the government occupation of DC. He's like the 6th or 7th. If you're Black, you know that's how it is, no one makes a fuss over our murders & they're not big news.
February 12, 2026 at 1:31 PM
The man who was killed last night wasn't the first Black man killed by government forces in DC since the government occupation of DC. He's like the 6th or 7th. If you're Black, you know that's how it is, no one makes a fuss over our murders & they're not big news.
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One of the best AI critiques I’ve seen read.dukeupress.edu/critical-ai/...
A Pedagogy of the Inevitable
Over the last couple of years, two altogether incompatible discourses of “AI literacy” have emerged. One seeks just enough literacy to support a smooth, perhaps even joyful, integration with new techn...
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January 16, 2026 at 5:14 AM
One of the best AI critiques I’ve seen read.dukeupress.edu/critical-ai/...
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If you want to support communities terrorized by ICE and DHS while getting query feedback or manuscript critiques, this is the auction for you.
Need a manuscript critique? This literary auction is raising money to support Minnesotans.
In further news of book people showing up for each other, and for the rest of us, a dedicated group of publishing and culture workers has organized an auction to raise funds in support of communiti…
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January 28, 2026 at 4:15 PM
If you want to support communities terrorized by ICE and DHS while getting query feedback or manuscript critiques, this is the auction for you.
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@jamesfolta.com talks to Minneapolis bookseller Angela Schwesnedl about anti-ICE resistance.
“Everything We Do Matters.” Minneapolis’s Moon Palace Books is a Hub For Anti-ICE Resistance
Angela Schwesnedl from Moon Palace Books in Minneapolis picked up my phone call on Saturday almost two hours to the minute after Alex Pretti was murdered in the street by ICE officers. “If you have…
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January 27, 2026 at 4:45 PM
@jamesfolta.com talks to Minneapolis bookseller Angela Schwesnedl about anti-ICE resistance.
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Man detained in Minneapolis dies in ICE custody in Texas www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Man detained in Minneapolis dies in ICE custody in Texas
A man arrested by immigration officials in Minneapolis died in federal detention in Texas.
www.mprnews.org
January 19, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Man detained in Minneapolis dies in ICE custody in Texas www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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Hmong man detained by ICE today in St. Paul, Minnesota.
(Photo via Reuters)
(Photo via Reuters)
January 19, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Hmong man detained by ICE today in St. Paul, Minnesota.
(Photo via Reuters)
(Photo via Reuters)
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Another person taken today in Northeast. ICE left their car out in the road and pepper sprayed legal observers, directly violating a federal judge’s orders from earlier this week.
January 19, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Another person taken today in Northeast. ICE left their car out in the road and pepper sprayed legal observers, directly violating a federal judge’s orders from earlier this week.
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"Homeland Security refused to release more information, unless the tribe “entered into an immigration agreement with ICE.”
The audacity of this demand.
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The audacity of this demand.
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January 14, 2026 at 2:30 PM
"Homeland Security refused to release more information, unless the tribe “entered into an immigration agreement with ICE.”
The audacity of this demand.
apnews.com/article/ice-...
The audacity of this demand.
apnews.com/article/ice-...
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Minneapolis won’t be intimidated by Trump’s secret police force. #ICEOutForGood
January 10, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Minneapolis won’t be intimidated by Trump’s secret police force. #ICEOutForGood
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We visited Renee Good's memorial.
There, we met a group of Somali Minnesotans — who too have been viciously attacked for weeks — warmly hosting everyone.
Flowers & stuffed animals galore.
Neighbors continually offering sambusas & hand-warmers & water.
Grief. And belief.
Scenes from Minneapolis:
There, we met a group of Somali Minnesotans — who too have been viciously attacked for weeks — warmly hosting everyone.
Flowers & stuffed animals galore.
Neighbors continually offering sambusas & hand-warmers & water.
Grief. And belief.
Scenes from Minneapolis:
WATCH: Prem Attends Memorial at Scene of Murder in Minneapolis
See what Prem saw at the memorial for the 37-year-old mother killed by ICE in Minneapolis, plus interview with Omar Fateh and residents.
zeteo.com
January 10, 2026 at 10:53 PM
We visited Renee Good's memorial.
There, we met a group of Somali Minnesotans — who too have been viciously attacked for weeks — warmly hosting everyone.
Flowers & stuffed animals galore.
Neighbors continually offering sambusas & hand-warmers & water.
Grief. And belief.
Scenes from Minneapolis:
There, we met a group of Somali Minnesotans — who too have been viciously attacked for weeks — warmly hosting everyone.
Flowers & stuffed animals galore.
Neighbors continually offering sambusas & hand-warmers & water.
Grief. And belief.
Scenes from Minneapolis:
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An official from Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis told MPR News that armed U.S. Border Patrol goons came onto school property during dismissal Wednesday and began tackling people; they handcuffed two staff members and released chemical weapons on bystanders.
January 8, 2026 at 11:32 AM
An official from Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis told MPR News that armed U.S. Border Patrol goons came onto school property during dismissal Wednesday and began tackling people; they handcuffed two staff members and released chemical weapons on bystanders.
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IMHO, this is the best way to frame this. Whether the shooting was or was not legally justified (and remember that the legal precedent tends to be incredibly cop friendly) is very different from whether the Trump administration is telling the truth about what happened. They are not. They are lying.
The New York Times states it plainly in display type:
Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
Video: Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
An analysis of footage from three camera angles shows that the motorist was driving away from — not toward — a federal officer when he opened fire.
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:34 PM
IMHO, this is the best way to frame this. Whether the shooting was or was not legally justified (and remember that the legal precedent tends to be incredibly cop friendly) is very different from whether the Trump administration is telling the truth about what happened. They are not. They are lying.
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Because this has happened to me - a shelter in Spokane was so notorious for its targeting it had to close, and I'm tired of not speaking on it - I need people to understand: if you're an undocumented Indigenous person, you are a target, and the Gov't knows you will have no community to help you.
November 14, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Because this has happened to me - a shelter in Spokane was so notorious for its targeting it had to close, and I'm tired of not speaking on it - I need people to understand: if you're an undocumented Indigenous person, you are a target, and the Gov't knows you will have no community to help you.
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gotta say also that if you’re not Muslim now is really not the time to be telling folks that actually his win means nothing for them 🫠
Like jfc stop being a racist little shit
Like jfc stop being a racist little shit
November 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
gotta say also that if you’re not Muslim now is really not the time to be telling folks that actually his win means nothing for them 🫠
Like jfc stop being a racist little shit
Like jfc stop being a racist little shit
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actually all of the organizing networks and connections people built together as part of the movement to get Mamdani elected are important
And hope is politically extremely valuable
And hope is politically extremely valuable
November 6, 2025 at 2:52 PM
actually all of the organizing networks and connections people built together as part of the movement to get Mamdani elected are important
And hope is politically extremely valuable
And hope is politically extremely valuable