gaby :)

a few days ago, i made a stupid, careless joke. i wasn’t aware of who i was quote-tweeting, which is on me. this hurt a lot of people, and i am extremely sorry and will be more careful, both with my words and who i engage with online, going forward

taking pictures of this pynchon book like it’s a concert

exactly 😭

wait i mean up a hill. whatever

i feel like i’m pushing a rock up a boulder fr

the feeling is SO mutual (and the book is… i’m writing as fast as i can 😭 if you have any tips please lmk)

some of the most fun i’ve ever had is writing about how much i love lana for hell world <3

luke ♥️♥️♥️

be the change you want to see in the world fr!!

jessica!! thank you so much :’)

everyone eat more pastries NOW!!!!!

i never lost mine. perhaps due to all the croissants

ham and cheese croissant bitch!!!! iced latte also

no weapon formed against me shall prosper

i am partial to the bladee version but i find this beautiful as well

eight people ahead of me in bakery line. only two ham and cheese croissants remain in the case. i am praying to every deity imaginable right now

Maybe it’s worth highlighting that this is/has been project of ending legal immigration because legal immigration since 1965 has been less white. It’s never been about “enforcement of laws” although restrictionists found that focus on undocu ppl helped legitimize their ethnic cleansing project.

if you think about it i’m kind of exactly like wren provenance, girl anthropologist

I am sure I will regret weighing in here but this piece also uses the profile structure to get at what some of what really matters: how movements stay together and fracture, what goes into organizing, online v offline, how activism sometimes calls for annoying earnestness, etc.

Incredible opinion. It holds that the common ICE tactic of jumping out of an unidentified rental vehicle and seizing suspected noncitizens while masked violates the Fourth Amendment because the *manner* of the seizure is incompatible with a free society governed by the rule of law.

thank you kelsey!!

thank you :)

Please do not let Will’s tantrum over getting the attention he wanted distract you from the amazing Minneapolis coverage Gaby has been producing all month (all while also writing a book because she’s just that good)

The Most Surveilled Place in America “The idea is that if enough people get hurt, they’ll stop coming.”

for that series, i reported on CBP’s. ash surveillance apparatus in the sonoran desert, and its “prevention through deterrence” strategy, which funnels migrants onto dangerous routes—and which predates DHS by more than a decade:
www.theverge.com/c/23203881/b...

Homeland: a special series from The Verge An exploration of two decades of American life under the Department of Homeland Security.

most of all, i’m proud to work somewhere that knows the problems with ICE don’t begin and end with trump. in 2022 we published a series on DHS’s origins and history, looking at every component agency from CBP to TSA to FEMA
www.theverge.com/c/23055922/h...

i’m very proud of @theverge.com’s ongoing minneapolis coverage. i’m insanely lucky to work somewhere that takes immigration reporting seriously and did so even before trump’s reelection. we took many different approaches to DHS’s operation in MN, maybe they’re not all to your taste. that’s okay!

Nick Shirley sets his sights on California Shirley is looking for content in San Diego

or @miasato.bsky.social’s incisive look at the far-right slopaganda machine that got us into this mess in the first place:

www.theverge.com/news/873400/...

I grew up with Alex Pretti The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by federal agents was my childhood best friend.

or @kristenradtke.bsky.social’s heartbreaking essay on growing up with alex pretti:

www.theverge.com/policy/86856...

ICE is afraid of children protesting “Next time, I’ll be back with a gas mask.”

or my forever fave @sarahjeong.bsky.social’s report on ICE tear-gassing children in portland
www.theverge.com/policy/87278...

This whistle fights fascists I print whistles now. You can too.

or @seanhollister.bsky.social’s brilliant piece on 3D-printed whistles:

www.theverge.com/policy/87495...

‘I was detained by federal agents in Minneapolis’ The story of a man who spent 10 hours in a freezing federal building while his friends and family feared for the worst.

or my interview with someone who was detained at whipple after protesting alex pretti’s killing:
www.theverge.com/policy/87365...