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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 1h

NEWS: ICE gave a Rogers Park man a $130 ticket for not having his papers on him. They rounded him up last week and eventually let him go, but not without a fine that some critics say is un-American. Trump admin enforcing little-used law
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/i...

ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement fined Rueben Antonio Cruz $130 for not having his papers with him.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 1h

“Me eating biryani [rice] with my hands is something that outrages Republican Congressmen.”

Zohran Mamdani and Mehdi discuss the dangerous and dehumanizing threats of denaturalization and deportation from the Right.

Watch: zeteo.com/p/exclusive-...

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 2h

Like in several other run-offs held over the last couple of weeks, the #AfD candidate 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 by a wide margin. That gets underreported, because it's less newsworthy. Have a look at the URL of this article, whose text was edited when the result was in. It's quite telling.

(final AfD post for today)

Far-right AfD party fails to secure first German city mayor post in run-off

The election in Frankfurt an der Oder was between independent candidate Axel Strasser and AfD contender Wilko Moller.

www.aljazeera.com

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ArchPundit @archpundit.bsky.social · 1h

Elon supporting foreign fascists continues

Graham Macklin @grahammacklin.bsky.social · 2h

Tommy Robinson refused to give phone pin to police as he drove his Bentley to Benidorm, court hears

In a video on X before the hearing, Robinson said Elon Musk had "picked up the legal bill" for "this absolute state persecution".

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1h

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 10h

"I’m currently putting 15kW [of PV solar] on my 'shed' in Australia, at the same time I’m putting 13kW on the roof of my office building in San Francisco. My actual quotes for both projects, converted to USD/Watt is $0.53 in Australia, and $3.88 in San Francisco."

Pure insanity.

Sam Altman vs. Jane Goodall

The astonishing commitments of energy to AI, put in perspective. A better idea to power it all, and a contemplation of why we think AI is more important than environmentalism.

energyandstuff.substack.com

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Seven Years in Quebec @dfeldman.org · 1h

Google discloses their power consumption, and it was 30.8 terawatt-hours per year in 2024 - which works out to 3.516 gigawatts across 37 data centers

That includes Google search, Gmail, YouTube, their entire AI operation, AND GCP which powers thousands of other companies

Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 2h

Here's the thing: nobody has built a gigawatt data center. They do not exist. Nobody has an open date on a 1GW data center. Even Elon Musk cannot afford to just *build* a 1GW data center and needs a weird SPV with NVIDIA. Nobody has the power for a 1GW data center. it's all bullshit!

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Il Pomodoro @dabenner.bsky.social · 3h

It's a legal right because of the law. It's an actual right because it's the duty of every society to enable its members to reach their full potential.

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 4h

Special education isn't a "nice thing to have." It isn't "charity" or doing something to make us feel better. It is a right. The right to a Free Appropriate Public Education is codified in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, signed by a Republican president.

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 9h

U.S. Department of Education fired nearly everyone in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services in a wave of new layoffs that began Friday, according to the union representing the agency's employees. www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 2h

Forklift operator Paulo Cesar Gamez Lira was detained after unmarked vehicles and plainclothes officers surrounded his car back in August. Two of his four US citizen children were in the vehicle whim. Video footage reviewed by Texas Monthly showed that one of his children began to weep from terror.

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 2h

Gamez Lira and a second #DACA recipient from Texas, Catalina “Xóchitl” Santiago, won their freedom after judges “stated that the government offered no reason for their detention and that keeping them detained violated their rights to due process.” americasvoicecnn.substack.com/p/unjustly-d...

Unjustly Detained Immigrants Win Freedom Following Legal Action And Community Pushback: ‘I Am Beyond Grateful’

There’s power in standing up for each other.

americasvoicecnn.substack.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 5h

underrated part of this is that stoller very clearly has no idea what "the passive voice" is

Ghostin this Hell @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 17h

no quarter given lmao

Matt Stoller & @matthewstoller • 2h
UPS had seven months of warning about the de minimis change, but is still taking packages w/o getting required customs info & is making tariff charge errors.
Nice use of passive voice though!

derek guy
@dieworkwear • 2h
i apologize using a passive voice. i was not born in london to a wealthy bank executive, sent to an exclusive private prep school in new hampshire, and then studied at harvard before larping as a champion of the people. you have to work with my low upbringing.

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MisterJayEm @misterjayem.bsky.social · 2h

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In December 1961, the British fascist, Oswald Mosley, sent Bertrand Russell two of his books. Mosley wrote of 'the two root differences between us' in international politics, and subsequently invited Russell to lunch. On 22 January 1962, Russell declined the invitation in these terms.

Dear Sir Oswald,

Thank you for your letter and for your enclosures. I have given some thought to our recent correspondence. It is always difficult to decide on how to respond to people whose ethos is so alien and, in fact, repellent to one's own. It is not that take exception to the general points made by you but that every ounce of my energy has been devoted to an active opposition to cruel bigotry, compulsive violence, and the sadistic persecution which has characterised the philosophy and practice of fascism.

I feel obliged to say that the emotional universes we inhabit are so distinct, and in deepest ways opposed, that nothing fruitful or sincere could ever emerge from association between us.

I should like you to understand the intensity of this conviction on my part. It is not out of any attempt to be rude that I say this but because of all that I value in human experience and human achievement.

Yours sincerely,

Bertrand Russell

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 3h

Protests at the Chicago area ICE detention center are now being limited only to Beach Street going forward, according to a new executive order that Mayor Katrina Thompson has signed in consultation with the state and county, she says at a press conference this morning.

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Jonah @anotherjonah.bsky.social · 4h

This morning I was filming ICE abducting sometime in Petworth. One of the agents told me "the last US citizen that did this he put in cuffs all the way to the courtroom".

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 2h

ICE agents blocked an ambulance that was trying to take an injured protester to hospital.

"We are still not being allowed to leave by ICE officers.” an EMT said on radio

When driver tried to get out, an agent yelled, "DON’T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN, I WILL SHOOT YOU"

www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...

Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver

Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.

www.wweek.com

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Peggy Flanagan @peggyflanagan.bsky.social · 4h

Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day.

Today and every day, I am proud to be Indigenous. We are resilient, we are still here, and we will always be here in Mni Sota Makoce.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 5h

I think I need a Don’t Tread on Me doormat now, as I have learned people actually sell these - both unironically and, hilariously, actually sincerely far as I can tell

a don’t tread on me doormat for people immune to irony

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matthew @pahuski.com · 7h

Happy Columbo’s Day

Screenshot from Columbo. He his talking to his dog, which is sitting is the drivers seat of a car. “Okay, I’m gonna put you in charge. You take care of the car. You’re a responsible dog. When I get back, if the car’s okay, I’ll give you another cookie.”

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 4h

"Roughly three out of every four high-value, “emergency procurement” contracts the governor’s office has awarded are missing the legally required public documentation,"

Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 16h

“More than $6 billion in DeSantis ‘emergency’ contracts are missing legally required public documentation”

Daniel Ducassi for Florida Bulldog

More than $6 billion in DeSantis ‘emergency’ contracts are missing legally required public documentation

By Daniel Ducassi, FloridaBulldog.org - More than $6 billion in DeSantis ‘emergency’ contracts missing legally required public documentation.

www.floridabulldog.org

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 8h

fwiw @jsweetli.bsky.social and i did this story about a park police officer working alongside ICE. www.thehandbasket.co/p/parks-offi...

i believe we don’t hear more of these stories because ICE agents are the truest believers in this administration. we’re not seeing cracks bc there aren’t many.

Officer repeatedly seen on camera in DC crackdown shows Trump agents' impunity

US Park Police officer Patrick O’Hanlon isn’t unique in his behavior. He just got caught.

www.thehandbasket.co

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ArchPundit @archpundit.bsky.social · 4h

That’s not how that works but keep writing headlines that make it sound like he may set a cap on his own.

Samantha Brennan @samanthabrennan.bsky.social · 5h

Trump caps international student enrollment at top US universities, limits set at 15%

www.businesstoday.in/nri/study/st...

Trump caps international student enrollment at top US universities, limits set at 15% - BusinessToday

This move is part of a broader policy aimed at regulating academic admissions and funding, and it is set to have significant repercussions for colleges and universities across the United States.

www.businesstoday.in

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4h

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 15h

This is why I always chuckle whenever I hear some elected Dem talk about a bipartisan deal to re-open the government like dude you're the last person left on earth that hasn't heard about the business stylings of Donald Trump. The Art of the Deal is not paying for services rendered

ProPublica @propublica.org · 17h

Trump promised free plane tickets and $1,000 “exit bonuses” to immigrants who opted to self-deport.

ProPublica spoke to a dozen Venezuelan immigrants who said they followed the president’s instructions, yet never received the promised assistance.

“I Don’t Want to Be Here Anymore”: They Tried to Self-Deport, Then Got Stranded in Trump’s America

Venezuelan immigrants signed up for a Trump-promoted app called CBP Home, which promised a safe and easy way to leave the country, and prepared to leave on their given departure dates. Those dates hav...

www.propublica.org

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ArchPundit @archpundit.bsky.social · 13h

I would delete this. I know it’s a joke but it could be used by DHS

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 19h

This sums up their lying perfectly www.meidasplus.com/p/this-weeke...

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Cmdr. Overbite @cmdroverbite.bsky.social · 14h

ICE was apparently out doing its thing this morning outside a Catholic church in West Rogers Park in case you were hoping that the federal government was prepared to live up to the standards of propriety set by the Barksdale Organization.

The Wire | On A Sunday Morning?

YouTube video by WireFans

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