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Ariel Kalishman Walsh @arielbkw.bsky.social · 21h

Really informative data driven piece on declining enrollments in Boulder valley school district, why and the implications for what will come.

BOO!-rian EEE!-gan @brianckeegan.com · 23h

My new #ChartingBoulder column in @boulderrl.bsky.social is out today!

Declining school enrollments and its implications for the intergenerational social contract.

boulderreportinglab.org/2025/10/14/b...

Opinion | Brian Keegan: Boulder's next political divide is generational – and already visible in school enrollment trends

What do demographic shifts and short-sighted policies mean for Boulder’s schools, and its civic future, over the next 25 years?

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 1d

He supported America’s war, escaped Afghanistan and started a family in the U.S. Then ICE arrested him. If he is deported, he expects the Taliban to kill him. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

America saved him from the Taliban. Trump wants to send him back.

He supported America’s war, escaped Afghanistan and started a family in the U.S. Then ICE arrested him. If he is deported, he expects the Taliban to kill him.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Ariel Kalishman Walsh @arielbkw.bsky.social · 1d

Good luck out there!

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Ariel Kalishman Walsh @arielbkw.bsky.social · 2d

The cruelty knows no bounds, the insatiable thirst for inflicting pain can never be quenched. ICE, DHS and this admin are horrible and loathsome and should be given no benefit of any doubt, no quarter, no negotiation.

Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 2d

A man was wrongfully imprisoned for a crime he did not commit for more than 40 years. As soon as he was exonerated, ICE picked him up to deport him to a country he has not lived in since he was a baby www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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NPR @npr.org · 3d

Craig Clark, 79, calls himself the "Tech Fairy." Clark spends his time refurbishing old laptops and giving them away for free to people who need them.

Need a laptop? This retiree refurbishes laptops, gives them away to those in need

Craig Clark, 79, calls himself the "Tech Fairy." Clark spends his time refurbishing old laptops and giving them away for free to people who need them.

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Ariel Kalishman Walsh @arielbkw.bsky.social · 4d

Someone did this at an event today that I was at and I genuinely felt so angry and ALSO no one knew so I didn't get a tiny trophy for not losing my shit. Can someone please clap for me holding it together in the face of such behavior?

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 4d

“ICE kidnapped a community member here,” reads one. “Never forget/no nos olvidamos,” says another.

The signs have appeared across some of D.C.’s heavily immigrant neighborhoods where federal immigration arrests have escalated.

Signs popping up around D.C. note: ‘ICE kidnapping happened here’

The signs range in style and mark numerous locations where people have been taken by federal agents.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Christian Dimmer @remmid.bsky.social · 7d

Not a comfortable read—but sugar-coating does not help. No countryis currently on track to meet 1.5°C Paris target. To reach it, individual lifestyle emissions in high-income countries must fall by up to 94%. Transport & nutrition remain largest sources of emissions.

hotorcool.org/publications...

A Climate for Sufficiency: 1.5-Degree Lifestyles Report

The report “A Climate for Sufficiency ” examines how lifestyles, shaped by infrastructure, policy, and culture, must transform to align with planetary limits.

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USA TODAY @usatoday.com · 4d

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

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Ariel Kalishman Walsh @arielbkw.bsky.social · 5d

Walz, Harris, mayor Pete, Shapiro, beshar, anyone else thrown in the 2024 scrum for VP, and then add maybe Polis

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Kevin J. CREATURE @kevinjkircher.com · 6d

Over 40% of corn grown in Indiana is used to make ethanol that cars burn. One acre of corn yields about 16,500 vehicle-miles per year of ethanol, which sounds high until you realize that one acre of solar yields about 2,700,000 vehicle-miles per year: 16,000% more driving for a given plot of land.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 6d

The widespread media decision to frame international affairs as "will Donnie get the prize he wants?" is pathetic.

He's not the protagonist of human events. And to the extent he's a significant character in world affairs, whether or not he gets a prize is one of the least important things about it.

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Frank Vehafric @fvehafric.bsky.social · 11d

One of the things I took away from the 60s and Richard Nixon, first mentioned by Hunter Thompson, but I believe to be true, is the fact that we believed, at time, that all our protesting, marching and sign waving was futile and pointless when in fact, it drove Richard Nixon to alcohol fueled madness

Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 11d

Everyone is trying to have a normal Saturday night and the president's top advisor is on X announcing that civil war is necessary

@StephenM on X: Legal insurrection. The President is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, not an Oregon judge. Portland and Oregon law enforcement, at the direction of local leaders, have refused to aid ICE officers facing relentless terrorist assault and threats to life. (There are more local law enforcement officers in Oregon than there are guns and badges in the FBI nationwide). This is an organized terrorist attack on the federal government and its officers, and the deployment of troops is an absolute necessity to defend our personnel, our laws, our government, public order and the Republic itself.

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Lord Arse! 🕹️ @lordarse.com · 25d

This should be encouraged, not banned.

A sign banning dogs on skateboards from drinking wine and smoking.

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L @banalplay.bsky.social · Sep 12

This is simply untenable. There is no way forward with media and political classes captured by the right. Every time someone commits a crime you have to pray it's not an undesirable or it's purge time, then when it turns out to be themselves again they just shrug and wait for the next one.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · Sep 12

In Columbia Heights D.C., memorial signs are going up for residents abducted by the state.

(📸 Igor Bobic)

A sign on a tree reads:

"Nelson was taken by ICE on August 29 here at 7:20 am when walking to work."
"Nelson fue secuestrado por la migra aquí el 29 de Agosto a las 7:20 am cuando caminaba para su trabajo." (Translation: Nelson was seized by immigration here on August 29 at 7:20 am when he was walking to his job.)
"NEVER FORGET NO NOS OLVIDAMOS" (Translation: NEVER FORGET WE DO NOT FORGET)

A sign on a post says

ICE ABDUCTED SOME HERE 8/28/25 time: 1.00pm

IF YOU SEE ICE ACTIVITY OR KNOW SOMEONE WHO WAS DETAINED CALL
202-335-1183

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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · Sep 12

Separating recyclables ideology. ♻️

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · Sep 12

The markings that supposedly expressed “transgender ideology” were………..a series of arrows.

CNN. The initial report, also called a bulletin, typically include all information gathered in an investigation so that agents anywhere will know what is being collected - but the information is not always correct.
The ATF bulletin said that agents found engravings that they interpreted as
"expressing transgender and anti-fascist ideology" on ammunition inside a weapon believed to have been used in the murder of Kirk.
Two law enforcement sources told CNN that agents quickly ran an initial search on one of the markings, including a series of arrows, which analysts initially interpreted to be a connection to the transgender community.
That information remains unverified and is still being investigated.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Aug 23

Famine has been officially confirmed in Gaza City and is projected to spread within weeks to two more population centers in the wider Gaza Strip, the global authority on hunger says. https://wapo.st/473dDrs

Famine confirmed in Gaza City region, global hunger monitor says

More than half a million people in and around Gaza City are facing catastrophic conditions “characterized by starvation, destitution and death,” the IPC said.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Zeteo @zeteo.com · Aug 22

“It is a famine that asks ‘but what did you do?’ A famine that will and must haunt us all,” said UN aid chief Tom Fletcher.

Read @premthakker.bsky.social's latest on the UN-backed report declaring famine in Gaza as Israel's genocidal campaign continues: zeteo.com/p/famine-gaz...

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please be nice to patrick @nicetopatrick.bsky.social · Aug 22

holding heteronormative space for throwing third way out of the overton window

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · Aug 21

Eleven days ago, Israel assassinated a Pulitzer-prize-winning journalist. Anas al-Sharif documented the relentless Israeli assault on civilians, breaking down on camera as he reported on the gathering famine. He was 28 years old

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/o...

Opinion | He Was the Face and Voice of Gaza. Israel Assassinated Him.

www.nytimes.com

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · Aug 20

I'm not right wing but some of this "woke" stuff is a little over the top [6 months later] Slavery was fine. Your city is under martial law

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · Aug 20

Israel bombed northern Gaza and parts of Gaza City last night, but there are no journalists alive who are on the ground in those areas to cover the bombings or their aftermath.

Mosab Abu Toha
@MosabAbuToha
Massacres are currently unfolding in northern Gaza and in eastern neighborhoods of Gaza City, such as Zaytoun, Sabra, and Shuja'iyya, yet there are no journalists on the ground and no media coverage from these areas.
7:31 PM • 8/19/25 • 129K Views

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John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · Aug 20

“When the heat spikes during the summer, we morph into a two-party state: the cooled and the cooked. On one side, there is water, shade and air-conditioning. On the other, there is sweat, suffering and even, in the worst cases, death.” Heat inequity, from @jeffgoodell.bsky.social in the @nytimes.com

Opinion | The New American Inequality: The Cooled vs. the Cooked

www.nytimes.com

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Ariel Kalishman Walsh @arielbkw.bsky.social · Aug 19

My internal dialogue forever. Working on retraining the external dialogue to mixed success.

The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · Nov 27

(starting a constructive dialogue) Listen dumbass,

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