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ProPublica @propublica.org · 5h

NEW: The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did.

We found more than 170 such incidents since the start of the second Trump administration. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

www.propublica.org

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DAME Magazine @damemagazine.bsky.social · 3h

And let's not forget that she wasn't actually referring to all of them, but rather a certain portion. The second half of her quote that rarely gets acknowledged:

"But the other basket, the other basket, and I know because I see friends from all over America here. I see friends from Florida and Georgia and South Carolina and Texas, as well as you know New York and California. But that other basket of people who are people who feel that government has let them down, nobody cares about them, nobody worries about what happens to their lives and their futures, and they are just desperate for change. It doesn't really even matter where it comes from. They don't buy everything he says but he seems to hold out some hope that their lives will be different. They won't wake up and see their jobs disappear, lose a kid to heroine, feel like they're in a dead-end. Those are people we have to understand and empathize with as well."

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Emily Hamilton @ebwhamilton.bsky.social · 1d

The ways that Texas NIMBYs are finding to make apartments more expensive to build are are funnier than what coastal NIMBYs come up with reason.com/2025/10/14/t...

by @christianb.bsky.social

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Dee @datawizgirl.bsky.social · 3h

what did he do this time

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Jakub Nowosad @jakubnowosad.com · 1d

New R package: gridmappr by Roger Beecham

It automates creating small multiple gridmap layouts by optimally placing geographic points into grid cells (inspired by Jo Wood’s Observable notebooks).

👉 github.com/rogerbeecham...

#RStats #RSpatial #DataViz #GISchat

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 18h

This story, of a woman denied treatment for an ectopic pregnancy IN ILLINOIS is horrifying.

In conclusion, subscribe to @jessicavalenti.bsky.social's newsletter, Abortion Every Day.

Illinois Woman Denied Treatment for Ectopic Pregnancy

10.14.25

jessica.substack.com

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 22h

The Voting Rights Act has done more than perhaps any other statute to build a multiracial democracy

which is precisely why the Supreme Court’s conservative justices have spent decades casting the law as constitutionally unsound

ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/calla...

The Conservative Justices Have So Many Ideas For How to Kill the Voting Rights Act

The Republican justices already know where they’re going. They just have to figure out which route they’re going to take to get there.

ballsandstrikes.org

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Dee @datawizgirl.bsky.social · 19h

I know :/ Increase your fluid intake (liquid IV is good). If it doesn't clear soon, might be worth escalating to primary care so they can put you on antibiotics.

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Dee @datawizgirl.bsky.social · 19h

Could be an E.Coli infection--that can take about a week to clear out

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 21h

“If you get hit by a car travelling at 50km/h, you’ve only got a 1.5-in-10 chance of surviving. If it’s going 30km/h you’ve got a nine-in-10 chance.”

“But it was not enough to put up a sign that says 30km/h…there also needed to be design changes to slow down traffic.”

Speed is always a factor.

Switching 50km/h speed limits to 30km/h would protect cyclists while barely affecting commutes, research finds

One expert says a cyclist hit by a car travelling 50km/h has about a one-in-10 chance of surviving, while at 30km/h it is a nine-in-10 chance

www.theguardian.com

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Doc Revan @docrevan.bsky.social · 22h

Oh they mad

Aidan @aidanxitter
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A friend of mine got blackmailed into leaking these chats. A total fucking coward and a useless piece of shit
One of the people in here, he attended his wedding with me and still sold him over to the devil
All over some useless YR beef
And then the GOP condemned them
Fuck these people
The GOP treated to fire my friend and vice chairman from his AG job because of tiktoks I posted about immigration
I wasn't allowed to talk about "replacement theory" or any mainline immigration stans They asked me to resign over Trump's gr card diploma mill comments

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Dave Mandl @dmandl.bsky.social · 1d

Self-proclaimed leftists using the slur "zio": You should (1) know that it was popularized by Klansman David Duke to refer to Jews and (2) GFY.

John Self @john-self.bsky.social · 1d

“…a chant that we’ve been workshopping in Oxford…”

NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, YOUR HONOUR

Oxford student arrested after chanting about putting Zionists 'in the ground'

Video appears to show Samuel Williams allegedly leading the chant at a pro-Palestinian march in London.

www.bbc.com

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 1d

GOP’s labor market policy is market protectionism for white men.

Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 1d

"For the first time since the 1960s, the earnings gap between men and women has widened two years in a row...with women earning 80.9 cents for every dollar a man earned in 2024. That compares to women earning 84 cents for every dollar a man earned in 2022."

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Women are taking pay cuts as companies mandate return to office

Researchers are identifying several key factors behind why gender pay gap – which had narrowed steadily over the years – has suddenly widened.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Dee @datawizgirl.bsky.social · 1d

boomers who bought their apartments in the 70s/80s

Dee @datawizgirl.bsky.social · 1d

I want to add that the members who saw these messages and didn't say anything to these idiots bear some level of responsibility

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 1d

Young Democrats: hey maybe don’t kidnap my international friends

Young Republicans:

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Dee @datawizgirl.bsky.social · 1d

Is there a link to the full leak?

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Mikki Kendall @karnythia.bsky.social · 1d

I just want you all to know that when we told you that they wanted to destroy everything and you thought Black women were exaggerating? This was the "ironic" racism you said we were overreacting to 10 years ago. Racism has never had generational limits

Politico @politico.com · 2d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

Some of those people are currently on the staff of elected Republicans, in fact. They’re part of the present of the GOP.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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Dee @datawizgirl.bsky.social · 1d

I hear about the male loneliness epidemic, read a bunch of these messages they send out, and stop feeling sorry for them

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Dee @datawizgirl.bsky.social · 1d

Some men can literally not grasp that they are the problem

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 3d

If David Ellison does get control of Warner Discovery, I think he'll cancel Last Week Tonight. People like Bari Weiss are incredibly thin skinned and would likely want criticism of her gone.

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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 3d

The bleakest thing about this video is that all the things this guy loves about the UK are relatively cheap and easy to build. Alabama could have a better train system than England inside of 10 years if we decided that was a priority. We are a rich country that chooses to live like a poor one.

Kelly C @kacphl.bsky.social · 3d

Yup. This guy nailed it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1Qv...

How I View the US After 13 Years Living in Europe

YouTube video by Evan Edinger

www.youtube.com

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Dee @datawizgirl.bsky.social · 3d

TIL that Bari Weiss was a DEI hire

Dee @datawizgirl.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you John Oliver. If Paramount buys HBO I'll cry www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

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Dee @datawizgirl.bsky.social · 3d

Jimmy Kimmel's Aunt Chippy

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