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John Carpenter's dEFR🎃G @defrog.bsky.social · 3h

Framed - One Frame Challenge #317
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Oh, that.

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John Carpenter's dEFR🎃G @defrog.bsky.social · 3h

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One of the great opening scenes in cinema.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 12h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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John Carpenter's dEFR🎃G @defrog.bsky.social · 8h

Crab, tiger and almond.

L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 12h

What would *your* book smell like if you engaged in a mega weirdo scented pages promotional campaign?

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 17h

Remember when Stephen Miller claimed the Chicago apartment raid was on a building “filled with Tren de Aragua terrorists”?

Well, DHS has now dropped the number of alleged TdA members arrested in the building from 2 to 1.

Just one "verified" Tren de Aragua member and one U.S. citizen with an active warrant were among the 37, DHS said, without saying how it had verified that gang affiliation. Others taken that day, the agency said, were "illegal aliens."

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Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 14h

Noncitizens have the right to freedom of speech.

US revokes visas for 6 foreigners over Charlie Kirk-related speech

The Trump administration has revoked the visas of six foreigners deemed by U.S. officials to have made derisive comments or made light of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk last m...

apnews.com

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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 14h

Incredible photo from @chicago.suntimes.com ‘s Anthony Vazquez. Pointing what looks to be a teargas launcher at someone’s head at nearly point blank range is incredibly dangerous. This is why I prefer a ballistic helmet in the field.

Feds ram SUV in chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd

The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N on Chicago's East Side, resulting in dozens of residents showing up to protest the federal immigration agents.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 22h

RIP Drew Struzan
A master.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

one response to this (correct) observation is to say “well, the cops will attack you no matter how you dress and behave.” that’s right. images of cops and ICE beating grandmas and kids in inflatable frog costumes is a win for the opposition.

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 1d

one of the reasons they're so mad at "no kings" is that they thought they were going to get a different kind of protest. they *want* the black bloc to be out there fighting with the cops. those are the images they've been trying to generate from "go." instead--

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

MAGA Rage at “No Kings” Boils Over—and It Quickly Backfires on Trump

As Trump allies smear the coming protests, a good writer on MAGA skewers the absurdity of these attacks on large swaths of Americans—and explains why our best recourse will be to turn out in force.

newrepublic.com

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John Carpenter's dEFR🎃G @defrog.bsky.social · 21h

Good thread. Optics matter.

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 1d

one of the reasons they're so mad at "no kings" is that they thought they were going to get a different kind of protest. they *want* the black bloc to be out there fighting with the cops. those are the images they've been trying to generate from "go." instead--

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

MAGA Rage at “No Kings” Boils Over—and It Quickly Backfires on Trump

As Trump allies smear the coming protests, a good writer on MAGA skewers the absurdity of these attacks on large swaths of Americans—and explains why our best recourse will be to turn out in force.

newrepublic.com

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John Carpenter's dEFR🎃G @defrog.bsky.social · 1d

No, I guessed the other movie by the same director whose main character has broomstick legs.

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John Carpenter's dEFR🎃G @defrog.bsky.social · 1d

Ruin a burger/fries combo

Joel Chan @kjoules.org · 1d

Regent Hotel Hong Kong × Shake Shack:
• HK$195 (US$25) Foie Gras Shackburger
• HK$410 combo, with Shack caviar fries

Available November 12-December 12 at The Lobby Lounge at The Regent Hong Kong

www.sevenrooms.com/experiences/...

A Shake Shack burger with crispy onions alongside a gold cup of fries, with Victoria Harbour in the background

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John Carpenter's dEFR🎃G @defrog.bsky.social · 1d

Framed - One Frame Challenge #316
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Framed - One Frame Challenge

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John Carpenter's dEFR🎃G @defrog.bsky.social · 1d

Framed #1313
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Hong Kong Free Press HKFP @hongkongfp.com · 2d

The European Parliament has called on China to release Swedish publisher Gui Minhai, ten years after he went missing in Thailand. In full: buff.ly/UDWB6Cy

EU parliament urges China to release Swedish bookseller, 10 years on

The European Parliament has called on China to release Swedish publisher Gui Minhai, ten years after he went missing in Thailand.

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John Carpenter's dEFR🎃G @defrog.bsky.social · 1d

Tbh I'm not convinced this is about secret age limits. It's just as likely the ones stepping down don't relish the idea of another five years in a thankless (and arguably pointless) job, and are thinking they've advanced as far as they can, they've got a secure pension, so why not cash out now.

Hong Kong Free Press HKFP @hongkongfp.com · 1d

Hong Kong leader John Lee has dodged questions about an age limit for running in the "patriots-only" legislative elections, after several septuagenarian lawmakers announced they would not seek another term. In full: buff.ly/lHsjeBK

HK leader dodges questions on age limit for running in 'patriots-only' LegCo race

Hong Kong leader John Lee has dodged questions about an age limit for running in the "patriots-only" legislative elections, after several septuagenarian lawmakers announced they would not seek another...

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

In the case of Mr. Cruz, we have a very literal "show me your papers" arrest.

He was chilling with a friend when ICE officers demanded to see his papers. He didn't have them on him, so they detained him and interrogated him. He was eventually released — but with the ticket.

Rueben Antonio Cruz was sitting with a friend in Rogers Park when ICE agents pulled up onto the street.
The immigration officers stopped their truck and went straight after them on Oct. 9, Cruz told the Tribune.
“They asked us if we have papers. I said I do but I don’t have them on me,” Cruz, a 60-year old man with heart problems originally from El Salvador, recalled in Spanish.
The agents stood Cruz up, put him in their truck, drove around in circles, and asked questions, he said.
Where was he born? What is his name? Who is his mother? Who is his father?
“I told them, they are dead,” Cruz said. The agents said they needed the information anyway so they could look him up in their databases. Eventually, the agents verified that he is, in fact, legally in the country. And they let him go.
But not before writing him a $130 ticket for not having his papers. Cruz’s friend, who is homeless, did not have legal status and was taken away by the feds.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 1d

It's every bit of culture. Movies, TV, plays, music, theater, painting, dance. Everything ages and context is lost and new audiences don't attach to the work the way then-contemporary audiences did. It doesn't make the work bad or suggests it can't endure. But times change.

Joe Auerbach @joeauerbach.bsky.social · 1d

I don't even think it's just books. Almost nobody understands the Looney tunes references anymore and my children were completely gobsmacked trying to watch the original Aladdin.

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John Carpenter's dEFR🎃G @defrog.bsky.social · 2d

This is a key difference between Hong Kong and mainland China ... for now. The question is for how much longer, because I do think this is the future of religion in Hong Kong, eventually. GovHK likes to say freedom of religion is guaranteed in HK. Yeah, well, it's "guaranteed" in the mainland too.

Hong Kong Free Press HKFP @hongkongfp.com · 2d

The founder of a prominent Chinese underground church has been detained along with more than 20 of its members in a sweeping national crackdown, according to his daughter and one of its pastors. In full: buff.ly/ttRJ1iR

China detains prominent 'underground' pastor in crackdown

The founder of a prominent Chinese underground church has been detained along with more than 20 of its members in a sweeping national crackdown, according to his daughter and one of its pastors.

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John Carpenter's dEFR🎃G @defrog.bsky.social · 2d

Framed - One Frame Challenge #315
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Haven't seen this either.

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John Carpenter's dEFR🎃G @defrog.bsky.social · 2d

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Haven't seen it.

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John Carpenter's dEFR🎃G @defrog.bsky.social · 2d

Looks to me like they really want this poor kid – who is at most guilty of joining a lost cause without having really thought it through (he was 15, for goodness' sake) – to pay for it for the rest of his life (outside of jail time) to serve as an example to other kids. Brutal, man.

Xun-ling Au 歐迅灵 🏴 @xunlingau.bsky.social · 2d

A judge in Hong Kong has insisted on sentencing a 15 year old kid after his 16th birthday. Which means the kids name can be published & he can be sentenced to an adult prison.

Case highlights the criminalization of youth dissent and the weaponization of law under the NSL.

15歲男生被指「香港民主建國聯盟」成員擬認串謀分裂國家罪 - 棱角媒體

15 歲男童周三（8日）在區域法院提訊時，辯方表明擬認罪，望判處教導所，並在本月滿 16 歲前分拆案件判刑，但法官郭偉健指索取報告需時至少 14 天，「似乎無可能」，又指判刑時年滿 16 歲可以公開其姓名，並會由屯門兒童及青少年院，「一到16歲就轉交去懲教署看管」。

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John Carpenter's dEFR🎃G @defrog.bsky.social · 2d

Instant karma, etc.

svart flagg @svartflagg.bsky.social · 2d

Today in Portland, a fed shooting pepper balls from the roof of the ICE facility was so eager to aim for people’s heads, that after shooting one photographer in the head and another in the upper arm, they accidentally shot a DHS agent in the head. This photo shows the moment of impact;

Riot cops standing a street with less-lethal weapons, and one in a gas mask has a cloud of pepper dust around his helmet.

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YTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 2d

"Do as I say, not as I do".

Nine Dragons @ninedragons.bsky.social · 2d

Xi Jinping just lectured world leaders about the need to include more women in government. If only there was someone who could influence such a change in the Chinese government eh?
www.reuters.com/world/china/...

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John Carpenter's dEFR🎃G @defrog.bsky.social · 2d

I kinda get what they think they're trying to say here, and I do want to see Hongkongers welcomed abroad, but this is also basically arguing that only immigrants with college degrees and money deserve have enough value as human beings to be allowed in to start a new life. I'm not down with that.

Joel Chan @kjoules.org · 2d

“If Britain has no space for a group like the Hongkongers, then our national panic over immigration will surely have gone too far. This country needs some immigration, and if it is not the productive & educated exiles from Hong Kong, to whom we also have a moral duty, then who will we let in?”

Hong Kong’s migrants are the ones we need

Tightening the rules makes life harder for 160,000 highly educated and employable refugees

www.thetimes.com

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