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tyson singh kelsall ਟਾਈਸਨ ਸਿੰਘ @tsk.bsky.social · 14h

> Read about how DULF's co-founders discussed their compassion club with the VPD. VPD reps offered their support for the project. Then the VPD abruptly raided the compassion club and arrested its co-founders:

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Safe Drugs on Trial: DULF’s Trafficking Case Begins | The Tyee

The founders are charged with trafficking. Their lawyers argue they had a legal exemption from drug laws.

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 14h

“To reduce deaths, Nyx and Kalicum decided to buy drugs, test them and sell them at cost to 47 compassion club members who were over 18 and already using unregulated substances, meaning they were at high risk of overdose and death…This strategy worked.”

Doug McVay @dougmcvay.bsky.social · 19h

Safe Drugs on Trial: DULF's Trafficking Case Begins via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...

Safe Drugs on Trial: DULF’s Trafficking Case Begins | The Tyee

The founders are charged with trafficking. Their lawyers argue they had a legal exemption from drug laws.

thetyee.ca

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Doug McVay @dougmcvay.bsky.social · 15h

‘Death to Spotify’: the DIY movement to get artists and fans to quit the music app
Musicians have long criticized the streaming service’s paltry payouts, but a new wave of boycotts is emerging
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

‘Death to Spotify’: the DIY movement to get artists and fans to quit the music app

Musicians have long criticized the streaming service’s paltry payouts, but a new wave of boycotts is emerging

www.theguardian.com

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 19h

Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson's full statement, in which she says she will sign an EO permitting protest "only at the safety zone located at the ICE facility on Beach Street," is up on the village's website.

"There are too many protesters abusing their right to protest," Thompson says.

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Broadview Shrinks Protest Safety Zones

The following statement can be attributed to Village of Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson:

“The protests at the ICE facility on Saturday night degenerated into chaos. There were 15 arrests, and 10 of those were around the age of my own daughter. As a mother and a mayor, I am mad. Broadview didn’t choose to have the ICE facility in our community. But it’s here. And so are Broadview residents. There are too many protesters abusing their right to protest. Too many are raising their fists rather than their voices, creating chaos at the expense of the people who call Broadview home. Broadview residents lack the protestors’ privilege to return to calm, quiet neighborhoods for undisturbed rest.

Therefore, I have issued a new executive order, in consultation with the Illinois State Police and Cook County Sheriff, that permits protests only at the safety zone located at the ICE facility on Beach Street.

There will no longer be a designated protest safety zone at 2000 South 25th Avenue between Lexington and Fillmore.

Additionally, it has been only God’s grace alone that a protester has not been struck and killed by a motorist on 25th Avenue given how frequently protesters dash onto this busy, four-lane street. This new
measure will provide for both the serenity of residents and safety of protestors.

As I have repeatedly said, I respect, support, and defend the protesters’ free and – peaceful – speech against the outrageous injustices and deplorable unprovoked chemical arms attacks by ICE agents against American citizens, journalists, and ministers that put Broadview police and firefighters in harms’ way.

Nevertheless, my first priority is to defend public safety and the residents who live here and people who work here. They deserve stability, safety, and respect, a quality of life that is currently being denied to them. They deserve the love and kindness that they expect by being Broadview residents.”

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Doug McVay @dougmcvay.bsky.social · 15h

"Even if tribes are given land back, Williams said it only covers a fraction of the atrocities committed against tribes native to Colorado."
www.cpr.org/2025/10/13/c...

His Cheyenne ancestors were pushed out of Colorado in the 1800s. Now he’s among the leaders of Colorado’s Indigenous land back movement

Hundreds of years after most of Colorado’s Indigenous tribes were forcibly removed from the state, a movement emerges to bring them home.

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404 Media @404media.co · 20h

For months we followed what happened when a company forced AI into the world of craft beer. Legal threats, people quitting, and beer judges in revolt over being told to use AI.

"It is attempting to solve a problem that wasn’t a problem before AI showed up" www.404media.co/what-happene...

What Happened When AI Came for Craft Beer

A prominent beer competition introduced an AI-judging tool without warning. The judges and some members of the wider brewing industry were pissed.

www.404media.co

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NPR @npr.org · 16h

A Statement from NPR’s Editor in Chief on the Pentagon’s Press Policy.
Read More: www.npr.org/2025/10/13/g...

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Dave Mandl @dmandl.bsky.social · 15h

Please join me tonight for this week's installment of my radio show, "It's Complicated" (an hour of prog and prog-adjacent music), live as always on listener-supported @wfmu.bsky.social. And show your support for my show during WFMU's Hellraiser Fundraiser here: pledge.wfmu.org/donate/GX. Thank you!

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Kaia Sand @mkaiasand.bsky.social · 17h

Dinosaur huddle at protests outside Portland ICE

Two blow-up dinosaurs appear to talk to each other

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NDN Collective @ndncollective.bsky.social · 1d

To see the art we made together join us on Monday, October 13, 2025 at the bandshell to rally and march from 12 - 2pm.
The march ends at Main Street Square where the NDN Collective will host a free concert that runs from 2pm-9pm.

🌐For the concert lineup, visit our website: ndnco.cc/ipd2025

Indigenous Peoples Day 2025 - NDN COLLECTIVE

NDN Collective will be hosting an Indigenous Peoples’ Day March and FREE Concert in Mni Luzahan, or downtown Rapid City,...

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Doug McVay @dougmcvay.bsky.social · 19h

Safe Drugs on Trial: DULF's Trafficking Case Begins via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...

Safe Drugs on Trial: DULF’s Trafficking Case Begins | The Tyee

The founders are charged with trafficking. Their lawyers argue they had a legal exemption from drug laws.

thetyee.ca

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 1d

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...

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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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 20h

Combine this with the RFK Jr. antivaxxer stuff and you get a pretty clear and coherent eugenicist policy agenda.

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 1d

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...

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.

www.usatoday.com

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Doug McVay @dougmcvay.bsky.social · 19h

Gift link.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

How Native Nations Shaped the Revolution

The Founders were inspired—and threatened—by the independence and self-governance of nations like the Iroquois Confederacy.

www.theatlantic.com

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 22h

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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Liz Shuler @lizshuler.bsky.social · 1d

Indigenous Peoples’ Day is a time to reflect on the powerful contributions that indigenous communities have made in our country and labor movement. We honor their fight for civil and worker rights after facing centuries of injustice, and stand with them for a better tomorrow.

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Shawn Donnan @sdonnan.bsky.social · 1d

We have the first multi-billion bankruptcy of the Trump tariff era.

My latest for the @bloomberg.com Supply Lines newsletter:

www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Trump Tariffs’ Role in First Brands Saga Point to Slowly Emerging Economic Damage

The emerging view set to be confirmed at this week’s annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank is that the global economy has so far avoided the worst of the tariff pain many a...

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Doug McVay @dougmcvay.bsky.social · 21h

Editorial: Hello, world. An open letter from ‘war-ravaged’ Portland
www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2025...

Editorial: Hello, world. An open letter from ‘war-ravaged’ Portland

Despite President Donald Trump's grim characterizations, the protests outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement building don't remotely match what's happening, the editorial board writes. While ...

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 22h

I don't get why Mike Johnson thinks it's a good strategy for Republicans to be back home as he keeps the House out of session. The public gets that Republicans control all of government right now, and blames them for this mess.

Here's one poll, for ex.

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 1d

Fantastic column by Gideon Rachman on the longterm prospects of the Trump plan:

Why peace in the Middle East may still be elusive

A ceasefire and hostage release are cause for celebration. But big questions remain about the rest of the Trump plan

www.ft.com

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Allison Hantschel @allisonhantschel.com · 1d

The last No Kings in Chicago was like 90 percent older female protest veterans who've been derided as normie lib wine moms for the past decade so maybe we could start nagging, like, "woodworking dads" or find a way to condescend to 30-year-old men for a goddamn change.

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Sasha the Furious Ghost 👻 @sashafury.blackskycomra.de · 1d

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 1d

name an italian more worthy of an american holiday than columbus

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BESSEMER SAINTS @clebsaints.bsky.social · 1d

"Quiet" is the last thing this city's soul is gonna be, about this cultural vandalism.
CSU's President and "ideaslime" are already hearing far more than they wished about it.

Doug McVay @dougmcvay.bsky.social · 1d

"The university's decision to shut down WCSB silences more than a station — it quiets a piece of the city's soul."
www.progressiveurban.com/pureblog/202...

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Doug McVay @dougmcvay.bsky.social · 1d

Portland cyclists strip down in pouring rain to protest ICE facility and Trump troop deployment
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

Portland cyclists strip down in pouring rain to protest ICE facility and Trump troop deployment

“We’re cold, but not as cold as ICE,” said a sign on one rider’s back.

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

Here for the "emergency" naked bike ride in Portland

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