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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 2h

This is a huge scandal, one of the worst in modern law enforcement and something that is astoundingly unconstitutional and illegal.

Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 3h

BREAKING from PP

We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*

The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:

Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer

More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado

www.propublica.org/article/immi...

by @nicolefoy.bsky.social

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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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · 3h

"[Antifa] masks are designed to inflict terror on you." — Glenn Beck

A person in a large inflatable blue bunny costume stands playfully in a street, surrounded by several people dressed in dark clothing and masks. Behind them, police officers are visible through a metal gate.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 21h

The Supreme Court’s majority right wing indicated in oral arguments that they think racism is over on the same day that the vice president defended the “I love Hitler” guy, and that the NYT reported that the current administration plans to accept only white, English-speaking refugees.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d

If you make "controversial statements" outside of classroom, that the President of the university dislikes, you can be summarily fired even if you are tenured.

Julie Greene @greeneland.bsky.social · 2d

I just learned, Thomas Alter, tenured professor, has been terminated effective immediately. Shame on Texas State! We mst build support for Tom. spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-tex...

Texas State upholds the firing of associate history professor Thomas Alter

Alter’s termination occurred on Sept. 10, stemming from his remarks at the Revolutionary Socialism Conference on Sept. 7.

spectrumlocalnews.com

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Luis Castillo Silva @theeluisifer.bsky.social · 2d

Happy Indigenous People’s Day, y’all!

A fallen statue of Christopher Columbus whose face Ian planted in the street where it belongs

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 3d

Trump, speaking in the Israeli parliament, boasts about the weapons the U.S. has provided and says "you obviously used them very well."
An estimated 20,000 children have died in the war in Gaza.

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Drew Daniel @drewdaniel.bsky.social · 3d

Baltimore folks! Come through! Tonight at the RED ROOM you can see my husband, Sam Pluta and Shelly Purdy in a trio and HOW THINGS ARE, a sick electroacoustic crew from Pittsburgh

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Drew Daniel @drewdaniel.bsky.social · 4d

This is devastating. The MMWR was one of the first publications to put the distinct puzzle pieces together and notice « GRID », i.e. HIV/AIDS. This is a deeply self-destructive choice and will have terrible consequences for this country.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 5d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 5d

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 5d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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Filipe Campante @filipecampante.bsky.social · 6d

It might be hard to convey to people outside economics just how seismic this is. The Trump effect has most certainly arrived to US academia.

Florian Scheuer @florianscheuer.bsky.social · 6d

I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 7d

Friends and comrades made a crowdfunding page for my family.

It’s really hard to post this. I know that there are a lot of other important issues asking for money but things have gotten to the point where we need to open ourselves up to your support.

Thank you for your consideration.

"Help us leave safely" on FreeFunder

Click here to support "Help us leave safely" by Dara on FreeFunder!

www.freefunder.com

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 9d

eventually politicians need to start advocating for criminal and civil penalties for people involved in fabricating stories to get citizens incarcerated.

or, put another way: a society that would like to keep functioning has to discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 9d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Drew Daniel @drewdaniel.bsky.social · 9d

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 15d

I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16d

I hope it's clear to everyone now that Trump really is going for it - he's trying to become a dictator. I don't know if he'll succeed, but he's working to install himself as an autocrat unaccountable to voters. And he's weaponizing the military against Americans who oppose him as part of that effort

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Drew Daniel @drewdaniel.bsky.social · 15d

Protest is political speech. ICE is not above criticism. Nobody should be. Vocal and direct protest against ICE actions galvanizes resistance in impacted communities; that is why the regime fears it. This is a terrible, but predictable, move.

Truthout @truthout.org · 16d

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has issued a new memo instructing several agencies within the DOJ to aid in arresting and charging people with crimes if they protest or otherwise impede actions taken by ICE agents.

Bondi Issues Memo Establishing Task Force to “Protect” ICE From Protesters

The memo directs the US Attorney’s Office to “prosecute any individual” who “impedes or intimidates” ICE officers.

truthout.org

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Drew Daniel @drewdaniel.bsky.social · 16d

This is fantastic

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 16d

the president has begun ranking generals out loud by fuckability

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Drew Daniel @drewdaniel.bsky.social · 16d

« No fats, no femmes, masc 4 masc »

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Larry Nemecek — Dr. Trek! @larrynemecek.bsky.social · 16d

“AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society, and our descendants will be digging it out for generations.”

JB_AU @jbau.bsky.social · 17d

This whole section really.

Finally: AI cannot do your job, but an AI salesman can 100% convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an AI that can't do your job, and when the bubble bursts, the money-hemorrhaging "foundation models" will be shut off and we'll lose the AI that can't do your job, and you will be long gone, retrained or retired or "discouraged" and out of the labor market, and no one will do your job.
AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations:

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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 17d

"one officer smiled for a selfie with her as she cried."

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Drew Daniel @drewdaniel.bsky.social · 17d

I want to say thanks to whoever left this extremely twisty mystery in the little free library in our neighborhood

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Matthew @dlthings.bsky.social · 18d

# of paragraphs for news orgs to mention there's no discernable need to deploy troops to Portland, Oregon

The Guardian: 1st paragraph
BBC: 4th paragraph
AP: 5th paragraph
Time: 6th paragraph
Politico: 8th paragraph
NPR: 9th paragraph
CNN: 10th paragraph
NBC: 12th paragraph
Fox News: never mentions

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Drew Daniel @drewdaniel.bsky.social · 19d

Grotesque and symptomatic behavior that would seem implausible if it appeared in a political satire; a dying empire turning in on itself, saber-rattling and sending in troops to an American city to fight a « war » against the very idea of anti-fascism

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19d

Trump says he’s authorized Hegseth to use “Full Force” against Antifa in “War ravaged” Portland

At the request of Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, I am directing Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to provide all necessary Troops to protect War ravaged Portland, and any of our ICE Facilities under siege from attack by Antifa, and other domestic terrorists. I am also authorizing Full Force, if necessary. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

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Drew Daniel @drewdaniel.bsky.social · 19d

Hell yes

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