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M @volumniadedlock.bsky.social · 18h

I sent them a note too. Here’s the deets if others are so moved.

Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 18h

One of the GOP wannabe Nazis in this story is a state senator in my state and works in a county mental health org. I wrote em a note. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘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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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 1d

Ginkgo morning

Looking down at sidewalk sprinkled with pale green-yellow ginkgo leaves, splattered orange nuts, and Morse coded with vivid orange painted hash marks for some forgotten construction.

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 1d

Two exhibits! I wondered, because this one has only one of his large prints from his Case History project.

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Nina Lakhani @ninalakhani.bsky.social · 5d

Reporting this story from Maricopa county hurt my heart because every single heat death is preventable

Americans are dying from extreme heat. Autopsy reports don’t show the full truth

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Americans are dying from extreme heat. Autopsy reports don’t show the full truth

Official reports are likely to overlook heat’s role in a death. As US temperatures rise, experts say the true toll needs to be counted

www.theguardian.com

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Kate Schapira @kateschapira.bsky.social · 1d

I see people sharing this, maybe as an act of shared mourning, an attempt to stir action, or confirmation that the world sucks. The death of reef ecosystems pushed me into a panic about climate change in 2013 & led to me starting the Climate Anxiety Counseling booth in 2014. So, a few things (1/5)

Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 1d

… today, a group of 160 scientists from 23 countries is announcing that the planet has already reached its first major tipping point: the widespread death of warm-water coral reefs.

Corals are disappearing, pushing Earth to its first major ‘tipping point’

A new report says Earth has reached a dire milestone with the widespread death of warm-water coral reefs. It's not too late to save what remains.

grist.org

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 16d

This tweet has been doing the rounds on Twitter now that Nathan Gill has pleaded guilty.

If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐

There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 4d

ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi.

David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison.

Here's their story.

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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Dara Lind @daralind.bsky.social · 4d

I try not to speculate about what might happen or — especially — what counterfactually might have happened.

As a cognitive habit. But especially in public.

It’s not about a desire to avoid being wrong. It’s about a desire to focus on what _is happening,_ so as to be most clear on what I can do.

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Rick Perlstein @rickperlstein.bsky.social · 4d

The fact that the hits ALL GO DOWN IN EXACTLY THE SAME WAY means that it is policy and training, not rogues.

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 1d

If only the writers I’m thinking of would.

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for watching, Scott

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 1d

Listen to my pal @bethmacy.bsky.social brilliantly tie it all together on Fresh Air! Then check out her critical new book, Paper Girl. Not just another rant; real reporting about real people. 'Dopesick' author Beth Macy on escaping poverty -- and then going back home

www.npr.org/2025/10/07/n...

'Dopesick' author Beth Macy on escaping poverty -- and then going back home

Macy returned to the Ohio factory town where she grew up to find jobs have left, families are struggling and old friends now embrace conspiracy theories. Her new memoir is Paper Girl.

www.npr.org

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Penguin Press @penguinpress.bsky.social · 7d

Paper Girl by @bethmacy.bsky.social is on sale today! The Washington Post Raves: "There couldn’t be a timelier book than Beth Macy’s searching and deeply reported Paper Girl… searingly poignant, essential.”

www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1...

Review | To understand our divided America, she started with her hometown

In “Paper Girl,” Beth Macy describes returning to Urbana, Ohio, once a key stop on the Underground Railroad, now a place where Confederate flags abound.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Molly McCully Brown @mmccullybrown.bsky.social · 7d

Crucial writing from @bethmacy.bsky.social :

Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 7d

@bethmacy.bsky.social recalls how the collapse of local journalism can decimate a community’s sense of trust.

How the Collapse of Local Journalism Led to the Erosion of Community Trust

My family had once been proud of me. In March 2011, my sister Terry went to the trouble of stuffing Post‑it notes into every issue of O, the Oprah Magazine in the checkout line of her grocery store…

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Beth Macy @bethmacy.bsky.social · 6d

So grateful to @theatlantic.com for excerpting Paper Girl so beautifully yesterday.

TheTimeline 🔎🧩 @thetimeline.bsky.social · 6d

GREAT read on our changing society, communities, family-relations, news consumption — and just the change in humanity.

(🎁 gift article)

@bethmacy.bsky.social

What Happened to Ohio?

The fraying of my family and our working-class hometown

www.theatlantic.com

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 1d

Middlemarch is the pastoral Moby-Dick, which is Middlemarch at sea. Two of my favorite books ever.

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 1d

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 1d

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 1d

Sometimes that, too!

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 1d

Some good, brave stuff happening

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

"After the warning, neighbors showed up and formed a human chain outside the church to guide parishioners home. NBC Chicago found more organizers doing the same for the beginning of the 6 p.m. mass..."

www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/c...

Chicago priest urges parishioners to leave mass with caution after ICE agents reported nearby

Chicago's Rogers Park community remained vigilant after reports of federal agents near a Catholic church during Sunday mass.

www.nbcchicago.com

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 1d

I get the sense that a staggeringly high percentage of guys who earnestly say with some regularity “fuck around and find out” simply do not understand that the real life versions of the street or bar fight they are picturing typically last a few seconds, don’t have defined winners, and look stupid

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 1d

If you don’t already know it, Jack’s a great reporter who does the work. Help him out if you can.

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

FYI: If you know of intersections of religion and pushback to ICE/DHS in general, but especially Chicago, feel free to drop me a line.

You can reach me via Signal at: jackmjenkins.60

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 1d

ICE kidnapped a 13-year-old boy and took him 500 miles from his parents. The local police in Everett, MA, helped ICE.

Everett City Council: 617-394-2237.
Email: [email protected]

ICE kidnapped a 12-year-old and didn't tell his parents.

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 1d

Federal Secret Police and plainclothes ICE agents kidnap multiple people from a neighborhood in Chicago. They then deploy teargas and brutally beat neighbors who come out to express their concern.

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