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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 6h

World War 2 veterans, the original antifa, took part in the nationwide protests against the fascist Trump regime. #3E #NoKings #50501Movement #indivisible #wearetheflood

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 6h

Experts say that some effects of starvation in Gaza can be permanent. And for the severely malnourished, simply starting to eat normal meals again can cause sickness—even death. https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/what-comes-after-starvation-in-gaza

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Amber R Cederström @kilravockrose.bsky.social · 6h

Argh! At AFS but the hotel can’t find any of my book boxes! 😭😭😭

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 14h

I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.

The Obama Hope poster, but it's a frog and it says "Hop"

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Gabrielle Hecht has no more spoons @gabriellehecht.bsky.social · 11h

Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!

Sara Whitmer
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I'm sure many of you have heard by now that earlier this week, IU k*lled the print edition of its student paper, the IDS. The issue that was supposed to print this week contained criticism of the Whitten regime and IUs further slide into scist control, and they couldn't allow that to happen during Homecoming, when all the rich alumni are in town.
Enter Purdue! The Purdue student paper, The Exponent, owns its own presses. Yesterday, in an act of tremendous solidarity with their biggest rival school, they printed the forbidden issue of the IDS. They then drove it to Bloomington overnight and stocked all of the IDS boxes on campus, just in time for Homecoming.
Solidarity is what makes us stronger, and solidarity will be what ultimately allows us to triumph, if we can ever truly get it together. I hope everyone has a fun, safe day if they're going out today, and I hope we can think about what acts of solidarity we can begin taking to really make this movement MOVE - beyond a permitted expression of upset into more active resistance.
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Joshua Eaton @joshuaeaton.bsky.social · 8h

Just a couple of sweet baby angels from today’s shelter volunteer shift.

The orange one is Funk, and the gray one is Charles. Both up for adoption here in New Haven!

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 9h

Today's official crowd count estimate from #NoKings coalition:

7 million people turned out nationwide

That's 2 million more than the #NoKings peaceful protests in June

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🕯️ Crowley Rae Jepsen 🕯️ @mags.colvett.online · 8h

Something maybe worth noting is that all the frog costumes and signs and good-natured memeing came about because a wide spectrum of Americans saw someone in direct, brave confrontation with ICE—getting pepperballed and standing their ground—and thought “that’s awesome. That person is a hero”

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Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 8h

Federal officers pepper ball protestors at Portland ICE facility just now.

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Dan Immergluck @danimmergluck.bsky.social · 23h

Mutual aid and defense in Chicago 😍😍😍😍

Chicago Cyclists Are Buying Out Tamale Carts To Keep Vendors Home And Safe From ICE

Cycling x Solidarity's latest mutual aid effort takes cyclists on group rides through Pilsen and other neighborhoods to buy out tamale vendors so they can stay home as ICE agents swarm the city. They ...

blockclubchicago.org

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Amber R Cederström @kilravockrose.bsky.social · 19h

Wikipedia's far from a flawless source of knowledge, but it's indispensable for some things. Just donated.

Lulu NYT @lulugnavarro.bsky.social · 19h

Before the attack at a Wikipedia conference, I interviewed its co-founder Jimmy Wales about the challenges the site faces, among them from @elonmusk who calls it ‘wokepedia’. Wales’s response ‘ We’ll be here in a hundred years and he won’t. “ read more for free 👇🏽 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/m...

Jimmy Wales Thinks the World Should Be More Like Wikipedia

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 19h

NEW: Trump’s DHS appointees have:
• Dismantled civil rights guardrails,
• Protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks,
• Threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challenges to their arrests & tactics.

By @davidmcswane.bsky.social @hannahallam.bsky.social

How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force

Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challeng...

www.propublica.org

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Jen Rea @profjenrea.bsky.social · 1d

UF Classics is hiring an Assistant Professor of Mediterranean Archaeology. My colleagues are awesome to work with and I look forward to welcoming a new archaeologist to our department.
explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...

University of Florida - Details - Assistant Professor in Mediterranean Archaeology

explore.jobs.ufl.edu

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Amber R Cederström @kilravockrose.bsky.social · 1d

Excited to go to AFS! Not excited to get on a plane

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 1d

Remember our mantra:

Don't Engage, Just Block.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1d

I suspect the MAGA government decided to launch all these Bluesky accounts tonight to try to bait people in advance of No Kings.

These people have incurable 4chan brain and this is how they operate.

Block them. Do not engage. Do not give them what they want.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Trump’s EPA canceled a $20M flood protection grant for the area in May, calling it “wasteful DEI spending.”

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Penn State University Press @psupress.bsky.social · 1d

The very first issue of American Gothic Studies just published, and the article "Carrie at 50" is free to read through the end of the year!

Carrie at 50

Abstract. Fifty years after its publication as a novel, Carrie still manages to remind us of not only Stephen King’s importance as a novelist but also the value of reading the text and the film it…

buff.ly

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 1d

"...this is how the Trump administration can ban birth control without making it explicitly illegal: they just need to make it impossible to get."

Trump Targets Birth Control With Federal Shutdown Layoffs

In the States

jessica.substack.com

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Brendan O’Kane @bokane.org · 2d

You're absolutely right — starting a land war in Asia wasn't just a bad call, it's 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗯𝗹𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀. Thank you for calling me out on that — really. I'll be extra-strategic from now on.

Would you like me to get cracking on those 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿?

Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 2d

dawg we are gonna lose a war because ChatGPT has this guy mobilizing divisions that don't exist and tasking real troops with holding mountain passes and ports an LLM hallucinated

Top US Army general says he’s using ChatGPT to help make key command decisions

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sirosenbaum.bsky.social @sirosenbaum.bsky.social · 1d

EMS called to ICE facility bc protestor has broken collar bone (!). ICE agents then refuse to let EMS ambulance leave. EMS driver puts ambulance in park, which makes the vehicle lurch slightly. ICE agent then get up into the cab threatening to shoot driver in the head
www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 2d

Swearing in isn’t some ceremony. You aren’t a member of Congress until it happens. He knows that.

No phones, no staff, nothing.

I had to escort her into the Capitol on Wed bc Capitol police must treat her as a public visitor until she’s sworn in. And solo visitors aren’t allowed during shutdown!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Johnson: "Grijalva should be working for her constituents right now. I don't know what she's doing. I keep seeing their political stunt videos. She should be in her office. She should be working or in the district for her constituents" (Grijalva is not in fact a Rep. b/c Johnson refuses to seat her)

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2d

If anyone's wondering how this is possible, the answer is these strike teams are moving terrifyingly fast. Grab first, ask questions later. We were about 8-15 minutes behind them today for several hours. They're jumping out of vans, chasing people across lawns, taking them from bus stops, etc

maureen @maureenf.bsky.social · 2d

30 people disappeared in this shaded area today.

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Dr Malice @atarbuck.bsky.social · 2d

University Chancellors should receive the same salary as Senior Lecturers.

Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 2d

Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?

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Amber R Cederström @kilravockrose.bsky.social · 2d

Don’t declaw cats

Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 2d

Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?

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