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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 3d

The humanities grad school papers on this dynamic are gonna go on forever.

dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 4d

there are SO many more inflatable costumes tonight. clearly we have settled on a motif

Wide shot of many people in inflatable costumes

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Alan Dettlaff @alandettlaff.com · 2d

Yesterday I was told that the class I’m scheduled to teach this month, Confronting Oppression & Injustice, is no longer part of our curriculum. This is a required class yet there was no discussion, no faculty vote, just an email saying the class no longer exists. This is what it’s like in Texas now.

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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 2d

Has lived in the US since he was NINE MONTHS OLD.

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 2d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 2d

I don’t care if it’s cringe, suck it up and put on the fucking frog suit

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 2d

found exactly the one use of “evil recoils in the presence of Christ” I am willing to sign off on, HOOOOOOOOLY SHIT

Father Larry did not come here to fuck around

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 2d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 2d

Outside of the Broadview ICE facility, a state trooper tells the delegation attempting to have communion with detainees that ICE has denied their request.

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mbbendt @bendts2cents.bsky.social · 3d

Pretty sure that when you have giant frogs everywhere, God is very disappointed in how you are treating immigrants.

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 4d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Reverend Jesus "Ł" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 3d

Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid

Three persons in inflatable frog costumes. One of them is holding a nicely painted sign with two little cartoon frogs holding hands, below the text "FROGS TOGETHER STRONG"

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bats 🦇✨ @itsbabs.bsky.social · 3d

alt text: two photos of a single person in a long green cloak and brown boots standing with candles on a city sidewalk.

Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social · 3d

As evening fell on the site of an ICE abduction at Lincoln and Foster, a lone protester held a vigil.

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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 3d

This is (1) undermining and mocking the despicable claim that the anti-Trump protests are terroristic AND (2) quietly reclaiming frog symbolism from the alt-right. Our amphibian friends deserve better than the notoriety of perpetual Pepe.

Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 3d

I love this image.

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 3d

I love this image.

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HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 3d

The entire Washington staff and MMWR editors

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 3d

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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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 5d

The current paradigm of "AI"— all of its, e.g., embedded values, design, cultural deployment, & structural affordances— has been repeatedly demonstrated to harm both critical skills development & the structure & maintenance of the relational social fabric.

That sounds pretty anti-pedagogical, to me

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 5d

“One of the negative consequences AI is having on students is that it is hurting their ability to develop meaningful relationships with teachers, the report finds. Half of the students agree that using AI in class makes them feel less connected to their teachers.”

Rising Use of AI in Schools Comes With Big Downsides for Students

A report by the Center for Democracy and Technology looks at teachers' and students' experiences with the technology.

www.edweek.org

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Joe Stieb @joestieb.bsky.social · 3d

Holy crap

Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 3d

But you shouldn't be too surprised when they say stuff like this:

"You were better off being a Black person in Charleston, S.C., in 1850, when they had an operating slave market than being conceived as a Black baby in New York City or Baltimore today."

I don’t want to take any guidance at all from the secular society around us. And the reason I don’t is they killed 60 million babies. I don’t want to hear any more lectures from these people about slavery. You were better off being a Black person in Charleston, S.C., in 1850, when they had an operating slave market than being conceived as a Black baby in New York City or Baltimore today.

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 3d

I wonder how many ICE dudes read Anne Frank’s diary in high school and thought, “I’d have gotten her sooner.”

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 3d

Every ICE Agent is the worst person alive

Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 3d

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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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 4d

Actually being broadcast. First the Chicago cyclist and now the Portland inflatables. Who knew "Yakety Sax" would become our freedom anthem

StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 5d

Portland is so good at trolling these fascists.

I ❤️ Portland

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Lee Gilmore @leegilmore.bsky.social · 4d

“What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re not actually that afraid.”

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 4d

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Lee Gilmore @leegilmore.bsky.social · 5d

There are lots of ways, but this one seems particularly useful for undermining authoritarian pretensions.

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Lee Gilmore @leegilmore.bsky.social · 5d

This is the way.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Study of Religion as an Analytical Discipline Workshop @soraaad.bsky.social · 5d

Religion in the U.S.

Immigration
Freedom of Religious Expression
Establishment Clause
Right of Free Assembly
Non-Violent Direct Action
Project 2025

Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 6d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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T. Thorn Coyle they/them @thorncoyle.bsky.social · 6d

In honor of a certain visitor to Portland today, here’s a reprise of my old Curse/Spell for Justice, this time in printable sticker form.

“I curse you with Justice, and with so much compassion, your heart cracks wide open.”

A set of 8 stickers, with a cracked heart in a triangle. “I curse you with Justice, and with so much compassion, your heart cracks wide open.”

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 7d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 7d

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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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 7d

The supposedly truth telling "independent journalists" Leavitt is referring to are veteran far right activists/influencers, several of whom have ties to the Proud Boys or were involved with January 6. These "journalists" are basically the media arm of the MAGA movement.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

COLLINS: The police chief of Portland says the president's claims don't match up with what's happening on the ground

LEAVITT: You're probably talking to partisan Democrat officials who are opposed to everything this president does

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Lee Gilmore @leegilmore.bsky.social · 7d

This is good news, but @bsky.app owes Erin a public apology.

Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 7d

Unlike Jesus, I have returned.

Rick Caruso’s Private Fire Crew @amandasmith.bsky.social · 7d

The all-knowing bsky mods gave Erin Biba a 24 hour suspension for a months-old skeet about Christian Zionism, and I’m sure it’s just a coincidence that this happened when she’s been vocally criticizing Jay

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