Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reposted by Salil Tripathi

NPR @npr.org · 1d

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

310 2.9K 10K

Reposted by Salil Tripathi

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Pritzker: "You just heard a tidal wave of lies from the VP. It's a bit shocking. And you heard over & over him just making things up. There's a reason why the judge here in federal court said that they admin lacks credibility and why even the Nobel committee chair said the admin lacks integrity."

560 9K 30K

Reposted by Salil Tripathi

Anjali Enjeti @anjalienjeti.bsky.social · 1d

This is just horrifying. The fear of ICE raids and the conditions in detention centers are causing immigrants who have been here for years to self deport, leaving
their families behind.

Feeling hopeless in custody, many drop claims to remain in the US, leave voluntarily

His health declined at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Tacoma, Washington..

apnews.com

4 3

Reposted by Salil Tripathi

Natalia Krapiva 🕊️👩🏻‍💻 @natynettle.bsky.social · 1d

Great News! 👏

Apple announced they will be donating 1000 iPhone 17s with the much more secure Memory Integrity Enforcement to high-risk users!

Another meaningful step that Apple is taking to protect journalists, activists & dissidents from commercial spyware! 1/
security.apple.com/blog/apple-s...

1 1 5

Reposted by Salil Tripathi

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 1d

From Robert Jenrick's video - in which he did not see a single other white face on a brief trip to Birmingham, despite his video showing that he did.

"He must have been walking around Handsworth with his eyes closed" writes Dan Cave

www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/a-notorious-...

15 120 320

Reposted by Salil Tripathi

Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 2d

This is such a clever idea on taking kids to museums/galleries
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Nadia from London has an idea that sounds such fun you'll be booking a day out asap.
"I've always loved museums," she says,
"but they can be overwhelming for children. For decades now, I've done something called 'playing postcards'
We do
the museum backwards, visiting the gift shop first. Each child gets to choose three postcards. Then they take it in turns to find that particular artwork in the museum and give us a little information about the piece from the details on the postcard, or from any gallery plaque. At the end of this treasure-hunt-style activity, we vote for our favourite in the cafe."

34 580 2.4K

Reposted by Salil Tripathi

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 3d

It’s pronounced cyclist.

440 3.6K 22K

Reposted by Salil Tripathi

Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 3d

Use nazi rhetoric on Indian Muslims at home while establishing ties with an Islamic fundamentalist regime.

Scroll @scroll.in · 3d

The home minister said that the BJP government will ‘identify infiltrators’, ensure their names are removed from the voter list and deport them.

scroll.in/latest/10875...

3 9 27

Reposted by Salil Tripathi

Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 4d

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

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 4d

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...

chicago.suntimes.com

300 7.7K 19K

Reposted by Salil Tripathi

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 4d

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

1.7K 8.1K 20K

Reposted by Salil Tripathi

Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 5d

I’m not saying that the Washpost’s new Opinion editor was sent on a mission destroy that section’s reputation.

I’m just saying that if someone were sent to destroy the Opinion section’s reputation, they’d be doing exactly what this guy is doing.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 5d

I spent more than a decade at The Post. It was good to me and I was proud to work there. I’ve largely refrained from being critical since I left. But this framing of the special counsel probe is embarrassing and flatly wrong. Stunning, but not. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Jack Smith’s lawfare and James Comey’s arraignment on pathetically weak charges

Good people will be deterred from public service if they see a meaningful risk of winding up in jail afterward.

www.washingtonpost.com

14 100 520

Reposted by Salil Tripathi

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 5d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

1.9K 23K 56K

Reposted by Salil Tripathi

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 5d

I appreciated the opportunity to meet with neighbors in East Elmhurst, Corona and LeFrak City last night at @maketheroadact.bsky.social as we continue to build this movement to make our city affordable.

Zohran smiling at a podium. Next to him are five members of Make the Road Action holding a banner.

19 180 1.4K

Reposted by Salil Tripathi

Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 6d

Adelita Grijalva won her election fair and square.

Now House Speaker Mike Johnson is refusing to swear her in because she would be the final signature to release the Epstein files.

Mr. Speaker, respect democracy. Obey the law. Swear Representative Grijalva in immediately.

900 7.3K 25K

Reposted by Salil Tripathi

CHRD人权捍卫者 @chrdnet.bsky.social · 5d

🇪🇺 The European Parliament today adopted an emergency resolution calling for the immediate and unconditional release of jailed Swedish publisher #GuiMinhai, as the 10th anniversary of his abduction in #China approaches.
👉 www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

1 3 3

Reposted by Salil Tripathi

The Intercept @theintercept.com · 5d

Republican Senators, with an assist from Sen. John Fetterman, voted down an attempt to block the Trump administration’s missile strikes on alleged Venezuelan drug boats. interc.pt/4o9CBur

A photo of Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., sits on the steps of the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 1, 2025, in Washington, overlaid with the headline, "Fetterman Is Sole Democrat to Vote Against Blocking Caribbean Drug Boat Attacks," and the DEK, "It was the first time members of Congress were put on record about whether they supported or opposed the president’s war in the Caribbean."

110 200 390

Reposted by Salil Tripathi

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 6d

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

280 5.2K 14K

Reposted by Salil Tripathi

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."

890 11K 32K

Reposted by Salil Tripathi

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks, New Yorker

220 6.8K 22K

Reposted by Salil Tripathi

Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 9d

If I ever write a lede like this, you have my permission to take my computer, attach it to a 500-lb block of concrete, and toss it into the deepest reaches of the Pacific Ocean.

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

In the 1993 film “Groundhog Day,” a cynical man is doomed to wake up every morning in the same town to relive the same day’s events. The Middle East can feel a bit like that, only bloodier and more tragic.

20 50 440

Reposted by Salil Tripathi

Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 9d

This is so good from Cory Doctorow on all the tricks Amazon uses to get both consumers to pay more, and how businesses on the platform end up paying it 45-51 cents on every dollar.

Plus he rightly calls for regulatory change, not just individual consumer action
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish?

Sick of scrolling through junk results, AI-generated ads and links to lookalike products? The author and activist behind the term ‘enshittification’ explains what’s gone wrong with the internet – and ...

www.theguardian.com

7 100 190

Reposted by Salil Tripathi

Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 9d

The More Loving One by W. H. Auden
www.divasofverse.com/2020/01/the-...

The More Loving One by W. H. Auden

The More Loving One Looking up at the stars, I know quite well That, for all they care, I can go to hell, But on ear...

www.divasofverse.com

2 6 24

Reposted by Salil Tripathi

Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 9d

This is going to get so much worse

Herridge, who said she was offered a seat on Colossal’s science advisory board but declined, was featured on Feb. 7 in an article in BusinessMole, an online website covering small business: “The Controversy Surrounding Tori Herridge: Are Her Scientific Critiques Dangerously Unqualified?” This article had the byline and photo of Samuel Allcock, the founder of PR Fire, a UK-based PR company. Laura Johnson, Managing Director of PR Fire, stated that Allcock had left the company in 2024. Allcock did not respond to email inquiries, nor did BusinessMole.

1 16 21

Reposted by Salil Tripathi

Index on Censorship @indexoncensorship.org · 9d

Novelist, playwright, essayist, academic and human rights activist #ArielDorfman has felt the impact of book bans first-hand. As #BannedBooksWeekUK begins, he reminds us of the importance of defending our right to read. Find out how you can get involved: www.indexoncensorship.org/bannedbooksw...

1 6

Reposted by Salil Tripathi

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 10d

it's funny how Silwa hates Cuomo more than Mamdani

Josh Billinson (@jbillinson)
Curtis Sliwa: “Anybody who knows the history of New York City knows we’ve had socialists in elected office.”

“Somehow life went on … I don’t fear socialists. I don’t fear communists. I say, leave it to the people.”

26 150 1.3K