Adam Sawyer
@adamjst.bsky.social
I work with data at Relevant Research. I post about migration and sports.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, Americas, Earth
Arsenal + Nuggets + Avs + Rockies + Summit
I helped build DetentionReports.com
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, Americas, Earth
Arsenal + Nuggets + Avs + Rockies + Summit
I helped build DetentionReports.com
https://adamjsawyer.com/about
he/him
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Adam Sawyer
@adamjst.bsky.social
· Aug 5
Immigration and Customs Enforcement uses over 175 facilities across the states and territories of the US to detain people who ICE believes are eligible for removal.
Starting today, I am going to start posting some summary information from DetentionReports.com for two facilities each day.
Starting today, I am going to start posting some summary information from DetentionReports.com for two facilities each day.
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Pointed out by my friend @carloshasanax.bsky.social . There's something weird and unsettling about a fairly homogeneous culture spread out across Europe that then collapses into an orgy of genocide.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Headless bodies hint at why Europe’s first farmers vanished
Wave of mass brutality accompanied the collapse of the first pan-European culture
www.science.org
November 27, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Pointed out by my friend @carloshasanax.bsky.social . There's something weird and unsettling about a fairly homogeneous culture spread out across Europe that then collapses into an orgy of genocide.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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The San Diego Metropolitan Correctional Center was projection bombed last night. Images shown over the prison’s surface decried immigration enforcement, the current presidential admin, and the need to observe a day of mourning rather than one of thanksgiving.
More: www.instagram.com/p/DRkk970Ekt...
More: www.instagram.com/p/DRkk970Ekt...
November 27, 2025 at 7:40 PM
The San Diego Metropolitan Correctional Center was projection bombed last night. Images shown over the prison’s surface decried immigration enforcement, the current presidential admin, and the need to observe a day of mourning rather than one of thanksgiving.
More: www.instagram.com/p/DRkk970Ekt...
More: www.instagram.com/p/DRkk970Ekt...
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Also, I’m just going to say it, if your objective is national security, I don’t think telling tens of thousands of combat-hardened veterans (and their many American brothers-in-arms) that you’re going to betray them and send them to die in their country, which you destabilized, is a great idea
Every time a US veteran snaps people fall all over each other to point out the effects of war and literal physical changes that PTSD triggers, but one Afghan veteran snaps and we’re going to shut down immigration for all Afghans forever and I bet they’re working on revoking parole wholesale
November 27, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Also, I’m just going to say it, if your objective is national security, I don’t think telling tens of thousands of combat-hardened veterans (and their many American brothers-in-arms) that you’re going to betray them and send them to die in their country, which you destabilized, is a great idea
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November 27, 1992: Denver's Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (then known as Chris Jackson) hits the game-winner at the buzzer from 55 feet.
Abdul-Rauf finished with 19 PTS in the Nuggets' 109-106 win over the Clippers. Ron Harper scored a game-high 20 PTS for Los Angeles.
Abdul-Rauf finished with 19 PTS in the Nuggets' 109-106 win over the Clippers. Ron Harper scored a game-high 20 PTS for Los Angeles.
November 27, 2025 at 3:15 PM
November 27, 1992: Denver's Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (then known as Chris Jackson) hits the game-winner at the buzzer from 55 feet.
Abdul-Rauf finished with 19 PTS in the Nuggets' 109-106 win over the Clippers. Ron Harper scored a game-high 20 PTS for Los Angeles.
Abdul-Rauf finished with 19 PTS in the Nuggets' 109-106 win over the Clippers. Ron Harper scored a game-high 20 PTS for Los Angeles.
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Once again; you can't moderate your way to neutralizing an issue like immigration.
It's fundamentally just racist reaction. Nothing is ever enough because what's demanded—ethnonationalist homogeneity—is completely unavailable in modern conditions. There will *always* be a basis for more demagoguery
It's fundamentally just racist reaction. Nothing is ever enough because what's demanded—ethnonationalist homogeneity—is completely unavailable in modern conditions. There will *always* be a basis for more demagoguery
YOU WANTED NET IMMIGRATION TO COME DOWN! THIS IS WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE!
November 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Once again; you can't moderate your way to neutralizing an issue like immigration.
It's fundamentally just racist reaction. Nothing is ever enough because what's demanded—ethnonationalist homogeneity—is completely unavailable in modern conditions. There will *always* be a basis for more demagoguery
It's fundamentally just racist reaction. Nothing is ever enough because what's demanded—ethnonationalist homogeneity—is completely unavailable in modern conditions. There will *always* be a basis for more demagoguery
Pike County Jail is located in Lords Valley, Pennsylvania.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement currently detains a person at this facility for an average of 104 days.
detentionreports.com/facility/PIK...
Immigration and Customs Enforcement currently detains a person at this facility for an average of 104 days.
detentionreports.com/facility/PIK...
November 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Pike County Jail is located in Lords Valley, Pennsylvania.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement currently detains a person at this facility for an average of 104 days.
detentionreports.com/facility/PIK...
Immigration and Customs Enforcement currently detains a person at this facility for an average of 104 days.
detentionreports.com/facility/PIK...
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Prediction: Some will seize on the shooting to try to pull Dems back to a position of cowardice on Trump's deportations, and Stephen Miller will scam dimwit commentators into making this case as well, but what happened ultimately won't dent public disapproval of the raids/arrests in the slightest.
November 27, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Prediction: Some will seize on the shooting to try to pull Dems back to a position of cowardice on Trump's deportations, and Stephen Miller will scam dimwit commentators into making this case as well, but what happened ultimately won't dent public disapproval of the raids/arrests in the slightest.
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the invasion of Afghanistan is among the most horrific recent chapters of the long history of elite impunity in the US. this coda is grim but fitting - the govt practically explicitly affirming that it should only be Afghans who live with the consequences amid fading public memory of the atrocity
November 27, 2025 at 3:58 AM
the invasion of Afghanistan is among the most horrific recent chapters of the long history of elite impunity in the US. this coda is grim but fitting - the govt practically explicitly affirming that it should only be Afghans who live with the consequences amid fading public memory of the atrocity
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We have a bad country
the requirement is, of course, “be white” amp.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
Trump says Haiti no longer meets requirements for TPS. Haitians have to leave
The Department of Homeland Security said TPS for Haiti ends Feb. 3, 2026, affecting over half a million people who may face return to gang-controlled Port-au-Prince.
amp.miamiherald.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:40 PM
We have a bad country
Reupping this.
Not going to read the article of the day. I can tell that none of the words in that story are in any holy book in any faith tradition so I will keep my peace. 🙏
November 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Reupping this.
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He fled religious persecution in Turkey. Then he got a one-day notice for an ICE check-in. Now he’s being detained at Otay.
When he was held overnight in the basement of the San Diego federal courthouse, he told his wife he could hear babies crying through the night.
calmatters.org/justice/2025...
When he was held overnight in the basement of the San Diego federal courthouse, he told his wife he could hear babies crying through the night.
calmatters.org/justice/2025...
He fled religious persecution in Turkey. Then he got a one-day notice for an ICE check-in
'He’s never told me everything about what exactly happened, but he has scars all over his body,' said Mae Bovenzi, whose husband now fears deportation to Turkey after a routine ICE check-in.
calmatters.org
November 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM
He fled religious persecution in Turkey. Then he got a one-day notice for an ICE check-in. Now he’s being detained at Otay.
When he was held overnight in the basement of the San Diego federal courthouse, he told his wife he could hear babies crying through the night.
calmatters.org/justice/2025...
When he was held overnight in the basement of the San Diego federal courthouse, he told his wife he could hear babies crying through the night.
calmatters.org/justice/2025...
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How Arsenal haven't scored at least once in this half is increasingly a matter for the country's leading particle physicists and/or theologians.
November 26, 2025 at 9:23 PM
How Arsenal haven't scored at least once in this half is increasingly a matter for the country's leading particle physicists and/or theologians.
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A San Diego pedicab driver who fled Turkey after being tortured because of his religious beliefs is the latest among hundreds of people who have been arrested across CA at routine immigration check-ins, according to advocates, his attorneys, and his wife. bit.ly/4iHev97
📝 @wendyfry.bsky.social
📝 @wendyfry.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 8:19 PM
A San Diego pedicab driver who fled Turkey after being tortured because of his religious beliefs is the latest among hundreds of people who have been arrested across CA at routine immigration check-ins, according to advocates, his attorneys, and his wife. bit.ly/4iHev97
📝 @wendyfry.bsky.social
📝 @wendyfry.bsky.social
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Can Zohran Mamdani keep New Yorkers safe from remembering some Arsenal guys? defector.com/can-zohran-m...
Can Zohran Mamdani Keep New Yorkers Safe From Remembering Some Arsenal Guys? | Defector
Zohran Mamdani is weeks away from becoming Mayor of New York City. As someone who does not live in the city but nevertheless has a lot of opinions about what goes on there, I want his administration…
defector.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Can Zohran Mamdani keep New Yorkers safe from remembering some Arsenal guys? defector.com/can-zohran-m...
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I'm wary of where we could end up if "he's not keeping his promises because he's arresting non-criminals" remains the central plank of the discussion.
November 26, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I'm wary of where we could end up if "he's not keeping his promises because he's arresting non-criminals" remains the central plank of the discussion.
This is the rhetorical move that the pro-democracy public needs to make.
The problem with ICE is not that it's targeting people who aren't criminals. The problem with ICE is that it's an unaccountable secret deportation police. It cannot be reformed under a better president. It can be made less terrible, but the instrument of repression remains for the next tyrant.
November 26, 2025 at 5:17 PM
This is the rhetorical move that the pro-democracy public needs to make.
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The problem with ICE is not that it's targeting people who aren't criminals. The problem with ICE is that it's an unaccountable secret deportation police. It cannot be reformed under a better president. It can be made less terrible, but the instrument of repression remains for the next tyrant.
November 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The problem with ICE is not that it's targeting people who aren't criminals. The problem with ICE is that it's an unaccountable secret deportation police. It cannot be reformed under a better president. It can be made less terrible, but the instrument of repression remains for the next tyrant.
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As a person who reads a lot: 95% of biographies don’t need the childhood and growing up stuff. That can be like four paragraphs.
November 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
As a person who reads a lot: 95% of biographies don’t need the childhood and growing up stuff. That can be like four paragraphs.
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People need food. Market won’t provide it. Government should. It’s literally the whole point.
Turns out Mamdani's controversial proposal for government-run supermarkets isn't so novel. Other cities also are toying with the idea to bring fresh, affordable food to communities that do not have easy access to it. Good WSJ read (gift link)
www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
Inside Atlanta’s First Government-Funded Supermarket
The goal is for the store to become profitable without any government subsidy within three years.
www.wsj.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:53 PM
People need food. Market won’t provide it. Government should. It’s literally the whole point.
I'm sure some of the specific numbers have changed since this article was published in 2017, but it sure seems like Eden, Texas is only economically viable as a town because of its contract with CoreCivic.
www.texasstandard.org/stories/afte...
www.texasstandard.org/stories/afte...
November 26, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I'm sure some of the specific numbers have changed since this article was published in 2017, but it sure seems like Eden, Texas is only economically viable as a town because of its contract with CoreCivic.
www.texasstandard.org/stories/afte...
www.texasstandard.org/stories/afte...
Eden Detention Center is located in Eden, Texas.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement currently detains a person at this facility for an average of 35 days.
detentionreports.com/facility/EDE...
Immigration and Customs Enforcement currently detains a person at this facility for an average of 35 days.
detentionreports.com/facility/EDE...
November 26, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Eden Detention Center is located in Eden, Texas.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement currently detains a person at this facility for an average of 35 days.
detentionreports.com/facility/EDE...
Immigration and Customs Enforcement currently detains a person at this facility for an average of 35 days.
detentionreports.com/facility/EDE...
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This is an insightful but deeply upsetting article about why everyone in the US feels poor, and why the current political situation emerges as a direct result.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 AM
This is an insightful but deeply upsetting article about why everyone in the US feels poor, and why the current political situation emerges as a direct result.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
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This is not throwing Kristi Noem under the bus. This is a designed to insulate from judicial scrutiny any and all high-level communications about how the decision to defy a court order was made.
The Trump administration is trying to shut this inquiry down.
The Trump administration is trying to shut this inquiry down.
DOJ throwing DHS Sec. Kristi Noem under the bus...
Saying it was her who made the call to proceed with the deportation of more than 100 Venezuelan men to El Salvador, despite a judge's order blocking the deportations
✏️ by: @joshgerstein.bsky.social & @kyledcheney.bsky.social
Saying it was her who made the call to proceed with the deportation of more than 100 Venezuelan men to El Salvador, despite a judge's order blocking the deportations
✏️ by: @joshgerstein.bsky.social & @kyledcheney.bsky.social
Kristi Noem made call to hand over deported men to El Salvador, DOJ says
The disclosure adds a wrinkle to the murky timeline surrounding the unprecedented deportation effort.
www.politico.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
This is not throwing Kristi Noem under the bus. This is a designed to insulate from judicial scrutiny any and all high-level communications about how the decision to defy a court order was made.
The Trump administration is trying to shut this inquiry down.
The Trump administration is trying to shut this inquiry down.