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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 4d

Yesterday they were shooting priests in the head with rubber bullets. Today they're arresting journalists. If you have anyone in your life who doesn't regularly follow the news and doesn't understand how bad things are and how bad they're about to get, you need to tell them right now. Time is short.

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 4d

Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.

Live Updates: María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

www.nytimes.com

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 5d

Just two things I’m posting together…

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Twin Cities Innovation Alliance (TCIA) @tciamn.bsky.social · 4d

Ready for a good book? For our October read, we're diving into The Ballad of Black Tom by victorlavalle.bsky.social, blending fantasy, horror, and social commentary on race and poverty in America. Join us Oct 25th at 10 AM CT

Sign up to join #FuturesLabBookClub: app.youform.com/forms/ohwp8dkw

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catupnorth @catupnorth.bsky.social · 21d

thanks to those who’ve reached out in the past few weeks to ask how we’re doing in MN. we’re elbows up like our Canadian friends! Can’t say I was surprised at the pics of men wearing “repeal the 19th amendment” tshirts at last night’s tp rally. turning attention to beautiful fall colors.

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Twin Cities Innovation Alliance (TCIA) @tciamn.bsky.social · 22d

"What does data justice mean to you, and how have you integrated data justice into your work?"

Check out this video highlighting our Data Justice Futures Week of Action featuring our own maptruenorth.bsky.social as a moderator: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAkJ...

#DataJusticeFutures #WeekofAction

Data Justice Futures: Data Justice in Philanthropy

YouTube video by Metropolitan Alliance of Connected Communities

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 21d

Let's be clear: no one should be taking medical advice from the man who told Americans to inject bleach.

To moms worried about the Tylenol they took while pregnant: you deserve better than being RFK Jr's scapegoat.

And to the autism community: you are loved exactly as you are.

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 22d

Surprisingly good from Streeting.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 24d

"St. Mary’s Sacred Heart Hospital in rural northeast Georgia will close its labor and delivery unit next month...

"The closure is one of Georgia's first casualties of the GOP budget reconciliation package, colloquially known as the 'big beautiful bill'...

www.newsfromthestates.com/article/rura...

Rural Georgia hospital plans to close its labor and delivery unit, in part due to Medicaid cuts

St. Mary’s Sacred Heart Hospital in rural northeast Georgia will discontinue its maternal health services next month as its parent company moves to consolidate OB/GYN services to one location, the hos...

www.newsfromthestates.com

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catupnorth @catupnorth.bsky.social · 24d

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PM Dunne (@pmdunne)

Will our greed & laziness be the end of us? Everyone needs to watch this 💻🤖💣☢️☣️

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catupnorth @catupnorth.bsky.social · Sep 10

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Not Sweden. Not France. New Mexico Just Passed the World’s Most Radical Child Care Law

There’s something incredible happening in New Mexico.

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catupnorth @catupnorth.bsky.social · Sep 5

open.substack.com/pub/thenotic...

The NOTICE Newsletter.

Defending youth justice in the digital age.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 2

Pritzker: "When did we become a country where it's ok for the US president to insist on national television that a state should call him to beg for anything? Especially something we don't want. Have we truly lost all sense of sanity in this nation that we treat this as normal?"

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · Sep 2

I know, I know, but: The president of the US saying, literally, "we're going in" in reference to sending the military to an American city for no reason beyond terrorizing the local population should be the most immediately impeachable shit imaginable

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catupnorth @catupnorth.bsky.social · Sep 2

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Emergency-Gate: Focus on Challenging the Premise of Trump’s Power

*neighborhood in southeast Baltimore

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Aug 31

not just that he has no constitutional authority, there isn't even any particular legal or institutional mechanism by which the president can make anyone treat this as anything other than a weird advisory opinion.

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · Aug 31

This “explicit” is a weird editorial choice. The constitution gives the president no power over this at all. It’s not ambiguous.

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It's Going Down @igd.bsky.social · Aug 30

#NYC baseball coach confronts ICE child predators.

“There's only one way to get into the cage, so my whole thing was I can control that. I was in front of the entrance and that's when I just said, you know, I may die here, but they will not take one of these kids." www.wcpo.com/politics/imm...

NYC youth baseball coach confronts ICE: ‘I may die here, but they will not take one of these kids'

A New York City baseball coach said he confronted immigration agents who questioned minors at a park: "I may die here, but they will not take one of these kids."

www.wcpo.com

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Bradley Whitford @bradleywhitford.bsky.social · Jul 8

Hey @gavinnewsom.bsky.social @governor.ca.gov, @mayor.lacity.gov we need clear information from state and local authorities on what our rights are when confronted by masked unID ed agents who are now disappearing, neighbors, co-workers and family members. Please have comms post on all platforms.

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💙 Happysnarkygal 💙 @happysnarkygal.bsky.social · Jul 8

Schröedinger’s List:
If no one actually observed the list on Pam Bondi’s desk it simultaneously exists and doesn’t exist.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Jul 8

Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet.

They make sure we have clean water.

They protect us from financial fraud.

They provide healthcare to our communities.

They make our government actually work for people.

Do not forget this.

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AFSCME @afscme.bsky.social · Jul 7

Philadelphia works because AFSCME District Council 33 does! City workers are holding the line until they get a FAIR contract with the wages and benefits they deserve. One day longer, one day stronger, no matter what it takes.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · Jul 7

James Baldwin's words still ring true.

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Rodney Anonymous @rodneyanonymous.bsky.social · Jul 8

"I left my homework on Pam Bondi's desk and now it doesn't exist."
- Billy Johnson, Age 8

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Actually Owltistic @actuallyowltistic.com · Jul 7

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Remember: birdwatching goes both ways

Photos of a tufted titmouse looking into someone's camera lense.

#birds #memes #humor #birdMeme ##TuftedTitmouse #funny #BirdWatching

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · Jul 7

MacArthur Park
Federal agents need to leave and they need leave right now!

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