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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 18h

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 7h

This was once the kind of shit we cited to differentiate ourselves from authoritarian countries. It’s just who we are now.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 16h

Wow, wow, wow. This has always been legally possible but the law has virtually never been enforced — and now this is the SECOND case I've heard of in the last month (first involving a person with a green card) of a noncitizen being charged for failure to carry their papers.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 17h

NEWS: ICE gave a Rogers Park man a $130 ticket for not having his papers on him. They rounded him up last week and eventually let him go, but not without a fine that some critics say is un-American. Trump admin enforcing little-used law
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/i...

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👻SAAAAAAAAHHHHHHvik Ford 🎃 @saavikford.bsky.social · 7h

THIS!!!

No, ACA isn’t perfect, but just straight up repealing it would kill a LOT of people.

THAT Amber @buriedbybooks.bsky.social · 10h

I like to remind people about lifetime limits and the refusal of insurers to sell coverage to people with preexisting conditions.

The ACA has issues. But those 2 things alone make it worth saving and fixing.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 8h

In twelve days, New Yorkers will begin to cast their ballots and face a stark choice.

A choice between democracy and oligarchy. Between a city you can afford or more of the same. Between the hope of a brighter future or a broken past.

We will choose the future.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 9h

What I learned from Miss Major was persistence and also keeping a sense of humor. I was lucky to see her work in various organizing meetings over the years. She was a model of how to be a good elder. Truly grateful for everything she did to make the world better. Time for the rest of us to continue.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 16h

Wow, wow, wow. This has always been legally possible but the law has virtually never been enforced — and now this is the SECOND case I've heard of in the last month (first involving a person with a green card) of a noncitizen being charged for failure to carry their papers.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 17h

NEWS: ICE gave a Rogers Park man a $130 ticket for not having his papers on him. They rounded him up last week and eventually let him go, but not without a fine that some critics say is un-American. Trump admin enforcing little-used law
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/i...

ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement fined Rueben Antonio Cruz $130 for not having his papers with him.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 7h

Growing list of airport authorities who are refusing to play the Kristi Noem video for travelers that blames Democrats for the shutdown:

Portland International Airport
Seattle–Tacoma International Airport
Buffalo Niagara International Airport
Niagara Falls International Airport

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 15h

“I was afraid to go over there,” he said. “I got braver the more people came out. I know my neighbors have my back, and I have their back. ... These are Americans who know what freedom is — we’re being invaded by strangers.”

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Feds deploy tear gas in another Chicago neighborhood: 'We chased federal agents out of Albany Park today'

A federal judge’s temporary restraining order requires federal agents to issue two warnings before using riot control weapons such as tear gas. Witnesses say they didn't get any warning Sunday afterno...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Marie Laveau's Modern Day BS Killer & Eater of 🍬 @youraibabydaddy.bsky.social · 13h

But wait until you learn how wealth inequality is tied to white supremacy and if you work on dismantling white supremacy, it's gonna carry over into wealth inequality.

This is gonna blow your mind when you find out.

Marley @marleykd.bsky.social · 1d

We’ll keep flipping back and forth between parties unless and until something substantial is done about the out of control wealth inequality. The insanely wealthy are buying up all the assets driving up the price of everything. Assets need to be taxed, not income.

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SASSY #MeidasMighty Boomers @jabsandkisses.bsky.social · 7h

Blessings to our Veterans

ArizonaTerry.bsky.social @arizonaterry.bsky.social · 7h

Me and my homies 🫡 #VetsHateTrump

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Dr. Emily Hamilton-Honey @hermioneclone.bsky.social · 7h

This is excellent, Andrea! Thank you for writing it!

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 16h

Wednesday is gonna be a rough day:

The Supreme Court will be hearing oral argument in a pair of cases that threaten what little remains of the federal government’s ability to protect voters from racial gerrymandering under the Voting Rights Act

ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/louis...

Louisiana v Callais: The Republicans Justices Are Getting Ready to Finish Off the Voting Rights Act

In Louisiana v Callais, John Roberts will have the chance to finish his decades-long war on. voting rights.

ballsandstrikes.org

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

Unsure how many times I have to repeat it, but health care shouldn’t be for-profit.

Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 1d

Drug Rehabs Lure In Patients for Insurance Money—Then Leave Them on the Street

Operators promise high-end treatment, help addicts sign up for insurance then pile on charges for little in return, say former patients and insurers.

www.wsj.com

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Steffani [Scary Name Here] Cameron 🇨🇦 @snarkysteff.bsky.social · 9h

Of course Diane Keaton bought a Frank Lloyd Wright house and restored it.

She listed it this spring so she lived in it for nearly 2 decades.

Diane Keaton and Frank Lloyd Wright Have THIS $12.8 Million Home In Common

Inside the 4,386-square-foot property.

www.housebeautiful.com

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 9h

This is, of course, only the beginning.
Neither OpenAI nor Meta care what kind of damage their tech will do as long as they get clicks and shares.

David J. Hensley @david-j-hensley.bsky.social · 1d

I am in a Facebook group where people ridicule AI slop. Someone shared a Sora video in which Hitler was giving a TED Talk about how he was forced into World War II by the Poles & the Brits. I reported it & FB said it was not "hateful." Also, Sora apparently has no qualms producing vids with Hitler.

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 9h

Unending and unbelievable shitshow.

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 9h

NEW: More than half of the roughly 1,300 layoffs notices at @CDCgov have been rescinded. But analysts with top-secret clearance working on biodefense preparedness at another health agency have lost their jobs, per sources. Our story 1/4
@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Hundreds of CDC layoffs reversed, but biodefense preparedness staff hit

More than half of the roughly 1,300 CDC layoff notices have been rescinded, but workers at health agencies who work on biodefense and mental health still lost their jobs.

www.washingtonpost.com

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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 15h

This is some of the best political news I've seen in a very long time.

There's a clear a way to end the Citizens United precedent by changing state incorporation laws - and now luminaries in both parties are forcing a vote on it in the 2026 election.

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Kathy Harris @triproftri.bsky.social · 9h

CFP (due 10/15 initial interest) from Journal of Open Humanities Data with Jenny Kwok co-editing this special edition, Benchmarking in #DigitalHumanities

openhumanitiesdata.metajnl.com/collections/...

Benchmarking in Digital Humanities | Journal of Open Humanities Data

openhumanitiesdata.metajnl.com

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cognitive dissonance is a helluva drug @hnysuklchocolat.blacksky.app · 7d

every watch i find something new...this🧵 is a portion of maybe the last 1/2 hr

she asks his take on Black literature development from chester himes to her work...i love how he pauses to think

(the camera work of 70s interviews/debates is an artform)

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 16h

Ah yes, air traffic controllers must show up for work without pay, but Congress can take the day off. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says he’ll be making “necessary cuts” to the department, because nothing fixes staffing shortages quite like firing more people.

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David Wright @dwrightvisa.bsky.social · 17h

This is the leader we need now!

👣COCA👣 🇺🇦 🐸 @nortygirl.bsky.social · 19h

A very happy birthday to AOC ....we all appreciate you so much....

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 10h

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy passed away today according to the House of GG. She was a veteran of the Stonewall rebellion and a lifelong organizer for the safety and dignity of trans people, sex workers, and the incarcerated. She came from the same generation and milieu as Marsha and Sylvia. She was 78.

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Alex H. Nagler @nagler.bsky.social · 10h

This sentiment, the "we do not demobilize" is what this campaign needs to preach from here on out. Getting the work done is going to require EFFORT. Taking the campaign's infrastructure and applying it to advocacy and political pressure will be crucial - mobilization is the right word.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 10h

"After we win in November, we do not demobilize. The rich and corporate interests who tried to buy this election with the millions they stole from our pockets will want to see us fail.

We won’t let them." - Chi Ossé

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Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari @repyassansari.bsky.social · 10h

Nobody cooler to celebrate #HispanicHeritageMonth with than podcaster, producer & music curator the Funky Latina!

We talked about her work for Latino communities in Phoenix, our love for music, & what inspires her to keep creating amazing spaces.

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Rep. Steven Horsford @repstevenhorsford.bsky.social · 9h

During this Republican shutdown, Native communities are being hurt again. The Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada was forced to suspend WIC cutting off vital nutrition support for families across Tribal lands.

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