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Blacklikewho @blacklikewho.bsky.social · 9h

No more bombs. More cancer research.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1h

The official government account for DHS appears to be run by far-right trolls deliberately trying to provoke a response by using a term openly associated with ethnic cleansing. They will attack anyone who points this out and express faux outrage at the suggestion. They know what they are doing.

Remigration Wikipedia Page.

Not to be confused with Return migration.
Remigration is an originally European far-right proposal of ethnic cleansing via the mass deportation of non-white immigrants and their descendants, sometimes including those born in Europe, to their place of racial ancestry.
It is popular especially within the Identitarian movement. Some proponents of remigration suggest excluding some persons with non-European background from such a mass deportation, based on a varyingly defined degree of assimilation into European culture.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1h

After signing up for self-deportation, Emily and Deybis sold their car and moved to an unfinished basement. But DHS never sent them the promised plane tickets.

Now they worry about surviving winter. Weeks ago, they sold their daughter’s bed to pay rent.

➡️ Read more: https://propub.li/4ohnDm6

Article excerpt: Emily said she made clear the family didn’t have Venezuelan passports but was told that wouldn’t be a problem; the U.S. government would procure any necessary documents for them. They said the operator gave them an Aug. 1 departure date and told them to expect their plane tickets by email.

Emily and Deybis sold their car and moved with their children to Columbus, Ohio, where Deybis’ nephew let them stay in his unfinished basement apartment until their departure. The plane tickets never came.

Then the nephew was detained in a traffic stop and deported. Panicked, Emily and Deybis said they called the toll-free number again and again, leaving messages that went unanswered. Emily submitted a new application and sent more emails.

Article excerpt: ...They found travel agencies that offer to procure travel documents at a cost but said they were told the Venezuelan government requires an arrival date and proof that plane tickets have been purchased. Emily and Deybis can’t afford them.

“Thank you so much for your patience and we understand your frustration,” they heard back in another email. “Wait for new instructions from DHS.”

As they wait, they worry about how they’ll survive when winter comes. Most days, Deybis visits local food pantries and looks for discarded items in alleys and on street corners that they can resell. A few weeks ago, they sold their daughter’s bed to help pay the rent.

“We’d rather be in Venezuela with our family than suffer here,” he said.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 2h

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 1h

re: the flurry of “leave your phone at home for protests” advice, will just offer this—“…it’s important to take a step back and think about your specific threat context. Ask yourself: Do I actually have a reason to keep my presence at a given location a secret?”

Ask a security trainer: Is mobile device location tracking a real risk?

Yes, but before implementing steps to mitigate it, take a moment to ask: Who’s at risk, when does it matter, and what’s at stake?

freedom.press

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Nate Holdren @nhold.bsky.social · 7h

re-upping the gofundme page for Tom and his family www.gofundme.com/f/support-fr...

Donate to URGENT: Tom has been fired! Defend him and free speech now!, organized by Kim Gasper-Rabuck

The Unthinkable has happened! Dr. Tom Alter has been term… Kim Gasper-Rabuck needs your support for URGENT: Tom has been fired! Defend him and free speech now!

www.gofundme.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 7h

Direct confirmation that DHS’s version of the facts was not fully true. They were correct about the knife, wrong about the gun, and jury still out on the prior criminal history.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 7h

There had been reports that the boy had a gun on him, but Mayor DeMaria and the police chief said there was not a gun found on him.

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 7h

old enough to remember when these same people made a WHOLE HUGE THING about government censoring social media

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 8h

At the request of the U.S. Department of Justice, a Facebook group used by nearly 80,000 people to report sightings of federal immigration agents in the Chicago area has been taken down by the social media giant Meta, Facebook’s parent company.

Facebook suspends popular Chicago ICE-sightings group at Trump administration’s request

The group, "ICE Sighting-Chicagoland," has been increasingly used in the last five weeks of President Donald Trump’s intense deportation campaign to warn neighbors that federal agents are nearby.

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 8h

masked federal agents used multiple canisters of tear gas + other chemical munitions on a crowd of residents in chicago's southeast side around 12:40 p.m.

neighbors had gathered on a residential intersection following a morning during which dozens of border patrol agents terrorized the community.

tear gas billows from canisters in a residential intersection, at 105th street and south avenue north, on chicago's southeast side.

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Sandeep Bakshi @sandeepbak.bsky.social · 8h

British TV peaked with *Goodness Gracious Me*. It was the promise of a multi-culti world that helped many of us thrive. P’raps something of the past, today.
Used to watch this one often: ‘My son is a lesbian’.
Anecdotally, my father told me the same once - I should’ve got myself a nice Indian boy 😂

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

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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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

Looks like the news is out. May her memory be a blessing. Miss Major, Presente!

Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 1d

Rest in power, Miss Major.

www.advocate.com/news/miss-ma...

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, activist since Stonewall, has died

The LGBTQ+ community — and particularly the transgender community — has lost an iconic activist.

www.advocate.com

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TransLash Media @translash.org · 1d

We honor the legacy of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a fierce protector of our collective freedom. Our hearts are with her loved ones and all who carry her vision forward.

"We will honor Miss Major forever." - @imarajones.bsky.social

An illustration of Miss Major surrounded by candles with blue background and a famous quote of hers written in gold. The quote reads“I don’t need their permission to exist; I exist in spite of them. I want you to train and teach and love on and create families within my community and gender non-conforming people, so that we can understand that we have a culture, we have a history, we have a reason to be here. We have a purpose. We’re entitled to be loved, and seek happiness, and share that with the people that we care about.” -Miss Major Griffin-Gracy

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Black Trans Archives™️ @blacktransarchives.bsky.social · 2d

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy known for her incredible resilience she survived homelessness, police brutality, and systemic oppression, yet kept fighting for the community she loved.

Image courtesy of Miss Major/Beck Witt 📸

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Annalise Ophelian @dr-ophelian.bsky.social · 1d

The documentary I made with Miss Major 10 years ago is on Vimeo on Demand. If you want to spend some time with her on screen tonight and learn some abolitionist trans history while you're at it, it's free to rent with the code "shinebright" vimeo.com/ondemand/major

Watch MAJOR! Online | Vimeo On Demand

The award-winning documentary "MAJOR!" follows the life and campaigns of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a Black transgender elder who has been fighting for…

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Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 1d

"He spent 22 years in occupation prisons... Samer Abu Diak from Silat al-Dhahr, south of Jenin, brother of martyr Sami Abu Diak, is unable to walk as a result of being subjected to torture for several hours prior to his release."

www.threads.com/@sndnewsa/po...

#Israel #Palestine #PalestineNews

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Benjamin Balthaser @blbalthaser.bsky.social · 1d

Tom Alter, a tenured history professor, was fired for making comments in support of socialism at a conference, based on a doctored video taped by a far right activist. If this is allowed to stand, anyone of us could be next

universitystar.com/33285/news/t...

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Nicola Woods 😷🍁🥞 @haecnicola.bsky.social · 1d

Oct 13 Rana update:

Bad news, everyone. Rana’s account has been ❌

I continue to be repulsed by 🦋 & the people who write & enforce their policies. This is intentional obstruction of humanitarian aid.

All Rana updates will be posted here now.

@mommunism.bsky.social

gofund.me/cdd61afd4

#SaveRana

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A picture of Rana smiling sweetly at the camera. She wears a black hijab, green abaya and a keffiyeh. Rana’s cheeks are rosy. In the background are buildings at night in Gaza

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 1d

Most of rural Alaska is Alaska Native. Bonus donating to support Alaska Native people on Indigenous Peoples Day.

Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 1d

Western Alaska was hit hard by the recent storms. Houses floated away in Kipnuk, houses flipped over, people lost everything from the flooding that came with the storms. Please donate if you can. This group has a long history of supporting AK communities.

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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 1d

The media wants to cover Trump as a president with a mandate to do whatever he wants. They have no interest in switching lanes and talking about resistance to the administration. Now, Republicans are essentially forcing their hand.

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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 1d

I find it genuinely remarkable that Republicans are spending so much time talking about No Kings. Five million people showed up to the last No Kings protests, and the media essentially completely ignored it. Now the GOP is guaranteeing widespread coverage.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bessent: "No Kings means no paychecks. No paychecks and no government."

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 2d

Israel is retaining control of 58% of the Gaza Strip, including the majority of its farmland in eastern Gaza.

Western Gaza was largely built on top of sand dunes, as you can see from the aerial image in the post below.

ISRAEL'S WAR ON GAZA
Israel's withdrawal to the 'yellow line'
In the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire plan, Israel is set to withdraw its troops to the agreed 'yellow line' within 24 hours, after which a 72-hour period will begin for the handover of Israeli captives.

Israel retains control of 58%
of the Gaza Strip

[map of Gaza showing the area still controlled by Israel in yellow, with a yellow line surrounding the area in which Palestinians are allowed to reside]

eyal weizman @weizman... 1d g ...
This aerial image from the 1960s shows that the 'yellow line' of Israel's redeployment in Gaza is roughly matching with the border of the area's coastal sand dune, leaving Gaza without the absolute majority of its agricultural areas on the fertile soils in the east.
[B&W aerial image of Gaza showing a yellow line separating the area where Palestinians are allowed to reside in the west from the area in the east. Sand dunes are visible in the majority of the now built-up area for Palestinans]

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

Israeli settlers continue to wage war on Palestinians in the West Bank and elsewhere. They are breaking into people's homes, stealing their stuff, trashing their homes and sometimes kidnapping and killing people. This is happening NOW. People should know this.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 2d

You should read this by @mskellymhayes.bsky.social if you haven't already done so: organizingmythoughts.org/the-emergenc...

The Emergency Is the Atmosphere

“It’s meant to exhaust us. It’s meant to destroy us."

organizingmythoughts.org

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