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Jon Fasman @jonfasman.bsky.social · 38m

www.mta.info/project/inte... The IBX light rail is a great idea to link Brooklyn and Queens via neighborhoods underserved by public transit. It’s in the planning stages now, so my great-great-great grandchildren will, just maybe, be able to ride it.

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Ansley Erickson @ansleyerickson.bsky.social · 21h

Shout it from the rooftops.

Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 23h

Faculty are the primary stewards and enactors of the mission of research and teaching; knowledge creation and dissemination. The administration exists only in its capacity to forward that mission.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 1d

“Of course, there are those who grow out of sports. And there are others who were born with the wisdom to know that nothing lasts. These are the truly tough among us, the ones who can live without illusion, or without even the hope of illusion. I am not that grown-up or up-to-date.”

—Bart Giamatti

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The Economist @economist.com · 1d

“What I’ve observed more often is young people’s confusion about the future. In my writing, I’ve shared parts of my own journey that resonate with them.” Sarah Wu meets Hu Anyan, the Beijing courier-turned-author, on this week’s “Drum Tower” podcast

Tough gig: what it’s like to work in modern China

Our weekly podcast on China. This week, meet the author exposing life inside China’s gig economy

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 1d

Guess it isn't really a red line, then. (www.timesofisrael.com/feminist-vs-...)

"Blima Marcus, an Orthodox nurse in Brooklyn, wrote on Facebook that she had abandoned an earlier promise not to vote at all and would cast a ballot for Cuomo if she can make it to the polls.

“A sexual predator is a red line for me, but I must say that after watching Zohran Mamdani carefully and listening to what he does and does not say, I don’t want him in office and I don’t want it on my conscience that I sat this election out,” she wrote."

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 1d

Let’s be clear, most EBT users are white. The reason he’s specifically lying about “weaves” and we’ve seen so many AI fakes of Black women ranting about food stamps is they need to make BW the face EBT because they know many Americans don’t care if Black people suffer, and some actually wish for it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

ROB SCHMITT: People are using SNAP benefits to get their nails done, to get their weaves and their hair. This is a really ugly program.

SEN. RON JOHNSON: That program needs to be dramatically reformed.

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 2d

In this op-ed for The Economist, @luisaneubauer.bsky.social responds to our cover story a while back on the greenlash.

It’s a very good piece, take a look.
economist.com/by-invitatio...

The greenlash is built on lazy thinking, writes a climate activist

Luisa Neubauer argues that rolling back climate policies is economic suicide masquerading as pragmatism

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Jon Fasman @jonfasman.bsky.social · 2d

www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...

Tear Gas, Pepper Balls Among Weapons Deployed Against Illinois Protesters

A judge recently issued a restraining order on crowd-control tactics by federal agents in the state, including those involved in Operation Midway Blitz.

www.bellingcat.com

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Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock @warnock.senate.gov · 2d

It’s a sad day when a judge has to order the President of the United States to feed vulnerable families and hungry children with funds already designated for that very purpose.

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🎄Peter Nickeas 🎅🏻 @peternickeas.bsky.social · 2d

Border Patrol grabbed workers from the front yard of a home in Edison Park this afternoon then took them behind an office building in Niles and passed them off to a prisoner van. Woman came out to MF them and said "you're in the most conservative neighborhood in the city and nobody wants you here."

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Jon Fasman @jonfasman.bsky.social · 2d

Traditionally, falling into a ravine calls for white Burgundy, but I’ll allow it.

CBS News @cbsnews.com · 2d

A French cyclist survived for three days after a horrendous 130-foot fall into a ravine, kept alive by the bottles of red wine he had in his shopping bag, police said.

Cyclist falls down 130-foot ravine in France, survives 3 days by drinking wine he had in shopping bag

A helicopter airlifted him to hospital, with a rescue doctor calling his survival "a miracle."

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The Economist @economist.com · 2d

“It was once a slightly disreputable genre; today it attracts first-rate talent and critical acclaim.” On “The Intelligence” Jon Fasman argues this is the golden age of horror bit.ly/4qClNy8

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 3d

I can answer this. I interviewed Peterson's tailor a few years ago, although the interview was never published because I fell behind on work. Here is the story of this suit. 🧵

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social · 3d

What is happening with this outfit?

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 3d

Thomas McGuane is among the last great outdoorsmen-novelists. Tyler Austin Harper visited the author on his Montana ranch to see what we stand to lose:

The Last of the Literary Outdoorsmen

Thomas McGuane—fisherman, hunter, rancher, writer—says “good riddance” to his kind.

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Ben Coates @bencoates1.bsky.social · 3d

A polite reminder - if you are interested in the Netherlands, in how a small country got so rich and built an empire, in how its politics have been upended in the last few years and what challenges it faces in the future -then you might enjoy a book about its capital!

www.amazon.nl/-/en/Ben-Coa...

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 3d

I guess someone heard from Tylenol’s lawyers.

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Rep. Mark Takano @repmarktakano.bsky.social · 4d

George Retes is a U.S. Army veteran and citizen who was detained by ICE for 3 days, despite clearly identifying himself. But this injustice hasn't changed how he sees his service to our country. It was a true honor to hear his story firsthand.

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The Economist @economist.com · 4d

The Economist’s Britain section is looking for a new political correspondent. We prize independent thought, a spirit of inquiry and initiative, and for this role in particular: gutsiness. Apply by November 14th

The Economist is hiring a Britain political correspondent

Join The Economist’s Britain team

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Andrew Facini @andrewfacini.com · 4d

If you're a wealthy individual looking for a legacy, one of the craziest bargains to be had right now is saving an entire generation of American nuclear policy expertise by tossing some change at the nonprofits. The field is trying to hold together ~500 jobs max, and it can't last as things stand

Andrew Facini @andrewfacini.com · 4d

We're getting nights like this basically monthly now, and the major funders of nuclear policy work are still retreating

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 4d

This is an especially worrying statement when facial recognition can be inaccurate, biased, and generally make mistakes. Basing whether someone should be in the US or not, and ignoring physical media like a birth certificate, is ripe for disaster bsky.app/profile/jose...

Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 4d

New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people

www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...

Ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee Bennie G. Thompson said in a statement “Mobile Fortify is a dangerous tool in the hands of ICE, and it puts American citizens at risk of detention and even deportation.” He also said “ICE officials have told us that an apparent biometric match by Mobile Fortify is a ‘definitive’ determination of a person’s status and that an ICE officer may ignore evidence of American citizenship—including a birth certificate—if the app says the person is an alien. ICE using a mobile biometrics app in ways its developers at CBP never intended or tested is a frightening, repugnant, and unconstitutional attack on Americans’ rights and freedoms.”

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 4d

BREAKING: Six people, including congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh, have been indicted on charges of "Assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers or employees" and "Conspiracy to impede or injure officer," in connection w ICE protests at the Broadview ICE facility outside Chicago.

Case: 1:25-cr-00693 Document #: 1 Filed: 10/23/25 Page 1 of 11 PagelD #:17
FILED
10/23/2025
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
EASTERN DIVISION
CLERK, OM.&TRUT&OURT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
1:25-cr-00693
Judge April M. Perry
v.
Case No.
Magistrate Judge Heather K. McShain
RANDOM / Cat. 3
MICHAEL RABBITT,
Violations: Title 18, United States
KATHERINE MARIE ABUGHAZALEH,
Code, Sections 111(a)(1), 372 and 2
ANDRE MARTIN,
CATHERINE SHARP, BRIAN STRAW, and
UNDER SEAL
JOSELYN WALSH
COUNT ONE
The SPECIAL JUNE 2024 GRAND JURY charges:

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Jon Fasman @jonfasman.bsky.social · 4d

I guess we're now banning Nobel laureates www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka says his US visa revoked

The 91-year-old Nobel laureate in literature has been a critic of Trump's immigration policy.

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The Economist @economist.com · 5d

Join The Economist’s Britain team

The Economist is hiring a Britain political correspondent

Join The Economist’s Britain team

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Jon Fasman @jonfasman.bsky.social · 5d

I always thought New York had the world's toughest pigeons, but this morning I actually tripped over a pigeon in London.

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Matt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 5d

The Netherlands’ election today is one of the biggest in the world! …in terms of the number of parties taking part, anyway. 18 to 27 parties on the ballot, depending on where you vote. My summary here (not sure this link will work, trying it out): view.e.economist.com?qs=2fc80d322...

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