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Lilly Wachowski @lillywachowski.bsky.social · 1h

A beautiful film!

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

The documentary I made with Miss Major 10 years ago is available to stream free on Vimeo. If you want to spend some time with her and her loved ones, and learn some abolitionist trans history while you're at it, updated streaming link is here: vimeo.com/whatdowewant...

MAJOR! (free streaming link)

The award-winning 2016 documentary "MAJOR!" follows the life and campaigns of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a Black transgender elder who has been fighting…

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 46m

The USC Thornton School of Music has appointed Solange as the school’s first scholar in residence

She will she will teach a course on music curation, host student-focused workshops and more

Solange to build programming and teach course at USC Thornton School of Music

Grammy winner Solange Knowles is bringing her expertise to the USC Thornton School of Music, where she has been named the school's first all-school scholar in residence.

www.latimes.com

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K (Any prns) ♿ @halakal.bsky.social · 4h

Every day people prove to me that they would've demonized slaves for revolting against their oppressors

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laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 1d

A friend ran the Chicago marathon today and said he couldn’t count the number of FUCK ICE signs along the way.

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Cat Rambo @catrambo.bsky.social · 1h

These are the classes I have coming out in the Jan-April timeframe - www.patreon.com/posts/classe...

Classes for Next Year | Cat Rambo

Get more from Cat Rambo on Patreon

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 3d

DHS default is to lie about every encounter. Which is why they’re trying to criminalize recording them.

CHICAGO (WGN) - A WGN creative services department employee was detained by two
Border Patrol officers and later released after federal agents swarmed a busy intersection on Chicago's North Side Friday morning, at the height of rush hour.
WGN is not naming the employee, as station policy requires blurring faces and not identifying those who have not been charged with a crime.
Witnesses on site who captured the incident on video spoke to WGN about the moments leading up to the staffer's detainment.

Thomas added that when he made his way down to the scene, around 8:30 Friday morning, he realized there was another person already detained inside the minivan being used by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.
"I didn't get his name, although I asked for his name," Thomas said. "He didn't speak very good English. They claimed that the WGN employee was obstructing justice, even though she was, like all of us, just standing there, taking video.'
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Tricia McLaughlin ®
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She was arrested for throwing objects at law enforcement.
Heartland Signal D @HeartlandSignal • 3h
BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

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New York Focus @nysfocus.bsky.social · 53m

Reporting from New York Focus last year found that the Hudson Valley highway expansion would save drivers six minutes max, at a cost of $1.3 billion.
nysfocus.com/2025/10/14/h...

Hochul Hits Pause on Hudson Valley Highway Expansion

Reporting from New York Focus last year found that the project would save drivers six minutes max, at a cost of $1.3 billion.

nysfocus.com

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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 7h

Spotify is running recruitment ads for ICE and their owner is helping to develop military AI. Maybe hit that "cancel my account" button?

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 23h

Spotify is now running recruitment ads for ICE.

It’s time to cancel your account.

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Bo Bolander @bbolander.bsky.social · 53m

they do incredible work to try & help every animal that comes in at wild bird fund no matter how small and you should donate if you've got anything to spare, anyway

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Donate to Wild Bird Fund

To provide medical care and rehabilitation to native and passing migrant wildlife so that they can be released back into the wild.

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Mel🏳️‍🌈 she/they universal healthcare now @knownforms.bsky.social · 53m

Every time an elected Dem rep talks about the importance of bipartisan work and "reaching across the aisle", this is who they're working with:

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 1h

It’s funny how black people are expected to reach across the aisle to voters like these, while no one ever expects them to reach across the aisle to black people. Amazing who gets to be human, and who doesn’t.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 1d

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 14h

The 15 year old girl who was dragged from her car by ICE had recently had kidney surgery.

She was thrown to the ground despite screaming “I’m not resisting”

She had to return to the hospital.

These aggressive tactics will disable. They will kill.

They must be held accountable.

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Jerry Boyle @jecboyle.bsky.social · 2d

Pritzker’s goons shutting down protests at ICE Detention Center in Broadview.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2d

Troopers just violently attacked protesters, tackled several, several arrests, shoving activists and press with batons.

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 1h

The potential for shit like this is one reason why groups like LUCE in Massachusetts urge people to report sightings to them so they and their partners can directly warn people. A decentralized network is a lot harder to shut down. No big tech company will be in ally in the fight against ICE.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1h

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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wargen @funeralpig.bsky.social · 1h

Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves. One for practice and the other one is the "main" grave.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 3h

Everyone who complains about countries sending refugees to the US needs to grapple with our role in creating those refugees: funding paramilitary organizations in those countries, overturning democratic elections because the leader put in charge was too communist.

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Ⓐnarchohoodism @161bklyn.bsky.social · 1h

May a plague of frogs infest the entire US!

Image of protestors dressed in frog costumes. One "frog" holds a sign reading Portland Frog Patrol

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Ghost Rail enthusiast wife Daria @dariaphoebe.com · 4h

Fundraiser plea from Janet Mills. I replied STOP but she still seems to be running.

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Mel🏳️‍🌈 she/they universal healthcare now @knownforms.bsky.social · 1h

it's murder

Joshua Collins @murosinvisibles.bsky.social · 1h

Trump announces the bombing of yet another civilian boat in the Carribean, this time killing 6

Its becomming increasingly normalized

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 1h

Leaders of Young Republican groups “referred to Black people as monkeys and “the watermelon people” and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers.“ They ‘joked’ about raping their enemies and wondered which politician supports slavery.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 1h

video shared to social media shows dozens of masked border patrol agents facing protesters for roughly an hour before they ultimately used chemical munitions to disperse the crowd.

alder peter chico was spotted on the scene.

dozens of border patrol agents stand in a residential intersection. most are wearing dark green uniforms with long sleeves and pants. some are wearing camouflage. most have helmets and are wearing gas masks.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

Government workers 👇🏾

Lunch is on the house:

Being in the heart of downtown DC, we love that so many of our Federal employees stop by during lunch for a Donburi at China Chilcano or a Fútbol Club at Jaleo. And just because the government is shut down doesn't mean you have to miss out on your favorite lunch spot- because this time, its on us!
Join us for lunch from 11:30 AM to 3:00 PM at any of our participating restaurants and enjoy a free lunch item when you present your government ID-you heard that right! Dine in with us Monday through Friday and choose your favorite: a sandwich at Jaleo, a donburi at China Chilcano, a wrap or pita at Zaytinya, or a torta at Oyamel.
We've always believed in serving our community with open arms and good food-no shutdown can stop that.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 3h

"a test"? you mean...a violation?

AP: Israel plans to halve aid into Gaza over slow return of dead hostages, a test for the Gaza ceasefire

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 2h

Some bad news for that brand of Dem that still thinks there's some more reasonable GOP leadership out there that will eventually take the reins back...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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