Bettina
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The Epstein Files, everybody!
December 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The Epstein Files, everybody!
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The LAPD shot two people within 24hrs of each other. One was a person allegedly in a mental health crisis, the other had “what looked to be a gun” and it reads like he was shot in the car. The dept has shot 46 people this year.
December 19, 2025 at 9:50 PM
The LAPD shot two people within 24hrs of each other. One was a person allegedly in a mental health crisis, the other had “what looked to be a gun” and it reads like he was shot in the car. The dept has shot 46 people this year.
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"putting in the time and the work" sounds to me like the sort of thing a young person is expected to do as a consequence for behavior
December 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
"putting in the time and the work" sounds to me like the sort of thing a young person is expected to do as a consequence for behavior
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A study just came out of Colorado looking at prison libraries' contributions to pro-social behavior / reentry success, and I am very much looking forward to diving into it this evening to see their findings! 📚📜
www.lrs.org/the-prism-pr...
www.lrs.org/the-prism-pr...
The PRISM Project – Library Research Service
www.lrs.org
December 15, 2025 at 5:50 PM
A study just came out of Colorado looking at prison libraries' contributions to pro-social behavior / reentry success, and I am very much looking forward to diving into it this evening to see their findings! 📚📜
www.lrs.org/the-prism-pr...
www.lrs.org/the-prism-pr...
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This is insane. No one’s coming.
One under-appreciated part of this: note the bit below about “and their dependents.”
Under the Trump admin’s new policy, dependent children of visa applicants are not allowed to have their social media set to private during the entire visa process. They MUST make their social media public.
Under the Trump admin’s new policy, dependent children of visa applicants are not allowed to have their social media set to private during the entire visa process. They MUST make their social media public.
From the US Embassy in London today.
December 12, 2025 at 2:34 AM
This is insane. No one’s coming.
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Illinois law expands mental health services at public colleges
Illinois law expands mental health services at public colleges
Illinois mental health law help expand mental health services at public colleges in 2026.
www.25newsnow.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Illinois law expands mental health services at public colleges
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This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
December 12, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
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Strong geomagnetic storm could make Northern Lights visible in Chicago area mid-week
www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/c...
www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/c...
Could geomagnetic storm make Northern Lights visible in Chicago area?
The Chicago area could be in for a treat this week, as a strong geomagnetic storm could trigger a vivid Northern Lights display.
www.nbcchicago.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Strong geomagnetic storm could make Northern Lights visible in Chicago area mid-week
www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/c...
www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/c...
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It is a truth universally acknowledged that everyone who tries to minimise Palantir's role in public life gets branded as a conspiracy theorist at some point, but look! Yet again! It's all here! Very clearly! And still, govts will
work hard to accommodate and legitimise Palantir
work hard to accommodate and legitimise Palantir
Opinions that confirm the public's intuition that Silicon Valley leaders are evil: "legalizing US war crimes would open up a whole new market."
futurism.com/future-socie...
futurism.com/future-socie...
Palantir CEO Says Legalizing War Crimes Would Be Good for Business
Palantir CEO Alex Karp recently rhapsodized that US air strikes on Venezuelan civilians would be good for business, if only it were legal.
futurism.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:35 AM
It is a truth universally acknowledged that everyone who tries to minimise Palantir's role in public life gets branded as a conspiracy theorist at some point, but look! Yet again! It's all here! Very clearly! And still, govts will
work hard to accommodate and legitimise Palantir
work hard to accommodate and legitimise Palantir
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“Professionalism”...tends to exclude disabled people and...people who are not...upper income straight white dudes...Alice wrote about what society’s idea of a “professional” voice...sounds like, and how voices like hers,...affected by...disability, would not fit."
www.nonprofitaf.com/take-it-easy...
www.nonprofitaf.com/take-it-easy...
“Take it easy in this capitalist hellscape”: Lessons I learned from Alice Wong
“Take it easy in this capitalist hellscape.” That’s the last line that Alice sent me. We had been exchanging emails, as I had quoted her in my new book and wanted to make sure she was OK with it. I as...
www.nonprofitaf.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:07 AM
“Professionalism”...tends to exclude disabled people and...people who are not...upper income straight white dudes...Alice wrote about what society’s idea of a “professional” voice...sounds like, and how voices like hers,...affected by...disability, would not fit."
www.nonprofitaf.com/take-it-easy...
www.nonprofitaf.com/take-it-easy...
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“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
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“Successfully”
NYPD statistics obtained by CBS News New York show of the 3,676 encampments visited by police so far this year, 2,046 were successfully cleaned out, but only 117 people were placed in housing.
NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani plans to stop destruction of homeless encampments. Here's what he wants to do instead.
The destruction of homeless encampments across New York City, a hallmark policy of Mayor Eric Adams' administration, will be halted by Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.
cbsloc.al
December 6, 2025 at 4:33 AM
“Successfully”
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‘Since the US-brokered ceasefire was announced on 10 October, Israeli forces have killed more than 360 Palestinians in Gaza; according to a UN official, at least 70 are children… On average, Israeli weapons now kill seven people a day’ www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
‘Bloodshed was supposed to stop’: no sign of normal life as Gaza’s killing and misery grind on
The term ceasefire ‘risks creating a dangerous illusion life is returning to normal’ for Palestinians squeezed into the remaining 42% of their land behind Israel’s ‘yellow line’
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:09 AM
‘Since the US-brokered ceasefire was announced on 10 October, Israeli forces have killed more than 360 Palestinians in Gaza; according to a UN official, at least 70 are children… On average, Israeli weapons now kill seven people a day’ www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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Bye AHA. You’re toast. Irrelevant.
Last week the @historians.org Council decided to deny its members the opportunity to vote on two resolutions—one in solidarity with Gaza and one condemning the sustained assault on “core principles of education” in the US and abroad—at the organization’s conference next month. 1/ 🗃️
December 6, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Bye AHA. You’re toast. Irrelevant.
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From Mayor Brandon Johnson’s social media.
December 6, 2025 at 1:45 AM
From Mayor Brandon Johnson’s social media.
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I love this line
This fall, Hawaii's supreme court rejected an argument that recording interrogations is burdensome for police: “If children can record everyday events with ease, law enforcement cannot claim hardship to record perhaps its most consequential investigative act.”
Hawaii Supreme Court Expands Rights of Defendants, and Once Again Rebukes SCOTUS
The justices ruled that Hawaii’s constitution requires police to record interrogations. And they vowed to protect due process for Hawaii residents—unlike, they said, the Roberts Court.
boltsmag.org
December 6, 2025 at 1:47 AM
I love this line
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Nick has been on this story since Day One. Vital coverage from a phenomenal reporter @theintercept.com
Entire Chain of Command Could Be Held Liable for Killing Boat Strike Survivors, Sources Say
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s actions could spark investigations for war crimes or outright murder, sources told The Intercept.
theintercept.com/2025/12/02/h...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s actions could spark investigations for war crimes or outright murder, sources told The Intercept.
theintercept.com/2025/12/02/h...
Entire Chain of Command Could Be Held Liable for Killing Boat Strike Survivors, Sources Say
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s actions could spark investigations for war crimes or outright murder, sources told The Intercept.
theintercept.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Nick has been on this story since Day One. Vital coverage from a phenomenal reporter @theintercept.com
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“Almost every day, we would have multiple mass-casualty events with 20–60 wounded arriving. I would regularly remove pieces of shrapnel between an inch to half an inch long from patients’ bodies.” Dr. Feroze Sidhwa details how Israel’s decimation of Gaza has made it ‘impossible’ for hospitals.
Israel’s decimation of Gaza has made it ‘impossible’ for hospitals to function
In a Q&A with Prism, Dr. Feroze Sidhwa detailed the catastrophic conditions he witnessed during a medical mission at the European Gaza Hospital
prismreports.org
December 2, 2025 at 3:18 PM
“Almost every day, we would have multiple mass-casualty events with 20–60 wounded arriving. I would regularly remove pieces of shrapnel between an inch to half an inch long from patients’ bodies.” Dr. Feroze Sidhwa details how Israel’s decimation of Gaza has made it ‘impossible’ for hospitals.
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"Professors interviewed by the Sun-Times disagreed that the university remains autonomous. They decried the agreement as a violation of academic freedom and free speech.
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'I’m gobsmacked at the idea that anyone can say with a straight face that this isn’t an invasion into our academic freedom.'"
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'I’m gobsmacked at the idea that anyone can say with a straight face that this isn’t an invasion into our academic freedom.'"
Northwestern secured $790 million in restored federal research funding through a Trump administration deal that closed multiple federal investigations and terminated a pro-Palestinian encampment agreement with students.
What Northwestern accepted from the Trump administration to get back $790M in research funds
chicago.suntimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:28 PM
"Professors interviewed by the Sun-Times disagreed that the university remains autonomous. They decried the agreement as a violation of academic freedom and free speech.
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'I’m gobsmacked at the idea that anyone can say with a straight face that this isn’t an invasion into our academic freedom.'"
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'I’m gobsmacked at the idea that anyone can say with a straight face that this isn’t an invasion into our academic freedom.'"
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#OtD 2 Dec 1859 US abolitionist John Brown was executed by the state of Virginia for his leadership in a plot to incite an armed rebellion against slavery stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1265...
December 2, 2025 at 8:40 AM
#OtD 2 Dec 1859 US abolitionist John Brown was executed by the state of Virginia for his leadership in a plot to incite an armed rebellion against slavery stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1265...
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CEMBALEST: “.. alternative investment managers are swimming in the deep end of the pool: buyout and venture portfolios are full of unmonetized companies .. and private credit funds have loosened underwriting standards after a deluge of committed capital.”
December 2, 2025 at 3:06 PM
CEMBALEST: “.. alternative investment managers are swimming in the deep end of the pool: buyout and venture portfolios are full of unmonetized companies .. and private credit funds have loosened underwriting standards after a deluge of committed capital.”
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Jesus fucking Christ
November 26, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Jesus fucking Christ
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The sheer cruelty is breathtaking.
After Biden commuted the sentences of 37 men on federal death row last year, the Trump administration is retaliating by sending them to the supermax. Prisoners are locked in cells smaller than a parking space 22-24 hours a day.
One prisoner told me he fears he won't make it out alive.
My latest:
One prisoner told me he fears he won't make it out alive.
My latest:
Death Row Prisoners Granted Clemency by Biden Brace for "Living Hell" Under Trump - Bolts
Trump officials are retaliating by imposing the harshest conditions in the entire federal prison system, including near total isolation.
boltsmag.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The sheer cruelty is breathtaking.