Nancy Cooper FrankenSTEEN
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Reader, sometime writer, curious person. Russian literature Ph.D. Interested in Slavic languages, French language & literature, history, archeology #SlavaUkraini #TeamVPHarris
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congressmanraja.bsky.social
Despite what some, including at DHS, are claiming, this video isn’t from a year ago in Chicago. It was Friday in Hoffman Estates, in my district, a street I’ve walked myself. It appears to show a child being violently detained by ICE. It’s real, and I’m demanding accountability.
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dianetucker.bsky.social
#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡

Three women with a strong hat game...

• Amedeo Modigliani, "Jeanne Hébuterne with Hat" (1917)
• Francis Cadell, "The Black Hat" (1914)
• Annie Leibovitz, "Diane Keaton" (2011)
Portraits of three women who know how to wear a black hat and who are not shy about meeting our gaze • On the left is a painting by Italian modernist Modigliani whose unique style is characterized by elongated forms and simplified facial features. In the center is a painting by Scottish painter Francis Cadell who dabbled in a variety of colorful styles including Post-Impressionism and Fauvism. On the right is an outdoor photograph of Diane Keaton by American photographer Annie Leibowitz for Vogue magazine.
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marisakabas.bsky.social
I asked ICE why they couldn’t comment on their own arrest. The agent said to direct questions to DHS. And it appears DHS is making accusations via X to justify the abduction of a child.
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gwenckatz.bsky.social
"What should I paint on this vase"

"CEPHALOPODS"

"YOU ALWAYS SAY CEPHALOPODS"
alisonfisk.bsky.social
Marvellous Minoan clay vessels made by creative potters on the island of Crete during the Aegean Bronze Age around 3,500 years ago! 🤩

Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me

#Archaeology
From the Aegean Bronze Age, Minoan clay vessels with black handpainted decoration.on a pale biscuity-coloured slip

Top left - clay flask decorated in Minoan ‘Marine Style’’ with an octopus with tentacles writhing around the body of the vase. Additional motifs such as seaweed and rocks represent the seabed. From Palaikastro, 1500-1450 BC

Top right - clay rhyton in the shape of a bull’s head. A rhyton is a type of pouring vessel used for filling cups or making liquid offerings. There is a pouring hole at the bull’s mouth. From Knossos Little Palace, 1450-1375 BC

Bottom left - Nautilus vessel - clay rhyton depicting the seabed with nautili, corals and seaweed. From Phaistos Palace, 1500-1450 BC

Bottom right - Basket shaped rhyton decorated with double-axe motif. There is a small pouring hole in one of the bottom corners. From Pseira, 1500-1450 BC
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voteriders.bsky.social
BIG update for New Hampshire voters! 📢 If you're planning to vote absentee on November 4, you'll now need a photo ID, proof of citizenship, and proof of residency to request your ballot.

Don't get caught off guard! Get more info at VoteRiders.org/NH
NH Secretary of State reminds voters of new absentee ballot requirements
New Hampshire Secretary of State David Scanlan is reminding voters about new election law changes for those registering or voting by absentee ballot.
www.wmur.com
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milophd.bsky.social
We are governed by ghouls.
heylookitsruth.bsky.social
A mom in Houston reported her 15-year-old son with autism missing. She spent 6 days terrified, searching for him. The whole time, Houston police knew exactly where he was since they helped ICE place him in a refugee facility.

This is beyond cruel.
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
Missing teen with autism transferred to refugee facility by HPD
He is currently being held at an Office for Refugee Resettlement facility.
www.houstonchronicle.com
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minouette.bsky.social
Sharing my portrait of Isabella Aiona Abbott for #AdaLovelaceDay to celebrate #womenInSTEM and #IndigenousPeoplesDay.

🐡🧪👩🏻‍🔬 #histsci #ald25
minouette.bsky.social
Day 26 #SciArtSeptember prompt forage. My #linocut of #botanist Isabella Aiona Abbott (1919-2010), 🧪🐡👩🏻‍🔬 #histsci renown algae expert, celebrated seaweed cook, devoted teacher & mentor, expert on Hawaiian ethnobotany, the first Indigenous Hawaiian woman to earn a doctorate in science & the first woman
My linocut portrait of Isabella Aiona Abbott in indigo on cream coloured paper. She’s facing forward at a table in a shirt and sweater vest with a sheet with algae samples on the table. In my print, she is surrounded by algae of the Pacific, all of which appeared in Abbott's research publications, including several species she discovered, or based on images of specimen she personally collected or whose traditional use as food she documented. The algae are in pinks, khaki green and rust.
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rsouissivibes.bsky.social
ICE in DC, driving a white SUV with Ohio Plates.

Need to dox him and his entire life. If migrants deserve no peace, then this mofo deserves none.
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kateschapira.bsky.social
I see people sharing this, maybe as an act of shared mourning, an attempt to stir action, or confirmation that the world sucks. The death of reef ecosystems pushed me into a panic about climate change in 2013 & led to me starting the Climate Anxiety Counseling booth in 2014. So, a few things (1/5)
ncooperfrank.bsky.social
“Liking“ to wish you a good resolution, as soon as possible. I can imagine the weight of chronic fatigue.
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novicsara.bsky.social
Today seems like a good day to remind folks that the Christian school lobby was one of the biggest opponents of the ADA. They fought hard for (and won) exemptions for religious institutions from the law. Private schools are also not required to accept or accommodate disabled students.
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the-pied-piper.bsky.social
So, Łink is still banned? All the accounts we see catch bans and come back, and all the ones that mysteriously never get banned, but the one that stays banned is Łink?

Free Łink.
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jakewittich.bsky.social
The same ICE agent who handcuffed Ald. Jessie Fuentes has been filmed in at least 3 other violent encounters, including the viral arrest of a woman in Waukegan in front of the mayor.

“He’s obviously a danger to individuals and particularly women," Fuentes said.

Read more at @windycitytimes.com
Ald. Jessie Fuentes to file lawsuit against ICE agent who handcuffed her in Humboldt Park incident - Windy City Times
Ald. Jessie Fuentes (26th Ward) is preparing to file a lawsuit against the ICE agent who handcuffed and threatened to arrest her at Humboldt Park Health earlier this month. In an interview with Windy ...
windycitytimes.com
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papercatbookshop.bsky.social
Today is Indigenous Peoples' Day! Who are some of your favorite Indigenous authors?
A photo of a stack of books by Indigenous authors, including:

PROBABLY RUBY by LISA BIRD-WILSON.
THE HEARTBEAT OF WOUNDED KNEE by DAVID TREUER.
THE DEVIL IS A SOUTHPAW by BRANDON HOBSON.
FUTURE HOME OF THE LIVING GOD by LOUISE ERDRICH.
THE INCONVENIENT INDIAN by THOMAS KING.
PRAIRIE EDGE by CONOR KERR.
Calling for a Blanket Dance BY Oscar Hokeah.
FIRE EXIT by MORGAN TALTY.
MOON OF THE TURNING LEAVES by WAUBGESHIG RICE.
TEN LITTLE INDIANS by SHERMAN ALEXIE.
TO SHAPE A DRAGON'S BREATH by MONIQUILL BLACKGOOSE.
There There BY Tommy Orange.
NICHT OF THE LIVING REZ by MORGAN TALTY.
THE SEED KEEPER.
ALMANAC OF THE DEAD by LESLIE MARMON SILKO.
THE BIRCHBARK HOUSE by LOUISE ERDRICH.
BAD CREE by JESSICA JOHNS.
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ericmgarcia.bsky.social
Special education isn't a "nice thing to have." It isn't "charity" or doing something to make us feel better. It is a right. The right to a Free Appropriate Public Education is codified in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, signed by a Republican president.
crampell.bsky.social
U.S. Department of Education fired nearly everyone in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services in a wave of new layoffs that began Friday, according to the union representing the agency's employees. www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...
Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says
The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
www.usatoday.com
ncooperfrank.bsky.social
Count me as one of the viewers who only started watching Kimmel AFTER the goons suspended him
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phillewis.bsky.social
Stephanie "Tanqueray" Johnson, who went viral on the "Humans of New York" account by sharing stories about her life as a burlesque dancer in the 1970s, has died
A photo of Stephanie "Tanqueray" Johnson, sitting down, holding a photo of herself
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paleofuture.bsky.social
Border Patrol “attempted to arrest a plumber working inside a Logan Heights home but left empty-handed after the homeowner refused them entry.

The homeowner told agents she would not allow them inside because the warrant they presented did not include her address and lacked a judge's signature.”
Federal immigration operations target San Diego neighborhoods, sparking community resistance
Federal immigration agents conducted operations in Logan Heights and Southeast San Diego on Friday, with community members capturing footage of the enforcement actions.
www.10news.com
ncooperfrank.bsky.social
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stefanfatsis.bsky.social
My new book, UNABRIDGED, published by @groveatlantic.bsky.social, is out! It took a long time to report and write and I'm proud of it and would be grateful if you bought it and would love to see people when I'm traveling to promote it. Consider this an official book thread
Jacket cover of Stefan Fatsis's new book, Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat to) the Modern Dictionary
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bookswain.bsky.social
While he was at a school for sculptors set up by Lorenzo de' Medici in Florence Michelangelo carved his first true works in stone. This is one of them, a relief known as the Madonna of the Stairs.
He was around 15 years old at the time.
A relief sculpture of Mary and Jesus. 

“The figure of the Madonna, sitting on a square stone block, and in profile while looking away, occupies the entire height of the relief, from edge to edge, with a severity and monumentality reminiscent of classical reliefs. The composition of the sacred group is very original, at the same time blocked and dynamic, with the Virgin in a prophetic attitude, as she lifts her dress to feed or protect the child asleep, and generates a movement spiral thanks to the arrangement of opposite limbs. Jesus has let go of his arm behind his back and Mary comes to weave his feet, showing the right plant and breaking the stillness of the smooth surface of the bas-relief.”
Description and image via Wikipedia.


#Art #ArtHistory #Renaissance
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meredithshiner.com
It’s impossible to overstate how much “abolish ice” is the normie position now here in chicago — just countless random moms at toddler soccer on a park district field asking me where I bought my anti-ice t-shirt. average people don’t like our neighborhoods being terrorized.
lauraolin.bsky.social
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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helenkennedy.bsky.social
Every day it gets worse.
caitlindeangelis.bsky.social
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.