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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 9h

federal agents stealing children and sending them south. where have i heard about that before?

Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 11h

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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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 7h

Another example of what we'd see more of with universal basic income.

NPR @npr.org · 8h

Craig Clark, 79, calls himself the "Tech Fairy." Clark spends his time refurbishing old laptops and giving them away for free to people who need them.

Need a laptop? This retiree refurbishes laptops, gives them away to those in need

Craig Clark, 79, calls himself the "Tech Fairy." Clark spends his time refurbishing old laptops and giving them away for free to people who need them.

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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 16h

Truth. 😳👇

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 7h

Police union leaders defending jan 6 after watching what those cops went through should have been the clarifying moment if nothing else (and there had been plenty before) bsky.app/profile/nota...

Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 7h

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

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Ashley Lynch ✂️🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 8h

This is why the costumes are honestly brilliant. Ngo, who has never said a truthful thing in his entire life (remember the concrete milkshake?) now has to convince people inflatable Sesame Street and animal costumes are violent terrorists.

Sometimes you just need an image too silly to demonize.

Michael Edison Hayden @michaelehayden.bsky.social · 10h

“They are highly organized … [they] have purchased their own animal costumes”

Andy ngo mad about muppets again — this time in Chicago

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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 9h

the next Democratic president absolutely cannot be as old-school nativist as Biden, we squandered a massive opportunity and it still ended up killing his approval ratings

Lee Drutman @leedrutman.bsky.social · 13h

Thermostatic public opinion, reacting against the governing regime, like old faithful.
globalaffairs.org/research/pub...

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The Spinoff @thespinoff.bsky.social · 8h

Fifty years of fighting for te reo Māori

Half a century after documenting the decline of te reo Māori, a leading researcher reflects on how close we came to losing our language – and what must happen now to keep it alive....

thespinoff.co.nz

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suha1001.bsky.social @suha1001.bsky.social · 16h

This is a great source for directing your funds to individual races.

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 16h

need Sunday reading? explore what's on the ballot next month!

I put together the 180+ key races you should know about, across 32 states.

so explore, & find the ones that interest you the most, here: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...

and let me highlight three under-radar races, in 🧵 below. ⬇️

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Amber @risettemd.bsky.social · 10h

I was sent to Conversion Therapy as a teen because my parents thought I was gay. I didn't realize what it actually was until my sister recently told me.

Thing is, I was never into guys and the "therapist" was utterly perplexed when I agreed with him that girls are hot.

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Starfish Who Can’t Think Something Witty @irhottakes.bsky.social · 10h

Imagine being a sweatshop manager in Shanghai told to crack the whip because American wizards need increased frog suit production to ward off an invasion of America by America.

Liv “Leev” Rainey-Smith @livraineysmith.bsky.social · 2d

Last night when I looked at this listing it said "200+ sold in last month". This morning it said "300+ sold in last month." Now...

Screenshot of amazon dot com listing for the inflatable frog costume currently known as the Portland Frog. It says "Currently unavailable. We don't know when or if this item will be back in stock." Then suggests that you might like other items and shows partial images of axolotl and gnome inflatable costumes

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14h

Hi Sally. When Weiss published a supposed expose on the death of George Floyd, a veteran criminal justice reporter showed in deep detail that the piece was not just wrong but filled with falsehoods and misrepresentations. Weiss did not retract the piece. What do you think of that?

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 16h

This is really smart. Amazed at the hysteria over the ascendance of a woman entrepreneur who clearly knows how to cover and sell news and who's not afraid to take on a mob. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

www.theatlantic.com

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 13h

we just received a surprise generous donation to bolts today so I want to say thank you to everyone who reads us and everyone who has decided to support us—we love that you see our value and sustain us!

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Stephanie Burt @notquitehydepark.bsky.social · 11h

Really bad and possibly against MA state law?

Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 11h

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...

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David Nir @davidnir.com · 11h

Sure seems like another climbdown, doesn't it, @joshtpm.bsky.social?

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ghostly gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 11h

One of the coolest things the archive has is the nearly complete archives of Houston's KPRC-TV, which the group acquired about a decade ago. The KPRC collection goes all the way back to 1961, and is an absolute treasure trove of Houston history. Here's a clip about the Houston Comets in 1999:

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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 1d

Our enemies are cowards, and we are going to defeat them.

Kombiz Lavasany @kombiz.bsky.social · 1d

Mom's 4 Liberty finally realizes they are on the losing end of a 75-25 issue seeing @rweingarten.bsky.social celebrating banned books and just decide to go with, no, no, the liberals are the book banners.

moms 4 liberty tweet attacking "the left" for being the real book banners because Randi Weingarten is celebrating banned book week.

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Stephanie Burt @notquitehydepark.bsky.social · 11h

Long ago IIRC Sally Jenkins wrote thoughtfully about women's sports.

Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 11h

“It doesn’t matter that Bari Weiss published dangerous disinformation frauds because pundit solidarity is what really counts.”

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 15h

Ratio me. Please. It's a badge of honor. If you don't like a link, go follow some chicken-heart who needs the approval of the thought-police. Caitlin Flanagan of @theatlantic.com is a tremendous writer and this piece is an excellent read. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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Lynn Stahl @msbtterswrth.altgov.info · 1d

Hot off the presses! If you need a bigger size to print your stickers let me know!

The Portland frog as a founding father, surround by the words "give me ribberty or give me death"

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The Economist @economist.com · 12h

Having been burnt by tariffs twice, American farmers and Chinese buyers will probably seek to reduce their mutual dependence. That is a boon for soyabean farmers in Brazil

American soya farmers are miserable. Brazil’s are ebullient

Donald Trump’s trade war has cemented Brazil’s place as the soyabean superpower

econ.st

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 15h

No. No. No.

(Nothing against Steven, I used to do this too until I learned that it was a bad idea.)

Swim goggles hit by a projectile (like a tear gas canister or pepper ball) can direct force to the area around your eyeball and pop it out of your skull.

NOT desirable.

Steven W. Thrasher is finishing The Overseer Class @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 15h

Pro tip to reporters and protesters: always have swim goggles in your pockets or bags. They’re small, $10 and if tear gas is used, slip them on & no matter how much you cough, you’ll still be able to SEE without burning eyes.

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Annie Abrams @annieabrams.bsky.social · 2d

"We are persuaded that the greatest single failure which appears from the evidence of our study is a failure to communicate to students the full meaning and purpose of a liberal education...It is nothing short of wicked to let our better students go to sleep." Gen Ed in School and College, 1953

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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 2d

Sign me up for whatever group wants to talk through these problems, particularly if we can use articles like this to help our thinking.

Anna E. Clark @annaeclark.bsky.social · 2d

I wrote about the divide between high school and college English, and what we might do to bridge it, for @publicbooks.bsky.social—part of an excellent roundtable on higher ed under Trump organized by @dennismhogan.bsky.social

www.publicbooks.org/toward-the-h...