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SimplySonia @simplysonia.bsky.social · 24d

WEAR A MASK PLEASE 🙏🏼

It is literally community care at this point because the Pandemic never ended, one third of the population has Long Covid, they are criminalizing school absence and homelessness and taking away COVID days at jobs. Know what else? Prison = free labor basically.

Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 24d

Want some simple ways to resist fascism?

Wear a mask.
Donate to mutual aid.
Go to a local library.
Support community fridges and food banks.
Plant a garden.
Deliver groceries.
Provide a ride to and from doctors appts.
Participate in neighbourhood ICE watch.

Show up for others.

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 12h

Republicans: “Stop calling us Nazis just because you disagree with us.”

*Elon Musk Nazi salutes*

Young Republican group: “I love Hitler.”

This Congressman’s office:

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Barry Butler Photography @barrybutler9.bsky.social · 4h

Candle in the Windy City. This morning's sunrise highlights the steam coming off the top of the St. Regis building in Chicago.

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 3h

New from 404 Media: ICE, the Secret Service, and NCIS all had access to Flock's nationwide network of AI-enabled cameras, letter reveals. Shows many more federal agencies had access to network that authorities typically use without a warrant to search whole country

www.404media.co/ice-secret-s...

ICE, Secret Service, Navy All Had Access to Flock's Nationwide Network of Cameras

Flock has built a nationwide surveillance network of AI-powered cameras and given many more federal agencies access. Senator Ron Wyden told Flock “abuses of your product are not only likely but inevit...

www.404media.co

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 2h

A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

Post from WH about Chicago "in chaos," showing scene from another state.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2h

@nlgchicago.bsky.social is trying to raise $10k to fund ongoing legal support for protesters. They've had to cover long shifts at Broadview, and their volunteers have been repeatedly assaulted by police in the process. More info with ways to donate here: instagram.com/p/DP36ITJja-W/

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Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 1h

Unfounded claims of 500% and 1000% increases in assaults against ICE officers and a crackdown on “doxxing” of ICE agents looking like a red herring in greater federal effort to justify military deployment to U.S. cities @shaanthx.bsky.social reports

oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/10/16/i...

ICE promised doxing cases against Portland ‘anarchists.’ Months later, no charges filed • Oregon Capital Chronicle

Three months since Kristi Noem vowed charges against Portland "anachists" for doxing, it appears her agency has yet to follow through.

oregoncapitalchronicle.com

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 56m

It is both heartbreaking & terrifying to watch a democracy die. To see progress & justice reversed. To see darkness descend.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 1h

Gaza has around 20,000 unexploded Israeli bombs amid up to 70 million tonnes of rubble, posing a massive threat to Palestinians, as removal is blocked by Israel’s ban on heavy equipment, according to the Government Media Office.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/m73gl0

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SimplySonia @simplysonia.bsky.social · 27m

Oop. For you too.

SimplySonia @simplysonia.bsky.social · 13h

The only masked men you should trust: Brodido #AEWCollision

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SimplySonia @simplysonia.bsky.social · 13h

Kevin Knight really said the back of Dax's neck looks like a pack of hot dogs 🤣 #AEWCollision

SimplySonia @simplysonia.bsky.social · 13h

I would have liked to see Megan vs Beth Copeland #AEWCollision

SimplySonia @simplysonia.bsky.social · 14h

We've gone from the red error screen of death to the lowest res/pixaleted graphic that's probably a screenshot for OC #AEWCollision lol

SimplySonia @simplysonia.bsky.social · 14h

Yuta and Garcia aka The Traitors #AEWCollision

SimplySonia @simplysonia.bsky.social · 14h

CHRISTMAS HAM OF A MAN

I can't wait for the fan art #AEWDynamite

SimplySonia @simplysonia.bsky.social · 14h

JP took that hit for Kenny and I love a legit tag team finisher. I'm surprised how much I enjoy cheering Jurassic Express #AEWDynamite

SimplySonia @simplysonia.bsky.social · 15h

God damn they gave Kenny Nash 97 pyros lol #AEWDynamite

SimplySonia @simplysonia.bsky.social · 15h

Yo soy Hechicero = I Am Groot 😄 #AEWDynamite Also JP's giant Crocodile Dundee knife sheath 🤭

SimplySonia @simplysonia.bsky.social · 15h

THEY SHOT THAT SH!T LIKE A HORROR MOVIE BUT THE DIALOGUE WAS GIVING BATMAN V JOKER FROM THE DARK KNIGHT. Loved every bit of it. Was rolling my eyes at another face-to-face but that was 👩🏽‍🍳💋 #AEWDynamite

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stashpages @stashpages.us · 22h

is Zack vs Takeshita worth hunting down

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 19h

As for “How do we combat fascism today?” The way you put the question is helpful for answering it. The “we” is the hardest part. Who’s “we?” Getting that clear in your head puts a lot in motion. I think we fight fascism today by sticking together with the people who show up to fight fascism, and I think we fight fascism by sticking up for people who are targeted by the right and the powers that be. Sometimes you’re one of the targeted, sometimes maybe you’re not. The “we” ought to include both.

But sticking together with people who have in mind a different endgame from the one in your head and sticking up for the scapegoated and the targeted are hard things to do. Studying history, though, has a way of clarifying elements of practice. Learn from the examples of people who have done things in the past that you admire; learn too from the examples of people who have messed up.

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 19h

Generally speaking, these same people want to try Black and Latino teens as adults.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 19h

last i checked these young republicans were like 25 years old. but this is a classic case of infantilization to diminish the significance of the offense. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Vance downplays group chat messages: ‘Kids do stupid things, especially young boys.’

The vice president called the texts "edgy, offensive jokes."

www.yahoo.com

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 19h

ICE agents kidnapped a US citizen in Chicago because she didn’t “look” American to them. She even had her US passport on her. 🤬

ICE Detains Citizen After Saying She Doesn’t “Look Like” Her Last Name

She even had her U.S. passport on her.

newrepublic.com

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 18h

I just think AI is so exciting bc it's a machine that you can get wrong answers from, that yields environmental devastation, and is being forced on all of us

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 20h

NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams

NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams

The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...

www.thewrap.com

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