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Smith816 @smith816.bsky.social · 9h

And have him announce while wearing his tan suit.

Smith816 @smith816.bsky.social · 13h

Well written piece, as always. An entire system and community failed this man. May your telling of his story be the catalyst one day for his sons to reconnect with their father.

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Tristan Lee @tristanl.ee · 16h

Decoherence Media will identify and expose fascists, whether they’re wearing khakis, a suit, or a badge.

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Tristan Lee @tristanl.ee · 16h

I'm excited but a bit sad to announce that I've left Bellingcat to start a nonprofit investigative outlet focused on the far-right. We're called Decoherence Media, and we're launching today.

Decoherence Media @decoherence.media · 17h

Welcome to Decoherence Media, an independent nonprofit founded by @jennefer.bsky.social and @tristanl.ee that investigates authoritarian and anti-democratic movements using open-source and data-driven methods.

Welcome to Decoherence Media!

We're an independent, journalist-founded nonprofit investigating authoritarian and anti-democratic movements using open-source and data-driven methods.

decoherence.media

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Catalin Cimpanu @campuscodi.risky.biz · 1d

A new Microsoft Teams feature will let organizations track employees based on nearby WiFi networks.

According to privacy experts, the new feature will allow companies to crack down on workers who dodge return-to-office mandates.

www.microsoft.com/en-us/micros...

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Aram Sinnreich @aramsinn.bsky.social · 1d

"Smart devices" are ALWAYS surveillance devices, as @jesgilbert.bsky.social & I write about in The Secret Life of Data. If it needs To Connect to WiFi in order to operate, you don't want it in your home.

futurism.com/robots-and-m...

Man Alarmed to Discover His Smart Vacuum Was Broadcasting a Secret Map of His House

One man's robot vacuum was constantly communicating with its manufacturer, sending a detailed 3D map of his house halfway across the world.

futurism.com

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Smith816 @smith816.bsky.social · 1d

The irony. 🙃

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Smith816 @smith816.bsky.social · 1d

I’d be throwing a printed version of this in every sack of food.

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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 2d

The Steady State: Autocratic Indicators
(Derived from Accelerating Authoritarian Dynamics: Assessment of Democratic Decline, The Steady State, Oct 16 2025)

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Smith816 @smith816.bsky.social · 1d

This refers to the video message to the congregation but it’s an entertaining read given that’s not super clear at first.

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American Oversight @weareoversight.bsky.social · 1d

The Department of Homeland Security told us it can no longer search for text messages — and that it hasn’t maintained text message data since April.

This isn’t just obstruction — it’s unlawful. We’re taking them to court.
americanoversight.org/american-ove...

American Oversight Seeks Emergency Court Relief Over Apparent DHS Cover-Up of Text Messages by Noem, Other Top Officials - American Oversight

The lawsuit follows our bombshell revelation that the agency stopped preserving text messages in April amid heightened scrutiny over inhumane immigration enforcement.

americanoversight.org

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Smith816 @smith816.bsky.social · 1d

Looking forward to reading it. Hope it includes Hala Rharrit’s account of how she was silenced and forbidden from sharing photos of Gaza in her presentations.

Smith816 @smith816.bsky.social · 1d

Get enough Dems to saturate media saying this then cut a fifteen second spot of boat strike, Trump and Rubio b-roll. “It’s murder.” “It’s murder.” “It’s murder.”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Gallego: "It's murder. It's very simple. If this president feels they are doing something illegally, then he should be using the Coast Guard. If this is an act of war, then you use our military and then you come and talk to us first. But this is murder ... it's disgusting."

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 1d

Some clown stole @madisonswart.bsky.social's video. He claimed authorship, changed the captions, and made up a story that the guy in the video is a cop. Not true. He's not a cop! See: bsky.app/profile/madi...

Raider rarely gives a source or verifies. Just pumps it out to 67K followers. Wrong!

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 2d

NYPD Cop is sick and tired of TEMU cops AKA ICE GOONS racial profiling and harassing him.

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d

This is the good shit right here

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bessent on Trump bailing out Argentina: "It is America first because we are supporting a US ally."

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Smith816 @smith816.bsky.social · 2d

Correct, looks like she was sworn in last December.

Smith816 @smith816.bsky.social · 2d

👇🏻

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tejanarusa @tejanarusa.bsky.social · 2d

Former prosecutor, per article. But he obviously does have law enforcement connections still.

Smith816 @smith816.bsky.social · 2d

Good catch. Ty.

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Smith816 @smith816.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks. That screenshot I posted of the magnet on the ICE truck with AZ plates was was from the Chicago video though. Nothing is clear if they’re plate switching as some have said and not wanting to be tracked.

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Smith816 @smith816.bsky.social · 2d

Oh geez. Trolling as they detain and assault people.

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Smith816 @smith816.bsky.social · 2d

Apparently Blackhawk pajamas guy is the Cook County Prosecutor. There’s a good lesson here. He says he imagined ahead of time how he would respond.

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/25/c...

Federal immigration agents deploy tear gas in Chicago’s Irving Park and Avondale neighborhoods

Federal immigration agents again deployed tear gas on Chicago streets Saturday morning, despite mounting scrutiny from a federal judge over their use of the chemical weapons.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Smith816 @smith816.bsky.social · 2d

The barefoot guy in the Blackhawk pajamas is the Cook County prosecutor.

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/25/c...

armando l sanchez @mandophotos.bsky.social · 2d

Border patrol agents deployed tear gas on the 3700 block of North Kildare where residents say a landscape worker, a resident, and a woman on a bike were detained. Video from a resident.