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Betteridge’s Law @betteridgeslaw.bsky.social · 8h

Trump Has His Eyes on a Nobel Peace Prize. Will He Get It?

Trump Has His Eyes on a Nobel Peace Prize. Will He Get It? - Betteridge’s Law

No.

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Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 8h

My extended family went to Concord this past week, and I took great joy in lecturing them on How Henry David Thoreau Was Not, In Fact, All That.

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Skyla Dawn Cameron @skyladawn.ca · 9h

Thread (read all the posts) and quite true. Just ASK animal-related groups that are local: "I'm struggling, do you know of any pet food banks/options around?" because they usually have contacts and might run one themselves.

Krista D. Ball: Canada's Snarky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 9h

Gentle reminder: I am seeing more "I cannot afford pet food" posts & if you might face this in the near future/now, I recommend checking your local area's subreddit and posting if anyone knows of local programs for pet food. Many areas have small under-the-radar charities that give out pet food.

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 9h

Seeing a lot of "No Kings" protests groups using AI images lately

You aren't resisting fascism by using their tools

Be better than that

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 11h

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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Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 10h

That would be the "school to ICE pipeline" some have been concerned about.

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Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 10h

"An officer at the Everett Police Department said Monday a teenager was detained by a school resource officer Thursday on a felony offense."

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/13/m...

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Mass50501 @mass50501.bsky.social · 13h

The family’s attorney has begun working on the case, but need assistance to…
-Post bond for their 13 year old son

-Cover legal defense costs

-Cover the cost of travel to return their son home

www.gofundme.com/f/mim-ajuda-...

Donate to Our 13-Year-Old Son Was Taken by ICE — Help Bring Him Back, organized by Josiele Silva

English: Our 13-Year-Old Son Was Taken by ICE — Please He… Josiele Silva needs your support for Our 13-Year-Old Son Was Taken by ICE — Help Bring Him Back

www.gofundme.com

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Mass50501 @mass50501.bsky.social · 11h

If you live in the Everett, MA area please consider joining members of the community as the organize to help bring Arthur home!

#Everett #Malden #Revere #Saugus

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Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 10h

just saw a quote akin to "some liken AI to the microwave" and...no.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 10h

This isn't important, but: A weirdly high number of y'all keep referring to ministers/pastors as priests.

This is particularly odd, since *most* Christians in the U.S. belong to traditions that generally do not call their clergy priests!

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Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 11h

I hope we become better neighbors to you. Canada deserves it.

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Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 11h

An image of a tweet from the assistant director of Homeland Security?

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Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 11h

Fair.

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 11h

I don’t think you can “abuse” your right to protest

Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 15h

Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson's full statement, in which she says she will sign an EO permitting protest "only at the safety zone located at the ICE facility on Beach Street," is up on the village's website.

"There are too many protesters abusing their right to protest," Thompson says.

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Broadview Shrinks Protest Safety Zones

The following statement can be attributed to Village of Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson:

“The protests at the ICE facility on Saturday night degenerated into chaos. There were 15 arrests, and 10 of those were around the age of my own daughter. As a mother and a mayor, I am mad. Broadview didn’t choose to have the ICE facility in our community. But it’s here. And so are Broadview residents. There are too many protesters abusing their right to protest. Too many are raising their fists rather than their voices, creating chaos at the expense of the people who call Broadview home. Broadview residents lack the protestors’ privilege to return to calm, quiet neighborhoods for undisturbed rest.

Therefore, I have issued a new executive order, in consultation with the Illinois State Police and Cook County Sheriff, that permits protests only at the safety zone located at the ICE facility on Beach Street.

There will no longer be a designated protest safety zone at 2000 South 25th Avenue between Lexington and Fillmore.

Additionally, it has been only God’s grace alone that a protester has not been struck and killed by a motorist on 25th Avenue given how frequently protesters dash onto this busy, four-lane street. This new
measure will provide for both the serenity of residents and safety of protestors.

As I have repeatedly said, I respect, support, and defend the protesters’ free and – peaceful – speech against the outrageous injustices and deplorable unprovoked chemical arms attacks by ICE agents against American citizens, journalists, and ministers that put Broadview police and firefighters in harms’ way.

Nevertheless, my first priority is to defend public safety and the residents who live here and people who work here. They deserve stability, safety, and respect, a quality of life that is currently being denied to them. They deserve the love and kindness that they expect by being Broadview residents.”

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Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 11h

Happy Thanksgiving, Canada! Still grateful you are our neighbor!

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Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 11h

You can donate here: tinyurl.com/zrfe7xzx

/erp/donate/create/fund

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Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 11h

This isn’t getting attention in the lower 48:

bruinlover09 @bruinlover09.bsky.social · 11h

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day.
I just want to share this story about Indigenous communities in Western Alaska

www.adn.com/alaska-news/...

Dozens rescued, more than 1,000 displaced, at least 3 still missing after storm devastates Western Alaska

Winds over 100 mph and record tidal surges were reported in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta as the remnants of Typhoon Halong hammered the Bering Sea coast over the weekend.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 15h

When Mike Johnson or another national leader repeatedly claims they haven’t seen relevant things in the news, an appropriate reporter reaction would be “Holy cow, how do you not know?!? How can you do your job without knowing what’s happening? What are you doing to fix your ‘not knowing’ problem?”

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 16h

I don't understand why U.S. reporters so regularly seem to let politicians get away with 'I haven't seen that' about stuff a) they obviously know and b) is directly relevant to their job. Did they sign some kind of agreement never to ask a follow-up question?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

REPORTER: We know the president moved forward with mass layoffs. We're also learning there were significant cuts to staff at special education services. Are you comfortable with those cuts?

MIKE JOHNSON: I haven't seen the specifics of that and I don't know

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Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 13h

It is very much not the parents with the tools, at all.
And for that matter, plenty in education aren’t teaching to use Chromebooks, either!

We are the educators. The job falls to us.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 13h

If you live in Everett, Mass. and have any information about the 13-year-old boy abducted by ICE, please message me on Signal at marisakabas.04

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NPR @npr.org · 13h

In South Carolina, more than 150 unvaccinated schoolkids are under quarantine after being exposed to measles. Across the U.S., total case counts could be even higher than the official number.

U.S. measles cases continue to climb, with outbreaks across the country

In South Carolina, more than 150 unvaccinated schoolkids are under quarantine after being exposed to measles. Across the U.S., total case counts could be even higher than the official number.

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Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 13h

Right, so what are we doing to get the kid from Everett back?

Clearly, we call the Governor tomorrow. What else? #mapoli

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 16h

ALSO. ALSO. Needing us to find Europeans who condemned him for his actions at the time--and there are many! So many! My God so many!--is also some white supremacist bullshit, because the TAINO PEOPLE HE WAS MURDERING CERTAINLY CONDEMNED HIM FOR IT AND THEY WERE HUMAN BEINGS OF HIS TIME TOO.

Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 19h

Christopher Columbus was dragged back to Spain in chains by a crusading knight, convicted of tyranny and immeasurable cruelty, pardoned by Isabella but banned from returning to Hispaniola.

Fuck Columbus.

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Joshua Eaton @joshuaeaton.bsky.social · 14h

Well worth your time.

Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 14h

Today I was thinking about small kindnesses, simple inexpensive things that brighten a day, and I thought about how the receptionist at my school saved me from humiliation in front of the Headmaster on account of having left my belt in a vase.
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