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bort @crushbort.bsky.social · 15h

can you imagine just sitting down to plan this and not feeling any shame or hesitation. seeing jane goodall on the tv as you’re doing it and how her thing was gorillas and yours is getting ready to deport a guy who’s been wrongly imprisoned since reagan’s first term

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 16h

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 1d

it would probably be sorta hard for just anyone to do it *this well* because it requires you to actually be normal about trans people, but still it feels important to state for the record that WE ARE NOT HARD TO STAND UP FOR AND ANY OF THEM COULD DO IT.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 18h

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 19h

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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maura johnston @maura.bsky.social · 16h

turns out the answer to “are they malicious or just stupid” — a question often asked about big media boss types — is “yes, but sliiiightly more the former”

Blake Leyh @earlofedgecombe.bsky.social · 1d

If you think you know why US newspapers died, this feature documentary now streaming for free on PBS might surprise you. It wasn't the Internet. Newspapers were specifically targeted by vulture capitalists.

I composed the score for the film, which features electric cello & Crowfoot guitars.

Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink

A handful of journalists rebel against a hedge fund that is gutting newspapers nationwide.

www.pbs.org

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Rebecca Ford @beccamford.bsky.social · 21h

A double exclusive tag on obituary? How embarrassing.

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Tyler Coates @tylercoates.bsky.social · 22h

this email comes a few years late

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Tyler Coates @tylercoates.bsky.social · 22h

this one hurts people.com/diane-keaton...

Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79, PEOPLE can confirm exclusively. The actress was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

people.com

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Adam B. Vary @adambvary.bsky.social · 1d

I wish I was surprised that Deadline claims it asked questions that were actually asked by me and other journalists at this James Gunn press conference. No one from Deadline even *submitted questions* for it (and I know, because I moderated). This is just brazen and sad.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 1d

The Virginia Senate just told UVA it’s not getting state funding if it accepts the compact since UVA exists to serve Virginia, its residents, & their interests—not be a tool of the federal govt. Scoop from our student newspaper, who’ve been doing vital reporting www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...

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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 1d

“Days before the raid, the man who sheltered the mother and her daughter saw someone he believed to be a worker from the building taking pictures of the units “where the Venezuelans lived.’”

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Tyler Coates @tylercoates.bsky.social · 1d

I LOVED ROOFMAN!

Tyler Coates @tylercoates.bsky.social · 1d

gonna go see a man about a roof

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Tyler Coates @tylercoates.bsky.social · 1d

gonna go see a man about a roof

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Tyler Coates @tylercoates.bsky.social · 1d

already at the point in the season where i’m no longer going to chase down screening invites. if people want me to see their movies, they know how to find me.

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Tyler Coates @tylercoates.bsky.social · 1d

if giselle is not booked for wwhl on sunday, we’ve already failed

Tyler Coates @tylercoates.bsky.social · 1d

the potomac gals really have impeccable timing

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Tyler Coates @tylercoates.bsky.social · 1d

i noticed this little detail in altman’s nashville for the first time last night. gwen welles 💔

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Tyler Coates @tylercoates.bsky.social · 1d

thank you to @jamesgunn.bsky.social for teaching the children about Nelson

James Gunn @jamesgunn.bsky.social · 2d

Cannot thank Nelson enough for being in our #Peacemaker Finale “Full Nelson.” See this very special music video to their song “To Get Back To You” at the link!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORFA...

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Tyler Coates @tylercoates.bsky.social · 2d

she thinks it is a good idea that we are bombing boats in the caribbean

Tyler Coates @tylercoates.bsky.social · 2d

i’m sorry, this is your nobel peace prize winner? www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Venezuelan opposition leader dedicates Nobel Prize to Trump for ‘decisive support’

“I dedicate this prize to the suffering people of Venezuela and to President Trump for his decisive support of our cause,” she wrote in a post on X.

www.politico.com

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Tyler Coates @tylercoates.bsky.social · 2d

i’m sorry, this is your nobel peace prize winner? www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Venezuelan opposition leader dedicates Nobel Prize to Trump for ‘decisive support’

“I dedicate this prize to the suffering people of Venezuela and to President Trump for his decisive support of our cause,” she wrote in a post on X.

www.politico.com

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Tyler Coates @tylercoates.bsky.social · 2d

i feel like there must be some cellular outage on the east side today?

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Andy Beckerman @andybeckerman.bsky.social · 2d

I fell into an alternate universe, but so far, there doesn’t seem to be anything different. Oh well, I guess I’ll just watch an episode of Dream On starring Ben Brianbrian.

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Tyler Coates @tylercoates.bsky.social · 2d

this happening just eight days before his directorial debut hits theaters is what we in the biz call “a whoopsies”

Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 2d

Good for them

variety.com/2025/tv/news...

Human Rights Watch ‘Cannot Accept’ Donations From Aziz Ansari and Other Comedians Who Performed at Riyadh Comedy Festival

Human Rights Watch says it 'cannot accept' donations from Aziz Ansari and other comedians who performed at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.

variety.com

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QuoProQuid @quoproquid.bsky.social · 3d

what do you even say. what do you even say.

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