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Joey Scott @joeyneverjoe.bsky.social · 14h

Gavin Newsom signed two important criminal justice reform bills last week. One reigns in police interrogations of family members who were shot by police. Another reforms the Racial Justice Act by adding more avenues for incarcerated people to have their cases re-examined for racial bias.

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 10h

I asked Border Patrol why they used a Michael Jackson song with antisemitic lyrics, highlighted this morning by @paleofuture.bsky.social. You're not gonna believe this but they did not answer my questions: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Border Patrol won’t say why it used a Michael Jackson song with antisemitic lyrics

The video was live on Facebook and Instagram for two months.

www.motherjones.com

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Kathleen Bush-Joseph @kathleenbush.bsky.social · 8h

Honduras registra más de 30 mil retornados entre enero y septiembre de 2025

www.elpais.hn/honduras-reg...

According to the National Migration Institute of Honduras (INM), 30,638 Honduran nationals returned to the country between January & September 2025. This figure represents a 21%

Honduras registra más de 30 mil retornados

Al menos 30,638 hondureños fueron retornados al país entre enero y septiembre de 2025, según el Instituto Nacional de Migración de Honduras.

www.elpais.hn

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Wendy Fry @wendyfry.bsky.social · 1d

But I do have to protect my time if I’m going to be able to do the work I want to do at this point in my career and I don’t typically feel comfortable recommending ie social services or lawyers etc.

Wendy Fry @wendyfry.bsky.social · 1d

Journalists: How do you respond to members of the public who write in with a tip that you absolutely do not and will not (probably in the next four years) have time to get into or work on? Is simple: “don’t have the bandwidth” ok? Feel bad b/c sometimes these are very personal and terrible problems.

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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: A stunning new study finds that satellite transmissions—from calls and texts on T-Mobile to US and Mexico military communications—were sent unencrypted for any snoop to grab. @agreenberg.bsky.social and @mattburgess1.bsky.social have the scoop: www.wired.com/story/satell...

Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data

With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypte...

www.wired.com

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First Amendment Coalition @facoalition.bsky.social · 8d

Interested in writing about immigration arrests/deportations in your community? Join FAC’s Paloma Esquivel and journalists @wendyfry.bsky.social @jicastaneda.bsky.social & Jill Castellano at AccessFest for tips on covering immigration enforcement at the state/local level.

AccessFest 2025 - Investigative Reporters & Editors

IRE's virtual conference, AccessFest, is October 9-11, 2025. Join us for training and learn how to be a better watchdog journalist!

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First Amendment Coalition @facoalition.bsky.social · 15d

Interested in writing about immigration arrests/deportations in your community? Join FAC’s Paloma Esquivel and journalists @wendyfry.bsky.social @jicastaneda.bsky.social & Jill Castellano at AccessFest for tips on covering immigration enforcement at the state/local level.

AccessFest 2025 - Investigative Reporters & Editors

IRE's virtual conference, AccessFest, is October 9-11, 2025. Join us for training and learn how to be a better watchdog journalist!

www.ire.org

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Kathleen Bush-Joseph @kathleenbush.bsky.social · 10d

Federal Agent in Chicago Shot Motorist in Confrontation, Officials Say

The clash touched off more protests in the city over immigration enforcement. The Illinois governor said National Guard troops could be deployed soon against his wishes

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/u...

Federal Agent in Chicago Shot Motorist in Confrontation, Officials Say

www.nytimes.com

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WIRED @wired.com · 12d

United States immigration authorities are moving to dramatically expand their social media surveillance, with plans to hire nearly 30 contractors to sift through posts, photos, and messages to target people for deportation.

ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team

Documents show that ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.

www.wired.com

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Wendy Fry @wendyfry.bsky.social · 12d

California sues city over surveillance data, warns it can be shared with federal agencies

calmatters.org/justice/2025...

California sues city over surveillance data, warns it can be shared with federal agencies

California limits how police store and share data they collect with automated license plate readers to protect residents' privacy. The state is suing El Cajon, alleging it's misusing that data.

calmatters.org

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Kathleen Bush-Joseph @kathleenbush.bsky.social · 12d

California gave counties power to inspect ICE detention centers. They’re not using it

From @wendyfry.bsky.social

calmatters.org/justice/2025...

California gave counties power to inspect ICE detention centers. They’re not using it

California's seven ICE detention centers have to open their doors to local health departments. So far, county officials aren't making much use of that power.

calmatters.org

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Wendy Fry @wendyfry.bsky.social · 13d

Noooo @duolingoverde.bsky.social you can’t show up on my Apple Watch. This thing is just supposed to tell me when I’m a lazy ass about PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

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Madison Swart @madisonswart.bsky.social · 13d

An ICE agent inside 26 Federal Plaza outside an immigration hearing, his glasses branded “Nemesis,” reflect the journalists documenting him in the hallway. Following Tuesday’s incident at 26 Federal Plaza, the image underscores the tense dynamic between press and ICE agents inside the building.

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CalMatters @calmatters.org · 13d

Some California teachers who posted social media comments critical of Charlie Kirk were disciplined, raising concerns about free speech. https://cal.news/4pRVN1m

📷 Miguel Gutierrez Jr.

A classroom at a school in Sacramento on May 11, 2022. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters

HED: Charlie Kirk fallout hits California schools. At least 20 teachers in California’s K-12 schools are facing disciplinary action after they made derogatory comments about right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk.

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WIRED @wired.com · 14d

Workers at one agency were given unhinged, partisan language to use when setting out-of-office replies. www.wired.com/story/govern...

Federal Workers Are Being Told to Blame Democrats for the Shutdown

Workers at one agency were given unhinged, partisan language to use when setting out-of-office replies.

www.wired.com

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 14d

JUST IN: A U.S. citizen from Alabama who has been detained twice by ICE while working at a construction site, has filed a class action suit claiming ICE's broad warrantless arrest powers violate the constitution. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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First Amendment Coalition @facoalition.bsky.social · 20d

Reporters: Writing about immigration arrests/deportations in your community? Join FAC’s Paloma Esquivel & journalists @wendyfry.bsky.social @jicastaneda.bsky.social & Jill Castellano at AccessFest for tips on covering immigration enforcement at the state/local level.
www.ire.org/training/con...

AccessFest 2025 - Investigative Reporters & Editors

IRE's virtual conference, AccessFest, is October 9-11, 2025. Join us for training and learn how to be a better watchdog journalist!

www.ire.org

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First Amendment Coalition @facoalition.bsky.social · 22d

Reporters: Writing about immigration arrests/deportations in your community? Join FAC’s Paloma Esquivel & journalists @wendyfry.bsky.social @jicastaneda.bsky.social & Jill Castellano at AccessFest for tips on covering immigration enforcement at the state/local level. www.ire.org/training/con...

AccessFest 2025 - Investigative Reporters & Editors

IRE's virtual conference, AccessFest, is October 9-11, 2025. Join us for training and learn how to be a better watchdog journalist!

www.ire.org

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 26d

Mario Guevara is here legally and is not facing any criminal charges.

He is being thrown out of the country for nothing but reporting news.

US appeals court orders deportation of Atlanta journalist detained by Ice

Mario Guevara faces imminent removal from US as his attorney files emergency petition

www.theguardian.com

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Adam Isacson @adamisacson.com · 27d

Of great interest to perhaps 0.5% of readers:

- yt-dlp, a command-line app, can finally download videos of Senate hearings. This has never worked.
- Whisper speech recognition (an app like MacWhisper) can quickly turn the downloaded audio into a decent-quality transcript.

github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp

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Wendy Fry @wendyfry.bsky.social · 26d

2/2 CoreCivic, the private for-profit prison company running California City, said earlier today conditions were good and meet federal standards.

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Wendy Fry @wendyfry.bsky.social · 26d

Immigrants rights groups report officers are in military gear & gas masks & are threatening to use force against detainees inside the newly reopened California City detention facility. Detainees started sit-ins & refusing meals to protest conditions; lack of access to meds 1/2

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Wendy Fry @wendyfry.bsky.social · 29d

This tracks.

Sara Century @saracentury.bsky.social · 29d

Bartender just accurately guessed I'm a journalist because I'm carrying a camera, I look tired, and I ordered the beer with the highest percentage of alcohol.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · Sep 12

I hate the fact that in order to understand this stuff you have to have also poisoned your own brain.

tagishsimon.bsky.social @tagishsimon.bsky.social · Sep 12

The BBC's self-described "far-right expert", too, construes it all as antifa.

The markings on the bullets described by authorities indicate that the suspect, Tyler Robinson, was steeped in online culture and included references to the Antifa, or the anti-fascist, movement.

A fired shell casing was inscribed with “notices bulges OwO what’s this?” - a reference to a “copypasta” - a piece of text that is repeated over and over again, often to troll people online.

Authorities say one unfired casing had the words “Hey fascist! Catch!” and an up, right and three down arrows. The three down arrows alone could be a common symbol used to represent the anti-fascist movement. As a whole, the sequence of arrows could reference a gaming cheat code - although this remains unclear, and authorities have not yet released images of the casings.

A second casing had the lyrics to a song “Bella Ciao” inscribed on it. The song honours WWII-era partisans of the Italian resistance who fought Nazi Germany.

The third unfired casing was inscribed with the words “If you read this, you are gay lmao” - again an apparent reference to online trolling humour.

Antifa is a loose collection of far-left activists who have been active in the US over the last decade, at street protests and other events.

They often oppose Trump's policies and far-right groups.

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