@deezigns.bsky.social
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"Téllez was on his way to drop his kids at school in north Portland when he was pulled out of his car by federal agents.
"The arrest drew dozens of neighbors into the streets to record the arrest and push back against immigration authorities...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
"The arrest drew dozens of neighbors into the streets to record the arrest and push back against immigration authorities...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Portland leaders condemn use of pepper balls during immigration arrest
City leaders urged federal authorities to “immediately cease the use of chemical munitions” in Portland’s neighborhoods.
www.seattletimes.com
December 21, 2025 at 9:53 PM
"Téllez was on his way to drop his kids at school in north Portland when he was pulled out of his car by federal agents.
"The arrest drew dozens of neighbors into the streets to record the arrest and push back against immigration authorities...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
"The arrest drew dozens of neighbors into the streets to record the arrest and push back against immigration authorities...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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Only a few days left to give to my winter fundraiser for our local animal shelter. We're getting closer to $7,000 - can you help us get there? Thank you!! 🎁 givebutter.com/n5l31M
December 21, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Only a few days left to give to my winter fundraiser for our local animal shelter. We're getting closer to $7,000 - can you help us get there? Thank you!! 🎁 givebutter.com/n5l31M
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Millennial and Generation Z Christian influencers are increasingly filling a void in American religion, growing audiences across digital platforms by steering young people to biblical answers to tough questions that aren’t always answered in Sunday sermons.
These influencers are teaching Christianity online — and young people are listening
Christian influencers are reaching hundreds of thousands of young people online. They share podcasts and videos with biblical advice on tough questions that aren't always answered in Sunday sermons.
bit.ly
December 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Millennial and Generation Z Christian influencers are increasingly filling a void in American religion, growing audiences across digital platforms by steering young people to biblical answers to tough questions that aren’t always answered in Sunday sermons.
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Mistake too many make is to imagine fascism as static. It’s barely an ideology; it’s definitely not stable. It’s not enough to say, “yeah I already knew they were bad.” This speech in this context means tomorrow is more dangerous than yesterday.
December 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Mistake too many make is to imagine fascism as static. It’s barely an ideology; it’s definitely not stable. It’s not enough to say, “yeah I already knew they were bad.” This speech in this context means tomorrow is more dangerous than yesterday.
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People are rightly disgusted by this speech, but it’s a measure of fascism’s normalization that many see this as more of the awful same rather than what I think most of us who’ve been reporting this beat hear it as: a significant calculated escalation. Full alert stuff.
JD Vance gets the biggest applause of his speech so far when he says "by the grace of God we always will be a Christian nation"
December 21, 2025 at 9:57 PM
People are rightly disgusted by this speech, but it’s a measure of fascism’s normalization that many see this as more of the awful same rather than what I think most of us who’ve been reporting this beat hear it as: a significant calculated escalation. Full alert stuff.
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OPINION: "There is reason to believe that diagnoses are given just as flippantly and immovably as this doctor’s prognosis was delivered. For African Americans, the diagnosis and subsequent overuse of antipsychotics is a longstanding inequity," Jacquese Armstrong writes.
Opinion | How We Can Prevent Misdiagnosis of Schizophrenia in African Americans
Jacquese Armstrong writes about how to better address misdiagnosing African Americans with schizophrenia and other mental illnesses.
buff.ly
December 21, 2025 at 10:01 PM
OPINION: "There is reason to believe that diagnoses are given just as flippantly and immovably as this doctor’s prognosis was delivered. For African Americans, the diagnosis and subsequent overuse of antipsychotics is a longstanding inequity," Jacquese Armstrong writes.
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I hear a lot of disgust for many older democratic elected officials and calls for primaries and challenges. First I was suspicious but as a 77 yo voter I have to agree. If a candidate isn’t working for the people they should leave by any means necessary.
December 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I hear a lot of disgust for many older democratic elected officials and calls for primaries and challenges. First I was suspicious but as a 77 yo voter I have to agree. If a candidate isn’t working for the people they should leave by any means necessary.
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Garcia: If you are a whistleblower at the FBI, at the DOJ, if you worked hard to put the files together and are seeing your work now being hidden by your own DOJ, contact the oversight committee. We have whistleblower protections.
December 21, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Garcia: If you are a whistleblower at the FBI, at the DOJ, if you worked hard to put the files together and are seeing your work now being hidden by your own DOJ, contact the oversight committee. We have whistleblower protections.
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December 21, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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I regret nothing.
December 21, 2025 at 2:57 AM
I regret nothing.
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"AI-enhanced"? Enhanced racism.
When “AI-enhanced pathology diagnostic systems” were presented with radiology results, they tended to identify demographic information from the images then use those demographics as the basis of diagnosis. Leading to errors in 1/3 of diagnoses for Black patients.
Doctors Catch Cancer-Diagnosing AI Extracting Patients’ Race Data and Being Racist With It
"Reading demographics from a pathology slide is thought of as a 'mission impossible' for a human pathologist, so the bias in pathology AI was a surprise to us."
www.yahoo.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:28 AM
"AI-enhanced"? Enhanced racism.
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I had not been notified that we've reached the stage of history where the fascists don't have to be caught by surprise by a punch, but rather just walk right into a ring and volunteer themselves to be punched.
🚨 Andrew Tate has been BATTERED and comprehensively beaten by a novice boxer, Chase DeMoor
December 21, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I had not been notified that we've reached the stage of history where the fascists don't have to be caught by surprise by a punch, but rather just walk right into a ring and volunteer themselves to be punched.
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Small business owner successfully stops ICE goons in northern Illinois.
December 21, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Small business owner successfully stops ICE goons in northern Illinois.
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This month, OpenAI announced "up to $2 million" in funding for research on AI safety and well-being. This may seem generous, write J. Nathan Matias and Avriel Epps, but following in the footsteps of other tech giants facing scrutiny over mental health impacts, it's nothing more than grantwashing.
Beware of OpenAI's 'Grantwashing' on AI Harms | TechPolicy.Press
J. Nathan Matias and Avriel Epps say OpenAI's announced research funding is the perfect corporate action to make sure we don't find answers for years.
buff.ly
December 21, 2025 at 3:30 AM
This month, OpenAI announced "up to $2 million" in funding for research on AI safety and well-being. This may seem generous, write J. Nathan Matias and Avriel Epps, but following in the footsteps of other tech giants facing scrutiny over mental health impacts, it's nothing more than grantwashing.
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This is the best argument for wealth caps. There are levels of individual wealth and power that are fundamentally incompatible with democracy and broadly-enjoyed human freedom.
In our book, @kateconger.com and I argued that Musk knows he is too big to fail.
There is nothing that can hold him or his wealth accountable. His enormous wealth allows him to buy whole companies or boost political candidates on a whim. And that will become even more apparent in coming years.
There is nothing that can hold him or his wealth accountable. His enormous wealth allows him to buy whole companies or boost political candidates on a whim. And that will become even more apparent in coming years.
December 20, 2025 at 12:23 AM
This is the best argument for wealth caps. There are levels of individual wealth and power that are fundamentally incompatible with democracy and broadly-enjoyed human freedom.
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A real first for me. Short-eared Owls (Asio flammeus) in broad daylight! Usually I’m shooting with an ISO in the thousands at dusk with these special birds. This was at ISO 250 with a shutter speed of 1/2500. Such fantastic detail. State Game Land 214, Crawford County, Pennsylvania. #birds 🪶
December 20, 2025 at 1:13 AM
A real first for me. Short-eared Owls (Asio flammeus) in broad daylight! Usually I’m shooting with an ISO in the thousands at dusk with these special birds. This was at ISO 250 with a shutter speed of 1/2500. Such fantastic detail. State Game Land 214, Crawford County, Pennsylvania. #birds 🪶
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Some shots I took of a black winged stilt by my apartment. 🪶
December 20, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Some shots I took of a black winged stilt by my apartment. 🪶
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Can’t stop thinking about this. The Trump administration is essentially extorting hospitals into dropping gender-affirming care—without Medicare or Medicaid they’d go bankrupt. It’s akin to a backdoor ban even for people with private insurance, a proposal that wouldn’t pass Congress.
Under the proposed rule issued by the Trump Administration today, any Medicare- or Medicaid-participating hospital would be barred from providing gender-affirming care to *any child*, even if the care is not paid for by Medicare or Medicaid.
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-23465.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-23465.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov
December 20, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Can’t stop thinking about this. The Trump administration is essentially extorting hospitals into dropping gender-affirming care—without Medicare or Medicaid they’d go bankrupt. It’s akin to a backdoor ban even for people with private insurance, a proposal that wouldn’t pass Congress.
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Dr Assal Rad—
"Reports and footage have been circulating all day, where is this headline in Western media?
"How is this not considered news?"
"Reports and footage have been circulating all day, where is this headline in Western media?
"How is this not considered news?"
December 20, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Dr Assal Rad—
"Reports and footage have been circulating all day, where is this headline in Western media?
"How is this not considered news?"
"Reports and footage have been circulating all day, where is this headline in Western media?
"How is this not considered news?"
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Insane that Trump’s CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER is the one managing the release of the Epstein files
December 19, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Insane that Trump’s CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER is the one managing the release of the Epstein files
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"If you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention. Soon, no veteran will be able to ignore the systematic dismantling of the VA."
Read @membrich.bsky.social's commentary: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Read @membrich.bsky.social's commentary: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
December 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM
"If you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention. Soon, no veteran will be able to ignore the systematic dismantling of the VA."
Read @membrich.bsky.social's commentary: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Read @membrich.bsky.social's commentary: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Excellent news: Paulina Borsook's "Cyberselfish"—which warned of toxic tech politics back in 2000—will be republished in 2026!
Will share full details when they become public.
You can support her work here: www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
Will share full details when they become public.
You can support her work here: www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
December 20, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Excellent news: Paulina Borsook's "Cyberselfish"—which warned of toxic tech politics back in 2000—will be republished in 2026!
Will share full details when they become public.
You can support her work here: www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
Will share full details when they become public.
You can support her work here: www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
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I’ve talked with Maria pretty regularly for 6 years now. Her story has remained consistent. Here is what she told us back in 2019.
www.nytimes.com/2019/08/26/u...
www.nytimes.com/2019/08/26/u...
The Sisters Who First Tried to Take Down Jeffrey Epstein (Published 2019)
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I’ve talked with Maria pretty regularly for 6 years now. Her story has remained consistent. Here is what she told us back in 2019.
www.nytimes.com/2019/08/26/u...
www.nytimes.com/2019/08/26/u...
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HUGE NEWS from the new Epstein files:
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Epstein Files Include 1996 Child Porn Complaint That F.B.I. Ignored
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
HUGE NEWS from the new Epstein files:
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...