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Beth Gould

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 19h
NEW FROM PP The Trump admin keeps denying immigration agents are grabbing Americans, so we tracked it 500+ Americans detained 70+ kids, some cuffed or zip-tied 60+ held after filming 36+ held for day+ w/o access to lawyer ~12 deported (yes, deported) projects.propublica.org/american-cit....
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 05/10/2026
[car dealership waiting room] Me: [chanting] knobs, knobs- Other car buyers: knobs, KNOBS Car salesman: [pounding desk] KNOBS, KNOBS, KNOBS!
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Knobs Returning To Some Automakers’ Vehicles, To The Relief Of Many
Auto companies are listening to the complaints of consumers, who want their knobs and buttons back.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Just a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination. She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth. Because he’s a goddamned coward.
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Outgoing Sen. Tillis regrets pivotal vote for Hegseth: ‘He’s an actor. He’s not a manager’
Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis spoke to MS NOW about regretting his vote to confirm Pete Hegseth and his strained relationship with Trump.
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Molly Coleman @mollycoleman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This week marks 10 years since I had an abortion. It wasn’t traumatic or heart wrenching—I just didn’t want to become a parent while 24 and living in a shoebox in Brooklyn. I will never be able to convey the rage I feel at the men who have spent the last decade making women less free and less equal.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Translation: Sociopath elitist tech fascists who think they’re creating God and believe democracy is the enemy want us to finance our own demise to let them take over the world. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
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Beth Gould @abgesquire.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Listen, I have a pet that I care about more than is healthy, too, but I don't think I should get to sacrifice humanity or the planet so he can thrive. I guess I'm not entrepreneurial enough.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It’s confusing that @theatlantic.com described this man as a “a lifelong Democrat who had voted for Trump for the first time in 2024” who when these are some of his very easily findable FB posts:
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Mr. Dan Zak @mrdanzak.com · 04/10/2026
A Haitian man legally immigrated to Ohio, then was given an ankle monitor bc Trump withdrew his status. He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted. “Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
theatlantic.com
A Reckoning in Springfield
A truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become.
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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 03/10/2026
You'd think that the Democratic party would be making hay over their opposition's biggest donor fighting to let his bot keep making revenge porn.
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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
No matter how bleak things may seem, just remember that in the 1960s the US Coast Guard received reems of earnest letters begging them to save those poor castaways on Gilligan's Island.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Mike Pompeo has been rewarded with a teaching fellowship at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. The same school that canceled my class on media, race and international affairs. @columbiasipa.bsky.social share.google/KEvTy5yER71U...
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Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to join SIPA faculty
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will join the School of International and Public Affairs as a fellow at SIPA’s Institute of Global Politics in March, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
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noahhunter.bsky.social @noahhunter.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I am an LSAT tutor who is looking for new clients. I have been a full-time tutor for over 13 years. I work all over the country via FaceTime or Zoom and have had great results with clients helping people get into all of top schools. Additional details in thread. Reposts deeply appreciated.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage. To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse.
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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
you do want to see this
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CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Latest: I wrote about internal ICE reviews---now deleted from ICE's website---revealing new details medical neglect in detention centers. The reports contradict DHS' public statements both generally and specifically about in-custody deaths reason.com/2026/10/01/i...
According to the internal report on Blaise's death, "A mortality review committee (MRC) determined BTC did not provide Ms. BLAISE medical care within the safe limits of practice."

The MRC found that, after Blaise collapsed, "1) BTC health staff deviated from basic life support (BLS) protocols; 2) Health staff failed to initiate cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), despite Ms. BLAISE's pulselessness; and 3) Health staff did not include Ms. BLAISE's vital signs with their documentation of the emergency response."

The mortality report contradicts the public report ICE published on Blaise's death, which claimed that staff called for emergency medical services (EMS) and "immediately began cardiopulmonary resuscitation" and "continued providing CPR until EMS personnel arrived."
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Men Explain Rape to Me.
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Beth Gould @abgesquire.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Hope you learn something from these replies.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A truly heinous man has doxxed the Cornell victim on X and the comments are predictably vile. Based on countless interviews I’ve done with survivors, the trauma they are subjected to for coming forward is oftentimes even worse than the initial trauma they experienced. There is no real justice system
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Hagen Blix @hagenblix.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Look, the solution is obvious. Hold the execs accountable for the crime that the committed by their greedy negligence. Who cares about "superintelligence", what's rogue here is a number of companies with unsafe business practices which knowingly endanger the public
nytimes.com
OpenAI Ignored Employees’ Warnings About Safely Testing A.I. Models
Employees and security researchers said they had cautioned the company on safely testing its A.I. models and strengthening its corporate infrastructure, but OpenAI did not listen.
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dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
look we're all making a big bet on AI! and if it pays off as big as we hope, well, it's going to make a handful of people super rich and you're going to lose your job but get to watch mickey mouse fuck geralt from the witcher. if it doesn't pay off well then you get to pay for the bailouts
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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“It’s not ALL men.” None of the 50+ men the Cornell rapists invited to come join them in raping a woman they’d drugged went to the authorities or tried to stop it. Not all men would rape an unconscious woman, but where are the men who’d try to stop it, or EVEN FUCKING OBJECT?
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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass with an estimated 800,000 people in Paris on Saturday, after spending the morning with migrants, the poor, and adults newly entering the Catholic Church. “For Christians,” he added, “the poor are not a sociological category, but the very ‘flesh’ of Christ.”
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Drawing 800,000 in Paris, Pope Leo XIV Calls on the Church to “Make Room” for Migrants and the Poor
“No one is so poor as to have nothing to give.” Before Mass, the pope sat with migrants and told catechists to respect each person’s pace. Six altar servers with Down syndrome served his Mass.
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VPM News @vpm.org · 26/09/2026
Scott Ukrop said his father Jim's north star was shaped by a sense of competition and a belief in taking care of the customer: “Really trying to treat people to see how you'd like to be treated.”
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Jim Ukrop, who helped grow grocery store into Richmond institution, dies at 89 - VPM
He was a "lifelong innovator" with a strong passion for his community and Richmond's growth.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
a president planning military operations based entirely on election cycles is actually a giant scandal
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Politics and Health 🗳️ 🩺 @politicshealth.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
So fuc*ing infuriating and sad. The CDC used to be the crown jewel of the world's scientific firmament. Other countries came to us for help fighting deadly diseases. Its disease detectives learned what caused illness and helped change practices to prevent them. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...
nytimes.com
‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)
The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
What's hard about public policy is weighing the trade offs. For example, something sucks really bad and everyone hates it, but on the other hand several evil trillionaires think it's good. What are you supposed to do in that situation
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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Why doesn't he rely on in his body's natural defenses?
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Monterey Bay Aquarium @montereybayaquarium.org · 24/09/2026
Take our seven-question quiz to meet your otter twin! Are you bold and adventurous? Or do you have the superstar energy who shows off for her fans? Discover if you're most like Selka, Ivy, Opal, Suri, or Willow! 👉 bit.ly/4hJaW30
Two southern sea otters with wet fur sitting next to each other. One otter is holding food in their paws.A California sea otter, or southern sea otter, with wet fur looks at the camera
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Andy Carvin @acarv.in · 24/09/2026
Another preventable death in ICE custody. Meanwhile, hundreds of other detainees have required treatment for frostbite, malnutrition, even starvation.
americanoversight.org
Records Raise Questions About Medical Treatment and Conditions in Immigration Detention Facilities - American Oversight
Data detailing offsite medical care shows the urgency of treatment for detainees experiencing many medical conditions.
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Adam Rogers @jetjocko.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A lot of things make me feel kind of dumb, including how to take at face value the logic of “we are a multibillion dollar transnational industry building a vengeful elder god, and we definitely won’t stop unless you regulate us the way we want, which is a secret.”
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Joe Flynn @chinajoeflynn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Hi folks. If you saw this, you know the administration plans to only accept white South Africans next year. Tomorrow is Congress's formal say before the determination is signed. Please check this brief thread on why I'd like you to speak out for the Afghan people still in limbo...
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Beth Gould @abgesquire.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It really boggles my mind how Musk broke the moon a few weeks ago and that's somehow one of the least concerning things about him.
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 22/09/2026
Tyrannosaurus xkcd.com/3300/
Comic. [Person with long hair pointing to diagram with Tyrannosaurus Rex standing next to a person.] PERSON: We now believe the primary prey of Tyrannosaurus Rex was these humans who kept standing next to it for scale.
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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
lighthouses should be made illegal. those poor rocks cannot be expected to subsist on litter and debris. they need full meals
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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.゚✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Instead of tariff-exempt potash from Saskatchewan (the world's biggest supplier, and which has rail-links directly to the US), Trump thinks why don't we just substitute a landlocked Russian-client-state located 4,500 miles from any US farmer
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 21/09/2026
I'm sure Elon Musk's heart is riddled with plenty of genuine, personal transphobia, but the real reason he's spending money to scapegoat trans people is to distract the public from the fact that he is the real danger to our economy, our republic, and the world
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Distressing update from Wilber’s lawyer via IG a short while ago:
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 20/09/2026
"My opponent wants to hire creeps to inspect your daughter's genitals if she wants to play soccer. I wouldn't trust him or any hired weirdo from his pedophile-protecting party alone in a room with any kid." Go on the offensive, you cowards! It's not that hard!
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
every day of my life I think about the people using “she” to describe this computer program who still need to be convinced to use it for trans women
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Beth Gould @abgesquire.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I hope that K9 has the time of his life with all that TP.
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Goad (Legal Expert) @goad.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Hello fellow legal experts. Happening now in Richmond, Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger announces an executive order against data centers that includes banning NDAs and ending fast tracking permits that has helped the data industry thrive.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
“Maria Elvira Salazar did this. She owns all of these deportations, ICE harassment and racial profiling. She voted for all this. She gave Trump the money and the tools to do this.”
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Lisa Guerrero @lisaguerrero.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Not only did I meet Robert Kraft, I worked for him. His kid Jonathan asked me to “remove the black music” from my gameday playlist in ‘94 & I refused so they fired me. I was the cheerleader director at the time.  I sued them for wrongful termination and won. So yes, I know that motherfucker. 
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Jeff (Hot Type) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I'm fed up with incomplete, credulous reporting like this. I sent the email below to reporters. Journalists: Google TESCREAL before you write about these dangerous nutters. The Anonymous Math Geek Who Quit Anthropic—and Became the Face of AI Safety www.wsj.com/tech/ai/jaco...
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 16/09/2026
I don’t listen to ed sheeran’s music, but I’m not listening to it even harder now
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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Even a lot of people on the left are still way too stuck on the idea that wealthy powerful people got that way by being smart and making plans and forming accurate reads on the world and it’s really just not like that, sorry, the truth is so much stupider
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Joshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 16/09/2026
I know we’re numb to this, but it is really bad that journalists and politicians both feel so comfortable lying. Society cannot sustain itself when its elites just lie like this.
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Average Price: Ground Beef, 100% Beef (Cost per Pound/453.6 Grams) in U.S. City Average
Average Price: Ground Beef, 100% Beef (Cost per Pound/453.6 Grams) in U.S. City Average
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Dan Why-Ner @danweiner.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Tyler Owens with all time teach tape for Special Teams players at every level of football.
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The rule they are overturning was predicted to give $120 billion in public health benefits by 2047, with projections that by 2035, it would would prevent up to 1,200 premature deaths, 870 hospital and emergency room visits, 360K asthma attacks, 48K school absence days and 57K lost workdays each year
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Beth Gould @abgesquire.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The barely suppressed smile is so gross
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