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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

More than 500 U.S. citizens have been detained by ICE, according to ProPublica. 70% of ICE detainees have no criminal conviction. Trump’s promise to go after the “worst of the worst” was always a lie. It was always a pretext to terrorize Black and brown communities. Remember this.

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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 th

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Roshaun L. Harris @rowilltellthetruth.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

What up doe and hello world! We're coming to you from tonight's Renaissance Center and East Riverfront Project- CBO meeting #6 starting at 6pm for #Detdocumenters @detdocumenters.bsky.social. Follow this thread for more coverage.

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Watchdog Progressive @watchdogprg.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The group chat used by the rapists to tell others that there was "free pussy" is one of the most repellent aspects of this entire crime. #Cornell

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...

But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.

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Irma Squirma 👻 🐛 @eckslibris.northsky.social · 23/09/2026

@jamestalarico.bsky.social My response to your fundraising text is, suppprt trans people. Unequivocally.

Text message from 737-259-0938, it says:

Talarico HQ : Is there ANYTHING we can say to convince you to contribute to our campaign before our FEC deadline ends in 7 days?

I responded "You can say you unequivocally support trans people"

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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026

I just honestly can't get over that Save Women Sports, an anti-trans group could only find five trans athletes competing K through 12. Five. The NCAA president testified a year and a half ago or so that there were less than 10 college level trans athletes. What the fuck are we doing, people

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

last night we had ed sheeran apologizing for saying what’s happening in palestine is bad and at the same time david byrne putting up a huge graphic that says MAKE AMERICA GAY AGAIN and showing footage of ICE brutality to a sold out crowd. you can actually be famous and successful AND give a shit.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

some people replying and saying ed sheeran can’t take the same risks as an established legend like david byrne, but then you look at olivia rodrigo who is 12 years younger than sheeran and just organized an entire festival to support ABORTION. bravery has little to do with age/experience.

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eliko thalia @museinrevolt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

just learned this today

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Amanda Hiber @amandahiber.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I fucking love riding Amtrak. While waiting for the bathroom, had a delightful convo with an elderly white dude wearing an Abdul for Senate pin; at every stop, the little girl in front of me loudly asks “ARE WE THERE?”; and the conductor just came on the mic to wish “Miss Naomi” a happy 9th birthday

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The NY Times is in “but her emails” mode regarding Abdul El-Sayed and Hasan Piker. Relentless and unfair. Where’s the big story about a Republican megadonor who is a white supremacist? Maybe NYT has heard of him. His name‘s Elon Musk.

NYT headline: A provocative streamer creates headaches for El-Sayed in key Senate race

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

so funny— @nytimes.com columnist Bret Stephens says this with 0 clue how out of touch it makes him sound: “My friends are ‘stuck’ with @ZohranKMamdani bc they were all on the Vineyard or in Greece,” he whines A window into who “we” is👇🏽🤔 when does the working class get a column?

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

We're being told that if we sacrifice the rights of some people, then the rest of us get to keep our rights. We all know that's some BS.

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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

CDC’s 9/11 world trade center health program was one of the first things this regime purged. just something to remember when republicans get really into the performative nationalism this week

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New York Republicans scold Trump for CDC cuts that affect 9/11 responders

Critics say the Trump administrations cuts to CDC staff will negatively affect a health fund for 9/11 first responders.

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential

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Briana Rice @brianarice.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Are you struggling to afford your water bills? Have you experienced a shutoff for nonpayment? I’m working on a story now about water affordability and what’s being done to keep water on for Detroiters. I’d like to talk with you! Please DM me or email me at briana@outliermedia.org. @outliermedia.org

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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

You’ve gotta use AI because it’s the future. But also it’ll take your job. But also it’ll create a paradise on earth and solve most of our problems. But also it’ll end humanity soon. But also you’ll get left behind if you don’t use it right now.

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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The AI problem is also, at the end of the day, about our democracy. The real problem is oligarchy. If we had a political system which represented what most people wanted, we could deal with AI in a way that ensured public benefits and safety. The problem is a few oligarchs decide our fate.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I've never seen anything I wanted to frame and hang over the mantel more desperately

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cunt dracula 🎃 @malwhere.northsky.social · 07/09/2026

It’s kind of horrible to be politically aware right now bc you log onto websites that contain The News and the actual fact of things is like “the president was up late tweeting ‘GLONZO IS ALL, GLORY TO GLONZO’ and has proposed renaming France to East America, a bold and questionably legal maneuver”

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Jeff, formerly of MN and MA, still God of Cookies @diasporaminnesotan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The last people I want to hear about "human nature" from are misanthropic Silicon Valley techbois. These people hate humans. They hate the users of their products. They keep trying to find ways to replace humans in the things we do. They can't bother with human rights, but demand machine rights.

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 07/09/2026

MY CAT: Runs over the keyboad. GOOGLE AI OVERVIEW: A clever observation, you hit a very valid point.

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Such a great performance.

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chefmichael @cheftsonton.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

goddamn hero...

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Beck Andoff @andoff.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I swear every pitch for why kids *NEED* to be trained on AI "to use it critically" is instantly made foolish by the idea of just teaching kids more comprehensive general media literacy and research skills. I use research rules I learned in high school on a daily basis, and I am almost 40.

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Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

This act is akin to burning a library to the ground. And these companies can & do erase archives whenever they like. We have got to develop systematic personal & organizational archiving practices that don’t trust record keeping to digital platforms that authors & users don’t own or control.

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

This has actually become a complete recalibration of what even matters and is at stake for all our classrooms. No matter what the field, what we teach, somehow we must all be part of the great AI push and prostrate ourselves at the feed of our tech gods, or be treated like children

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Ellie Mae O'Hagan @elliemaeohagan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I love the dedication in My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinhem

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Tom Wambsgans’ Second Wife, PhD @drwambsgans.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

We all agree that we’re demolishing this, right?

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Whether Arday cheated or not, whether he lied or not, the point is that the academic, media and social media hounding of Jason Arday was in fact unacceptable Unless you believe that the penalty for cheating and/or lying should be death, Im not clear why that Nature editorial is provoking some of you

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Amanda Hiber @amandahiber.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I’ve been watching old Law & Order SVUs from the pandemic and omg they also did that annoying thing people IRL did where they pull down their masks to talk. That’s when you most need a mask on, people! You’re spitting all over the special victims! I expected more from Olivia Benson

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Stone Cold Jane Austen @abbyhiggs.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

BREAKING: There’s been a massive recall of whatever it is you just put in your mouth

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 02/09/2026

Let this trouncing be a message to anyone who thinks throwing trans people under the bus is a good idea.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

She knows! ⚠️

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Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Almost every week, we see a liberal writer condemn “wokeism” or the “woke. . .” They are attacking a caricature, a perversion, a distortion of a historically Black concept that MAGA propagandists first distorted. These people are not serious thinkers.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

we have immigrant concentration camps, diarrhea lettuce, zillion dollar gas, suicidal soldiers, measles resurgence, national park land sold to the highest bidder and teachers crowdfunding school supplies, but the real problems facing our country are a muslim senate candidate and an influencer

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Ive been thinking the same thing, and kind of hesitant to say it out loud because we're already a group considered to be luddites and technophobes, when its really our sense that students absolutely must train their own minds to read primary sources, and think/write with primary+secondary sources.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 31/08/2026

macabre = “muh-KAHB” Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer” omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt” reticent = “RET-uh-sunt” epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee” myriad = "MEER-ee-ud" Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word. It means they learned it by reading.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

And now I will do a thread of anti-ICE art and displays at the MN State Fair. First: the textiles

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Elizabeth Taylor @elizabethtaylor47.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

It really bothers when people dismiss victims of bigotry and discrimination standing up for their rights as being 'culture wars', much 'identity politics'. Civil rights, and the ability to live your life free of harassment and bigotry is a material, serious political subject.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Moderation isn’t the answer — progressive populism is. I don’t understand how some members of my party hate the DSA and Hasan Piker more than literal white supremacists in our government. Especially if Democrats actually want to win.

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 30/08/2026

Mifepristone is safe and effective—and has been widely used for over 30 years. In fact, it’s safer than viagra. But Trump officials want to rip away access to medication abortion in ALL 50 states. It was never about states’ rights—it was ALWAYS about controlling women.

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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I am an incredibly sex+ person - both in my personal belief system and in my approach to violence prevention work. I've literally taught consent in kink spaces. But we really gotta address the mainstreaming of "choking" because it's really dangerous & more & more often seen as "normal" by youth.

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Police investigate death of teenage girl two days after alleged ‘sexual choking’ act in Sydney

Paramedics called to northern beaches home on Sunday evening before 16-year-old dies in hospital on Tuesday night after sexual strangulation act

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