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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
lmao
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Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
How is “viewpoint diversity” not just affirmative action for people with bad ideas
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Micah @rincewind.run · 12/04/2026
Viktor Orban accomplished so much of what the Trump movement wants to accomplish here he ruled for 16 years and rewrote the rules in his favor and still, they threw him out and you know what? they did it by voting don’t let anyone tell you voting doesn’t matter
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stuart @stuartp.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
if Trump nukes Iran it will be because no one powerful in america has ever been seriously punished for anything
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 07/04/2026
do we honestly have no way of ending a presidency for posting “a whole civilization will die tonight”
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Matt Johnson @analogqwerty.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Oh that will surely make the next group of leaders want to negotiate with you in good faith.
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Evan Berry @ecothought.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Targeting civilian infrastructure is a war crime. The media should report that.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
The US President casually announcing his intention to commit war crimes on social media. That's where you're at, America.
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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
I don't go in for most media-bashing on here, but this new thing where Trump calls access reporters during trading hours and gives them the SCOOP that the war's about to end is pretty egregious.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/03/2026
TAPPER: You know that if you vote against an additional $50 billion of funding for operations in Iran, that vote will be cast as you voting against the troops. CHRIS MURPHY: Come on. The American people do not want this war. If you support the troops, you should be voting against this war.
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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 07/03/2026
this is explicitly genocidal
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Kirk Murphy @kirkmurphy.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Evergreen
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Trump Says 'I Guess' Americans Should Worry About Iran Retaliating on U.S. Soil: 'Like I Said, Some People Will Die' people.com/trump-says-i...
people.com
Trump Says 'I Guess' Americans Should Worry About Iran Retaliating on U.S. Soil: 'Like I Said, Some People Will Die'
In an interview with 'Time,' President Donald Trump acknowledged the possibility that Iran retaliates with attacks on U.S. soil, saying, 'We think about it all the time. We plan for it'
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Daniel Abraham @abraham.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Embracing embodiment seems like the way to go.
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Ty Schalter @tyschalter.com · 10/02/2026
hell yes.
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 10/02/2026
we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
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Linda Blair @mjmbca.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
“Mister President, Canada is moving ahead on trade with China because they no longer see us as a reasonable and dependable trading partner.” “Well, what if I told them that the first thing China would do is take all their ice hockey away?”
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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
OK "god bless america" and then naming every country in the americas from south to north is absolute king shit
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Matt Johnson @analogqwerty.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
You know when we call them secret police it’s not because we thought nobody including ICE knew who they are.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 29/01/2026
The Electronic Frontier Foundation stands with the people of Minneapolis and with all of the communities impacted by the ongoing campaign of ICE and CBP violence. EFF will be closed Friday, Jan. 30 as part of the national shutdown. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
eff.org
EFF to Close Friday in Solidarity with National Shutdown
The Electronic Frontier Foundation stands with the people of Minneapolis and with all of the communities impacted by the ongoing campaign of ICE and CBP violence. EFF will be closed Friday, Jan. 30
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 26/01/2026
Oh wow: Major U.S. Cardinal (Tobin of Newark) is calling for Catholics to urge lawmakers to vote against ICE funding. Via @ncronline.bsky.social
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 24/01/2026
Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 25, 2026
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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now
Alex Pretti from his early days working at the VA
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It's The Weekend 😌 @craigweekend.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Hakeem Jeffries deserves to be unemployed.
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Elliott Payne @elliottpayne.org · 22/01/2026
Statement from the entire Minneapolis City Council in support of a General Strike and Day of Truth & Freedom on January 23rd.
"Minnesota is deeply grounded in the values of community, compassion, dignity, and solidarity. The violent actions of federal agents have had profound effects on families and communities across our city and state, creating an environment of chaos, fear, and disruption in our neighborhoods. This federal operation has made life difficult for many residents to shop for groceries, go to work, take their children to school, or keep their small businesses open. When residents are brutalized and profiled, families are torn apart, and children are arrested, our communities are not any safer. We continue to demand that ICE, and all federal agents leave our state immediately. Minnesotans have a long tradition of activism, protest, and civic engagement during significant inflection moments in our state. A broad coalition of labor organizations, faith communities, community-based organizations, students, small businesses, and workers have called for a statewide Day of Truth and Freedom as a time for solidarity, community, mutual aid, and protest. The Minneapolis City Council fully supports this action as a time to exercise your constitutional rights, to express support for our neighbors, and demand the end of this federal occupation. We acknowledge and respect the diverse ways individuals, families, essential workers, students, and businesses may choose to observe this day and support our community.
Together, with our community, the City Council reaffirms our commitment to civic expression, community safety, and our immigrant neighbors. We will continue the work of ensuring justice, freedom, and dignity for all during and beyond this occupation."
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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
UNREAL: Per NY Times amazing reporting today they found "Trump has used the office of the presidency to make at least $1.4 billion. We know this number to be an underestimate because some of his profits remain hidden from public view." We live in a 3rd world sh*thole! www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
nytimes.com
Opinion | How Trump Has Used the Presidency to Make at Least $1.4 Billion
The president took an oath to serve the American people. Instead, he’s focused his second term on enriching himself and his family.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
"Trump Escalates His War on America as Dems Debate What Words They Can Say" Trump is launching increasingly violent invasions of blue cities while Democratic elites are concerned some might say: ‘Abolish ICE.’ Important reporting from @swin24.bsky.social & @andrewperez.bsky.social for Zeteo:
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Trump Escalates His War on America as Dems Debate What Words They Can Say
The president is launching increasingly violent invasions of blue cities. Meanwhile, Democratic elites are concerned some might say: ‘Abolish ICE.’
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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 19/01/2026
I love a city that always does the impossible. Doesn't always win, always tries.
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
This is not okay
Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording says
A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being choked to death by guards at an ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3.
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Matt Johnson @analogqwerty.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Damn, all those appropriations but these guys can’t seem to afford any rock salt
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Matt Johnson @analogqwerty.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Good point I hadn't thought about - if Trump could find some way to cancel election it wouldn't help him because the house would no longer exist when all the terms expire on 1/3/27 and the senate would flip to a 34-33 dem majority.
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Matt Johnson @analogqwerty.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Maybe the least important part of this but why did you need to run simulations to understand the price of a meal? I would love to see the model they built to simulate how much does a taco cost to make.
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Alex Han @alexhan.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
this is a group of unions and community orgs who have walked their talk many times before inthesetimes.com/article/minn...
inthesetimes.com
Minnesota's Labor Week of Action Is a Bold Experiment in Social Justice Unionism
A coalition of unions and community groups are uniting to build worker power and win community demands in what's being hailed as a model for social movement unionism.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
The US Department of Agriculture suspends all federal funding to Minnesota, effective immediately.
January 9, 2026
THE HONORABLE TIM WALZ
Governor of Minesota
130 State Capitol
75 Rev Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Bivd.
St. Paul, MN 55155
THE HONORABLE JACOB FREY
Mayor of the City of Minneapolis
City Hail
350S. Fifth St., Room 330
Minneapolis, MN 55415
Dear Governor Walz and Mayor Frey,
It is my responsibility as Secretary of Agriculture to ensure sound stewardship of taxpayer dollars by climinating fraud, waste and abuse in all programs funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The widespread and systemic fraud associated with federal benefit programs in the State of Minnesota and the City of Minneapolis demonstrate an inability to handle federal resources without additional oversight and accountability measures in place.
During your tenures as Governor of Minnesota and Mayor of Minneapolis, numerous non-profits and businesses have defrauded the federal government in what a federal prosecutor in Minnesota called "a staggering, industrial-scale fraud".! Most notably, a Minneapolis-based nonprofit— Feeding Our Future defrauded U.S. taxpayers of nearly $250 million in federal funds given to them by the Minnesota Department of Education.? This fraud scheme involved USDA funding provided to the State of Minnesota to feed hungry children under the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) and the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP). As of late November, 78 defendants had been charged in what the Department of Justice characterized as the largest COVID-19 fraud scheme in the country?
Other recent examples of'alleged fraud in Minnesota include exploitation of the Small Business Administration Paycheck Protection Program", a scheme to defraud the Housing Stabilization
1-Whut te know about Minnesoca' "industrial-scale fraad" scandal, as more charges are fled and Trump weighs in, "CES Nows (Dic. 19, 3025) available at ht:/www.cbsnews.com/news/atas-do-know-alonesota-frawf-candal
were-changes-fled-
tump-water.
/Federal Jury Finds Feeding Our Future Masternind and Co-D…Services Program", and alleged fraud in daycare centers*, Your Administrations have refused additional accountability and oversight, claiming that criticism of rampant fraud and abuse is
"racist."
While the full extent of fraud in Minnesota is not yet known, it is clear that, under your leadership-
or lack thereof fraudsters can take advantage of federal funds and the American
taxpayer with impunity. This necessitates federal action to protect taxpayer dollars until adequate safeguards can be established.
Despite a staggering, wide-reaching fraud scandal, your Administrations refuse to provide basic information or take common sense mcasures to stop fraud. In fact, rather than conlin your SNAP rolls are accurate to prevent continuing fraud, you asked the courts to block USDA's directive to recertify the State's SNAP recipients. Recent news reports also emerged that the Minnesota Department of Human Services repeatedly reported incorrect information about SNAP to the federal government.? The Trump administration refuses to allow such fraud to continuc.
Therefore, because of your failed Icadership and abysmal financial management oversight, 1 am notifying you that, effective immediately, I am suspending payments on all active awards and any future awards from USDA to the State of Minnesota and the City of Minneapolis, currently totaling over $129.18 million. Within 30 days, you shall provide USDA with payment justifications for all federal dollar expenditures from January 20, 2025, to the present. Going forward, all transactions on awards to the State of Minnesota or the City of Minneapolis will require such payment justification. If those payment justifications are not received, awards will remain suspended.
While your Administrations have turned a blind eye to documented fraud, the Trump Administration has made clear that fraud, waste, and abuse are unacceptable. The American people deserve to know that their taxpayer dollars are helping those in need-not criminals. …
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
It’s not about keeping us safe from criminals. This is ethnic cleansing.
Screenshot of a post on X by Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@R…) stating: “NEW: Data released by ICE shows that virtually the entire growth of detention in the last few months has been among people with no criminal record at all—no criminal convictions and no pending criminal charges.” Below the text is a line chart titled “Detention Population, Among Those Arrested in the Interior, by Criminal Record, May 2019 through January 7, 2026.” The chart shows three lines—prior convictions, pending criminal charges, and no criminal record—with a sharp rise near the end in the “no criminal record” category. The source is listed as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Looks like ICE is now cracking down on … Native Americans. This letter was just posted by the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North/South Dakota: “Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands.”
ANDING ROCK
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
The Office of Chairman Sitting Bear
P.O. BOx D
Fort Yates, ND 58538
CHAIRMAN SITTING BEAR'S STATEMENT REGARDING SRST PUBLIC SAFETY
JANUARY 9, 2026
I have been receiving reports and evidence of First Nations people being racially targeted, assaulted, and detained by the federal agency Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE). We want to remind our members to be safe and proactive by carrying with you at a minimum your tribal identification cards or a copy of your degree of Indian Blood. Our tribal identification affirms our citizenship and political status.
Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands. Any federal activity within our boundaries must recognize and respect our tribal sovereignty, treaty obligations, and established jurisdictional boundaries. Any ICE presence or activity within our lands is not authorized, not welcome, and will be addressed. Unauthorized personnel will be escorted off our lands.
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 09/01/2026
It should be bigger news that masked agents were filmed hours ago removing potentially inculpatory evidence from the ICE shooter's house, clearly lacking evidence tags or chain of custody stickers. Before we have word on whether he underwent a toxicology screen at the hospital following the killing
Masked federal agents removing crates of belongings from the ICE shooter's home
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Matt Johnson @analogqwerty.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Using "Give me liberty or give me death" as a training manual for their officers.
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Rep. @AOC: I understand that Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, and I do not. That is a fundamental difference between Vance and I. I do not believe that the American people should be assassinated in the street.
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 09/01/2026
Here's the key thing: The multi-trillion-dollar AI industry?Their *most advanced platforms* are controlled by a plain text format @daringfireball.bsky.social made up for his blog, and then bounced off of a 17-year-old Aaron Swartz, before sharing it with the world for free. *That* is the internet.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/01/2026
Really good video breakdown of the shooting of Renee Good illustrating that yes, this was cold blooded murder by an ICE agent.
nytimes.com
Video: Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
An analysis of footage from three camera angles show that the vehicle appears to be turning away from a federal officer as he opened fire.
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
It’s the perfect distillation of their perverse authoritarian worldview: words, rather than existing to describe things, exist to IMPOSE meaning. This woman was not shot in the face by ICE because she’s a terrorist, she becomes a terrorist because she was shot in the face by ICE. Grotesque
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David H. Montgomery @dhmontgomery.com · 31/12/2025
NEW: How many books did you read this year? If it was more than 2, congrats: you read more than the median American. Read on for way more @today.yougov.com polling from me on America's book-reading habits in 2025. 1/
A table of YouGov polling data with the headline: "How your reading habits compare to other Americans."

The chart has the sub-headline: "About how many books have you read or listened to so far in 2025? (% of U.S. adult citizens)."
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nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
AI ran into a brick wall trying to control smart home devices this year, which feels like the canary in the coal mine for a lot of things. Excellent @jp2e.bsky.social dive into why and what comes next www.theverge.com/tech/845958/...
The problem is that the new assistants aren’t as consistent at controlling smart home devices as the old ones. While they were often frustrating to use, the old Alexa and Google Assistant (and the current Siri) would generally always turn on the lights when you asked them to, provided you used precise nomenclature.

Today, their “upgraded” counterparts struggle with consistency in basic functions like turning on the lights, setting timers, reporting on the weather, playing music, and running the routines and automations on which many of us have built our smart homes.

I’ve noticed this in my testing, and online forums are full of users who have encountered it. Amazon and Google have acknowledged the struggles they’ve had in making their revamped generative AI-powered assistants reliably perform basic tasks. And it’s not limited to smart home assistants; ChatGPT can’t consistently tell time or count.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
PHILIPSBURG, Pa. (AP) - Kilmar Abrego Garcia leaves immigration detention after federal judge's order Thursday, his attorney's office says.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 05/12/2025
cool that the official position of the administration appears to be that black people don’t really count as americans
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