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Anirul Bene

@anirula.bsky.social
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Are you ready for what’s coming? 🫘 Historian, technologist, polymath, and pissed off.

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Ariaa® @ariaa.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Summer Solstice captured from Stonehenge yesterday. At first light, the sun climbed up behind the Heel Stone and threaded itself straight through the center of Stonehenge exactly where the builders aimed it nearly 5,000 years ago. Ethereal Earth on FB
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
🔥 @rokhanna.bsky.social to Democratic leadership: “Get out. Let a new generation lead. You’ve been ineffective. The base doesn’t like you. The base wants fighters.”
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
SCOOP — Body camera footage obtained as a result of my lawsuit against the DC Metropolitan PD confirms DOGE and the Trump administration openly admitted they were entering private property when they raided the building on March 17, 2025. That didn't stop MPD from breaking down the doors. My report:
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Police body cam footage shows DOGE knew Institute of Peace was private property during raid
Footage obtained by The Handbasket’s lawsuit shows a hostile takeover on March 17, 2025.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
DHS claimed "an ICE agent had fired 'defensive shots' into Martinez's vehicle after Martinez 'intentionally ran over' another agent." But body cam video now "shows that Martinez's vehicle, a blue Ford Fusion, was stationary or going at a very low rate of speed when he was fatally shot."
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Bodycam video contradicts ICE claims in fatal shooting of U.S. citizen Ruben Ray Martinez in Texas
Video of last year's fatal shooting of Ruben Ray Martinez obtained by CBS News appears to contradict claims that Martinez was shot by an ICE agent because he "accelerated" and "intentionally ran over"...
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Cooper River Indivisible @crindivisible.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 13/02/2026
In terms of what cures are being lost: - Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis - herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis - shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
"Moderna's CEO announced the company will no longer invest in new Phase 3 vaccine trials for infectious diseases: 'You cannot make a return on investment if you don't have access to the U.S. market. Vaccines for Epstein-Barr virus, herpes, and shingles have been shelved.”
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 10/02/2026
we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
NEW: A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.
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Federal judge rules DOJ can ‘no longer’ be trusted in voter roll crusade
The judge pointed to a letter from Bondi to Minnesota that tied federal immigration enforcement to demands for voter data as the smoking gun.
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Andrew Guthrie Ferguson @profferguson.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
This is the beginning not the end of how surveillance will change America. We could stop it. We should. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
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The powerful tools in ICE’s arsenal to track suspects — and protesters
Biometric trackers, cellphone location databases and drones are among the surveillance technologies agents are using in their immigration enforcement campaign.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
The arrest of Don Lemon is textbook fascism—a brazen attempt to silence reporting on a criminal regime. Stand up for Don, because our rights stand and fall with those of courageous journalists throughout this country.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
This isn’t about convicting Don Lemon. It’s unlikely that will happen. It’s about intimidating journalists & making them censure themselves out of fear of consequences. It’s about eroding the free press because the administration can’t afford the criticism.
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Stanislav Aseyev @stanislavaseyev.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
A place where a symbol of the end of the world coexists with a rule that says “it is forbidden to die” (in reality - to be buried); where everyone takes off their shoes before entering buildings; and where you cannot leave the settlement without a weapon because polar bears. 1/7
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/01/2026
SHAHEEN: It's been reported that the oil sold for $500 million and $300 million went to Venezuelan government. What happened to the other $200 million? RUBIO: It's still sitting in the account is my understanding SHAHEEN: The account in Qatar? RUBIO: Yes
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MinnMax @minnmax.com · 27/01/2026
"You raise your voice, I erase your voice." ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights. Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
More on ICE's database of dissidents. www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/u...
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Kim Lane Scheppele @kimlanelaw.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
ICE is changing tactics in Maine: "Now, the volunteers in Maine say federal agents have started showing up at their homes and intimidating them or threatening arrest. Some of them, masked and wearing tactical gear, have issued stark warnings not to follow them." www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
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ICE watchers in Maine say they were threatened by federal agents
Community members have been monitoring the activity of immigration agents in Greater Portland.
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TeeBo @texastob-24.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Reporter: You received a letter from AG Pam Bondi making several demands…. Walz: I would just give a pro tip to the AG. There's 2 million documents in the Epstein files we're still waiting on. Go ahead and work on those
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Anirul Bene @anirula.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Post a female character you love
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a young woman wearing a fur coat and gloves is standing in front of a waterfall .
Alt: Arya Stark from the Game of Thrones TV show, the final season. She’s outside during the daytime, in the courtyard in Winterfell. Wearing a black fur coat and gloves, her sword at her side. She turns and looks at the camera and gives a small smile.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
In October, ICE grabbed Maher Tarabishi. He was a 24/7 caregiver for his disabled son Wael. At the time of Maher’s detention, disability advocates warned that taking away Wael’s caregiver put his life at risk. Wael died on Friday at age 30. ICE caused his death. They didn’t get to say goodbye.
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Disabled son of ICE detainee dies after 30 days of hospitalization
It had been months since Wael Tarabishi seen his father. The family is calling on ICE to release Maher Tarabishi so he may attend his son's funeral.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 23/01/2026
Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 24, 2026
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Just wow, Minneapolis.
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just Dave @justdave.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
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max nesterak @maxnesterak.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
and while you’re here, ready my story today: 8 weeks under siege in Minnesota minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/23/8...
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8 weeks under siege in Minnesota • Minnesota Reformer
Frank has a hard time explaining to his 8-year-old daughter why they rarely leave their home in the Twin Cities. Why she can’t go to school, and why he can’t work. “The only thing we tell her is that ...
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 23/01/2026
1/23 An 18-year-old immigrant in Maine is here legally, and was taken by ICE unlawfully on Tuesday. He graduated high school early, has no criminal record, and was on his way to class at USM when he was taken. #maine #MEpolitics
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 23/01/2026
Videos show dozens of incidents of immigration agents using life-threatening tactics. In nearly 20 cases, agents appear to use neck restraints that the Department of Homeland Security prohibits unless there is a threat of deadly or serious harm.
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We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing
Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government ...
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dragonflyhigh.bsky.social @dragonflyhigh.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
We must stop the purchasing of our elected representatives by big money seeking favors.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 20/01/2026
Andy McCabe could do the funniest thing right now.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
I’ve been writing Popular Information for 8 years, and this is one of the most important stories I’ve ever published. This is a humanitarian crisis that has gone unreported.
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ICE has stopped paying for detainee medical treatment
ICE halted payments in October, and the situation will persist for at least several more months
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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 14/01/2026
The FBI’s raid today on the home of @washingtonpost.com reporter @hannahnatanson.bsky.social is an alarming escalation in the Trump administration’s war on the press. Watch @trevortimm.bsky.social explain how the DOJ is not only attacking the First Amendment but also ignoring federal law.
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Mike Madden @mikemadden.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
“One day, a woman wrote to me on Signal, asking me not to respond. She lived alone, she messaged, and planned to die that weekend. Before she did, she wanted at least one person to understand: Trump had unraveled the government, and with it, her life.” @hannahnatanson.bsky.social essay:
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I am The Post’s ‘federal government whisperer.’ It’s been brutal.
One reporter’s effort to show how Trump was transforming government brought her 1,168 new sources — and nearly broke her.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
This was the plan
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
FYI: In 1916 the U.S. signed an agreement for control of St. Thomas, St. John & St. Croix, known as the “Danish West Indies,” in exchange for $25 million & a declaration that the U.S. would “not object to the Danish Govt extending their political & economic interests to the whole of Greenland.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
I spent all day enraged over this, and it became tonight's newsletter at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/five-years...
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Shay Stewart-Bouley @blackgirlinmaine.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
My latest over on Substack. open.substack.com/pub/shaystew...
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Tightening the net around women’s freedom, one lie at a time
Childcare centers nationwide are apparently about to have their money choked off, all because of one man shooting a video in one city.
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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
What the actual fk?!! Do you want to live in a surveillance state? What do you think that the government under someone like Trump or worse, might do with an image of your face or the face of a business or political adversary? Do you think we should ban AI? I do. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The shocking far-right agenda behind the surveillance tech used by ICE and the FBI
Clearview AI’s founders always intended to target immigrants and the political left. Now their digital dragnet is in the hands of the Trump administration.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
LOUISIANA: ICE officer pleads guilty to sexually abusing Nicaraguan detainee for Months “while she was under his authority”
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
America has 925 billionaires as of this year. Collectively they have a record $6.9 trillion in wealth. The bottom 50% of Americans control $4.2 trillion in wealth. When 925 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
With ZERO fucks left to give, Caroline Kennedy, throws down the gauntlet on the loathsome piece of shit for his desecration of The Kennedy Center. 😳👇
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Paul Scheer @paulscheer.com · 23/12/2025
In 2023 I became obsessed with videos of dads in cargo shortswaiting in parking lots during Taylor Swift's Eras Tour. So when she came to town, I grabbed a camera and headed down to talk to them. I thought it'd be funny. It turned out to be something else entirely.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
News Team,
Thank you for the notes and texts. I apologize for not reaching out earlier.
I learned on Saturday that Bari Weiss spiked our story, INSIDE CECOT, which was supposed to air tonight. We (Ori and I) asked for a call to discuss her decision. She did not afford us that courtesy/opportunity.
Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now-after every rigorous internal check has been met is not an editorial decision, it is a political one.
We requested responses to questions and/or interviews with DHS, the White House, and the State Department. Government silence is a statement, not a VETO. Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed
to kill the story.
If the administration's refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, wehave effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient.
If the standard for airing a story becomes
"the government must agree to be
interviewed," then the government effectively gains control over the 60 Minutes broadcast.
We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state.
These men risked their lives to speak with us.
We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.
CBS spiked the Jeffrey Wigand interview due to legal concerns, nearly destroying the credibility of this broadcast. It took years to recover from that "low point." By pulling this story to shield an administration, we are repeating that history, but for political optics rather than legal ones.We have been promoting this story on social media for days. Our viewers are expecting it.
When it fails to air without a credible
explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of "Gold Standard" reputation for a single week of political quiet.
I care too much about this broadcast to watch
it be dismantled without a fight.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
#MedicareForAllNOW
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UNITED24 @u24.gov.ua · 19/12/2025
Another beautiful Shchedryk performance amidst ruins. It was set in what used to be a DTEK thermal power plant — now destroyed by russia. The contrast between russia’s destructive nature and the Ukrainian will to create beauty even in the darkest times is palpable.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
This is extraordinary, heartbreaking, and a red alert warning sign for our democracy. These people are about to be federal judges, and they refuse to answer whether the U.S. Capitol was attacked on January 6. They say they can't comment because it's "a political controversy".
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
My beautiful wife @pollymosendz.bsky.social helps her mom run a jewelry and handmade textiles studio. They make beautiful things, and if you’re in need of holiday gifts, I hope you’ll check out their catalog. www.etsy.com/shop/Silkand...
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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story. Holy. Shit. www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Were there moments that you missed? Anything that happened that’s on the cutting room floor?
I don’t think there’s anything I missed that I wish I’d gotten. I’ll give you a little anecdote: Stephen Miller was perhaps the most concerned about the portrait session. He asked me, “Should I smile or not smile?” and I said, “How would you want to be portrayed?” We agreed that we would do a bit of both. And then when we were finished, he comes up to me to shake my hand and say goodbye. And he says to me, “You know, you have a lot of power in the discretion you use to be kind to people.” And I looked at him and I said, “You know, you do, too.”
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