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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Free book excerpt! From THEY KNEW, on paywalls, the loss of the public sphere, and the abandonment of accountability. Written in 2021, it explains much of the present political information crisis: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/a-public-f...
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A Public Flat Earth
How paywalls killed the public sphere.
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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
At a church service in Chicago they had set up cardboard cutouts in the pews to represent the worshippers who would have attended mass if not for fear of being disappeared. Not far away I saw a laborer’s lunch had been left uneaten and spilled over onto the sidewalk outside of a home...
Who will clean any of this up? 
At a church service in Chicago they had set up cardboard cutouts in the pews to represent the worshippers who would have attended mass if not for fear of being disappeared. Not far away I saw a laborer’s lunch had been left uneaten and spilled over onto the sidewalk outside of a home he must have just been working on. Laboring on. There’s a dumpster out front and a red white and blue flag themed porta-potty from a company called Patriot Portables. Three ladders still leaning up against the building. 

It looks like it would have been a pretty tasty lunch. Even tossed aside like that and wasted now. A smear of orange hot sauce on the cracked styrofoam container. Not yet taken away by the wind. Such a beautiful seeming neighborhood too. I imagine it’s a very nice place to live. They say that Chicago is still surprisingly affordable. 

It shows me home listings when I scroll now because I clicked on one or two at some point and so the computer believes that this is an integral datapoint that explains who I am. I just saw one hanging ten off a bluff that has been pummeled by eons of waves and so will not exist for much longer. Neither house nor bluff. Overlooking the water on Cape Cod. You could squeeze a couple of good years out of it still I thought. Until one awful night. I can’t afford it even now despite the implication but it’s a nice little nightmare to have. 

I thought of a friend who was recently diagnosed with a terrible albeit not yet terminal disease but maybe that’s a bad analogy. A beach house is worth so much more than a person. 

I don’t know how much longer it will sit there. Either the house or the guy’s lunch. Maybe everyone passing by assumes another worker is going to arrive soon to take care of it but it could be he’s already been disappeared himself.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/09/2026
ProPublica spoke to dozens of people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.” We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words. ➡️ This is what they wrote:
Handwritten notecard. Prompt at the top asks: What object was most devastating for you to lose, and how have you been coping? Answer below: Dentures. Were thrown away and coping isn't somthing I can do. It’s made me feel ugly, unworthy, can’t go get a job with no teeth. So how can get off the streets until another pair can be made?
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Terrible. "By the time the U.S. began attacking Iran, Central Command, which said it needed a minimum of nine of its 16 [civilian protection] staffers to function, was left with one person...A U.S. airstrike hit a school, killing more than 100 children." www.propublica.org/article/hegs...
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Top Commanders Told Hegseth Not to Cut Civilian Protection Program, Poll Showed. He Did It Anyway.
The U.S. military has killed hundreds of noncombatants since gutting its Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response mission last year. After significant blowback, the Defense Department is considering part...
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Waldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 24/07/2026
The claim “RFK Jr. does not fuck chickens” is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that RFK Jr. fucks chickens.
KEY POINTS
• The claim 'vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based
claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism.
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Nefarious Means @nefariousmeans.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Never did I think I would see a cure for sickle cell in my lifetime. A friend of mine in fifth grade died from this disease. My parents kept me home from the funeral because they thought I was too young to handle it. Modern science is a miracle. www.wafb.com/2026/06/23/n...
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New Orleans man becomes first in Louisiana functionally cured of sickle cell disease
Daniel Cressy, 23, underwent gene therapy at Manning Family Children’s Hospital.
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skooks @skookses.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
We're starting to find out how much you will pay to subsidize Meta's data center www.nola.com/news/entergy...
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Mr. Joshua @pantspants.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
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Anthony Vrsaljko @antvrs.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Reports now saying that Radical Posture will not be appearing at the #Freedom250 concerts, citing footwear related differences.
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Anthony Vrsaljko @antvrs.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
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Sign the Petition
Rename the Williamsburg Bridge as the Sonny Rollins Bridge
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 23/05/2026
We found that the sepsis rate in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations increased by more than 50% under Texas’ abortion ban. Here’s how we did our analysis. (Published Feb. 2025)
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Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did
Since Texas banned abortion, no one has studied the statewide effects on pregnant women experiencing complications. Here’s how we sifted through data on millions of pregnancy hospitalizations and anal...
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end. Speak your truth, fight and believe.
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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 11/05/2026
The MLB Spaghetti Policy - Teams who will allow you to bring in a gallon ziplock bag of spaghetti 🍝 to a game. Want to add the Phillies here too. Their policy was unclear online but we found posts this morning showing they’d allow it too.
THE MLB
SPAGHETTI POLICY
GALLON BAG OF SPAGHETTI ALLOWED®
SICKOS
COMMITTEE
REDS
HOUSTON
ASTROS
SICKOS
COMMITTEE
BREWERS
Miami
GIANTS
™M
MANY OTHER MLB TEAM LOGOS
****THIS 15 NOT A 100% GUARANTEE
AND ARE SUBJECT TO ALL SECURITY SEARCHES AND STADIUM POLICIES
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Anthony Vrsaljko @antvrs.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Yosemite ditches reservations, drawing huge crowds in a free-for-all
Critics are blaming the influx on the Trump administration for abandoning a reservation requirement that has helped control the number of visitors.
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much like your ghosting @mlyp.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
damn right!
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Anthony Vrsaljko @antvrs.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
www.nola.com/news/politic... "The law says those companies should be shielded from local bias for damage caused in local communities."
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Supreme Court undermines $745M verdict against Chevron in Louisiana over coastal damage
It’s a new complication in a legal battle with huge stakes for Louisiana.
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
BREAKING: The US has bombed Tehran’s main refinery and burning oil is now flooding down the streets into the city’s sewers. This is a vision from hell, unleashed by the US tonight. (🎥 Vahid Online)
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Kurt Vonnegut stop being so applicable to all time periods of American life, you can’t do that Kurt Vonnegut, your insights are too evergreen Kurt Vonnegut
For some reason, the most vocal Christians among us never mention the Beatitudes (Matthew 5). But, often with tears in their eyes, they demand that the Ten Commandments be posted in public buildings. And of course, that's Moses, not Jesus. I haven't heard one of them demand that the Sermon on the Mount, the Beatitudes, be posted anywhere.
'Blessed are the merciful' in a courtroom?
'Blessed are the peacemakers' in the Pentagon? Give me a break!
Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without a Country
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drizzleray.bsky.social @drizzleray.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Important addition here!
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Anthony Vrsaljko @antvrs.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
#musicsky www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCJz...
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Southern University vs Mississippi Valley - Bacchus Mardi Gras Parade 2026
YouTube video by ShowtimeWeb
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Jamie Mayerfeld @jmayerfeld.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Here is a collection of sworn testimonies from detainees being held in ICE custody. Until reading these testimonies, I wasn't fully aware of what is happening. Please read them yourself. We need to know this. We need to understand the consequences of ICE/CBP arrests. assets.aclu.org/live/uploads...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/01/2026
NEW: Louisiana’s parole board freed 185 prisoners during Gov. Jeff Landry’s tenure, compared with 858 in the two years before he took office. Hundreds who would’ve been released under previous governors remain incarcerated with little chance of parole. W/ @veritenews.org
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Louisiana Paroles Its Lowest Number of Prisoners in 20 Years Under Gov. Jeff Landry
The state parole board freed 185 prisoners during Landry’s tenure, compared with 858 in the two years before he took office. Hundreds who would have been released under previous governors remain incar...
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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
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AltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Anyway, I invite AltNPS and everyone else to share this list of Twin Cities-area organizations, food distribution networks, and mutual aid links. It's got everything. From legal aid links to a GoFundMe for Circulo Childcare Center in Minneapolis, they could all use some love. Thank you!
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@mplsmutualaid | Linktree
Clearinghouse of mutual aid for our neighbors
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
gofundme's for toddlers kidnapped by our own government
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
The rest of the world continues to work around America’s ongoing reality freak show.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Make it viral.
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Frankie Huang 黄碧赤 @ourobororoboruo.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Another post from a Venezuelan friend:
They speak of justice while ruling through fear.
They speak of sovereignty while stealing the vote.
They speak of dignity while condemning their own people.
I learned that those who insist the most on calling themselves "the good ones" are often the ones most afraid to face themselves. The Maduro regime wraps itself in flags, in anti-imperialist rhetoric, in a false epic where any criticism is labeled as betrayal. They claim to defend Venezuela, yet they stole the people's voice when they refused to respect the elections. That act alone strips away any moral authority.
But do not be mistaken. The fact that a tyrant is real does not automatically turn an external aggressor into a savior.
The United States does not act out of love for democracy. It acts out of interest. It always has.
The language changes, the enemy changes, but the method remains the same: pressure, punishment, displays of power. And as always, the blow is not absorbed by those in power, but by ordinary people.The Venezuelan people are trapped between two narratives that do not represent them. One that oppresses them from within, and another that exploits them from outside. One that claims legitimacy without real elections. Another that claims justice without taking responsibility for the human consequences of its actions.
I do not defend Maduro. I point at him.
But I also refuse to accept that a global power can appoint itself as a moral judge while its history is written in interventions, sanctions, and broken countries.
Pain does not need propaganda. Hunger does not understand geopolitics. Dignity is not imposed with missiles, nor with dictatorships.
While some sell themselves as the good ones to justify repression, and others sell themselves as the good ones to justify aggression, the result is always the same: more suffering, more rage, more generations learning that force replaces justice.
And once again, pain is inherited.
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Anthony Vrsaljko @antvrs.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
www.reddit.com/r/Humboldt/c...
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From the Humboldt community on Reddit
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🌹WeegieFromWA 🍀 @onefussyone.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
No one has killed more Nigerian Christians than Trump since he shut down USAID.
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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 23/12/2025
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
The Onion, 23 years ago. theonion.com/no-blood-for...
Point/Counterpoint: No Blood For Oil vs. Exactly How Much Oil Are We Talking About?
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Microplastics Sommelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
all i'm saying is that there were better options
TIME
PERSON OF THE YEAR
SANDWICH THROWING GUY
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Dan Kowalski @skiramen.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
'Worst of the Worst'? DOJ Figures Show 97.4% of 614 Detained Immigrants in Chicago Had No Criminal Record www.commondreams.org/news/worst-o...
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'Worst of the Worst'? DOJ Figures Show 97.4% of 614 Detained Immigrants in Chicago Had No Criminal Record | Common Dreams
Of 614 people on list who may have been unlawfully arrested and detained by federal officials, only 16 had a criminal record of any kind.
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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Calling ICE on your neighbors is a hate crime
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
I’d just like to reiterate that if you put on a mask, and go out without a warrant and kidnap people because they aren’t white enough, you’re a huge piece of shit…
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.” aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.

Every day my phone buzzes. It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore. A friend a mile away sends a Slack message: she was at the scene when masked men assaulted and abducted two people on the street. A plumber working on my pipes is distraught, and I find out that two of his employees were kidnapped that morning. A week later it happens again.

An email arrives. Agents with guns have chased a teacher into the school where she works. They did not have a warrant. They dragged her away, ignoring her and her colleagues’ pleas to show proof of her documentation. That evening I stand a few feet from the parents of Rayito de Sol and listen to them describe, with anguish, how good Ms. Diana was to their children. What it is like to have strangers with guns traumatize your kids. For a teacher to hide a three-year-old child for fear they might be killed. How their relatives will no longer leave the house. I hear the pain and fury in their voices, and I wonder who will be next.

Understand what it is to pray in Chicago.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
The government of Jamaica has set up a portal for contributing to official relief efforts. I will update this thread if anything analogous opens up for Haiti, Cuba, or the DR supportjamaica.gov.jm
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Support Jamaica
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Rogue NASA @roguenasa.altgov.info · 26/10/2025
Heads up civil servants!! 🚨🚨🚨
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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 24/10/2025
They're gassing one of the richest neighborhoods in Chicago today
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
The president needs your help! He's collecting diarrhea for his plane. He has a plane that's 99% toilet with other people's diarrhea in it and he wears a little crown when he drives it around. Brave patriots please send your loose stool to your favorite diarrhea president for his diarrhea plane.
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eva (^_^)/ @eva.computer · 17/10/2025
white house has joined bluesky click here to block all official us government accounts instantly bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 13/10/2025
It’s impossible to overstate how much “abolish ice” is the normie position now here in chicago — just countless random moms at toddler soccer on a park district field asking me where I bought my anti-ice t-shirt. average people don’t like our neighborhoods being terrorized.
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Lincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Bookshop.org (the best Amazon alternative) is having an anti-prime sale today. Free shipping on books including mine :P bookshop.org/a/88357/9781...
The Anti-Prime Sale at bookshop.org. 17 more hours.
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Raeann @annmilernowski.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Targeting more than half the population of the US for a political reason is treason. No elected official or a member of his staff has the right to punish the American people for who they vote for. Withholding money for states that voted for Harris is tyranny and must be stopped now.
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WIRED @wired.com · 03/10/2025
Documents show ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation. www.wired.com/story/ice-so...
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ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team
Documents show ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.
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David J. Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Holy hell. DHS just openly stated that its agents use “reasonable suspicion” to make ARRESTS. This is blatantly unconstitutional. The Supreme Court is clear that you need probable cause to arrest someone, as opposed to stop them to ask them a question or two. This is huge b/c…
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Daniel Pietersen @pietersender.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Cockenzie Power Station, just outside Edinburgh, was demolished ten years ago today, unleashing the terrible entity confined within.
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Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 21/09/2025
If they're going to try and retcon Charlie Kirk, then we should try to retcon him too.
A photo of Charlie Kirk with the caption "Trans rights are human rights" in loving memory Charlie Kiek 1993 - 2025
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