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talia jane @taliajane.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
All of this, a huge bloody spectacle, attempts to distract from the core “why” of the moment: Hundreds of people being held unlawfully inside Delaney Hall are on a labor and hunger strike advocating for humane conditions, release of vulnerable people.
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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
we cannot be a nation until the whole hell of the deportation machine, the family separation machine, the foul moloch that sustains Stephen Miller and grinds children into dust, until all of that is dismantled and the work of reparation begins www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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DHS allows mother it deported without her toddler to return for his burial
Wendy Hernandez Reyes denies she “abandoned” her son, as ICE claimed. In an extraordinary act, she was allowed to come back to the U.S. for his burial.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
It’s telling how many of the large news organizations who are flush with money aren’t sending journalists to cover ICE (and now state trooper) violence overnight outside Delaney Hall and the independent outlets with far less financial and insurance coverage are braving it.
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It's Going Down @igd.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Hundreds chanting, "FUCK AI!" "Hundreds of people marched through downtown Vancouver over the weekend to protest a proposed cluster of AI data centers backed by Telus, voicing concerns about water use, electricity demand, and what that could mean for local communities." www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
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Daniel Jenna Grouse @grouse.ing · 30/05/2026
I really wish people in 2026 could distinguish between there being some gay nazis on account of nazis still being human and some humans being gay, and the fascist fascination with the male form as a symbol of power as well as rape as means of social domination and enforcement of hierarchies.
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alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
THREAD. Everything I wrote in Copaganda is becoming more relevant as they manufacture bipartisan consent for authoritarian control. And it's important to me that all my work is accessible for free. I want to remind teachers: we have free copies of the book for your students.
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
I just watched video of 5 ICE agents abducting a guy from a courthouse in my area of Massachusetts. Periodic reminder that ICE hasn't gone anywhere. They are still here and still terrorizing immigrants.
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yaoi gagarin @mel.bzky.team · 27/05/2026
dude you gotta love people. thats the whole point. if youre not loving people what are you even doing
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Caleb 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️📚🧶🎲 @extracandy.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
this is definitely a huge problem in Chicago too. the queer job board I run is full of people moving up here for safety who are then unable to find work or cheap housing and the community just can’t support them all. it’s BAD
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David Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Hey fyi way too many, even leftists who should know better, effusively praising the papacy is making it way, way more difficult to organize against this. This trans healthcare ban is literally going to cost trans people's lives but yeah, woke pope made a statement or whatever.
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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
D R U G U S E R S
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spruce goose @ayywhatlook.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
this explains a lot about my love life
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spruce goose @ayywhatlook.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
residential schools 3.0 - drugs edition. the land grabs continue
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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 10/05/2026
THREAD. There's been a lot of attention paid to the new 2026 United States Counterterrorism Strategy released by the Trump administration released this week, and understandably so. I've linked it here so you can review it for yourself.
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"Justice for Keith Porter Jr." Butter🏳️‍🌈 @mysterybutter.blacksky.app · 09/05/2026
🧵 The thing about white people who ask what they can do to help Black people is... historically, y'all are great at stabbing Black people in the back. 1st Reconstruction was abandoned and violently destroyed. Jim Crow existed in the South, but North, East, and West too. Redlining. UNIONS. 1/
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Amy Rae Hill @amyraehill.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Well well well looks like those art degrees aren't so useless after all
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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 07/05/2026
It's starting to legitimately enrage me that people will use the preferred pronouns of AI chat bots and not trans people.
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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 09/07/2024
Can't stop thinking about the McSweeney's Sad Dad Bands, (first published January 14, 2022.) Back on Twitter, I started a thread of my own riffs on Sad Dad Bands on January 17, 2022. Here is that thread, recreated. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wha...
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What Your Favorite Sad Dad Band Says About You
The War on Drugs You make your own paella and take super long naps on Saturday. Like over two hours, consistently. You prefer the smallest possible...
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 06/05/2026
Trevor Project released its annual LGBTQ youth mental health report. The results are shocking. 40% of trans youth seriously considered attempting suicide in the past year. Trans youth who wanted hormones but couldn’t access them were nearly twice as likely to attempt suicide than those who could.
Key findings from The 2025 U.S. National Survey on the Mental Health of LGBTQ+ Young People include:

36% of LGBTQ+ young people seriously considered attempting suicide in the past year, including 40% of transgender and nonbinary young people. 
1 in 10 LGBTQ+ young people attempted suicide in the past year.
44% of LGBTQ+ young people who wanted mental health care in the past year were not able to get it.
90% of LGBTQ+ young people said recent anti-LGBTQ+ laws, policies and debates caused them stress or anxiety.
LGBTQ+ young people of color attempted suicide at higher rates than their White peers, and nearly a third (32%) also experienced racial or ethnic discrimination, in addition to anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination.
Transgender and nonbinary young people who wanted hormones but couldn’t access them were nearly twice as likely to attempt suicide than those who could.
Over half (59%) of LGBTQ+ young people ages 13-17 experienced bullying in the past year, and those who did reported significantly higher rates of attempting suicide in the past year than their peers.
LGBTQ+ young people who reported living in very accepting communities attempted suicide at less than a third of the rate of those who reported living in very unaccepting communities.
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DeFlock Redmond @deflock-redmond.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
"Flock ALPRs do not and cannot track vehicles, much less individual people. ALPRs take a point-in-time image of the rear of vehicles on public roadways. They are incapable of tracking the whole of anyone’s movements" - #Flock archive.is/6ZA2c Just.. points in time #deflock #surveillance #alpr #4a
Map from deflock.org showing the extreme density of Flock / ALPR surveillance camera distribution in Atlanta, GA.Map from deflock.org showing the extreme density of Flock / ALPR surveillance camera distribution in Chicago, IL.Map from deflock.org showing the extreme density of Flock / ALPR surveillance camera distribution in Houston, TX.Map from deflock.org showing the extreme density of Flock / ALPR surveillance camera distribution in San Jose, CA.
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Ron Chusid @rchusid.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
It is a strange world when tons of Democrats ignore the long term complications of Covid to defend Biden's mishandling of the pandemic and Fox of all places is reporting on Long Covid. #Medsky www.foxnews.com/opinion/inno...
foxnews.com
Innovation will provide solutions to Long COVID — the new chronic disease of our time
Long COVID affects up to 18 million Americans, yet research funding remains inadequate. Experts call for aggressive NIH investment in novel treatments.
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Adam Sawyer @adamjst.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
"The incident was one of at least 780 in which staff members at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities used physical force or chemical agents to control immigrant detainees during the first year of the Trump administration." Gift link: wapo.st/4tdgBRA
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Internal ICE records reveal widespread use of force in detention centers
The reports detail how guards have increasingly used chemical agents and physical tactics on detainees, including groups demanding adequate water, food and medical care.
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Kate Ross @kateross.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Peter Thiel (Palantir Co-founder) invested in a mass surveillance company named FLOCK, think about that, we are SHEEP/LIVESTOCK to him. Check out the rest of his companies: foundersfund.com/portfolio/
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svart flagg @svartflagg.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Happy to share a new zine we just finished that's an updated version to "Recognizing Hate". This zine is a reference guide to identify various nazi dog whistles, and includes a list with brief descriptions of the most active far-right groups currently in the US. www.wewillfreeus.org/farrightthre...
cover of new zine titled "Far Right Threats. A reference guide for recognizing far right groups, symbols, and dog whistles." in the middle is a black and white photo of a member of patriot front with a circle / dash covering the dork.
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Tessa Rowland @tessarowland.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
once again begging everyone, especially those in vancouver, to read Copaganda by @equalityalec.bsky.social
tan jindo dog curled up on a sheepskin on the ground, looking down at the book Copaganda
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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
you're never going to believe who's funding the racists resource extraction corporations
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Radical Graffiti @radicalgraffiti.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
"May 1st, Everyone to the Streets! For a Revolutionary Perspective" Huge May Day banner-drop in Zurich, Switzerland
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
An Atlanta suburb learned Flock was using livestreams from a children's gymnastics studio, a pool, and a playground in sales pitches to other cities. Residents are furious but the city renewed its contract with Flock anyway: www.404media.co/city-learns-...
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City Learns Flock Accessed Cameras in Children's Gymnastics Room as a Sales Pitch Demo, Renews Contract Anyway
Residents of Dunwoody, Georgia are furious about the city's surveillance contract with Flock. Do their elected officials care?
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 28/04/2026
In news that absolutely everyone predicted…
futurism.com
Police Are Using AI Camera Networks to Stalk Women
There have been 14 documented incidents where police officers used automatic license plate readers to stalk romantic interests.
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DeFlock Atlanta @deflockatlanta.org · 26/04/2026
"For Step 1, Ashworth wrote an article that made him a target of the local police department. In Step 2, the police weaponized their license plate reader technology against him, tracking his movements." National Week of Action Against ALPRs - noalprs.com #Flock #Surveillance #Tech #ALPR
thedailyeconomy.org
He Wrote an Op-Ed. Then Police Tracked Him | The Daily Economy
A legal case in Kansas shows how surveillance technology can distort policing priorities. When authorities can monitor anyone cheaply, the temptation to tar ...
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
In a country of millions, there are invariably going to be some number of cases of “I was erroneously diagnosed with X,” and it is generally a terrible idea to draw any broad conclusions from the fact that these anecdotes will exist.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 21/04/2026
This is important and shocking news from NYT. And it doesn’t mention the DRC third-country deportation program has already begun. ICE sent 15 immigrants from Latin American countries there five days ago. gillianbrockell.com/breaking-ice...
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ICE charter lands in Congo carrying 15 Latin American migrants
The Democratic Republic of Congo becomes the eighth African nation known to have taken third-country nationals from the Trump administration.
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Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
May the memories of those who died in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising bless all those yearning for freedom.
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Anti-Colonial History @anticolonialhistry.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
On this day in 1740, the British are forced to sign a treaty with Jamaican maroon leader Nanny. anticolonialhistory.com/event/333/
A bust of Nanny of the Maroons
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Anti-Colonial History @anticolonialhistry.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
On this day in 1895, Hawaiian scholar, author, composer, hula expert, and educator, Mary Abigail Kawenaʻulaokalaniahiʻiakaikapoliopele Naleilehuaapele Wiggin Pukui is born. anticolonialhistory.com/event/167/
Pat Nāmaka Bacon and her mother Mary Kawena Pukui performing hula. Pukui was born in April 20, 1895. Photo courtesy of Bishop Museum.
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ICE must be destroyed 🏳️‍⚧️🏴 @miawong.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Man idk how to express how demoralizing it is to see people doing joke support for the Pope as the Catholic Church implements the most draconian trans healthcare ban anywhere in the US. It's a FULL ADULT TRANS HEALTHCARE BAN!!!THEY KEEP BUYING MORE HOSPITALS!!!!!!! Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
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DeFlock Atlanta @deflockatlanta.org · 18/04/2026
In a move that will transform the largest network of LPR cameras in the nation, Flock announced that every existing Flock LPR camera can soon become video-enabled at no cost to the customer. “Flock customers don’t have to do a thing or pay a thing,” Well isn't that awfully nice of them.
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Flock Safety’s Q2 2025 Law Enforcement Product Launch Summary
The theme of Flock Safety’s product launch is “speed:” faster leads, eyes on the scene, and connecting the dots you didn’t know were there.
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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 17/04/2026
20 new 287(g) agreements added just today! Public trust in the agency may have tanked, but local police are still very eager to partner with ICE. bsky.app/profile/titu...
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spruce goose @ayywhatlook.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
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Shimanti | Human Consequences @humanconsequences.com · 15/04/2026
Hey, so ICE is still kidnapping and disappearing people in the United States. Just because they got quieter about it doesn't make it okay. Abolish ICE. Chinga la Migra.
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spruce goose @ayywhatlook.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
if we don't want to be the 51st state maybe we should stop acting like it
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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 15/04/2026
One thing I'm seeing proposed more and more as a prophylaxis against another Trump is to ban felons from holding public office. And this might be an unpopular opinion, but I *hate* that plan. Here's why.
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Simulated Chollas @simulatedchollas.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
"A corrections officer, who asked to remain anonymous, said he heard the eventual weapon would likely be placed on a stand and “operated by a computer to release a firing pattern.” “It’s kind of like Call of Duty,” the officer added."
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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
"Taser use carries the risk of permanent injury or death, some of which were attributed to a controversial diagnosis called “excited delirium.” so... the police use of the Taser (product of TASER International, which changed their name to Axon Enterprises in 2017) wasnt a cause of death .../
The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) investigates incidents of police use of force.

CBC News requested information from ASIRT about the number of cases involving the use of a Taser by Edmonton police and the death of a subject, and whether any such death was found to be caused by the Taser. ASIRT was unable to answer these queries.
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Dave Infante @dinfontay.com · 10/04/2026
Huge scoop from @richmond.com showing how RPD and @dannyavula.bsky.social schemed to "saturate the public narrative" (i.e, do propaganda) about Flock after @richmonddsa.bsky.social activists began organizing against use of the controversial surveillance system.
richmond.com
Texts show Richmond officials planning to 'saturate the public narrative' with positive Flock camera stories
In text messages, Mayor Avula, police Chief Rick Edwards and others discuss how to turn the tide of public opinion in favor of controversial automatic license plate readers.
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mahsa alimardani @mahsaalimardani.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
We didn't deserve this day.
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J. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
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Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 07/04/2026
ICE is requesting quotes to expand its arsenal of “digital forensics” tools — software and hardware that allow their HSI agents to access encrypted devices. This (heavily redacted) RFQ closes out April 10. ICE paid $13 million in FY25 for Cellebrite tools and training.
A heavily redacted document describing ICE’s requirements for digital forensic and encrypted device exploitation tools.
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Jeanne Theoharis @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
On the 58th anniversary of Dr. King's assassination, it's time to reckon with the media's troubling role in the civil rights struggle. (I pitched this to @nytimes.com who found it "fascinating..[but] the news is making deeper & certainly more historical pieces very hard." But they're the news.) A 🧵
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Lilah Sturges @lilahsturges.com · 28/03/2026
I think we need to celebrate the death of Sora a bit more. This is a technology that, just MONTHS AGO, we were being told was going to literally destroy Hollywood and Disney was going to give them a BILLION DOLLARS and NONE OF THAT EVEN REMOTELY HAPPENED
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