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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

David Brouillette, the ICE officer who shot and killed Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Maine, is an Army veteran who has a history of terrifying and violent behavior, his close relatives say

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ICE Officer In Maine Shooting Has History Of Violent Behavior, Family And Records Say

The ICE officer who shot a Colombian man in Maine is an Army veteran who has a history of terrifying and violent behavior, according to close relatives.

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 30/05/2026

seeing reports confirming this consistently including through active livestreams. some coverage made it sound like state cops taking over for ICE in the streets meant peace / at least less violence; it just means their strategy + repression is more organized than ICE’s slate of untrained agents.

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Fun @funkelly.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

ok i found some good news, everyone

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

We’re about to go into our last hour!! Please join! And even if you don’t, please help us raise the last $30k of our legal bills after our unjust prosecution.

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Elle Ess @viamarsala18.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

I walked my feet off in about 5 degree weather (don’t recall the windchill) at a mosque in December for two hours. As I was entering the last half an hour a man came out and shouted are you vegetarian? I shouted no. He ran in and then back out with a warm foil wrapped sandwich.

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Chance the Lawyer @chancethelawyer.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

because I know y’all can’t click and read

1. "Except in rare circumstances, drowning people are physiologically unable to call out for help. The respiratory system was designed for breathing.
Speech is the secondary or overlaid function.
Breathing must be fulfilled before speech occurs.
2. Drowning people's mouths alternately sink below and reappear above the surface of the water. The mouths of drowning people are not above the surface of the water long enough for them to exhale, inhale, and call out for help. When the drowning people's mouths are above the surface, they exhale and inhale quickly as their mouths start to sink below the surface of the water.
3. Drowning people cannot wave for help. Nature instinctively forces them to extend their arms laterally and press down on the water's surface.
Pressing down on the surface of the water permits drowning people to leverage their bodies so they can lift their mouths out of the water to breathe.
4. Throughout the Instinctive Drowning Response, drowning people cannot voluntarily control their arm movements. Physiologically, drowning people who are struggling on the surface of the water cannot stop drowning and perform voluntary movements such as waving for help, moving toward a rescuer, or reaching out for a piece of rescue equipment.
5. From beginning to end of the Instinctive Drowning Response people's bodies remain upright in the water, with no evidence of a supporting kick. Unless rescued by a trained lifeguard, these drowning people can only struggle on the surface of the water from 20 to 60 seconds before submersion occurs."

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🎃 Killy Witches 👻 @tillybridges.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

CIS PEOPLE TIME TO STEP UP it’s once again time to yell at our bad government via online comment form the FCC is trying to make trans and nonbinary content require special ratings on shows GLAAD has a good writeup on it below TELL ‘EM NO direct link to comment form: www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings...

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Tell the FCC that LGBTQ Stories Don’t Need a Warning Label | GLAAD

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is targeting LGBTQ stories. They are trying to control what you see on television. This government overreach is dangerous...

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 19/05/2026

There’s a massive immigration operation in Memphis right now, but you may not have heard about it. Why? Community members face retaliation for trying to spread the word out, a lawsuit alleges.

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Memphis is “under full-blown occupation” by ICE. Here’s why you may not know that.

Community members face retaliation for trying to spread the word out, a lawsuit alleges.

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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

When is it time to admit these are concentration camps and recall that these have existed across time and place including here before and the Nazis operated concentration camps for 6 years prior to them becoming extermination camps?

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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Recently, FamilySearch digitized and uploaded tons of microfilmed records, including many from 18th-century Massachsuetts. They're using some sort of AI to transcribe/summarize the handwritten documents. I've noticed that the AI strips out references to race and enslavement in 18thc documents.

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Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 28/04/2026

Matthew is an incredible disability policy expert, attorney, and activist who has done so much for so many years: matthewcort.land Please donate and/or share. Thanks.

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Matthew Cortland

Matthew became a lawyer by necessity. Now they use their training in public health and law to help others.

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Kacey325 @kacey325.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

This is AWFUL and should get national press.

Neither of the Makoka brothers has been accused of or charged with a crime. Their immigration status was in good form as late as fall of last year. They are, by all accounts, model students and athletes at Hancock High School in Kiln, Mississippi, having recently transferred from the Piney Woods Country Life School in Rankin County. Now, they are in ICE custody, on track for deportation. Gail Baptiste, their host mother, was still in the bedroom when her granddaughter sprinted in.

“Nana,” she said, “they have the boys.”

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Orca Behavior Institute @orcabehaviorinstitute.org · 13/04/2026

Good news to start your Monday: thanks to the removal of the four Klamath River dams, wild Chinook have hatched for the first time in over a century in the upper reaches of the Klamath! This river reaches the Pacific in northern California, where K- and L-Pods spend time in the winter/spring.

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Chinook salmon found naturally hatching in Upper Klamath River for first time in a century

The Klamath Tribes are celebrating evidence of Chinook salmon spawning in Klamath River tributary.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 14/04/2026

This is honestly a fucking assault on democracy.

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Disgusting that in 2026 when there's international fascist movements centering around the persecution of LGBTQ+ people that anybody would still work for and support the Harry Potter franchise. That includes the assholes who thought they'd hide behind the audio book that funds anti-trans orgs

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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

It was the worst of times. It was the worst of times. www.thewesternedge.media/p/everyone-i...

Screen shot of New York Times article entitled "Someone Has to Be Happy. Why Not Lauren Sánchez Bezos?" with a close up image of her face and hands.

Screenshot of an article about an Amazon employee dying at work and his colleagues being forced to keep working. "For more than an hour, several employees said, workers in the facility were instructed to continue fetching totes, picking items off shelves and loading them onto trucks for delivery as the man lay dead, and management figured out their next steps. News of the fatality quickly spread through the building, but workers say top managers did not call operations to an immediate halt. A week later, several workers said they still do not know what caused the man to die. Records indicate he was 46 years old."

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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

I am so angry. Two Durham, NC kids - 11-year-old Genesis and 6-year-old Denis of Burton Elementary Magnet School - were taken by ICE at their regular asylum case appointment, and immediately deported without due process. Follow SiembraNC on IG or FB or @siembranc.bsky.social for next action steps.

Screenshot of sophiafornc from Threads: This is eleven year-old Genesis and six year-old Denis, two Durham elementary school students whose families came here to seek asylum. On Monday, they were detained by ICE and immediately sent back to Honduras without due process. Don't you dare tell me that this is making our country safer.

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Sahan Journal @sahanjournal.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

The city of Minneapolis is getting ready to deploy millions of dollars in emergency funding to help those struggling to pay rent in the aftermath of Operation Metro Surge. Written by Katrina Pross.

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Need rent help in Minneapolis? What to know right now

Minneapolis is partnering with three nonprofits to distribute millions in emergency rental assistance for residents facing eviction after the ICE surge.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

ICE loves hurting and killing women.

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IYKYK 🌮 @nisslbody.blacksky.app · 09/04/2026

This thread is seriously one of the best of all time.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

All this shit is a heat check by mainstream press to see if they can still pull off a “there’s equally bad guys on both sides, and here’s the guy we decided is just as bad as Nick Fuentes.” It’s: 1 - A way of avoiding the real problems: Trump, Vance and Netanyahu 2 - Probably not gonna work anymore

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

If you still support Israel at the point where they're destabilizing the entire planet so they can do multiple genocides you're completely lost

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 04/04/2026

When an insurance company is deciding whether to pay for your medical treatment, it generates a file, which should contain all records associated with your case, including documents explaining why the claim was denied. You have a right to see this file. (Published May 2023)

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Health Insurance Claim Denied? See What Insurers Said Behind the Scenes

Learn how to request your health insurance claim file, which can include details about what your insurer is saying about you and your case.

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jay marie, unidentified feral critter 🏳️‍⚧️ abolish ice @jmawork.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

The best time to get an IUD or vasectomy was November 2025. Second best time is now

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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 17/07/2025

The backstory here is that the Squamish people of what is now Vancouver were illegally dispossessed of this land a century ago. They sued, got their land back, and are using their sovereignty to ignore local zoning rules and build 6,000 new homes over the objections of nearby wealthy NIMBYs.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 03/04/2026

Great news out of Georgia! ALL of the 15 anti-LGBTQ+ bills have died as the Georgia legislative session comes to a close. This was only possible with intense efforts from local LGBTQ+ activists. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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All Anti-LGBTQ Legislation Defeated in Georgia as 2026 Session Ends

"Scapegoating LGBTQ+ Georgians is not a winning political strategy," said Georgia Equality's executive director.

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digby @digby56.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

This is outrageous. And personally depressing. People over 65 and those with chronic conditions will get sick and die. Just because the younger healthy people don't fear COVID anymore doesn't mean everyone else has nothing to fear. And just because MAHA is stupid and insane that should not happen.

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Erich Mees @erichmees.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Today would be Renee Good's 38th birthday. Let's never forget that Renee & Becca Good were a loving, lovely, lovable couple who should have celebrated many birthdays together.

A close-up of Renee Nicole Good smiling at the beach, wearing a hat and reflective sunglasses. Becca Good is reflected in the sunglasses, holding up her phone to take the photo.

A photo of Renee and Becca Good smiling inside a shop or restaurant, with the shop window behind them in the background.

A selfie of Renee Nicole Good and Becca Good sitting in their car, smiling and wearing matching reflective sunglasses. Reflected in their sunglasses is the car's glovebox with their son's stuffies sticking out of it.

A photo of Becca and Renee Good smiling, wearing matching purple shirts and matching sunglasses perched on top of their heads, with a wooden fence and trees in the background behind them.

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

"Long COVID is not just about fatigue and brain fog. A new Ohio State University study finds it can quietly chip away at several senses at once, with measurable problems in smell, hearing and balance." Source: archive.md/JL1Ap

A news article from Hoodline with the headline: “Ohio State lab says long COVID is quietly wrecking smell, hearing and balance.” The byline reads “By Maya Collins,” and the article is dated April 1, 2026.

Below the headline is a large, high-resolution 3D illustration of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The virus appears as a spherical structure with a textured reddish-orange surface, covered in numerous spike proteins in shades of blue, teal, and purple. The spikes protrude outward unevenly, giving a rough, clustered appearance. The background is softly blurred with pale grey and pastel tones, and a second, smaller out-of-focus virus particle is visible in the distance to the right.

A small caption in the top corner of the image credits the source: “Fusion Medical Animation on Unsplash.” The overall layout is clean and modern, with the bold headline dominating the upper portion and the scientific illustration reinforcing the topic of long COVID’s neurological and sensory impacts.

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Scott Lynch @scottlynch78.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

moby-dick, his eyes enormous: from hell's heart you STAB at moby? for hate's sake you spit your last BREATH at moby? oh! oh! the great shroud of the sea for ahab! the great shroud of the sea rolling on as it rolled five thousand years ago!!!!

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Daniel Abraham @abraham.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

I don't use AI in my writing. AI, on the other hand, steals my writing to train up on so it can do its work. The recent discourse about how writers use it but pretend they don't pisses me off. If you're using generative AI to write your stories, you are pissing me off. You. Specifically.

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Gretchen Felker-Martin PRE ORDER CHIMERA 2.16.27 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

It is a struggle every day for my friend Sama'a to feed her family, and food is only growing more scarce. Please give what you can to help. tinyurl.com/SamaasFamily

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Help Baha and his family rebuild their home and meet their d

Lying on my back feeling helpless and powerless, I decided to tell you my story from the beginning.

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

During a recent hearing, he shared how agents abused him while abducting his dad. “They told me I was ‘gay for crying,’ ‘an illegal idiot,’ a ‘border hopper,’ and other demeaning words." "I’m sharing my story so that this doesn’t happen to other ppl,” he said. "This is not the America that I know.”

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Everyone pony the fuck fpr the librarian who just got sacked for refusing to remove LGBTQ books from the kids' section of the library.

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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 31/03/2026

The Supreme Court did not strike down conversion therapy bans today. Not nationwide. Not in Colorado. Not anywhere. Here's what actually happened in Chiles v. Salazar—and why the coverage you're seeing serves the conservative legal movement more than it serves you.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 31/03/2026

👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 30/03/2026

hey friends! can we raise $1600 to pay the rent for an ICE-impacted family? my venmo is @ziibiing cashapp $ziibiing paypal mouseandmiter@gmail.com

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 30/03/2026

1. The new IOC trans ban also targets cis women with genetic conditions. Under the policy, it's even possible for a cis woman to be banned after giving birth with the uterus she was born with. This policy was revoked before after unintended consequences. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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Under New Olympic Sex Testing Policy, A Cis Woman Who Gives Birth Could Be Considered Male

History is set to repeat itself after the IOC announced a trans ban and mass sex testing for the 2028 Olympics.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 28/03/2026

Every year, January to April, people accuse me of fearmongering in my reporting. Every year around this time, bills pass. And without fail, every year, the ratchet tightens. And now Idaho just passed a bill that could put me in prison for years—for washing my hands in a bathroom.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

19 years old Royer Perez-Jimenez is one of the youngest people to die in an ICE camp. His arrest was unnecessarily violent and forceful. He’s shoved to the ground while officers kneel on his back as he struggles to communicate. A few weeks later, he was dead. Abolish ICE

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Body Cam Video Shows Rough Arrest of Teen Who Died in Florida ICE Custody

The 19-year-old told police he speaks Tzotzil, an indigenous language from Mexico.

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🎃Autopsy of Ashley Lynch 🔪🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

If you're not trans, maybe it really hasn't landed on you how intensely the single biggest plank of one of the two parties in the US is "kill all trans people." If you're cis, did you know Kansas revoked the drivers licenses of every trans person overnight?

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The Alternate Histoween 🎃 @althistorian.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

A Democrat just won the Florida house seat that contains Mar a Lago. If a Democratic president was suffering these kind of losses the papers would be screaming at them to resign. Instead we get this...

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Sarah Milstein @sarahmilstein.com · 09/03/2026

It's budget season in NYC, and despite promises to commit .5% to NYC libraries, Mamdani has instead proposed cuts. The budget is now with the City Council, which will counter-propose--so it's time to contact your council member. @nycplan.org has all the info you need: nycplan.org Takes ~2 mins

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Lotta folks who promised they were gonna hold @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social’s feet to the fire and yell at him when he’s wrong are be awwwfullyy quiet right now. Y’all lying about not putting political celebrity over people’s lives? Y’all too busy pretending he can do no wrong? Hold him accountable!

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