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Annie

@bkannie.bsky.social
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Brooklynite who loves maps, cities, books and rain.

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Tim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social · 11h
A thing I think even most people who have paid attention don’t realize about DOGE is that we still don’t actually know what they did. Just obtaining the records and putting people under oath is really important.
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little john @littlejohn.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Do people not in Minneapolis know that Ilhan is a wonderful person, a great representative, and an absolute fucking badass?
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 14h
Students from North Carolina A&T can be seen marching back to their HBCU after voting on the first day of early voting in the state. The Guilford County Board of Elections voted to remove the school’s on-campus polling site. (video via Todd Simmons) greensboro.com/news/local/g...
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Annie @bkannie.bsky.social · 14h
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Alternative View, Pacific Northwest @alt-pnw.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
We really need to be more effective in our protesting.
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Mike Elk @mikeelk.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Meta has censored more than 1,000 pro-Lula accounts during the Brazilian Presidential Election. Evidence shows that the social media giant clearly interfered in the election. paydayreport.com/meta-censors...
paydayreport.com
Meta Censors Over 1,080 Pro-Lula Accounts During Brazilian Presidential Election
Evidence shows the social media giant clearly interfered in the Brazilian Presidential Election
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AI Moratorium for NYC Schools @aimoratoriumnyc.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Sign our petition calling on the DOE to stop the high school pilots that experiment with AI on kids. actionnetwork.org/petitions/ca... @comixaction.com @gregpak.net @climatefamsnyc.bsky.social
An orange flyer with skeleton heart fingers that says "Hey Mayor Mamdani...testing AI on kids is creepy! AI is all trick, no treat." and a logo for AIM
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 12/10/2026
most of the headlines about this are complicit with the fascists in power, but let’s be clear: they raided her house because of who she is, not because she’s done anything to justify this treatment. the president shouldn’t be able to weaponize the government against his political enemies.
apple.news
US immigration authorities raid Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar's home — Reuters
US authorities conducted a predawn raid on Monday on the Washington-area home of Democratic US Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, an outspoken critic of Donald Trump who has been the target of po...
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
1/3 A Welshman, an inflatable kayak, the treacherous waters of the Congo Basin and the possibility of an angry hippopotamus. Millions are following Ash Dykes's adventure. As an ID physician, his journey got me thinking about something else. bktitanji.substack.com/p/a-welshman...
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A Welshman, a Kayak, and the Unequal Privilege of Adventure
On tropical medicine, colonial legacies, and the difference between choosing adventure and living with danger
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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
For #BannedBooksWeek, author Patricia McCormick — whose SOLD was the most-banned book of the 2025-26 school year — visited our office to talk to us about the consequences of repealing young readers’ access to stories about sexual violence.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 10/10/2026
Hundreds of protestors march from the site where an ICE agent shot a father in the Bronx on 10/8 to the hospital where he was being held. Defund and abolish ICE. Chinga la migra. 🧵 of photos...
A big crowd of protestors march in protest of an ICE agent shooting a father in the Bronx. Banner up front reads "JUSTICE FOR LORENZO, JOAN AND ALL VICTIMS OF ICE / Party for Socialism & Liberation." Signs read "Chinga la Migra" and "ICE OUT OF NYC"
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City of Minneapolis @minneapolismn.gov · 09/10/2026
Today, and every day, we stand with the Somali community.
The marquee at Cedar Culture Center with the message "We love our Somali neighbors" written out.
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Aaron Black @aaronblack.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The pattern is simple and it is everywhere now: donate to Trump or do business with his family, and the rules stop applying to you. Skip the donation, and the rules suddenly apply with a vengeance. #CostOfTrumpsCorruption
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Annie @bkannie.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
What this man endured. I wish he had had more time.
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AI Moratorium for NYC Schools @aimoratoriumnyc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
We need your help! The NYC DOE is planning to test AI on up to 50,000 students without asking for consent as part of their "pilot programs." Help us tell them no product testing on kids! Cancel the pilots! Sign the petition and share widely! @comixaction.com @gregpak.net @climatefamsnyc.bsky.social
actionnetwork.org
Cancel the High School Pilots
Our high school kids are not guinea pigs for big tech. They shouldn't be required to beta test AI to line the pockets of billionaires or fuel construction of polluting data centers that threaten their...
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Annie @bkannie.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
To read the details of this war crime committed by the US government is absolutely horrifying and heart breaking
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Arguably the biggest democracy referendum next month: Virginia is one of only three states where the state constitution says people should lose their right to vote FOR THEIR ENTIRE LIFE if they are convicted of any felony. This measure would allow anyone to vote after prison.
boltsmag.org
“It’s Time”: Virginians Will Decide Whether to Repeal Jim Crow-Era Lifetime Ban on Voting - Bolts
Voters will decide this year whether to end Virginia’s uniquely harsh felony disenfranchisement rules. They'll also vote on abortion, gay marriage, and redistricting.
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Annie @bkannie.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
OMG, yes
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Thread below: www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Riot police clash with students as education protests rage in France
About 735 schools have faced disruption as violent protests over standards and lack of teachers continue.
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Plume rouillée @plumerouille.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I know I have a few international followers, and I'd like you to know what's currently happening in France High-school children are protestinf fir better studiying conditions : enough teacher, enough table and chair, fonctionning toilets, toilets paper, heating in winter. Really, basics needs.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
People outraged by the Cornell rape case should direct some of their energy to reforming the horribly antiquated NY laws that make it especially hard to successfully prosecute the vast majority of rapes. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The loophole that likely doomed the Cornell rape case before it even started
Accusers who voluntarily drink have little protection under an antiquated law many see as "victim-blaming."
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Pete Sikora @petesikora.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
🤔 At the moment, Mamdani is not taking big shots on climate/jobs. Nor is he taking the (small/med) shots he said he would. NYC is a global leader on climate/jobs action b/c of Local Laws 97, 154 & divestment. Policies he inherited. So far Zohran isn’t furthering the city’s leadership. He should!🧵
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Glad about the result, but I don’t think it speaks well of us as a country that after two years of human rights violations, war crimes, naked gangster corruption, and contempt for the Constitution, he’s finally unpopular because gas got expensive.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 24/09/2026
You might be surprised to hear me say this, but I think Zohran Mamdani is the future of the Democratic Party. Just not for the reasons you probably think. He has a sharp strategic mind and the credibility to say uncomfortable truths to his own people and be heard rather than exiled.
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 22/09/2026
your regular reminder that all is not well for those of us living in red states that women are still bleeding out in parking lots and dying because they can’t access abortion care we deserve not to die
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Feeding America @feedingamerica.org · 19/09/2026
Per NPR: over 4M people have lost SNAP food assistance since last summer. Nationally, participation is down 11%, and bigger changes hit in October. There's no replacement for SNAP: for every meal we provide, SNAP provides nine. Get the facts: feedingamerica.org/snapfacts
A pile of red apples with green highlights surrounds a tear-out newspaper headline. The headline reads, "Over 4 million people are no longer receiving food aid amid sweeping changes to SNAP," accompanied by the NPR logo. The Feeding America logo is at the bottom.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 18/09/2026
This is straight-up evil. Yom Kippur is on Monday — the moral contradiction is impossible to ignore. 📌 REUTERS: Israeli settlers set fire to olive groves in the town of Burqa in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, according to local Palestinian residents. Burned trees that are “thousands of years” old.
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 18/09/2026
The State of Alabama executed Jeffery Lee tonight, despite the fact that a jury of his peers voted for a sentence of life imprisonment.
eji.org
Alabama Executes Jeffery Lee Despite Jury Vote for Life
The State executed Mr. Lee on September 17.
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Michael D. Green, PhD @michaeldgreen.phd · 17/09/2026
Honestly, it was scary to think about being named. As I sat with the opportunity more, I thought that there aren’t a ton of moments to act and set up a better future for science. We’ve all been through a lot. Even though I’m at a vulnerable stage of my career, I also have relative privilege…
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I don’t know how many people will understand the courage it took to do this, and I think that should be acknowledged. Well done, Dr. Green, and good luck. You’re fighting for everyone in science.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 14/09/2026
One of the incredible ironies of this era is that the journalists with the least resources to fight malicious prosecution by the gov't are the ones telling the most truth about the camps. And the ones with the most resources and teams of lawyers on staff...are not.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 14/09/2026
Glad folks are appalled by photos of the "phone booth" cage under an awning, but pls understand: This IG report is likely part of a cover-up. Amnesty Int'l interviewed detainees EIGHT MONTHS AGO who said the cage was half this size (couldn't stand up), had no awning, w feet chained to the bottom.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
There should be zero deaths from ectopic pregnancies in the U.S. Yet the number has doubled since abortion bans were implemented in some states, and that’s exactly where the most marked increase has been observed.
propublica.org
Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 11/09/2026
AN URGENT EXCLUSIVE: Ahmed Soliman, the 30-year-old gay man ICE expelled in April to Equatorial Guinea, a country he has no ties to, was arrested this morning and cannot be located, his attorneys say. They fear he may be in one of EG's torture prisons. prospect.org/2026/09/11/i...
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Immigrant Trump Sent to African Hotel Prison Arrested After Speaking With Media, Lawyers Say - The American Prospect
Ahmed Soliman’s attorneys fear he may have been sent to one of Equatorial Guinea’s notorious torture prisons.
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Caitlin McGlade @caitmcglade.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I, the only data reporter at the Charlotte Observer, am among the McClatchy layoffs in the bloodbath today. The HR person asked me not to talk about it! AMA. Anyway, here’s a link to one of my most important stories this year. www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/a...
charlotteobserver.com
A Black teen found hanged near Charlotte church was a suicide, police say. Questions remain
In May, 16-year-old Juliana Nzita was found dead in a Charlotte churchyard. CMPD called it a suicide. Her family isn’t so sure.
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 07/09/2026
Possibly the most American news of all time
local12.com
Prison inmates donate more than $4,000 to pay children's school lunch debt
Residents at the prison contributed $3,810 of their own money, while Kansas Department of Corrections employees added another $457.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
RFK Jr. just cancelled a bunch of grants that are fundamentally aligned with MAHA priorities, including fresh produce delivery and home visits to assist women who’ve just brought home a new baby. Why? Because these grants focused on underserved populations. Can’t have that, can we?
notus.org
HHS Cancels Infant Mortality, Postpartum Grants to Focus on Sperm Counts, ED
Officials at the Office of Minority Health told grantees that they’re prioritizing “root causes” of infertility and promoting exercise.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 05/09/2026
It was a privilege to host some of the most important voices in our city this week: NYCHA Resident Association presidents. For decades, these leaders have fought for their neighbors through years of disinvestment and neglect from every level of government.
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
fabulous thread
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I think one reason Mamdani is using non-traditional media is because traditional media isn't covering substantive government stories The two reporters on this topic cover the Mamdani administration but mostly from the perspective of conflicts. Too much theater, not enough substance.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
It’s taken me some time to get into this but this appears to be a real cause for alarm. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/t...
nytimes.com
How OpenAI Limited the Probe of Its Bots’ Hack of Hugging Face
A nonprofit’s study of how OpenAI’s A.I. agents were able to break into Hugging Face’s infrastructure wasn’t allowed to look at the incident’s full scope.
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Annie @bkannie.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
@nymag.com Doug Ford is not the Candian Prime Minister
Clip of text from a NY Magazine article about MapQuest and Lake Ontario that includes a quote, "I just dont see the purpose, it's absolutely backwards," Canadian Prime Minister Doug Ford said over the weekend.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
TEXAS — Hard to keep up with all the ways Republicans are attacking democracy in this country 🇺🇸
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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
💥 The people of Venezuela have taken to the streets to protest the theft of their oil: “We are protesting against the theft of our oil and interference in our sovereignty by the United States.” 8/30/26
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The people of Venezuela have taken to the streets to protest the theft of their oil: “We are protesting against the theft of our oil and interference in our sovereignty by the United States.” #cdnpoli
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Sirius Star 🍉 🍉 🍉 @siriusstar3.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
“Systemic racism stems from historical and ongoing colonisation, which continues to dispossess and dehumanise First Nations people. Many have been calling for truth-telling and treaty, as a starting point to address centuries of colonisation.”
greenleft.org.au
Racism against First Nations people is ‘like a cancer’, federal inquiry told
A three-month-long federal inquiry has heard accounts of widespread abuse, harassment and structural discrimination against First Nations people. Ben Radford reports.
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🇺🇸𝕀𝕟𝕕𝕪 ℝ𝕖𝕗𝕦𝕘𝕖𝕖🇺🇸 ᵀʳᵘᵐᵖˡᵉˢˢ ᵁˢᴬ @indyrefugee.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Millions of people rely on the information they obtain via a search engine corporation which just proved it would alter digital reality if instructed to do so by those in political power. That’s some crazy shit, Google.
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Annie @bkannie.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Eyes on Puerto Rico, please!
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Laura Chapin @laurachapin.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
"For the next two minutes, Cloud detailed three issues impacting women that she believes deserve more attention than Freedom: domestic violence, sexual assault and food insecurity." www.nytimes.com/athletic/754...
nytimes.com
Natasha Cloud calls Enes Kanter Freedom ‘irrelevant,’ urges WNBA to ban him league-wide (Gift Article)
“I will talk about real issues that face women, and it’s not our trans human beings,” Cloud said.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 29/08/2026
The is white privilege in action. There are brown and Black people who are sitting in detention for months, AFTER they already gave up on their valid claims to be here and agreed to be deported. Then they’re deported shackled on an ICE flight while this guy, who had no valid claim, goes commercial.
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