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"Do not obey in advance. Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given...individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want, and then offer themselves without being asked. A citizen who adapts in this way is teaching power what it can do." @timothysnyder.bsky.social

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 4h

The NYPD just released surveillance video of the ICE shooting (which occurred off camera). Two men in civilian clothes run up to a car with guns drawn. One second later, one man begins smashing the butt of his gun into the driver’s side window. The driver appears to panic and hit the gas.

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The Upshot @upshot.nytimes.com · 7h

Millions Lose Private Medicare Plans and Face Rising Costs (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/b...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026

El-Sayed: "I was a junior in HS on 9/11, sitting in my chemistry class. I watched as people started to point to people of my faith & say exactly the kinds of things that Rogers was saying. If that's his entire campaign strategy, you have to imagine how small minded he thinks Michiganders are."

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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 7h

The Trump administration has denied Illinois’ request for disaster relief — again. The state sought FEMA’s help after days of severe weather in and around the Chicago area in August. FEMA granted Indiana’s request for help with the same storm. buff.ly/P3ElxRb

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👨🏻‍💻☕️ @hunterwalk.com · 10h

When I was running Consumer Product at YouTube we 100% took down videos of public executions by the Iranian government.

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 13h

Who went through all the major platforms where the Pentagon might stream their barbaric firing squad "livestream" execution to see if it violated their policies? Me. I did it.

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 27/08/2025

Economists, please check it out, considering signing, and spreading the word here, by email, and other channels. bsky.app/profile/tder...

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 20/08/2025

POTUS and the AG abusing their public powers to try to gain more public power. The Fed has 7 governors. Trump appointed 2 last term. One is vacant. One more vacant seat will yield a majority. Dr. Cook fills the seat with the longest term (to 2038) & is the only Black woman on the board.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 8h

In case you missed it last night: we are seeing reports all over the country of immigration surges and state violence. If you need whistles for your community, we will send you 100-3000 3d printed for free, and we will love doing it. 3dwhistles.com

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 5h

Very grateful to go on @onthemedia.bsky.social to discuss Chris Rufo, his “Indian Question,” and why Rufo deserves more of the media’s scorn and disdain, and less polite sit-down interviews on New York Times podcasts www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

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Polarization Is Not Our Biggest Problem | On the Media | WNYC Studios

During an I.C.E. operation in New York City, officers shot a man in a car while a child sat in the back seat. On this week’s On the Media, coverage of I.C.E. has decreased since the s...

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 6h

Datacentre growth & bloat coming to ruin a city or rural area near you soon And for what❓ 🤬 to extract fossil fuels more efficiently 🤬 to create child sexual abuse content 🤬 mass theft of human intellectual & creative efforts in art, books etc 🤬 systematic contamination & degradation of knowledge

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Sojourners @sojo.net · 5h

"To take seriously that we have a crucified savior at the center of our faith means that theologically we cannot depict him in such a way that suggests he is on the side of the dominating power and structures that oppress." sojo.net/articles/new...

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The Story Behind a Stolen Black Icon

A painting depicting a Black Virgin Mary and Christ was recently stolen from Catholic University, becoming the latest example of discomfort with Black depictions of the sacred.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 8h

Trump started a stupid & illegal war in Iran that has driven up diesel prices. Now he wants to bankroll Putin's illegal war against Ukraine by buying diesel from him. One strategic disaster after the next. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...

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Trump lifts sanctions on Russian diesel, suggests US may buy amid surging fuel prices

The move comes weeks ahead of the midterm elections.

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 5h

Framing the work of LGBTQ+ organizations as organized crime is a new low for Turkey, where human rights have long been under attack. We call on Turkish authorities to end the discriminatory crackdown on queer rights groups." www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

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Turkish Crackdown On LGBTQ+ Organizations Threatens Freedom of

EFF strongly condemns Turkey’s state-led discriminatory, oppressive attacks on feminist and LGBTQ+ organisations, media platforms, student groups, and rights defenders and activists within the

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 6h

Read the whole thread.

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Ruha Benjamin @ruha9.bsky.social · 11h

So let me know if you want to come to a virtual talk next wk on “Reimagining Leadership.“ Time tbd. The focus is on cultivating critical, creative, and caring capacities in medicine, but I think it applies beyond that. I’m pretty sure we can do this without any leaders.

Ruha’s title slide for “Reimagining Leadership” with a quote by Saidiya Hartman: “Care is the antidote to violence.”

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Aaron van Dorn @aaronvandorn.bsky.social · 9h

Not to be all "you're getting sold" National Guard troops spend all day standing in out of the way corners of DC. Not great that they're standing in front of a ballot drop box, but c'mon, people, use some common sense. They're not stopping anyone from dropping something off.

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NPR @npr.org · 06/10/2026

The Tonics, an amateur a cappella group of middle-aged men in suburban Philadelphia, have built a mass social media following by posting videos of their rehearsals in each other's kitchens. n.pr/3VSeRlE

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How these suburban a cappella singers became improbable social media stars

The Tonics, an amateur a cappella group of middle-aged men in suburban Philadelphia, have built a mass social media following by posting videos of their rehearsals in each other's kitchens.

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NPR @npr.org · 06/10/2026

The cuts come as a consequence of President Trump and FBI Director Kash Patel's focus on violent crime and immigration, leaving other priorities understaffed. n.pr/4i5vYZT

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As Trump focuses the FBI on immigration, counterintelligence is falling behind

The cuts come as a consequence of President Trump and FBI Director Kash Patel's focus on violent crime and immigration, leaving other priorities understaffed.

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NPR @npr.org · 07/10/2026

The federal Civil Rights Data Collection, for the first time in decades, tells us about the teacher workforce and reminds us racial disparities are still stark in American public schools. n.pr/4hMPsBq

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5 things civil rights data says about public schools

The federal Civil Rights Data Collection, for the first time in decades, tells us about the teacher workforce and reminds us racial disparities are still stark in American public schools.

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NPR @npr.org · 07/10/2026

It's hard enough being a small-scale farmer. Then the Iran war drove up fertilizer prices. So farmers are using a traditional Asian recipe to make their own. They call it a "labor of love." n.pr/3VA3crF

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DIY fertilizer is a blessing as farmers face steep prices due to the Iran war

It's hard enough being a small-scale farmer. Then the Iran war drove up fertilizer prices. So farmers are using a traditional Asian recipe to make their own. They call it a "labor of love."

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NPR @npr.org · 08/10/2026

Throughout the summer, rumors have been bubbling in North New Jersey that ICE has quietly been using a warehouse as a detention center. NPR investigated. n.pr/4hzvA5M

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ICE has quietly used this warehouse as a detention facility all summer, neighbors say

Throughout the summer, rumors have been bubbling in North New Jersey that ICE has quietly been using a warehouse as a detention center. NPR investigated.

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NPR @npr.org · 08/10/2026

María del Carmen Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction from her Madrid home sparked nationwide protests across Spain and unleashed a political crisis, died on Wednesday while hospitalized. n.pr/47IKX60

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Maricarmen, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction shook Spain, has died

María del Carmen Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction from her Madrid home sparked nationwide protests across Spain and unleashed a political crisis, died on Wednesday while hospitalized.

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NPR @npr.org · 08/10/2026

NPR's Michel Martin hosted a panel conversation about mental health and suicide in the Black community, exploring a difficult subject in deeply personal conversations. n.pr/4j6qcZ3

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Suicide is up among Black Americans. We need to talk about it.

NPR's Michel Martin hosted a panel conversation about mental health and suicide in the Black community, exploring a difficult subject in deeply personal conversations.

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NPR @npr.org · 09/10/2026

The company says Russian operatives used its AI chatbot to update their bosses, shedding light on influence campaigns previously not attributed to Russia. n.pr/47JmrBO

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OpenAI caught Russians and Iranians using ChatGPT for influence campaigns

The company says Russian operatives used its AI chatbot to update their bosses, shedding light on influence campaigns previously not attributed to Russia.

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NPR @npr.org · 09/10/2026

The first hurricane of the Atlantic season was forecast to intensify rapidly and cause dangerous conditions in the Florida Panhandle, southern Alabama and southern Mississippi when it makes landfall late Friday or early Saturday. n.pr/4rT7dUh

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Isaias strengthens into Category 2 hurricane on collision course with the Gulf Coast

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NPR @npr.org · 20h

A study from Common Sense Media says most safeguards in ChatGPT for Teens failed. The chatbot talks to teens like a friend and doesn't alert parents when users talk about self-harm and suicide. n.pr/4rVkQ52

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ChatGPT for Teens has special safeguards. A watchdog group finds most don't work

A study from Common Sense Media says most safeguards in ChatGPT for Teens failed. The chatbot talks to teens like a friend and doesn't alert parents when users talk about self-harm and suicide.

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NPR @npr.org · 17h

South African human rights lawyer Navi Pillay wins the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for advancing human rights and international law. n.pr/4hOI08y

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South African human rights lawyer Navi Pillay wins the Nobel Peace Prize

South African human rights lawyer Navi Pillay wins the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for advancing human rights and international law.

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Critical Threats Project @criticalthreats.bsky.social · 15h

Egypt has attempted to form a de facto anti-Ethiopia alliance in recent years to strategically encircle and isolate Ethiopia and to force Addis Ababa into making concessions on its Nile and Red Sea agenda.

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Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 01/10/2026

Overwhelmed by huge world events over which you have literally no control? We get it. That's why on this month's show we bring you our good pal #GeraldWheatley who has been one of Calgary's biggest champions on building LOCAL resilience, community & justice www.podcastics.com/episode/4338... #yyc

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Global Chaos, Local Solutions

featuring Gerald Wheatley

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

ICE is not about immigration. ICE is about normalizing a paramilitary force on peaceful streets. Abolish ICE.

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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 15h

Mr. Trump’s demands for revenge have divided the Justice Department, diverted resources from other investigations and continued the erosion of the principle that politics must be kept strictly separate from federal law enforcement. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/u...

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How Trump’s Revenge Campaign Descended Into Turmoil

The president’s allies have sought to prove a “grand conspiracy” through a sprawling Justice Department inquiry. It has buckled under staffing shake-ups, internal disputes and trouble finding evidence...

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SDDPHOTO @sddphoto.bsky.social · 16h

WTH?

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This is Nazi rhetoric, full stop. It's not only a call to instigate a race war in the United States, but it's reminiscent of historic European justifications used to incite pogroms against Jews. People who say things like this are incredibly dangerous, as there is nothing they won't eventually do.

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Ossoff is definitely not listening to Yglesias/Klein/PodSave reactionary centrist crowd, he does not think his marginal voter is a white-supremacist, and that is what makes him such an attractive candidate to the vast majority of US who are not white-supremacists.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026

Troy Jackson: "The gentleman's name was Johan Sebastian Guerrero. He had a 3 year old daughter. The only mistake he made that morning was going to work. Because Sen. Collins is not willing to stand up to Donald Trump, he was murdered in the streets of Biddeford for doing nothing wrong."

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I can scarcely imagine a more un-Christian thing than live-streaming an execution for the public.

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annaflagg.bsky.social @annaflagg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

RELEASES FROM DETENTION: Under prior administrations kids in ICE detention were most likely to be granted release into the U.S. through orders of recognizance, parole or other forms of relief. But in Trump’s second term, most were either deported or left the country “voluntarily”.

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annaflagg.bsky.social @annaflagg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Today we launched a tool tracking immigration enforcement against children based on our analysis of data obtained by @deportationdata.bsky.social, including: ICE child arrests, detentions, and deportations: www.themarshallproject.org/2026/10/08/c...

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Tracking Trump’s Immigration Crackdown on Children

How many kids has ICE arrested, detained, and deported under the second Trump administration?

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