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Caitlin Patler

@caitlinpatler.bsky.social
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Associate Professor of Public Policy, UC Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy. Research on #immigration #immigrationpolicy #daca #immigrationdetention #health

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Attorneys for ICE detainees held at El Paso's Camp East Montana say "dangerous and inhumane" conditions have led to deaths, abuse, sickness and trauma. They're submitting dozens of firsthand declarations and asking a court for emergency relief storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 16/10/2026
When immigration agents struck a man with an SUV in Houston over the weekend, they said they were chasing an undocumented Mexican man facing deportation and multiple criminal charges. But the photo they shared of their target was of a man whose family says he died almost a decade ago.
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ICE Agents Who Rammed a Worker in Houston Were Chasing a Dead Man, Family Says
ICE agents rammed a man during a pursuit in Houston, leaving him with a shattered leg. But a bulletin of the target shows a man who died in 2017, his daughter said.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
A judge has thrown out the Trump administration's lawsuit against New York City over its sanctuary policies, rejecting the federal govt's claim that the city's policies violated the Supremacy Clause. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Memorandum & Opinion AND Order on Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim – #79 in United States v. City of New York (E.D.N.Y, 1:25-cv-04084) – CourtListener.com
Memorandum & Opinion AND Order on Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim
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Immigrant Defenders Law Center @immdef.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
This is who bears the brunt of Trump’s deportation agenda: a four-year-old girl leaving an ICE facility without her mother and brother, not knowing when she will see them again.
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Caitlin Patler @caitlinpatler.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Ummm….
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CNN @cnn.com · 08/10/2026
Immigration and Customs Enforcement leadership told agents nationwide to increase immigration arrests by 1,000 more people daily, returning to a previous goal of 3,000 daily arrests, according to two sources familiar with the verbal directive. cnn.it/4zgcsQc
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This will be one of the most important immigration cases in a generation. The Trump admin claims that a 1996 law mandates the detention of millions of people without any right to a bond hearing; every person who entered illegally, no matter how long in the past. If they win, it's a nightmare.
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 27/09/2026
The Trump administration’s proposed census changes will undoubtedly face legal challenges, with narrow prospects of surviving them. The Constitution, federal law, and centuries of history make clear that the census is meant to count everyone, regardless of citizenship. bit.ly/4y6x1yl
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Excluding Immigrants from the Census Would Hurt the Country and Break the Law
The Constitution, federal law, and centuries of history make clear that the census is meant to count everyone, regardless of citizenship.
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Matthew Hoppock @hoppock.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
EOIR quietly issued a new 5-page policy on public observation of immigration court hearings this week. It contains some significant new limitations, most notably for people trying to observe hearings remotely on WebEx. Here are the changes I've noticed. www.justice.gov/eoir/media/1...
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Fact Sheet September 2026 | United States Department of Justice
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United We Dream @unitedwedream.org · 25/09/2026
Karen has taught elementary school for almost a decade. She filed her DACA renewal months early, but it was not processed in time, and as a result, she was forced to take unpaid leave from work.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Most people have no idea how much international students are the lifeblood of higher education. But they’re about to learn. Sigh.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is a common lie from DHS press flacks. They claim that people who came through CBP One — who registered for an appointment through a government app, went to a port of entry, and were issued a grant of humanitarian parole by a CBP officer letting them enter — "entered illegally." Total nonsense.
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Caitlin Patler @caitlinpatler.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🚨 Responding to some FAQs about our postdoc position🚨 1) The official close date is 1/4/27. Apps submitted until then will receive full consideration (unless filled earlier). 2) We anticipate a spring 2027 start date Apply here: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05505 cc: @chloeneast.bsky.social
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PostDoctoral Scholar Employee - Goldman School of Public Policy
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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 20/09/2026
ICE Detention Claims 25th Life Since the Start of the Year Carlos Josué Marchena at Louisiana and Lianyong Wei in Saipan are the 25th and 24th people to die in ICE custody. Story by Spanish-language media, slow to hit English-language media. austinkocher.substack.com/p/ice-detent...
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ICE Detention Claims 25th Life Since the Start of the Year
Carlos Josué Marchena at Louisiana and Lianyong Wei in Saipan are the 25th and 24th people to die in ICE custody. Story by Spanish-language media, slow to hit English-language media.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 19/09/2026
A cancer vaccine succeeded in a clinical trial in preventing the recurrence of melanoma, a result experts say is a breakthrough for mRNA-based treatments. Trials for lung cancer, pancreatic cancer and other diseases' vaccines are also underway.
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A melanoma vaccine was hailed as a breakthrough. Which cancers are next?
Trials investigating mRNA vaccines for lung cancer, pancreatic cancer and other diseases are already underway.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 20/09/2026
Last month, ICE put 12 Somali men on a plane and told them they were being deported to Somalia, according to interviews with community leaders, friends, and family members. Instead, they arrived at the notorious US military base in Cuba, where seven or eight of them remain.
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The Trump administration is imprisoning Somali immigrants at Gitmo
“Nobody tell us that we’re going to Guantanamo Bay.”
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Lucas Sage @l-sage.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
A note in response to Lionel Page, “Why has sociology become so politicised?” lsage1.substack.com/p/a-note-in-...
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A note in response to Lionel Page, “Why has sociology become so politicised?”
From a quantitative sociologist
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
"The final honor of the night—the humanitarian award—went to the people of Minnesota. Over 30 Minnesotans took the stage to receive the award, reflecting a range of organizations, businesses and other entities that actively supported ppl during the federal immigration surge…” #HispanicHeritageMonth
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‘People of Minnesota’ receive Hispanic Heritage Award for resilience during ICE surge
Organizers said they wanted to hold the event in Minneapolis this year because of the federal immigration surge last winter.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
You think this regime can't get any more cartoonishly evil, but then it finds a way. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/c...
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Trump Administration Moves to Gut a Core Endangered Species Protection
An internal memo reinterprets the law so that only the intentional killing of animals, not collateral harm, is illegal.
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iAmerica @iamerica.org · 16/09/2026
Voters want a lower cost of living and affordable healthcare, not the cruelty of harassing and jailing our immigrant friends, families, and neighbors. See how changes to federal funding are affecting healthcare and other essential services in your state: www.fwd.us/news/healthc...
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Cutting Healthcare, Funding ICE: State Impacts
State by state breakdown of how Trump funding cuts and spending are raising costs of healthcare and groceries, and fueling ICE overreach.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
NEW: DHS's Inspector General releases a scathing report about the Everglades detention camp known as "Alligator Alcatraz." The OIG finds that the now-closed camp, violated multiple ICE standards. The OIG also confirms detainees were punished with placement in a metal cage in the Florida heat.🧵
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Staff also reported that time spent in the small metal enclosures is closely monitored, and
detainees are not locked in, even though we observed locking mechanisms on the enclosures.
Figures 11 and 12. Small Metal Enclosures; Observed January 21, 2026

Underneath is a picture of a metal cage that is 4 feet 3 inches wide by 4 feet 3 inches long, and 7 feet 9 inches high. The cage itself is placed on a tiny spot of fake turf, and then surrounded by another chainlink fence with razor wire on top. The cage is covered by a roof, but it's entirely exposed to the outside otherwise, meaning mosquitos and no air conditioning.
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Eunice Cho @eunicehcho.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The DHS's Office of Inspector General just issued a scathing new report about conditions of confinement at ICE's infamous "Alligator Alcatraz" detention facility. As the NYT reports, officials used metal cages as "calming areas" to hold detainees. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/u... /1
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‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Used Small Cages to Confine Migrants, DHS Watchdog Report Says
The Department of Homeland Security’s internal watchdog provided new details about conditions at the now-shuttered Florida detention center.
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 12/09/2026
The US President's new proposal to tax international students has been approved by the White House for release this week. It's an unprecedented $100,000 tax on int'l grads who stay to work after graduation on Optional Practical Training (most grads do), a crucial bridge to remaining by any channel.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
JUST IN: A federal judge has paused construction of an immigration holding facility in Santa Clara, California on a site known for hazardous waste violations. It's the latest ICE facility blocked due to environmental and health concerns + lack of analysis. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This “game” on the White House website, a version of Snake where you play as a white man in a suit and you run around picking up identifiably black, Asian, and Latino men and putting them in orange jumpsuits, might be the most openly white supremacist thing I’ve ever seen the US government produce
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Caitlin Patler @caitlinpatler.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Grateful to you for posting it! Thank you!
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Monique Morrissey @moniquemorrissey.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
@chloeneast.bsky.social and @caitlinpatler.bsky.social are hiring a post-doc at Berkeley. Fantastic opportunity for up-and-coming researchers interested in studying the impact of the anti-immigration agenda and doing impactful research with great mentors. aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05505
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PostDoctoral Scholar Employee - Goldman School of Public Policy
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
🚨🚨🚨 UC Berkeley GSPP is hiring a postdoc. Focus is on using quant-causal methods to study immigration in the US, working with my star colleague @caitlinpatler.bsky.social aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05505
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PostDoctoral Scholar Employee - Goldman School of Public Policy
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
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Caitlin Patler @caitlinpatler.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
🚨 Job Alert! 🚨 Chloe East (CU Boulder Econ) & I are hiring a postdoc to work on causal research on impacts of imm policy on immigrant children & families + rapid response descriptive work. Please share & encourage qualified candidates to apply! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05505
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PostDoctoral Scholar Employee - Goldman School of Public Policy
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
It is an *extremely* little know rule that certain Canadian First Nations people can freely cross the border both ways and live in the US if they feel like it, without having to go through any normal immigration processes.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 03/09/2026
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Somewhere, another 17-year-old is being offered a place on an American campus. She might build the next great American company. She might create thousands of jobs. Or, denied a visa, she might never be able to board the plane,” writes Benjamin Fernandes.
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Opinion | Trump Ended My American Dream
America has closed its doors to too many students and entrepreneurs.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 29/08/2026
This ICE flight is making bad time for reasons unknown. It spent 4 1/2 hours on the ground in Senegal, where ICE charters generally do fuel/crew stops. Then flew 1 hour to Sierra Leone, a third-country removal. On the ground two hours and counting. All migrants shackled at least 19 hours so far.
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Eunice Cho @eunicehcho.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
“This case stands out as an example of the enormity of the tragedy pregnant women and families are facing because of the Trump administration,” Cho said, of Monterroso Lemus’s experience. “The bottom line is: No one deserves to be treated like this.” theintercept.com/2026/08/27/t...
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Trump Admin Said She Was Lying About Stillbirth in ICE Custody. New Evidence Points to Lack of Prenatal Care.
The Trump administration claimed Iris Dayana Monterroso Lemus received “FULL medical, prenatal care” in ICE custody.
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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Here’s the Science piece detailing the changes. www.science.org/content/arti...
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NSF shrinks support for social sciences in prestigious graduate fellowship program
New solicitation excludes students in seven fields and science education
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Adam Sawyer @adamjst.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I used ICE case records data to calculate national, cumulative, and facility-by-facility detained population totals. This is an update of an analysis that I ran in April of this year. adamjsawyer.com/posts/ice-fa...
Nightly Population Detained by ICE, National. It peaked on January 14, 2026 when more than 71,000 people were detained. It dropped in the Northern Hemisphere spring and then has increased again.
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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
"Some of us are illegal & some are not wanted Our work contract's out & we have to move on But it's 600 miles to that Mexican border They chase us like outlaws, like rustlers, like thieves You won't have a name when you ride the big airplane All they will call you will be deportee" - Woody & Dolly
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
NEW: ICE data released under the Freedom of Information Act reveals that more than half of all ICE arrests are now people with no criminal record; no prior convictions or pending charges. In the first week of August, 55% of all ICE arrests were of people with no criminal record.
Chart showing monthly ICE arrests by criminal record, January 2025 through July 2026. The chart shows total ICE arrests rising steadily from January 2025, then peaking and falling from January 2026 to February 2026, stabilizing, then rising again in June and July to record levels. Meanwhile, the composition of ICE arrests becomes more and more weighted towards people with no criminal record, and in July 2026, the majority are people with no criminal record.
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Caitlin Patler @caitlinpatler.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton was a national treasure.
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Caitlin Patler @caitlinpatler.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
🚨My new research w/ @paolalanger.bsky.social & Altaf Saadi on the long-term consequences of interrupted medical care in ICE detention.
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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 24/08/2026
Here is the April piece with all three categories, the pre-death release cases, and what the research says about preventability. austinkocher.substack.com/p/beyond-the...
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Beyond the Official ICE Detention Death Count
The growing ICE death toll is alarming, but official numbers capture only one part of the deadly effects of detention. Here's a framework for understanding the full scope of the damage.
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Caitlin Patler @caitlinpatler.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
So devastating. May he rest in peace.
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 24/08/2026
Our government statistics agencies had so far resisted egregious manipulation by the White House. That changed this week when someone in the White House ordered the fabrication of this unsigned, poorly executed, spurious report attempting to justify debunked conspiracy theories about our elections.
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FACT FOCUS: Census Bureau report does not prove Trump's claim about noncitizen voting in 2020
In his most recent challenge to the results of the 2020 U.S. election, President Donald Trump this week cited a report claiming to show that thousands of noncitizens voted, a practice studies have fou...
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Allen Orr @allenorr.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Trump administration's 75-country visa ban was illegal, judge ruled the policy violated federal immigration law by discriminating on the basis of nationality. - @urbanviewradio.bsky.social @claycane.bsky.social www.npr.org/2026/08/22/n...
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Trump administration's 75-country visa ban was illegal, judge rules
The U.S. stopped issuing visas for citizens of 75 countries because it said they were likely to need public assistance. A judge ruled the policy illegally discriminated on the basis of nationality.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
This is the reported $100,000 fee on Optional Practical Training (OPT), which allows foreign students to remain for a couple years in post-graduate employment. The fee would devastate the program, making the US even less desirable as a destination for the world's best and brightest.
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NPR @npr.org · 22/08/2026
The U.S. stopped issuing visas for citizens of 75 countries because it said they were likely to need public assistance. A judge ruled the policy illegally discriminated on the basis of nationality. n.pr/4gbeIlc
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Trump administration's 75-country visa ban was illegal, judge rules
The U.S. stopped issuing visas for citizens of 75 countries because it said they were likely to need public assistance. A judge ruled the policy illegally discriminated on the basis of nationality.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
For the last seven months straight, the U.S. government has refused to process immigrant visas for nationals of 75 countries around the world; including visas for spouses of U.S. citizens. Today, a federal judge ruled the policy flagrantly illegal.
Map of the world, with the 75 countries impacted highlighted in yellow. They include countries in South America like Brazil and Venezuela, about half of all African countries, and most Middle Eastern countries.
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Adam Sawyer @adamjst.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
"It’s part of a nationwide system set up in a way that ensures most ICE detention facilities stay open, no matter how bad the conditions." From Isabel Del Mastro and @ziembavision.bsky.social www.pogo.org/investigates...
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Inside ICE’s Broken System for Inspecting Detention Facilities
New data reveals a twisted ICE detention oversight system where facilities get glowing grades, even amid deadly conditions.
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Caitlin Patler @caitlinpatler.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
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Caitlin Patler @caitlinpatler.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
This is super interesting. I’m curious about those that had agreements and ended them vs those who debated and failed to enact.
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