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Carl Elliott

@carlelliott.bsky.social
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Author of The Occasional Human Sacrifice: Medical Experimentation and the Price of Saying No (Norton, 2024) #whistleblowing #bioethics #philosophy Words in The Atlantic, New Yorker, New York Times, New York Review of Books www.carl-elliott.com

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Carl Elliott @carlelliott.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Tenure track job in bioethics and humanities at the University of Washington jobs.chronicle.com/job/38041653...
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Assistant Professor Tenure-Track Bioethics and Humanities - Seattle, Washington State (US) job with University of Washington | 38041653
Description The Department of Bioethics and Humanities at the University of Washington School of Medicine invites applications for a Full-time (100...
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Carl Elliott @carlelliott.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
On The Daily: Who gets custody of embryos when a couple breaks up? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/p...
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A Couple Breaks Up. Who Gets Custody of Their Embryos?
For 47-year-old Erin Millender, using embryos that were frozen during her marriage became a central question for a New York divorce court.
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DaemonSky @dsky.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I have no idea how tell publishers I don't want their stupid AI assistants popping up OVER the article I'm trying to read to summarize it for me. I want to know what authors said, thanks, not what the AI thinks I want to know.
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Carl Elliott @carlelliott.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
As the U makes painful budget cuts, it’s spending plenty on consultants #UMN www.startribune.com/university-o...
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Counterpoint | As the U hikes tuition, it's spending millions on consultants
From union leaders: As the U argues financial hardship, it's added more administrators, adopted then rejected a $15 million slogan, and spent over $23 million on consultants for advice on Fairview neg...
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Carl Elliott @carlelliott.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Thanks to This Podcast Will Kill You for a thoroughly enjoyable conversation!
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Carl Elliott @carlelliott.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
My review of Theo Baker's astonishing new book, How to Rule the World, which deserves every bit of the attention it is getting. hedgehogreview.com/web-features...
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Soul Searching at Stanford
When threats, betrayal, and ridicule are part of the curriculum.
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Carl Elliott @carlelliott.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Preach. www.startribune.com/university-o...
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Opinion | The U of M is ailing. If only we had a doctor.
The faculty and staff are underpaid, administrators are overpaid, programs are dropping and tuition is rising. The Board of Regents has some things to consider, Scott Laderman writes.
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Carl Elliott @carlelliott.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
From bad to worse www.startribune.com/why-did-the-...
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Why the U of M spent $23 million on health care consultants
The expenditures date to the ill-fated Fairview-Sanford merger. More than half the spending came after the July 2024 arrival of the new president, Dr. Rebecca Cunningham.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 13/04/2026
Man Who Threw Molotov Cocktail At Sam Altman’s Home Claims He Was Following ChatGPT Recipe For Risotto theonion.com/man-who-threw-molotov-…
Man Who Threw Molotov Cocktail At Sam Altman’s Home Claims He Was Following ChatGPT Recipe For Risotto
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Bloomsbury Philosophy @bloomsburyphilo.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Join the editors and contributors to 'Bioethical Responsibilities in Twenty-First Century Crises' next week for a virtual conversation! Register here: bit.ly/4mpBLKv Learn more about the book: bit.ly/4cgIilQ
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Bioethical Responsibilities in 21st Century Crises. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Join bioethics and medical experts for a conversation about the need for new bioethical methods and focus to address contemporary problems, including disability and erasure, incarceration and detentio...
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Carl Elliott @carlelliott.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
A University of Minnesota neuroscience professor who studies brain activity in monkeys has been suspended from research after a decade of repeated problems related to lab animal care and a blatant failure to follow the rules. www.startribune.com/u-professor-...
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University of Minnesota professor suspended from monkey research after decade of serious problems
Neuroscience professor Geoff Ghose was disciplined for an “overt failure to comply” with rules around working with lab animals.
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Elizabeth Lanphier @ethicselizabeth.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
I’ll be one of the faculty presenters at this upcoming virtual workshop next weekend on Narrative Medicine. Would love to see some narrative/medicine folks there.
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Attention to Self and Other: Narrative Medicine in Practice April 17-19, 2026
Join us for a foundational exploration of narrative medicine held virtually online!
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Carl Elliott @carlelliott.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Post-doc in medical humanities at Rice University jobs.chronicle.com/job/37971486...
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Postdoctoral Associate - Medical Humanities Research Institute - Houston, Texas, United States job with Rice University | 37971486
Job Description About Rice: Boasting a 300-acre tree-lined campus in Houston, Texas, Rice University is ranked among the nation’s top 20...
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Carl Elliott @carlelliott.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
The Gated Community has two new protest songs out on Bandcamp! thegatedcommunity.bandcamp.com/album/hope-t...
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Hope to Hell, by The Gated Community
3 track album
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Walter Mondial @dabenner.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
One thing to bear in mind about Uconn is Stephen Miller and Richard Nixon didn't go there.
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Carl Elliott @carlelliott.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
And they say there is no God.
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Carl Elliott @carlelliott.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
U of Minnesota’s “Leave a Future” Slogan Falls Flat share.google/XLopkrvjOHaU...
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U of Minnesota’s “Leave a Future” Slogan Falls Flat
“Leave a Future,” the University of Minnesota’s new slogan, is leaving an impression—not necessarily a good one.
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Carl Elliott @carlelliott.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
I'll be talking about whistleblowing and medical research this Tuesday at the University of Pennsylvania medicalethicshealthpolicy.med.upenn.edu/master-of-bi...
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Penn Medical Ethics and Health Policy | Penn Bioethics Seminar (PBS): "Why They Blow the Whistle: Exposing Abuses in Medical Research" - Carl Elliott, MD, PhD
Why They Blow the Whistle: Exposing Abuses in Medical Research   Carl Elliott, MD, PhD Professor, Department of Philosophy University of Minnesota In popular culture, whistleblowers are consci...
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Carl Elliott @carlelliott.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
New bioethics job at University of Colorado jobs.chronicle.com/job/37968079...
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Bioethics and Humanities Research- Assistant Professor - Aurora, Colorado, United States job with University of Colorado System | 37968079
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Department: Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine, Center for Bioethics and Humanities Job...
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em cassel @biketrouble.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
taxes! they're confusing! we hate paying them! but are you gonna have to, if it's money you moved around for mutual aid? the answer is probably not, but also maybe, depending on how you collected funds! but also hopefully not!
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We Asked Tax Experts Everything About Mutual Aid - Racket
Does the IRS want a piece of your fundraising dollars? Here's what we know.
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Carl Elliott @carlelliott.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Good Lord. www.npr.org/2026/03/18/n...
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ICE officers are taking DNA samples from protesters they've arrested
People arrested while protesting ICE say federal agents took samples of their DNA. It's legal, but experts say the practice raises questions about what the government is doing with that genetic data.
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Carl Elliott @carlelliott.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
So now we learn that the huge California healthcare company buying Allina paid half a billion dollars to settle allegations of anti-competitive pricing. www.startribune.com/will-the-all...
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Will the Allina-Sutter Health deal drive up the cost of health care in Minnesota?
Minneapolis-based health system says bigger will be better for patients, but economists worry about the consumer cost.
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JeanneL @jeannelakso.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
“Leave your behind in the future.” There. Fixed it. My invoice for $25 million is in the mail.
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Carl Elliott @carlelliott.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
‘I feel desperate’: Minnesota woman suffering medical emergency stuck in Texas detention minnesotareformer.com/2026/03/16/i...
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‘I feel desperate’: Minnesota woman suffering medical emergency stuck in Texas detention • Minnesota Reformer
Andrea Pedro-Francisco was supposed to have surgery more than a month ago. A cyst on her ovary has swelled to nearly the size of a tennis ball and is now at risk of rupturing or cutting off blood supp...
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Carl Elliott @carlelliott.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Charges dropped against three Minnesotans accused of assaulting federal agents www.startribune.com/charges-drop...
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Charges dropped against three Minnesotans accused of assaulting federal agents
The defendants were initially accused of serious crimes. But when asked for evidence, the government dropped their cases.
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Carl Elliott @carlelliott.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Read this. Because of ICE, I’ve Been in Hiding for Months. It Has Transformed Me. - racketmn.com/because-of-i...
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Because of ICE, I've Been in Hiding for Months. It Has Transformed Me. - Racket
Days of anxiety, of frustration, and of feeling that everything is on hold while the world keeps moving forward outside.
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Carl Elliott @carlelliott.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
"Despite being asked about eight times for her rationale for the change, faculty, staff and students didn’t get an answer." www.startribune.com/after-chance...
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After chancellor was abruptly let go, new leader takes the helm at University of Minnesota Morris
Michael Rodriguez, previously a dean at the U’s Twin Cities campus, aims to build on a recent reversal of declining enrollment.
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Carl Elliott @carlelliott.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Of course www.startribune.com/trump-admini...
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Trump administration formally denies Minnesota access to Alex Pretti evidence
Drew Evans, head of the state’s investigative agency, said the FBI once again refused access to evidence and information from the killing of Pretti at the hands of federal officers.
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Judy Stone @drjudystone.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
New: ICE detention warehouses, like this planned for #Hagerstown, bring concerns about infections, adequate water, and economic impact (in addition to the obvious human rights concerns). Here's some of what to watch for: www.forbes.com/sites/judyst...
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What To Watch For When ICE Buys Local Warehouses
DHS is buying huge warehouses raising concerns about economic impacts on towns, adequate water and infrastructure, and outbreaks of measles, other infectious diseases.
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Carl Elliott @carlelliott.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
To 99% of ICE-occupied Minneapolis, the line between good and evil over the past two months has been absolutely clear. Yet the #UMN administration has consistently picked the wrong side. www.startribune.com/politics-uni...
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Opinion | At the University of Minnesota, neutrality has become censorship
"In theory, neutrality policies protect free debate by allowing the community to disagree on controversial matters. But in practice, these policies are easily weaponized to achieve the opposite — cens...
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Ian, in the Year of the Bean🫛🫘 @mplsnightmayor.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
I feel a bit emotionally out of step with most here, but I'm kinda in the mood of "Dance in the streets, but bring your whistles"
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Carl Elliott @carlelliott.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Why is ICE seizing people’s phones and documents? minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/12/w...
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Why is ICE seizing people’s phones and documents? • Minnesota Reformer
After the federal agents took the shackles off Gust Johnson’s ankles to release him from detainment, he asked for his phone back. That would be staying at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, th...
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Carl Elliott @carlelliott.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Pay no attention to the masked paramilitary agents lurking outside the office. We're on a deadline here, people! racketmn.com/corporate-co...
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Corporate Communications in ‘Uncertain, Stressful, and Volatile Times’: How MN Employers Failed to Address the ICE Occupation - Racket
We asked Minnesotans how their bosses responded to our statewide crisis. And boy did they tell us.
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Andrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
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Carl Elliott @carlelliott.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
We have an anti-ICE protest concert. Four days later, ICE announces it is leaving Minnesota. Coincidence? I don't think so.
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Carl Elliott @carlelliott.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
See below @leighturner.bsky.social @wrigleyfield.bsky.social @chrisserres.bsky.social @charlespiller.bsky.social @jlussenhop.bsky.social @drjudystone.bsky.social @atrupar.com
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Carl Elliott @carlelliott.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Here's a feel-good story from occupied Minneapolis. No tear gas, no abductions, just a community coming together. Plus, some excellent protest music. #StandWithMinneapolis #ICEProtest #Resistance #ProtestSong www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2g3...
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From the Heart of ICE-occupied Minneapolis
YouTube video by The Gated Community
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Carl Elliott @carlelliott.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
ICE officers are now in Minneapolis hospitals. Staff members are terrified. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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Twin Cities health care workers describe 'fear,' 'intimidation' due to ICE in hospitals
Health care workers are experiencing fear and anxiety about going to work with ICE agents present in hospitals and clinics.
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Carl Elliott @carlelliott.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
How one Minneapolis man is helping neighbors surveil ICE back minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/11/h...
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How one Minneapolis man is helping neighbors surveil ICE back • Minnesota Reformer
When thousands of immigration agents flooded Minneapolis late last year, Garrett Guntly had an idea: a network of neighbor-owned security cameras, pointed towards public areas, that they could use to ...
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Carl Elliott @carlelliott.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Hundreds of immigrants in Minneapolis are housed in "piles of trash, no bedding with people sleeping on the floor, detainees shackled by the ankle and holding rooms with as many as a dozen or more people." #ImmigrationJustice #ICEoutforGood www.startribune.com/immigration-...
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Immigration attorneys call out dirty conditions, ‘disarray and chaos’ at Whipple detention facility
Attorneys for the Advocates for Human Rights visited the Whipple Federal Building on Monday following a judge’s ruling.
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Carl Elliott @carlelliott.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
A medical school class taught by -- UnitedHealth? What could possibly be wrong with that? www.startribune.com/university-o...
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University of Minnesota med school changes class after accusations of UnitedHealth ‘propaganda’
The school is changing an elective course while still working with the Eden Prairie-based health care giant after students raised concerns.
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE: "I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
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Leigh Turner @leighturner.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
“To disallow a faculty member from expressing their solidarity with the murdered man at his own memorial service is not ‘neutrality,’ it is complicity.”
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Carl Elliott @carlelliott.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
A violinist was invited to perform at a memorial for Alex Pretti. When she arrived wearing a black tunic saying "The evil must end," University of Minnesota administrators had her ejected from the building by armed guards. mndaily.com/top-story/un...
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University police escort music professor out of Alex Pretti vigil for wearing ICE OUT sign, ‘You know we aren’t taking sides here.’
What does one wear to the memorial of a killing? Music professor Stephanie Arado, asked by University of Minnesota administrators to perform at a streamed community event for alum Alex...
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Carl Elliott @carlelliott.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Uptown Minneapolis
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Nicholas A. Christakis @nachristakis.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
These are letters from children detained in an ICE facility in Texas. Susej is 9 and has been detained for 50 days. Gaby is 14 and has been detained for 20 days. Their accounts are heartbreaking and should be deeply shaming to our nation. www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
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“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility
Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end...
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Carl Elliott @carlelliott.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Inside Minnesotans’ moonshot to cover rent for their immigrant neighbors www.minnpost.com/metro/2026/0...
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Minnesotans’ moonshot to cover rent for their immigrant neighbors - MinnPost
The need for emergency rental assistance is bigger than a GoFundMe, but that’s not stopping residents from trying.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
This is absolutely insane. The sort of Kafka-esque nightmare you would find in a Philip K Dick book set far in the dystopian future. A window on America tumbling into autocracy. www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
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‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
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Carl Elliott @carlelliott.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
"Loathing is a powerful economic and geopolitical force." Indeed. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/o...
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Opinion | The Globalization of Canadian Rage
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Carl Elliott @carlelliott.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Why Pam Bondi broke bad. (Spoiler alert: nobody knows.) www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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What Happened to Pam Bondi?
How the attorney general became a person who loves telling Trump yes
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