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casscasso.bsky.social

@casscasso.bsky.social
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Self-exiled Jewish New Mexican writer/editor nonprofit professional living in Spain with wee kiddos. (former New Yorker) (hibernating poet) (thoughts here own me)

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 21h
Sorry, MAHA moms. These grifters only cared about commodifying your anxieties. They never cared about protecting you and your kids.
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Glonzo the Bureaucrat 🇬🇱 🌹 @snarkranger.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I am sick and tired of seeing this shit. DOGE was not a "missed opportunity," it was an intentional effort by billionaire oligarchs to destroy the federal government's capacity to do good things for the American people.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I think people should listen to what the administration trying to bring back spectacle lynchings, race riots, and middle passage-esque deportation voyages are trying to tell you about themselves. bsky.app/profile/bren...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️
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Eric Kim (김현철) inkskratch.com @inkskratch.com · 03/10/2026
Self Portrait, 2026
Self portrait. Glasses on top of two tissues
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Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT @mikezaccardi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Corporate profits now represent 14.9% of GDP, the highest share on record going back to 1947 Citadel Rubner
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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.
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Amy Qin @amyqin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
ICE has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding thousands of detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, an unannounced move that has made it far more difficult for lawyers and relatives to find them. apnews.com/article/ice-...
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AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...
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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 19/09/2026
i am not generally the kind of person who can diagnose car problems from the sound the engine makes. but it's easy when the sound is incessant meowing
a kitten hiding in the engine block of a car
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Angry Blue Man @angryblueman.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Vote Safe dot org (avoiding link creation) is an Elon Musk funded site that claims to register you to vote but just steals your information. AVOID www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
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Elon Musk is Running a Fake Voter Registration Site Designed to Steal and Sell Data
Musk's "VoteSafe.org" is a scam that doesn't actually register voters
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 10/09/2026
what do I know really though, I just want to live on a peaceful, habitable planet, on which all people are treated with dignity
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casscasso.bsky.social @casscasso.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
If AI could also kill all the fruit flies and their families in my apartment, then maybe, just maybe it would all be worth it.
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 09/09/2026
Not to brag, but our product has been foldable since 1828.
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lucaswaldron.bsky.social @lucaswaldron.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
New analysis from @propublica.org: Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans. www.propublica.org/article/ecto...
A chart showing the rate of deaths after an ectopic pregnancy, comparing states that banned abortion after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022 with those that did not. At the start of the chart, in 2014, the rate is higher in states with abortion bans, but the rates in the two groups of states are not far apart. The rate increases in both groups of states, but the climb is much steeper in states that banned abortion.
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KUOW Public Radio @kuow.org · 09/09/2026
A new study shows the steep economic cost of 2025's ICE raids in Chicago. Fear kept many immigrants home, draining the area of more than $1.26 billion in lost retail, restaurant, and sales-tax revenue.
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New report shows the economic toll of ICE raids
A new study shows the steep economic cost of 2025's ICE raids in Chicago. Fear kept many immigrants home, draining the area of more than $1.26 billion in lost retail, restaurant, and sales-tax revenue.
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 07/09/2026
A question we could face ourselves: what might we do differently, if we accepted that the police are not failing to protect the public, but telling us who they believe is worthy of protection?
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Filed my piece... not sure it was what they wanted, but had no energy to write about the details of Saxony-Anhalt... People need to understand that we are in a different reality, where the main fight is for liberal democracy, rather than between different types of liberal democracy.
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casscasso.bsky.social @casscasso.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Ah, middle age… when you get sore after a casual game of ping pong.
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
“We have already seen an increase in swastikas drawn all over the school, Vietnamese pupils called ‘cat-eaters’… One former pupil who uses a wheelchair was very badly bullied. A group of boys told him, ‘Back in 1936 they would have gassed people like you’.” www.thetimes.com/article/0083...
thetimes.com
Life under the AfD: Germany prepares for a political earthquake
The hard right is poised to secure its first victory in Saxony-Anhalt, raising fears of a radical agenda targeting migrants, reforming education and smashing public broadcasters
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Neil Spurr @neilspurr.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
magic bean seller is sure these are the most magic of all the beans
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 29/08/2026
Also, the deaths, disablements, and trauma from destroying USAID are only just beginning to unfold and will keep getting worse and worse, because there is no replacement for the funding and infrastructure that was suddenly taken away by Musk and Trump.
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casscasso.bsky.social @casscasso.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The industry growing around GEO makes no sense to me. Why optimize your website so gen AI bots steal even more of your content without giving you traffic in return.
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Hilarie Ashton @hilarieashton.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
As usual, I am thinking about how both Dolly and Tim Curry took the imposed façade of gender, pulled it apart, and made it so big and beautiful
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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton dying hits so hard. She felt like one of those figures who always was and always will be. She felt like America when it was trying to be the place it promised to be. As beloved as her music is, it’s even better than people give it credit for. There won’t be another one like her.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 25/08/2026
dolly parton taught millions of children to read dolly parton raised millions of dollars for cancer research and disaster relief dolly parton stood by the lgbtq community her entire life dolly parton personally helped fund the moderna vaccine if there was a right side of something she was on it
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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The AI nanny, Mary Sloppins
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The consequences of Trump 2.0 will be felt by generations of Americans.
theguardian.com
Trump 2.0 has deleted or altered nearly 400 US datasets, endangering public health, education and more
Health data appears to be most affected by administration’s attempt to wipe findings that don’t align with its priorities, tracker shows
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 06/08/2026
BREAKING: in July 2026, *every single one* of the 2,528 refugees admitted in the U.S. were white South Africans. In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 10,255 white South Africans, three Afghans (back in November), and nobody else. For reference, the U.S. admitted 100,060 refugees in 2024.
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casscasso.bsky.social @casscasso.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I just noticed I started my last two replies with wow and now I feel like all the bot language we are constantly inundated with is eating my brain. Sigh.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
“The administration’s decision to end this contract goes against a nearly two decade precedent in which Republicans and Democrats alike supported legal assistance for the most vulnerable children who came to the United States alone.” acaciajustice.org/trump-admini...
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Trump Administration Ends Unaccompanied Children Program Contract with Acacia's Legal Service Providers
Children who have fled violence, trafficking, and abuse will wake up tomorrow without the legal support they were promised. They won’t know the legal rights they may be entitled to without a lawyer by...
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casscasso.bsky.social @casscasso.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Today I learned that Infantino is 56. Seriously, by appearances, I thought he was in his 70s or late 60s at least. Eeps!
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Trump kicked millions off health insurance while failing to check inflation & hiking gas prices so uninsured forego care or end up in ERs racking up unpaid bills & hospital profits fall & they raise rates on the insured & insurers hike premiums - a hell spiral. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/b...
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After Obamacare Cuts, Hospitals Are Treating More Uninsured Patients
More people who lost coverage after congressional Republicans ended enhanced federal subsidies are now seeking care in emergency rooms and unable to pay bills.
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Jeff (Hot Type) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
@jamellebouie.net calls Musk what he is. Gift link. Elon Musk Is a Menace to Society www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/o...
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Opinion | Elon Musk Is a Menace to Society (Gift Article)
Why does the owner of X get a pass for what he says and does there?
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 23/07/2026
Oopsie I destroyed a big chunk of the federal government & directly caused the deaths of millions of people! Oopsie poopsie! Ah well!
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Scott @scottydo16.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
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casscasso.bsky.social @casscasso.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Officially mayhem here in Barcelona!!
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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I see the problem. England and France used up all the goals left.
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David Harper @davidharper.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
France right now:
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casscasso.bsky.social @casscasso.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Unsane
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casscasso.bsky.social @casscasso.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Is this the start of an epic comeback?
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casscasso.bsky.social @casscasso.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
This game is bonkers
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
So. I did it. Lotta people gonna be mad about this one. Show it some love?
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A Jewish Case for AI work exemptions
or: why should CHICAGO POPE have all the fun
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🎃 The AbominaSean 🧟‍♂️ @sean8urson.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
"You come up with a slogan for the ice cream shop?" "Sure did boss, real fuckin haunting just like you asked." "what"
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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Facebook’s own researchers found that “64% of all extremist group joins are due to our recommendation tools”, an internal report in 2016 found. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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'It let white supremacists organize': the toxic legacy of Facebook's Groups
Facebook has said it will no longer algorithmically recommend political groups to users, but experts warn that isn’t enough
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal fought alongside US Special Forces in his home country of Afghanistan, and survived. It was instead ICE custody that killed him. He came legally to the US, where he applied for asylum. He was detained by ICE anyway, and died of an unspecified allergic reaction in custody.
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Afghan national who fought with U.S. forces died of allergic reaction in ICE custody
Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal, 41, suffered “an adverse drug reaction” to an unidentified substance, which triggered anaphylaxis and exacerbated his asthma, the death report shows.
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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
this guy is the co-founder of Airbnb
Joe Gebbia
@jgebbia
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John Birch Society
@The_JBS • Jun 30
Your taxes are paying for an Illegal Alien with an Anchor
Baby to live in the starter home your American kids can't
afford.
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HLK 🧛 @hlkfotos.com · 28/06/2026
Our neighbor drew faces on all the poppy heads in her front garden. #pdx
A photo of a pale blue-green poppy seed pod with a smiley face drawn on it in black marker. Additional poppy pods with smiley faces are visible in the soft-focus background amid lush garden foliage.A photo of several poppy seed pods with smiley faces drawn on them in black marker growing in a garden.A photo of a pale blue-green poppy seed pod with a widely grinning smiley face drawn on it in black marker. Out of focus greenery is visible in the background behind it.
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