Reposted by Hella_FitzgeraldPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 13hThe deployment of National Guard troops into cities has been so normalized that it barely merits a mention in the press or among the public anymore. D.C. remains occupied, Memphis is occupied, so is New Orleans... It's incredible to me. 9833291
Reposted by Hella_FitzgeraldHigh Country News @highcountrynews.org · 07/10/2026After a 71-day protest, the last of the 100-plus-year-old trees was cut down southeast of Tucson.hcn.orgThe ‘grandmother’ cottonwood trees bulldozed for the border wall - High Country NewsAfter a 71-day protest, the last of the 100-plus-year-old trees was cut down southeast of Tucson. 12932
Reposted by Hella_FitzgeraldProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/20264/ Fernando Vasquez, an 18-year-old citizen, was on break from work when agents chased and handcuffed him, then put him in their truck. After realizing their mistake, the agents left the teen alone in the woods, with no way to get home. Then they threw his ID out of the truck. 6725451246
Reposted by Hella_FitzgeraldAparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026We allow monsters to rule us 5429113
Reposted by Hella_FitzgeraldMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich: “The thorough cleansing that we are carrying out now in southern Lebanon is unprecedented. “They have nowhere to return to. Look at how it looks. “And by the way, the world isn’t stopping us.” 81852554
Reposted by Hella_FitzgeraldJason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 06/10/2026This is an important statement people, and especially elected Dems need to really understand. The current Republican project is one of destruction, by design. Yes, they have other goals, in RFK’s case he’s objectively pro-disease, but their primary metric of success is breaking government. 27946389
Reposted by Hella_FitzgeraldI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 06/10/2026“A person whose name is redacted in the complaint told Fields that an investigation would be opened because “the President wants this investigation,” Fields’ whistleblower complaint says.” 19941
Reposted by Hella_FitzgeraldMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 05/10/2026It’s confusing that @theatlantic.com described this man as a “a lifelong Democrat who had voted for Trump for the first time in 2024” who when these are some of his very easily findable FB posts: 17472421498
Reposted by Hella_FitzgeraldKevin @reginageorgebush.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Texas is basically saying it wants to encourage fraud as a matter of public policy and you should keep that in mind whenever you see a large firm incorporated in Texas 9766200
Reposted by Hella_FitzgeraldGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers 297112984103
Reposted by Hella_FitzgeraldJosh Lappen @jlappen1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026In the year I've been working w/ air pollution regulators on data center on-site emissions, I've seen almost no acknowledgement of this trend from energy-side advocates of data center buildout. This isn't just bad actors-it's a corporate playbook and a roadmap to a future of unconstrained emissions. 212055
Reposted by Hella_FitzgeraldNathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Kentucky State’s Aminata Seck has reportedly experienced seizures while in ICE custody, in addition to dealing with an ACL injury, for which she received only ibuprofen, and was not hospitalized until September 21, after the story first broke. She has been moved to four different ICE facilitiestheguardian.comICE has abducted a college athlete. What are the NCAA and universities going to do about it?Aminata Seck’s detention shows the bargain facing international college athletes: universities eagerly recruit them, but support can disappear when their immigration status becomes precarious. 116764
Reposted by Hella_FitzgeraldJW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is the master key to deciphering contemporary debates about free speech. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se... 3234071270
Reposted by Hella_FitzgeraldByline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026🟡 Print Edition Nathan Cofnas and America’s Protection for Anti-Black Racism By Karam Bales The reinstatement by Ghent University of a key figure in the Jason Arday affair followed pressure from Trump’s State Department. It reveals a wider ideology of ‘injustice as illusion’. Karam Bales reportssubscribe.bylinetimes.comNathan Cofnas and America’s Protection for Anti-Black RacismThe reinstatement by Ghent University of a key figure in the Jason Arday affair followed pressure from Trump’s State Department. It reveals a wider ideology of ‘injustice as illusion’. Karam Bales reports 04332
Reposted by Hella_FitzgeraldBecca Harrison @beccaeharrison.bsky.social · 25/09/2026If I were running a university where staff spent weeks and weeks of time putting grant proposals together only for UKRI to feed them into LLMs without informed consent—effectively theft of the time and work—I’d be taking serious action to defend those staff. But I’m not running a university, so 823088
Reposted by Hella_FitzgeraldFathel @fath0039.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This goes back to Mahmood Mamdani's argument in Good Muslim, Bad Muslim and Wendy Brown's argument in Regulating Aversion: Islamophobia and racism were treated as these depoliticized things that are due to quotidian issues. And treating it as such, we have refused to historicize them. 17418
Reposted by Hella_FitzgeraldFathel @fath0039.bsky.social · 24/09/2026In Denmark, the far right have gone from advocating for vague discrimination laws to openly advocating for apartheid laws in the span of decade because they've been coddled and appealed to. Blaming economics is obfuscating that these are deeply racist, entitled countries. 1256
Reposted by Hella_FitzgeraldFathel @fath0039.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The idea that if you just adopt the far right's politics and rhetoric they'll wither away has been untrue. Who'd have thought? This is not due to "economics" but racists being racist because they were raised in a racist environment, and they feel empowered when appealed too. 1327
Reposted by Hella_FitzgeraldByline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 22/09/2026An apocalyptic worldview – blending racial hierarchy, genetic “optimisation” and even climate-driven population culling – circulated inside the elite, founder-linked networks shaping Silicon Valley (and the AI industry) today. @nafeez.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2025/12/05/h...bylinetimes.comHow Epstein Channelled Race Science and 'Climate Culling' Into Silicon Valley’s AI EliteThe Epstein files expose how racial hierarchy, genetic “optimisation” and even climate-driven population culling circulated inside Big Tech circles 714285
Reposted by Hella_FitzgeraldGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 22/09/2026Trump's third-country removal scheme may be suspended, but the cruelty of ICE flights continues. This is yesterday, Monday, Sept. 21. --72+ flights, nearly every adult onboard shackled --12 removal flights --A removal flight headed to Myanmar 4477234
Reposted by Hella_FitzgeraldAssigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 22/09/2026@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Sep Governor Gavin Newsom vetoes bill passed which would protect CA providers of gender-affirming care from being extradited to face charges for doing so by another state. www.ebar.com/story/170505...ebar.comNewsom vetoes bill aimed at protecting providers of transgender careGovernor Gavin Newsom used his veto pen over the weekend to ax legislation aimed at protecting providers of gender-affirming care from being extradited to face charges for doing so by another state. 1612043
Reposted by Hella_FitzgeraldOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Democrats are well positioned to inherit power thanks to disgust with Trump, but ultimately none of this is about what Dems did in response to Trump. They mostly capitulated and are benefiting from being the other party in a two party system, I don’t have any positive expectations for them. 732115384
Reposted by Hella_FitzgeraldSarah Florini @florini.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Yep. AI is DDoSing our knowledge systems. So everything is going to contract back to old school networking, which will only be possible in person because AI is also flooding online networks. You do the math on how this new-old system will distribute opportunities. 021
Reposted by Hella_FitzgeraldThe Xylom @thexylom.com · 20/09/2026NEW: Inadequate recycling facilities push e-waste handling into Manila’s informal sector, exposing entire communities to toxins and serious health problems. This dispatch is published in English by The Xylom and in Spanish by Planeta Futuro, @elpais.com.thexylom.comThe Toxic Cost of the Philippines’ Growing E-Waste CrisisInadequate recycling facilities mean that e-waste handling falls to Manila’s informal sector, exposing entire communities to toxins and serious health problems. 03322
Reposted by Hella_FitzgeraldPacific Antifascist Research Collective @pacantifa.is · 21/09/2026Meet ICE agent Steve Rivas, of Chicago, IL. Rivas is one of the agents who brutalized the U.S. citizen in Evanston yesterday. Rivas has been involved in multiple questionable use of force incidents in Illinois and Minnesota. Rivas and his wife have been active in the local Chicago swingers scene. 10412248
Reposted by Hella_FitzgeraldTeresa Heffernan @tjheffernan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Politicians everywhere selling out citizens to corporate/billionaire interests at the expense of the planet. Canada doing the same with its "AI for All"...mutton-dressed-as- lamb plan. From neoliberalism to nihiliberalism. 04519
Reposted by Hella_FitzgeraldEóin Cunningham @eoinmcunningham.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Jeeeezus. It is no exaggeration to say that the Irish government's top priority is keeping the American tech companies happy. We've seen over and over how everything else comes secondary to that. 1306
Reposted by Hella_FitzgeraldScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The victim's lawyer is furnishing details: His name is Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, and he's a DoorDash delivery man. He was making a delivery when ICE agents attacked him, riddling his car with bullets and shooting him in the back. Don't believe a word that DHS says about this incident.statesman.comAttorney: Austin man shot by ICE agent was making DoorDash deliveryA Venezuelan man shot by an ICE agent in Austin was making a DoorDash delivery, his attorney said. Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, was later released from the hospital into ICE custody. 45825447
Reposted by Hella_Fitzgeraldsouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026“Briefly detained” = beat half to death 7549241648
Reposted by Hella_FitzgeraldLore Wilson 🍉🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏴🇮🇪🪶 @lorewilson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026support the real deal. Cozca was beat up by the chuds today and has also been brutalized by the cops in this town on multiple occasions. Indigenous people are especially vulnerable to this violence. help her. now. #helpsky #mutualaid #directaid #solidarity 15247
Reposted by Hella_FitzgeraldFeral Human Rights Lawyer @natcad.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This is an enforced disappearance and should be reported to the UN Working Group on Enforced or Voluntary Disappearances immediately. I’m always happy to walk folks through the steps. It’s very easy: www.ohchr.org/en/special-p...ohchr.orgReporting a disappearance to the Working Group 01313
Reposted by Hella_FitzgeraldMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Distressing update from Wilber’s lawyer via IG a short while ago: 6799225
Reposted by Hella_FitzgeraldMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The man ICE shot in Austin today is named Wilber Rafael Garces Perez. Per his lawyer, she and Perez’s family were run off of hospital property where he’s being treated and won’t even confirm he’s there because he’s “in ICE custody.” Actual criminals.npr.orgFederal immigration agent shoots and injures man in Austin, TexasThe person shot is in serious but stable condition, Austin Mayor Kirk Watson said in a press conference. 3732181281
Reposted by Hella_FitzgeraldProPublica @propublica.org · 21/09/2026The Supreme Court is making more and more consequential rulings in the shadows. Watch us break down how a once-rare emergency process became the norm — and what it means for public trust. propublica.orgWatch: The New Supreme CourtFor likely the first time in modern history, the Supreme Court decided more cases in fast-tracked, secretive proceedings than in open court. We break down how a once-rare emergency process became the ... 23558252
Reposted by Hella_Fitzgerald🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026I just honestly can't get over that Save Women Sports, an anti-trans group could only find five trans athletes competing K through 12. Five. The NCAA president testified a year and a half ago or so that there were less than 10 college level trans athletes. What the fuck are we doing, people 16886292302
Reposted by Hella_FitzgeraldBill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 20/09/2026As a pragmatic centrist, I read the Niemöller poem differently. After each group mentioned I pencil in what percentage of the population they are, and if it’s a small number I cross off their names as disposable. Poetry is fine but math wins elections!! 152540620
Reposted by Hella_Fitzgeraldsteven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Scooplet: after Texas State Representative Brian Harrison and megadonor Monty Bennett publicly complained about the University of North Texas having a large archive of primary sources related to LGBTQ history in North Texas, UNT has taken down a website about it, and Rep. Harrison is taking credit. 1715698
Reposted by Hella_FitzgeraldTrevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026It’s amazing how the media cooperates to make some issues salient and completely ignores others. We went from North Carolina being protested against for an anti-trans bathroom bill in 2016 to now every politician being asked their position on a dozen or so athletes in ALL of K-16. 11940302
Reposted by Hella_FitzgeraldTrevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026That’s what we’re talking about here, hypothetical scenarios built out of extremely rare events. It’s created celebrity pundits and experts on the issue, threatens the WNBA, and has dominated political advertising. Sports was the toehold to get the anti-trans agenda reinvigorated after stalling out 1967
Reposted by Hella_FitzgeraldTrevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Anti-trans activists lost on the bathroom bill issue in 2016. But they didn’t give up. They found another paternalistic angle to advance their anti-trans argument and it caught on. It transformed into a “protecting women’s sports” argument. Men in women’s bathrooms” became “men in women’s sports” 411616
Reposted by Hella_FitzgeraldGretchen Felker-Martin PRE ORDER CHIMERA 2.16.27 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Taylor Lorenz pulling a "Why I'm Leaving the Left" is perhaps the most predictable thing ever to have occurred, narrowly edging out "housecat slowly pushes cup off edge of table" 592811290
Reposted by Hella_FitzgeraldRose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Basically people getting mad at trans people when we say we won’t vote for any politician opposing trans rights no matter the “worse“ alternative are revealing they actually never took trans rights seriously or see them as worthy of any defending. Just extra “being nice“ rights for decadent times 538261
Reposted by Hella_FitzgeraldRose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Can’t believe you wont support Our Society just cause you don’t get to be a part of it tssss smh 020226
Reposted by Hella_FitzgeraldPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 20/09/2026There is no "platform" and no one on this site can honestly say that they know what they would do if they win the House and/or Senate starting in January. What's the immediate first order of business, for example? No voter can say. It has not been communicated to anyone. 22610153
Reposted by Hella_FitzgeraldJessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Nobody is going to want to hear this, but a real risk we face, no matter who is president next, is that they will see no need to restore the rights lost or the executive power stolen in the last 10 years. 7845671066
Reposted by Hella_FitzgeraldCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 19/09/2026When we talk about the costs that LLMs impose on society we should not forget the fact that nothing works anymore because everyone is so scared of getting their shit scraped. I can't even use google scholar from my university or starlink because they send too much traffic. 984459968
Reposted by Hella_FitzgeraldClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 19/09/2026every day of my life I think about the people using “she” to describe this computer program who still need to be convinced to use it for trans women 6138793685
Reposted by Hella_Fitzgeraldquaithe of the shadow asshai @clarkconquers.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I don’t trust any cop anywhere of any race 082
Reposted by Hella_FitzgeraldBillie Jean Sweeney @billiejsweeney.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I would like to add to this list the grifting billionaire sports owners who get taxpayer subsidies for their stadiums… 25617
Reposted by Hella_FitzgeraldAlex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 18/09/2026This guy who assaulted a sitting member of Congress got 28 years and 10 months less jail time than a Texas resident who transported a box of zines that contained constitutionally protected content opposing ICE reason.com/2026/06/25/t...reason.comTexas man gets 30 years in prison for transporting 'anti-government' pamphletsThe case stems from a violent anti-ICE protest, but critics say the government's prosecution threatens First Amendment rights. 4052362447