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Michael Leo Owens @milophd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I couldn’t help myself! 😆

A screenshot of the "america.gov" mobile homepage featuring a chat prompt that suggests, "Try 'Help me find a new job'" above an image of a Black man looking at his smartphone while riding down an escalator.

A screenshot of a mobile chat interface on "america.gov" showing a user prompt asking, "Who is that Black man on the down escalator? Is his downward movement a sign of how poorly Black men are doing under Trump's economy?" and the system's text response declining to identify individuals from descriptions or provide political and economic commentary.

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Carly Goodman @carlygoodman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Congratulations, we have created a world where teenagers cannot exist with each other in space, where we use “safety” to destroy sociality, youth, and development.

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Montgomery County, Maryland

New Under-18 Policy Begins Today at Westfield Montgomery and Westfield Wheaton

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themocoshow A new Parental Guidance Policy begins today, Monday, September 28, at Westfield Wheaton and Westfield Montgomery malls, requiring visitors under 18 to be accompanied by a parent, legal guardian or chaperone age 21 or older after 3pm daily.
The policy will be in effect from 3pm until closing, seven days a week, and applies to interior and exterior common areas at both malls. According to signage now posted at the malls, one supervising adult age 21 or older may accompany no more than

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Garnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 28/09/2026

Gavin Newsom: I have to do some transphobia to win over Republicans The Democratic governor of a “red” state:

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Ben Prunty @benprunty.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I don't love dunking on folks but it's so fucking funny to me that Trump was convicted of 34 felonies 2 years ago, faced no punishment, and went on to win the presidency a second time and journalists are still like, "hmm, I have an inkling that maybe he believes he's above the law for some reason."

Post from NYT reporter Eric Lipton

"What an odd moment in United States history.

A U.S. president is running an overtly political campaign advertisement, right before midterm elections, paid for by the U.S. government.

Trump appears to believe he is immune from any kind of legal limit."

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

take a moment this weekend to read this distressing portrait of the decadeslong attack on immigrants in a Maryland county, 50 miles from DC especially if you’re in the DMV, to know what’s happening at your doorstep boltsmag.org/frederick-co...

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“We're Afraid on a Daily Basis”: How a Maryland Sheriff Targeted Immigrants Long Before ICE Raids Spiked - Bolts

Frederick County’s sheriff turned his office into a force multiplier for ICE before such collaboration became commonplace. As he again faces voters this year, the harm to immigrant communities is impo...

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Justin @sitkaworldsfair.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

these are pogroms israeli settlers are carrying out pogroms against palestinians in the west bank

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

People don’t understand how fragile our water infrastructure is. I’ve had contaminated water in the last six years. I’ve had my water co. hijacked for digital ransom. We are in perpetual near drought conditions... in NC, not AZ. AI boosters use pedantry about water use as an accountability shield.

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Lewis Raven Wallace @lewispants.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

One from the archives In 1984 Dunnes shop worker Mary Manning refused to handle South African goods & was backed by her shop steward, Karen Gearon. Both were suspended. 9 colleagues came out in support. The strike lasted 3yrs & forced the Irish govt to ban the import of all SA goods. All heroes

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Dan Berger @dnbrgr.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Always scan the bookshelves of tv shows, kids! I was watching The Lowdown last night and saw a copy of my first book, Outlaws of America, peaking over Ethan Hawke’s shoulder! Really hoping it plays a part in the show’s unfolding mystery.

Ethan Hawke in the Lowdown stares off camera in front of bookshelves. I circled in purple where my book Outlaws of America is on the shelf.

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Big Tech wants us talking about about whether AI will usher in "superintelligent" heaven or killer-robot hell so we won't talk about the harms their technologies are already unleashing. @arimelber.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaja88xxirY

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AI psyop? Author calls BS on 'end times' warnings

YouTube video by MS NOW

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Vought is breaking the law but he is not “going rogue.” At his confirmation hearings, Vought told Republicans he would do this and they voted for him anyway. If they want to stop him, they still can via impeachment. They won’t.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

ICE has abducted Senegalese WBB player Aminata Seck and won't release her. DHS 'policy' is to provide medical care to prisoners at intake, yet they admit to denying her care for an ACL injury for 1.5 months. The NCAA is letting it happen, despite its predatory recruitment of ICAs. We explain.

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ICE 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.

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bluestrad.bsky.social @bluestrad.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It’s so important to pay attention to local elections like these.

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isla @demomolos.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I have never had a pony, not have I ever asked for a pony. That said, I was able to use the bathroom in every state two years ago.

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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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Raven Onthill @ravenonthill.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

When the Medicaid cuts fully take effect, we are going to be surrounded by death. We are going to see conditions that the United States has not seen in a century. I hope that when that occurs we direct our grief and anger at the people who did this and to protecting life.

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Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

RFK Jr's HHS is essentially withholding Covid vaccines from children from poorer backgrounds, amid a Covid wave. Important story from @melodyschreiber.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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Delays in Covid shots for kids is latest bid by Trump officials to restrict vaccines

Administration is holding back Covid vaccines for all children in at least 11 states and one US territory

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Tej Nagaraja @tejnagaraja.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

We have arrived at the official publication date for my new book. TROOP MOVEMENTS — by Tejasvi Nagaraja Check it out — and get in touch! 📕📖

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 21/09/2026

"We didn’t so much lie to you as tell you stories that were untrue. We hoped the stories would add magic to your childhood and reassure you that capitalism is a fair system for everyone, instead of one in which some people can’t afford insulin while other people are Jeff Bezos." buff.ly/KM3opmg

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Son, You’re Old Enough to Know the Truth, There is No Such Thing as the “Invisible Hand of the Market”

“You’ll probably hear this soon enough from the other kids on the playground anyway, so I might as well tell you. Santa isn’t real, the Tooth Fairy is imagin...

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

a lot of people act like there's a trade being offered where we give up trans athletes in sports and in exchange fascism is defeated forever

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I wrote up this story about my mom's survival from polio and its connections to world history, family lore, & current events: katestarbird.substack.com/p/a-family-t... We need to keep telling our stories of the world before vaccines — to prevent ourselves from having to live in a world after them.

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A Family Tree, Nearly Broken by Polio

As MAHA leaders call the polio vaccine a "fraud," an old family photo tells the story of the world before vaccines — and warns of the risk of forgetting.

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Dan Ancona @danancona.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

What’s most frustrating, and what we are working to try to get the Dem cmtes to understand, is that they don’t understand how or why trans attacks (and ones on immigrants) work. It’s all status threat. Besides the casual cruelty, ads like this make the problem worse. We can even measure it.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

If you can't muster a sense of MORAL decency as a politician, you should probably be moved not to throw people under the bus by the fact that it won't even be politically advantageous to you.

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#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 19/09/2026

Western liberalism enabled not only this being done to Gaza but also to south Lebanon and southwestern Syria.

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#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 19/09/2026

In a parliamentary system it is actually way more clear cut and dry who is responsible, the parties or the voters. In this case it is quite literally the former.

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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

NEW: Flock is offering employees "generous" buyouts as communities across the US push back against the surveillance camera network, @wired.com has learned. @peard33.bsky.social and @dmehro.bsky.social with the scoop: www.wired.com/story/flock-...

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Flock Offers Employees Buyouts as Customers Flee

As dozens of cities end contracts for its controversial license plate readers, Flock is rolling out a voluntary severance program, WIRED has learned.

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Jason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

HUGE EXCLUSIVE from @bloomberg.com Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School Pentagon investigators discovered that flawed intel, outdated imagery & overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

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Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School

Pentagon investigators have discovered that flawed intelligence, outdated imagery and an overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 18/09/2026

i'm not over Alito saying we shouldn't count ballots that are mailed on or before Election Day but arrive shortly afterwards bc they can “radically flip” the “apparent outcome” cannot stress enough that, until all ballots are counted, there's no outcome to flip! ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/alito...

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A Brief History of Sam Alito’s Delusional Obsession With Voter Fraud

His conduct in several recent cases suggests that Alito is deep in the right-wing conspiracy theory weeds.

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#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 18/09/2026

It should invite some serious introspection and critical examination that almost all of Biden's most important Middle East foreign policymakers and advisors are also functionally totally supportive of Trump's own program.

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Biden envoy Amos Hochstein defends Trump admin’s nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia

Hochstein, who negotiated civil nuclear issues with Riyadh under Biden, said the alternative is Saudi Arabia turning to China or Russia

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Dan Berger @dnbrgr.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Happy Team Dresch album release day to all who celebrate!

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 18/09/2026

This 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...

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Texas man gets 30 years in prison for transporting 'anti-government' pamphlets

The case stems from a violent anti-ICE protest, but critics say the government's prosecution threatens First Amendment rights.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

“Aid in the region” probably means something bad and reporters should ask him to be specific.

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daniel sieradski @self.agency · 17/09/2026

90% of what's happening to us right now is a whole lot of people going "aw fuck i bet on a complete fucking dipshit but now i have to go along with it to save face or i look like a complete fucking dipshit too" completely ignoring the fact that they already looked like dipshits a very long time ago

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Benjamin Balthaser @blbalthaser.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Sometime from the start of the pandemic to now, I’ve gone from thinking university admin are no better or worse than other bourgeois management to thinking they are the most craven, shortsighted, ignorant mfers on earth who, unlike CEOs, hate the actual institution they serve

An M.I.T. Report Warns A.I. Is Causing 'Cognitive Surrender. Universities Are in a Bind.
As A.l. upends education, university leaders have been all over the map about how to respond. It can be very confusing for students.

The worries that artificial intelligence is degrading education have been building for months. Students are using it for everything, including cheating, and a recent report out of M.I.T. said it is triggering "cognitive surrender."
Many university leaders are embracing A.I. with enthusiasm anyway.

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Tej Nagaraja @tejnagaraja.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

📣 I’m starting my book tour — from September 2026 onward… 📕 “TROOP MOVEMENTS: Labor, Race, and Global Freedom Struggles in America’s World War II” — by Tejasvi Nagaraja These 2 slides list some of my events this Fall. Check it out, be in touch!, more to come…

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 16/09/2026

We obtained recordings of 160+ emergency calls made from or about an immigration detention center where three people died within six weeks. “They will not give them medical treatment,” one caller said, seeking help for a detainee with kidney stones.

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Listen to 911 Calls From Inside an Immigration Detention Center: “We Just Need to Take Him to the Hospital”

Reporters don’t have access to Camp East Montana, one of the largest immigration detention centers in the country. Emergency calls from the Texas facility offer a glimpse of unfolding crises faced by ...

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Dan Berger @dnbrgr.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I am humbled and ecstatic to share an early blurb for PRISON: Incarceration and the Making of America, coming from @basicbooksgroup.bsky.social in March 2027 and available for preorder now: 1/ www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/dan-b...

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Prison

A sweeping history of American prisons, showing how they have shaped the US from the founding to the present.The land of the free is the home of the pr...

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Dan Berger @dnbrgr.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I finished going through the proofs, made a few necessary corrections to an already strong book—and I am outraged at any typo I inevitably failed to catch

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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.🧵

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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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Matt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Trump can't run for president again, so why in the name of God does he have a political slush fund of $850M and growing -- that's he's still hoarding even as the GOP is poised to lose control of Congress? Does he have a scheme to take it with him? My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...

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We don’t talk enough about Trump’s $850M pay-to-play slush fund | Will Bunch

Why does a POTUS barred from running again have nearly $1B in campaign funds? What will he do with the money?

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Truthout @truthout.org · 09/09/2026

Israel uses quadcopter drones to attack and terrorize Palestinians across Gaza and the occupied West Bank, opening fire on people trying to bury their loved ones, luring people out with sounds of screaming babies, and even dropping bombs on children collecting water and firewood.

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Israel’s Quadcopter Drones Have Become a Weapon of Everyday Killing in Gaza

No space, either on land or in water, sits outside the drones’ reach, tightening the siege by the day.

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Log Off. Live More. ✊ @logofflivemore.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Federal agencies are buying Americans' phone location data from brokers instead of getting warrants. ICE acquired a tool built to watch a neighborhood and follow phones from work to home over time. No judge signed anything. Somebody signed a purchase order. #Surveillance www.npr.org/2026/03/25/n...

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Your data is everywhere. The government is buying it without a warrant

Data brokers buy up huge amounts of information from cell phones and browsers to sell for targeted advertising. But the government, including ICE, also buys the data.

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