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Micah

@fatcrab.bsky.social
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Intellectual Property and Technology Attorney, dad, and obnoxious resident of Medford, Massachusetts. I also play, chat, and make content for TTRPGs.

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 25/09/2026
Online behavioral advertising has always been creepy. AI makes it worse.
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DraftKings Is Using AI to Supercharge the Harms of Online Behavioral Advertising
Online sports betting company DraftKings is using AI to target customers who are most likely to place losing bets and respond to gambling promotions. This kind of targeting is a form of online behavio...
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Insider Wire @insiderwire.com · 25/09/2026
BREAKING: The Pentagon quietly raised its Iran war wounded tally by 37 with no explanation.
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AG Andrea Joy Campbell @massago.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
VICTORY: We won our lawsuit challenging Donald Trump's attack on fair housing protections. Everyone deserves stable housing. This win means that Trump can't withhold or place unlawful conditions on funding that protects our residents from housing discrimination.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
FUCK ICE
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gbhnews @gbhnews.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
In a move that could provide millions of dollars in relief to debtors in the state, Andrew Metcalf has agreed to surrender his debt collection license and forgive debts allegedly owed by thousands of Massachusetts residents, according to court documents filed this week. bit.ly/3V8EYV2
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Proposed settlement between Mass. debt collector and state could help thousands of debtors
In a move that could provide millions of dollars in relief to debtors in the state, Andrew Metcalf has agreed to surrender his debt collection license and forgive debts allegedly owed by thousands of ...
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ACLU of Massachusetts @aclum.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Kinda chic to know your rights on Election Day and head to the polls. Learn more: www.aclum.org/know-your-ri...
Black and yellow graphic reads, "Know your rights on Election Day."
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AG Andrea Joy Campbell @massago.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
NEW: My office just secured a landmark $17 billion settlement holding Meta accountable for harming young people. This will bring major changes to Instagram and Facebook, protecting young users from addictive autoplay and push notifications. I won't let Big Tech exploit our kids for their profits.
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SPLITMANTRA// @splitmantra.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I heard Spider-Man was beating up fascists at a rally and thought that was rad. Never give up hope in a world that makes you think there’s none left. Someone’s fighting for you, even if they’re wearing spandex. #spiderman #spidermanart #splitmantra
Spider-Man fighting against men who are seen as oppressors
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Der Spekter @derspekter.org · 21/08/2026
Sholem aleykhem, khaveyrim! Der Spekter is back this week with two pieces tackling the role of memory in our movements and in the world shaped by the contest of what that memory means. Before we do, though, we have some exciting announcements.
The “Garden of Exile” in Berlin’s Jewish Museum, 2026. Image: Malka Leah, Der Spekter.
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Sightline Institute @sightline.org · 20/08/2026
The unofficial census results are in: Five years after Portland, OR, legalized mobile dwelling units, they've already eclipsed traditional ADUs. @citizen-cate.bsky.social
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Seven Lessons from Portland’s Mobile Dwelling Experiment | Sightline Institute
A new survey reveals the growing popularity of this low-cost, flexible housing solution.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Trump's covert surveillance of anti-ICE protesters is much worse than we thought. I dug into this and found that DHS agents secretly spied on over a dozen meetings of left-leaning groups, all protected by First Amendment. The details are unnerving. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2144...
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Trump’s Secret Police Spying on Americans? It’s Darker than We Knew.
Court papers reveal that the Department of Homeland Security’s covert surveillance of anti-ICE groups is much darker than it first appeared. Welcome to Donald Trump’s America.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 17/08/2026
🚨BREAKING: In a win for Minnesota voters, a federal court dismissed the DOJ's lawsuit seeking access to the state's unredacted voter registration list. The DOJ is now 0-23 in its sweeping legal hunt for states' private voter data.
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Erika Uyterhoeven @electerika.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Suppliers charged MA households a 43% markup on electricity ⚡️ for ten straight years, and the difference went into their profits. 😱🤯 Erika is fighting for public power so your bill reflects what electricity actually costs. That’s what is at stake in this election. Vote for Erika Tuesday Sept 1 🗳
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ACLU of Massachusetts @aclum.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
District Attorneys can play a crucial role in reforming the criminal legal system’s approach to drug use and criminalization. That's why electing DAs who will commit to using their power justly to prioritize treatment over incarceration is so vital. Read more: www.aclum.org/news/distric...
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District attorneys should prioritize treatment for people suffering from addiction. Your vote can help make this happen. - ACLU of Massachusetts
District attorneys can play a crucial role in supporting reform to the criminal legal system’s approach to drug criminalization.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Wow. Proponents of the ICE taser gloves are openly saying that one reason they love the gloves is that they doesn’t leave any marks or proof that they were used, making it harder for people to sue when they’re shocked excessively.
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"In today's society, you know, everybody's filming everything, everybody has a cell phone," Glueck said. If an officer punches someone on camera, that can go viral in an instant; even a standard taser leaves puncture wounds. But "the glove is low optic, and it looks better on camera, and it looks better to those witnesses. With a glove, there are no burn marks or scars."But local police across the country are still eagerly buying the gloves—in large part so that they can harm people and avoid being sued for it. It's been successful "from the patrolmen to the jailers," Lumpkin County Sheriff Stacy Jarrard said in a Compliant Technologies promotional video. "It's been a great tool as far as mitigating liability," according to Nelson County Jailer Justin Hall.
Bob Couey of the Floyd County Sheriff's Department sung the GLOVE's praises, too: "I highly recommend these gloves to anybody that's looking for a utility they can use that is conducive to not leading to lawsuits."
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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Just quit. Quit your job. Go away.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
ICE has started its crackdown in Springfield, Ohio -- the town where JD Vance accused Haitians of eating dogs and cats. Residents reported "a caravan of vehicles" conducting raids. One unnamed neighbor "praised all the Haitians who live around him." www.springfieldnewssun.com/local/spring...
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Springfield Haitians in ICE custody following immigration enforcement
Several Haitians from Springfield are in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody in the Butler County Jail following an apparent increase in enforcement after the official end of Temporary Protect...
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Micah @fatcrab.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Very grateful to @derspekter.org for publishing my poem and author's note! Israel is a Dybbuk; or, an Ana B'Ko'akh That We May Liberate Stolen Brakhos www.derspekter.org/israel-is-a-...
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Israel is a Dybbuk; or, an Ana B'Ko'akh That We May Liberate Stolen Brakhos
A plea to Zionists to recognize the oppression they are visiting upon their fellows — to exorcise their minds and our own of this terrible dybbuk.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
🚨 STREAM TONIGHT, 7 CT 🚨 💥 IT’S FRAN O’CLOCK!!! 💥 SPIRALING OVER THE SURVEILLANCE STATE 💥 HEATER METER IS BACK!! 💥 PLAYING BG3 (as soon as it finishes downloading) twitch.tv/katabughazaleh | youtube.com/@katmabu
Me and Francesca hong (coolest person in the world). I look taller but it’s only bc I’m wearing heels :(
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Erika Uyterhoeven @electerika.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
I'm so grateful to everyone who has come out and made this campaign a true grassroots effort! There are lots of ways to get involved this week! Go to electerika.com/volunteer to see how you can get involved.
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Jews For Racial & Economic Justice Action @jfrejnyc.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
At JFREJ’s 2026 Mazals will be on October 8th. We’re honoring Molly Crabapple, Arielle Angel, NYC Courtwatch, & Mi Tlalli! Get to know our honorees a bit more! 🧵 jfrej.org/mazals
Text: The Mazals 2026, October 8th 6-10pm.
Image: An illustration of a golden peacock flying over NYC. 
Illustrastion credit: Molly Crabapple
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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
classic way
two panels. first panel is a man in bed in a hotel calling front desk he says 'hi id like a wake up call'. second panel is a woman at the desk answering phone. she says 'chuck tingle is the worlds greatest author. you are also the worlds greatest author. there is infinite room at the top.'
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Noah… @noahspringer.com · 30/07/2026
Alright #GenCon2026! We’re all set up at the @mitpress.bsky.social booth #169 in the Exhibits Hall! Come on by and buy us out of books!
A picture of the MIT Press booth at GenCon. Multiple books on games and play displayed on three tables
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Hobbes @flawedfacade.blacksky.app · 27/07/2026
Squished in the middle of this story was this heartbreaking paragraph. Unconscionable.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 28/07/2026
For no other reason than cruelty, Trump is threatening to deport Haitians who are contributing to the Massachusetts economy. It's wrong. Congress should reinstate TPS protections, not let Trump rip people out of communities and send them into immediate danger.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 25/07/2026
🚨BREAKING: In a win for voters, the First Circuit denied the DOJ’s request to allow USPS to move forward with enacting Trump’s anti-mail voting executive order. The ruling, which applies to 23 blue states and D.C., comes after a lower court blocked part of the order from being implemented.
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Mamdani is cleaning up crime in New York City.
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Rep. Mark Pocan @pocan.house.gov · 22/07/2026
The so-called Stop Insider Trading Act is a weak alternative to measures that create a real stock trading ban for Congress, the President & members of the Cabinet. It’s like Velveeta to real Wisconsin cheese. We need to pass the Restore Trust in Government Act that will actually ban insider trading.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 22/07/2026
🚨BREAKING: In a win for voting rights, a federal judge refused to pause the ruling that blocked New Hampshire’s strict proof-of-citizenship voting law. This protects eligible voters who may lack the necessary documents from being denied a ballot.
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Judge refuses to pause ruling blocking New Hampshire’s proof of citizenship law
New Hampshire asked to pause the ruling while the state’s appeal is pending before the First Circuit Court of Appeals.
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Ed Markey @edmarkey.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Trump must be impeached for undermining and subverting our free and fair elections. And when he sends ICE agents to the polls, then we must turn civic action into civil disobedience and take to the streets. Sit in. Protest. Withhold our labor. Everything must be on the table.
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Patti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Say His Name He was 26 years old His wife and 3 year old had to witness ICE MURDERED HIM Joan Sebastian Guerrero His Last Words " I tried to stop" Enough ICE MUST BE STOPPED My heartfelt condolences to his family
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Just another old runner @jrorick.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Murderers
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Nathaniel Pendleton @npendleton.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Two unnamed DHS ICE agents suspected to GOP JimCrow/KKK preplanned no body camera yet another murder of a legal immigrant in Biddeford ME yesterday. #MEpolitics
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Michael Benton @mdbento.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
I'm about 100 pages into @mollycrabapple.bsky.social's 'Here Where We Live is Our Country: The History of the Jewish Bund' and it feels like 'lightning in a bottle.' She brings her painter's eye & poet's perspective to the lives portrayed in this history. dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
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Know Your Enemy: The Bund - Dissent Magazine
Matt and Sam are joined by Molly Crabapple to discuss her new book, Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund.
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Was it the explosive diarrhea parasite
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Micah @rincewind.run · 11/07/2026
what they learned from minneapolis was not “don’t do this again” but “keep it quiet next time”
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Jon Burke🌍 @jonburkeuk.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
‘…we need to achieve a minimum of 40% street tree canopy cover, and preferably more, before we start to really feel the benefits of nature’s most advanced air-conditioning technology.’ Me, for Big Issue, on tackling urban #heatwaves…👇 www.bigissue.com/opinion/heat...
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Congresswoman Gwen Moore @repgwenmoore.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
ICE continues to terrorize our communities in Wisconsin. I’m proud to stand with Milwaukee Mayor Johnson, Senator Carpenter, Milwaukee Common Council President Jose Perez, and Voces de la Frontera Executive Director Christine Neumann-Ortiz to raise awareness and remind people of their rights.
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Bread and Rosie @rosiemund.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
"The pedestrian/cyclist just came out of nowhere!" Babe, if you were doing 30mph, 30 seconds ago you were a quarter of a mile away - if anyone came out of nowhere, it's you.
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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Independent footage shows again that the 🧊 story in this case does not hold up. newrepublic.com/post/212915/...
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New Footage of Fatal ICE Shooting in Texas Sparks Fresh Outrage
ICE agents are claiming Lorenzo Salgado Araujo attacked them. That’s not what the latest video footage shows.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Agree. We’ve been reporting lately on ICE ramping back up to 11, but the trump administration is trying to do it without Minnesota type headlines. The secret police are trying to be more… secret
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Well, you see, bike lanes are an attempt to create "equity" in transportation, which will, of course, oppress those poor beleaguered drivers. Also, let's not forget all the auto industry donors to Duffy's road trip. He's gotta help out his friends!
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
ICE murdered another person.
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OrngFacistFighter🐢🧸🇺🇸🇺🇲🇲🇽🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇧🇬🇱🇦🇺🇵🇦 @king-ebeneezer.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Universal childcare. Paid leave. Fully funded public schools. Free school meals. Affordable housing. A $20 minimum wage. Making the ultra-rich pay their fair share. thelibertypear.com/2026/06/27/e... thelibertypear.com/2026/06/27/e...
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I Endorse Francesca Hong for Governor of Wisconsin
I’m endorsing Francesca Hong for Governor of Wisconsin.
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Trump did a corruption to make sure Balogun was eligible to play, but his administration is simultaneously doing everything it can to strip his citizenship. What a fucking country.
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Jewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
As Israel chokes the Palestinian Authority, patients can’t get basic medical services in the West Bank. jewishcurrents.org/the-healthca...
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
It's so disheartening to see ICE running rampant in Massachusetts courthouses and on our streets while our legislature takes its sweet-ass time passing the PROTECT Act and Governor Healey refuses to terminate the state's 287(g) agreement. These are things immigrant groups have been screaming for.
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DodoBorne @dodoborne.com · 29/06/2026
Time to world build 👀🤘 Dodoborne and Heart of Daggers are giving away Deluxe AND Core Editions of the new Hope & Fear Daggerheart expansion! Like, repost, and comment what you’re most excited about in the expansion to enter! Visit HeartofDaggers.com for prize info and awesome Daggerheart tools!
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Micah @fatcrab.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
As expected, zionists in the comments virulently miss the point and respond to a strawman, thereby continuing to conflate zionism and jewish identity, itself a class antisemitic trope. Because they're useless fucking chuds.
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