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Gretchen Marina Krueger

@gretchenkrueger.bsky.social
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Researcher affiliated w @BKCHarvard, Volunteer @evitable. Previously @openai @ainowinstitute @nycedc. Views are yours, of my posts. #justdontbuildagi #talktomenotchatgpt

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 06/08/2026
Is AI superintelligence inevitable? AI safety researcher David Krueger says it doesn’t have to be. Krueger, a professor at the University of Montreal, says “we need to mitigate the risk of extinction” with regulation and moratoriums to halt the development of AI’s computational power and complexity.
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Amid Growing Fears of Rogue AI, Expert Urges Governments to “Bring This to a Grinding Halt”
Is AI superintelligence inevitable? AI safety researcher David Krueger says it doesn’t have to be. Krueger, an assistant professor at the University of Montreal and founder of the nonprofit Evitable, ...
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Gretchen Marina Krueger @gretchenkrueger.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Apropos of nothing (emphasis on "the care with which we use our own technology"):
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Gretchen Marina Krueger @gretchenkrueger.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
“You’re free to leave while I speak, but I am 14 years old,” she said. “I just graduated from Stoklosa Middle School. I am the future …”
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Lowell Police remove 14-year-old from data center public forum
A 14-year-old Lowell Public Schools student was removed from a public forum and detained by Lowell police officers following the end of the hourlong discussion about the future of data centers in the ...
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
New podcast! This week, House Republicans announced a new privacy bill called the SECURE Data Act. Eric Null, director of the Privacy & Data Project at the Center for Democracy & Technology, says it has significant structural weaknesses even as it seeks to preempt stronger state protections. Listen:
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Unpacking the SECURE Data Act
A conversation with Eric Null, director of the Privacy & Data Project at the Center for Democracy & Technology.
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AI Moratorium for NYC Schools @aimoratoriumnyc.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
HUGE win for NYC organizers - no AI-themed high school will open this fall. Momentum is on our side! This is incredible. Come to the PEP on Wednesday and tell them: no AI for our kids. www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2026...
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NYC scraps new AI high school and Manhattan middle school closures after intense pushback
Facing community opposition, Chancellor Kamar Samuels nixed plans to open an AI-focused high school, close two Manhattan middle schools, and relocate another.
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lawless @lawless523.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Everyone tiptoes around the Armenian genocide for fear of offending Turkey, yet here is Mamdani courageously telling the truth at the expense of his co-religionists. Come on, tell me again that he's an Islamist so I can mock and laugh at you. Mamdani shows you could always just tell the truth.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 22/04/2026
Pulitzer-worthy reporting here from Minnesota immigrant news @sahanjournal.bsky.social. 70+ children detained during Operation MetroSurge. 30 sent to Dilley. Two dozen held >20 days, a Flores violation. 7 still detained as of March 10. ~20 have been deported. sahanjournal.com/immigration/...
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ICE detained more than 70 Minnesota children, data reveals
Immigration officials detained more than 70 Minnesota children between Dec. 1 and March 10, a Sahan analysis of court records and federal deportation data shows.
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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 16/04/2026
Reminder if you support us to sign and share if you can! ✍🏻 We're coming up to a year since I sent this letter to my executive board and I will resend it on or close to the year mark with even more international and national support against AI. Thank you! openletter.earth/open-letter-...
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Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia
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Gretchen Marina Krueger @gretchenkrueger.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Cambridge, keep an eye out! These pins will be popping up around town:) #TalkToMeNotChatGPT
4 Circles of hand painted watercolored paper in mixed colors with the words “Talk to me, not ChatGPT” written on each in black handwritten letters
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Veni Kunche @veni.dev · 16/04/2026
Call For Five-Year Pause on Gen AI in Schools I just signed this @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition. Please join me and sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/ca...
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Call For Five-Year Pause on Gen AI in Schools
As generative AI tools are rapidly expanding in schools, often based on their hypothetical “potential” to enhance learning, these products are posing risks to children’s development, mental health, pr...
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 14/04/2026
I sounded the alarm about Donald Trump’s sons backing drone company, Powerus. Now, Powerus wants to sell drones to countries under attack by Iran. Are Trump’s sons cashing in on the war their father started? Americans deserve answers.
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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
The reporting on OpenAI and Sam Altman I've been working on for the past year and a half, for @newyorker.com, with Andrew Marantz: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Sam Altman May Control Our Future—Can He Be Trusted?
New interviews and closely guarded documents shed light on the persistent doubts about the head of OpenAI.
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Mood for 2026, (the artist is Ainsley Drew, on Instagram)
A very simply drawn cartoon of a very round and green smiling frog squatting down and holding a ouija board. The background is blue and the text reads ‘fuck ChatGPT. I’m asking ghosts’
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AI Now Institute @ainowinstitute.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
And when opposing all regulation seems untenable? Companies place themselves in the driver’s seat by laying out their own alternative platforms with all the right sounds but no teeth: www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-c...
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AI Giants Go on Charm Offensive to Avert Public Backlash
Polls show artificial intelligence is broadly unpopular, prompting steps from companies to ease concerns.
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AI Now Institute @ainowinstitute.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
We spoke with @wsj.com and @theguardian.com this week on how to make sense of OpenAI's latest policy rebrand. While the doc has a lot of the sounds of wanting more regulatory oversight, the company has lobbied aggressively for a deregulatory stance toward AI: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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AI companies know they have an image problem. Will funding policy papers and thinktanks dig them out?
The aggressive effort by major players aims to reshape the narrative as polls show increasing public disapproval of AI
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pnwpolicyangel aka Angelita 👼 @pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
I don’t even have words for this.
"I start sobbing and said, 'I want to help, please!' I know she's going to get tired and need to be subbed out," Sam told The Western Edge.
The supervisor, who Sam perceived to be in shock, had a simple reply: "It has to be management or safety team. Please get back to work"
"I need to help, Sam said.
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Ryan Haas @ryanjhaas.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
For more than a week, Amazon has managed to keep a death at its Troutdale, Oregon, facility out of public view. Workers I spoke to are pissed.
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‘Everyone is Replaceable’: Death Rattles Oregon Amazon Facility
A worker died at Amazon’s Troutdale warehouse last week. Employees were told to look away.
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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
“Empowerment! Opportunity! Choice!” I would like to hear a journalist ask Wu what those terms mean and how enforced use of commercial products achieves the objectives associated with those terms.
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Gretchen Marina Krueger @gretchenkrueger.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Brown thin branch with small green clusters of leaf budsTwo bright green leaflets with reddish tips just barely opening
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Matt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC @mattnegrin.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
The New York Times deleted Trump’s “open the fuckin’ strait” line to make him look less insane Their write-up falsely says his post says only “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!!” and “Praise be to Allah”
NYT: Iran War Live Updates: Trump Escalates Threat to Hit Iranian Power Plants After U.S. Rescues Downed Airman
President Trump used an expletive-laden social media post to taunt Iranian leaders, saying that the United States would attack if they did not fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz.  NYT: President Trump on Sunday escalated his threats to bomb Iranian power plants within the next two days and taunted the country’s leaders in an expletive-laden social media post.

Mr. Trump, seemingly emboldened by the successful U.S. rescue of an American airman in Iran over the weekend, issued a new ultimatum to Iran to end its chokehold over the Strait of Hormuz, a major Persian Gulf waterway for the transport of oil and gas, by Apr. 6.

If Iran’s government did not, he said, U.S. forces would target the country’s energy infrastructure, which supplies power for millions of civilians.

“Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!!” Mr. Trump wrote on social media. The president has previously postponed his deadline to attack twice and the Omani foreign ministry said on Sunday that officials had discussed how to reopen the Strait of Hormuz with Iranian counterparts without reaching a definitive agreement.“Praise be to Allah,” Mr. Trump added, before signing off in all caps.

Iran has threatened to retaliate by intensifying its attacks on critical infrastructure in Israel and Arab states that are allied with the United States. An escalation could further derail the lives of civilians throughout the region and add to worries about the global economy, which has been rattled by soaring energy prices since the start of the war.

Over the past two days, the U.S. military has been in a race with Iranian armed forces to find the missing airman after an F-15E jet was shot down over Iran on Friday, in the first known instance of a U.S. combat aircraft since the start of the war.

The plane’s pilot was quickly rescued. But a second officer was stranded in Iran and injured in the incident. American commandoes found the airman deep inside Iranian territory under the cover of darkness.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
ICE has kept a disabled double amputee prisoner for over 14 months. Rodney Taylor has been denied access to his prosthetic legs. Forced to crawl across dirty floors to access food. Placed in solitary. Denied medical accommodations. They’re killing him & he needs the community to make noise!
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Her husband is a double amputee in ICE prison. She confronted Kristi Noem over its cruel conditions: ‘I have a fire inside’
Mildred Danis-Taylor dropped everything to advocate for the release of her husband, Rodney Taylor. A brutal year of legal and health challenges led her to Capitol Hill
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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
HELL YEAH "Looking back at the events of the last few weeks, I can’t help but wonder if we’re seeing a reawakening of our capacity for this sort of mass refusal," writes @bcmerchant.bsky.social.
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It's open season for refusing AI
There's been a wave of successful efforts to ban, reject and shut down AI.
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Athena Coalition @athenaforall.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Proof that data center development isn't inevitable! Maine is poised to enact a moratorium on data center construction through 2027 while they assess the industry's impacts on the environment and electrical grid. www.wsj.com/us-news/main...
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Maine Is About to Become the First State to Ban New Data Centers
Legislation that could be enacted this spring would pause construction of large new data centers until November 2027.
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Fal Rising @falrising.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
The US reportedly waited to strike the bridge in Iran a second time until rescue workers and others in the area gathered to help the wounded, which then killed at least eight people. Authorities in Iran are describing it as an act of terrorism.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
This is powerful, if true. More of this. Refuse. Stand on principle.
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Center for Democracy & Technology @cdt.org · 02/04/2026
“Across the U.S., 74% of people said they are worried about the privacy + security of their personal data when it comes to what info the govt has & how it is stored, according to survey findings released Tuesday by CDT."
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Data privacy emerges as a ‘core American value,’ expert says
As the federal government continues its fight to access state’s sensitive data on residents, a new report underscores Americans’ support for stronger data privacy guardrails and protections.
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Gretchen Marina Krueger @gretchenkrueger.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
“ 'It’s a very grimy feeling,' said one of the nonprofit leaders, who asked not to be named for fear of repercussions. "
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Kids groups say they didn’t know OpenAI was behind their child safety coalition
OpenAI quietly helped build a “‘parents and kids”’ AI safety group. Some members quit when they found out.
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audreyii_fic @audreyii.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
I'm going to keep beating this drum: those numbers don't include the people who were snatched off the street, driven around for awhile until they consented to face scans, and then dumped back out into the snow.
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onion person @junlper.beer · 31/03/2026
anyone ever noticed how psychotically evil, cruel, and anti-human republicans are
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Happy #TransDayOfVisibility! I wish I weren't one of the only (the only?!) trans leader of a nat'l digital rights organization in the US. But I am honored to do the work. And I'm so proud of the team @fightforthefuture.org for always throwing down against censorship and surveillance that harms us❤️
Group of ppl in front of Washington Monument with a banner and sign reading CENSORSHIP = DEATH, protect section 230. stop KOSA and age verification mandates.
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 31/03/2026
"ICE agents will be stationed outside graduation events for the nation’s newest Marines to identify whether any of their family members are undocumented, according to the Marine Corps."
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ICE agents will be stationed outside Marine Corps graduation events in South Carolina
As the U.S. continues to fight the war in Iran, the Marine Corps has boosted protection measures on bases, requiring everyone to present REAL IDs, passports or birth certificates to access any sites.
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Conrad Lange Zbikowski @czbi.org · 30/03/2026
Over a dozen American service members are dead and our Secretary of Defense made a multi-million dollar bet on war. There is no negotiation with these kleptocrats. Drive their greed into the dustbin of history. www.ft.com/content/744e...
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Pete Hegseth’s broker looked to buy defence fund before Iran attack
Morgan Stanley wealth manager approached BlackRock about multimillion-dollar investment on behalf of US defence secretary
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Ministers are reportedly exploring how to cancel dangerous spy-tech firm Palantir's contract to handle NHS data after over 150k people joined me in calling on them to break the contract. Join us - together we can kick out Palantir out of our NHS: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
Ministers explore triggering break clause in Palantirs NHS contract.
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Cynthia Khoo @cyn-k.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Btwn this, the end of Sora, & think I saw sthg about Nvidia /Microsoft /Open AI investment deals unwinding?—looks like the ship HASN'T sailed, you CAN return the genie, and things AREN'T "here to stay". Tech determinism is a self-fulfilling prophecy that only works if enough people fall for it.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
ANOTHER death in ICE custody. That makes 14 in 2026, and we’re not even done with March yet. This is on track to be the deadliest year for immigration detention in the U.S. ever. Period.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Pete Hegseth just held a prayer service in which he appealed for God's help in killing our "enemies" with maximal violence and brutality. Hegseth's bloodlust and sadism are drawing sustenance from his particular brand of far-right Christianity. 1/ (new piece from me) newrepublic.com/article/2083...
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Pete Hegseth Just Revealed the Real Roots of His Sadism and Rage
Does God want America to kill as many of our enemies as we can—in as violent a fashion as possible? We have a defense secretary who apparently thinks so.
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Nicole Ozer @nicoleozer.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
I’m EFF’s next Executive Director! So proud to take the torch from Cindy Cohn and lead @eff.org forward in its next chapter. Here’s the link to the EFF announcement – www.eff.org/press/releas... Together, we can meet the challenges and keep building a future where technology works for the people.
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Ingrid Burrington @lifewinning.com · 30/03/2026
I searched "data center coloring book" because I was trying to decide if I should make one and found this, from a power management company, and I don't think I can top this www.eaton.com/explore/_pfc...
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Jay Boller @jayboller.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
I spent some time reporting last week in Hermantown, which could become home to a 1.8 million-square-foot hyperscale Google data center.
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Stopthedatacenter @stopthedata.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Submit music for a Stop the Data Center compilation album! stopthedatacenter@proton.me When you submit, please include this info: * Artist name * Artist email * Song name * Lyrics to your song * Has this been released before? * Is this the final version? * Do you need help with recording your song?
Send submissions to stopthedatacenter@proton.me
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Jennifer Fearing @jenniferfearing.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
“No kings” applies to tech bros, AI overlords, and their funders, IMO. Learn why you should agree by reading : following: @karenhao.bsky.social @timnitgebru.blacksky.app @adambecker.bsky.social @alexhanna.bsky.social @emilymbender.bsky.social.
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Molly White @molly.wiki · 29/03/2026
the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology has more All-In podcast hosts than professors
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UAINE @mahtowin1.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Seminole Nation of Oklahoma Becomes First Native Nation to Ban Planet-Cooking Data Centers From Its Lands. futurism.com/artificial-i...
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Seminole Nation Becomes First Indigenous Group to Ban Planet-Cooking Data Centers From Its Land
The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma just became the first Indigenous Nation in the US to ban data centers from their territory.
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Gretchen Marina Krueger @gretchenkrueger.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Folks up north in Duluth Minnesota saw a circling bald eagle too!
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
"After No Kings, Indivisible, one of the lead organizers of the "No Kings" protest, is pivoting to building support for...May Day Strong. The May Day Strong coalition is calling for "No Work, No School, No Shopping" on May 1st." reporting by @mikeelk.bsky.social paydayreport.com/no-kings-org...
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“No Kings” Organizers & Indivisible Pivot to May Day General Strike
Dozens of unions and Indivisible have backed the May Day Strong walkout
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
St. Paul, MN @reuters.com #NoKings
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Sanders: When historians write about this dangerous moment in American history, when they write about courage and sacrifice, the people of Minnesota will deserve a special chapter.. In the face of unprecedented occupation, this community fought back and won.
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Gretchen Marina Krueger @gretchenkrueger.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Poster that reads « Resistance isn’t futile. Repression is. With an image of trump with a cyborg looking mask covering half of his face.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
We need the lawsuits brought to specifically charge racial discrimination in these firings and blocked promotions.
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
"Elon Musk participated in a phone call on Tuesday with President Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India, an unusual appearance by a private citizen on a call between two heads of state during a wartime crisis."
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Trump and Modi Had a Call About the Iran War. Elon Musk Joined Them.
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