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Tim Rhodes @imtimrhodes.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
"Con Permiso" Coming soon! This has been a labor of love for a long time. youtu.be/7SPmkWpq-ZU?...
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Con Permiso | Teaser
YouTube video by Whistling Blue
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Tim Rhodes @imtimrhodes.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
I wrote about the unique threats unaccompanied minors face right now. About how ICE is detaining and deporting children. And how the processes meant to provide care are being weaponized against them. Our most vulnerable are suffering—and it’s only going to get worse.
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We are failing our most vulnerable.
No, it’s not just you. Things really have gotten much worse.
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John Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Catastrophic.
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Doug Livingston @douglivingston.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
I'm really proud of being a part of this paper and project www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Charting A Path Forward Toward Integrating Macrolevel Phenomena, Marginalization, and Health Equity Principles In into Dissemination and Implementation Science
Dissemination and implementation (D&I) science is ascendant within public health in the United States, but D&I scientists have long voiced concern at …
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Tim Rhodes @imtimrhodes.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
My own personal mission impossible is secretly leaving extra cash whenever the in-laws invite us out to a meal but tip poorly.
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Tim Rhodes @imtimrhodes.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
They came out to say: “Aqui, estamos, y no nos vamos.” "Here we are and we’re not leaving." 285south.com/they-came-ou...
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They came out to say: “Aqui, estamos, y no nos vamos.” "Here we are and we’re not leaving." – 285 South
Hundreds of protestors line a sidewalk on Buford Highway in Atlanta to protest ICE arrests
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
In San Antonio today, plainclothes ICE officers (not masked this time) arrested, handcuffed, and zip-tied a family of five (yes, ALL of them, including the little children) coming out of their immigration court hearing — which ICE had just had dismissed. www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/a...
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Agents zip-tie kids in new immigration crackdown in Texas
At least three children were taken into custody and zip-tied at the San Antonio Immigration Court.
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𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐬𝐨𝐧 @bretbatson.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
“Sir, will you be seeing ‘Lilo & Stitch’ this weekend?” “No. I haven’t got time for a double feature.”
Tr☭mp takes a question from a reporter.
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Tim Rhodes @imtimrhodes.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
I wrote this piece nearly a decade ago—about a kid I avoided at an after-school program, and what he unexpectedly taught me about presence, failure, and what it really means to be a neighbor. Back then, I thought showing up meant fixing things. I’m still learning that usually it just means staying.
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Anybody But Robbie
On the kid I avoided—and what he taught me about neighborliness
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𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐬𝐨𝐧 @bretbatson.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
After the flute album and the piano album, I think we all know where this is headed.
An album by André Benjamin entitled “Nothing But Gong”.
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Tim Rhodes @imtimrhodes.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
If you’re still reading my Substack—I'm surprised!, but thank you. Since I began, the focus has been on immigration: deep dives, policy untangling, how it plays out in our neighborhoods. What it means to be a good neighbor when systems fail the vulnerable. But that’s not all I want to tell.
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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Incredible reporting by the Washington Post on the Trump administration's hurried, lawless effort to carry out illegal renditions to El Salvador - to terrorize people. (Including how they violated court directives.) Take a moment to read the entire thing: www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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Trump’s 48-hour scramble to fly migrants to a Salvadoran prison
The administration rounded up some of the Venezuelans two days before the flights took off, pressing forward even as Venezuela agreed to accept deportees.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 02/05/2025
love to make america great again by essentially expelling the people that enrich our children’s lives
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Tim Rhodes @imtimrhodes.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
When my son started handing out Know Your Rights cards at school, we thought we were preparing for the occasional emergency. Now, more and more of those emergencies are routine headlines. This is a personal reflection on how we got here — and how communities can hold when institutions betray us.
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When Institutions Fail, Communities Must Endure
From ICE raids to state-sanctioned trafficking, the erosion of due process isn’t coming — it’s here. What’s left is how we look out for each other.
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Tim Rhodes @imtimrhodes.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
How I arrived on Bluesky.
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a monkey wearing a hat and a pearl necklace
ALT: a monkey wearing a hat and a pearl necklace
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𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐬𝐨𝐧 @bretbatson.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
How I arrived on Bluesky.
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Krokopina Walking GIF
ALT: Krokopina Walking GIF
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Tim Rhodes @imtimrhodes.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Ten years ago, my father left without saying goodbye—again. Sufjan Stevens' Carrie and Lowell helped me name the ache. This is a Holy Week reflection about grief that stays with us, and wounds that never heal.
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Holy Week, Sufjan Stevens, and the Wounds that Never Heal
A story about loss, music, and the wounds we carry into Holy Week.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
This is happening at the Bluebonnet detention center in Anson, TX and appears to be in DIRECT VIOLATION of the Supreme Court's ruling requiring notice "afforded within a reasonable time and in such a manner as will allow them to actually seek habeas relief." It's been <24 hours.
"It is well established that the Fifth Amendment entitles aliens to due process of law" in the context of removal proceedings. Reno v. Flores, 507 U. S. 292, 306 (1993). So, the detainees are entitled to notice and opportunity to be heard "appropriate to the nature of the case." Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co., 339 U. S. 306, 313 (1950). More specifically, in this context, AEA detainees must receive notice after the date of this order that they are subject to removal under the Act. The notice must be afforded within a rea-sonable time and in such a manner as will allow them to actually seek habeas relief in the proper venue before such removal occurs.
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Tim Rhodes @imtimrhodes.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
“If you want to get on in this life, there are things you have to ignore.” That line from Small Things Like These stayed with me—and pushed me to write. This piece is about proximity, comfort, and the quiet decisions that shape who we become, and who is left on the margins.
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What Do We Ignore?
Our comfort often depends on what we’re willing to overlook.
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
One of hundreds of people abducted by ICE and sold to slavery in El Salvador was a 19 year old with no criminal record in the US or Venezuela and no tattoos of any kind. An ICE kidnapper who grabbed him outside his house said, "He's not the one." The other said, "Take him anyway." So they did.
Wilmer only found out his son had been detained after receiving a phone call on March 15 from his nephew, Luis, who lives with them. That morning was their last time together; they had gone around the corner to do their laundry. Later that day, Wilmer said that his son met with a friend to get help with some errands at the American Red Cross. He learned this from Luis, who looked at the situation from inside the apartment: when his son was on his way back, just steps from his home when ICE agents stopped him. “The officers grabbed him and two other boys right at the entrance to our building. One said, ‘No, he’s not the one,’ like they were looking for someone else. But the other said, ‘Take him anyway.'”

That moment marked the beginning of Wilmer’s search for answers — answers he’s still waiting for.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/04/2025
lord willing we will one day prosecute miller for crimes against humanity
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Nicole Micheroni @nicolemicheroni.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Some personal news: the Department of Homeland Security has given me, an immigration lawyer born in Newton, Massachusetts, seven days to leave the U.S. Does anyone know if you can get Italian citizenship through great-grandparents?
Email from DHS revoking parole, unnamed recipient, received by Nicole Micheroni. Part 1Email from DHS revoking parole, unknown recipient, received by Nicole Micheroni. Part 2
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
90 percent. They sent innocent people to a gulag so Trump could look like a tough guy. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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About 90% of Migrants Deported to El Salvador Had No US Criminal Record
Trump administration officials have described the men deported to El Salvador prisons last month as “the worst of the worst,” suggesting they were gang members involved in murder, rape and kidnapping.
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NPR @npr.org · 08/04/2025
Asian grocery stores are a lifeline to the communities they serve. But store owners say the prospect of sweeping tariffs are threatening their ability to stock up on goods and keep prices affordable.
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Asian grocery stores, a lifeline for immigrants, brace for steep new tariffs
Asian grocery stores are a lifeline to the communities they serve. But store owners say the prospect of sweeping tariffs are threatening their ability to stock up on goods and keep prices affordable.
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Tim Rhodes @imtimrhodes.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
“This isn’t a checklist — it’s the ebb and flow of living in community.” A reflection on protest, presence, and neighborhood-rooted hope.
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Protest Sparks the Flame. Community Keeps It Burning.
This moment needs more than marches. It needs presence.
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Tim Rhodes @imtimrhodes.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
What an absolute betrayal.
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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
the world we want isn't impossible. parts of it aren't even all that hard.
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
It's not a bad idea to go to the local Walmart or big box retailer and buy lots of consumables now. From toothpaste to soap, anything you can find storage space for, buy before they have to replenish inventory. Even if it's made in the USA , they will jack up the price and blame it on tariffs.
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Tim Rhodes @imtimrhodes.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
For a few weeks I've been working on a post explaining TPS, and why so many live in fear despite following the rules. Then the news broke: it’s being revoked. Hundreds of thousands now face deportation. For many, there is no “back” to go back to. Here’s what’s happening and what we can do 👇
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The Human Cost of Revoking Temporary Protected Status
Where I get in the weeds a little—but the weeds are important!
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
This is why it’s important to record, broadcast and share these abductions whenever possible. As in BLM, the disconnect between what “most Americans” think is happening and what is actually being done in their name is severe. But when it finally breaks through, the effects will be significant.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
“We are currently clean on OPSEC” accidentally sent to a journalist is an all time classic.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 24/03/2025
this is great and gets to what might be the defining attribute of this administration which is that trump himself is barely aware of what is happening
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Tim Rhodes @imtimrhodes.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
I shared my first post from Aspiring Good Neighbors the other day, but I never really said what it is. So here goes—a tiny thread about a project I’ve been quietly sitting on for way too long 🧵
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Tim Rhodes @imtimrhodes.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Best Star Trek crew, wrong answers only.
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Samantha Michaels @samanthamichaels.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
A harrowing story about Haitian immigrants in the US who produce meat for our grocery stores. After everything they've sacrificed, Trump wants to deport them. Important reporting by Ted Genoways @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/food/2025/03...
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They fled Haiti and work America's most dangerous jobs. Trump plans to deport them.
After being recruited by the world's largest meatpacker, they faced grueling conditions on the line. Is the worst yet to come?
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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
democrats do not need a liberal joe rogan they need carrie coon to host a movie podcast
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Tim Rhodes @imtimrhodes.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Today is the 45th anniversary of the Refugee Resettlement Act. I wish we were celebrating. Instead, my wife’s work in resettlement ends Friday. She—& so many others—are collateral in dismantling a program that has helped millions. The impact is devastating. Here’s what happened and how we can help
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The End of Refugee Resettlement in the US?
Mourning on the 45th anniversary of the Refugee Resettlement Act
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Terrific thread on the Hays Code and Hollywood:
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Nermal @katyc.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
I’m telling everyone that this is Wicked.
Picture of Chappell Roan and Taylor Swift at the 2025 Grammy’s.
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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
i think we need to understand that trying *is* helping. you will not win every fight. you probably won’t win most. that’s not the point. the point is to make these freaks have to sweat for every inch.
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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
let's go girls
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Did Trump's executive order just make everyone in the U.S. female?
All Americans are now AFBT (assigned female by Trump).
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Bob Stevenson @bobstevenson.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
This is monstrous. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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Exclusive: Trump administration canceling flights for nearly 1,660 Afghan refugees, say U.S official, advocate
Nearly 1,660 Afghans cleared by the U.S. government to resettle in the U.S., including family members of active duty U.S. military personnel, are having their flights canceled under President Donald Trump's order suspending U.S. refugee programs, a U.S. official and a leading refugee resettlement advocate said on Monday.
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Adam H Johnson @ahjohnson.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Reminder that for the US welfare state, the point is not to relieve poverty but to best manage the specter of destitution as a means of disciplining the bottom rung of labor. Countless academics point out it's cheaper to simply house people but for the super rich, in the long run, it absolutely isnt
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
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Kylie Eleison @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
If Nosferatu came to my house I’d destroy him by pointing out the contradictions in his ideology
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smithsonianthadius🍥 @fungiblethadius.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Is It Cake? But it’s just CAKE playing different songs and you have to answer if it’s one of theirs or not.
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Tim Rhodes @imtimrhodes.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
"I'm really bad at counting"
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Tim Rhodes @imtimrhodes.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
I think I'm over moral support at this point. Need immoral support? I'm your guy.
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Tim Rhodes @imtimrhodes.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
My 10 year old Nissan Leaf is now 1000% cooler. Thanks @katyc.bsky.social and @bretbatson.bsky.social !
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