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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/05/2026
Charles Mauldin said he’ll never forget the sound of John Lewis’ skull cracking as police beat several civil rights activists in Selma in 1965. Mauldin spoke to ProPublica about that day — and how being tear-gassed as a teenager has affected him.
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At 17, He Was Tear-Gassed at Selma. At 78, He’s Watching Kids Tear-Gassed During Trump’s Deportation Campaign.
At least 79 children have been harmed by tear gas or pepper spray during Trump’s deportation campaign. Charles Mauldin, a civil rights activist tear-gassed as a teenager at Selma, warns them to get me...
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Sean Hecker @sean-hecker.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
We are going to savor this one. Our client, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, is freed of these outrageous, vindictive charges. It’s a good day.
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Ben Teresa @benfteresa.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
During COVID, I heard landlords were turning down rent relief or otherwise being recalcitrant participants. The standard explanations (admin burden, slow bureaucracy) weren't convincing on this puzzle. New paper out today in @economyandspace.bsky.social on why: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
I used to feel a little bad that The Onion is about to surpass WaPo in print subs and stopped promoting the membership as a direct foil until today they came out with “Do POOR BABIES deserve DIAPERS???” so therefore
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Tony Zombie-ano 🎃 @tonydamiano.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
New report from the Family Housing Fund written by @curaumn.bsky.social based on a survey of over 1k tenants living in single-family homes in the Twin Cities. Big takeaway: Large landlords (inclduing private equtiy, and REITs) scored worse across all metrics even after controling for other factors 🧵
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
An article from The Guardian:

‘She’s opening the bees!’ US beekeeper jailed for trying to save friend from eviction

Massachusetts woman set swarms of insects on sheriff’s deputies attempting to evict elderly man with cancer

A beekeeper has been jailed for six months after she set swarms of her insects on sheriff’s deputies attempting to carry out an eviction at a friend’s house.

Rebecca Woods insisted she only released her truckload of hives to allow the bees to enjoy the “lovely, flowering landscape” near the home of an elderly friend and cancer patient.

But a district court in Springfield, Massachusetts, heard that Woods, 59, admitted under questioning that she was trying to save him from eviction by freeing the bees in the presence of the deputies who had shown up to serve papers.
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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 24/04/2026
breaking: 80-student encampment up at Occidental College in California, demanding the Board of Trustees commit to divest from Lockheed Martin, Palantir, Maersk, and Caterpillar amid the war on Iran, Lebanon and Palestine at an upcoming meeting on Monday.
Los Angeles, CA (April 24, 2026) — 80 Occidental college students and community members set up an encampment on the Academic Quad to demand that their college divests from weapons manufacturing, the prison industrial complex, and war profiteering. Occidental students collected over 600 signatures on a resolution calling on the College to divest from companies that profit off and enable israeli genocide. After the Board of Trustees refused to vote on the timely resolution, the students launched an encampment ahead of the Spring trustees meeting on April 27th to demand that the board vote on the resolution and take action towards divestment.



“We are a new class of students calling on Occidental to uphold its stated values by divesting from companies that build the bombs which are used by the zionist state to obliterate families in Palestine, Lebanon, and Iran. It’s been two years since the last encampment, and we have witnessed the College double down on genocidal investments and student repression.”

 – said Aurelia Mendez-Ortega 



On Monday April 27th, the Occidental College Board of Trustees will be meeting on campus to enjoy a extravagant meal while they authorize the further investment of our schools money into the military industrial complex, ICE detention centers, and surveillance technology.



Students are calling on the University to divest from companies like Lockheed Martin, Palantir, Maersk, and Caterpillar that aid in the zionist military’s genocide in Palestine and facilitate their brutal warfare, surveillance, and ethnic cleansing around the world. “How can I go on as usual, while students in Palestine, Lebanon, and Iran are murdered by the zionist state? We came to college to learn, not to have our tuition dollars invested into a the cult of death. ” — said Athya Paramesh who decided to join the encampment.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 23/04/2026
1. In a draconian new policy, Texas Tech is banning writing about LGBTQ+ topics. The ban is the first don't say gay or trans policy to apply to students themselves. It applies to any thesis/dissertation moving forward. They are using AI to scan everything. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Texas Tech Issues Ban On Students Writing On LGBTQ+ Topics
The ban applies to theses and dissertations, and is expected to begin going into effect on a rolling basis.
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The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com · 17/04/2026
Breaking news: Tufts University graduate Rümeysa Öztürk, who was arrested by masked immigration agents last year, has returned to her home country of Turkey, citing the "state-imposed violence and hostility" she said she experienced in the United States. trib.al/7GKyEiz
Rümeysa Öztürk. Text on the card reads: “Rümeysa Öztürk, Tufts grad arrested by ICE agents last year, returns to Turkey”
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dr. thrasher, an american writer in ex(archia)(xile) @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Behold our beautiful and brave colleague, murdered today! You know the drill, unfortunately, so… Say his name: Mohammed Wishah, Al Jazeera reporter, killed today in Gaza. US-Israel has assassinated nearly 300 journalists in Palestine, Lebanon and Iran in just 2 years. إِنَّا لِلَّٰهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ
Mohamed Wishah in blue press protective gear
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/04/2026
DHS repeatedly said that an aggressive apartment raid in Chicago last fall was prompted by intel on a gang takeover. Documents show the real story behind the raid was to target alleged squatters — with the landlord's blessing. (Published Feb.)
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The Real Story Behind the Midnight Immigration Raid on a Chicago Apartment Building
The Trump administration has claimed the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua had taken over the building. But new documents make no mention of the gang and reveal federal agents had information about “ille...
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Bob Mann @robertmannbooks.com · 27/03/2026
Gutter racism. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/u...
Mr. Buria chastised the Army secretary for selecting Maj. Gen.
Antoinette R. Gant, a combat engineer who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, to take command of the Military District of Washington, said three current and former defense and
administration officials familiar with the exchange. The command provides security and performs ceremonial duties in the nation's
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
I’ve been a journalist for 27 years. I’ve reported major stories about mass surveillance, torture, war, the military-industrial complex, police black sites, etc. But this is the most important story I’ve ever had the horror/honor to work on. For it is a story about the current phase of a genocide.
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The Ghosts of Al-Shifa Hospital
Months into a supposed ceasefire in Gaza, doctors still have to smuggle in basic medical supplies—and treat new casualties of war.
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Amanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
That congestion pricing is working -- like, really really working! -- is important for the larger effort to restore faith in govt. Take big swings, get big results that people can actually feel. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/o...
The triumph of congestion pricing also offers a larger reminder: Government, done right, has immense power to improve people’s lives. Many Americans have grown cynical of government, and they are right to be disappointed about its frequent failure to deliver results in the 21st century. But the answer cannot be allowing the private market and pursuit of profits to dominate American life. Leaders should instead take political risks, as officials in New York did, to create programs that can deliver tangible results.
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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 27/03/2026
With ICE’s 287(g) program, “every single civilian interaction with police can turn into an opportunity to try to enforce federal civil immigration law, and that blurs the line between federal authority and local public safety efforts,” says a Virginia advocate.
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Virginia Is Poised to Ban ICE Contracts, Unless the Feds Agree to Obey the Law. No One Expects Them to.
A bill passed by lawmakers would not outright bar local contracts with ICE. But they could continue only if ICE accepts due process rules and state courts having power over its officers.
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Tony Zombie-ano 🎃 @tonydamiano.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Our results are nuanced and both validate fears of existing low-income communities, while also showing benefits of new supply. I'll reiterate we support supply reforms, HOWEVER we are wary of when market supply is pitched AGAINST affordable housing and tenant protections when it's both/and (10/end)
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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 20/03/2026
Yesterday, 92% of us voted YES (w/ 99% participation) to authorize a strike if @propublica.org management refuses to compromise on core issues. We need a fair contract that will protect the in-depth investigative reporting that our readers expect. Support us: www.gofundme.com/f/support-pr...
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Donate to Support ProPublica Workers in Our Fight for a Fair Contract, organized by Eli Oberman
We are the unionized workers at ProPublica, and we’re ready to… Eli Oberman needs your support for Support ProPublica Workers in Our Fight for a Fair Contract
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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 19/03/2026
Royer Perez-Jimenez was 19 years old. He died by suicide at 3am on March 16 at Glades County Detention Center in Florida. He is the 2nd person to die in ICE custody this week, the 13th this year, and the 42nd under Trump. 🧵
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Anne Trubek @atrubek.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Today’s to do list includes creating a plan to get the word out about @awoodruff.bsky.social’s forthcoming GORGEOUS books of maps. This post is part of this work!
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Boston in 50 Maps
By Andy Woodruff May 19, 2026 See Boston from a new perspective in these fifty-plus new, original maps. In this fun and informative book, you can trace Paul Revere’s ride as well as Viking Leif Erikso...
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jacob saindon @jacographer.com · 10/03/2026
Hello, geographers! If you are going to be at AAG in SF next week, consider joining @mccanless.bsky.social, myself, and four brilliant panelists on Tuesday afternoon as we discuss the promise and possibilities of conducting qualitative research at professional conferences. Details in the flyer!
Flyer for Conducting Research at Professional Meetings, a panel session as AAG 2026 in San Francisco. The session is on Tuesday, March 17 from 4:10-5:30pm in Golden Gate 1 at the Hilton Union Square. The panelists are Lee Crandall, Kelly Kay, David Seitz, and Matthew Wilson. The session is organized by Jacob Saindon, Michael McCanless, and Ian Spangler.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Wounded Knee. Tulsa. My Lai. Abu Ghraib And now, Minab We need to talk about the horror when 180 little schoolgirls, boys and teachers were obliterated by U.S. Tomahawk missiles last week. And tell Congress: Not one more dime for these war crimes My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/iran...
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AI error or not, Iran school bombing is a permanent stain on America’s soul | Will Bunch
A debate on AI in warfare obscures the truth about an Iran school bombing. U.S. humans are to blame for this war crime.
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Who Owns Atlanta? @who-owns-atlanta.org · 08/03/2026
Introducing Who Owns Atlanta? who-owns-atlanta.org an open-source project mapping the ownership networks of 615k+ properties in and around the City of Atlanta. From the researcher tracking 1000s of parcels to residents trying to find absentee landlords, this is for you. You, too, nosy neighbors.
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Who Owns Atlanta?
Search Atlanta-area property ownership. Track corporate landlords and ownership networks across 615,000 parcels.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
I think this deserves at least as much sustained attention from US media as Claudine Gay's dissertation
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 07/03/2026
Some children in Dilley were so distraught they cut themselves or talked about suicide, parents told ProPublica. They said kids lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping, and were constantly sick.
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The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center
ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Should a dad be deported for leaving his toddlers alone at home for a half hour 15 years ago? The Trump administration says yes in a pending court case with sweeping implications for both the immigration and child welfare systems.
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Trump’s Latest Deportation Tactic: Targeting Immigrants With Minor Family Court Cases
Should a dad be deported for leaving his toddlers alone at home for a half hour 15 years ago? The Trump administration says yes in a pending court case with sweeping implications for both the immigrat...
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Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
It's worth reading Rahman's account of what happened to her, it's not that long. "...the glass of the passenger side window flew across my face. I yelled "I'm disabled!" at the hands grabbing me. An agent said, "TOO LATE."" www.blumenthal.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
The floor plan for the planned ICE concentration camp in Social Circle, Georgia:
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Massachusetts has spent months delaying & denying @boltsmag.org’s public records requests on how many people it has transferred ICE during Trump as part of its formal contract with ICE. A supervisor of records ruled last week that the state’s denials are improper; we hope to get records soon.
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Inside ICE’s Only Contract with a Blue State - Bolts
As part of a 287(g) contract between state officials and ICE, Massachusetts continues to release prisoners into deportation—even as state lawmakers look to ban other forms of ICE collaboration.
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Geographers for Justice in Palestine @geogboycott.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
we are aware of the release of "AAG’s Response to the Member Petition on Israel–Palestine" -- be sure to sign up for our newsletter for our response www.geog4pal.org/join/
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AAG for BDS
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
NEW: Of all the states that voted for Harris over Trump in 2024, there's only one where a Dem governor is overseeing an ICE's 287(g) program: Massachusetts. Other blue states have quit, or even outright banned it. My colleague on what's happening: boltsmag.org/massachusett...
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Inside ICE’s Only Contract with a Blue State - Bolts
As part of a 287(g) contract between state officials and ICE, Massachusetts continues to release prisoners into deportation—even as state lawmakers look to ban other forms of ICE collaboration.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/02/2026
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken. Hundreds of kids are still detained. We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
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Melissa Sanchez @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
1/ Federal records show how a dramatic raid in Chicago was facilitated by a landlord who was apparently concerned about immigrants squatting in the building. The government claimed a Venezuelan gang had taken over the apt complex, but that’s not what docs say. 🧵 www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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The Real Story Behind the Midnight Immigration Raid on a Chicago Apartment Building
The Trump administration has claimed the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua had taken over the building. But new documents make no mention of the gang and reveal federal agents had information about “ille...
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TMJ4 News @tmj4.com · 06/11/2025
One of the largest collections of maps on earth is in Milwaukee. With about 2 million different items, the American Geographical Society Library at UW-Milwaukee is a world-renowned repository.
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Guardians of Geography: The team at UW-Milwaukee behind one of the world's largest map collections
One of the largest collections of maps on earth is in Milwaukee. With about 2 million different items, the American Geographical Society Library at UW-Milwaukee is a world-renowned repository.
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Sam Levin @samtlevin.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
NEW: The US has deported a longtime Oregon firefighter who was arrested by Border Patrol while deployed at a major wildfire in Washington state. José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time: “I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
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US firefighter detained on the job speaks out after deportation: ‘I feel betrayed’
Exclusive: Border patrol arrested José Bertin Cruz-Estrada while he was battling a wildfire in Washington. He is now in Mexico, separated from his family in Oregon
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 01/11/2025
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear. At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
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More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
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Anna Meier @annameier.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Rümeysa is one of the kindest, most compassionate people I have ever met. Many of you came to know her first and foremost as an ICE abductee, seized by a state that wanted to strip her of her humanity. I would like for you to know her in her own words, which are resoundingly human.
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“Even God Cannot Hear Us Here”: What I Witnessed Inside an ICE Women’s Prison
Tufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk opens up about her 45 days in a South Louisiana processing facility—and the generous and compassionate women she met.
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Leventhal Map & Education Center @bplmaps.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
An update on the future of the Allmaps project: Sadly, on April 17, 2025, we learned that the federal government terminated many NEH grants, including ours. The notification stated that our grant’s termination was “necessary to safeguard the interests of the federal government.”
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Shot On 35mm @shoton35mm.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
I thought I would be safe if I positioned myself with all the cable news crews off to the side away from all of the protesters. But nope. I was wrong. The feds shot pepper balls at us, forcing us down Alameda Street with everyone else. @lataco.bsky.social
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wint @dril.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
i let my son punch me in the head and i tell him the day you can kill me in one blow is the day you officially become a Teen
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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
newsrooms of the world did u know that when Rümeysa Öztürk gets out you can pay her to write an editorial, and then publish it? did u know that if all of you did this it would be a whole thing and a good one
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SEIU_ORG @seiu.org · 09/05/2025
BREAKING: Rümeysa, our union sister who was snatched by ICE, is free today. We stood up for our union family and demanded justice! When you mess with one of us, you mess with all of us. #4the1st ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
Rumeysa outside, surrounded by reporters and her team.
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Jessa Loomis @jessaloomis.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
A fantastic, collegial department (w/ the highest QS ranking in the Uni) just had the majority of Professors be threatened with redundancy. Newcastle geographers will obvi fight for our colleagues & the future of higher ed (& geography!) with all we've got, but SUPPORT & SOLIDARITY VERY WELCOME!
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ian spangler @itspangler.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
if you're in the Boston area, stop by HKS tomorrow at 10am so i can tell you more about the Realtors' golden goose -- the multiple listing service -- than you ever thought you'd want to know i've been given assurances that, in addition to data, there will also be donuts
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Kylie Eleison @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
"Racial panic started by a landlord" is perhaps the ultimate expression of Americanism
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
the arrest of a judge by ICE and FBI for such bullshit reasons is a Rubicon crossing moment. not the last, but a major one.
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ian spangler @itspangler.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
@emilyrbowe.bsky.social and i are honored to give the annual Maps & America lecture at AGSL tonight. tune in at 7pm ET to learn how we can use early GIS maps & tools to make sense of our contemporary geographic lives
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