Reposted by Jeff SpakowskiStatus Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social · 46m🚨Sen. Gustavo Rivera caught two plain-clothed ICE agents who claimed to be investigating a shooting carried out by their colleagues in the Bronx. However, they appeared to conduct the investigation in highly illicit manners. 3158105
Reposted by Jeff SpakowskiThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5hYikes — $1 a day?? Mason, Tennessee sold out to Core Civic cheap😳: mlk50.com/2026/10/08/t... Here’s video from that meeting and the “hot mess” mayor: x.com/thetnholler/... Now reports of detainees getting their arms broken, hunger strikes… 👇🏽😕 10200115
Jeff Spakowski @jeffspakowski.bsky.social · 4hRepresentative Becca Balint's distubing decision to make a video about a liverstream of a firing squad execution is another Democratic Party weak sauce response to authoritarianism. File a lawsuit, do *something*. 010
Reposted by Jeff SpakowskiKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 7hJUST UNSEALED: A judge ruled this week that the first Trump admin's "Remain in Mexico" policy illegally subjected thousands of people – many with meritorious asylum claims — to horrifically dangerous and violent conditions and deprived them of access to attorneys. cgrs.uclawsf.edu/en/legal-doc... 351738649
Reposted by Jeff SpakowskiJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 7hNew working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854 5942871852
Reposted by Jeff SpakowskiDr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 6hBAAJA prevents a future President by law from stopping the permitting of methane gas? Uhm, that is very, very bad. 1125
Jeff Spakowski @jeffspakowski.bsky.social · 6h@mayor.nyc.gov has a lot of power over the NYPD, why are they still cooperating with kidnapping? 000
Jeff Spakowski @jeffspakowski.bsky.social · 6h💯agree. "I think we should absolutely censor companies. I don’t think that companies lying to the public is in anyone’s interest whatsoever." 041
Reposted by Jeff SpakowskiThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10h🔥 MEMPHIS: “If you’re not angry, now is the time to get angry.” A minor says she has been banned from meetings by the city council 🤔for speaking out after 7 delayed a data center moratorium vote — without letting the people speak. (H/T @901youthactionnetwork ) 481676698
Reposted by Jeff SpakowskiThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10h😂 @hasandpiker laughs at @abdulelsayed.bsky.social getting asked one of the dumbest questions you’ll ever hear 1136492
Reposted by Jeff SpakowskiMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 12hICE is a militia of serial abusers. 161165230
Reposted by Jeff SpakowskiMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 11hNEW: When Christa Pike became the first person to survive multiple lethal injections, witnesses at the prison that day suddenly became a part of history. I spoke with @iamstevenhale.bsky.social of Nashville Banner about the things he saw in the execution chamber—and the things he could only hear:thehandbasket.coWhat it's like to witness a botched executionQ+A with Steven Hale of The Nashville Banner, who watched as Christa Pike survived two lethal injections. 10943231
Reposted by Jeff SpakowskiHeba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 22hMamdani needs to fire Tisch NOW. NYPD is flinging protestors and electeds left and right to clear the way for ICE vehicles. Abolish police but in the meantime this leadership cannot stay. 614740
Reposted by Jeff SpakowskiThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19h🔥 @angieforfl.bsky.social : “Let’s talk about the Black Panther Party…” 1192772972
Jeff Spakowski @jeffspakowski.bsky.social · 14hno matter which state the latest death, family separation, cruel deportation to another country, the solution stsrts with #AbolishIce, electing strong Progressive who will hold the people designing and implementing this. Here in Michigan that means electing @abdulelsayed.bsky.social. 020
Reposted by Jeff SpakowskiKate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 15hfascists get the fuck out of our city 1778
Reposted by Jeff SpakowskiI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 23hThere’s already video of some NYPD helping ICE leave after the shooting and the role of the police in aiding these incidents has to be addressed. 181079286
Jeff Spakowski @jeffspakowski.bsky.social · 23h3 yes votes for #Proposal2 from our home (and 3 no votes on prop 1). 000
Reposted by Jeff SpakowskiHeba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 23hShocked this country famous for lynchings, strangling Black men on the street, kidnapping and killing foreign leaders & arming genocides everywhere is doing a public execution by gunfire. This is NOT the American way. 6392108
Reposted by Jeff SpakowskiThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23h“There was a child in the car” Abolish ICE. theintercept.com/2026/10/08/i... 10030321492
Reposted by Jeff SpakowskiKelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 09/10/2026The Pentagon plans to publicly execute Nidal Hasan and live stream it into the homes of every American. Hasan is a disabled paraplegic. What he did was horrendous, but killing him & streaming it as entertainment is sick and morally bankrupt. Abolish the death penalty. 927665
Reposted by Jeff SpakowskiDr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The awareness that male sexual violence is systemic comes from 1970s feminists. It has been at least 50 years of trying to educate the public that women do not cause their own rape or make false accusations, that it's everyday men, who face few consequences. The same myths are peddled out. 17618
Jeff Spakowski @jeffspakowski.bsky.social · 08/10/2026But only for now....Gibson Dunn will find another way to run at ICWA. 000
Jeff Spakowski @jeffspakowski.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Best thing all year on the Bugle? Nato.... www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMWf...youtube.comNato Green on HopeYouTube video by The Bugle 000
Reposted by Jeff Spakowskiyessenia funes @yessfun.com · 08/10/2026this week's newsletter is a reflection on my trip to the west bank last year. the olive harvest is beginning across palestine. the land grieves. so do we. www.possibilities.news/palestine-ge...possibilities.news3 Years of Genocide and EcocideThe climate crisis and militarism are two faces of the same coin. 065
Reposted by Jeff SpakowskiPrem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026My gosh. Mike Huckabee's top aide: —Covered up an embassy report on Israeli killings of 9 Americans —Fabricated Orwellian reports on Israeli settler violence & the "Gaza Humanitarian Foundation" to make it sound good for Israel —Questioned staff on whether they were “pro-Israel” or “pro-Hamas” 15621280
Reposted by Jeff SpakowskiDana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social · 08/10/2026For @prospectmagazine.co.uk, I write about how we should distinguish between the Israeli state and the Israeli settlers. That distinction is key to understanding the broader policy of ethnic cleansing at work: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/middle...prospectmagazine.co.ukSettler ‘rioters’ are Israeli state policy—through deniable meansThe UK’s ‘reset’ on Israel penalises the settlements while leaving the government that protects and expands them largely untouched 19938
Reposted by Jeff SpakowskiRobert "The Bobby Yaga" McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 17/08/2026“Here, Margaret is shown standing beside listings of the software developed by her and the team she was in charge of, the LM [lunar module] and CM [command module] on-board flight software team.” A 2016 MIT News story with background on the iconic photo. (2/n) news.mit.edu/2016/scene-a...news.mit.eduScene at MIT: Margaret Hamilton’s Apollo codeA brief history of the famous 1969 Margaret Hamilton photo featuring the Apollo software she and her team developed for NASA, sending humans to the moon. Article includes rarely-seen outtakes of Hamil... 15814
Reposted by Jeff SpakowskiNPR @npr.org · 07/10/2026Researchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried. n.pr/4zauALan.prOver 1,000 children are buried at juvenile detention centers nationwideResearchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried. 6519921198
Reposted by Jeff SpakowskiPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 07/10/2026stating that Israel is engaged in an ongoing genocide against Palestinian people is a basic fact. It's uncontroversial. It's true. 5869215
Jeff Spakowski @jeffspakowski.bsky.social · 07/10/2026From the video above.... This fight coming to a town near you. Your city council may have already sold you out for a damn dollar in their pocket. 1192
Reposted by Jeff SpakowskiAntonia Juhasz @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I just landed on an article with byline:"By The Washington Times AI News Desk." Please note the threat of rogue AI Agents working to bypass human overseers (already happening) that also use their control of the media as a tool. 074
Jeff Spakowski @jeffspakowski.bsky.social · 07/10/2026For @thebugle.bsky.social fans Who's your hottie from history? 000
Jeff Spakowski @jeffspakowski.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Palestinians have been defending their lands going back to the Nakba but like so much else their work as land defenders is erased in legacy media. Vital listening. 000
Reposted by Jeff SpakowskiAmie Rivers @amierivers.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"ID.me is worse than redundant. It is an epic example of how private vendors are parasitic on the public sector. The more government comes to rely on such vendors, the more government loses core competence and becomes subject to vendor lock-in." 163
Jeff Spakowski @jeffspakowski.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Men, instead of gaslighting, deflecting every detail emerging about Jane Doe at Cornell and every other woman treated as an object for men's pleasure, talk with your friends, relatives, and sons. "Boys come whip it out" should never come out of your mouth. #cornell7 www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEK0...youtube.comSecretly taped phone call revealed between Jane Doe, Cornell frat brother accused in gang rape caseYouTube video by Eyewitness News ABC7NY 172
Reposted by Jeff SpakowskiKerry + Nick @dosgoatsfilms.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Our politicians utterly failed us with this merger. 021
Reposted by Jeff SpakowskiDr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"Flaring" is a major contributor to global heating. Flames at oil sites worldwide burn enough methane each year to supply about half of Europe’s annual gas consumption. The flares also spew soot, nitrogen oxides & benzine. Since oil majors pledged to end flaring, it's risen 9%. 1/2 55521
Reposted by Jeff SpakowskiProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/202612/ We spent months compiling every case we could find of immigration agents detaining Americans. We did it because the government hasn't. And now, we're sharing every one of those cases with you. Explore our database: propub.li/4egbSK2 4843368
Reposted by Jeff SpakowskiAmy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026As I must point out multiple times a year: 10 Republican AGs coming together means this is a RAGA joint (in this case backing Trump in the sanctions appeal in Trump v. IRS). storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... More on RAGA: drilled.media/news/raga/drilled.mediaThe Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA), a Primer - DrilledIf two or more Republican attorneys general sign onto something, RAGA is in the background coordinating; journalists need to be clear about that so the public can understand what it means. 1146
Reposted by Jeff SpakowskiKate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Our new paper is out! We’re trying to answer the question: what do complex computer models of the climate tell us about the real world? www.frontiersin.org/journals/cli...frontiersin.orgFrontiers | Using climate models in climate assessments: a Bayesian perspectiveOutputs from complex Earth system models (ESMs) participating in the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP) are a major source of information for polic... 35410
Reposted by Jeff SpakowskiAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Donald, if you're reading this.... Come to Michigan. 1063233911
Reposted by Jeff SpakowskiJacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This is gutting. Sternberg is one of the most important paleontology museums in the country. MUSEUMS SHOULD BE LAST ON THE LIST TO CLOSE, NOT FIRST. What kind of world do we want to live in? Because running the country -- and universities -- like businesses and not a public good is what got us here. 411444
Reposted by Jeff SpakowskiNaomi Oreskes @naomioreskes.bsky.social · 05/10/2026carolinegleich.substack.com/p/tomorrow-i...carolinegleich.substack.comTomorrow Is the Last Day to Submit a Comment to Defend 45 Million Acres of Our ForestsThey're calling it fire prevention. Their own report says otherwise. Here's the two-minute way to speak up before 9:59 p.m. Utah time on Tuesday, 10/6. 0125
Reposted by Jeff SpakowskiDr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026It's not just that women are silenced, harrassed, assaulted, pushed out of work, assumed to be incompetent, have their work stolen or credit denied. It's that men get ahead standing on the backs of women being pushed down. When you point this out they get ANGRY. #patriarchy 26116
Jeff Spakowski @jeffspakowski.bsky.social · 05/10/2026We have 3 Gen Z young men that that's definitely a thing here in metro Detroit. They and their friends are way out in front of the average Boomer we know. 010