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The Jelani

@jelanithunderstone.bsky.social
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Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 12h
Unionized journalists and product engineers at The Inquirer secured a new contract that includes AI protections, raises, and changes to healthcare coverage.
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Philadelphia Inquirer employees secure new union contract with raises and AI protections
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Daniel Kuehn @dkuehn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
So infuriating to think back to the Rufo et al. CRT and DEI and Claudine Gay witch hunts and their protests that it wasn’t about racism, and then fast forward to today where he’s struggling with “the Indian Question” along with a literal publisher of fascist material—but it doesn’t even register.
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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
whether it's ignoring rape or killing Black people—police training will not solve the problem.
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Your regular reminder that this is Eric Schmitt (from a year ago)
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A Sitting Senator Just Went Full Mask-Off White Nationalist
America, he says, isn’t an idea—and isn’t for everyone.
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Max Granger @maxgranger.info · 05/09/2026
The kids are alright 👍
"It's honestly so sickening to come home from school, open my phone and see just terrible, terrible stories online of families getting separated and children getting deported and kidnapped by ICE," Bre Kennedy, a junior at Grandview High School in Aurora and a cofounder of the Colorado Youth Coalition, told The Colorado Sun. "We are living on stolen land and borders are imaginary lines, and to see such horrible people do such horrible things is just so sickening"
The majority of the afternoon's protest at La Alma-Lincoln Park played out peacefully, but the atmosphere took a tense turn when an adult counterprotester walked toward the park, holding a sign that read "I heart ICE." A surge of students pounced on the man, following him and chanting, "Nazi scum off our streets!"
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chadzia dax 🔞😷 @m00psy.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
please start masking again if you stopped. we were collectively instructed to give up on stopping the spread of #covid way, way, way too early, and now #LongCovid is the most common childhood chronic condition (even more common than asthma).
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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I just donated to help SPIDER-MAN, who took on nazi scumbags trying to invade Minneapolis again. Arrested by our local cops (boooo) who were diligently defending their racist turd pals. Let’s help good ol’ Webhead with his defense! (PS I can vouch for the GoFundMe creator) gofund.me/6f36a1ac1
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Donate to Support Spider-Man’s Legal Defense, organized by Ash Chudgar
Awesome update: I'm in touch with Spider-Man's family, and we're setting things up so t… Ash Chudgar needs your support for Support Spider-Man’s Legal Defense
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✫✫LVN✫✫ @urbanaudacity.blacksky.app · 22/08/2026
Not even sure how many people realize that it’s racist nonsense.
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 22/08/2026
So, it’s not a conspiracy, and you are not imagining it. The biggest and wealthiest tech leaders are genuine fascists. They are leading an active and intentional systematic attack on labor. And they have radicalized each other while sidelining or removing the remaining decent execs in the industry.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22/08/2026
yep, i will note that the fugitive slave act was used to try to kidnap free blacks and sell them into slavery
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
A new study shows that Medicare for All would save over 114,000 lives and over $1 trillion every year. The new research out of Yale shows that reductions in administrative overhead, lower pharmaceutical prices, less fraudulent billing, and fewer emergency care trips would lead to huge savings. /1
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Yale Study: Medicare for All Would Save Over 114,000 Lives and $1 Trillion a Year | Common Dreams
"Do not tell me we cannot afford Medicare for All," the senator said. "What we cannot afford is a broken healthcare system based on greed."
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Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
USA Today Co. has made a deal with software company Palantir to analyze and monetize user behavior, the company announced on Thursday.
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America’s largest newspaper chain, USA Today Co., partners with Palantir to analyze audience data as search traffic falls
USA Today Co. has made a deal with software company Palantir to analyze and monetize user behavior, the company announced on Thursday. In its Q2 earnings call Thursday morning, USA Today Co. chairman...
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Siddhartha Mitter @siddharthamitter.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Brilliant. Glorious. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference
State department ‘takes full responsibility’ for erroneous, widely shared chart displayed at Aids conference in Brazil
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Danielle Lalonders @dlalonders.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
-slop, -maxing, -chud, -pilled, you guys using it unironically makes you sound like these annoying ass incels
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William C. @williamcson.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
I went to the Netherlands and visited Leiden, where the Pilgrims first departed on the Speedwell. For @prismreports.org, I reflected on the U.S. semiquincentennial in a personal essay about letting go of the national myth of what the U.S. is and what it could be. prismreports.org/2026/07/23/e...
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Another way out: Empires don't last forever—we help them fall
As news of the latest authoritarian incursions spreads, we have to keep reminding ourselves what the ground beneath us says
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Lauren-Ashley Arts @laurenashley087.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Ms. Denise has become an ancestor. 😔 www.gofundme.com/f/honoring-t...
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Donate to Honoring the Legacy of Denise Oliver Velez, organized by Devin McElderry
Hello everyone. It is with a heavy heart that I inform you that our communi… Devin McElderry needs your support for Honoring the Legacy of Denise Oliver Velez
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Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
these guys really are telling on themselves by naming antifa as their ultimate enemy. if your adversaries are anti-fascist, then it is pretty clear what you are.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 15/07/2026
These images of First Nations community members evacuating Collins, Ontario on motorboats are absolutely surreal www.facebook.com/reel/1548244...
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slowfox @slooowfox.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
YOU PASS LAWS TO FORCE KIDS OFF THE INTERNET AND THEN CREATE TASK FORCES TO PUNISH THEM FOR GOING OUTSIDE, WHERE THE FUCK ARE CHILDREN ALLOWED TO EXIST???
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Cross-Posted News #TheyLiedToYou @crosspostnews.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Sunday news continued... #Gaza 🚨 13:15 - Sahat, Qadeyah - The child Tala Juma Abu Matar (9 years old) was martyred after being wounded by Israeli occupation forces in Maghazi, central Gaza Strip "Get up, Tala, come back to me, my dear," her mother bid farewell.
a little girl smiling enthusiastically at the camera, her hand moving in front of her. she's wearing a t-shirt with an embroidered bunny, heart, and flowers.
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Again. This is the author. What are we doing here?
The Somali community is a scourge on the republic. I have been saying this for years. The rampant fraud is just icing on the cake. We should indeed be reviewing if Somalis e.g. lied on naturalization forms, and deport any with deportable offenses.
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✫✫LVN✫✫ @urbanaudacity.blacksky.app · 11/07/2026
Instead of assuming I don’t know what I’m talking about and telling me basic things we all learned in US History classes, I will just urge more of you to scrutinize the things you were taught in primary education institutions.
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 10/07/2026
After a months-long occupation, Minnesota is still recovering from a retribution campaign waged by the federal government. Now, Minnesota stands with Houston in demanding accountability for the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. This bloodshed cannot be normalized.
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Ⓐnarchohoodism 🐈‍⬛ 🏴 @161bklyn.myatproto.social · 10/07/2026
www.wbez.org/in-the-loop-...
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‘A Crimson Record’: A new report finds modern-day lynchings on the rise
Modern-day lynchings are defined as discriminatory killings carried out by more than one person for an alleged offense with or without legal trial or due process.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
ICE is not about immigration. ICE is not about the southern border. ICE is about normalizing paramilitary force on our streets. It cannot be reformed. It cannot be retrained. ICE must be abolished.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
18 months without charges
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Writer of “Rape Apologists Must Die!” @alexpagliuca.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
"We are deploying responsibly
developed Al to liberate humanity from menial labor and usher in an era of unparalleled creativity and abundance."
SAM ALTMAN

"You ingested the entire written output of human civilization without consent, without compensation, and without credit, to build a system whose primary commercial application is eliminating the jobs of the people whose work you consumed.
You are not liberating human creativity - you are strip-mining it and selling it back at a markup while calling the theft training data."
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@think_and_exist
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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
It’s been six months since the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. Here is how the federal government has stonewalled investigations, and how Minnesota law enforcement is attempting to push for accountability anyway
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The Death of Renee Good Has Yet to Be Properly Investigated
Six months after she and Alex Pretti were shot on the streets of Minneapolis, little has come of the probes into their killings.
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Asher HELLbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
This is NOT what the FIFA World Cup is about. The FIFA World Cup is about *opens history book* uh oh *Frantically starts flipping though pages* uh oh. oh no. no no no. uh oh
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 05/07/2026
For most of us, seeing the Klan 2.0, a.k.a. Patriot Front, march through Washington, D.C., unchallenged by authorities overshadowed any celebration of America’s 250th anniversary. My ancestors lived through this. And no one today can say with a straight face that racism is behind us.
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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
a perfect encapsulation of America right now. The racism it self isn’t incomprehensible or even that hurtful once you reach the age of self awareness It’s the trauma we are forced to bear because of a system that rewards mediocrity EVEN WHEN SPECIFIC PEOPLE are kind
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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
this guy is the co-founder of Airbnb
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John Birch Society
@The_JBS • Jun 30
Your taxes are paying for an Illegal Alien with an Anchor
Baby to live in the starter home your American kids can't
afford.
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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Funny how often white people are told to find safety in Black spaces when Black people aren’t even allowed safety in their home cities
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Ⓐnarchohoodism 🐈‍⬛ 🏴 @161bklyn.myatproto.social · 05/07/2026
"According to Crump, the autopsy showed the bullet that hit the child came through the car’s side, not the front. “This police officer is shooting from the side,” Crump said. “You can’t get that shot from the front. 1/2
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Mississippi Cops Shot and Killed a Black Baby, Claiming They Feared for Their Lives, But an Independent Autopsy Is Blowing Their Story Apart
The legal team for the family of a 1-year-old boy who was killed by police is raising new questions in the case. Attorneys Ben Crump and Van Turner shared
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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
“I’m so upset the Patriot Front is marching into my neighborhood!!!” What did you think would happen when you sat quiet as all the Black people in your job, profession, neighborhood got pushed out?
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Cabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com · 04/07/2026
new metaphor just dropped
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Basically the Supreme Court is 5-4 on whether America is white man's country
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Prison Policy Initiative @prisonpolicy.org · 29/06/2026
"The hardest part about being in prison during a heat wave is like any other time: We completely lack control of our surroundings. We can make no attempt at comfort and we have no outlet to voice concern." What summer heat means for people behind bars:
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Summer Heat in Prison: Just How Hot Are Our Nation’s Prisons?
Prison writers from across the U.S. describe how hot their prisons get in the summer. One prison reached 117 degrees.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Sharing this excellent guide to navigating Blue sky by @literaturegeek.bsky.social for those of you who may never have seen it: docs.google.com/document/d/1... - it has so many hacks and so much useful information to help you curate your experience on here.
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Bluesky quick start guide
✨💻☁️Bluesky Guide☁️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ By Amanda Wyatt Visconti (@literaturegeek.bsky.social; formerly @literature_geek on Twitter). Please do share this guide with others!: tinyurl.com/DHBluesky. Last updated:...
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
HAPPY PRIDE! FUCK ICE! FIX YOUR HEARTS OR DIE!
Me and my codefendant Michael Rabbitt shouting while holding signs reading “ABOLISH ICE! ABOLIR ICE!” in the Chicago Pride parade.
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Ⓐnarchohoodism 🐈‍⬛ 🏴 @161bklyn.myatproto.social · 29/06/2026
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Black Anarchism In The US: A rich, Radical Tradition
“The prison facility itself is maximum security, but society is just an extension; it’s a minimum-security prison. And that [radical insight] is at the core of Black anarchism.” Mansa Musa for TRNN…
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Prisoners at a jail in Eastern North Carolina overpowered staff and have seized control of the facility, authorities said www.wral.com/news/state/b...
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
So painful. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...
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Four Black women. Nine degrees. Not one steady paycheck.
The president promised to save “Black jobs,” but his policies have resulted in fresh pain for the Black middle class as the employment gap widens.
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R.S.A. Garcia (BUY THE NIGHTWARD) @rsagarcia.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
How bad was the Venezuelan quake? It lifted my country's - Trinidad and Tobago - coastline in some areas by 20 feet. We are many miles from the epicenter, though only a few miles from the Venezuelan coastline. And yes, we felt it. trinidadexpress.com/news/local/q...
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Quakes lift T&T coastline by nearly 20 feet
A portion of Trinidad’s south-western coast was thrust nearly 20 feet upwards in the aftermath of the devastating twin earthquakes that rocked Venezuela last week, unsettling the Galfa coastline and
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✫✫LVN✫✫ @urbanaudacity.blacksky.app · 28/06/2026
I got whoopings pretty regularly as a kid, and I was not a bad kid at all. I honestly can remember just one thing that I did that would have called for that (and I still don’t think it did or ever does). Idk, I think it’s bullshit. I give my mom a hard time about it to this day.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 25/06/2026
The Supreme Court just launched one of the largest attacks on immigrants in modern American history. Thousands of Haitians and Syrians now risk losing the right to live and work in the country they call home.

This decision will cause enormous pain across the five boroughs. Here in New York, it falls hardest on our Haitian community, one of the largest in the country, alongside Syrian families.

I joined labor leaders with 1199SEIU, elected officials, and advocates to send a clear message to immigrant New Yorkers: You belong here. We will not turn our backs on you.

The Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs will share additional information and resources soon. If you have questions about your status or need legal assistance, call our Immigration Legal Support Hotline at 800-354-0365.
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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 25/06/2026
OPINION: "My colleagues and I recently published two studies that help explain why the teacher diversity gap is so difficult to close, despite programs designed to do so," David Blazar writes.
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Opinion | Black Teachers Improve Student Outcomes, But Profession Remains Largely White
David Blazar writes that despite the success and impact of Black teachers, the teacher workforce hasn’t become more diverse.
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Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
my first for @defector.com! The Omen was released on this day fifty years ago, three years after Roe v. Wade. I wrote about Kathy, bodily autonomy, the arc of abortion rights in America, and Arkasha Stevenson’s The First Omen. defector.com/diabolical-m...
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Diabolical Motherhood | Defector
On June 25, 1976, three and a half years after Roe v. Wade made abortion legal in the U.S., The Omen hit theaters. Most viewers remember the high-drama deaths—by impalement, decapitation, hanging—or t...
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 25/06/2026
I wrote about the Prairieland defendants and the urgency of opposing the extreme sentences handed down on Tuesday. And they likely will not be the last.
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The Prairieland Sentences Are a National Emergency
A federal court has punished Texas ICE demonstrators with decades in prison. This is dark news not just for them but for anyone who may want to register political dissent.
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