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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

NEW: DHS's Inspector General releases a scathing report about the Everglades detention camp known as "Alligator Alcatraz." The OIG finds that the now-closed camp, violated multiple ICE standards. The OIG also confirms detainees were punished with placement in a metal cage in the Florida heat.🧵

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Staff also reported that time spent in the small metal enclosures is closely monitored, and
detainees are not locked in, even though we observed locking mechanisms on the enclosures.
Figures 11 and 12. Small Metal Enclosures; Observed January 21, 2026

Underneath is a picture of a metal cage that is 4 feet 3 inches wide by 4 feet 3 inches long, and 7 feet 9 inches high. The cage itself is placed on a tiny spot of fake turf, and then surrounded by another chainlink fence with razor wire on top. The cage is covered by a roof, but it's entirely exposed to the outside otherwise, meaning mosquitos and no air conditioning.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 11/09/2026

In an incredible move, Saddle Lake Cree Nation in Alberta, Canada has announced a gender-affirming care clinic for trans youth, asserting tribal sovereignty and defying the region's ban. It is one of the biggest cross-movement solidarity moments in Canada. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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Canada First Nation Leaders Announce They Won’t Comply With Alberta Trans Care Ban

“This is about more than one health service,” officials wrote. “It is about Indigenous sovereignty. It is about our responsibility to care for one another.”

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Joseph P. Garland @jpgarlandauthor.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I buy my books, including ebooks, via Bookshop.org and a local book store gets a piece of the action. The turnaround for print books is pretty good. Plug: I'm pleased that most of my books are available through it. dermodyhouse.com/books/

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Bookshop.org: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.

A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookstores.

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 10/09/2026

One of the important lessons worth learning from 9/11 is that government should be about producing results for people, Hillary Clinton argues. “We must make sure that ‘never forget’ remains not just a slogan but a solemn promise,” she writes:

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What the Aftermath of 9/11 Taught Me

Government should be about producing results for people.

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

No words. This abhorrent little vile snowflake pussy ass bitch must be banned from using A.I. Like now. Forever.

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 05/09/2026

“My role as an older person is to remind people how far we have come. Among the many things I have learned is that there is no one right way to achieve peace, equality, or justice,” Gloria Steinem wrote. Read an excerpt from her forthcoming memoir:

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‘Everything We Do Matters’

Gloria Steinem on what older people can teach America

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Joseph P. Garland @jpgarlandauthor.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

This is a different world from those of us trying to build something by word-of-mouth. @reneegendron.bsky.social @anelsonlmpotter.bsky.social

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/08/2026

Hey, all. I got the pathology back on the lump they removed from above my eyebrow. It’s what’s called a pilar sheath acanthoma. BENIGN. NOT CANCER. Please have anything concerning checked out. Don’t wait.

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Little Girl's Relieved 'Phew!'

ALT: Little Girl's Relieved 'Phew!'

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

In a world full of the destructive kookiness of people like RFK Jr, strive to fill it with a little of the restorative kindness of Dolly Parton.

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A Republic If You Can Keep It @arepublicif.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

North Korea is good. Canada is bad. Coal is good. Solar is bad. Measles is good. Vaccination is bad. Child rapists are good. Childcare is bad. Pointless wars are good. Universal healthcare is bad. Anyone supporting the unrelenting chaos of the #GOP deserves zero respect. #RemoveTrump

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 17/08/2026

“Trump officials had known I was trans,” Julia Curlee writes of her time as an intelligence official staffed to the White House. “This hadn’t been an issue until it was public—and then nothing else I’d done mattered.”

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The Wrong Kind of American

The Trump White House needed me—until the fact that I am trans became public.

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Marian L Thorpe: writer & birder @marianlthorpe.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Since my first book was published in 2015 I’ve struggled to explain what I write. Alternate-world historical fiction seems to be the best description. This descriptor is now on my website, Amazon, and here. For more information: ✍️ marianlthorpe.com

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A. Nelson & LM Potter - drafting Book 3 @anelsonlmpotter.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Lisa-Marie and I had an author interview with Bold Journey ! Check it out! #WritingCommunity #writers #authors boldjourney.com/meet-amanda-...

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

"Karma, please report to the white courtesy phone . . . Karma, please report to the white courtesy phone . . . "

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Joseph P. Garland @jpgarlandauthor.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Photo by Shamala Thompson. 15 Years ago today. The final stretch of my last race in Central Park, in 2011.

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Joseph P. Garland @jpgarlandauthor.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Interesting how he put these documents into play by attaching them to a Second Amended Complaint so they are in play for a new motion to dismiss. @ericturkewitz.bsky.social @jtfdenver.bsky.social

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Joseph P. Garland @jpgarlandauthor.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

The penultimate paragraph notes the threat of attorney sanctions creating pressure to tell the truth. @ericturkewitz.bsky.social @jtfdenver.bsky.social @mimirocah1.bsky.social

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Joseph P. Garland @jpgarlandauthor.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I was yesterday's year old when I found out that Liberty Island and the Statue of Liberty are in New York while the water around it is in New Jersey. And that a small portion of Ellis Island is in New York while the rest and the water surrounding it are in Jersey.

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Joseph P. Garland @jpgarlandauthor.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Sunday on the porch with Emma, Louie, and a rereading of my first Jane Austen Fan Fiction novel.

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Joseph P. Garland @jpgarlandauthor.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Proofs of two novels from a year ago and the final versions:

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Joseph P. Garland @jpgarlandauthor.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Several of my stories are set in Bronxville. I grew up just down the street from the border and live close by. Strolling the City posted a video, part of the Village. It includes Alex Locus's neighborhood. @reneegendron.bsky.social @anelsonlmpotter.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODlm...

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A. Nelson & LM Potter - drafting Book 3 @anelsonlmpotter.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

It's our book's birthday! 🎂 A year ago, our 2nd book was released! We never thought we would have 2 published books & be working on our 3rd! So grateful!! Get your copy now! ➡️ bit.ly/4eDX3jD #JustWhattheDoctorHired #BooksWorthReading #NelsonPotter #medicalromance

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Private equity is buying America's hospitals and nursing homes. The playbook: pile on debt, sell the building, cut staff. The result, one landmark study found: patient deaths up about 11%. #news #information #privateequity

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

A photograph of Friedrich Trump shortly after his expulsion from the Kingdom of Bavaria on order of Prince Regent Luitpold based on findings that he, as a draft dodger and operator of a bordello, was a person of poor moral character.

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Joseph P. Garland @jpgarlandauthor.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

@emory-f8.bsky.social A fascinating story. The Cleves book goes into great detail about life for women, especially non-traditional women, in the late 18th and early 19th century.

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Adam Steinbaugh @adamsteinbaugh.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

After federal agents shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, a New Yorker sent ICE's director an email in January comparing him to a Nazi. This week, DHS agents stalked him across New York. His home. A hotel. They gave his wife a letter warning of criminal prosecution. www.syracuse.com/news/2026/06...

“You are a monstrous human being and will go down in history as America’s Reinhard Heydrich, the butcher.

“The way you are protecting the obvious execution in Minnesota, even as we see the videos, will lead to your downfall. Even Trump will turn on you before the end, and you will be a sad, despised man who eats himself alive with shame at your own pathetic weakness.

“You will never know peace. You will seek to lose yourself, to escape the burden of knowing the truth about yourself. But wherever you go, you will find yourself. You will torment yourself until your last day on Earth.”

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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

I still think this is one of the most egregious acts of Treason ever committed….

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Joseph P. Garland @jpgarlandauthor.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

@anelsonlmpotter.bsky.social With the caveat that I too have come to see "You've Got Mail" as creepy, you might find this of interest.

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Compare Alito's description of Trump's racist statements (on the left) to Justice Kagan's anthology of Trump's racist statements (on the right). These are passages from this morning's opinions in Mullin v. Doe.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 24/06/2026

A federal judge in Manhattan on Wednesday ordered the Justice Department to stop seeking sensitive medical information about transgender youth who had received transition-related medical care at New York City hospitals.

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Judge Orders U.S. to Stop Seeking Medical Records of Transgender Youth

The Justice Department had sought information about care provided at New York City hospitals, which were the subject of the ruling.

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Epistemic Literary- Read Issue 8: Righteous Rage now! @epistemiclit.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

We talk about #accessibility being important to us — and it is! But that doesn’t mean we always get it right. If there’s anything about our magazine, our process, our interactions that isn’t accessible to you please let us know! We want to know, to see if we have the ability to make it better.

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Melissa Stewart @lissajostewart.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

New Yorkers think they’re so much cooler than everyone else with their Zohran Mamdani and their leftist congressional candidates and their championship trophy and they are correct

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Joseph P. Garland @jpgarlandauthor.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Interesting stat. Between 2000 and 2022, more novels were set in NYC than in the next 29 largest cities combined.

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Kristin 🇨🇦🤓 @faierius.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

I enjoy writing. I primarily write with myself as the main audience. That being said, if you're reading something by an indie author (or partaking in any indie media) and you enjoy it, PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS HOLY, TELL US. We LIVE for comments and gushing and all that. Even an emoji. <3

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Joseph P. Garland @jpgarlandauthor.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Nothing to see here. Shutting down EDNY investigation into clemency. Note reference to Trump ignoring his parents' grave. @ericturkewitz.bsky.social @jtfdenver.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/06/21/u...

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Trump Administration Shuttered a Criminal Probe Into Fraudster’s Clemency

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Joseph P. Garland @jpgarlandauthor.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

In "Redemption," Peter Edgar inherited a house in East Hampton with a staircase to the beach. This wasn't it. (@anelsonlmpotter.bsky.social Two weddings took place in Peter's house.)

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