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Kaari Pitkin @kaaripitkin.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

My husband wrote this beautiful essay about his mom, who died in 2024. She was singular, brilliant, complicated and unlike anyone. She once sent a thank you note and a check for a neighbor dropping off a box of tissues.

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

You know the intense parasocial relationships people have with podcasters? Well, hear me out, what if we replaced the podcasters with robots

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 09/10/2025

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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Micah Loewinger @micahloewinger.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

My employer New York Public Radio just announced that it is offering @onthemedia.bsky.social, @radiolab.bsky.social, and other programs to at-risk public radio stations for free! More info: current.org/2025/09/wnyc...

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Lydia Polgreen @polgreen.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

It seems that the only trans person known to be in the orbit of this horrific Kirk assassination saga expressed shock and horror, and immediately cooperated fully with law enforcement.

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Kaari Pitkin @kaaripitkin.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

WNYC creates community, has been a lifeline during emergencies and helped raise me. Radio Rookies helped teenagers report on their own lives. Public radio forever ❤️

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Steve Inskeep @steveinskeep.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Still here, still working for you: with Michel Martin in NPR Studio 31 at 5:19am.

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Kaari Pitkin @kaaripitkin.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

After Uvalde, GOP congress members fought for a bill to focus on mental health in schools… they got it! But when cuts came? Listen to this deeply reported episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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The G.O.P. Fought for This Bill. When Trump’s Cuts Came? Silence.

Podcast Episode · The Opinions · 07/08/2025 · 24m

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Gremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Guys, the final deadline for being shocked that Mamdani’s mom is Mira Nair is next Monday, June 30th, write it down

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 26/04/2025

For 528 days, Valerie the miniature dachshund survived in the Australian wilderness by eating roadkill and eluding the grasp of humans who wanted to rescue her. All the while, her owners worried about whether they would see her again.

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Valerie the dachshund rescued after 17 months in Australian wilderness

The eight-pound miniature dachshund had transformed from an “absolute princess” into a rugged survivor.

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Kaari Pitkin @kaaripitkin.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

The top of this episode lays it all out—this is where we are: the emergency is here. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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The Emergency Is Here

Podcast Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 04/17/2025 · 1h 12m

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Hours ago, @politico.com revealed that DOGE is working with DHS on automating mass deportation efforts — likely explaining why many US citizens, green card holders, and even a Canadian (in Canada) got threatening emails last night terminating “your parole” and telling them to leave the US in 7 days.

Bike_pimp88 • 21h ago
10:48
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U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Washington, DC 20528
04/11/2025
Notice of Termination of Parole
it is time for you to leave the United States.
You are currently here because the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) paroled you into the United States for a limited period. Pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1182(d)(5)(A) and 8 C.F.R. § 212.5(e), DHS is now exercising its discretion to terminate your parole. Unless it expires sooner, your parole will terminate 7 days from the date of this notice.
If you do not depart the United States immediately you will be subject to potential law enforcement actions that will result in your removal from the United States - unless you have otherwise obtained a lawful basis to remain here. Any benefits you receive in the United States connected with your parole - such as work authorization — will also terminate. You will be subject to potential criminal prosecution, civil fines, and penalties, and any other lawful options available to the federal government.
DHS encourages you to leave immediately on your own.
You can use the CBP Home mobile app on your phone to make arrangements for your departure. If you are departing the United States via land, you should report your departure once outside the United States via that same app. If you are having trouble reporting your departure via land, visit https://194.cbp.dhs.gov/home for more information about voluntarily reporting your departure.
Again, DHS is terminating your parole. Do not attempt to remain in the United States - the federal government will find you. Please depart the United States immediately.
I just got this 5 minutes and I'm not even in the United States or have been for months. I'm in Canada and a Canadian resident. I fly to Vegas tomorrow morning for the weekend and a little concerned? Does this look legit

SpellWild110 • 2 points 17 hours ago
I just got this email too and I am a US citizen? Born and raised in the US. So confused.
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+ [-Potential_Travel_294 • 2 points 17 hours ago
Yeah, so confusing
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+ [H] ramoros1865 • 2 points 13 hours ago
I go this email last night as well and I have a green card

[-| ihatemensomuchursick • 2 points 10 hours ago
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Got this today at 6ame9the thing is I was born here this is the email that sent it: [automatedmessage@cbp.dhs.gov]
(mailto:automatedmessage@cbp.dhs.gov)
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+ [-| ihatemensomuchursick • 2 points 10 hours ago
Has anyone clicked the link?

+ |-]PossibleLast3277 • 1 point 20 hours ago
I just got this same email right now
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+ [-JOk-Comfortable948 • 1 point 20 hours ago
Me too. I am an LPR since an year now and def concerns me seeing this. I got the email from cbpnoreply@cbp.dhs.gov and email looked legit due to its domain though, hope its a scam email. Crazy idiots not sure what they keep doing. permalink embed save parent report reply
+ |-]PossibleLast3277 • 1 point 20 hours ago
I have daca and i am wondering if i got it because I did advance parole in 2023
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+ |-] Potential_Travel_294 • 1 point 19 hours ago
I got the same email twice to my two different email adresses, I think its's a scam.
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+ [-]Ok-Comfortable948 • 1 point 19 hours ago
I got it twice to my same email.
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+ [-]Potential_Travel_294 • 1 point 19 hours ago
Yeah, me too, I got twice too to a kind of personal email address, it's even not my work email address. permalink embed save parent report reply
+ [-]thawk1986 • 1 point 11 hours ago
It's legit:
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/mi
grants-cbp-one-app-legal-status-stripped-dhs/
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Kaari Pitkin @kaaripitkin.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

These Reddit threads about this DHS email going out to citizens telling them they should self deport is very scary. Clearly went to them in error-still scary www.reddit.com/r/immigratio...

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From the immigration community on Reddit

Explore this post and more from the immigration community

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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 1

Email from DHS revoking parole, unknown recipient, received by Nicole Micheroni. Part 2

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

BREAKING: The Supreme Court will require the Trump administration to "facilitate" the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

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Kaari Pitkin @kaaripitkin.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

What’s today’s current tariff outlook? Not tiny

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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Now, of course, the majority of Americans own stock, because our jobs and the government INCENTIVIZE INVESTMENT - which is a tacit promise to keep your money safe

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CNN @cnn.com · 06/04/2025

JUST IN: UConn crushes defending champion South Carolina to win its 12th NCAA women's basketball title. cnn.it/4iVeBJh

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

i feel like i'm going insane

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — Cory Booker breaks the record for longest Senate speech, previously held by segregationist Strom Thurmond.

Photo of Cory Booker in a black suit and tie

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 26/03/2025

An international graduate student at Tufts University was taken into federal custody on Tuesday outside an off-campus apartment building, the university’s president said. The university was told that the student’s visa had been terminated. nyti.ms/4hRzPq1

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 26/03/2025

“we are currently clean on opsec” as my assigned north korean agent watches me in this coffee shop

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David French @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

I recorded a brief podcast about the reckless Signal security breach. My tone was calm, but my words were not. This was an extraordinarily dangerous failure. Hegseth should resign or be fired, and he's not the only guilty party. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/o...

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Opinion | The Worst Part of Pete Hegseth’s Group Chat Debacle

And why the careless secretary of defense should resign.

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Kaari Pitkin @kaaripitkin.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Surprising and moving listen!

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 17/03/2025

oh this is a big mystery

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Kaari Pitkin @kaaripitkin.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

I asked Schlanger just how freaked out we should be by Khalil’s apprehension. “I teach constitutional law,” she said. “And I’m freaking out.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/o...

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Opinion | This Is the Greatest Threat to Free Speech Since the Red Scare

Mahmoud Khalil’s detention is a frightening sign of an authoritarian slide.

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Kaari Pitkin @kaaripitkin.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Duffy had said he couldn’t fire people—he was dealing with plane crashes. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/u...

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David French @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

I'm a fiscal conservative, so why am I so down on DOGE? I had a chat with Jessica Reidl from the Manhattan Institute about DOGE as "spending cut theater." It's mainly serious about malice. It's not serious about the budget. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/o...

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Opinion | Elon Musk and the Useless Spending-Cut Theater of DOGE

The columnist David French speaks with a fellow fiscal conservative about what the Department of Government Efficiency should actually be doing.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 05/03/2025

Breaking News: The Supreme Court rejected President Trump’s bid to freeze foreign aid payments, which were seen as a prime target for his plan to cut spending. Follow live updates.

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Trump Live Updates: Supreme Court Denies Bid to Freeze Nearly $2 Billion in Foreign Aid

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Claudia Koerner @claudiakoerner.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book

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Kaari Pitkin @kaaripitkin.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

That speech…. Long and self involved

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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

These pix of Churchill in his combat onesie are the only good thing to come out of yesterday’s Oval Office grotesquerie.

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Micah Loewinger @micahloewinger.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Ofc I understand those who don't want to support Bezo's vision for the opinion section. But, again, I feel so bad for the top-notch reporters who do extraordinary work at the Post, the honest journalists who have no control over what their boss says or does. Their investigative power will suffer.

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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

There’s a fake transcript of the Oval Office meeting today going around. Here’s a real one. foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/28/t...

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Read Trump and Zelensky’s Fiery Oval Office Exchange

The meeting caps weeks of tense relations between Kyiv and Washington as they wrangle a deal.

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Kaari Pitkin @kaaripitkin.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

The thread starts with gratitude to US—here is the nut graph:

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Kaari Pitkin @kaaripitkin.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

I keep thinking about this conversation @polgreen.bsky.social had about Trump 2.0 with Kirk W Johnson—who spent his life with UDAID and then helping refugees. His conclusions are stark and thought provoking podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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My Values ‘Can’t Be Nullified by an Executive Order’

Podcast Episode · The Opinions · 02/17/2025 · 29m

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

i have very few marketable skills in this realm but after spending the last two weeks talking to dozens of govt employees i would consider it a massive honor to work alongside the kind people i’ve met who are motivated by a deep sense of civic duty and public service

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Courts *ordered* the Trump admin to stop its spending freeze Yet ProPublica found place after place where $ is still frozen -hot meals for elderly and disabled -groceries for those in need -maternal & child health services -a clinic that serves the poor www.propublica.org/article/trum...

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The Courts Blocked Trump’s Federal Funding Freeze. Agencies Are Withholding Money Anyway.

Agencies continue to suspend funding, despite multiple court orders blocking the federal freeze. Experts say the Trump administration’s actions set the stage for challenges to Congress’ authority — an...

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Shannon Carey @scmaestra.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

I am begging all high school history teachers: review the three branches of government & checks and balances tomorrow. It's an unobjectionable civics lesson that will come in handy over the next few weeks as students witness things unfolding before them, when you'll need to explain much, much more.

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