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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 03/09/2026

Yup. And this is what it’s like inside the planes prospect.org/2026/08/31/w...

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement flight over the Atlantic Ocean, Mohamed Barry continued to act like himself, which is to say, he expected to be visible to the people around him.
So as GEO Group flight security guards stood over him and the other shackled passengers, chatting casually with each other, he asked them what country he was going to be deported to. They didn't answer.
When the guards started drinking from red and blue plastic cups and the smell of alcohol wafted over to his seat, he asked one of them point-blank, "Are you guys allowed to drink on the job?" No response.

Then a man from Eritrea or Somalia, Barry isn't sure which, began to beg the guards to let him use the lavatory. Barry chimed in with an appeal to decency, telling the guards, "Please consider us as human beings." But the guards were boisterous by that point, he said, and they didn't appreciate the man's increasingly loud and desperate pleas crashing their party.
Barry watched as a guard turned and looked at the man dead in the face and said, "You. Can pee on. You." Another guard laughed.
"After seeing that, I just kept my head down," Barry, 52, told me over the phone last week.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

“Without notifying Congress or the American people, DoD has signed an interagency agreement that could give the Department access to billions of dollars that Congress provided to NIH for critical biomedical research.”

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

it is kind of sad how thousands of people don't have power in Indiana for two weeks but the president of the US decided "Lake America" was a higher priority

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MapQuest @mapquest.com · 27/08/2026

We’re not changing it.

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Ramin Nasibov @nasibov.me · 12/08/2026

If you missed the solar eclipse, this is what it looked like:

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Harvard United for an Inclusive Campus @harvardunited.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Harvard faculty, staff and students held a silent standout today to highlight pervasive anti-Arab, anti-Muslim bias, which has prompted over 500 discrimination complaints to be filed in the past year.

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Mia Sato @miasato.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

New: 150 unionized ProPublica workers are on strike TODAY over AI, layoff protections, wages, and more. They're asking readers to not visit ProPublica or engage with content on other platforms. It's the first work stoppage of its kind at the newsroom. www.theverge.com/news/908401/...

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Unionized ProPublica staff are on strike over AI, layoffs, and wages

A key issue is protections against layoffs from AI

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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 29/03/2026

This is a must read. Yes it's the Daily Mail, but that's exactly who Trumpers would leak to. And leaks aimed at damaging Miller are to be savored. (The stuff about Miller countermanding Trump's direct orders could be fatal if Trump is allowed to hear of it.)

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Jesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

For background on what’s happening to LGBTQ kids right now in foster care, especially trans youth, read this. An update is overdue, and coming soon.

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ᚔᚅᚄᚓᚏᚈ ᚄᚉᚐᚏᚍ ᚅᚐᚋᚓ @ciara2001.eurosky.social · 25/03/2026

Just reupping this post for the people that think giving money to the bigot lady is a matter or nuance, she is actively trying to undermine the law in my country. The main anti-trans organisation here admits they have 20-30 members, nobody apart from a handful of bigots wants this

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Dr. Ashley | Panicked Foodie @panickedfoodie.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Alice Wong's Celebration of Life is TOMORROW, March 25, 2026 from 11am-1pm PT.

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Json Momoa @jotatx.eurosky.social · 24/03/2026

It took me a while to understand this

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The Downballot @the-downballot.com · 24/03/2026

BREAKING: Democrats just flipped the Florida House district that includes Mar-a-Lago. Yes, Donald Trump is going to be represented by a Democrat. Our complete recap -->

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Florida Democrats flip Donald Trump's home district in Palm Beach

Emily Gregory will now represent Mar-a-Lago—and Trump himself

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katemo @katemo7.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

If what Booker says is true, it’s way past time for these “good” senators to step up. Otherwise it appears like they’re all just in it for the AIPAC payouts and the insider trading and the lifetime of free premium health insurance.

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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Solidarity with Emily Tucker and her open letter to students. Tucker writes, "But the great thing is, you don’t have to go along with this, and I urge you not to. You can refuse to use the chatbot. You can tell your professors that you don’t want them to use it or to require you to use it."

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An Open Letter to Georgetown Students, In Response to Recent Announcements about "Generative AI"

Image source: Bibliothèque nationale de France An Open Letter to Georgetown Students, In Response to Recent Announcements by the University about “Generative AI” Dear students, As you know, in …

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katemo @katemo7.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

57F here and a parade of ants came through my kitchen window, only to be met with my cinnamon blockade. Not today, ants.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/03/2026

Trump: “They executed three young people for protesting”

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 17/03/2026

About 200,000 immigrant truckers will begin to lose their commercial driver’s licenses under a Trump administration rule that takes effect today, straining the industry responsible for moving goods across the U.S. as energy costs surge amid the war in Iran. wapo.st/40ALq6V

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 04/03/2026

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.

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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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David Noll @david.noll.org · 21/02/2026

Incredible opinion. It holds that the common ICE tactic of jumping out of an unidentified rental vehicle and seizing suspected noncitizens while masked violates the Fourth Amendment because the *manner* of the seizure is incompatible with a free society governed by the rule of law.

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

👀The federal judges in West Virginia, where ICE has been pulling over and detaining people on the freeway, are literally screaming about ICE's tactics. "It is an assault on the constitutional order," Judge Goodwin says. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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ACLU @aclu.org · 18/02/2026

BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide. This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 13/02/2026

There seems to be a lot of discussion about Gavin Newsom today. I wanted to re-share this piece that I wrote, because I have a lot of center-to-left Dems that follow me that want to understand. There are very good reasons transgender people do not like Gavin Newsom.

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Why Transgender People Are Not Feeling Gavin Newsom

We have seen this song and dance before.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

The public made noise for Liam Ramos and it got him released from Dilley. Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo. Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles. Get them out!

Photo of 7 year old Diana Crespo sitting with her parents at a table in a restaurant. Her dad is giving a thumbs up.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 05/02/2026

Jeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 01/02/2026

Epstein’s economic power among academics was made possible by a capitalist system that makes higher education dependent on the charity economy rather than a public good supported by taxing the rich

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

CHICAGOANS!!!! Voting is open for the annual snowplow naming contest. And “Abolish Ice” is one of the options. You know what to do (vote): chicagoshovels.org

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

There is no version of medical ethics under which this is anything other than lunacy

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 23/01/2026

ICE is a taxpayer funded agency built on family separation, racial profiling, abuse, and lies. Cruelty is carried out in our name. Democrats who still voted to fund it: •Davis (NC-01) •Cuellar (TX-28) •Gillen (NY-04) •Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03) •Gonzalez (TX-34) •Golden (ME-02) •Suozzi (NY-03) 1/2

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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 18/01/2026

This is such a cool illustration of how the Mercator map distorts the size of Greenland, which looks as big as the whole continent of Africa on that map but is actually the size of Mexico.

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask: "If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 18/01/2026

Deutsche Bank here with the good stuff. Game on.

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Mary Brandt, MD, MDiv @drmlb.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

This is worth watching to the end.

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Kevin @kevinlikesmaps.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

America is already great.

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LeCaffeinated @thetirednurse.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

I hope the world knows that Americans do not want Greenland. We want healthcare and we want ICE to stop terrorizing our cities and our people. That is what we want.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Gov. Walz to MS NOW: "Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system … is a dangerous, authoritarian tactic. "The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her."

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Micah @rincewind.run · 17/01/2026

they’re not going to be satisfied until they kill again none of these agents have a shred of humanity

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Mike Spangenberg @mikespangenberg.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

It’s hard to know if people outside MN understand how much of life is grinding to a halt here because of Trump’s occupation. Schools have shut down, businesses are scaling back hours or closing because their employees aren’t safe. The whole city is weighted down.

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Skye @simplyskye.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

AOC: “I understand that VP Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, & I do not — That is a fundamental difference between VP Vance & I — I do not believe the American people should be assassinated in the street”

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Looks like ICE is now cracking down on … Native Americans. This letter was just posted by the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North/South Dakota: “Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands.”

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Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
The Office of Chairman Sitting Bear
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Fort Yates, ND 58538
CHAIRMAN SITTING BEAR'S STATEMENT REGARDING SRST PUBLIC SAFETY
JANUARY 9, 2026
I have been receiving reports and evidence of First Nations people being racially targeted, assaulted, and detained by the federal agency Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE). We want to remind our members to be safe and proactive by carrying with you at a minimum your tribal identification cards or a copy of your degree of Indian Blood. Our tribal identification affirms our citizenship and political status.
Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands. Any federal activity within our boundaries must recognize and respect our tribal sovereignty, treaty obligations, and established jurisdictional boundaries. Any ICE presence or activity within our lands is not authorized, not welcome, and will be addressed. Unauthorized personnel will be escorted off our lands.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

I am pleased to announce that I have commandeered my neighbor's home. This home will be sold at its Market Price, and that money will be controlled by me, to ensure it is used to benefit my neighbor and me! Thank you for your attention to this matter!

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

In a study following 23 million people age 18-59 (pretty young) for 4 years…despite the fact that the ones who got the COVID vaccine were overall older and sicker at baseline, they not only had 74% lower risk of dying from COVID than the unvaccinated but 25% lower risk of dying from any other cause!

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COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination and 4-Year All-Cause Mortality Among Adults in France

This cohort study uses the data from all adults aged 18 to 59 years living in France on November 1, 2021, to evaluate whether there is an association of receipt of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine with long-t...

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Sara Georgini @sarageorgini.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

ALOT going on in the world, so here’s an adorable yet majestic owl for your TL. Hang in there, friends! 🦉 🗃️

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Delthia Ricks @dricks.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

The nursing shortage could worsen because of changes to student loan programs, which now sets borrowing limits. Beyond that, the most insulting punch to nursing is the Trump regime's revised definition of "professional," which downgraded RNs from professional status affecting access to student loans

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Nursing Shortage Could Worsen, Thanks to Change in Student Loan Programs

Revised definition of 'professional' would affect all RNs

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Tim Ellis, TDSB Ward 2 candidate 🍁 @djdynamic.ca · 02/01/2026

This is such a satisfying read if you, like me, are vexed by the constant intrusive shoving of "AI" into every fucking thing that used to work just fine

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