Reposted by Laura LeeCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 5h"An ambulance was seen arriving at the prison where Pike was to be executed and then leaving. Medical aid was being administered, according to online federal court records." The utter absurdity of the state trying twice to kill someone and then calling an ambulance. We must end the death penalty.nbcnews.comTennessee inmate still alive after being administered two lethal injections, her lawyer saysChrista Pike, 50, was 18 when she murdered a classmate. She would be the first woman the state has executed in more than 200 years. 20472122
Reposted by Laura LeeIan Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 30/09/2026BREAKING NEWS: “Do geese see God” is a palindrome 13973741768
Reposted by Laura Leeemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Bc the last 30 seconds of this are the best, reminder that @amyklobuchar.com's dad was a sports journalist, which may explain her utter contempt for Schmitt mistaking the Hawks and Hawkeyes. 1252598458
Reposted by Laura LeeDoug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The non-Minnesotans may need a translation because Klobuchar's tone and phrasing *seem* kinda low-key, but her levels of exasperation and disdain are at 11; she's basically yelling in his face and telling him to meet her outside 1822344
Reposted by Laura LeeArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social 176123352628
Reposted by Laura Lee#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 29/09/2026Since 2022, Israel has done all of these in the WB •Killed over 1,300 Palestinians. •Killed 9 American citizens. • Detained over 30,000 Palestinians in military prisons • Displaced over 45,000 Palestinians • Established over 260 illegal settlements and settler outposts on stolen Palestinian land. 315857
Reposted by Laura LeeTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The mayoral race has all the headlines, but one of the starkest choices for Angelenos is further downballot: the race for city attorney. From enforcing tenants' rights to policing homelessness, this office matters matters on all sorts of things. Learn more in our new Bolts reporting!boltsmag.orgThe Most Overlooked But Wide-Reaching Office on the Los Angeles Ballot - BoltsIn June, when Hydee Feldstein Soto became the first Los Angeles city attorney to lose a primary reelection race in nearly 100 years, her ouster put the spotlight on an... Read More 3269110
Reposted by Laura LeeTexas Tribune @texastribune.org · 28/09/2026Breaking: The Texas Tribune has identified the ICE agent who witnesses say fired through an open van window and killed 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston nearly three months ago.texastribune.orgICE agent who shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston identifiedThe federal government has withheld his identification, even as major state and local law enforcement agencies across the country typically identify officers involved in shootings on the job soon afte... 20566353332
Reposted by Laura LeeGuardian US @us.theguardian.com · 28/09/2026ICE is now lying in wait outside convenience stores, or at busy intersections. Agents are arresting people at international airports. Local police and sheriffs, deputized by the federal government, are detaining immigrants during traffic stops. ICE is now detaining more immigrants than ever before. 22684451
Reposted by Laura Leethe abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 29/09/2026more of Berlin was still standing in 1945 713530
Reposted by Laura LeeProject Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 28/09/2026On Friday, ICE posted 33 detainee mortality reports to their online FOIA Library. Over the weekend, those reports were inexplicably deleted. We have archived them on our GitHub and are sharing them in hopes that the information is useful to journalists, researchers, and the general public.github.compsb-foia/ice/FOIA Library Artifacts/ICE Mortality Reports at main · projectsaltbox/psb-foiaFOIA requests and released records for Project Salt Box's reporting on ICE detention and federal contracting. - projectsaltbox/psb-foia 114988
Reposted by Laura LeeRima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Living in caves. With their West Bank homes demolished, Palestinians turn to living in caves reut.rs/4hBTAEi 📷 Mussa Qawasmareut.rsWith their West Bank homes demolished, Palestinians turn to living in cavesTheir homes demolished by Israeli forces, some Palestinians in the West Bank have turned to carving caves into the hillsides for shelter. 02715
Reposted by Laura Lee#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 28/09/2026Number of Dem senators who will vote 'yes' for Van Hollen's 502B resolution to force the State Department to investigate and release a comprehensive human rights report on Israeli practices in the illegally-occupied West Bank? I'm guessing 40. 41219
Laura Lee @lauraleeactor.bsky.social · 27/09/2026In case anyone needs another reason to stop eating beef. 000
Reposted by Laura LeeWilliam Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 27/09/2026The King has done you wrong 533152
Reposted by Laura LeeAdam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Critical read by @seth-stern.bsky.social in @theintercept.com. Ellisons know a scary amount about you via Oracle. (Ever wonder, "what's their actual product"? It's YOU / your data!) By taking over mass media, they can give America false fears, causing us to give up even more of our data & privacy.theintercept.comThe Ellisons Could Make a Killing in Big Surveillance With the Paramount MergerWith the Paramount–Warner Bros. merger set to proceed, the Ellisons can stoke Americans’ fears — and sell the government its solution. 01715
Reposted by Laura LeeYell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 27/09/2026there are still people in prison serving multi-decade mandatory minimum sentences for drug possession and the United States has not only legalized digital heroin, they’ve allowed it to place Super Bowl ads and buy your personal data to figure out how to sell your teenager more digital heroin 24217
Reposted by Laura LeeDan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I should also add that when the movie got to showing people burning Teslas and vandalizing dealerships, the theater of mostly older folks in Santa Monica started applauding. I think it is possible Trump and Musk turned libs over 50 into John Brown. 404266445
Reposted by Laura LeeCharlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Today in the Castro was the Mrs. Roper Romp, in which a ton of people (I lost count) showed up dressed as Mrs. Roper from Three's Company. I love my city! 817716
Reposted by Laura LeeAlex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The trailer for my new film, "Musk," has just been released. 7935431344
Reposted by Laura LeeDan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Today I saw the new 4 hour documentary Musk, directed by Alex Gibney. There were too many times to count that a sold out theater burst out laughing at Elon Musk, something he said or did, even sometimes just how he looked. I believe that is his worst nightmare come to life. 14195062193
Reposted by Laura LeeLaura Lee @lauraleeactor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Today I saw the exquisite film, Atonement, at SAG-AFTRA Foundation. Hiam Abbass and Boyd Holbrook were there for a Q&A. It’s opening next week. GO SEE THIS FILM! 043
Reposted by Laura LeeJames Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This is bonkers. It’s worth remembering that dozens of outdoor industry firms, including REI who have apologized, endorsed Burgum Because they didn’t see all his other bullshit as a problem as long as they could make money. They helped this happen. recreationroundtable.org/news/outdoor...recreationroundtable.orgOutdoor Recreation Roundtable Supports Nomination of Governor Doug Burgum for Secretary of the Interior - Outdoor Recreation RoundtableOutdoor Recreation Roundtable (ORR), the nation’s leading coalition of outdoor recreation associations, has expressed its support for the nomination of North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum to serve as th... 413024
Reposted by Laura LeeEveryHeron 𓅣 @everyheron.bsky.social · 25/09/2026To those who do not quite grasp the appeal: “I don’t think it’s a question of what birders are seeing that you’re not. It’s a question of what they’re feeling that you’re not,” 2483
Reposted by Laura LeeCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 26/09/2026Brett what are you even doing? What deal with a god or devil did you sign? These are unbelievable! Shots of a lifetime dude. 1291
Reposted by Laura LeeCIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Quick takes: -NWS-related border reopening -Dengue in Florida -NIH PubMed tool -Sprout recall -More polio cases Read more: bit.ly/4hqypVv.bit.lyQuick takes: NWS-related border reopening, dengue in Florida, NIH PubMed tool, sprout recall, more polioThe Santa Teresa livestock crossing in New Mexico reopened yesterday, 18 months after closing to contain the import of New World screwworm from Mexican cattle. 097
Reposted by Laura LeeMark @mrkdrm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Important thread for anyone with an interest in epidemiology, which is * checks post-COVID notes * everyone. 1287
Reposted by Laura LeeGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 25/09/2026Jeez. The court may have stopped some third-country removals at the last second yesterday, but ICE recalibrated quickly. Sept. 24 saw the most ICE flights+removals in the months I've been keeping a daily log. --at least 90 flights --at least 18 removals, including Haiti --plus a stop at Gitmo 2210152
Laura Lee @lauraleeactor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Our tax dollars paying for fascist concentration camps. Abolish ICE, CBP, and DHS. 010
Reposted by Laura LeeMinnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 24/09/2026International human rights organization Amnesty International has called for the abolition of ICE for the first time in a new report alleging human rights abuses in the Trump administration’s immigration operations.minnesotareformer.comAmnesty International calls for abolition of ICE for the first time in new report • Minnesota ReformerInternational human rights organization Amnesty International has called for the abolition of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in a new report alleging human rights abuses in the Trump adminis... 9258137
Reposted by Laura LeeRima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 25/09/2026‘Birdwatching is close to rapture’: Margaret Atwood on why she has given C$1m to avian research www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int... 0112
Reposted by Laura LeeTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Sheriffs & DAs have huge powers over criminal justice, e.g.: often deciding how much local assistance ICE gets. So I worked all year on whittling down the thousands (!) of these races happening in 2026 to find the ones that matter most. NEW TODAY: Learn about the 25 most pivotal November races.boltsmag.orgThe 25 Sheriff and Prosecutor Races Set to Shape Criminal Justice and ICE Collaboration - BoltsVoters face stark choices for offices with vast powers on policing and punishment. Bolts walks you through key contests to watch across a dozen states. 181025564
Laura Lee @lauraleeactor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Hey @apnews.com It seems like journalistic malpractice to write an article about this without mentioning the fact that the current administration fired a whole slew of people whose job it was to keep food safe. www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2026...foodnavigator.comTrump purge at FDA and USDA triggers food safety ‘brain drain’Nearly 250,000 federal jobs have been cut under Trump, stripping staff from FDA, USDA and HHS and raising concerns about food safety, inspections and oversight. 012
Reposted by Laura LeeBruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Will Newsom sign the bill? Lawmakers are joining immigrant rights groups in urging Governor Newsom to sign a bill that, if implemented, would ban California police, sheriffs and other law enforcement from taking on second jobs that involve “arresting, detaining, transporting, or deporting” people.laist.comNo moonlighting for ICECA bill could bar police from working for the feds 16851301641
Laura Lee @lauraleeactor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Today I saw the exquisite film, Atonement, at SAG-AFTRA Foundation. Hiam Abbass and Boyd Holbrook were there for a Q&A. It’s opening next week. GO SEE THIS FILM! 043
Reposted by Laura Lee"Street Wise She/Hercules" Ella Tailor $250/$700 @garaktailor.com · 24/09/2026here is an ongoing thread of every time it has happened in the last 7 months where someone was filming at least. 0183
Reposted by Laura Lee#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 23/09/2026In a matter of weeks, SenatorVan Hollen will be forcing a privileged vote on a Section 502b resolution which would *mandate* the US State Department to provide a full, comprehensive and detailed report on Israeli human righs abuses in occupied Palestine. Sign up below to hear him discuss this: 19622
Laura Lee @lauraleeactor.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Shame on you. And shame on me for actually believing you were fighting for fairness and for upholding antitrust laws. You caved to the billionaire fascists. We won’t forget this. 140
Reposted by Laura LeeLawrence Culver @lawrencecphd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026“This event is a huge redistribution of energy in the climate system…unfolding on top of a much warmer, human-influenced climate…we will see never-before-experienced heat extremes, with all their consequences on health, food security and water stress.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.com‘Jaw-dropping’ El Niño bursts through temperature record months before peak‘Godzilla-level’ phenomenon is supercharging the climate crisis and will have a huge impact on communities across the world 074
Reposted by Laura Leedan sinker @dansinker.com · 21/09/2026The best way to fight back against the Paramount/Warner Brothers merger is to support independent artists, journalists, writers, filmmakers, musicians and everyone else who has been walking a very hard path to putting things out into the world. 111203382
Reposted by Laura LeeDoug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Forget tater tot hotdish or any other contenders—this is the new, modern Most Minnesotan Food 21058
Reposted by Laura Leeashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 22/09/2026someone should pay to run this 24/7 between now and the election 118949
Reposted by Laura LeeDavid Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The worst part of Bonta caving on the Paramount merger is that it's a big flashing signal to every other company that there is no antitrust enforcement in America and you can bully your way into getting whatever you want. It's a monumentally bad decision. 5837641018
