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L Smith

@laurasmith.bsky.social
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🌱 because why should humans find it acceptable to harm others? J.D. with faded dream of living under rule of law. Can we go about our daily lives as neighbors are in concentration camps and Black citizens have their rights stolen?

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 7h
53 years ago, hip-hop was born at a back-to-school party in the Bronx. Now, the Bronx School of Hip Hop is preparing a new generation of artists to shape what comes next. I sat down with Nas to talk about the past, present, and future of hip-hop in NYC — from the turntables to our classrooms.
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Mayor and Nas sit down to discuss the past, present and future of hip hop in NYC
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Sheldrick Wildlife Trust @sheldricktrust.bsky.social · 8h
The cheetah is the world's fastest land animal, capable of reaching 120 kph – but it hasn't been able to outrun the human threats pushing it towards extinction. Fewer than 7,000 remain in Africa. When a cheetah named Milele was found with an injured leg, our SWT/KWS Mara Vet Unit answered.
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Mercy For Animals @mercyforanimals.org · 6h
Chickens raised for #Costco are bred to grow unnaturally large and fast, leaving many struggling to walk or even stand. Alicia Silverstone is helping expose the heartbreaking reality for chickens uncovered by our investigation. Take action: CostcoExposed.com
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Chickens raised for #Costco are bred to grow unnaturally large and fast, leaving many struggling to walk or even stand. @aliciasilverstone is helping expose the heartbreaking reality for chickens unc...
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 25/09/2026
So many low-wage workers ALREADY had to work until they died; this economy, wages failing to keep pace with inflation, and the widening wealth gap make this even worse.
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She Leaves Home Before Dawn to Get to Her Low-Wage Job. She’s 83.
Salud Garcia’s struggles echo those of millions of low-wage workers across the nation, where mounting costs erode their already precarious footing.
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clear-ly.bsky.social @clear-ly.bsky.social · 23h
What bothers me most is that Schmitt didn’t show any signs of embarrassment. Not even the somatic ones that should be out of his conscious control. Everything about that performance seemed contrived.
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Global Sanctuary for Elephants @globalelephants.org · 20h
On today’s new episode of our podcast, Global Rumblings, Scott, Kat, and Nadia talk about Sandro’s past and the legal battle that slowed his move. Watch a video version on our YouTube channel or listen here: globalelephants.org/podcast
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
29 September 1941 | A French Jewish boy, Jacques Attas, was born in Marseille. In December 1943 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber. --- A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
A vintage black and white photo of a baby sitting in a small baby stroller, looking directly at the camera. The setting appears to be outdoors with a fence visible in the background.
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Jubilado0505 @jubilado251.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It wasn’t a gaffe. He was manipulating evidence to score points with Donald. Why else did he take it down so quickly?
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A 94-year-old Jewish human rights barrister was among more than 80 people arrested outside the Labour Party conference in Liverpool while demonstrating in support of Palestine Action. The arrests came as Ed Miliband told critics of the government’s policy on Palestine: “We hear you. You were right"
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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 23h
Grateful for the firefighters & first responders who worked around the clock to contain the fire through the historic Edison Building in Nubian Square. I'm sending my heartfelt support to the small businesses & workers who have been displaced from this tragedy.
An article by Boston.com titled: Large fire consumes historic building in Roxbury that housed multiple businesses
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Jeff (Hot Type) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Critical reporting by @theguardian.com: The SS goes stealth. Their quiet crimes are all around us. Gone in 90 seconds: an ‘invisibilized’ ICE is arresting more people than ever www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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Gone in 90 seconds: an ‘invisibilized’ ICE is arresting more people than ever
After public backlash, the Trump administration changed its tactics from ‘siege’ to ‘soft feet’. Now, ICE is everywhere
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Charlie Fillenwarth @illinifan1280.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Haha. She’s really trying to frame this as “he was a cross dresser”? Bitch murdered dogs and took her very-public manwhore all over the world on taxpayer-funded trips, but yeah, *he’s* the problem. I hope he takes her to the cleaners.
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lalamonceu.bsky.social @lalamonceu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Dig a little deeper. Sen & staff knew it wasn't true. Exhibit and questions were carefully crafted to be ambiguous. Flashing the exhibit for a few seconds, covering the name of the stadium, insinuating the texts talked about Atlanta. Desperate attempt at gotcha blew up. That's the look.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ethan Harper graduated from Harvard Law School and Andrew Ceonzo graduated George Mason University's Antonin Scalia Law School. Both were in their school's chapters of the Federalist Society. Their involvement (if any) in Sen. Schmitt's line of attack is unclear. I've reached out to both.
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Mercy For Animals @mercyforanimals.org · 23h
What’s wrong with goat’s milk? 🐐🥛 Just like cows used for dairy, goats can face a cycle of exploitation: Learn the top 5 reasons to avoid goat's milk here: mercyforanimals.org/blog/goats-m...
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 23h
Even if Smith had been in Atlanta, there really was nothing to Schmitt’s false accusation that he met Willis that day than that he happened to be in one the nation’s biggest cities?!
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Heartless 🐸🖕🐸 Creatures @heartlesscreatures.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
@schumer.senate.gov @kaine.senate.gov @slotkin.senate.gov @markwarner.bsky.social @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @chrismurphyct.bsky.social @repsuhas.bsky.social @thirdway.bsky.social #DumpChuck
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Ed Markey @edmarkey.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Donald Trump's ICE thugs are breaking apart families and building a reign of terror in our communities. We need to abolish ICE now.
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Bryce Covert @brycecovert.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It is shockingly common for child welfare agencies to remove children from parents because they can't afford housing. Billing them for the foster care really is just beyond the pale. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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“Nobody Blames the Landlord. They Just Take Away the Kids.”
All too often, when parents can’t afford safe housing, the solution child welfare services offer is putting their children in foster care.
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Wishing major operative that texts Dem voters for $ would use their lists for good & send an "amber alert" warning for the missing children. Family separation was underway for a year before the public outcry caught up to block it. We simply don't have the time - once kids trafficked, it's too late.
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The torture and trafficking of immigrant kids continues apace, with plans to remove the 2,500 unaccompanied kids presently held captive. We need a relentless drumbeat: What are they doing to the children? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump ally Stephen Miller leads sweeping push to accelerate removal of migrant children
Exclusive: key White House loyalist orchestrating multi-agency effort condemned by critics as cruel and racist
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The Harvard Crimson @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Harvard Corporation Senior Fellow Penny Pritzker said Sunday she has not met with members of the Trump administration recently but would be open to meeting with top White House officials in the future. Hugo C. Chiasson and Elise A. Spenner report. www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
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Pritzker Says She is Open to Meeting with White House Officials as Harvard’s Governing Boards Convene | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard Corporation Senior Fellow Penny S. Pritzker ’81 said Sunday that she has not met with members of the Trump administration recently but would be open to meeting with top White House officials…
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Marina Bolotnikova @mbolotnikova.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How I'd summarize what these places mean to me 🥲
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Marina Bolotnikova @mbolotnikova.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
If anyone here directly knows the folks at HappyCow and can help me get in touch, I would be so grateful!!
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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Documenting the attacks on climate researchers as litigation against fossil fuel companies gets underway: This “wave of requests constitutes a larger and more targeted campaign against researchers whose work could be used by lawyers to advance climate lawsuits.” www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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Inside the anti-climate campaign against researchers
A POLITICO investigation reveals more than 100 open records requests demanding documents from climate scientists nationwide.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years. Be warned. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm…
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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
So you crack the artist and let the art drip down into a bowl, and then just hurl the artist back and forth between the two halves of shell until fully separated, but be careful! Even a drop of artist in the art can destroy the whole thing.
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Adam Isacson @adamisacson.com · 29/09/2026
"The result is tens of thousands of children being shuffled among the houses of anxious temporary caregivers. It can take months to procure the…permissions necessary to transport children to their parents, many of whom have been deported to countries whose governments can’t help, or won’t."
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The Babies Left Behind in America
The United States is deporting parents without their children, creating a whole new family-separation crisis.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 28/09/2026
A small group of formerly incarcerated women have won a major lawsuit against the Texas Department of Criminal Justice after a federal judge ruled that the state must air-condition all Texas prisons by the end of 2029.
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Formerly Incarcerated Women Sued to Get Air Conditioning in TX Prisons — and Won
Many people in prison have physical conditions that make them more susceptible to extreme heat.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
45 million acres of roadless national forest. Trump wants bulldozers and logging trucks on all of it. Once a road goes in, the wild is gone for good. Tell Congress to stop him: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Congress: Stop Trump from destroying 45 million acres of our National forests
Contact Congress today!
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 28/09/2026
You can learn how to track aircraft on my @bellingcat.com Stage Talk, wherever you get podcasts!
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Truthout @truthout.org · 27/09/2026
Organizers discuss how they are fighting new women’s prisons in Vermont, Massachusetts, and Illinois. buff.ly/iK2IZRS
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Incarcerated Women Are Pushing for Decarceration, Not “Trauma-Informed” Prisons
Organizers discuss how they are fighting new women’s prisons in Vermont, Massachusetts, and Illinois.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 27/09/2026
Nonviolence trainers are teaching voters and volunteers how to manage fear and assess risk. buff.ly/Sdi5G9A
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Staying Grounded in the Face of Voter Intimidation
Nonviolence trainers are teaching voters and volunteers how to manage fear and assess risk.
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Thinking of people of Bangkok. Yes, they are used to floods, but this is huge scale. "The capital recorded 487mm of rain between Sept 1 and 25, compared to an average of 269mm for the same period from 1991 to 2020" #ClimateEmergency www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/gen...
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All 50 Bangkok districts declared disaster areas
All 50 districts of Bangkok were declared disaster zones on Saturday after almost 48 hours of heavy rain that caused widespread flooding, traffic problems and disruptions to daily life.
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Just helping with editing here. These bots aren’t sentient. They’re doing what they’re programmed to do. OpenAI, a private company supposedly bound by laws, committed federal crimes.
Screenshot of BBC article: OpenAI bots (struck through) meddled with multiple US government agency sites
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The Evanston RoundTable in my Chicago suburb interviewed 2 people who saw ICE agents beat up a citizen and leave him lying on the ground last weekend. One witness said the man “was screaming ‘I'm a U.S. citizen. Leave me alone.’” Another witness said the feds told an “absolute lie” about the case.
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Witnesses recount Sunday's ICE incident: ‘He was screaming, "I’m a U.S. citizen. Leave me alone."' - Evanston RoundTable
When federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents attempted to detain a resident — who they later discovered was a U.S. citizen — last Sunday
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
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Jamie Woodhouse @jamiewoodhouse.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#BigAnimalAg is pushing African countries to build animal factories. That’s like mining coal and installing land lines instead of leapfrogging to solar & mobiles. Plant 🌱 & tech-based food systems are the future. Radically more ethical, resilient, efficient and sustainable.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“‘Ethnic cleansing via the mass deportation or promoted voluntary return of non-white immigrants'... This is, of course, beyond alarming...” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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How Trump turned a refugee bureau into a $410 million deportation operation
Inside the secret deals powering the president’s push to deport migrants to countries not their own.
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FREEBROOKLYN❌👑 @freebklyn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
In NYC, it releases on Thursday, 10/8, at Angelika Film Center, and there are Q&As with Alex Gibney and Ashley St. Clair after two of the Friday viewings and two of the Saturday viewings! angelikafilmcenter.com/nyc/movies/d...
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Movie Information | Tickets | Showtimes
Experience cinema like never before! Secure your tickets, enjoy gift cards, and take advantage of food and drink deals. Don't miss our special screenings and events!
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Now, my friend @fpwellman.bsky.social – a 22-year veteran, with a life of service that includes setting up a Covid field hospital here in NYC – has a real chance to win a midwestern district that’s been in GOP control for decades.
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ACLU of Massachusetts @aclum.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
In New Bedford and Fall River, ICE has ripped apart families, disrupted schools and businesses, and deliberately created a climate of fear. It’s reckless and it does nothing to keep our communities safe. We will continue to protect immigrant rights and hold ICE to account.
Legal resources if you have been detained by ICE
MACI hotline: (508) 505-4588 

Legal Representation Fund: (617) 637-8195 (for detainees) or (617) 396-7143 (hotline for family and friends) 

Habeas Project: immigrationhabeasproject@gmail.com (for Massachusetts residents currently detained in New England)
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Ric @veganfitnessric.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Non vegans think vegans miss bacon and chicken, no what vegans miss is the amazon rainforest, coral reefs and animals
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"Julia" shared this photo with us from the carrots in the Cuyama CA area. "We are paid piece rate and we only are given 4 hours of work a day. This makes it impossible to cover our expenses. The high was 97° when this photo was taken." #WeFeedYou
A carrot field where you see the Bunches of harvested carrots laid out
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Ha ha that’s gross and should make everyone uncomfortable, anyway, Rahm presided over a Chicago police black site, lied about what it was and then I sued the Chicago police for its records that proved it:
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Homan Square revealed: how Chicago police 'disappeared' 7,000 people
Exclusive: Lawsuit exposes scale of detention at off-the-books interrogation warehouse while attorneys describe find-your-client chase ‘from a Bond movie’
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Rep. LaMonica McIver @replamonica.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Mullin can’t speak honestly about Delaney Hall if he’s never walked through its doors. People are suffering. I’ve seen it firsthand, I’ve heard from detainees. It’s brutal. So because Mullin can’t show up for his job, I made sure he heard the truth from me.
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The City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 26/09/2026
“When you look at the other schools, it’s mad people, mad opportunities,” said a student who recently finished his senior year at Murry Bergtraum. “But when you come to our school, really nothing.” (via @ChalkbeatNY)
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'Institutional Failure': The Long Downward Spiral of NYC's Smallest High School
The city’s inaction on closing Murry Bergtraum High School — which once enrolled 3,000 students — is shortchanging the 90 students still there. It comes at a cost of $46,000 per pupil, a Chalkbeat…
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 17/09/2026
People living with non-communicable diseases, like #diabetes, need access to continuous, reliable care. Yet conflict, displacement and weak infrastructure disrupts treatment and increases the risk of complications. On #WorldPatientSafetyDay, learn more: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/world-patien...
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World Patient Safety Day: Safe care for people living with chronic diseases | Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
MSF helps people with chronic diseases access safe, continuous care in humanitarian settings despite conflict, displacement and healthcare challenges.
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Fiona Harvey @fionaharvey.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
What happened when the UK’s spy chiefs examined the national security implications of the collapse of overseas ecosystems, driven by climate crisis and biodiversity loss? “Apocalyptic” findings. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Why is the UK’s suppressed climate national security report significant?
Warnings about the catastrophic effects of vital ecosystems collapsing were not published under previous prime minister
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