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@lostkoan.bsky.social
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From daughter of the confederacy to peace and justice activist to RC theologian to tour boat captain and solò sailor to engaged Buddhist nomad, the journey has been long and winding. Family and friends remain the constant. Journeying on.

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Surfing the Chaos @lostkoan.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Watching BBC right now it seems that Israel has bombed Lebanon again breaking the ceasefire. So straight is closed again. I'm waiting to hear of further developments.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
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SteveH @sghendricks.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.” That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 26/01/2026
So simply naming someone is doxxing, but taking photos and license plate numbers to create a database of the opposition for government stalking and harassment purposes is not? Naming someone is not doxxing them, and moving them to another city to kill more is conspiracy against rights.
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Representative Seth Magaziner @magaziner.house.gov · 27/01/2026
Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days. His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
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elijahplovejoy.bsky.social @elijahplovejoy.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
45 yrs of US history, in 25 words:
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 15/10/2025
After signing up for self-deportation, Emily and Deybis sold their car and moved to an unfinished basement. But DHS never sent them the promised plane tickets. Now they worry about surviving winter. Weeks ago, they sold their daughter’s bed to pay rent. ➡️ Read more: propub.li/4ohnDm6
Article excerpt: Emily said she made clear the family didn’t have Venezuelan passports but was told that wouldn’t be a problem; the U.S. government would procure any necessary documents for them. They said the operator gave them an Aug. 1 departure date and told them to expect their plane tickets by email.

Emily and Deybis sold their car and moved with their children to Columbus, Ohio, where Deybis’ nephew let them stay in his unfinished basement apartment until their departure. The plane tickets never came.

Then the nephew was detained in a traffic stop and deported. Panicked, Emily and Deybis said they called the toll-free number again and again, leaving messages that went unanswered. Emily submitted a new application and sent more emails.Article excerpt: ...They found travel agencies that offer to procure travel documents at a cost but said they were told the Venezuelan government requires an arrival date and proof that plane tickets have been purchased. Emily and Deybis can’t afford them.

“Thank you so much for your patience and we understand your frustration,” they heard back in another email. “Wait for new instructions from DHS.”

As they wait, they worry about how they’ll survive when winter comes. Most days, Deybis visits local food pantries and looks for discarded items in alleys and on street corners that they can resell. A few weeks ago, they sold their daughter’s bed to help pay the rent.

“We’d rather be in Venezuela with our family than suffer here,” he said.
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Two dozen masked ICE Federal Secret Police, who are kitted out like they are going to war, kidnap a local and brutalize the community. Toward the end of the video, they throw a gas cannister that almost hits a baby. 😟
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
When you drag a woman by the hair, beat her and force her to kiss your flag, that’s how you tell the world you are the Good Guys
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 04/10/2025
Weaponized gratitude is a key tool in the abuser's toolkit. The goal is to convince the victim that they owe the abuser so much, they should feel guilty for wanting to complain.
Tweet from the VP:
Joy Reid has had such a good life in this country. It's been
overwhelmingly kind and gracious to her. She is far wealthier than most.
Yet she oozes with contempt.
My honest, non-trolling advice to Joy Reid is that you'd be a much
happier person if you showed a little gratitude
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Fascistic and absolutely unacceptable rhetoric from the unmoored little man who is basically running the federal government right now.
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Daniel Connerton @lordnad.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
@govpritzker.illinois.gov 37 and Kedzie, East Garfield, Illinois. This is assault.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 03/10/2025
🚨🚨 My dear friend and fellow academic, the Palestinian American sociologist @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social has been taken by the Cook County Sheriff near Chicago. They have not mirandized her. Please signal boost. All eyes on Broadview for Eman and the community she was defending 🚨🚨
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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
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Surfing the Chaos @lostkoan.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
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New York Times Opinion @nytopinion.nytimes.com · 05/09/2025
An exercise of military force like the one President Trump is threatening in Chicago, "regardless of the legitimacy of its aims, inevitably intrudes on the political rights and economic livelihoods of ordinary people," writes Robert Pape, a political science professor at the University of Chicago.
nyti.ms
Opinion | Chicago Could Be a Powder Keg
Many residents are willing to endorse or participate in violent resistance.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Guess which network is ignoring the survivors? Fox isn’t news.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Thank God someone is stopping the dangerous... uh... violinists in Utah. Entered the US with proper papers at 10, later graduated with a fine arts degree from the University of Utah and stayed. Invasion! There's evidence he's been part of the vicious gang known as The Salt Lake Symphony Orchestra.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Good morning! I'm in Uganda to visit family and friends. But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month. See you soon, NYC.
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
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Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
#Israel claims it executed 13-year-old Ammar Mu’taz Hamayel on Monday because he would have thrown rocks towards illegal #Israeli colonialists' vehicles on occupied #Palestine 's West Bank. english.palinfo.com/news/2025/06... #BoycottIsrael #IsraelNews #News #PalestineNews #WorldNews
english.palinfo.com
13-year-old Palestinian boy shot dead by IOF near Ramallah
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) shot and killed a Palestinian child on Monday evening in the village of Kafr Malik, northeast of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank.
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Bunkunin @bunkunin.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Israel’s ‘Militarized’ Gaza Aid Plan Constitutes a ‘War Crime’ – UN OHCHR www.palestinechronicle.com/israels-mili...
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Nick Knudsen @nickknudsenus.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Shot: “We’re going after and deporting gang members, drug dealers and criminals.” Chaser:
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
🔥 @danpfeiffer.bsky.social : “We’re all going ‘how can we get young people to stick with Democrats?’— then there’s a candidate they get excited about ( @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social ) and the Dem establishment & billionaires get together to torpedo his candidacy- to do it for Cuomo is unforgivable.”
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
WATCH: “He was cutting grass.” Soboroff & Wallace on the sickening beating of the father of 3 Marines, and how @joerogan says he wouldn’t have signed up if he had know it would be like this, “tearing the fabric of the community”. (But he should have known)
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ECP408 @ecp408.dev · 23/06/2025
U.S. Army just swore in four Big Tech executives as lieutenant colonels—despite having no military training and bypassing 16 ranks of career soldiers. 🙄 www.businessinsider.com/tech-execs-j... Tech Execs Just Joined the Army. Boot Camp Not Required - Business Insider
businessinsider.com
Tech execs are joining the Army — no grueling boot camp required
Tech leaders from Palantir, Meta, and OpenAI have joined the Army Reserve, bypassing traditional training to chase transformation.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 24/06/2025
Brownshirt ICE rolled up to my local Home Depot today and got the F-off treatment. Shoutout to this woman because this is exactly how it’s done. No badge, face covered = F*ck all the way off. 📌 It’s on us citizens to stand up for our vulnerable brothers and sisters.
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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
#BREAKING | 45 Palestinians killed by Israeli army fire in Gaza since dawn today, including 18 people who were waiting for humanitarian aid.
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Kat4Obama @kat4obama.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Hard times for the master race. Not supreme after all! :)
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
ICYMI — Some harsh self-criticism here: “Our president will start a war with Iran because he has absolutely no ability to negotiate. He’s weak and he’s ineffective.” (He was talking about Obama 😬)
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Adam Lindley @mudgee-adam.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Haven't heard anyone condemn Israel's actions, just ask for restraint. You'd think that the best way to minimise the Iranian response would be to condemn and sanction Israel.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
AOC: When they say illegal vs legal immigration—they are trying to end legal status in the US making people undocumented and then they have the audacity to call them illegal when they were here documented.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
This is the most straightforward thing they've said so far. They're using the military to "liberate" Los Angeles from its mayor and governor.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
How is this not a war crime? How this not a green light for Iran to target Israeli or U.S. civilian scientists in return?
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Sean Beckner-Carmitchel @acatwithnews.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
BREAKING: A few minutes ago, a vehicle of three people was rammed by a truck belonging to federal immigration authorities in Boyle Heights, CA. According to security footage shown to me, they deployed chemical munitions & detained the driver at gunpoint. All are US citizens according to the wife.
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💙 ElleDancer 💙 @elleydancer.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
This is the way to protest!!
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Honor Laois 🦘#DoNoHarm🦘 @honorlaoiss.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
The Brit who was shot has had to have surgery. The Aussie lady has a massive bruise and is very sore. Imagine hitting them at a sensitive vertebral joint or a key organ. Amnesty screenshot..
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
(Bloomberg) - The Trump brand has been used to hawk cryptocurrencies, Bibles, steaks and guitars. Now the US president’s media company is laying the groundwork to sell investment funds. $DJT @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
Trump Media Is Coming for Brokerage Accounts With ETF Push
The company owned by a president who is already pushing the boundaries between business and public office is getting into the fund business.
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Chris Hauck @chrishauck.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
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💙💛 J. Larriand 🫘🇺🇦🌻 Stand With Ukraine 🌍 @larriandj.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
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Sage Deviant 🏳️‍⚧️ @trans.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
fascists carve their way in with edge cases. don’t give them an inch. this is not a deportation. the US Government kidnapped a 2-year-old child & her mother. abolish ICE.
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fritz jamoke @fritzjamoke.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
The trump fascist regime MUST GO NOW! In the Name of Humanity, We REFUSE to Accept a Fascist America! #trumpsAStochasticTerrorist #trumpsANationalSecurityTHREAT #trumpsARussianASSet #trumpISputinsBITCH #trumpsAnEvilUglyLyingCheatingSchemingPOSCriminalFascistSOB @refusefascism.bsky.social
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Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Teen Vogue has long understood its audience, understood the climate and context, and acted upon it with surgical precision. If all media were this smart and willing to go there the world might be a better place.
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