Reposted by MarthaJJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 01/09/2026🧊✈️ TWENTY TOO MANY 🤨 Habeas Flight Watch tracked 20 ICE charter planes (multiple flights each) Tuesday, tying our all-time record 👀 85732
Reposted by MarthaMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/09/2026🚨BREAKING: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has published a new webpage that will help carry out President Donald Trump’s plans to create a national voter registry and shape who can vote in the upcoming midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comDHS posts ‘Citizenship Lists Portal’ to advance Trump’s anti-voting orderIt’s the latest sign that the federal government is hurtling forward with Trump’s anti-voting executive order. 94906588
Reposted by Marthadamniel spookradski @self.agency · 14/08/2026i'm so tired of watching them cause so much hurt every day and so little being done in response 0191
Reposted by MarthaOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 10/08/2026this is literally a batman storyline 37215
Reposted by MarthaTanya ✨️ @tanitamxtx.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Helluva read from the NYT www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/t...nytimes.comHow Meta Got Everything It Wanted in a Secret Louisiana Data Center Deal (Gift Article)A Times examination details how the Silicon Valley giant used private talks with local officials to start a project big enough to cover nearly six square miles. 164
Reposted by MarthaLydia Polgreen @polgreen.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Uh, did Emily Wilson's Odyssey takedown crash the @lrb.co.uk website? 1040060
Reposted by MarthaNathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Great piece on Kalshi's planned ICE betting markets from @pabloreports.bsky.social Disgusting stuff migrantinsider.com/p/kalshi-wan...migrantinsider.comKalshi Wants You to Bet on How Many People ICE Abducts TodayA CFTC filing obtained by Migrant Insider shows the exchange quietly built a market that lets traders wager on ICE's daily arrest count with three confidential appendices the public never saw. 9249149
Reposted by MarthaKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 22/07/2026In theory, the moral clarity and steadfastness demonstrated in this statement condemning Israel’s war crimes should be the bare minimum. But in the meantime, Mamdani is a giant among cowardly politicians. 302748437
Reposted by MarthaMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 21/07/2026NYC’s small business owners have said it over and over: endless paperwork and uncertainty has made getting their stores up and running too difficult. So we’re cutting red tape, eliminating redundant permits (did you know you need a permit just to serve some ice cream?), and speeding up inspections. 1235813983
Reposted by MarthaWindhorse @windhorse.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Snagged this from FB. This may make some people uncomfortable but I think it highlights just how far we've come from what's natural, from our relationship to the Earth that sustains us and our beautiful relatives we share it with. 34499343375
Reposted by MarthaMike Masnick @masnick.com · 21/07/2026I kinda think it should be a career destroying scandal that the head of DHS (a department that shouldn't exist) is completely hallucinating hordes of drones that didn't exist that DHS didn't shoot down. 313149661
Reposted by MarthaJesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 20/07/2026A lot of people don’t realize the dust bowl wasn’t a natural phenomenon. It happened when agrobusiness interests dramatically transformed the plains without regard for drought, and created vicious dust storms that choked whole families to death. That’s what I think of when I read about data centers. 352232906640
Reposted by MarthaMichael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Peter Falk sketching in his Beverly Hills home in 1984. 1316581679
Reposted by MarthaShellraiser B Woke - Living Saint of Purity🏳️⚧️🖤💜🤍 💛 @shelleybwoke.bsky.social · 25/05/2026There is no indignity you can imagine that godbothering fascists will not stoop to in their efforts to torture and dehumanize innocent people. 29028
Reposted by MarthaAnne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 20/07/2026"Popular Information identified the core of ICE’s Congressional support by cataloging members of Congress who...have sought to increase ICE’s power by sponsoring or co-sponsoring pending legislation...The top consumer brand[s] financially backing this group...": popular.info/p/these-cons... 03234
Reposted by MarthaGabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 20/07/2026“Of 751,861 children with pending removal cases, 57%—or 425,093 children—lacked legal representation." “I was nervous because it was my first time going to a court," said 10-year-old Wilfredo. 25322
Reposted by MarthaMIT Technology Review @technologyreview.com · 20/07/2026There’s plenty of precedent for AI being used for mass surveillance. While there’s not yet any smoking-gun evidence that the US government (or anyone else) is using LLMs to conduct surveillance in the way that could constitute a crime against humanity, there’s a clear appetite for such capabilities.trib.alHow LLMs could supercharge mass surveillance in the USThe technology could make commercially available bulk datasets even more of a privacy concern. 23922
Reposted by MarthaAAUP @aaup.org · 20/07/2026“A settlement with this administration does not get them off your back." “It’s strange to students, faculty, and alums: Why are you so eager to settle?” 🤔 @yaleaaup.bsky.socialwashingtonpost.comYale caught between Trump administration pressure and a campus that wants to fightLeaders are weighing a settlement over reverse discrimination claims amid criticism from students, faculty and alumni. 311644
Reposted by MarthaUAW Archivist @uawarchivist.bsky.social · 20/07/2026@uaw.org booklet on guaranteed employment plans. Circa 1950s. From the archives at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social. 064
Reposted by MarthaRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Reminder: there's NO legitimate use for crypto. Its only practical uses are tax evasion, money laundering, fraud, specualtion, and crime. No Democrat should vote for the so-called CLARITY Act, a bill backed by the crypto lobby that would make this Ponzi scheme even worse. 18261962170
Reposted by MarthaDaniel - Desert Apostate @hcexvangelical.bsky.social · 16/07/2026The asshole administration is planning to remove the mining buffer around Chaco Canyon in New Mexico. This is being done without tribal or expert input and the public comment time is incredibly, and cowardly short. Please comment to help try and save Chaco. www.koat.com/article/chac...koat.comChaco Canyon public comment period opens, as BLM proposes reopening 336,000 acres to mineral leasingA new federal assessment could reshape the future of development near Chaco Canyon. Here’s what’s in the plan and how long the public has to weigh in. 3111291014
Martha @marthagrant.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Thiel and Alex Karp and Curtis Yarvin too. Yarvin calls himself a Dark Elf and actively sees to convert others to evil. 060
Reposted by MarthaAparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 17/07/2026"After boarding a handful of boats — stuffed to the brim with people and pets — community members drove across the lake as their entire First Nation burned to the ground behind them. " www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.ca'It's a miracle': First Nation members escape northwestern Ontario wildfire as community burns to the ground | CBC NewsNamaygoosisagagun First Nation, also known as Collins First Nation, has been destroyed by a wildfire that spans over 350,000 hectares in northwestern Ontario. Community leaders spoke to CBC News about... 1416821046
Reposted by MarthaWIRED @wired.com · 17/07/2026This month, we published another article revealing that MSG kept a database of VIP event attendees, labeling some of them as LGBTQIA and assigning a “risk score” to others. This is also now free to read:wired.comMadison Square Garden Kept a List of Gay CelebritiesAn MSG database tracked and categorized hundreds of celebs, famous Knicks superfans, and even some of Taylor Swift’s wedding guests. Labels included “LGBTQIA,” “DO NOT HOST,” and low to high “risk.” 2023541029
Reposted by MarthaWIRED @wired.com · 17/07/2026In April, we reported on the MSG surveillance machine–an operation that allegedly tracked a trans woman, lawyers, protesters, and more. You can now read it for free.wired.comThe Shocking Secrets of Madison Square Garden’s Surveillance MachineFamously vengeful Knicks owner Jim Dolan has long spied on people at his iconic arenas. WIRED goes deep inside the operation that allegedly tracked a trans woman, lawyers, protesters, and more. 2726021182
Reposted by MarthaMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 17/07/2026This summer, we kept the lights on all night, every night, at five soccer fields across New York City. This was the scene at Calvert Vaux Park in Gravesend, Brooklyn Tuesday night. 461210793340
Reposted by MarthaAndrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 14/07/2026I wrote about what looks very much like a formal US plan to institutionalize a global network of concentration camps.degenerateart.beehiiv.comLittle Gitmos everywhereThe White House explores entrenching U.S. concentration camps worldwide. 3421491068
Reposted by MarthaDan Silverman @dmsilverman.bsky.social · 12/07/2026One of the best new devices in OB/GYN, the JADA — which saved my wife from a scary post-partum bleed this spring — was developed *as a senior thesis* in 2011 by two ugrads in biomedical engineering at Cal Poly That‘s how much underinvestment there’s been, a senior thesis could disrupt it that muchfortune.comA simple device could prevent thousands of maternal deaths. Why did it take so long to get to market? | FortuneThe journey of the Jada System is a parable of the business of women's health care. 0368161
Reposted by Marthathe Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 12/07/2026God this is a good point, Internet Hippo. the helplessness people feel hardens them 45167
Reposted by MarthaChantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 12/07/2026Everybody, let's keep eyes on Memphis. Their occupation under ICE is flying too low under the national radar. ICE is actually killing people there & has the whole city under siege. And we're not seeing folks care about Memphis like other places. 7313175
Reposted by MarthaScott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 11/07/2026The foundations of StollerThought are 1)chicks suck and 2)it's good when Republicans win elections to own the libs. Platner staying in the race and losing by 12 points would be the exacta 391071120
Reposted by MarthaMicah @rincewind.run · 11/07/2026what they learned from minneapolis was not “don’t do this again” but “keep it quiet next time” 2657042530
Reposted by MarthaMother Jones @motherjones.com · 11/07/2026Memphis is still “under full-blown occupation” by ICE. Task force members have reportedly killed at least two people in four days.motherjones.comMemphis is “under full-blown occupation” by ICE. Here’s why you may not know that.Community members face retaliation for trying to spread the word out, a lawsuit alleges. 20333216
Reposted by MarthaRicochet Media @ricochetmedia.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Brandi Morin is on assignment on Vancouver Island, near Fairy Creek, as forest defenders ramp up their opposition to clear cutting. Story to come. Wilderness Committee mapping estimates ~84 hectares of old-growth forests are targeted for logging behind these gates, equivalent to 117 soccer fields. 02612
Reposted by Martha🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Praying that I hear once in my lifetime, "The most common crime in America, the one every worker is most likely to be victimized by, is wage theft. And will everything I do to stop you from being ripped off before you get your paycheck." 543685
Reposted by Martharc2 🇨🇦 @rc2squared.bsky.social · 11/07/2026This is so needed! A concerted multilevel multinational effort against white collar crime.static.klipy.comCora Says Facts! (Assisted Living)ALT: Cora Says Facts! (Assisted Living) 0162
Reposted by MarthaPaul Russell @pwrussell.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Masked government paramilitaries are killing people on the streets in cold blood. No one is held accountable and a third of Americans are fine with it. Hard to believe, but here we are. 6292124
Reposted by MarthaAndrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 11/07/2026Every name on this list was a person with a family, a story, and a life. How many more names? ICE must be abolished. #SheShed 561140743
Martha @marthagrant.bsky.social · 11/07/2026And unsurprisingly: working class women are more likely to be raped, more likely to be sexually harassed, more likely to be abused. And more likely to experience PTSD and long term financial precarity as a result of sexual violence. 040
Martha @marthagrant.bsky.social · 11/07/2026& sure would be nice if folks would stop platforming and working with rape apologists. And commit to that out loud. 010
Reposted by MarthaMichael Podhorzer @mikepod.bsky.social · 09/07/20263/ Seeking high office anyway, knowing what's out there, is reckless. Being confronted with the reporting and doing anything but quietly withdrawing from consideration is the height of selfish egotism—a deliberate choice to retraumatize survivors and betray your own supporters. 317730
Reposted by MarthaFuck You I Quit @fuckyouiquit.bsky.social · 10/07/2026since right before...when? 6388129
Reposted by MarthaMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Moraff was instrumental in getting Rep Lee to launch her first political campaign for PA state house in 2017. But by 2022 Lee banned him “from his previous leadership positions in her campaign & from even attending campaign events” and told ppl close to the campaign to stop communicating with him.paydayreport.comPlatner’s Daniel Moraff Barred from Summer Lee’s Campaign Over Sexual Misconduct ComplaintsCongresswoman Summer Lee barred Platner's strategist Daniel Moraff from her campaign after receiving sexual harassment complaints against him. 251248158
Reposted by MarthaGabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 10/07/2026“The funds raised here will go directly to his wife and their three sons to help with funeral and burial costs, legal expenses, everyday living costs, and the wife’s needs, who has lost her lifelong companion and sole provider. No amount is too small, and every share helps this reach more people …” 06244
