Reposted by Ms. Pointyamanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 12hCut from this video: most of the agents didn’t care I was there, but one ICE agent did ask a state trooper to give me a jaywalking ticket for crossing an empty street while recording (the trooper laughed and said no). 530592
Reposted by Ms. PointyMother Jones @motherjones.com · 8hAlligator Alcatraz is now closed. But buried deep within the DHS report was a warning about possible similar conditions at the other state-operated immigrant detention center in Florida: the Baker Correctional Institution in northern Florida, nicknamed by Gov. Ron DeSantis as “Deportation Depot.”motherjones.comOut of sight in North Florida: Life inside Deportation DepotAdvocates say conditions at the former state prison mirror Alligator Alcatraz’s worst. 415867
Reposted by Ms. PointyBlock Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 8hA new Hyde Park mural honors award-winning artist Richard Hunt. buff.ly/NZUzLIU 1276
Reposted by Ms. PointyHarebrained @harebrained.bsky.social · 8hHere's some graphics for our friends in California. They've joined a very prestigious group of cities who need to remind the president to STFU. 311125
Reposted by Ms. PointyTruthout @truthout.org · 8hICE operates a major surveillance center in rural Vermont that processes 1.55 million biometric and biographic queries annually. The agency communicates with more than 13,000 law enforcement agencies throughout the country, many of them through an expanding network of 287(g) agreements.truthout.orgActivists Target What They Call a Major “Spy Center” for ICE in Rural VermontAs ICE widens its surveillance dragnet, activists plan a week of action to disrupt a major data network. 26543
Reposted by Ms. PointyTruthout @truthout.org · 8hFor the first time in more than two decades, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe will not conduct oversight of the upcoming midterm elections after the Trump administration effectively blocked them from doing so.truthout.orgTrump Blocks International Board From Conducting Oversight of Midterm ElectionsThis is the first time in over two decades that the US has rejected OSCE participation in a federal election. 3143103
Reposted by Ms. PointyLos Angeles Times @latimes.com · 06/10/2026Coco Gauff calls out racist abuse after following rules to stop play in China Open winlatimes.comCoco Gauff calls out racist abuse after following rules to stop play in China Open winCoco Gauff has called out the racist abuse she's recieved for following the rules in her China Open win against Sun Xinran. 086
Reposted by Ms. PointyAndrea Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 06/10/2026it is pretty hard to see prehistoric art of this kind firsthand, especially if you don't live near a geography where such art is preserved and presented to the public. But there are ways to do it (that I know of) both in the US and Europe. 68619
Reposted by Ms. PointyChise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 05/10/2026WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 4-YEAR-LONG study of NEARLY 30 MILLION people in France found that individuals who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine had a 74% LOWER risk of death from severe COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated individuals and ZERO increased risk of all-cause mortality. 4638011183
Reposted by Ms. PointyThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 05/10/2026Doctors noted in their records she was at a “high” risk of death. The 37-year-old requested an abortion twice. She was denied and discharged. trib.al/RzISmSAtrib.alPaxton Sued by Family of Woman Who Died After Being Denied AbortionKen Paxton is facing a historic lawsuit over Texas’s abortion ban. 10336156
Reposted by Ms. PointyPequeno Vira Lixo @leozinirreparavel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Its much worse. Lula winning in the second turn straight up doesnt matter anymore. The right basically doubled or tripled their presence in all seats of government. Its complete right wing control. Bolsonaro's party has 20 more seats then the next biggest party in the chamber of deputies lol 248954
Reposted by Ms. PointyChicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 05/10/2026America’s multibillion-dollar market for impairing hemp products faces potential elimination after Congress voted to close a loophole in federal law.chicagotribune.comA $28B hemp THC industry is fighting to save itself from a looming federal ban 142
Reposted by Ms. PointyIan Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026In other Bolsonaro family news: Carlos (Jair's son) was elected senator, Michelle (Jair's wife) was elected senator, and Jair Renan (Jair's son) was elected as federal deputy. 17492162
Reposted by Ms. PointyPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Might be good to listen to Brazilian people and Scholars of Brazil to understand the election. 315919
Reposted by Ms. PointyCharlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Oh my: LibreOffice just made "no AI" one of their official features: blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/09...blog.documentfoundation.orgYes, no AI is now a feature - TDF Community BlogOne of the comments on the announcement of LibreOffice 26.8 was a simple question: “So, no AI is now a feature?” LibreOffice does not reject artificial intelligence out of hand, but an office suite us... 5156022124
Reposted by Ms. PointyPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The New York City Department of Education’s Hidden Voices project has created an impressive social studies curriculum that “delves into the perspectives, experiences, and impact that Americans with disabilities have had—and continue to have—on United States history.”weteachnyc.orgHidden Voices: Americans with Disabilities in United States History | WeTeachNYCThe Hidden Voices project was initiated to help students learn about and honor the innumerable people, often “hidden” from the traditional historical record, who have shaped and continue to shape our ... 33913
Reposted by Ms. PointyAmy Mode Activated 🪷 ᓚᘏᗢ ಇ. @activateamymode.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This is an excellent explanation. 08037
Reposted by Ms. PointyAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I don’t think the roman helmet guys on musk’s csam emporium know this one (from josephine quinn’s how the world made the West) 321292210
Reposted by Ms. PointyChicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 04/10/2026Trump plan would remove protections for national forests like Shawnee: ‘We stand to lose our solitude’chicagotribune.comTrump plan would remove protections for national forests like Shawnee: ‘We stand to lose our solitude’ 301111
Reposted by Ms. PointyCandice Frederick @candicefrederick.bsky.social · 04/10/2026We asked dozens of librarians about America’s libraries — what they provide, what they need to survive. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comForget the Shushing. Librarians Have a Whole Lot to Say.We asked dozens of them about America’s libraries — what they provide, what they need to survive. Here’s what they told us. 315462
Reposted by Ms. PointyAssigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 02/10/2026@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Oct Loving reminiscence of how groundbreaking Loren Cameron and his astonishing book "Body Alchemy" completely rewrote the rules of the game for photographing the trans male body. www.thebeliever.net/looking-for-...thebeliever.netLooking for Loren Rex Cameron - Believer MagazineLots of trans guys I’ve talked to have had a Loren Rex Cameron story, and this is mine: Some years ago now, when I worked up the courage to confess to my spouse that I wanted top surgery—we were newly... 1379
Reposted by Ms. PointyBolts @boltsmag.org · 04/10/2026The future of local public transit is on the ballot all over the country this fall. Key elections include ballot measures in Pierce County, Washington, in Lawrence, Kansas, in Charleston, South Carolina, and in many Bay Area counties.boltsmag.orgYour Cheat Sheet to the 2026 General Elections - BoltsCongressional races will take center stage on Nov. 3, but they’re just the tip of what to watch. Prosecutors and governors, attorneys general and sheriffs, school boards and mayors, utility... Read More 25524
Reposted by Ms. PointyTruthout @truthout.org · 04/10/2026A Zinn Education Project survey reveals how collective struggle helps educators resist political intimidation.buff.lyAuthoritarianism Leads Teachers to Self-Censor. Solidarity Lets Us Teach Truth.A Zinn Education Project survey reveals how collective struggle helps educators resist political intimidation. 05428
Reposted by Ms. PointyMurderBotBot @murderbotbot.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Data suggests family dramas bear a less than 10 percent resemblance to actual human families, which is unsurprising and also a relief, considering all the murders. 036239
Reposted by Ms. PointyChicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 04/10/2026A federal judge on Thursday said she’d initiate a “fact finding” process to determine whether the U.S. attorney’s office intentionally misled her in the “Broadview Six” case, a rare step that could lead to sanctions or even appointment of a special prosecutor to bring criminal contempt charges.chicagotribune.comLong-awaited ‘Broadview Six’ hearing could spark further scandal for US attorney’s office 2229
Ms. Pointy @mspointy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Once again, I am begging you: raw milk is fucking disease-ridden nightmare. There’s a reason everyone pasteurizes it 000
Reposted by Ms. PointyW.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The first move for Skydance after the merger announcement: fire the studio executives who brought in One Battle After Another and Sinners.hollywoodreporter.comMichael De Luca, Pamela Abdy Out at Warner Bros.The news comes as Paramount Skydance is readying to finalize its deal for the legacy studio. 28868354
Reposted by Ms. PointyPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 04/10/2026woot!! Congratulations. Can't wait to watch. 081
Reposted by Ms. PointyPrison Policy Initiative @prisonpolicy.org · 04/10/2026"I did not get sentenced to malnutrition" Prison food isn't just gross-looking. It's extremely unhealthy and costly for incarcerated people and their families 🧵nysfocus.comNew York Banned Prison Care Packages. Fresh Food Vanished.New York's prison package ban cut off a key source of fresh produce, which advocates say is putting incarcerated people's health at risk. 13418
Reposted by Ms. PointySarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Hot take: I don't think social media made people dumber. We've been dumb this whole time. It's just that you used to have to have a job that people sent their dumb letters to, to notice. This made "Engaging with fools" an occupational hazard rather than the 24/7 experience it is presently. 612413434
Reposted by Ms. PointyJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Lucien Lazare, Jewish fighter in the French Resistance, has died at 101. After fighting the Nazis, he was rejected by his synagogue later in life for translating an article saying “Israel, today, is nothing but a formless mass of corruption, oppression and injustice.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/w...nytimes.comLucien Lazare, Jewish Resistance Fighter in Occupied France, Dies at 101 (Gift Article)He and a small troop of French Jews worked with the Allies to distribute supplies and fight the Nazis, ambushing a German train and liberating a city in the south. 131702504
Reposted by Ms. PointyAssigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 04/10/2026@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Oct LGBTQnation Op-ed by activist/scholar Warren Blumenfeld notes how oppressed groups often strike out those closest and asks if pressure from the Right's war on trans is pushing us to attack one another and "eat our own" instead of focusing who's really at fault.lgbtqnation.comThe LGBTQ+ rights movement can only move forward if we learn to stop eating our own - LGBTQ NationOur internalized oppression is not our fault, but it's on us to take steps to reduce or even eliminate it. 08326
Reposted by Ms. PointyKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/10/2026As we enter the final month before the midterms, don't get cocky. If anything, it's time to ramp up the work and pour it on. Check your registration. Vote early. Push your friends and family too. Look for local places to help out. Phone bank and write postcards. Volunteer for Election Day. 18759238
Reposted by Ms. PointyOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 04/10/2026If you have $100 million to spend on ads saying you shouldn’t be taxed you’re not being taxed enough Google cofounder Sergey Brin has spent $102 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses fortune.com/article/how-...fortune.comGoogle co-founder Sergey Brin has now spent $100 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses | FortuneThe state’s ultrawealthy, including Larry Page and Peter Thiel, have similarly donated to efforts opposing the wealth tax. 10041481260
Ms. Pointy @mspointy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026static.klipy.comKing Of The Hill: Bobby on His BikeAlt: King Of The Hill: Bobby on His Bike 010
Reposted by Ms. PointyHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026Lot of words when the term “stalking” already exists.tampabay.com2 Pinellas deputies arrested for tracking people they were interested in, sheriff saysOne deputy queried a license plate reader database 300 times to track a woman, Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said. 141345335
Reposted by Ms. PointyNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 01/10/2026ICYMI:nytimes.comStatement Written by Police in Cornell Assault Case Omitted Her Claim She Was RapedDocuments obtained by The New York Times show that the campus police at Cornell University sent a condensed statement to a prosecutor, who then declined to bring charges. 4445114
Reposted by Ms. PointyRabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026the only map of england everybody else needs (best selling music by territory, Actually Helpful for understanding some things; also Suck It Morrissey.) 6748491
Reposted by Ms. PointyOlivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This 33-year-old nurse told the FBI she knew she was “going to set him free” after border patrol agents brought in a man whose face was bloodied and seriously injured. She treated him and helped him escape, and she faces charges now. He got away, and they never relocated him. 18181431773
Reposted by Ms. PointySpokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026Send Stephen Miller to The Hague. 21275812504
Reposted by Ms. PointyAnonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Musk, Zuckerberg, Pichai, Amodei, Brockman and Huang signed Trump’s "AI accord" requiring outside oversight. Three helped write the "self-regulation" rules and are building the body that would set standards for and certify the auditors policing them.yacnews.comThe Real AI Threat Isn’t the Machines. It’s Money, Power and Impunity.Six tech oligarchs signed Trump’s voluntary AI safety accord. Their companies hold billions in federal contracts. The conflict of interest is explicit: three helped design the rules meant to police th... 3225396
Reposted by Ms. PointyDouglas Reyes-CeroÑ @dreyesceron.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The Star Spangled Banner being played by the Mariachi Herencia de Mexico band before the Bears-Eagles game in Chicago on Monday Night Football was a deeply cool thing to see tonight 17124592615
Reposted by Ms. Pointy🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026Oh my God Taskmaster has hit Hulu. I repeat all seasons of Taskmaster are on Hulu. If you've never watched Taskmaster go start watching it literally right now 29670108
Reposted by Ms. PointyIron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 28/09/2026One of my weirder preoccupations in celebrity bodyguards. Imagine your job is just being paid to be massive and hover and make eye contact with people and glower and be like "I wouldn't, babes." Have you seen Kendrick Lamar's bodyguard? 764660
Reposted by Ms. PointyMikki Kendall @karnythia.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026Every conversation about the Cornell case is irritating me because there is no way there was just one victim. Just one report. I need people to stop talking like no one had any idea they were rapists. Go crack open those middle school and high school records. 5415108
Ms. Pointy @mspointy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Personally? I’m cool with itstatic.klipy.comCartman Says "Nice, I Like That" in South ParkAlt: Cartman Says "Nice, I Like That" in South Park 000