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Señora Kale

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The Trump Administration's raid on Congresswoman Omar's home is chilling and a deep abuse of power.
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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Click here for our toolkit of ways YOU can fight the ICE machine, some even from your own home!
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Block It! — Interrupting Criminalization
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Liliana Segura @lilianasegura.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
We absolutely should be horrified by reports of planned public executions and see them as an overt re-embrace of spectacle lynchings--while also understanding that the story of the "modern" death penalty in this country is inextricable from that history, rooted in racial violence & white supremacy.
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Alabama’s Lynching Memorial and the Legacy of Racial Terror in the South
At the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama, the historical link between lynching and the death penalty is hard to miss.
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DC Council @councilofdc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is clearly not acceptable
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Status Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
🚨Sen. Gustavo Rivera caught two plain-clothed ICE agents who claimed to be investigating a shooting carried out by their colleagues in the Bronx. However, they appeared to conduct the investigation in highly illicit manners.
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Alex Burness @burness.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Over a 20-year period, people were sentenced to prison more often, and for longer terms, in years when prosecutors were up for election, a Northwestern Law study finds. In other words, prosecutors were more eager to rob people’s freedom when they thought it would help them politically.
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Prison admissions rose 3% in district attorney election years during 'tough on crime' era
New research from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law suggests that public sentiment associated with “tough on crime” politics may be tied to increases in the number of people admitted to state prison...
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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is very moving. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Prison Letters: the teenager writing letters to jailed climate activists – documentary
A teenager struggling with climate anxiety searches for hope in an unexpected place – writing letters to imprisoned activists. Max, 14, is on a quest to understand the human stories behind direct acti...
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Erica Chenoweth @chenoweth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My team at the NVA Lab has produced a new dashboard for exploring our data on US protests from Jan 2025-May 2026. This snapshot shows the 61k+ protest events (>14.6M+ recorded participants) active in the US since Trump's second inauguration. Link to dashboard in thread.
A platform displaying the data on US protests from the Crowd Counting Consortium. It includes a map of the US with counts of protest events in circular form overlaying the protests' locations. It also includes weekly tallies of protest events and participations, top protest issues, and various filters allowing users to explore events by location, issue, date, political valence, etc. The top of the image shows a total of 61,782 protests with 14,684,201 participants across 55 US states and territories from January 20, 2025 to May 31, 2026.
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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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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
context. sentiment. inferences. People seriously cannot do these things anymore. That’s why they angrily demand you spell out every joke, every reference, super duper promise you mean something only this one prescribed way. They cannot do it for themselves or tolerate the any ambiguity.
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‘aesthetically terrifying’ @aruss-updates.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Also, as someone who works in the nonprofit world, AI is highly marketed to us as a low cost way to advance the mission where you totally can—and should—use it responsibly. It’s very manipulative and hints that you’re failing the mission if you don’t use AI.
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surlyurbanist.bsky.social @surlyurbanist.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Real talk…if these things are so dangerous, then it is imperative that we halt data center construction and put hard controls on firms. But note they never mention limiting compute which is what these newer models need to continue advancing. Treat these like nukes or just be honest.
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 21/09/2026
ngl I was stunned by this article's cite to a study showing that 5.4 million children & teens in the US have family caregiving responsibilities @jessicacalarco.com has done lotsa interesting work on how the US uses women in lieu of a social safety net but I had no idea how much labor falls on..kids
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026
Americans: oh, look, a systemic issue. I will solve it individually
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Jay Dee @taarguschonus.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
There are way too many people that believe that we are a temporarily occupied country and once Trump is gone the day will be saved and we'll go back to being the good guys. Trump is not a virus he's a symptom.
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 08/09/2026
and then a major factor behind the Great Elite Capitulation to Trump that started in like 2023. they thought his victory meant the wokesters would finally be shut up forever
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Abbey @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This is what living next door to a 30 megawatt data center sounds like.
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Mixæl Laufer @mixaelslaufer.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This is killing poor people. Women specifically. They bleed to death, vaginally. Makes me want to wish the same fate upon the legislators who voted this in. For the most part however, that's impossible. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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‘There’s no place to go’: providers see more abortions later in pregnancy as bans spread in US
Patients are showing up ‘later and sicker’ for abortion care as more US states adopt bans and significant restrictions
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Evan Torner @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
This is also in dialogue with Justin Lewis's 1991 argument about television in The Ideological Octopus: If the norms are already established, all the media has to do is dog whistle and the propaganda's "participants" do the rest. A great deal of social meaning is conveyed this particular way.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
This is what we see. Mugshots don't come with sociology explainers; spread enough images of Black criminals and white victims and a kind of project is off and running. even lies exploit this architecture: JD Vance makes up something about cats and suddenly Haitians have ankle monitors. 9/
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
But it is hopefully obvious how malicious actors could purposefully use this kind of setup. If you are a right wing neo-segregationist who finds yourself in a political culture where racism is already in circulation, you do not need to put forward an explicit segregationist agenda. 7/
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I've watched the right use this communication strategy (and close cousins of it) my entire life - and of course, it is much older. quick examples: "solar panels fail at night", "not all men" etc. In each case a true statement is made, yet each is a case of the bad kind of propaganda. 2/
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Daniel Carlson @danielwcarlson.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
This site lets you scan barcodes to see if they’re part of Taylor Farms: www.taylordetector.com
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Taylor Detector — Scan for Taylor Farms brands
Wondering if a product is made by Taylor Farms? Scan any barcode to instantly check brand ownership and affiliations. Free, no signup required.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/08/2026
El-Sayed: "Imagine if instead of paying that to your health insurance company, whose CEO makes $20m a year, you paid a little bit more in taxes for healthcare you wouldn't lose. I think all of us would a lot more interested in that system if we knew our healthcare would be free at point of care"
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Elizabeth @lizard714.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
All of this should have been instituted long ago.
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Her name is Sister Rosetta Thorpe. Known as the "Godmother of rock" that inspired Elvis.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
El-Sayed on Vance: Is that Peter Thiel's boy with that Ohio charisma? The last thing that he said that made any sense was Hillbilly Elegy—after he said that Donald Trump had no business being president of anything. And then he decided to suck up to power.
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
JD Vance calls for Trump to be imprisoned
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/08/2026
Trump: "We're taking a lot of oil from Venezuela -- billions and billions of barrels of oil. To the victor belong the spoils."
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Adam Rawnsley @arawnsley.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Today, August 4, 2026, is the setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” about a fully automated house continuing on after the family who lived there and the world around it died in a nuclear blast.
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Udi Ofer @uofer.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Bombshell report from the Wall Street Journal: DHS has been tracking down Americans at work and on the road who are critical of immigration policies, spending millions on contractors to surveil First Amendment protected speech and create political dossiers. Outrageous. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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How ICE Is Weaponizing Social Media Against Its Critics
The agency says its surveillance program searches for threats to agents, but critics see free-speech infringements.
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Jen Rice @jenrice.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
They're probably hoping you won't hear about this. But tomorrow in TX, Tarrant County officials meet to vote on a GOP plan to cut almost HALF of Election Day voting locations, plus 8 early voting locations, some of them on campuses. Not hard to guess why. fortworthreport.org/2026/07/30/t...
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Tarrant County considers cutting 140 Election Day polling sites for November
County commissioners vote Aug. 4 on proposed reductions to the number of early voting and day-of sites for the midterms.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
It's amazing how many times he told this lie. But the accordion hands were the tell all along.
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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
"a country that worries abt declining birthrates cannot dismiss the material conditions under which women are expected to give birth, recover, earn money & raise children...Before asking why women are...not [having] children, America should ask whether it has done enough to deserve their motherhood"
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Streetsblog Chicago @chi.streetsblog.org · 29/07/2026
New from @usa.streetsblog.org: "Letter From Bogotá: How A Great World Capital Puts Housing, Transit and Public Space First." usa.streetsblog.org/2026/07/29/l... Here's John's 2017 take on sustainable transportation in the Colombian capital. chi.streetsblog.org/2017/03/09/c...
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Letter From Bogotá: How A Great World Capital Puts Housing, Transit and Public Space First — Streetsblog USA
The city's Secretary of Habitat Vanessa Velasco oversees the whole habitat and urban development ecosystem.
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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 28/07/2026
65,765 people were in ICE detention as of July 11, in ICE's first data since April. Arrests hit a record 1,474 a day, and the largest group in custody has no criminal history at all. Full edition: austinkocher.substack.com/p/this-week-...
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Laser focused on reducing the cost of living, from day one.
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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
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Immigrant Neighbors Skip Mutual Aid Event As ICE Fears Increase
Latino immigrants did not show up to a South Side food pantry despite making up a growing population in the area. Organizers believe they are afraid because of recent fatal ICE-involved shootings.
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Arif Hasan, but NFL🔨⚒️🛠️ @arif.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
dawg the brazilians are calling it asfaltos unidos in the QTs we're getting cooked
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 15/07/2026
These photos of FNs community members fleeing their homes by boat are genuinely apocalyptic (Photo via Wayne Wastaken of Collins, Ontario, who says his “hometown is gone”) www.facebook.com/share/r/1ArN...
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Fire clouds over Collins, Ontario as community members flee their homes by boat
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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Let’s be really clear about this lettuce situation: it’s not just the destruction of public health tracking, it’s also years and years of ending regulations that would have prevented conditions causing outbreaks in the first place, combined with climate change that makes them more likely to happen.
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Andy Beshear should just steal mcconnell's senate seat the way mcconnell stole Obama's Supreme Court seat.
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Julia Rose Kraut @juliarosekraut.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Beautiful obit by @risenc.bsky.social for this incredible Queens couple that worked to provide so much to New Yorkers in need. ⬇️ www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/n...
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Jayson Conner, 48, and Jeffrey Newman, 58, Die; Gave Thousands of Backpacks to Those in Need (Gift Article)
The couple, who died within a few days of each other, provided needed supplies, like socks and wet wipes, to people living on New York City’s streets.
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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
If the left even thought about blocking traffic to this extent the entire town would smell like tear gas and the NYT would already have written two op-eds about this Not Being The Right Way Instead, ambulances are creeping through at like 2mph, sirens blaring, as everyone gets soaked
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Anthony's Spinning Circles here too! @circlesspinning.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Maga taking shelter in the National Museum of African-American History And Culture!
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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
everyone sheltering at the Canadian embassy is *chef’s kiss*
People on the stairs of a building with a giant Canadian flag behind it
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Jason Rabinowitz @airlineflyer.net · 05/07/2026
A $3 @mta.info subway fare and some good Q train timing can buy you one hell of a view of the July 4th fireworks and the Brooklyn Bridge light show! Huge shoutout to the train operator for slow rolling over the Manhattan Bridge and the conductor for announcing it.
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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 05/07/2026
He died doing what he loved best
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