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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 03/01/2026
People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.
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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
What makes Trump's bombing of Venezuela especially cruel is we already know how his administration treats Venezuelans who are displaced. Here in Chicago, masked federal agents have been kidnapping them from the streets, abducting them from barbershops, hiring sites, their homes.
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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 18/12/2025
OK, y'all. We're back... Major thanks to @rude1.blacksky.team and the brilliant Blacksky platform he's built. We bypassed the "age assurance" hurdle by logging into Blacksky. Give Rudy all the things, y'all. All the things!
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 06/11/2025
To put this in scale, Elon Musk's salary from Tesla alone could fund the SNAP program for the entire country into 2034.
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Alice Wong @sfdirewolf.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
It’s been a pleasure working with Lex and everyone in the politics vertical at Teen Vogue. I’m heartbroken that my column, Disability Visibility, is gone. Teen Vogue was one of the few places that published disabled journalists regularly. I just spent the last 2 months working on my next column
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Daniel Kay Hertz @danielkayhertz.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
So not only does the massive transit package passed last night fill the funding gap, it *boosts* ops funding by roughly the size of the gap, eliminates parking minimums within a half mile of rail stations, and gives the new regional transit board sweeping powers to do public development
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
(Miami Herald) - The Trump Administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Miami Herald .. @miamiherald.com www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
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U.S. poised to strike military targets in Venezuela in escalation against Maduro regime
The Trump Administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Miami Herald...
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Miiriya @miiriya.com · 29/10/2025
A Black Trans woman who’s the sole care-taker of her Autistic brother is asking for help with bills after losing her job. She’ll be able to bounce back but behind on water and electric bills. If we each give $1 she’ll reach her goal. We’ve helped 166 people so far let’s keep going.
Photo of a Black Trans woman with clear prescription glasses and an orange red white shirt, predominantly orange. TheBlack Trans Woman writes:  “Black Trans Woman needs help with Bills
Hello everyone. After losing my job recently I've been going through a very hard time. I'm the sole care-taker of my brother who's on the spectrum. I'll be able to bounce back, but I'm currently behind on my water and electric bills as I look for work. I don't know how to explain it but navigating everything while being a Black Trans woman makes things even harder. Anything at all helps, please help if you can.”
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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
🧵Thread of cafes, restaurants, bars, bagel joints, etc offering free meals to SNAP recipients, for those who might need it, & so those who don't can give 'em their business. If you know of such offers in your area & don't see them here, please tell us in @'s. Here's one! toastedseattle.com
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TOASTED.
Seattle's premier halal bagel cafe and coffee shop serving fresh, handcrafted bagels, sandwiches, artisanal coffee, and pastries in the Greater Seattle Area..
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
“In Tuesday’s remarks, Soyinka reaffirmed that he no longer has his green card. “Unfortunately, when I was looking at my green card, it fell between the fingers of a pair of scissors, and it got cut into a couple of pieces.”
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jen ramos-eisen @jenramose.online · 28/10/2025
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The second-order concern, and one far more relevant to this scandal, is that a sports and sports-media world funded by gambling companies is unable to grapple credibly with a story like this. Inherent to claims that problem gambling can be managed away merely by reducing prop bets or changing how injuries are reported is a framing of sports gambling as an immutable law of nature, rather than something millions of people are doing every day now, who previously were not doing it at all, because it is on their phones. There's not even a hint, in any mainstream sports-media conversation about this scandal, that legalized sports gambling may have been a bad idea.
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Disco Barrington 🏳️‍⚧️ Author @discobooks.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
All of Haymarket’s ebooks are 80% off until 7th November! Brilliant books on resistance and social and economic justice, including Angela Davis’s Freedom is a Constant Struggle. 📚💙 www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/230-ha...
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Haymarket Ebooks on sale for $2!
At Haymarket, our mission is to publish books that contribute to struggles for social and economic justice. We strive to make our books a vibrant and organic part of social movements, and we believe t...
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Stephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
This is a really good illustration of why speaking from values is MUCH better than trying to fact-check bigots *even when the facts are on your side*
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CNN @cnn.com · 23/10/2025
People with advanced lung or skin cancer who were taking certain immunotherapy drugs lived substantially longer if they also got a Pfizer or Moderna shot within 100 days of starting treatment, according to preliminary research being reported in the journal Nature. cnn.it/4nZbrqx
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
I just emailed Cuomo’s press person to clarify that he believes Mamdani would cheer for a 9/11-style terrorist attack. Stay tuned!
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
NEW YORK (AP) — The Miami Heat’s Terry Rozier has been arrested in connection with a federal sports betting probe, sources tell AP.
A photo of Terry Rozier wearing a black Miami Heat jersey, holding a basketball
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nmfsomm.bsky.social @nmfsomm.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
jesus
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Along Came Poly-4-The-W @alongcamepoly4thew.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
the Portland Fire - OFFICIALLY BORE ME! #WNBA #PORTLANDFIRE #welcometothew
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Oak Park Nerd @oakparknerd.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
I love the Loop— but having been there pre- and post-pandemic, this is really hard to believe. www.wbez.org/economy/2025...
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Driven by arts and culture, pedestrian traffic in Downtown Chicago exceeds pre-pandemic levels, report finds
Chicagoans and tourists are flocking to the Loop in record numbers with arts, culture and dining as the main attractions, as the area recovers post-pandemic. Several new housing developments indicate ...
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Extraordinary NEW story: We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. @nicolefoy.bsky.social w/ photos by @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social
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More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
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nmfsomm.bsky.social @nmfsomm.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
jesus www.thehandbasket.co/p/ice-13-yea...
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ICE took a 13-year-old they said had a gun. Local cops say he didn’t.
Now he's detained 500 miles away from his Massachusetts home.
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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation Depraved. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him
Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.
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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 06/10/2025
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. trib.al/9Sxu9IN
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
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Lindsay Gibbs @lindsaygibbs.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Engelbert deserves the criticism she is getting. But Adam Silver and the NBA are the biggest obstacle in WNBA labor fights. My latest for @cbssports.bsky.social: www.cbssports.com/wnba/news/ge...
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WNBA's Engelbert under fire — but the NBA's power looms larger
Engelbert faces blazing criticism from WNBA players, but the NBA's ownership and influence remain the central challenge to the league's future.
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Morgan Elise J @morganelisej.thetriibe.com · 03/10/2025
Just witnessed Chicagoans following this undercover ICE vehicle (Black pick-up truck) heading south on Ashland honking their horns incessantly and alerting everyone that ICE was coming.
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nmfsomm.bsky.social @nmfsomm.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
It’s been surreal watching Chappelle become the joke he was so terrified of being
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nmfsomm.bsky.social @nmfsomm.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Gifted classes in the early years are just higher expectations and more investment. Give that same energy to all kids!
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jj skolnik @supremenothing.myatproto.social · 02/10/2025
a gifted kindergarten program does not need to exist and as a kid who was arbitrarily sorted into both gifted and regular track classes throughout my education i think gifted programs enforce race and class divisions and don’t do much else
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Chelsea Leite @chelsealeite.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Kelsey Mitchell confirms she developed Rhabdomylosis. The level of over-exertion/dehydration you need to get to in order to develop this is extreme. Getting to that point while under the supervision of a professional sports team staff is pretty blatant malpractice on the team’s part.
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Frankie de la Cretaz @thefrankiedlc.news · 01/10/2025
This was also my first thought. Rhabdo happens when muscles are under such systemic duress that the body can’t handle to the point the muscle fibers die and infiltrate the bloodstream. It can be fatal. Combined with the number of other injuries in Indiana this season, it raises a lot of questions.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
This is the secret the Trump regime tried so hard to keep about the Dallas ICE shooting The names of the dead and wounded Jose Andres Bordones-Molina Miguel Ángel García-Hernandez Norlan Guzman-Fuentes Fight Trump's dehumanization. Say their names. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/dall...
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What the Trump regime doesn’t want you to know about Dallas ICE shooting
The Trump regime's refusal to say the names of the Dallas ICE victims exposes the inhumanity of American fascism.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Assata Shakur has "died in Havana, Cuba, as a result of health conditions and her advanced age." She was 78.
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Assata Shakur, political activist and ex-Black Liberation Army member, has died
Assata Shakur “died in Havana, Cuba, as a result of health conditions and her advanced age,” according to Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Sickening behavior by this agent. The fact that Mayor Adams has rolled out the red carpet for ICE is a stain on our city.
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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 26/09/2025
Reports, but not enough, that Assata Shakur has passed.
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The IX Sports @theixsports.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
It was a difficult decision to reinstate Ruby Whitehorn, our @stephaniekaloi.bsky.social reports. But here's how Tennessee's Kim Caldwell described her reasoning and what comes next #NCAAW www.thenexthoops.com/ncaaw/lady-v...
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Why Tennessee decided to reinstate Ruby Whitehorn
The Tennessee Lady Vols reinstated Ruby Whitehorn following her arrest on assault charges. Head coach Kim Caldwell explained why.
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nmfsomm.bsky.social @nmfsomm.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
things I read today:
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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
My sister was driving around Hermosa and she says normally packed parking lots are empty, businesses empty. Our Latine immigrant community is being driven away from the public eye due to fear.
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nmfsomm.bsky.social @nmfsomm.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
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Myles @mylesehrlich.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
BREAKING: A big addition to this winter’s @auprosports.bsky.social roster! Tina Charles, one of the most decorated players in women’s basketball history, has signed to compete in the fifth championship season of Athletes Unlimited Hoops, which returns to Nashville in 2026 from 2/4-2/28. @winsidr.com
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Robert Redford, the Oscar-winning actor, director and godfather for independent cinema as Sundance founder, dies at 89.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16/09/2025
under this language charlie kirk would not have been allowed to speak on clemson’s campus
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Julia Poe @juliapoe.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
This story is about improved investment from the Sky. But it also highlights the team’s pattern of patchwork spending — such as Ann Crosby doubling up as both strength and conditioning coach and VP of operations. Players like Courtney Vandersloot feel the Sky still have a lot of ground to make up.
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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.blacksky.app · 14/09/2025
They have the United States MILITARY carrying that man’s casket for processing off Air Force 2. Motherfucker served not ONE day in the military. He was a podcaster. Racism is POWERFUL
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Read the book Read Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell) @jphillll.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
One new study says the American Dream now costs $5 million. Another says nearly 70% of the country has lost faith in it. The Dream has died, but maybe that’s a good thing. Maybe now we’ll have a chance to dream about something better than a McMansion in the burbs. www.jphilll.com/p/the-americ...
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The American Dream is Dead
But was it ever the right dream?
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nmfsomm.bsky.social @nmfsomm.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Just wanna say as black queer woman listener I really appreciate @zenakeita.bsky.social ‘s commentary on Angel Reese this season. It’s a good reminder everyone isn’t out to get her or other Black women who speak up.
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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
scenes from franklin park, illinois, where the department of homeland security is saying ice agents killed someone this morning. lots of details still murky.
a white 18-wheeler is parked on the curb. a gray sedan is wedged underneath the truck, its front end smashed in. the scene is surrounded by cones and police tapeofficers from various agencies are standing around in the street. some vests show local police, others don’t include an agency or just say “police.”

a firetruck is parked.
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dr. thrasher, an american writer in ex(archia)(xile) @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
The orgy of liberal pundits tripping over each other to praise Charlie Kirk—when he caused so much violence to the lives of Black and LGBTQ people (including me specifically)—is telling about why the Dems can’t build an antifascist coalition.
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Soren Spicknall @sorenspicknall.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Can't wait to see somebody steal this footage and re-caption it with a claim that the city is fortifying entry points
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