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Tim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
NEW: The ICE agent seen wearing a hi-vis vest and waving around an AR-style rifle at the scene of the shooting in New York was a supervisor named Brenden Cuni, who has a history of alleged violence and lying in court. @dmehro.bsky.social, @awinston.bsky.social, and @regret.bsky.social report:
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ICE Agent at NYC Shooting Has History of Alleged Violence and Illegal Arrests
Brenden Cuni, an ICE supervisor, has been accused of excessive force and tackling a pregnant woman to the ground. Several of his arrests were later found to be unlawful in federal court.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026
This afternoon in Marble Hill, a New Yorker was shot by an ICE agent in a residential neighborhood. Early reports indicate agents surrounded him and a 5-year-old child in his car before firing multiple rounds. We believe the child was physically unharmed.

This is an unconscionable and incredibly serious situation. I have called the President; when we speak I will demand that he ends all ICE enforcement actions in our city. I will not stand by while ICE agents terrorize our communities.

Our thoughts are with the injured New Yorker and his family tonight. We are praying for his recovery.

Get ICE out of our neighborhoods. Get ICE out of our hospitals. Get ICE off our streets. Get ICE away from our children.

Abolish ICE.
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Diana Moskovitz @dianamoskovitz.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“I Got Friends That Will Hurt Her”: Court documents describe audio recordings and video footage that Tyreek Hill wants kept out of his divorce trial. It includes a proposed confidentiality deal that would have barred his estranged wife from sharing video with the NFL.
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"I Got Friends That Will Hurt Her": Court Documents Describe Audio Recordings And Video Footage Tyreek Hill Wants Kept Out Of His Divorce Trial | Defector
To hear powerhouse sports agent Drew Rosenhaus tell it, his client, the once-electric receiver Tyreek Hill, could sign with a new NFL team at any moment. From a football-only perspective, the agent’s ...
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Frankie de la Cretaz @thefrankiedlc.news · 16/09/2026
I spent nearly two years talking to former players & fans of the WNBA’s Miami Sol without knowing if the story would find a home. Here it is at @defector.com, about what modern league expansion can learn from the team’s all-too-brief existence.
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The Miami Sol's Needless Demise Provided A Familiar Lesson | Defector
For a brief period two decades ago, Miami was an amazing place to be a fan of women’s professional basketball. The team had a roster full of promise and reached the playoffs in their second season of ...
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Ej Dickson @ejdickson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
There is a corner of the internet I had never heard of before I started reporting this story. It’s called the “burnerverse”: a network of anon burner accounts ostensibly discussing college sports. But they have another goal: destroying young girls’ lives.🧵: www.wired.com/story/burner...
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A College Girl Was Exploited on Camera. A Network of Anonymous Men Got to Work
Maddie Kowalski is one of countless young women who’ve had their lives destroyed by the burnerverse, a loosely connected online community of sports fans. Now she’s fighting back.
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onion person @junlper.beer · 11/09/2026
it’s wild that the heritage foundation wrote in text that the assault on trans woman particularly in sports is their first step in their efforts to completely abolish all Title IX protections and liberals still don’t believe it’s about more than trans women in sports
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kate conger @kateconger.com · 11/09/2026
Over six months, we tracked the appearance of child sexual abuse material on X. We found images from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children's database, which is considered one of the most highly vetted and which many tech companies block on upload. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/t...
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Elon Musk Has Pledged to Rid His Platform, X, of Child Sexual Abuse, but It Persists
Reviews by the Canadian Center for Child Protection and The New York Times found that explicit images of children remain on the social media site owned by Elon Musk.
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Shame on Mt. Sinai for capitulating with this settlement, which violates that legacy of inclusion, their own Hippocratic oath, and New York’s human rights laws. (3/3)
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Tom Wallach @mdwallach.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I want to make sure everyone in the city is aware that SUNY Downstate operates a large and extremely skilled LGBTQ and gender affirming care clinic, and we have repeatedly reiterated our intention to go to jail before we stop.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 20/08/2026
It's like Amnesty International UK have never heard of the Streisand Effect. I fully intend on challenging this DMCA strike and force them to litigate this in federal court in the US if they want to take it down. This is squarely fair use.
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
It's true that *at an individual level* you should be kind. Don't scream at your anti-vaxx neighbors or whatever. But when it comes to *public discourse* the most important message is that vaccines save lives and anti-vaxx beliefs kill children. If they feel attacked by that, it's not my problem.
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Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · 28/07/2026
Stephen Miller said just the other day that all asylum claims are "fake." A couple deported from the U.S. to Guatemala were gagged, bound, and shot dead. Their 14-month old found crying next to their mother's body. People like Miller don't care though because this is the point: ethnic cleansing.
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Overland couple shot dead in Guatemala after local ICE stop led to deportations
The couple’s 14-month-old daughter was found crying beside her mother’s body in a sugarcane field last week, according to Guatemalan authorities and media.
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Frankie de la Cretaz @thefrankiedlc.news · 21/07/2026
Irresponsible reporting to let this quote stand without pushback from the reporter on the fact that there is demonstrably no danger for cis girls who are in locker rooms or sports with trans girls. (Notable that the word “trans” is not followed by “people” or “women.” Dehumanizing language.)
You say she's a "MAGA Barbie," as some corners of the internet have taken to calling her?
Projection, she says, because of what she looks like and where she's from. She'll weigh in on how to "protect women's sports," she says, because she's in that world and feels qualified to speak to that world. "I got a lot of negative feedback about me hating trans. And I'm like, 'I never once said that," she says. "I think that I am here to extend love. But I also think with that love is truth, being honest. And I want to protect young girls in a locker room, or young girls in sport who shouldn't have to go against biological men."
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
This is bone-chilling. A conservative hedge fund manager wants to require little girls to pass genital inspections for their “safety.” And it’s only for girls’ sports. There’s a clear link between transphobia and child sexual abuse.
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 30/06/2026
I remember North Carolina having to back off its bathroom bill after a concerted pushback and its been wild to witness the wholesale abandonment since.
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Lauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts
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Schera Wyss 💀 SLUG HUMAN @scherawyss.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
This might be one of the most insane scandals in game history When Pokemon Go players scan PokeStops, theyve been unknowingly building a detailed visual model of the world which is being sold to a military contractor to build a no-GPS positioning for the new generation of unmanned killing machines
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Cal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Update: Young people & families today received shocking & transphobic letters from NHS. These letters tell people that endocrine care (blockers / HRT) is being fully withdrawn in 7 weeks time (July 31st). Forced medical detransition. This country is a danger to trans children & young people.
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🅱️atthew @papertonic123.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Really feel like this record should be even better, but I’ll take it @82-0.bsky.social
82-0 team summary featuring James Harden, Michael Jordan, LeBron James, Chris Bosh, and Alonzo Mourning. The team is projected to go 75-7.
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 01/06/2026
With midterms approaching, the right seems dead set on running back their playbook of hammering anti-trans rhetoric, even at the expense of focusing on any other issue. @valorievandieman.bsky.social looks at a handful of these stories in this week's Leading Off.
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The Right Ramps Up Anti-Trans Hate as Midterms Approach - Assigned Media
Leading Off: A Maine ballot initiative is killed, Trump and Miller lash out at James Talarico, and an array of other anti-trans attacks escalate across the US. Our top stories as the week begins.
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Katy Montgomerie 🦗 @katymontgomerie.com · 26/05/2026
Could there be a better example of "the trans debate" than 98% of women supporting trans people and then one single lone person voting against them and getting their way regardless. It's all such a fucking sham
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 19/05/2026
Memphis is “under full-blown occupation” by ICE. Here’s why you may not know that.
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Memphis 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.
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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Here is the statement of ACLU of South Carolina Executive Director Jace Woodrum, who is the first transgender director of a state ACLU affiliate. How devastating it must have been to write it. 4/4 www.aclusc.org/press-releas...
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ACLU-SC responds to governor signing anti-trans bathroom bill - ACLU of South Carolina
A new law discriminates against trans students in K-12 schools, colleges, and universities
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Billy Quilty @bquilty.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
⚠️ Retweeting this only to say: ⚠️ This infographic in this blog post is being shared widely, falsely attributed to WHO - it is AI slop of the highest degree, and contains wrong, unevidenced and nonsensical information, and should not be shared further. Check your sources people.
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Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Breaking: Tennessee Republicans pass new 9-0 gerrymander after SCOTUS destruction of Voting Rights Act eliminating state’s only majority-Black district & last Democratic seat. Splits Memphis, which is 63% Black, into 3 districts to disenfranchise Black voters. Quite literally a return to Jim Crow
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 04/05/2026
I'll just leave this here. It's another betrayal for the families of trans youth who called her out for years over her reporting. She misled them and used their stories for her professional gain. And it worked. She was promoted and is now a Pulitzer finalist. www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
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"You Betrayed Us, Azeen" Parents of Trans Youth Reeling After Speaking to an NYT Reporter — Assigned
A story on the allegations of former St. Louis gender clinic staffer Jamie Reed left parents who spoke with NYT reporter Azeen Ghorayshi crushed.
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Streetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org · 23/04/2026
Staten Island traffic cameras have caught a white RAM 1500 pickup truck blasting through school zones or running red lights more than 547 times since 2022. The truck belongs to James Giovansanti, who lives and works there as an NYPD officer. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/04/23/t...
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To Protect And Swerve: NYPD Cop Has 547 Speeding Tickets Yet Remains On The Force - Streetsblog New York City
One of the city’s most-dangerous drivers is an officer with the NYPD, which does nothing to stop his reign of terror on Staten Island.
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Randahl Fink @randahl.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Out of 38 OECD countries, the US provides the worst healthcare for its people. This time it killed Eric Tenant, 58, who needed cancer treatment, but instead of the US providing it, his healthcare insurer denied it as "unnecessary" four times — and then he died. moneywise.com/insurance/he...
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West Virginia dad dies after insurer denied his $50,000 cancer treatment 4 times — 93% of patients face the same delays
The vast majority of patients who require prior authorization from their insurer face delays, which can result in permanent disability or even death.
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Ryan Haas @ryanjhaas.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
For more than a week, Amazon has managed to keep a death at its Troutdale, Oregon, facility out of public view. Workers I spoke to are pissed.
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‘Everyone is Replaceable’: Death Rattles Oregon Amazon Facility
A worker died at Amazon’s Troutdale warehouse last week. Employees were told to look away.
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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Here’s the story of one of them. Awful www.thestranger.com/forced-out/f...
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Forced Out: The Electrical Engineer
Anti-Trans Laws in Florida Forced a Woman to Quit Her Dream Job with NASA
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 07/04/2026
1. A new study claims trans care worsens mental health. It is fatally flawed. It didn't measure mental health—it measured psych visits. Even visits that stemmed from mandatory checkins, surgical pre-psych evals, or pre-treatment that was classified as post. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Fact Check: New Finnish "Study" Does Not Prove "Trans Youth Care Leads To Worse Outcomes"
The latest Kaltiala study is filled with fatal methodological flaws, and does not support claims made about trans youth care lacking efficacy.
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Chip Stewart @medialawprof.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Just in case folks miss this due to the block
Info about an account sharing viral video of the moon saying it’s Artemis 2 but it’s not, and that account is blocking people who point it out
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Pfizer has ended its large Phase III Trial of an updated COVID19 vaccine. They were not able to enroll enough people to meet their goal. A major problem is the FDA’s wholly unreasonable demand that people with chronic conditions, who benefit most from the vaccine, not be allowed to participate.
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That Librarian: Amanda Jones @librarianjones.com · 31/03/2026
This is a verified GoFundMe for librarian Luanne James from the Rutherford County Library Alliance. gofund.me/f7704eb98 Read what happened to this hero: www.newschannel5.com/news/rutherf...
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Rutherford County Library Board fires director after she refuses to relocate 132 children's books
Dr. Lu-anne James called the board's order to move books with LGBTQ+ themes to the adult section an unlawful act of viewpoint discrimination.
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 31/03/2026
It's Trans Day of Visibility today. If you're trans and are raising money for something (I don't care what it is), reply to this thread and I will boost you. If you are a cis person, take a look and find someone to support if you can. Everyone give this a share after.
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Nancy Armour @nrarmour.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Imagine telling an 11-year-old girl she can’t compete b/c she has a condition called DSD. Or making accepting discrimination the price all women must pay to compete. When people say transphobia hurts all women, this is what is meant. And the IOC did it willingly.
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Olympic ban on transgender women stems from fear and feelings, not facts | Opinion
The International Olympic Committee has refused to make public the science that led to its ban of transgender women athletes.
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Julie Rei Goldstein @julierei.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
We need to correct this BS by Stephen A. Smith because it keeps coming up. Lia Thomas was ranked Men's 63rd EISL and 20th at UPenn the year she was on HRT but still required to compete on the Men's Team. Pre-HRT she was ranked Men's 4th EISL and 2nd at UPenn. She was NEVER mediocre.
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 26/03/2026
The American Medical Association directly responds to New York Times coverage mischaracterizing their posiiton on gender affirming care for trans young people. cloud.e.ama-assn.org/newsletter?u...
In recent days, AMA communications to the New York Times have requested a correction on their part to reflect the actual language the AMA used in response to their inquiry. Additionally, a letter to the editor has been submitted requesting a public correction—this was neither a policy change nor was it an endorsement of a position taken by another medical society. In addition, during Congressional testimony in mid-March, I had the opportunity to set the record straight stating to the Subcommittee on Health of the House Energy and Commerce Committee that there has been no change in AMA policy with respect to access to and provision of gender-affirming care. This will appear in the Congressional Record.
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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
the girl guides in the UK just kicked out all their trans members specifically bc they were threatened with a lawsuit from a rowling-funded group
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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 25/03/2026
i think sometimes cis people truly have a hard time understanding that jk rowling is a living person actively using her wealth to fund the international assault on trans lives. she’s not some Complicated Author we can have a spirited debate about separating from the art with!!!!!
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Gareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
I'm seeing a weird uptick in people saying 'no Zios' on dating profiles alongside the usual 'no Tories' etc. Not a great look there guys! A simple watermelon emoji communicates what you want to communicate without using a term invented by David fucking Duke.
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Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 20/03/2026
I've been pointing out that the term Zios is a David Duke creates term for years to the people who have casually used it and not one person has said "Oh shit? Really? My bad." They all just ignore what i said or double down on why the use is ok.
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Warren Wells, AICP @warrenjwells.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
How can this go on for another 3 years?
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NPR @npr.org · 20/03/2026
Royer Perez-Jimenez is the second person to die in ICE custody this week. n.pr/4bJxywq
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A Mexican teen migrant dies in a Florida jail holding ICE detainees
Royer Perez-Jimenez is the second person to die in ICE custody this week.
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Asher HELLbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
A number of Jewish organizations are shrilly insisting that any criticism of Israeli genocide and warmongering is an illegitimate attack on Jews. At the same time, an increasing number of non-Jewish people are insisting that any attack on Jews is a legitimate attack on Israel. This sucks, man
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Holly McCall @jhollymc.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
"After being held in isolation for about five days. Rodríguez was forced to strip naked in a shower while an officer "poured some kind of chemical liquid on her head, which seemed to be something used to clean floors and burned her eyes,” the filing read."
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Nashville journalist arrested by ICE granted bond, remains detained while feds considers appeal • Tennessee Lookout
Estefany Rodríguez, the Nashville reporter arrested by ICE, was granted a $10,000 bond Monday but remains detained in Louisiana.
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Pablo Manríquez @pabloreports.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Haitian woman, 31, dies alone at Pittsburgh bus stop days after ICE released her to the streets far from home to perish. Rest in power, Daphy Michel: migrantinsider.com/p/the-loneso...
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The Lonesome Death of Daphy Michel
Watch now | Haitian Woman, 31, Dies Alone at Pittsburgh Bus Stop Days After ICE Released Her Far From Home to Die.
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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 21/09/2025
a group of people were like "i found a way to live my life as a truer version of myself" and instead of being like "that's beautiful, how can i help" people were like "i don't think schools should have books in them anymore"
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