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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology

She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

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Jerad Walker @jeradwalker.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

In an interview with NPR, Melinda French Gates confirmed that she ended her marriage with Bill Gates because of allegations contained in the Epstein files.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

The most reckless, stupid administration E-V-E-R. Nothing comes close.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

OK, so our "Secretary of War" currently has two big priorities: (1) murdering innocent fishermen in the Caribbean, and (2) endangering the lives of commuters in Southern California. Perhaps, we are seeing one of the downsides to having a drunk TV talk show chatterbox running our military.

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Mary 🍁🇨🇦 @shesortsseashells.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Love this. While my mom was dying we played a curated list of songs i remembered my mother playing. A lifelong feminist and activist now lost in dementia. Mahalia Jackson, Harry Belafonte, Joan Baez, opera and Broadway showtunes. Her frail arms lifted up from the bed and danced.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 20/10/2025

Prime example of white privilege in plain sight. Black kids get called adults to justify blame, while white adults get called “kids” to excuse their hate. They’re not boys and girls, they’re grown-ass men and women, and the receipts are in writing.

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Mary 🍁🇨🇦 @shesortsseashells.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

My 10 lb Chihuahua needed no training to snuff out rodents and happily spent the summer tracking the rats, moles and squirrels that invaded her yard.

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Voices for Vaccines @voices4vaccines.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

When we talk about needing 'herd immunity' to disease, kids like Beckett are why.

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

The number of people who are like “ewww property damage” when hearing about people popping ICE’s tires is too damn high. They are STEALING PEOPLE. One is a LITTLE more pressing than the other. I’m not worried about their “property”.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Resistance will take many forms in the days and months ahead.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/06/2025

Have any members of congress sued over the new illegal ICE detention facility inspection restrictions yet?

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Kumail Nanjiani @kumail.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

A Dem lawmaker and her husband were killed by a guy for their political views and it’s already out of the news.

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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

This is not about the merits of Iran’s nuclear program. No president has the authority to bomb another country that does not pose an imminent threat to the US without the approval of Congress. This is an unambiguous impeachable offense.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 22/06/2025

We’ve bombed Iran. And dismantled our joint terrorism task force. And sent a third of the FBI to help ICE. And gutted the National Security Council. And a drunk guy is in charge at the pentagon. And our intelligence allies probably won’t share intel with us. Because people couldn’t vote for a woman.

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Arctic Velocipedist @arcticvelocipedist.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

14/10. No notes.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11/06/2025

W.E.B. Du Bois on Robert E. Lee: “Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”

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George Penney @georgepenney.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

🧵Spotted While Roaming in Aotearoa New Zealand: A woman (60s?) is talking to a friend in a library. She holds up a book and says: "I absolutely LOVED this one when I read it in my twenties. Although, my copy was missing the last ten pages so I never knew how it ended!" (1)

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 09/06/2025

At no point in this entire article of 16 paragraphs does ABC mention that another cop killed this cop by shooting her in the back. Nor does it mention the name of the cop who killed this cop. Nor does it mention that the civilians involved never fired at them. ABC might as well be state media.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

I agree with Karoline Leavitt that ABC News needs to issue an apology. I disagree on its recipient. ABC News needs to apologize to Terry Moran and make clear to him that his tweet was journalistically in-bounds—supported by years of public evidence—and he should never have been suspended.

splcenter.org

Stephen Miller’s Affinity for White Nationalism Revealed in Leaked Emails

In the run-up to the 2016 election, White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller promoted white nationalist literature, pushed racist immigration stories.

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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

A friend sent.

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Annie Zaleski @anniezaleski.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

RIP to the great Sly Stone. A monumental loss. His PR just sent this out.

a photo of sly stone with text that says “It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved dad, Sly Stone of Sly and the Family Stone. After a prolonged battle with COPD and other underlying health issues, Sly passed away peacefully, surrounded by his three children, his closest friend, and his extended family. While we mourn his absence, we take solace in knowing that his extraordinary musical legacy will continue to resonate and inspire for generations to come.”

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Laura Burkhardt @lauraannstl.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

This kid is someone who has lived under the threat of gun violence their entire life, and lived through hundreds of hours of active shooter drills at school. They’re built different because they had no other choice.

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Kye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

BREAKING: LAPD didn’t just “detain” someone. They surrounded him, beat him, and jumped him — like a gang. On camera. On horses. While he screamed for help. Unarmed. Cornered. Alone. If that’s not state violence, what the fuck is?

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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

I'll take Mexicans over Nazis every fucking day of the week. I'm old enough to remember when TACO Pedo incited a violent mob to attack the Capitol, overthrow the govmnt, and overturn democracy. Trump called for the termination of the constitution. I know hypocrisy when I see it.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

It’s not just that it’s clearly intentional, it’s that it’s clearly intentional knowing that he’s being recorded. They know they can do whatever they want with complete impunity.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 09/06/2025

Truth-tellers, not rioters. Protect these two men at all costs. “You feel tough with your assault rifles and your sticks. You should be standing here with us. You’re on the wrong side of history.” “John Lewis said make good trouble… that means make trouble on behalf of democracy.”

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Micah @rincewind.run · 09/06/2025

we’ve got a bunch of parents voluntarily guarding the elementary school gates if you want to know how LA feels this morning

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Everyone should say it: The thing about Stephen Miller is not that he is the brains behind Trumpism. Yes, he is one of the people who conceptualizes the impulses of the Trumpist movement and translates them into policy. But that's not what's interesting about Miller. It's not brains. It's bile.

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NPR @npr.org · 09/06/2025

The ACLU's National Security Project director worries President Trump is 'writing himself a blank check' to use the military on civilians in other U.S. cities.

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Trump using National Guard in LA is an 'abuse of power,' says national security expert

The ACLU's National Security Project director worries President Trump is 'writing himself a blank check' to use the military on civilians in other U.S. cities.

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Ruth Ann Crystal @drruth.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

✨Please share! My newsletter is out! In this issue: 🧠Neuro Syndrome in 35-55% of kids w/Long COVID 👃Paxlovid reduces loss of smell and taste 💊Low dose Rapamycin in ME/CFS 👀Making HIV inside cells visible 🦀BRCA cancer discovery and much more buff.ly/ZDCw1fh #medsky #IDsky #pedsky #hemesky 🛟 😷🧪

Woman runner with sunglasses on her hat and a water vest on running and then nursing her 6 month old baby. She is smiling.

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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 09/06/2025

This is very concerning. Huerta’s “crime” was essentially protesting an ICE raid. They say he obstructed federal agents. Prosecuting him is anti-union, anti-immigrant, anti-free speech, and anti-democracy.

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What to know about the California union leader who was arrested at an immigration protest

He leads a union that's a big player in the California Capitol, where it presses to raise wages for workers in many careers.

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Janai Nelson @janainelson.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

A message to the press specifically about deployment of the #NationalGuard & #Marines in LA: Please exercise extreme caution and accuracy here. There may be infiltrators and agitators and they should NOT drive the narrative. Your reporting has the power protect or endanger. Use it wisely.

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HardiJ @hardij.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

American law enforcement has already moved to the shooting journalists phase. The Australian Government needs to react to this. #AusPol www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXzU...

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Australian reporter struck by rubber bullet in Los Angeles

YouTube video by Sky News Australia

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Let this sink in. Even the Los Angeles Police Chief, Jim McDonnell, made it clear: the people protesting immigration raids were not the ones causing violence. During a Sunday evening press conference, McDonnell condemned the violence as “disgusting”

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Sacrifice! At the Harvest Festival @theharvestmaid.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

If there's one thing I've learned in my 44 years, it's that everything starts on the West Coast as the weirdest shit you've ever heard in your life--and within 15-20 years, it's just mainstream US culture. So, thank you, Los Angeles, you beautiful bastard. You are America.

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Matt Pearce @mattdpearce.com · 09/06/2025

Polite request to please credit the photographers whose L.A. photos you’re sharing. They’re out there risking getting their shins exploded by police munitions to get those shots.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

People need to understand something. There is no DOJ, FBI or DOD. There are entities—the DOJ and FBI—run by Trump’s personal attorneys, who see their agents as a weapon for Trump to wield against his enemies, and there is an alcoholic who’s been open about wanting a white Christian fascist nation.

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Mary Pezzulo @marypezzulo.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Do you just not care if other people are hurt, as long as the hurt never trickles down to you? Do you realize that it will, eventually, hurt you? www.patheos.com/blogs/steelm...

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Dear America: Do You Like What We've Become?

I have a friend who is, most definitely, an American. She was born here in the United States of America, to citizen parents...

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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

BREAKING: Kamala Harris issues statement on Los Angeles.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

I’ve read too much science fiction too many dystopian novels and too many poems on civil rights to be quiet…

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Ryan Barr @artbyrbarr.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Thinking of Greta Thunberg (and co) and those being attacked by ICE in LA. Lot of horrible stuff going on right now but also A LOT of people standing up for what's right.

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Data Bear 🏳️‍🌈 @dataandpolitics.net · 09/06/2025

One in 35 Americans live in Los Angeles County. Los Angeles is America.

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Lisa Lin Doh @lisalindo.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

So forgive me if I'm wrong on this but was this the timing: WH threatens to withold CA funding CA threatens to withold federal taxes WH Federalizes National Guard and mobilizes 2000 troops against...CA Is that correct?

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Major General Randy E. Manner, former Acting Vice Chief, National Guard Bureau statement to Fox News: "This is an inappropriate use of the National Guard and is not warranted.”

Major General Randy E. Manner, former Acting Vice Chief, National Guard Bureau statement to Fox News: “The President's federal deployment of the National Guard over the official wishes of a governor is bad for all Americans concerned about freedom of speech and states rights. The governor has the authority and ability to respond to the civil disturbances with law enforcement capabilities within his state, augmented as necessary by requesting law enforcement assistance from other governors. There are over a million badged and trained members of law enforcement in this country for the governor to ask for help if he needs it. While this is presently a legal order, it tramples the governor’s rights and obligations to protect his people. This is an inappropriate use of the National Guard and is not warranted.”

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