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Charming midcentury fixer upper Fine views Floor-to-ceiling curiosity Wall-to-wall observational powers. Mostly interested in what’s true, in making things, and in making things better.

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Ami Fields-Meyer @fieldsmeyer.com · 25/09/2026
Dr. Oz is on my flight right now. He is sitting in the very first seat, front row. I saw him get on the plane. So when I stepped off the jetway onto the plane I approached him and put my hand out. What the man in charge of healthcare for the people on the very margins of society said…was revealing
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 02/08/2026
The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.
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The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor
The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Epstein survivor Dani Bensky on meeting with Blanche:   "Todd Blanche treated the meeting as a mere 'check-the-box' exercise intended to secure votes for his confirmation. He danced around his wording, repeatedly interrupted us and could not commit to anything that would demonstrate good faith."
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Signal Turn @signalturn.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
@maddow.bsky.social Important to be clear and specific - mental illness is not all one thing. It’s too easy to lump it all together for shock value. Do good journalism! Quote the legislation, don’t buy their terms, do a real critique, not a throwaway laugh line
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Signal Turn @signalturn.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
It’s not often that one story captures almost everything that’s wrong in this godforsaken republic.
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Signal Turn @signalturn.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
This. This. This. Calling things what they are is literally the least we can do. Let’s not hallucinate- it’s what differentiates us from the chat bots…
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Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 05/03/2026
Want to identify large warehouses that are vulnerable to becoming ICE detention sites? Here's a quick, proactive guide anyone can use. No special skills or access needed. 👇🧵
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Signal Turn @signalturn.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
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DCCC Rakes in Millions From Palantir Lobbyists as Protests Target the Company’s ICE Surveillance Tools
A new FEC filing reveals the House Democrat campaign arm's latest Palantir lobbying firm fundraising haul.
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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
The proposed centers are so large that some could house as many as 8,000 detainees at once, according to a DHS spreadsheet of more than 20 potential locations that was verified by NBC News. The largest federal prison in the U.S., for example, has roughly 4,000 inmates.
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ICE plans to build mega warehouses for immigration detention spark growing concern
Sources at two government contractors told NBC News they were worried that new warehouses — and the large numbers of immigrants who would be housed in them — would present safety problems.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
Just a quick update from the Twin Cities. (Please forgive the unsolicited message). THINGS ARE NOT BETTER IN MINNEAPOLIS. The media is mostly moving on, Trump is focused on other stuff, BUT NOTHING HAS CHANGED ON THE GROUND. More than 2,000 DHS thugs continue to roam the streets, abducting people 24/7, assaulting legal observers with impunity, and routinely denying 1st, 4th, and 5th amendment rights. Drones and helicopters are overhead every day. Hundreds and hundreds of terrified families have not left their homes since mid-December ... relying on the community to bring them food and help with rent and other necessities. (Those people are NOT violent drug cartel sex offending murderers, as DHS would tell you. Most are legal residents or citizens.)  If anything, things have just become more stressful and intractable (think trench warfare as a suitable metaphor): The resistance is better organized and numerous, but DHS has become more clever and better at disguise... and the county sheriff's office is increasingly supporting them . Do not let anyone tell you that Homans (the new person in charge of the occupation) is making anything better. Do not let anyone tell you that 700 ICE agents leaving the city has made much of a difference; the remaining force (again, ~2,000) is still larger than the entire city's police force (which is legally unable to do anything). Please call your congressional reps ... especially if there is any chance the administration might listen to them.
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Please take the time to read this superb @jamellebouie.net column. It establishes a baseline of truth for anyone who wants to think, talk, and write honestly about Trump. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/o...
Let’s walk back to where we started. What motivates Trump? The answer is simple: racism. You might also say ego and raw self-interest, but the two are connected. Racism, among other things, is a kind of chauvinism, a belief in one’s inherent superiority, based on nothing other than a meaningless accident of birth. It’s an ideology that papers over feelings of inadequacy, that tells you that — no matter what you have or have not accomplished in your life — you’re still better than someone, some group.

Let’s suppose you’re the spoiled son of a self-made man. Let’s suppose that, despite your flash and bravado, you’ve failed at virtually everything you’ve tried. You’re the laughingstock of polite society, a punchline for the privileged. You think you’re superior enough to be the president of the United States — the highest honor in your country — but the actual president is a man of humble origins, a minority of the kind your family didn’t even rent to when you were in the landlord business. And he is claiming power that rightfully belongs to you. He’s even mocking you, ridiculing you for all the world to see.

For years, a cottage industry of political observers has contorted itself to obscure and occlude the obvious. That regardless of what others see in him, Trump’s entire political career — from his embrace of birtherism to his hatred of birthright citizenship — cannot be understood outside the context of his bitter, deep-seated racism.
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Shayan Sardarizadeh @shayan86.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
THREAD: I'll fact-check all the viral misinformation about the US military operation in Venezuela in this thread This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated. According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
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John Berry @aniccia.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
PG&E is having a massive outage in San Francisco. Waymo robots aren't handling the traffic light outages well. Cell service is also out is some places. No surprise as Waymo robots & cell have repeatedly failed during power outages. CPUC regulates both Waymo and PG&E (Profit Greed & Explosions).
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Dana Stevens @thehighsign.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Remember the recent middle-of-the-night apartment building raid where children were dragged outside naked & zip-tied in the street while black & Latino residents were _sorted by race_ and piled into separate vans while their apartments were ransacked & robbed? That raid? So it resulted in 0 arrests.
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Signal Turn @signalturn.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
If a political party caves in the forest, does it make a sound? What if it’s not hidden deep in the forest, but just caving, all out in the open, voluntarily, on the senate voting floor? Still no sound? Anyone wanna call ‘Timber!’ ?
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Signal Turn @signalturn.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
In light of the deeply stupid Teen Vogue purge of politics today, re-posting this 2019 profile of Welteroth, the editor who first gave the magazine its reputation for bold political coverage in 2016, greatly boosted its circulation, and was rewarded by them shutting down the print edition in 2017.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Journalist Edward R. Murrow used his platform on CBS to criticize the witch hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s. This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
It’s probably a good time for people to wrap their heads around a near total monopoly of news and media by either overt fascists or fascist-friendly accomplices. This isn’t doomerism, it’s preparing for how reality will be warped and weaponized and understanding the fight we have in front of us.
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Signal Turn @signalturn.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Why isn’t this a top headline in major papers?? Not even in Chicago Tribune? This happened overnight in a major American city — this is not normal, for now. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/09/2025
Q: Do you think it would've been fitting to lower the flags to half staff when Melissa Hortman, the Minnesota House Speaker, was gunned down by an assassin? TRUMP: I'm not familiar. The who?
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New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC) @thenyic.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
🚨 BREAKING: new video shows ICE is operating a detention facility on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza, where people are being held for days or weeks at a time without showers, medication or a change of clothes, sleeping on the floor, and with minimal food and outside contact.
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
This happened this morning in Sacramento in a Home Depot parking lot. No one should fear for their lives when going to work or just existing in their own community. Violent tactics put everyone at risk, especially when carried out with no regard for constitutional rights, safety or basic dignity.
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
The UFW can confirm farm workers were critically injured yesterday during chaotic raids in Ventura County, CA. Other workers, including US citizens, remain unaccounted for. UFW staff is on the ground supporting impacted families. Our full statement below. ⬇️ 1/
a line of heavily armed federal agents in riot gear standing in a field surrounded by tomato plants
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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
You cannot even go to a doctor’s appointment. This happened at a surgical center in Ontario, California, yesterday.
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David J. Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Every American should read this ACLU lawsuit about what is happening in Los Angeles and California. It is the stuff of dystopian nightmares. This is not immigration enforcement. It is positively stuffed with videos and articles documenting racial profiling on a scale unseen since Jim Crow.
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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Kremlin-aligned accounts have been using free-to-use, AI-powered voice cloning technology to create videos that show public figures saying things they never did, including inciting anti-immigrant riots or support for Russia's invasion of Ukraine www.wired.com/story/pro-ru...
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A Pro-Russia Disinformation Campaign Is Using Free AI Tools to Fuel a ‘Content Explosion’
Consumer-grade AI tools have supercharged Russian-aligned disinformation as pictures, videos, QR codes, and fake websites have proliferated.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
My God. Please make sure everyone you know knows this.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/07/2025
Trump calls for deporting US citizens: "We also have a lot of bad people that have been here for a long time ... many of them were born in our country. I think we ought to get them the hell out of here too, if you want to know the truth. So maybe that'll be the next job."
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 28/06/2025
Spot on. This is the clearest explanation I’ve seen. It ‘s relatable, and humanizes the issue in a way everyone can understand.
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Molly McKew @mollymckew.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Successful authoritarianism isn’t just about what the state can do to you — but more importantly, what they can get you to do to each other Capturing regular people into a self-reporting structure of cruelty, dehumanization, and oppression is how authoritarianism breathes free air
The project is sure to appeal to President Trump, who talked repeatedly during his first term about building a moat along the southern border filled with alligators or snakes. As he pushed for a wall to keep migrants out, he urged officials to build it with spikes, razor wire and black paint to ensure that it would serve as a deterrent, the more terrifying-looking the better.
And since resuming office this year, Mr.
Trump has already sent migrants to Guantánamo Bay, the symbol for America's worst enemies, and to a megaprison in El Salvador.
The Everglades facility is part of a broader effort by the Trump administration to enlist local authorities to boost detention capacity and expand the number of officers around the country who can arrest undocumented immigrants. The Trump administration has struggled to meet its mass deportations goals in part because of resource constraints, and it is looking for every way possible to help increase numbers.
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catwhisperer @catwhisperer.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Gift article, because you need to see the whole thing. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/u...
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Florida Builds ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Center for Migrants in Everglades
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Signal Turn @signalturn.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Sometimes I need a Bluesky button that is not just to repost, but to “shout obscenities from the rooftops”
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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
One of the hunger strikers, Ash Bohrer, calls American & Israeli attacks on Iran a "patent distraction from the ongoing genocide in Gaza." It's currently over 90 degrees F in Chicago; Bohrer falls back a little over a minute into their speech. They continue after taking a few seconds to recover.
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DREAM for NYC @dreamfornyc.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
13 women risked their safety and livelihoods to reveal how Andrew Cuomo treated them. It’s easy to forget just how bad it was—so let their words remind you. And share them with any voter you know who’s still on the fence. (and, help us run this as a final ad: actblue.com/donate/dream...)
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
WATCH: “This is f*cking kidnapping! That’s not your badge… I do have a little bit of education… get the f*ck out of here, racial profiling is illegal…” A brave woman melts ice 🧊 💪🏽 www.instagram.com/reel/DLOWbEs...
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Rob Dean @neuroticmonkey.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Saw this on Instagram and dug it. #NoKings
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Spooky Morales @spookymorales.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
These are the people that make America great 🇲🇽🇺🇸
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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Please highlight this story. ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago. kfor.com/news/local/w...
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'We're citizens!': Oklahoma City family traumatized after ICE raids home, but they weren't suspects
A woman says her family’s fresh start in Oklahoma turned into a nightmare after federal immigration agents raided their home, taking their phones, laptops, and life savings – even though they were …
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Mom & minor daughters are citizens who just moved from MD to Oklahoma. This statement from the Mom should be read, absorbed & circulated. ICE cannot be allowed to terrorize vulnerable families. @housedemocrats.bsky.social @ericswalwell.bsky.social kfor.com/news/local/w...
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Signal Turn @signalturn.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
This Is A Front Page Story!
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Signal Turn @signalturn.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Ok but who do we think they were TRYING to add to the group chat when they accidentally added the Atlantic editor? A different Jeff? A different Goldberg? Who was supposed to be on it and is relieved this morning?
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Signal Turn @signalturn.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Circulate widely —
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Signal Turn @signalturn.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
I work at a nonprofit using fed science agency $ to support sci entrepreneurs learning to go from lab to market. Those startups then raise more $ & form companies, in every sector. True ROI on taxpayer dollars, right? So when the fed program is arbitrarily cut off, why? who does this help?
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Signal Turn @signalturn.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Oh hello. Here seeking less noise and more signal, bluer skies, wiser comrades, and the better humors of our nature. Also here for instructional videos about making bread, aspirational carpentry, and generally remaking the world.
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