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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Zelensky’s approval rating with AMERICANS is already higher than Trump’s. And my guess is the gap will become even bigger. Zelensky here speaking bravely and clearly (both factually and morally)

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

In any normal parliamentary democracy, the no confidence vote would be taking place tonight.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

If you‘ve studied history, you know what Trump and his fellow fascists are doing in Minnesota. They’re calling Somali Americans “garbage” and “enemy combatants“ because fascists need to create enemies and foment hate to excite their sick supporters.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

“Every member of this ethnic group is a criminal who needs to be imprisoned by the state” is just pure uncut Nazi shit

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Anthropic banning “abusive or cruel behavior” toward Claude in its new usage policies is proof to me that tech companies are going to moderate violence against AI before they ever moderate violence against women and minorities

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Betsy @thebets.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The fact that you and your spouse also know of Goncharov (1973) is absolutely delightful to me

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 25/08/2026

This is truly heartbreaking. Dolly Parton was an extraordinary person and an irreplaceable champion of the working class. We are a better country because of her.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

In case you think JD Vance is less extreme or unhinged

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QuestLog @questlog.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

"A thousand years ago is also right now, and in this infinite heartbeat, his loved ones are dead, and they are also alive. 'Time is not linear,' sing Louis's electrons. 'You will always be with your family on a patio in July.'" www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/thir...

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Betsy @thebets.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Raised Catholic ✋ on Good Friday, churches still hold a communion service and read the story of the crucifixion together. It’s usually about as long as a typical Sunday mass. AFAIK it’s not an obligation but many still attend if they can.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 14/04/2026

Péter Magyar, who unseated Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán Sunday in a landslide, shared a bombshell with reporters that the outgoing leader had diverted taxpayer funds to bankroll the American Conservative Political Action Conference. trib.al/ct7GGV3

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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Imagine trusting science to bring astronauts to the moon and back but not trusting science to develop safe vaccines.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Just wanted to remind folks, especially the GOP and the FDD, that Barack Obama’s 2015 nuclear deal didn’t give Iran control of the Strait of Hormuz or allow it to keep 60% enriched uranium. It sent $1.7 billion to Iran versus the tens of billions Iran will now make from tolls. 🤷🏽‍♂️

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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 08/04/2026

The horror of sitting across from a Trump voter is the realization that they do not believe in universal human rights. Simple as. They believe in a tiered, racist and patriarchical system of humanity, and they're voting to ensure they remain at the top of it.

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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

What if the United States had a Congress?

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Rowena Eureka @rowenaeureka.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Anti-War protest tonight at 6 pm at the White House. Spread the word!

Stop the War on Iran. 6 pm at White House - sponsored by multiple organizations

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Quantian @quantian.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Lmao the reason this leaked was because he wanted to buy IDEF, a totally illiquid BlackRock fund that trades ~$100k a day, instead of ITA which trades hundred of millions, so he had his brokers call up BlackRock and ask for a direct creation under his name. There’s so many layers of stupidity here.

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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻🎯🎯🎯

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

I can confirm that people who are already exhausted and scared of going through TSA and flying right now, people who have just been told to wait in a line for 4+ hours, are absolutely furious to see ICE agents—a stark reminder of who exactly is to blame for this situation

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Galton's eugenics should be understood through the lens of race, class, gender AND disability: the latter especially so, given how the gAI industry uses #DisabilityAsDiversion (@fractalecho.bsky.social) to bypass and short circuit legitimate critiques.

As Ghost in the Machine repeatedly stresses, “artificial intelligence” was originally coined in 1956 by computer scientist John McCarthy when he was trying to secure more funding for his projects. But the documentary presents the term’s coinage as just one of many important points on a timeline that actually begins in Victorian-era England with the birth of eugenics. In addition to being Charles Darwin’s cousin, Francis Galton was the originator of eugenics — the racist and discredited belief that humanity can be improved through the systemic elimination of “inferior” (read: non-white) races.

While Galton definitely made some useful contributions to academia, in our interview, Veatch explained that it is important to not minimize the fact that his deeply held white supremacist beliefs informed the era’s social sciences. Galton and his fellow eugenicist / protegee Karl Pearson were not directly involved in the development of early computational machines. But Galton’s foundational work with multidimensional modeling — a technique he used while measuring the attractiveness of African and European women — shaped Pearson’s thinking as he developed statistical tools like logical regression, which is one of the fundamental components of modern machine learning

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Micah @rincewind.run · 13/03/2026

your vote is rarely the single decisive vote but sometimes it is! and you never know when that might be

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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

A purpose of the war on Iran might well be to provoke a terrorist attack inside the United States. This would provide Donald Trump with a pretext to try to cancel or “federalize” the coming Congressional elections. snyder.substack.com/p/the-desire...

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The Desire for Terror

And the defense of democracy

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Daniel Abraham @abraham.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Came across the phrase "cognitive DDOS" to describe our present culture. Understood instantly what it meant.

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Scott @cityscott.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

My 70-something small-town mom told me she's going to get a rebel loon tattoo (her first ever)

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Billie Eilish used her acceptance speech to say: “No one is illegal on stolen land.” And CBS censored her when she said “Fuck ICE.”

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

“We are a Minneapolis 2nd grade Brownie Troop of 12 including trans and neurodiverse youth and 75% BIPOC kids. We want to go to summer camp and try horseback riding! During the current ICE occupation we need your support more than ever...” And that’s how I ordered 4 boxes of thin mints.

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

NEW: Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old who ICE agents in Minneapolis nabbed last week and shipped off to a Texas detention facility with his dad, is now in poor health, his school superintendent told me today www.huffpost.com/entry/liam-c...

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5-Year-Old in ICE Detention Is Sick, Says Top School Official

The 5-year-old who was taken by federal agents in Minneapolis is being held behind bars with his father in Texas.

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

“Headlines call it a ‘crackdown’ on immigration and a “clash” between the government and ‘protesters,’ when in reality it’s murderous occupying forces being confronted by people who just want to live free of their violence.”

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

I am introducing the Cut It Out And This Time I Really Mean It bill. It provides an additional $57 billion to the murder goons but they will agree to wear business casual Monday through Thursday and if they do any murders they have to put a dollar in this jar.

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

They wore yellow stars to complain about vaccine mandates

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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/01/2026

Here's what ICE is up to in Northeast Minneapolis today. Absolutely heartbreaking. Warning: video is hard to watch

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hilzoy @hilzoy.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

This is true. For most of its history, the Deep South was profoundly authoritarian. This is obviously true of its treatment of African Americans, but it’s broader than that. At one point, abolitionists hit on the idea of sending their magazines into the south. People burned down post offices …

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

no self-respecting country should come compete here.

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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum. Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum. Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum. ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Murphy says Trump wants to trade ICE "murder and mayhem" for control of Minnesota's election. He also says yeah, that may sound conspiratorial but Pam Bondi's letter to Walz spells it out.

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Bondi's letter—essentially offering to stop attacking and murdering citizens in Minnesota in exchange for the state's voter rolls—shows what Trump, Miller et al. are really after: They want to fuck with the nation's elections so that they never have to cede power or answer for their crimes.

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Middlerage @middlerage.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

This is WATERGATE at gunpoint in broad day light. Hello, Congress?

News Article
Pam Bondi Offers To Pull ICE out of
Minneapolis if Voter Files Handed Over
PUBLISHED
JAN 25, 2026 AT 06:56 AM EST
UPDATED
JAN 25, 2026 AT 08:07 AM EST

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Aaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.

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Zach Ota @zachota.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Minnesotans are showing the soul of the United States to the world.

Jeff Wheeler, The Minnesota Star Tribune

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.

1. I am a resident of the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota. I am over 18 years of age. I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting.
2. On Saturday, January 24, 2026, at about 8:50 am, I was getting ready to go to work when I heard whistles outside. I knew the whistles meant that ICE agents were in the area, so I decided to check it out on my way to work. I've been involved in observing in my community because it is so important to document what ICE is doing to my neighbors. Connecting to your local community and knowing who your neighbors are is something I profoundly value.
3. I drove to Nicollet Ave. and 26th where I could hear the whistles coming from. I turned south onto Nicollet. There were already several ICE agents there and they'd set up a sort of vehicle convoy on Nicollet and 28th. There were also about 15 observers there, recording and observing ICE.
4. I saw ICE agents surrounding cars and punching car windows. I also saw them stopping vehicles further down Nicollet, so I backed up because I didn't feel safe continuing on.
5. I noticed a man sort of acting to help traffic move more smoothly. He helped me find a place to park. I got out with my whistle and my camera. I went over to him and said something like, "I'm going to film and use my whistle."
6. It seemed like most ICE activity was happening a little farther down the street from us, near 27th. Someone was being thrown to the ground.

7. I started recording. There was an agent by a car across the street. Two observers were a few feet away from the agent, blowing their whistles. One was wearing a backpack.
8. I and the man who was observing and helping direct traffic were standing in the street. There was a phone in the man's hand recording a video.
9. An agent approached and asked us to back up, so I moved slowly back onto the sidewalk.
10. The man stayed in the street, filming as the other observers I mentioned earlier were being forced backward by another ICE agent threatening them with pepper spray. The man went closer to support them as they got threatened, just with his camera out. I didn't see him reach for or hold a gun.
11. Then the ICE agent shoved one of the other observers to the ground. Then he started pepper spraying all three of them directly in the face and all over. The man with the phone put his hands above his head and the agent sprayed him again and pushed him.
12. Then the man tried to help up the woman the ICE agent had shoved to the ground. The ICE agents just kept spraying. More agents came over and grabbed the man who was still trying to help the woman get up. All three of the observers looked to have been badly affected by the pepper spray. I could feel the pepper spray in my eyes.

13. The agents pulled the man on the ground. I didn't see him touch any of them-he wasn't even turned toward them. It didn't look like he was trying to resist, just trying to help the woman up. I didn't see him with a gun. They threw him to the ground. Four or five agents had him on the ground and they just started shooting him. They shot him so many times.
14.1 don't know why they shot him. He was only helping. I was five feet from him and they just shot him.
15. The video I recorded of what happened accurately depicts the events leading up to the agents shooting him and several minutes afterwards. The video is attached as Exhibit 1.
16. I have read the statement from DHS about what happened and it is wrong. The man did not approach the agents with a gun. He approached them with a camera. He was just trying to help a woman get up and they took him to the ground.
17. I feel afraid. Only hours have passed since they shot a man right in front me and I don't feel like I can go home because I heard agents were looking for me. I don't know what the agents will do when they find me. I do know that they're not telling the truth about what happened. I've heard that other witnesses might have been arrested and taken to the Whipple Building.
18. I am disgusted and gutted at how they are treating my neighbors and my state. I keep alternating between crying and feeling determined it is important to remember the value of documenting injustice. We show up for the people who need us to bear

witness, because it can't just be one group of people bearing the brunt of their tyranny. This is a struggle to protect our freedom and democracy, those things are on the line. He lost his life for those values.
I declare under penalty of perjury that everything I have stated in this document is true and correct.

Dated and signed on Jan 24, 2026 in Hennepin County, State of Minnesota.

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.

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