Reposted by Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on FreedomAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026When I say we desperately need a Democratic doctor in the US Senate I mean it. 538159864457
Reposted by Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on FreedomSusan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 28/09/2026NEW: The signs are everywhere that FBI and DOJ are gearing up investigate distributors of abortion pills. While Anti-abortion zealot Andrew Bailey may be leaving, Todd Blanche is Comstock-curious and FBI Director Kash Patel recently told Josh Hawley he's open to criminal probes. @autonomynews.coautonomynews.coWhat Was This Anti-Abortion Zealot Doing at the FBI?Andrew Bailey has always been hellbent on eradicating abortion access. As the FBI’s No. 2, he may have set the stage for investigations into abortion pill providers. 111190
Reposted by Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on FreedomMisterJayEm @misterjayem.bsky.social · 28/09/2026It's literally the least one can do. 0132
Reposted by Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on FreedomMonsterKing @cerromerussell.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026Wow what bullshit. But this was the plan 15827
Reposted by Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on FreedomAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Here's how we get Medicare for All done: Make Medicare whole (no one can keep all the parts straight!) Include vision, dental, and hearing. Begin extending to more people, starting with children. We arrive at Medicare for All, which means great Medicare for everyone. 786178154778
Reposted by Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on FreedomJuan Escalante @juanescalante.com · 27/09/2026Trump administration considers building baseball park in Grand Teton National Park Major League Baseball contacted the administration about hosting a game in a national park, with an agency official scouting Grand Teton as a possible location.washingtonpost.comTrump administration considers building baseball park in Grand Teton National ParkMajor League Baseball contacted the administration about hosting a game in a national park, with an agency official scouting Grand Teton as a possible location. 7313087
Reposted by Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on FreedomProPublica @propublica.org · 27/09/2026ProPublica obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, even nothing. From the archives:propublica.orgThe Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income TaxProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, ev... 541669825
Reposted by Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on FreedomBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Tuesday: The US govt offers its “deepest condolences to the victims and their families” after armed gangs storm a mountainside town in Haiti, killing dozens and kidnapping more than 50, including infants. Thursday: The govt deports 57 people, including a 3-year-old born in the U.S., to Haiti. 1/ 16562312
Reposted by Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on FreedomLake Michigan! Live! @lake-michigan.live · 29/08/2026Current* conditions near Chicago, IL: 0123
Reposted by Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on FreedomLex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 19/08/202660 yrs ago, sex workers, drag queens and street youth held a landmark riot against police in SF's Tenderloin—the world's 1st Trans District now that space is held by Geo Group. trans people are still arrested at SF Pride—over tagging Flock cams. the trans fight against police in '66 and today:theguardian.comThe fight to protect a trans landmark in California from ICE’s biggest contractorCompton’s Cafe is one of the earliest examples of LGBTQ+ resistance. Today, a prison company occupies the site 2832335
Reposted by Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on FreedomPrem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 19/08/2026After Ben-Gvir called to kill 40 Palestinians daily, pro-Israel groups & officials insist he doesn’t represent Israel. But he’s the head of Israeli national security. And he’s had the job since 2022 (minus two months). And, in fact, between October 2023 - 2025, Israel killed 92 Palestinians daily.zeteo.comPro-Israel Groups Want You to Believe That Israel’s National Security Minister… Doesn’t Represent IsraelParts of the pro-Israel lobby are calling for the far-right Itamar Ben-Gvir to be ousted from government, after he called for the mass murder of Palestinians. So what will they do when he isn’t? 13664320
Reposted by Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on Freedomprofessor tools for commensality (red scare edition) @inquiline.myatproto.social · 28/07/2026"There is so much collaboration happening between ICE and local law enforcement in those places that the scale of enforcement is much greater, without the same level of spectacle." very important read! 1229
Reposted by Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on FreedomKali Holloway @kaliholloway.bsky.social · 28/07/2026As Beshear waits for "proof of life," McConnell would've invoked Kentucky's Constitution, threatened hearings and subpoenas, and made this such a raging daily political headache for Kentucky's GOP that somebody would've blinked. My latest for @thenation: www.thenation.com/article/poli...thenation.comAndy Beshear Is What’s Wrong With the Democratic Party in the Trump EraThe Kentucky governor isn’t doing what Mitch McConnell would do—and that’s the problem. 34116
Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on Freedom @underthetreepod.bsky.social · 25/07/2026If you’re coming to our FREE screening tonight at the Siskel Center, please be aware of CTA train service alerts! 🚨 Trains are rerouted and stations along Lake & Wabash are closed. 010
Reposted by Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on FreedomThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 23/07/2026Nolan Wells, an 18-year-old from Ocean Springs, Mississippi, was found dead after taking a boat to a barrier island with friends on July 4. Nearly three weeks later, there have been no conclusive answers as to what happened. Here's the latest.nyti.msWhat to Know About the Death of Nolan Wells in MississippiNearly three weeks after the 18-year-old was found dead off an island near the Mississippi coast, there have been no conclusive answers as to what happened. 56019
Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on Freedom @underthetreepod.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Join us for a FREE screening of the doc, Everybody to Kenmure Street. This powerful film recounts what happens when a community comes together in an act of resistance. A needed reminder that even in the darkest of times, anything is possible. bit.ly/3RQk77J Sat, July 25 4:45 - 7PM Siskel Center 042
Reposted by Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on FreedomJeff Goodell @jeffgoodell.bsky.social · 15/07/2026The scope and intricacies of Trump's campaign to make America stupid truly is astonishing.theguardian.comOver 1,600 energy department webpages on utility bill savings removed as US temperatures soarGuardian analysis found the removals coincided with the Trump administration’s push to weaken efficiency rules 25926
Reposted by Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on FreedomAssigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 15/07/2026@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Jul LawrenceTimes University of Kansas, reacting to the state's harsh new anti-trans bathroom law, begins enforcing it against their own staff. lawrencekstimes.com/2026/07/13/t...lawrencekstimes.comTransgender employee at KU reported for using the bathroomA transgender woman who works at KU was notified Friday that she had been reported for using the women’s restroom. 39034
Reposted by Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on FreedomAnthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 14/07/2026google's "why don't you want to use our documentation chatbot" survey offers a pretty good list of reasons not to use their documentation chatbot 121005358
Reposted by Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on FreedomJoey Scott @joeyneverjoe.bsky.social · 14/07/2026I've been writing about Flock and ALPRs for a few years now, and the news that the LAPD let their Flock contract expire over “privacy issues” makes people think that the department will not use Flock in the future. They’re renegotiating their contract with the company. 1028497
Reposted by Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on FreedomZinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 12/07/2026#tdih 1917: Bisbee Deportation: illegal kidnapping & deportation of 1,000+ striking mine workers (IWW-led), their supporters, & citizen bystanders by 2,000 deputized vigilantes. Loaded on cattle cars. Sound familiar? More info & lessons (grades 7+) ⬇️ to teach labor & Mexican American history.zinnedproject.orgJuly 12, 1917: The Bisbee DeportationThe Bisbee Deportation was the illegal deportation of more than 1,000 striking mine workers (IWW-led strike), their supporters, and citizen bystanders by 2,000 vigilantes. 03828
Reposted by Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on FreedomAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 12/07/2026Lindsey Graham was one of the main subjects of a @theatlantic.com cover story I wrote in 2020, on why people collaborate with regimes they know are immoral. Here's a gift link: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...theatlantic.comHistory Will Judge the ComplicitWhy have Republican leaders abandoned their principles in support of an immoral and dangerous president? 20572162603
Reposted by Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on FreedomJohn Breen @breen.tech · 11/07/2026I’ll spell it out for anyone who’s not already aware. Trans people’s life expectancy is low because of suicide and murder 6934233
Reposted by Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on FreedomAnna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 11/07/2026deskilling in professional school, you can ban it www.forbes.com/sites/michae...forbes.comAt The University Of Chicago Law School, Socrates Is In, Laptops Are OutAs part of a new policy about AI in legal education, the U. of Chicago Law School will ban electronic devices like laptops and phones in its core first-year courses. 727575
Reposted by Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on FreedomDr. Jennifer Krauel @freetailed.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Early Sunday morning in Memphis, the National Guard killed 20-year-old father Tyrin Johnson. This is the 3rd death connected to Trump’s “Memphis Safe Task Force,” patrolling the streets of Memphis at Trump’s orders since Oct of last year, despite the protests (and legal action) of local officials.theguardian.comTennessee national guard troops shoot man dead in MemphisAuthorities claim Tyrin Johnson, 20, pulled gun on officers controversially deployed at instigation of Trump 098
Reposted by Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on FreedomJ. I. Swiderski, MURP @swiderski.bsky.social · 06/07/2026it's been _really_ clear on the last couple on the Telemundo broadcast — surely they can even hear that in Switzerland... 0219
Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on Freedom @underthetreepod.bsky.social · 06/07/2026We can never stop fighting for the freedom of all Palestinian political prisoners. 0100
Reposted by Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on FreedomSean Keeley @seankeeley.bsky.social · 06/07/2026I haven’t seen England and Mexico this heated since 1861 when Mexican Benito Juárez suspended payments on its foreign debt to the U.K. 411133
Reposted by Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on Freedom¡matt! ✶✶✶✶ @mattfromchicago.bsky.social · 06/07/2026I'm sorry they need to move the final to the Azteca 0183
Reposted by Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on FreedomGod @thegodshow.com · 05/07/2026These all sound like excellent ideas. 786134493125
Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on Freedom @underthetreepod.bsky.social · 05/07/2026A fantastic discussion. 0123
Reposted by Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on FreedomDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 05/07/2026If this is true -- a very big if -- it is surely how McConnell would have wanted to go: exploiting the timing of the death of major figures (Scalia, RBG) for cynical partisan gain. 1383783860
Reposted by Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on FreedomMatt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 05/07/2026this guy is the co-founder of Airbnb 876144253857
Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on Freedom @underthetreepod.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Imagine that! 053
Reposted by Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on FreedomDan Berger @dnbrgr.bsky.social · 26/06/2026We’ve been doing such exciting work with the Washington Prison History Project, including a documentary in the making with Huy about the fight for indigenous religious freedom in WA prisons. Check out the trailer here: waprisonhistory.org/blog/were-ma...waprisonhistory.orgWe’re Making a Movie!: “Resilience Inside” - Washington Prison History ProjectWe have partnered with Huy to produce a feature-length documentary on the fight for incarcerated Indigenous people’s religious freedoms. The working title of the movie is, “Resilience Inside: The Figh... 0169
Reposted by Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on FreedomQueens Public Library @qplnyc.bsky.social · 25/06/2026NYC’s Libraries Need Your Help! Our city representatives are currently negotiating the city budget, and we need to remind them to #InvestInLibraries! Please Take a Moment to Send a Note to NYC’s Leaders. Thank You for Your Support! #LibrariesAreForEveryone queenslibrary.org/support/take... 03024
Reposted by Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on FreedomLex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 24/06/2026Liz Soto and Savanna Batten are 2 of those sentenced to 50 years in prison for Prairieland. I visited them in a north Texas jail—11 months into their incarceration over a July 4 noise demo—to meet the Trump admin’s “Antifa terrorists”. from behind glass, Soto said, “They didn’t like my book club.”theguardian.com‘This is injustice’: how leftist zines were used to sentence anti-ICE protesters to decades in prisonAdvocates sound alarm after zines were used as evidence to convict protesters of terrorism charges tied to 2025 protest at Texas ICE facility 4024841351
Reposted by Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on FreedomHarsha Walia @harshawalia.bsky.social · 12/06/2026If you watched the viral video of Bosnian soccer fans shouting for Palestine ahead of game in toronto today, read this piece about Bosnian team grappling with legacy of genocide & displacement with 17 of its players born elsehwere. "Playing for the national team becomes a symbolic act of return."africasacountry.comThe country they never leftBosnia’s World Cup squad is built on the descendants of war and displacement, players raised across Europe and North America who are finding their way back through football. 122499
Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on Freedom @underthetreepod.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Not one penny for a billionaire team. Enough is enough. 000
Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on Freedom @underthetreepod.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Normalize using “Comrade” as your gender neutral honorific of choice. 040
Reposted by Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on FreedomTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 13/06/2026The big one is Tuesday, though: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the... 14712
Reposted by Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on FreedomHrag Vartanian @hrag.bsky.social · 09/06/2026I had to comment on this story coming out of SAIC (School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where a prof was put on leave for using a Palestine reference. Wild part is the provost who did it has made a career publishing about civil rights & whiteness. Like … wut?! hyperallergic.com/saic-puts-pr... 6219
Reposted by Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on FreedomJocelyn Leitzinger @jocelynl.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Nervously watching what's unfolding in Belfast as racist bigots use a stabbing as an excuse to wreck havoc and mayhem, burning cars & buses, homes, and businesses of ethnic minority residents Meanwhile, Elon Musk is doing his best to escalate the violence. This is a good 🧵 of his efforts on Twitter 7378174
Reposted by Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on FreedomAkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social · 09/06/2026That's a pogrom. She's describing a pogrom 4932771072
Reposted by Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on FreedomThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 10/06/2026Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil died after being trapped in a building hit by Israeli airstrikes. A Post reconstruction of Khalil’s final hours found that Israel denied rescuers access to her during a key period when she was still alive. wapo.st/43omgty 23443250
Reposted by Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on FreedomLake Michigan! Live! @lake-michigan.live · 04/06/2026Current* conditions near Chicago, IL: 0256