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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 17h
Stephen "Miller did not want the facilities that were comfortable. He did not want facilities that were humane. We were told point-blank that that was not what the administration wanted." www.npr.org/2026/10/08/n...
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ICE has quietly used this warehouse as a detention facility all summer, neighbors say
Throughout the summer, rumors have been bubbling in North New Jersey that ICE has quietly been using a warehouse as a detention center. NPR investigated.
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Sophie Rae Lichterman @whysophiewhy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I’m so excited this is happening! Dan is simply the best. open.spotify.com/episode/7gMY... pca.st/episode/bf83... music.amazon.com/podcasts/660... www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
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Introducing Knowledge Fight Country
Knowledge Fight Country · Episode
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BLOOD WORK @bloodwork.show · 07/10/2026
Blood Work is one year old. Thanks for listening. bloodwork.show
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carlos (vibe describer) @vaquero2xl.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I am obviously happy that these are being made available physically for people who want to read these issues, but I have the same problem with these as I do with big hardcover books. They're not meant for reading as much as they are meant to be display pieces.
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James Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A podcast I make with some colleagues has been nominated for an award. I am disgusted to see that we are currently polling behind a podcast about capital markets by an economics prof. I don't know anything about it, but that shit sounds boring as fuck. pls help. vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting...
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The Signal Listener's Choice Award needs YOU
I just voted for this finalist to win a Signal Listener's Choice Award. You should too.
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Behind the Bastards is apparently eligible for a Golden Globe this year I can't imagine we'll win, given the number of podcasts by famous Hollywood people on the list. But it's nice to be considered eligible! goldenglobes.com/articles/bes...
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Best Podcasts Eligible for the 84th Golden Globes® Revealed - Golden Globes
Best Podcasts Eligible for the 84th Golden Globes® Revealed The Golden Globes announced the 30 podcasts that are eligible to submit for consideration in the Best Podcast category for the 84th Golden G...
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carlos (vibe describer) @vaquero2xl.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The mini-documentaries I worked on with 9 Millones about Puerto Rico's immigrant communities are nominated for a Suncoast Emmy :)
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eldifusor @eldifusor.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
...y ahora puedes seguir a @labregapodcast.bsky.social en otros lugares: Instagram: www.instagram.com/labregapodcast YouTube: www.youtube.com/@LaBregaPodc...
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eldifusor @eldifusor.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
¡Contento de compartir esto! Happy to share this! Más #LaBrega pronto.
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carlos (vibe describer) @vaquero2xl.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“gyms for our brains” is what my grandfather called his evening sudoku puzzle
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carlos (vibe describer) @vaquero2xl.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Cris worked extremely hard on this story for a long time, and took great pains to make sure that these women’s nightmarish experience was portrayed accurately Please go read it.
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Cris Seda Chabrier @cseda.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
For nearly two months, I’ve been speaking to three trans women detained at a notorious immigration facility in Louisiana. They were incredibly brave to talk to me abt what they’ve endured. veritenews.org/2026/10/05/t...
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Trans detainees allege abuse at Jena ICE facility
Three trans women have been held in solitary confinement for months allege that they are facing abuse at the Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center.
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talia jane @taliajane.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
TODAY - Lochiel, AZ: Border Patrol has raided private property, reportedly without a warrant, and violently arrested several land defense activists who have been attempting to preserve lands the federal government wants to raze to build Trump’s border wall. More: www.instagram.com/tierralibre_...
photo of border patrol agents in riot gear standing in front of two people with keffiyehs over their heads, with a cherry picker up in a large tree in the background. the cherry picker has an agent in it sawing off branches and attempting to arrest a tree sitter
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Antonia Juhasz @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Today at the Supreme Court, my home town of Boulder, Colorado is going head-to-head against ExxonMobil in a case that could determine the future of climate litigation and holding Big Oil accountable for the toll of its harms and lies. Boulder County residents who have lost homes and health spoke.
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carlos (vibe describer) @vaquero2xl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I would conservatively estimate that 80% of environmentalist event flyers here as well as other progressive stuff in similar circles are made with AI, and it is absolutely infuriating.
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Max Granger @maxgranger.info · 05/10/2026
🚨 All eyes on the border wall blockade at Camp O:ṣhad in Lochiel, Ariz. This morning, over 50 Border Patrol / BORTAC agents raided the resistance camp, entering private property without a warrant, attacking land defenders & deploying a cherry-picker to extract the tree sitter.
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carlos (vibe describer) @vaquero2xl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Puerto Rico’s school bus drivers are essentially on strike today to protest the fact that the PR Dept of Education hasn’t paid them $9 million for services rendered up until May this year. Drivers have blocked roads around several parts of the metro area, per ENDI www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/loc...
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Transportistas escolares exigen pago de unos $9 millones: “Está causando una situación de liquidez extremadamente crítica”
La Federación de Porteadores Escolares realiza este lunes una manifestación en la zona de San Juan
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Hilary Beaumont @hilarybeaumont.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Today the Supreme Court is hearing arguments from Big Oil attempting to gain immunity from climate cases "The hope of the industry side is that this is going to be the death blow" A short explainer on Suncor v Boulder: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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US supreme court to hear big oil’s bid to block climate damage lawsuits
Court starts new term hearing Suncor Energy and ExxonMobil’s attempt to stop lawsuits at state level
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carlos (vibe describer) @vaquero2xl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Was simply too harsh on Rogue Orbit’s designs. It’s Gyanlike also has a sick as fuck lance, just like the Gquuuuuux Gyan.
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carlos (vibe describer) @vaquero2xl.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Umurangi Generation is a top 5 game for me, and I absolutely cannot wait for Penguin Colony!!!
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 04/10/2026
There are new and specific numbers in this story, so it’s worth reading. I continue to resent the lack of credit to Nick Schwellenbach at @pogo.org, Dan Friedman at @motherjones.com, and me, who have previously reported every other aspect of this story, including that the sale prices were very high.
Kristi Noem's Agency Gave Her Donor a Lucrative Contract Just Before She
Left
The Homeland Security Department signed a multi-million dollar agreement to buy five aircraft from a company owned by a political contributor of the secretary on her last day, documents show.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Incredible how the editors at @nytimes.com still don't understand how embarrassing it is to do this, and how it undermines the credibility of the paper and its journalists. It's like a toddler covering their face to play hide and seek. We see you but it's not cute, you look like an asshole.
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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 02/10/2026
just wanna re-up the part where I wrote that many immigrants in Maine have been sheltering in place since January for their own safety, with ICE still operating in the area. it is October.
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carlos (vibe describer) @vaquero2xl.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Last year, I reported on a CBP operation at Puerto Rico’s main airport called “Cupid’s Nest.” Documents I received through FOIA give new details about the operation. “The primary objective was to examine all passengers and crew members departing for CONUS,” reads one of the documents.
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carlos (vibe describer) @vaquero2xl.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
deeply hilarious image to me. example #3485028 of how foia is broken
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Eos @eos.org · 01/10/2026
“If, as the memo implies, [FEMA administrator Cameron Hamilton] is expecting FEMA to start operating under this definition, then everything at FEMA would change,” says @samlmontano.bsky.social. eos.org/research-and...
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A Redefinition of “Emergency Management” Could Upend FEMA’s Mission - Eos
Last week, FEMA administrator Cameron Hamilton issued a memorandum outlining the agency’s scope and essentially redefining “emergency management.”
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 01/10/2026
ICE has expelled people from all over the world to Costa Rica every Thursday or Friday since April. Last week's flight was canceled due to the First Circuit's ruling in DVD vs. DHS. But with SCOTUS's outrageous stay on Tuesday, this week's third-country removal flight appears to be in progress.
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Maddy Myers 🏳️‍🌈 @midimyers.com · 01/10/2026
if you aren't already supporting @mothership.blog, you should be. support women and queer people in video game criticism and journalism. we deserve to exist in these spaces but, at least in the case of mothership, we can only exist and pay our writers and introduce you to new writers if YOU help us.
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carlos (vibe describer) @vaquero2xl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yesterday, a federal judge rebuked several of the Trump admin's explanations for why the memo justifying the boat strikes that have killed 230+ people in the Caribbean and the Pacific should be kept secret. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Memorandum & Opinion – #72 in American Civil Liberties Union v. Department of Justice (S.D.N.Y., 1:25-cv-10189) – CourtListener.com
OPINION & ORDER re: 51 MOTION for Summary Judgment filed by Department of Defense, Department of Justice, 48 CROSS MOTION for Summary Judgment filed by Center for Constitutional Rights, American Civil...
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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
i don’t know if this one gives out trophies but i’m not afraid to admit i would love a second podcasting trophy so i can put up a trophy shelf
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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There are multiple state and local laws in place meant to limit collaboration between federal immigration agents and local IL cops, CPD included. But as has now been reported on by multiple outlets, local law enforcement in IL has repeatedly assisted ICE anyway.
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Illinois promised to protect immigrants. Local officials helped deport them anyway.
In over a third of Illinois counties, cops, sheriffs, and even prosecutors helped federal immigration agents route at least 150 people into the deportation system since Trump returned to office, despi...
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Chron 🇨🇦 @xhp.ca · 30/09/2026
Listen to The Board, folks
The Board from Control says "Support independent/lonely media as they are underfunded/poor yet essential"
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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
new: federal authorities tapped into a network of flock license plate readers and surveillance cameras owned by chicagoland police during their failed attempts to prosecute marimar martinez and anthony ruiz for following immigration agents last october.
chicagoreader.com
Feds tapped local surveillance networks in botched Chicago prosecutions - Chicago Reader
During their failed efforts to prosecute Marimar Martinez and Anthony Ruiz, federal authorities accessed a network of Chicagoland license plate readers and surveillance cameras.
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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Student journalists across this country have been churning out some of the best journalism these last couple years Thinking of the radio crew covering the encampments in New York, UCLA crew doing the same, not to mention groundbreaking investigation after investigation Brilliant, the best of us
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jamie loftus @jamieloftus.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
we're celebrating the bechdel cast's 10-year anniversary by getting NOMINATED FOR AN AWARD hehe we never submit to awards and this was a really cool surprise. if you love the show or have been with us over the last decade, vote your little asses off, it would mean the world shorturl.at/nnA31
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Cool Zone Media @coolzonemedia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Behind the Bastards, It Could Happen Here, and Weird Little Guys are nominated for Signal Awards 🏆🏆🏆 Submit your votes by October 15th at the links below 🗳️ vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting... vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting... vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting...
Behind the Bastards, It Could Happen Here, and Weird Little Guys are nominated for Signal Awards 🏆🏆🏆

Submit your votes by October 15th at the links below 🗳️

https://vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting#/2026/shows/genre/weird

https://vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting#/2026/shows/genre/daily-podcast

https://vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting#/2026/shows/genre/true-crime
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The Latino Newsletter @thelatinonewsletter.org · 29/09/2026
We woke up to this AMAZING NEWS! #AmericanColony is a @signalawards.bsky.social finalist!
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Stephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
1. This is great reporting 2. Support @unraveledpress.com 3. Do the CPD lot camera math here: "The video provided is missing 118 minutes of its final two hours."
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Cool Zone Media @coolzonemedia.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
James talks about the cultural and ecological damage done by the border wall and continues his interview with Dr. Christina Aiello about the Peninsular Bighorn ram that was killed by razor wire in the Jacumba mountains @jamesstout.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
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carlos (vibe describer) @vaquero2xl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
They feed us poison (GenAI), so we buy their 'cures" (AI Safey Tech), while they supress our medicine (throwing the computers into the ocean).
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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Bolstered by $75bn in funding from Congress, the Department of Homeland Security - the US government agency that oversees ICE - has more than doubled its workforce this year to more than 22,000 officers and staff. It has also vastly expanded its capacity by working with local police, sheriffs, highway patrol and even fish and wildlife agents. As of 15 September, ICE had signed more than 2,500 287(g) agreements.

ICE is now detaining more immigrants than ever before.
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carlos (vibe describer) @vaquero2xl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Daniel González Medina, un agente de la Policía de PR asignado a Utuado, se declaró culpable en la corte federal de darle a una persona esposada, según documentos federales. El abuso policiaco ocurrió el 7 de octubre de 2025 afuera de Best Buds Cannabis Dispensary en Utuado.
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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
What the Prairieland Jury Never Got to Hear theintercept.com/2026/09/27/p...
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What the Prairieland Jury Never Got to Hear
An anti-ICE Prairieland protester tried to argue his shot was a ricochet. It was squashed by gaps in the evidence and a judge’s ruling.
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Bex 🖤🏴 @thinlyveiledtruth.cryptoanarchy.network · 28/09/2026
People are disappearing incredibly quickly. And part of the invisibility is that just when we need even more capacity for rapid response and patrols, public interest has turned away because people don't think it's a problem anymore. We're tired.
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carlos (vibe describer) @vaquero2xl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Trump's "non-international armed conflict" with the cartels is looking very international right now
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carlos (vibe describer) @vaquero2xl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Pretty clear that the Trump admin is really relying on this new strategy to attack more communities while getting less public backlash than before
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carlos (vibe describer) @vaquero2xl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Watched PRIMETIME last night and Robert Pattinson was lowkey playing Bruce Wayne for like half of the movie. There’s one shot where he has turtleneck and he’s sitting in front of a window that’s almost completely covered in rain that seems ripped from my memories of BTAS.
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Joshua Collins @murosinvisibles.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The US is building an illegal military base in Ecuador When one of Noboa's generals objected, the right wing president sent him packing We break the story down at PWS
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Luis Joel Méndez González @mjoel17.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A luxury development in #PuertoRico needs water—but finding enough may be hard. Developers have explored wells, rainwater, an irrigation canal, the public #water system and desalination. But each option has limitations. Read my latest for the @cpipr.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/ftct3dtr. #CPIFiscaliza
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Water Supply in Area Proposed for Esencia Falls Short of Luxury Project’s Needs
Any of the alternatives presented by the developer for extracting water for the project would threaten water security and natural resources in southwestern Puerto Rico, agencies and experts agree.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We’re at the “shipping container courts” stage of ICE’s mass expansion of the enforcement system.
Each detention unit would sit on asphalt or concrete behind an office's existing security fence, with a counter for processing people and a separate holding area fitted with a toilet and sink for detainees according to the draft work statement.
The agency also wants a 300-square-foot unit for interviewing people in custody and a 60-square-foot "Virtual Immigration Court Unit" for hearings run by the Executive Office for Immigration Review, the Justice Department agency that operates the immigration courts.
Both must also be designed for their purpose before delivery.
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