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Just another lefty urbanist #NOLATwitter in exile Nerdy things I’ve made: tupress.temple.edu/books/monument-l… plotofland.monumentlab.com www.papermonuments.org small.tulane.edu/wp-content/uploads…

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Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 7h
I’ve been writing something on Black thinkers & organizers during the 1880s, & you’ll be *shocked* to learn that they made an almost identical argument then—that the unstated commitment to white supremacy remained central to the party even as it ensued its defeat.
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The Lens Nola @thelensnola.bsky.social · 2h
#TheLensNola🔍 In tense meeting, SpaceX managers told locals the massive spaceport won’t affect them at all, until locals pressed them for specifics. ✍️ Delaney Nolan Full story 🔗: buff.ly/MsRIgwT #spacex #rocketlaunch #localaccess
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National Hurricane Center @nhc-atlantic.extwitter.link · 2h
6 PM CDT Friday Oct 9 Update: Eyewall of Isaias approaching the coast. Extreme Wind Warning issued for the western Florida Panhandle. Follow the latest on #Isaias at t.co/GrztW6mQJV 🔗 hurricanes.gov
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Democracy and trains @wingedisis.bsky.social · 7h
Was it the extremely threatening preschooler in the booster seat?
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National Hurricane Center @nhc-atlantic.extwitter.link · 13h
7:20 AM CDT Friday Oct 9 Update: Isaias becomes a major hurricane. Data from an Air Force Reserve hurricane hunter aircraft indicate that the maximum sustained winds have increased to 120 mph. Isaias is now a category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Fol... 🔗 hurricanes.gov
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 12h
The Swords to Plowshares Act, the final undoing of Christian white nationalist theocracy. (Maybe we don’t call it that actually but come on)
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 21h
NEW: Footage from Thursdays shooting shows an ICE agent in a construction vest brandishing a rifle. His name is Brenden Cuni. Federal judges have found multiple arrests involving Cuni unlawful. He has been accused of repeatedly Tasing a handcuffed man and tackling a pregnant woman in Minneapolis.
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ICE Agent at NYC Shooting Has History of Alleged Violence and Illegal Arrests
Brenden Cuni, an ICE supervisor, has been accused of excessive force and tackling a pregnant woman to the ground. Several of his arrests were later found to be unlawful in federal court.
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Verite News @veritenews.org · 15h
Lauren Jewett challenges Steve Scalise for congressional seat in a heavily Republican district Lauren Jewett, a special education teacher, believes that the ground game is her chance to topple the well-established Republican. veritenews.org/2026/10/09/lauren-je…
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Lauren Jewett challenges Steve Scalise for congressional seat in a heavily Republican district
Lauren Jewett, a special education teacher, believes that the ground game is her chance to topple the well-established Republican.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 22h
My statement on the ICE shooting in Marble Hill ⬇️

"Today in Marble Hill, ICE agents fired multiple shots at a man in his vehicle while his 5-year-old child was in the back seat.
ICE's already unwelcome presence in our city has been growing more escalatory and dangerous by the day. Today's shooting is a grave development that requires a swift and immediate response to protect the safety of all New Yorkers.
First, we must have a full and independent investigation of this incident.
"There must also be a full and immediate release of all body camera footage of the incident.
In addition, the Target Corporation must stop offering their Bronx properties as private staging sites for ICE, in compliance with requests from New York officials. Target opening up large, active retail parking lots for paramilitary activity is unacceptable and places the entire community at risk.
ICE is a rogue, lawless paramilitary and surveillance agency.
It does not belong in New York City and it should not exist in the United States of America. Abolish ICE.”
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National Hurricane Center @nhc-atlantic.extwitter.link · 22h
10 PM CDT Thu Oct 8 (Advisory 10) Key Messages for Hurricane #Isaias. Latest info: t.co/GrztW6mQJV 10 PM CDT jueves 8 de octubre (Aviso 10) Mensajes clave sobre el huracán #Isaias. Más información: t.co/GrztW6mQJV 🔗 hurricanes.gov
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Democracy and trains @wingedisis.bsky.social · 22h
Yes indeed
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The Jeffersons: Moving On Up Dance
ALT: The Jeffersons: Moving On Up Dance
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 22h
When I started writing about Supreme Court expansion, you couldn’t get the question *asked* in a poll. The first time I saw it actually polled, it was 8%. Now, we here.
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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 23h
We can still get 3k+ whistles out the door to people in need in under 24 hours and they are free.
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Democracy and trains @wingedisis.bsky.social · 22h
I am yet again noting that we need a National Museum of Reconstruction and we need it in Louisiana. #NOLAsky
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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
the funniest thing here is it's not even his main point. it's just a casual backhand as he thumps him for supporting data centers.
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Democracy and trains @wingedisis.bsky.social · 23h
Skip that bit, grab a shovel.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h
Ossoff: "I think Pete Hegseth is frankly a deeply unwell person who seems to relish this kind of brutality all the while he's running a department that is falling into chaos. The guy cannot run the military competently and is spending his time with this kind of obscene medieval spectacle."
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Major John André facilitated Benedict Arnold's defection in 1780. He was sentenced to hang not because of his crime, but because he was captured while operating in civilian disguise.
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ICE Agent on Scene of NYC Shooting Was Posing as Construction Worker, Eyewitness Says
A member of Congress at the scene confirmed to The Intercept that there was a child in the victim’s car when ICE agents shot at it.
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Democracy and trains @wingedisis.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
1. The book is brilliant and you should read it. 2. We should all go on ahead and listen tomorrow.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026
This afternoon in Marble Hill, a New Yorker was shot by an ICE agent in a residential neighborhood. Early reports indicate agents surrounded him and a 5-year-old child in his car before firing multiple rounds. We believe the child was physically unharmed.

This is an unconscionable and incredibly serious situation. I have called the President; when we speak I will demand that he ends all ICE enforcement actions in our city. I will not stand by while ICE agents terrorize our communities.

Our thoughts are with the injured New Yorker and his family tonight. We are praying for his recovery.

Get ICE out of our neighborhoods. Get ICE out of our hospitals. Get ICE off our streets. Get ICE away from our children.

Abolish ICE.
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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Trump's racism is not new, but I do want to talk about something interesting. And that is the way American fascists have been using social media to try to splinter the black vote and dissuade Black Americans from coming to the defense of Haitian and Somali people.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/10/2026
a livestreamed execution is just a lynching
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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I don’t really know how to process publishing this and then two days later ICE shoots someone in my actual neighborhood Uptown has seen a sudden uptick in ICE activity since the summer ( + a citizen pepper sprayed in August) but this “quiet summer surge” is getting very loud
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Democracy and trains @wingedisis.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Oh shit
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Brad Reed @bwreed.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The president of the United States is inciting a fucking pogrom.
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Democracy and trains @wingedisis.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I don’t know how to represent the noise that I just made in letters so I’m just gonna let y’all imagine it
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ACLU @aclu.org · 08/10/2026
In our latest report, we identified 76 ways that the Trump administration's mass deportation agenda is making our democracy increasingly unrecognizable. We've also laid out the roadmap for the next Congress to investigate this onslaught on our civil rights and course correct.
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Mass Deportations Are Breaking Our Democracy. Here’s How.
ACLU breaks down key findings from our latest report on mass deportations' impact on democracy.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“last year, Stephen Miller asked the bureau to allow agents to go undercover in his Virginia neighborhood's political activist group, several sources with knowledge of the matter told CBS News.” www.cbsnews.com/news/stephen...
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Trump adviser Stephen Miller spoke to agents at recent FBI training on domestic terrorism, sources say
Stephen Miller spoke at a training session at FBI headquarters just days before prosecutors criminally charged a man with making disturbing calls and texts to his wife, sources told CBS News.
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Kylie Cheung @kylietcheung.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The narrative that Americans are divided on abortion is a lie to hide just how undemocratic bans are—and convince lawmakers to take weaker stances on abortion. ~70% of Deep South voters oppose abortion bans. I wrote about the implications of this:
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Poll: 70% of Deep South Voters Oppose Abortion Bans
Plus, Deep South voters are the least likely to say that abortion should never be permitted.
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Democracy and trains @wingedisis.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Thank you!
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Democracy and trains @wingedisis.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
And the percentage of those who couldn’t possibly train a dog…
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National Hurricane Center @nhc-atlantic.extwitter.link · 08/10/2026
🌀Have you noticed the National Hurricane Center is testing a new track cone this season? The new experimental graphic draws the cone using ovals (instead of circles) that separate forward speed from left-or-right track errors and cover 90% of possible track outc... 🔗 www.surveymonkey.com/r/Prop...
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 07/10/2026
Cannot emphasize enough that the morass we find ourselves in everywhere is a result of this commitment to white supremacy. The eugenic health policy, the belief and desire for US autarky, meddling & murder in Latin America, the half-cocked belief that the US could bully Iran- it really is.
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Democracy and trains @wingedisis.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Honestly, the RETVRN account with the Greco-Roman statue head avatar doesn’t quite work in the flesh.
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Democracy and trains @wingedisis.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
JFC
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⚜️Q @q--tip.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
4x the amount of N.O.…they're LYING their asses off tryna make us believe they won't stick us with that bill
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Democracy and trains @wingedisis.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Huh, me either now that I think about it.
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Katherine Alejandra Cross @quinnae.com · 07/10/2026
Wynn's Law remains undefeated.
Contrapoints saying "They don't want victory, they don't want power, they want to endlessly 'critique' power."
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 07/10/2026
A 10,000-year-old glacier in Slovenia is possibly days away from melting entirely.
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Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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‘Racist ideology lodges itself amid austerity politics’: newly elected French mayor on tackling far right
Bally Bagayoko, who was targeted by racist abuse after winning Saint-Denis mayorship, vows to tackle inequality to stem deepening divisions
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Josh Zingher @zingherpolisci.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
We've probably learned more about American politics from the ANES than any other single data source. The same is true for the GSS and sociology. Both of these are gone if Congress acquiesces to these NSF cuts.
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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This is utterly horrific. "Greene-Placentia struggled to open her eyes. She felt a sharp pain below her waist. The attacker was pulling his penis out of her. She heard him mumble something like, '-ic bitch, not a very good fuck,' which her mind filled in as 'Democratic bitch,' she recalled."
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Democracy and trains @wingedisis.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Absolutely true!
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National Hurricane Center @nhc-atlantic.extwitter.link · 07/10/2026
OCT 7: Dr. Michael Brennan provides the latest updates on Tropical Storm #Isaias from the National Hurricane Center: t.co/If6JmOQZdL For more detailed forecasts and written text updates, visit: t.co/LdN0AS8SKM 🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7b...
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
If you're willing to sell out trans kids for theoretical votes I have to assume you'd sell out anyone for theoretical votes, so, yes, I do think supporting sports bans means you get not a fucking thing from me.
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Abolish ICE.
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Democracy and trains @wingedisis.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
It will also be extremely fun
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 06/10/2026
We're training 100,000 Americans to defeat Trump's next coup attempt before, during, and after the midterms. Join us:
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Hands Off Our Vote in 2026! · Indivisible
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Fine. I’ll update with a word count when I start writing again. @legalminimum.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
These should be making their way into national ads run by the Democrats. Republicans think this kind of stuff is popular because the groypers think it shows they're "tough". Ads saying "Republicans want ICE to give electric shocks to children" will hit them where they live.
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Charm City Couillon @diabsoule.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Michael Scott: Nope. Don't Like That.
ALT: Michael Scott: Nope. Don't Like That.
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