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Andy Carvin @acarv.in · 8h

For some reason this was the first thing that came to mind.

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David Brody @dbrody.bsky.social · 10h

What a mensch.

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 14h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Andy Carvin @acarv.in · 10h

Bravo, @theguardian.com. Bravo.

Chris Suellentrop @suellentrop.bsky.social · 10h

Headline of the year www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

You won’t believe what degrading practice the pope just condemned

Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists

www.theguardian.com

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 10h

“The Librarians” examines the experiences of school librarians who have found themselves on the front lines of a battle against censorship. https://to.pbs.org/46TqfiW

The fight against book bans by public school librarians shown in new documentary

According to a new report from PEN America, public schools across the U.S. saw more than 6,800 book bans in the 2024-25 school year. A new documentary, “The Librarians,” examines the experiences of sc...

to.pbs.org

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 22h

“A public candidature and campaigning like the one that we have seen this year is highly unusual,” said Nina Graeger, the director of Peace Research Institute Oslo. The peace prize “honors sustainable and lasting peace,” she said.

𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 23h

Not only did Trump lose, he lost to a (very deserving) Spanish-speaking WOMAN. Gifted article about his shameless campaign:
www.wsj.com/world/trump-...

The 11th-Hour Campaign to Land Trump a Nobel Peace Prize

A bid was mounted to persuade the Nobel committee to make Trump the fifth American president to receive the honor.

www.wsj.com

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 22h

As someone who has studied the circulation of terms “subversive” and “communist” in the lead to and through McCarthyism as empty signifiers to justify violent suppression I feel like I’m both amazed and unsurprised how transparently and unsophisticatedly “woke” and “antifa” are now doing the same.

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Juan Escalante @juansaaa.com · 22h

lol @people.com didn’t hold back

PEOPLE MAGAZINE HEADLINE: Trump Loses Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuelan Politician María Corina Machado After Repeatedly Saying He Wants the Award →

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Andy Carvin @acarv.in · 21h

Not his verbatim response, but that was his implication.

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Andy Carvin @acarv.in · 21h

"One of the demonstrators outside the congressional building held a sign that read, 'Criminals sacrifice criminals to look like heroes.'"

Peru Ousts President Amid Crime Surge

www.nytimes.com

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Andy Carvin @acarv.in · 21h

Netanyahu: "Hamas will be disarmed and Gaza will be demilitarized." He added: "If this is achieved the easy way – all well. And if not – it will be achieved the hard way."

Gaza truce begins as IDF completes pullback; hostages slated for release within 72 hours

The IDF Announced That Forces Have Been Deployed to Positions Agreed Upon With Hamas. Following the Approval of the Agreement, 600 Humanitarian Aid Trucks Will Enter Gaza Daily, Along With Equipment t...

www.haaretz.com

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 1d

When the White House began promoting fringe concerns about potential links between Tylenol and autism, so did users on Truth Social -- the platform Trump owns.

Our latest research shows that Truth Social users didn't really care about Tylenol until Trump did.

openmeasures.io/tylenol-and-...

Trump Admin Briefing Sparks Wave of Tylenol-Autism Posts on Truth Social - Open Measures

Open Measures builds accessible and transparent products to contextualize the spread of harmful online information that impacts public discourse and global events.

openmeasures.io

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John Harwood @johnjharwood.bsky.social · 1d

in 40 years of covering politics and government, i've never encountered anyone as sinister as Stephen Miller

my @zeteo_news column

please read, share and subscribe

zeteo.com/p/who-is-ste...

Sinister, Malevolent, Venomous: Stephen Miller Is Like No Other White House Aide in Modern US History

Miller, the deputy White House chief of staff, has never hidden his disfigured and dangerous psyche. But now Donald Trump has empowered him to execute his fascist impulses.

zeteo.com

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Andy Carvin @acarv.in · 1d

Link to video once it goes live at 7pm ET.

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Andy Carvin @acarv.in · 1d

@theoatmeal.bsky.social on AI art:

"Someone once told me that art is like emotional nutrition.

That made sense to me. Art feeds my feelings.

And if that's the case, consuming AI art is like eating styrofoam.

It's a farce."

A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal

This is a comic about AI art.

theoatmeal.com

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 1d

New from 404 Media: a data hoarder created a searchable data of Epstein files. "This is a public service project. All documents are from public releases. This archive makes them more accessible and searchable."

www.404media.co/data-hoarder...

Data Hoarder Uses AI to Create Searchable Database of Epstein Files

The open source project has been mirrored as a torrent file and represents one of the easiest ways to navigate a messy data dump.

www.404media.co

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 1d

Spotted at the airport

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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 1d

Join us in one hour's time as we discuss the role of universities and the open source research community in tackling misinformation discord.gg/bellingcat?e...

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 2d

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 2d

"I really don't care, do you?" is now the new ethos ...

"Fake Protest Videos Are the Latest AI Slop to Go Viral in MAGA World. Trump supporters are doubling down on AI sadism." gizmodo.com/fake-protest...

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 2d

Are you stopping them? Doesn’t look like it.

Analysis is 100% right but it’s important not to blow smoke when your citizens are getting brutalized. Maybe all the people saying the governor has no legit way of actually stopping them are correct! But if you can’t, then don’t claim you are.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Pritzker: "I think it's important to recognize that the Trump administration does not seem to respect any laws in the United States. They just do what they want to do and they'll keep doing it unless someone stops them. Here in Illinois we're stopping them."

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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 2d

FBI fires special agents who worked on Jack Smith's probe into Trump

www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

FBI fires special agents who worked on Jack Smith's probe into Trump

The three agents were fired after Kash Patel disclosed that Jack Smith's team obtained phone records of members of Congress, which the Smith report itself referenced.

www.nbcnews.com

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 2d

Understandable mistake, most people named that are definitely Black

kate conger @kateconger.com · 2d

Jonathan Rinderknecht, a white man, was charged with starting the Palisades Fire. But on X, the company's news summary tab shows a photo of a black man.

Screenshot depicting posts on X, one showing the suspect accused of starting the Palisades Fire, a white man. The X news tab reports on the suspect's arrest, but shows a photo of a black man instead.

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Sarah Scott Scire @sarahscire.com · 2d

great @columjournreview.bsky.social interview with the eic of @restofworld.org. Anup Kaphle was on vacation in Nepal when a revolution erupted. www.cjr.org/the-intervie...

Anup Kaphle on how Gen Z's online discontent toppled Nepal's government.

The editor in chief of Rest of World was on vacation in his home country. Then a revolution unfolded.

www.cjr.org

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Andy Carvin @acarv.in · 2d

So much winning

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 2d

news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/g...

Grand Jury Declines to Indict Two Chicago-Area ICE Protesters (1)

A federal grand jury declined to indict two people charged with assaulting law enforcement agents outside a suburban Chicago ICE facility, an attorney for one of the defendants said.

news.bloomberglaw.com

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 2d

It is an inexcusable omission, and editorial malpractice, for Reuters to omit mention that the President doing this kind of thing on a media platform he owns & has not divested is unprecedented, likely illegal and an ethical violation. The message itself is unprecedented and illegal. Why not say so?

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 2d

The situation in America is not great. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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