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Adam Rothman enjoys a good sandwich @adamrothman.bsky.social · Jan 22

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it, and those who can remember the past are like, what the hell, man?

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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 1h

Why has no-one written a Latvian-set hardboiled detective novel called ‘Riga Mortis’?

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Adam Rothman enjoys a good sandwich @adamrothman.bsky.social · 1h

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Noem now complaining about amphibious assaults by antifa

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

Adam Rothman enjoys a good sandwich @adamrothman.bsky.social · 2h

Today on Fox Newts:

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 2h

Portland is toadily opposed to the violent cruelty of the Trump Administration.

Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 1d

Portland Frog gets it

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Adam Rothman enjoys a good sandwich @adamrothman.bsky.social · 2h

It is everything.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15h

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

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Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 19h

Counterpoint:

You absolutely do not have to hand it to enslavers

Wilson: Now, one of the things I want to do is say: I’m really glad that slavery’s gone, and good riddance. And I want to say that the Southern slave owner, who read the books of Ephesians and Colossians and 1 Timothy and treated his slaves decently, remembering that he had a master in heaven who he studiously tried to obey — what Paul said slave owners were supposed to do — I would say he was not an orc, and he is part of the reason why slavery ended. In other words, I would say he’s a good guy.

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Adam Rothman enjoys a good sandwich @adamrothman.bsky.social · 3h

Yes. Time to log off.

Adam Rothman enjoys a good sandwich @adamrothman.bsky.social · 17h

How did you know?

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 21h

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 22h

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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T. J. Stiles @tj-stiles.bsky.social · 22h

Doomscrolling break!
I imagine every historian has a list of Most Neglected Aspect of History. I welcome them in the replies. Here's a thread on my candidate:

The California steamship lines from 1849–1869, during the gold rush until the first transcontinental railroad's completion.

My case:
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1/15

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Alyssa S. @drsepinwall.bsky.social · 17h

Some of y'all are discovering the unparalleled wit of @avielroshwald.bsky.social for the first time. 🐸 Give him a follow if you are here for (((gallows humor))) in the midst of stuff that could make us 😭 instead!

Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 18h

The resistance may be led by frogs, but it is authoritarianism that will croak in the end.

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Adam Rothman enjoys a good sandwich @adamrothman.bsky.social · 17h

This thread is ribbiting.

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Adam Rothman enjoys a good sandwich @adamrothman.bsky.social · 17h

Handshake meme: Donald Trump and Taylor Swift clasp hands over wood.

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Adam Rothman enjoys a good sandwich @adamrothman.bsky.social · 18h

No way!

Adam Rothman enjoys a good sandwich @adamrothman.bsky.social · 18h

It's like you're reading my mind, dawg. Are you some kind of soothsayer?

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Adam Rothman enjoys a good sandwich @adamrothman.bsky.social · 18h

Bro I had this crazy dream where seven heads of grain, healthy and good, were growing on a single stalk. After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted—thin and scorched by the east wind. The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven healthy, full heads. Weird, huh?

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Adam Rothman enjoys a good sandwich @adamrothman.bsky.social · 20h

Unbelievably, Antifa is demanding that "Congress shall make no law...abridging freedom of speech"! These people have gone too far.

David Noll @david.noll.org · 20h

i just got back from Antifa headquarters.

they're making an INSANE new set of demands.

first, the radical left is saying, "no money shall be drawn from the treasury, but in consequence of appropriations made by law."

David Noll @david.noll.org · 21h

interesting that if you say the constitution creates a separation of powers systems in which there are no kings, they think you hate america

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Adam Rothman enjoys a good sandwich @adamrothman.bsky.social · 20h

A student told me that they liked my class more than they expected to and I'll take that W!

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Adam Rothman enjoys a good sandwich @adamrothman.bsky.social · 21h

I posted this too early in the morning.

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Adam Rothman enjoys a good sandwich @adamrothman.bsky.social · 1d

But what kind of life?
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Naked mole rats reveal genetic secret to long life

The bald, subterranean rats are the world's longest-lived rodent.

www.bbc.com

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Adam Rothman enjoys a good sandwich @adamrothman.bsky.social · 1d

The only new jobs are for ICE

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Fed Governor Christopher Waller: "Job growth has probably been negative the last few months. it doesn't look like it's doing much better. I don't hear anybody with big hiring plans."