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alittlelyric.bsky.social @alittlelyric.bsky.social · 11h

A sad day for planet earth 🌏

CNN @cnn.com · 1d

The planet is grappling with a “new reality” as it reaches the first in a series of catastrophic and potentially irreversible climate tipping points: the widespread death of coral reefs, according to a landmark report produced by 160 scientists across the world. https://cnn.it/42EJdJ4

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jen sometimes aph 🌻 @bunnibytz.bsky.social · 1d

"How to Stand Up to a Dictator" author @mariaressa.bsky.social explains how social media companies used the Philippines as a testing ground for mass manipulation before employing their tactics in the U.S.

via @thedailyshow.com

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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 1d

This. And this again.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

if you already didn’t have enough reasons to cancel spotify:

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 1d

Spotify is now running recruitment ads for ICE.

It’s time to cancel your account.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 23h

‘Your basis to live is checked at each and every step’: India’s ID system divides opinion

Keir Starmer is considering Aadhaar as model for UK, but detractors warn of ‘digital coercion’ and security breaches

www.theguardian.com

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David Tomkins @davidctomkins.bsky.social · 1d

Researchers in Leeds have joined experts from across the world in warning that Earth is reaching the first of many climate tipping points that will cause catastrophic harm without urgent action.
#climatecrisis #tippingpoint #auspol www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...

‘New reality’ as world reaches first climate tipping point

Researchers in Leeds have joined experts from across the world in warning that Earth is reaching the first of many climate tipping points that will cause catastrophic harm without urgent action.

www.leeds.ac.uk

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TommyBoy @tampatom69.bsky.social · 1d

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WatchYourRepsSC @watchyourrepssc.bsky.social · 1d

October 18: A Day of Defiance. Join us as we reject authoritarianism and strongman politics.

No Kings, No Crowns, No Thrones.

We're taking back our country! #NoKings social.demcast.com/s/6KJPICgp

Find an Event Near You

social.demcast.com

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

Thugs. And we're paying for them.

Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 1d

In Portland, an ambulance was summoned to the ICE office to treat an injured protester (not clear how he was injured). But when the patient was loaded inside, ICE officers refused to let the ambulance leave and threatened to shoot the ambulance driver: www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...

Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver

Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.

www.wweek.com

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ScubaSuzyQ💙🦋 @susanmcgraw88.bsky.social · 2d

Propaganda- LIES to support their heinous and illegal activities against us! #DemVoice1 #DV1 #Pinks #ProudBlue

Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 4d

Fascist regime stuck on stupid.

GOP busted using South American riot pics to justify Oregon troops: 'We're bad memers'

www.rawstory.com/trump-oregon...

GOP busted using South American riot pics to justify Oregon troops: 'We're bad memers'

The Oregon Republican Party is facing backlash after it shared a social media post about a planned military deployment in Portland using a fabricated image composed of photographs from South America.T...

www.rawstory.com

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alittlelyric.bsky.social @alittlelyric.bsky.social · 1d

A sad day for journalistic integrity

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

apparently “bari weiss doesn’t actually know what journalism is” extends to getting basic facts like the name of a subject right

Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 1d

Promoting the editor-in-chief's personal side project. Zero named sources in a story that promotes the editor-in-chief's personal political position. Misspelling the subject's name. It took one day for CBS News to become a conservative blog.

www.cbsnews.com/video/some-n...

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nullifie @nullifie.bsky.social · 3d

Hundreds of people who were once detained at "Alligator Alcatraz" have disappeared.

Lawyers and family members have been unable to reach them.

𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗜𝗖𝗘 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀.

It’s as if they never existed.

What did the government do to them?

youtu.be/NwPbnsZ_XqU?...

Where Are The Detainees? Hundreds of "Alligator Alcatraz" Prisoners Disappear from ICE Database

YouTube video by Democracy Now!

youtu.be

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 2d

Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment.

Here’s what experts say you need to know.

How to Fight Your Health Insurance Denial with an External Appeal

When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...

www.propublica.org

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Democracy Action Network @democracyactionnet.bsky.social · 4d

Historians sometimes say that when societies are descending into fascism, it can be hard for the people to notice it in real time. Well, historians of the future, I’m here to tell you: We are noticing. Millions of us are noticing. And we are horrified and enraged.

Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It

From Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America.

newrepublic.com

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alittlelyric.bsky.social @alittlelyric.bsky.social · 3d

We are underreacting

Hayden Black @haydenb.bsky.social · 3d

I had no idea.

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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 3d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 3d

ICE tactics in Chicago are escalating.

Crashing into a woman’s car so they can grab her is unconscionable!

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 4d

"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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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 3d

Looks like ICE again has a big, hot mess on its hands. This time with the arrest of a Chicago TV station employee.
Witnesses say Debbie Brockman was just standing nearby when ICE roared up. She was later released from custody without charge....now this:

Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 3d

Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino said today that Brockman has “charges pending.” He also posted a photo of her in the ICE minivan after she was detained.

I asked how she wasn’t charged right away if she assaulted officers and what the charges will be but he hasn’t replied.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 3d

We will need Nuremberg-like trials

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 3d

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas