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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 1d

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20h

Amazing what happens when you give the guy a plane

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Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 1m

A reminder that science also has closets.

Some fields hide uncomfortable parts of their past: from colonial histories to narrow ideas of who “belongs” in science.

Opening those closets means rethinking how knowledge is built and who gets to build it cadernos.abralin.org/index.php/ca...

Linguistics Out of the Closet | Cadernos de Linguística

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Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 12m

The last paperboy in Paris www.youtube.com/shorts/7U2Hv...

The last paperboy in Paris • RFI English

YouTube video by RFI English

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Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 22m

A White Supremacist Renounces Racism in an Oregon Prison

James Paulk once fully embraced racial segregation in prison. Now he considers it one of his biggest regrets. prisonjournalismproject.org/2024/11/22/h...

A White Supremacist Renounces Racism in an Oregon Prison

James Paulk once fully embraced racial segregation in prison. Now he considers it one of his biggest regrets.

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Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 28m

The Physician as Advocate: From Clinical Excellence to Policy Impact www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AIc...

The Physician as Advocate: From Clinical Excellence to Policy Impact

YouTube video by USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health

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Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 29m

Pennsylvania - Elk County Prison Board declines invite for regional study on 'improving incarceration' www.thecourierexpress.com/news/elk-cou...

Elk County Prison Board declines invite for regional study on 'improving incarceration'

RIDGWAY — The Elk County Commissioners convened a special prison board meeting last month. The only item on the agenda was a discussion about an invitation to participate in a

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Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 33m

Connecticut - Without Formal Centers, Users Improvise To Reverse Overdoses www.newhavenindependent.org/2025/10/10/w...

Without Formal Centers, Users Improvise To Reverse Overdoses - New Haven Independent

“You wanna know how bad it is?” asked Brad Carlson. “You see that man leaning on the fence? I saved his life twice. He saved my life once. The man next to him, we saved his life four times.” Carlson w...

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Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 35m

Ohio State opens PEACE program to train Ohio workforce in psychedelic crisis care

Center for Psychedelic Drug Research and Education will equip thousands of professionals with psychedelic-informed skills news.osu.edu/ohio-state-o...

Ohio State opens PEACE program to train Ohio workforce in psychedelic crisis care

A new program from the Center for Psychedelic Drug Research and Education (CPDRE) in The Ohio State University College of Social Work is helping prepare health care workers and first responders with t...

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Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 36m

The Seattle Public Schools (SPS) Board decided not to reinstate a campus police officer at Garfield High School mynorthwest.com/local/sps-po...

SPS board rejects bring back police officers to Garfield High's campus

The Seattle Public Schools Board decided not to bring back a campus police officer to Garfield High School after a vote Wednesday evening.

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Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 38m

Judge denies California's request to put LA County juvenile halls under state control laist.com/news/crimina...

Judge denies California's request to put LA County juvenile halls under state control

Attorney General Rob Bonta made the request after years of scandals at the county's facilities.

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Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 38m

California - At a Boyle Heights hospital, ICE agents call the shots, doctors say laist.com/news/politic...

At a Boyle Heights hospital, ICE agents call the shots, doctors say

Doctors say administrator directives allow immigration agents to interfere in medical decisions and compromise medical care.

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Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 40m

UK - Firearms officer used excessive force in fatal shooting of unarmed man in London, misconduct hearing told www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Firearms officer used excessive force in fatal shooting of unarmed man in London, misconduct hearing told

Jermaine Baker, from Tottenham, killed during operation to stop plot to spring gang leader from prison in 2015

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Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 41m

Mesa Police Department Assistant Chief Ed Wessing is under investigation for allegations of misconduct.

Wessing is being investigated for failure to obey city management policies and/or personnel rules or official city communications www.yourvalley.net/mesa-indepen...

Mesa puts assistant police chief under investigation - Mesa Independent

Mesa Police Department Assistant Chief Ed Wessing is under investigation for allegations of misconduct. Wessing is being investigated for failure to obey city management policies and/or …

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Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 41m

‘It didn’t exist’: How a RI reporter helped shed light on police misconduct cases www.wpri.com/behindthesto...

‘It didn’t exist’: How a RI reporter helped shed light on police misconduct cases

Ben Berke of Ocean State Media joined Eli Sherman and Dan McGowan on “Behind the Story” this week to discuss the rollout of a police reform law that went into effect earlier this year.

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Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 43m

Tennessee; Off-duty Chattanooga officer indicted on aggravated assault charge still employed, receiving pay www.local3news.com/local-news/u...

UPDATE: Off-duty Chattanooga officer indicted on aggravated assault charge still employed, receiving pay

The Chattanooga Police Department relieves a sergeant of his duties after an indictment by the Hamilton County Grand Jury for aggravated assault involving a deadly weapon.

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Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 44m

DHS Says Videotaping ICE Agents Is Illegal. Federal Courts Disagree.

Filming law enforcement serves important goals central to a free republic. www.cato.org/commentary/d...

DHS Says Videotaping ICE Agents Is Illegal. Federal Courts Disagree.

Filming law enforcement serves important goals central to a free republic.

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Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 45m

Mississippi - An exclusive documentary screening honors legacy of civil rights icon.

Tougaloo College hosts "John Burris: Godfather of Police Litigation" www.wapt.com/article/john...

An exclusive documentary screening honors legacy of civil rights icon

Tougaloo College hosts "John Burris: Godfather of Police Litigation"

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Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 50m

Workers carry sacks full of guano on Isla Santa in northern Peru. Derived from seabird excrement, guano enriched Peru in the 19th century. This natural fertiliser, which is collected under difficult conditions, now benefits only small-scale farmers. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 51m

Chuzhou, China
Drivers merge on to expressway lanes after passing through the Wuzhuang toll station at Chuzhou as they make their way back home on the eve of the last day of an eight-day long national holiday www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 52m

Deported after reporting sexual assault: A Florida worker’s fight for justice

Jennyfer told police that her manager assaulted her. Within weeks of reporting, she was charged with a DUI and deported to Nicaragua prismreports.org/2025/10/09/d...

Deported after reporting sexual assault: A worker’s fight for justice

Jennyfer told police that her manager assaulted her. Within weeks of reporting, she was charged with a DUI and deported to Nicaragua

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Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 53m

Antananarivo, Madagascar
A protester jumps to avoid a teargas canister during clashes at a demonstration calling for the resignation of President Andry Rajoelina. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

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Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 1h

Data on real estate prices in the US from 1890–2006 shows real prices for rent have increased by 60% & real house prices have nearly quadrupled. Stringent land use & zoning regulations (eg bans on anything but single-family housing) are key contributing factors academic.oup.com/qje/advance-...

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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 23h

Looks like this one’s making the rounds again.

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 4h

something quite brain-melting about the hard right's position apparently now being "we hate all Muslims and distrust Muslim states, aside from that one Muslim place that still has slavery because that sounds fun"

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