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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

Everything about this is bonkers. The arrest, the charge, the possible sentence, the **$2 million bail.**

reason.com/2025/10/10/t...

Tennessee man arrested, gets $2 million bond for posting Facebook meme

Larry Bushart posted a meme on a local Facebook page about Charlie Kirk. He now faces years in prison.

reason.com

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

A lawsuit alleges a Black postal worker died after officers ignored clear signs he was suffering from a massive stroke, believing his medical emergency was drugs

The suit says guards left him helpless on a jail cell floor in his own urine for hours

KARE 11 Investigates: Postal worker died after police mistook stroke for drug impairment

Kingsley Bimpong was jailed instead of hospitalized; video shows guards ignored his suffering for hours.

www.kare11.com

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cow tools daily @cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social · 2d

it's not FOR us

edited comic panel. Batman is breaking a lump-with-handle cow tool over his knee and saying "this is the tool of the cow. we do not understand it. we will not use it."

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 2d

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 2d

I don't know man, maybe the news just isn't for you

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CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 2d

I didn't mention that DHS habitually lies because I knew I could trust all of you in the bluesky reply community to provide that critical context.

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CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 2d

UPDATE: In emailed statement to me / @reason.com, DHS alleges that WGN-TV producer Debbie Brockman "threw objects at Border Patrol’s car and she was placed under arrest for assault on a federal law enforcement officer."

Screencap of email from DHS public affairs: Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin:

“U.S. Border Patrol was conducting immigration enforcement operations and when several violent agitators used their vehicles to block in agents in an effort to impede and assault federal officers. In fear of public safety and of law enforcement, officers used their service vehicle to strike a suspect’s vehicle and create an opening. As agents were driving, Deborah Brockman, a U.S. citizen, threw objects at Border Patrol’s car and she was placed under arrest for assault on a federal law enforcement officer.

“This incident is not isolated and reflects a growing and dangerous trend of illegal aliens violently resisting arrest and agitators and criminals ramming cars into our law enforcement officers. These attacks highlight the dangers our law enforcement officers face daily—all while receiving no pay thanks to the Democrats’ government shutdown.”

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 2d

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CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 2d

Meanwhile, Tracy misreads the invite and ends up accepting an offer to appear at Howdy Arabia, an Arab steakhouse fusion chain.

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CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 2d

The punk record shop that my friends in high school went to sold patches of Johnny Cash flipping the bird

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Andrew H. Sowards @andrewhsowards.bsky.social · 2d

I've told the story before and I'll tell it again. As a PI, I got hired to drive perfectly legal and safe, but with a couple things we knew cops looked for - out of state plates and big vehicles to fit lots of dope - and guess what happened. Cops flat out lie about why they pulled me over.

thematthill.bsky.social @thematthill.bsky.social · 5d

Wow. Greg Bovino admits on camera that his agents can detain people if you look scared, change your demeanor, or grip a steering wheel too tight.

As his unmasked agents walk around with large guns to scare you, they may arrest you just for that — even if you're a U.S. citizen.

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CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 3d

They kept cutting back to Lanning when Penn State was coming back in the fourth quarter, and each time he looked more excited. Like he wanted a bucket of popcorn.

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CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 3d

Huge death penalty and forensic science news: Texas' highest criminal court has stayed the execution of Robert Roberson, who was less than a week away from becoming the first person in the country to be executed based on disputed evidence of shaken baby syndrome reason.com/2025/10/09/t...

Texas court blocks execution of Robert Roberson in landmark 'shaken baby' case

Roberson has been saved again from becoming the first person to be executed based on disputed evidence of Abusive Head Trauma, formerly called "shaken baby syndrome."

reason.com

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CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 3d

Relatedly, I see a lot of doomers on here who don't have that dog in them and could use a Dan Lanning speech.

THEY'RE FIGHTING FOR CLICKS, WE'RE FIGHTING FOR WINS. IT'S DEATH BY A THOUSAND CUTS, AND EVERY CUT MATTERS. WE PLAY THE GAME, NOT THE SITUATION. WE BELIEVE IN OUR TECHNIQUE.

CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 4d

lol, here's some incredible college football content. In the hype video Oregon posted after Penn State, Dan Lanning lectures his team on broken windows theory, but it's pro-breaking windows.

"Each time we get a stop on defense, that's a broken window." www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwSH...

a screencap of Oregon Ducks head coach Dan Lanning standing in front of a projector screen displaying a slideshow. The current slide has a headline "BROKEN WINDOWS THEORY."

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 4d

Law enforcement needs to rein in ICE's anti-press abuses and investigate ICE attacks on independent journalists in Chicagoland.

A coalition of Chicago and national press freedom orgs explained why in a letter to the Broadview Police Department and Illinois State Police today.

Independent journalists must be protected from ICE attacks

Letter calls on local authorities to investigate all attacks on journalists

freedom.press

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CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 4d

The best thing in Red Dead Redemption 2 was tossing a molotov cocktail into a Klan rally. Sounds like easy money to me, but I haven't huffed enough gasoline to have the expertise of an Ubisoft exec.

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 4d

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 4d

Dan Lanning heard about broken windows theory and thought, "In this analogy, I am the wino pissing on the side of a building, and the opposing team is the building."

That's why he's a great coach.

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CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 4d

lol, here's some incredible college football content. In the hype video Oregon posted after Penn State, Dan Lanning lectures his team on broken windows theory, but it's pro-breaking windows.

"Each time we get a stop on defense, that's a broken window." www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwSH...

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 4d

Reporter's notebook: I actually began working on this story shortly after footage of the incident showed up last month.

But by the time I finally got ahold of folks, the story grew: 2 *other* faith leaders I spoke with *also* reported being shot w/pepper balls while protesting this ICE facility.

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 5d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 4d

like Ghost Rider's motorcycle, sort of

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Yo Gabapentin @yogabapentin.bsky.social · 5d

Claude AI’s logo is unironically Kurt Vonnegut’s butthole drawing

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 5d

Hey guys. It's your boy J Edgar here. I have something new that I'm really excited to share with you—it's called COINTELPRO and I really think you're gonna love it

Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 5d

Obviously not the main point here, but it's interesting how this is framed as content rather than policy.

"BREAKING" is typically what journalists or influencers say when they have a big story -- not what government officials say when they launch "undercover" operations

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CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 5d

Latest: I have a feature story charting the brief but insane history of Florida’s Everglades detention camp reason.com/2025/10/07/a...

Alligator Alcatraz was built on secrecy, expansive emergency powers, and an unprecedented state power grab

Shadowy deals and unilateral powers created Florida's notorious immigration detention camp.

reason.com

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CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 5d

you can find your biological name under your armpit next to your VIN and recommended tire pressure

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