Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reposted by David Daniel

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 2h

Illinois law requires all registered vehicles to display front and back license plates, without exception. But to evade accountability, masked federal immigration agents are driving around in unmarked cars without plates.
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...?

Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates

The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.

chicago.suntimes.com

140 810 1.5K

Reposted by David Daniel

Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 2h

Terribly sad news about one of the greats. Diane Keaton has died at 79.
people.com/diane-keaton...

Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79. Keaton was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

people.com

580 1.9K 7K

Reposted by David Daniel

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 6h

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

120 1.5K 2.5K

David Daniel @daviddaniel.bsky.social · 2h

@sarahkendzior.bsky.social as always lyrically on target:

"The first step is admitting the scope of the crisis, and proceeding from there, finding points of leverage against oligarch assault. At the same time, build your own refuge. Refuge can become subterfuge when you’re up against the soulless."

PanoptiCon Artists: Your Questions Answered

On digital surveillance, ICE city raids, the need for new parties, and more.

sarahkendzior.substack.com

5 15

David Daniel @daviddaniel.bsky.social · 3h

ICYMI, from @us.theconversation.com:

"Though their individual circumstances vary — loss of job or a loved one, an illness or a battle with addiction — the root cause of their homelessness is the same: a lack of affordable and available housing."

A Denver MD has spent 2 decades working with hospitalized patients experiencing homelessness − here’s what she fears and what gives her hope

Homelessness is solvable through affordable and supportive housing. Hospitals should be part of the solution.

theconversation.com

David Daniel @daviddaniel.bsky.social · 4h

❤️ this from @awalkerinla.bsky.social: “Maybe when people land at LAX, we have them scan a QR code that introduces them to their local forecast communicator, checks if they need emergency translation services, signs them up for NotifyLA, and automatically installs the Watch Duty app on their phone.”

Red flag warning

What happens when disaster strikes as millions of tourists are in town?

www.torched.la

2 11

Reposted by David Daniel

cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 6h

I genuinely cannot express how vital it is that you train yourself to recognize AI-generated images and videos for your own good because none of this is going away and many, many people are counting on you to fall for their shit

29 810 3.1K

Reposted by David Daniel

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 6h

New — Video shared with me shows ICE officers in DC detaining a man on Friday.

Bystander filming asks man for his name. ICE agent lies and says he’s not allowed to speak to him “by law” and another says “We’ve arrested American citizens for being too close…If he gets any closer, put him in cuffs.”

190 2.1K 4.5K

David Daniel @daviddaniel.bsky.social · 6h

A billionaire who's trying to heal the planet, instead of flee it.

Thanks, Ted.

Nature rebounds on Ted Turner’s reserve | CNN

Ted Turner’s nature reserve, Vermejo, is the subject of a new documentary. “Preserved” highlights the 558,000-acre reserve where a once neglected ecosystem is thriving.

www.cnn.com

Reposted by David Daniel

Devin Judge-Lord @judgelord.bsky.social · 7h

IRS layoffs are costly for the U.S., redistributing wealth to the top 1% (who lie on their taxes at jaw-dropping rates).

The bottom 99% generally pay their taxes. cepr.org/voxeu/column...

Taxes evaded as a percent of taxes owed from a study showing that the 99th wealth percentile and above evade significantly more taxes than everyone else. The richest evade 25% of the taxes they owe on average. The bottom 95% evade less than 3% of their taxes on average. While these data are from Scandinavia, similar patterns are likely in other countries, including the U.S.

6 170 500

Reposted by David Daniel

◥◤Kriston Capps @kristoncapps.bsky.social · 7h

HUD laid off so many fair housing investigators on Friday that it shuttered the regional offices that oversee discrimination cases in 9 states: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

HUD Issues Layoff Notices, Targeting Fair Housing Staff With Deep Cuts

Fair housing staffers who investigate claims of housing discrimination at field offices nationwide were among the hundreds of HUD staffers who received layoff notices.

www.bloomberg.com

7 150 230

Reposted by David Daniel

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 8h

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

61 1K 1.8K

David Daniel @daviddaniel.bsky.social · 18h

Move over, apps: “Some are chasing romance, others just the music and the jive. But beneath it all is something rare: an almost old-fashioned earnestness. People still come here to look one another in the eye.”

In the age of algorithms, one Irish town still does love the old-fashioned way

Most won't leave the town of Lisdoonvarna with a partner. But for a few nights each fall, they find something rarer — company, ritual and the comfort of not looking for love alone.

www.npr.org

2

Reposted by David Daniel

Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 21h

ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi.

David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison.

Here's their story.

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

www.mississippifreepress.org

150 3K 5.8K

Reposted by David Daniel

The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 18h

Trump is freezing $350 million in education grants for Minority-Serving Institutions, including $250 million for Hispanic-Serving Institutions. The move puts federal funding at risk for over 600 colleges serving 1.5 million Hispanic students, according to an ethnic studies scholar.

Trump is cutting funding to universities with large Hispanic student populations – here’s what to know

Hispanic-Serving Institutions enroll over 60% of all Hispanic undergraduates in the US and include large schools like Florida International University.

buff.ly

8 26 23

Reposted by David Daniel

Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 19h

Extremely bad news if true (and unlikely this reporter would run with it if not). The MMWR has been the earliest warning bell for outbreaks since it announced the first US cases, in 1981, of what was later identified as AIDS.

This will be a grievous shock to what remains of US public health.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 19h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

10 250 570

Reposted by David Daniel

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 19h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

830 8.2K 15K

David Daniel @daviddaniel.bsky.social · 19h

Power to the people!

Diane Galloway @adgwatches.bsky.social · 20h

Comrades, I’m inclined to tell you a story from my organizing days. In 2018, I was one of hundred of union organizers who had the privilege to assist with a nine-day, statewide, unauthorized teachers’ strike to save their schools from a critical staffing shortage. Buckle up, it’s a good one. 1/x

1 2

David Daniel @daviddaniel.bsky.social · 21h

homer simpson from the simpsons is standing in the grass with the words `` well played '' .

Alt: The GIF of Homer Simpson moving backward into a green hedge, with the words “well played” in white capital letters at the bottom.

media.tenor.com

1

David Daniel @daviddaniel.bsky.social · 21h

Unsolicited Wick pic

3

David Daniel @daviddaniel.bsky.social · 21h

May her memory be a blessing.

2

Reposted by David Daniel

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

CNN does a segment on Trump's health issues, including photos of his drooping face and discolored hand

120 370 1.4K

Reposted by David Daniel

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

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

170 2.2K 6.7K

David Daniel @daviddaniel.bsky.social · 23h

Seems random, but since I have zero interest in holding office in NYC (or anywhere else), I won’t quibble. I’ll just enjoy my bagel.

David Daniel @daviddaniel.bsky.social · 23h

BATMAN: KNIGHTFALL, a multi-part animated event from Warner Bros. Animation, DC, and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, announced today at New York Comic Con.

Part 1, currently in production, is due out next year.

2