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karima @eight4878.bsky.social · 17m

Code 2: Code Red when he thought they might detain him. Well done, bike guy!

You can use a small metal whistle such as this one during emergency situations like dealing with ICE. Get more info here about how to protect yourself and other people: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/658260ffaedeb8655aa6d2c7/t/68e83fd74a13d30d7e06585b/1760051159365/Whistle+Flier.pdf.

karima @eight4878.bsky.social · 57m

The military's getting checks, but do ICE agents, border patrol officers, and customs officials have to keep working without pay? tinyurl.com/mr39bddp 🤷🏾

Trump Says Military Will Receive Next Paycheck, Despite Shutdown

Trump said Saturday the White House has “identified the funds” to ensure troops receive their paychecks on Oct. 15.

tinyurl.com

karima @eight4878.bsky.social · 1h

This week in 1988: 1,000+ ACT UP demonstrators shut down FDA headquarters, demanding action on developing HIV/AIDS treatments. ACT UP's militant and creative actions always included powerful visual artwork, and paved the way for movements in the decades to come.
— Ricardo L. Morales

The lithographic poster, known as “AIDSGATE” depicts the bust of Ronald Reagan with glowing pink eyes atop a greenish yellow background. Text crawls across the bottom of the poster to read: “54% of people with AIDS in NYC are Black or Hispanic… AIDS is the No. 1 killer of women between the ages of 24 and 29 in NYC… By 1991, more people will have died of AIDS than in the entire Vietnam War. What is Reagan’s real policy on AIDS? Genocide of all Non-Whites, Non-males and Non-heterosexuals?… Silence=Death.” Info/source: https://peoplesgdarchive.org/item/10552/actup-aidsgate-ronald-reagan-poster.

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graveyard dirt @upfromsumdirt.bsky.social · 2h

from jazz is dead 17
(lonnie liston smith, adrian younge, and ali shaheed muhammad)
LOVE BRINGS HAPPINESS

youtu.be/uPvaiNx0f6Y?...

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 2h

You can save yourself a lot of time by never arguing with people who don't protest *ever* about protest. Keep it moving and reclaim your time.

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　　　the　　　 ghostes @rem.bsjky.team · 3h

im sitting on the curb in the dollar store parking lot adn a car came in and drove past and the passenger gave me a Look. maam is it illegal to sit on the curb in the dollar store parking lot

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karima @eight4878.bsky.social · 2h

I had to read this post twice.

Image of a creature's face with her or his mouth open saying WHUT?! (in a word bubble) against a mustard yellow background.

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Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 2h

In 2019, voters empowered the Civilian Complaint Review Board to bring misconduct charges against cops who lied to the agency's investigators. But the board is tossing those cases out at a surprising rate, and public data conceals that fact. What gives?

The NYPD's Watchdog Is Tossing Out Lying Cop Cases—Then 'Hiding' the Data from the Public

The agency tasked with holding the NYPD accountable is letting cops accused of lying to its own investigators off the hook.

hellgatenyc.com

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karima @eight4878.bsky.social · 3h

Fuck Jeff B & that asshole bot fucker.

A circle around the letter A on a white poster, a cat walking down the street next to a yellow fence, a house in the distance with a red roof, a tree behind the fence, and flowers in the grass along the path where the black cat walks. Eyes downcast, his word bubble says, EVERYTHING THE RICH HAVE THEY HAVE STOLEN.

karima @eight4878.bsky.social · 13h

Sylvia and Marsha will never be forgotten, especially by folks in the community of a certain age. Thanks, Zohran, for acknowledging these freedom-fighting women.

Sylvia Rivera, wearing a bandana holding her hair back, a white jacket, and a long sweater, stands holding a cigarette at the rundown West Side Piers.

Marsha P. Johnson, wearing a fur coat, looks directly into the camera holding a cigarette between the fingers of her left hand.

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 2d

"[F]irst time I've seen so many pregnant people in [ICE] detention."

"Trump administration has stopped publishing semiannual reports on the condition and number of pregnant, postpartum, and lactating women in immigration detention."
#USA #Incarceration #Healthcare #Deportation #EthnicCleansing

The Trump Administration Is Hiding How Many Pregnant People Are in ICE Detention

The evidence indicates ICE is detaining pregnant women at alarming rates, in rapidly deteriorating conditions.

theintercept.com

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karima @eight4878.bsky.social · 14h

Rest easy, Diane.

Louise Bryant (played by Diane Keaton) is alone on a beach, sitting on what looks like a piece of driftwood. She wears a hat with a belted blue dress, and she's looking down at the paperwork she's holding in her left hand. Above, in the sky, are dark clouds.

karima @eight4878.bsky.social · 15h

QT this post with someone you wish was still alive.

Klee Benally (https://tinyurl.com/4phe58de).

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Ⓐnarchohoodism @161bklyn.bsky.social · 16h

Some Leadbelly energy

youtu.be/VQva5wKSfzM

Mr. Hitler - Leadbelly

YouTube video by okochos

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Albumism @albumism.com · 16h

Good, Great or Masterpiece? | Listen to the album + explore our tribute here: album.ink/WuTangClanWF

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karima @eight4878.bsky.social · 22h

Even if Ganesha has your back, give it up, Vivek! Or at least get a better shade of makeup for your face.

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Gina BOO 👻 #FreeŁink @gina.bzky.team · 1d

Masala chai is a protest ☕️

Ma$on @masonfromtwitter.bsky.social · 2d

Speaking of chai and its relationship to pumpkin spice...here's another fun fact:

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karima @eight4878.bsky.social · 23h

Very nice work, Nikkolas! Yes, we WILL win.

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Spookyanna 🎃 @uhnopenottoday.blacksky.app · 1d

Related book recommendation for anyone interested:

Rooted in the Earth - Reclaiming the African American Environmental Heritage by Dianne D. Glave

It’s a good read that counters the idea that “a meaningful attachment to nature and the outdoors is contrary to the Black experience.”

Rooted in the Earth: Reclaiming the African American Environmental Heritage by Dianne D. Glave

Book cover shows a Black person’s hand brushing over tall grass

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Not Your Negress @notyournegro.blacksky.app · 1d

If yall had started protesting on Inauguration Day things wouldn’t have gotten this far. You’ve shown no real resistance because you’re waiting for someone else to do it.

That very much translates into “I know I’ll be ok for longer than THEY will”.

And I’m talking to ALL OF YOU.

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karima @eight4878.bsky.social · 1d

In other news, the chorus of boos showered on WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert when she took the microphone to present the Aces their championship trophy was deafening and unrelenting.

Whatever Cathy was saying wasn’t audible amid the jeers.
tinyurl.com/vxc9bws2 via @madkenney.bsky.social

Commissioner Cathy Engelbert was drowned out by boos as she presented the Aces their championship trophy after their WNBA finals-clinching win over the Mercury on Oct. 10, 2025.

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

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:

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

FULL STORY HERE: Emails began flooding CDC inboxes late Friday night announcing dozens of layoffs. HR people brought back from furlough to oversee the RIFs. Disease detectives, entire Washington office, global health, injury prevention, MMWR staff among those hit.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

www.nytimes.com

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

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.”

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karima @eight4878.bsky.social · 1d

This postal worker, a Black man, died because police mistook his stroke for drug impairment. After Kingsley Bimpong was jailed instead of hospitalized, guards ignored his suffering for hours. #ThisIsAmerica tinyurl.com/yafs5vh4

Kingsley Bimpong in medical distress. The white police officer, Martin Jensen, did not complete his Drug Recognition Evaluation on Bimpong, but arrested him on suspicion of DWI.