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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 49m

BREAKING from PP

We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*

The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:

Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer

More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado

www.propublica.org/article/immi...

by @nicolefoy.bsky.social

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

www.propublica.org

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Emily Hamilton @ebwhamilton.bsky.social · 1d

The ways that Texas NIMBYs are finding to make apartments more expensive to build are are funnier than what coastal NIMBYs come up with reason.com/2025/10/14/t...

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 4d

About a month ago, the Trump administration got rid of the de minimis exemption, whereby packages valued under $800 could slide in without import duties. Now there's a backlog as the government can't process all of this paperwork, leading to UPS just destroying packages

Business Insider headline reads: UPS is telling customers that their packages coming to the US are marked for destruction.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

You gently run your hand through the rack. You can feel it—pure cotton, rich wool, Irish linen. The plump buttonholes are handsewn; the buttons attached with a firm shank. You flip the price tag over. It's affordable

You buy the jacket and go home, which is only 15 mins away. Your apt is $600/month

Headline reads: Altman says ChatGPT will soon allow erotic for adult users.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 11h

thinking about the time a cool Instagram fashion account asked me to name my favorite products and i didn't know i was supposed to name fashion products, so i said pigeon food because i like feeding pigeons and their followers were like "why the fuck do i need pigeon food for my outfit?"

The Instagram account Saint featured me. The first slide says: "Derek Guy - Dieworkwear. Derek Guy is a menswear writer who has written for The New York Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter. He also runs a menswear blog called Die, Workwear"

One of the slides showing my favorite products. It's it's a big bag of Hagen pigeon food. The food is fortified with the vitamins and nutrients pigeons need.

Instagram user writes: "Why tf do i need pigeon food for my outfit." I replied: "this is what i can afford to eat after spending all my money on clothes ::sad face::"

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Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 3h

Notice how this real city doesn’t “taper density away” from the arterial. It was designed by a real city planner

Daniel Moser @dmoser.bsky.social · 3h

Great urban form fosters mixed density and sustainable mobility for liveability.

The urban fabric of Barcelona 🇪🇸👇

The urban fabric of Barcelona 🇪🇸👇 - aerial

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 16h

BREAKING via WSJ

The Trump administration is planning sweeping changes in criminal division at the IRS.

Full Story: on.wsj.com/3LbVFtK

The Trump administration is preparing sweeping changes at the Internal Revenue Service that would allow the agency to pursue criminal inquiries of left-leaning groups more easily, according to people familiar with the matter.
A senior IRS official involved in the effort has drawn up a list of potential targets that includes major Democratic donors, some of the people said.
The undertaking aims to install allies of President Trump at the IRS criminal-investigative division, or IRS-CI, to exert firmer control over the unit and weaken the involvement of IRS lawyers in criminal investigations, officials said. The proposed changes could open the door to politically motivated probes and are being driven by Gary Shapley, an adviser to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14h

Q: “Most hospitals + people who will lose insurance are in rural areas. If Trump & Republicans are so intent on sticking it to their own voters, why not let them?”

@aoc.bsky.social : “That’s the difference between us & Trump. I don’t care if you voted for me, I want you to have health care.”

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Flying Mezerkis @bananapantz.bsky.social · 18h

Wow

Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 18h

NEW for @washingtonpost.com:

Pentagon reporters exited the building in unison Wednesday after turning in their badges, having refused to sign the Defense Department's press policy.

@nancyayoussef.bsky.social called it a “sad day for those who support a free press.”

Reporters leave Pentagon en masse after refusing to sign on to new rules

After turning in their press credentials, journalists covering the Defense Department walked out rather than comply with its restrictive new policies.

www.washingtonpost.com

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The Needling @theneedling.com · 1d

ICE Detains Leaves as They Turn Brown: tinyurl.com/37euaejk

Masked ICE agents throwing bags of brown leaves in unmarked van

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Evan Manvel @evanmanvel.bsky.social · 22h

Google Maps routinely helps people avoid law enforcement officers who enforce our traffic safety laws by posting where they are located. 45,000 Americans are killed each year in traffic crashes, and over 1 million people injured.

Is Vance going after them?

Evan Manvel @evanmanvel.bsky.social · 22h

Lies and the lying liars. Glad to be a sustaining member of OPB.

Ryan Haas @ryanjhaas.bsky.social · 22h

Federal officials claim Portland's ICE facility closed down due to protests. Even federal judges acknowledged this as true.

So OPB decided to fact check it. Data show bookings at the building never stopped.

Portland’s ICE building closed for 22 days this summer, but immigration arrests and detentions hardly slowed

Justice Department attorneys argue the facility was “inoperable.” Some public functions were halted. Bookings were not.

www.opb.org

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 23h

damn

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 1d

"Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize." --Tom Lehrer

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "We've always stood with Capitol police and law enforcement. We've shown that in word and deed."

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

first reply

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 1d

Due process. Academic freedom. An independent judiciary. A free press. A professional civil service. A protected environment. These aren't partisan talking points; they are the pillars of a healthy nation. And every single one of them is under direct assault by the Trump administration.

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 3d

ICE agents blocked an ambulance that was trying to take an injured protester to hospital.

"We are still not being allowed to leave by ICE officers.” an EMT said on radio

When driver tried to get out, an agent yelled, "DON’T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN, I WILL SHOOT YOU"

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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Evan Manvel @evanmanvel.bsky.social · 1d

I never trust any AI (or other initial search) results without going to an underlying source. Maybe these numbers are right, but maybe their hallucinations from mass plagiarism (“AI”)

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Evan Manvel @evanmanvel.bsky.social · 1d

How is this framed not as “Trump uses $20 billion in taxpayer funding to interfere in a foreign election”?

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 1d

everything is made up and the points don't matter

a man in a suit and tie is giving a speech in front of a crowd ..

Alt: a man in a suit and tie is giving a speech in front of a crowd ..

media.tenor.com

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Transportation Alternatives @transalt.org · 1d

Our subway system badly needs repairs. While the Trump administration tries to steal billions of dollars from the MTA, New York has to step up to fill the gaps.

Thankfully, congestion pricing is working exactly as intended: reducing traffic, and raising money for mass transit.

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Ariel Méndez @amendez.bsky.social · 1d

Getting to zero fatal crashes is possible. Bend is 51 days away from a full twelve months with no fatal crashes on our public roadways. That's down from a high of 7 in 2023 and 5 in 2024.

This is great progress and we've got to keep it up.

A screenshot of a Bend Police Data Hub showing MVA (motor vehicle accident) w/ Fatality call type has zero calls. The square in the middle shows a map of the city of Bend and the border shows a variety of data filters available.

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un Américain perdu à Paris @paris75009.bsky.social · 2d

Paris has achieved the goal of more than 300 “school streets”.

Lots of before & after pictures in this latest October 2025 update.

#paris #schoolstreets #15minutecity #urbanism #school #safety #safestreets #children

www.paris.fr/pages/57-nou...

Plus de 300 « rues aux écoles » dans Paris

Expérimentées dans le cadre du déconfinement pour lutter contre la pollution, améliorer la qualité de l'air et végétaliser la ville, les « rues aux écoles » se multiplient à Paris. Ces piétonnisations...

www.paris.fr

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 2d

Unbelievable story of Afghan refugee, a highly vetted fluent English speaker who helped the US against the Taliban and now lives here with his US citizen kids, declared “illegal” and perhaps about to be shipped home by the Trump admin to his likely death

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 2d

He supported America’s war, escaped Afghanistan and started a family in the U.S.

Then ICE arrested him.

If he is deported, he expects the Taliban to kill him.

America saved him from the Taliban. Trump wants to send him back.

He supported America’s war, escaped Afghanistan and started a family in the U.S. Then ICE arrested him. If he is deported, he expects the Taliban to kill him.

www.washingtonpost.com

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