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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 6h

Entering the Anne Frank stage of the administration I see

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 17h

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...

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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 9h

Emma
#dogsofbluesky #dogsky

My hand holding an ear of a slim German shepherd mix laying on a blue-gray couch

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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 13h

I feel like there’s a correlation here with much of the tech world getting filthy rich and going mask-off fascist.

Also, the last tech bubble had burst around a decade earlier and back then you didn’t have the sense that your tech was just burning up the planet.

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Grant Lorrell @grantlorrell.bsky.social · 13h

Yeah, a common observation I've seen from a few tech writers is that the tech industry hit its growth peak in the 2010's. But the VC/Investors still expect the same kind of runaway growth, so they keep pushing "innovative" products that are largely junk or vaporware.

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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 13h

God I loved Twitter so much back then.

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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 13h

The camera on my phone is much improved. Everything else feels worse.

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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 13h

Hard to escape the thought that circa 2010 mighta been the high point of the tech revolution and we’re just in for ever more enshittification from here.

Rufus Hickok @rufus-hickok.bsky.social · 13h

It really has become impossible to do anything online. I just tried to order those Greek amphora coffee cups for the bookstore, and I cannot because their online payment service insists I give them the "one-time only code" they sent to my old Canadian phone number. Also, I can't update my number.

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Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 14h

WGN, this woman’s employer, is now reporting she was not charged with any crimes and was released.

DHS said earlier she was arrested for assault for throwing objects at agents.

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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 13h

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 17h

Update: Bari Weiss’s first pitch at CBS — a roundtable with Antony Blinken, Mike Pompeo, and Hillary Clinton that ended up being a virtual interview with Clinton & Condoleezza Rice — has about 150 viewers on YouTube.

Added with the 24/7 CBS stream, it’s just over 1200 viewers.

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Alex @purplechrain.bsky.social · 13h

There have been many shameful moments on the part of the White House Press Corps in the last 9 months but the lack of meaningful pushback or follow-up questions to Trump’s constant claims that a major US city has been set on fire for weeks & most of its businesses have been destroyed is damning.

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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 17h

I'm sure he would have said the same of Martin Niemöller.

Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 18h

A Newsmax host defended ICE agents shooting a minister in the head with a pepper ball by falsely claiming he was “actually an antifa member masquerading as a pastor.”

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Josh Kovensky @joshkovensky.bsky.social · 17h

the Brennan Center has a nice overview on the abuse that is NSPM-7

www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 17h

This arrest appears to be in direct violation of a temporary restraining order prohibiting DHS officers from arresting journalists. The officers here may well be subject to contempt of court. protectdemocracy.org/wp-content/u...

It is hereby ORDERED that Defendants,' their officers, agents, assigns, and all
persons acting in concert with them (hereafter referred to as "Federal Agents"), are temporarily
ENJOINED in this judicial district from:
a.
Dispersing, arresting, threatening to arrest, threatening or using physical
force against any person whom they know or reasonably should know is a Journalist, unless Defendants have probable cause to believe that the individual has committed a crime.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 22h

The House Majority Whip is also insisting that a peaceful "No Kings" demonstration is in fact a "hate America rally" held for the "terrorist wing" of the Democratic Party.

Really feels like they're trying to manifest a violent reaction to it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Emmer: "This is about one thing and one thing alone -- to score political points with the terrorist wing of their party, which is set to hold a hate America rally in DC next week."

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 1d

If you ever stuck up for "ideological diversity ' or good faith debate or whatever and thought guys like Thiessen were part of that congratulations you are a huge sucker and Thiessen and the other conservatives are laughing at you now that they won.

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 18h

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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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 17h

This may be an AI-powered campaign scraping weird grievances from Nextdoor.

Colin Dickey @colindickey.com · 21h

[Me, a poor, on the subway, glowering jealously at all those fat cat, fancy pants rich people on the public bus]

Andrew Cuomo tweet:

@ZohranKMamdani's "plan" provides no relief for working families who take the subway, and unnecessary benefits to wealthy New Yorkers who take the bus and can afford the fare.

I focus on working families, while @ZohranKMamdani the mansion boy focuses on helping the rich.

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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 18h

I'm sure they're at least easier to identify and probably more more worried about optics than those ICE goons.

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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 18h

Seeing people yell at Pritzker cuz IL state troopers and CPD are also thugs and I'm like, what part of #ACAB did you find confusing?

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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 18h

Guessing he doesn't think she's so cool today

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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 20h

I would be shocked to learn that the humane law cop at the shelter isn't a member of the Proud Boys or Oath Keepers or some similar group.

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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 20h

They could call in an animal control cop. They're bastards but trained.
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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · Mar 22

I volunteer at an animal shelter. We have a humane law cop who rescues desperate animals from hoarders and abusers.

It’s an important job but he’s a complete bastard. All the dogs hate him and I think they have good reason. #acab

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · Mar 22

Columbia University, among other changes, has agreed to "empower 36 campus police officers with new powers to arrest students," as well as to ban masks. www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 20h

They often they kill dogs in their own homes or yards that are just barking at them.

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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 20h

This story, and others like it every single day in America, give me a murderous rage.

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

EL PASO — a family says ICE showed up at their house looking for migrants and shot and KILLED THEIR DOG, then didn’t help them as the agent ran away and was not identified.

kfoxtv.com/news/local/e...

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