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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 1d

It’s wild the agents who have videographers following them never seem to have footage of what they claim those they are arresting did

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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 10h

Listen to me very carefully: I will never, *never*, "ask Gemini."

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OBrienSci @obriensci.bsky.social · 10h

I mean, I'm not going to argue that, in the current iteration, SPED Is working well.

But I WILL argue that cutting it, wholesale, without a plan for improvement, will be devastating for families and communities across partisan lines. It's just bizarre. And mean.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 1d

So not for cause, or to address fraud, waste & abuse.

For partisan political pain.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: How many layoffs have you authorized?

TRUMP: It'll be a lot. And it'll be Democrat-oriented.

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OBrienSci @obriensci.bsky.social · 10h

I'm speechless, honestly.

This is fucking bananas.

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OBrienSci @obriensci.bsky.social · 10h

... excuse me?

Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 11h

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

CHICAGO: REBUILD is providing therapy to folks detained by ICE. Please feel free to let people know.

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Find Me A Therapist

findmeatherapist.org

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OBrienSci @obriensci.bsky.social · 11h

The bar for men is in hell.

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OBrienSci @obriensci.bsky.social · 11h

I was just teaching about the CDC to high schoolers this week in a class for students interested in medicine.

I truly don't even know what to say.

"The CDC exists. It used to be a world-respected agency on infectious disease. Now... well... things are changing. I guess we'll see?"

Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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OBrienSci @obriensci.bsky.social · 11h

MY GOD.

Just so damn gross. And so pervasive.

And that was when teachers were given so much benefit of the doubt. Wild.

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OBrienSci @obriensci.bsky.social · 11h

Six figure salaries, uninterrupted by the shutdown, unlike our federal workers.

John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 14h

They must be exhausted.

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Indivisible Twin Cities @indivistwincities.bsky.social · 12h

ITC denounces Trump’s politically motivated prosecution threats. See you at No Kings Twin Cities on 10/18. Read our statement: open.substack.com/pub/indivisi...

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OBrienSci @obriensci.bsky.social · 12h

In the 90s my HS chem teacher told a student, IN FRONT OF THE WHOLE CLASS, that he'd help her once she, "bent over & assumed the position."

The student told her mom who said, "Oh, Mr. Nelson, he's been doing that for ages."

Something was done, but it had clearly been going on for decades.

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OBrienSci @obriensci.bsky.social · 12h

Truly a sad, sad man. Such a tragedy that he's in the presidency, instead of therapy.

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 1d

Imagine being mad you didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize while you’re busy stirring up Civil War in your own country.

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OBrienSci @obriensci.bsky.social · 12h

Man. When I hear things like this I'm reminded that our current policies - as exasperating as they are sometimes - are because of trash like this.

Paddling kids in front of the whole class? JFC. What is wrong with some people???

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 13h

No Kings,
For the love of America.

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

nokings.org

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OBrienSci @obriensci.bsky.social · 12h

Eggs fresh from my friend’s chickens, chives and raspberries fresh from my yard. All served on my own pottery.

This is the good life.

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OBrienSci @obriensci.bsky.social · 12h

And… the definition of “meritocracy” is “white men deserve everything.”

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OBrienSci @obriensci.bsky.social · 12h

I’d argue we learned, but all the wrong lessons.

“Spreading disease is my god given right.”

I truly do not understand

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OBrienSci @obriensci.bsky.social · 13h

the sun is shining brightly in the space

ALT: the sun is shining brightly in the space

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OBrienSci @obriensci.bsky.social · 13h

Saturday morning knitting while listening to my favorite historians 💗 @hcrichardson.bsky.social @jbf1755.bsky.social

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

They are not planning "a violent crackdown" on 10.18. What they are doing is sending a signal to their shock troops to try to cause havoc. But those shock troops will be vastly outnumbered. Go out and protest freely. Do not be cowed.

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OBrienSci @obriensci.bsky.social · 1d

So he knows we not only can pass the discharge petition, but the actual release, too.

Wild.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Adelita Grijalva won her election to Congress over two weeks ago, but Mike Johnson still hasn't sworn her in.

Why the delay?

Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.

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