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Jeff Tischauser @jtischauser.bsky.social · 2h

This is my family’s cemetery. Generations of us are here. DHS thugs attacked the workers who laid my father to rest and tend to his gravesite. i dont know whether to cry or yell. I hope these DHS thugs find no peace in this life and the next.

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 2h

ICE attacks cemetery workers trying to help a man in the Des Plaines river www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMUmUjPs/

Caught on camera… ICE agents clash with suburban cemetery workers trying to help man in Des Plaines River… #wgn9 #ice #operationmidwayblitz #immigration

TikTok video by WGN9Chicago

www.tiktok.com

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Tickling Timebomb @tickletime.bsky.social · 3h

“Democrats see a pattern”
Not only can anybody see it, Trump himself is crowing about it.

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Claire Zagorski, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · 1d

A student on TikTok has been documenting her journey with a professor who “wrote” the anatomy textbook and it’s all a bunch of AI hallucinations.

She’s saying that, understandably, the students are doing super poorly!

Behold what we’re teaching the healthcare professionals of tomorrow:

A diagram of the bones and (some) deep muscles of the hand and forearm. AI says that we only have four digits. It’s also identified a tendon as the median nerve, another tendon as the ulnar nerve, among other issues.

An AI generated diagram of the muscles of the neck. It hallucinated the “ennocleidomasid” muscle, and the “anterior scalpalin muscle”.

An AI generated diagram of the muscles of the lateral thigh. It says that the gluteus Maximus (the big juicy butt muscle) is on the anterior side. It also points to the quadriceps muscle and says “attattment”. It also says that the same structure is the tibia AND the deep fascia of the leg.

An AI generated diagram of the bones of the hand and forearm. This time AI says we have 6 digits. It also says that the radius is the ulnar artery. Among other many issues.

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The Last Mile with USAID @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social · 9h

Machado 🤢 dedicates a peace prize to the man who sent troops into US cities, branded his rivals enemies, and gutted the rule of law. In praising him she trades freedom for favor and drags both nations closer to the authoritarians she claims to fight.

Illustrated portrait of Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado against a plain background. Below the illustration, large bold text reads: “Nobel Peace Prize for pro-Israel right-wing Venezuelan leader Maria Corina Machado draws criticism.” Beneath that, smaller text quotes Pakistani writer Fatima Bhutto, stating that the prize has ignored Gazan doctors and journalists for two years and rewards “the foot soldiers of Western imperial politics.” The image is credited to maktoobmedia.com, dated 10 October 2025.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 22h

theonion.com/ice-raids-my...

MYTH: ICE agents lack proper training.

FACT: Most have been racists their entire lives.

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Tickling Timebomb @tickletime.bsky.social · 18h

They chose to stand for the values they stand for, eh

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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · May 30

No words

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Arne Duncan @arneduncan.bsky.social · 20h

News brief:
Parents who voted for Trump have children who need Special Education services.
Lots and lots of parents who voted for Trump have children in Special Ed- literally millions of them.

I wonder how those parents feel about these cuts…

Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 1d

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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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 22h

OOOPS! UPDATE: Two HHS officials tell me that disease detectives, measles response officers, global health officials and the MMWR staff were laid off by mistake and will be reinstated. But Washington office is still RIFed

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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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 22h

The end of federal enforcement of special ed laws. Some states - including MN - will likely be ok. But a lot of disabled kids in a lot of states are going to lose the education that federal law and decades of jurisprudence say they are owed.

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

www.usatoday.com

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Alan Dettlaff @alandettlaff.com · 23h

Yesterday I was told that the class I’m scheduled to teach this month, Confronting Oppression & Injustice, is no longer part of our curriculum. This is a required class yet there was no discussion, no faculty vote, just an email saying the class no longer exists. This is what it’s like in Texas now.

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Zackary Berger שלום בערגער @drberger.bsky.social · 21h

In the Baltimore Sun today we ask Governor Wes Moore to cancel Avelo Airlines' contract with BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport. He can do it today. It doesn't require the assembly. It will help stop ICE & help our patients and neighbors.

Please share widely.

www.baltimoresun.com/2025/10/11/w...

How Wes Moore can deal a blow to Trump’s immigration agenda | GUEST COMMENTARY

Guest commentary: Gov. Wes Moore has a novel opportunity to undermine Trump’s immigration agenda by targeting an airline participating in ICE’s deportations.

www.baltimoresun.com

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Fal Rising @falrising.bsky.social · 21h

Many migrants who agreed to self-deport for a flight and bonus promised by DHS never received tickets or payment, ProPublica found. One Venezuelan mother, whose partner was detained, waited months after giving up her home and pulling her kids from school—only to sink deeper into poverty.

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 1d

You assholes.

ctmirror.org/2025/10/10/c...

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Tickling Timebomb @tickletime.bsky.social · 1d

Great attitude!

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 1d

Just a reminder, the layoffs in govt were just done out of spite, not necessity

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Tickling Timebomb @tickletime.bsky.social · 1d

He doesn’t need to study it. He knows what the problem is and when people just do what he say then obesity will go away and we won’t need a survey anyway.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

The campaign against “antifa” is about establishing a beachhead for further attacks on speech and assembly rights. We see that today in the effort to preemptively label No Kings protesters as “terrorists.”

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 1d

Are American citizens being disappeared? Yes.

Are American citizens who are veterans of the US Armed Forces being disappeared? Yes.

Without warrant or probable cause—solely based on skin color—Trump goons captured and caged a citizen veteran for days.

This is a fascist regime.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2d

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2d

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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Tickling Timebomb @tickletime.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Hispanic Heritage Month…

The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 1d

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.

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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.

findmeatherapist.org

Find Me A Therapist

findmeatherapist.org

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Patrick Doran @patrickdoran.bsky.social · 2d

I found this map showing which states used Dominion Voting Machines in the 2024 race. With an election denier as the new owner of Dominion which is now Liberty vote, I definitely would advise all states to get out of their contract with them & find a new one.

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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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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 1d

ICE KILLED A FUCKING DOG. ICE KILLED A FUCKING DOG. TO EVERYONE WHO DID DO ANYTHING TO RESIST TODAY BESIDES POSTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA….

ICE KILLED A FUCKING DOG

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

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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