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Anodyne @anodynesix.bsky.social · 5h

"As the GOP's willingness to use preemption ... grows, so does the scope of the bills aiming to centralize power. Increasingly, conservatives have explored blanket preemption policies, known as 'Death Star' bills, which give states the authority to impose their will on local governments."

Truthout @truthout.org · 2d

After Fort Myers city council voted against a partnership between local police and ICE, Florida passed bills targeting “sanctuary” policies. The new laws not only required municipalities to cooperate with ICE, but also gave the governor the authority to remove local officials that got in the way.

Republicans Pushed Hundreds of Bills This Year to Curtail Local Governments

As Trump wages war on US cities, GOP-led states have swiftly passed an array of laws threatening their autonomy.

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 16m

London hair salon after hours, each station equipped with a television, each depicting scene after scene of Gaza now, rubble and ruin.

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Jesus Lizard Superstar 🖤 🐀🐀🐀 @acekatana.bsky.social · 3h

Man shut the fuck up

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Jesus Lizard Superstar 🖤 🐀🐀🐀 @acekatana.bsky.social · 3h

One day I’m going to have to defend someone who was told to commit a crime by ChatGPT huh

performative male @milesklee.bsky.social · 4h

If the Palisades Fire suspect goes to trial, he’ll be one of the first people in the U.S. to have his ChatGPT history used against him in a criminal prosecution. I spoke to tech and legal experts about the future of digital evidence:

What You Tell an AI Chatbot Could One Day Be Evidence in a Criminal Trial

User exchanges with ChatGPT and other AI tools are a valuable new form of evidence for law enforcement in criminal investigations and prosecutions.

www.rollingstone.com

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Jesus Lizard Superstar 🖤 🐀🐀🐀 @acekatana.bsky.social · 3h

May as well do it then!

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 6h

Religious leaders here are not mincing words. They have repeatedly used the word "evil."

"Detention and deportation are acts that wound the body of Christ, and deny the dignity of God's people."

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Future of Music Coalition @futureofmusic.bsky.social · 5h

Works out to roughly $19,656 USD per enrolled musician at a cost of about $7.43 per Irish citizen. In contrast, the US Govt spends only about 59 cents per citizen on the entire national endowment for the arts (across all artistic disciplines).

DJ Mag @djmag.com · 1d

Ireland’s government is pressing ahead with plans to permanently implement a basic income scheme that will support 2,000+ artists, creative workers and musicians in 2026

djmag.com/news/ireland...

Ireland’s basic income scheme for artists to be made permanent in 2026

The scheme aims to support 2,000 artists and creative workers, paying each successful applicant €325 a week

djmag.com

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 6h

This murder is why we still have to say BLACK LIVES MATTER

Kingsley Bimpong should be alive.

A.J. Lagoe @ajlagoe.bsky.social · 2d

KARE 11 Investigates: Postal worker died after police mistook stroke for drug impairment. Kingsley Bimpong was jailed instead of hospitalized; video shows guards ignored his suffering for hours www.kare11.com/mobile/artic...

KARE 11 Investigates: Postal worker died after police mistook stroke for drug impairment

Kingsley Bimpong was jailed instead of hospitalized; video shows guards ignored his suffering for hours

www.kare11.com

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 5h

“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument

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bats 🦇✨ @itsbabs.bsky.social · 5h

you would? ok great
the action is wearing a mask in, at the very least, indoor public spaces.
is your answer still yes?
if not, why?

even if you don’t respond to my q’s directly, i sincerely hope you ask l yourself & interrogate whether the reasons behind your answers align with your values.

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Jesus Lizard Superstar 🖤 🐀🐀🐀 @acekatana.bsky.social · 5h

On the one hand this match never should have been allowed to go forward, on the other hand lol lmao

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Alex P. 👹 @saddestrobots.bsky.social · 7h

many conservatives are dumb as shit, and they weaponize being dumb as shit to fabricate pretexts like this

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 8h

Everything about this is bonkers. The arrest, the charge, the possible sentence, the **$2 million bail.**

reason.com/2025/10/10/t...

Tennessee man arrested, gets $2 million bond for posting Facebook meme

Larry Bushart posted a meme on a local Facebook page about Charlie Kirk. He now faces years in prison.

reason.com

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 14h

Palestinian orphans in Gaza marching with photos of their dead parents

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Anthony J. Rivera @anthonyjrivera.bsky.social · 9h

Some messages are printed on 18-by-24-inch yard signs or smaller placards; others are drawn ornately by hand on paper or written in chalk. The few who will talk about the signs they created say the urgency of the moment compelled them to act.

(🎁link below)

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Signs popping up around D.C. note: ‘ICE kidnapping happened here’

The signs range in style and mark numerous locations where people have been taken by federal agents.

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jenna newman phd @jennanewman.bsky.social · 7h

impact—
“1)Outbreaks go unseen…
2)Doctors lose guidance…
3)States lose coordination…like trying to fight a wildfire w/o radios
4)Americans lose time. The time btwn an emerging threat & a public warning stretches from hrs to days to weeks.In public health, time saves lives”🛟🧪 @kkjetelina.bsky.social

“But here's what happens next:
1. Outbreaks go unseen. When data stops flowing, early warnings disappear. The "invisible shield" that keeps us safe from measles, flu, and the next unknown virus begins to crack.
2. Doctors lose guidance. The experts who turn raw data into actionable guidance (how to treat, what to look for)
are gone.
3. States lose coordination. When states can't share information through the CDC, it's like trying to fight a wildfire without radios.
4. Americans lose time. The time between an emerging threat and a public warning stretches from hours to days to weeks. In public health, time saves lives.”

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 12h

Trump and Stephen Miller have relied on an army of MAGA "influencers" widely disseminating a fraudulent picture of Portland in chaos, to bolster the case for deploying military.

NYT has a good new piece on this. But it made several missteps worth highlighting. 2/

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 9h

“YOU hit HER.”

CHICAGO - Trump’s ICE goons ram into a passing car after snatching someone, then brutally drag the female driver of the car they hit out of her car with guns drawn and arrest her too. (Her brother says she’s a citizen)

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Eric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social · 8h

Where is @raskin.house.gov ? Where is @alsobrooks.senate.gov ? What about @vanhollen.senate.gov ?

They should be out there confronting ICE breaking the law, lying, and tearing up the constitution. No, ICE does not get to ”arrest American citizens for being too close.” Screw that.

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Jesus Lizard Superstar 🖤 🐀🐀🐀 @acekatana.bsky.social · 14h

Wtf

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Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

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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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 1d

Here are 10 practical tips, based on Retana’s advice, for talking to kids about ICE raids and helping them cope with fear and uncertainty. Each point is presented in english y español.

The full guide: lataco.com/kids-ice-tal...

By Erick Galindo

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 22h

This really captures the nexus of cruelty and corruption at the core of MAGA:

Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: The private jet that flew 10 shackled migrants to an Eswatini prison last weekend is owned by Israeli-American billionaires with close ties to Trump.

It’s oligarchs all the way down.

My first for @zeteo.com:

zeteo.com/p/this-famil...

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 4d

Oscar Issac looking at some kind of electronic tablet.

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