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Alejandro Ramirez @alejandroramirez.bsky.social · 2d

Shout out to Market Basket

Shen Comix @shenanigansen.bsky.social · 2d

Panel 1: Shen is stoically holding up a sign with his right hand that says "W O R C E S T E R" on it.

Panel 2: A man clearly from Boston, in a black Red Sox cap and Bruins jersey and holding a Market Basket bag slung over his shoulder, says "WOOSTER!" Under the cap, he has messy brown hair, and is smiling innocently.

Panel 3: Shen, still stoic, now holds up a picture of a rooster with both hands.

Panel 4: The man from Boston smile lights up, sparkles in his eyes, and says "ROOCHESTER!!!"

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Alejandro Ramirez @alejandroramirez.bsky.social · 2d

ack my cover's blown!

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Alejandro Ramirez @alejandroramirez.bsky.social · 2d

Haha I only know because my editor and a former coworker are Hendersonville grads!

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Alejandro Ramirez @alejandroramirez.bsky.social · 2d

Also Swift lived in Hendersonville. Someone who lived in Nashville longer than me could probably make a joke about the difference between that place and Franklin.

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Alejandro Ramirez @alejandroramirez.bsky.social · 3d

I didn't *enjoy* reading Baudrillard in college but with the rise of AI slop and unending wave of misinformation I'm very glad to have even a passing understanding of concepts like simulacra and hyperreality.

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Alejandro Ramirez @alejandroramirez.bsky.social · 3d

This issue makes me happy every year

Nashville Scene @nashvillescene.com · 3d

Best of Nashville 2025 has landed! Read all the writers' choices and readers' poll results in the Scene's massive 37th annual #BON25 issue. Illustrations by Kat Conde.

Best of Nashville 2025

www.nashvillescene.com

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 6d

The people who are sincerely in favor of freedom of expression will speak out now for the reporters.

@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 6d

🚨THIS IS A BIG DEAL. Chicago journalists are suing the Trump administration for using excessive force against reporters & protestors in violation of the 1A.
The press here is doing astounding work documenting how ICE is out of control. The violence they face in doing so is obscene.

The protests at the Broadview ICE facility and the federal government’s violent
attempts to silence the protesters became a story of great interest to the local Chicago media and
was also covered in the national press. Much of the coverage described the federal officers’
abusive tactics. Defendants sought and are seeking to quash this coverage by attacking and
intimidating members of the Press on the ground there.
85. Federal immigration officers at the Broadview ICE facility have repeatedly and
intentionally singled out persons whom they know to be members of the Press for violence,
assault, and intimidation. These assaults are not incidental or unintentional. They are undertaken
by design to intimidate journalists on scene and to frustrate and suppress coverage of the federal
officers’ actions toward protesters and immigration detainees

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Alejandro Ramirez @alejandroramirez.bsky.social · 6d

Judge to DOJ. Live thread.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 6d

Immergut almost immediately interjects: How is that not violation of my order...you are officer of court, how is that not circumventing? My order was based on conditions in Portland...

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Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 7d

Federal forces inexplicably tried to move all protestors out a city block using chemical irritants.

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Alejandro Ramirez @alejandroramirez.bsky.social · 8d

Repeatedly throwing myself at a boss fight until I find inner peace

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Alejandro Ramirez @alejandroramirez.bsky.social · 8d

Sometimes I like to unplug and unwind with a video game but I'm currently playing Silksong and I do not think the evens me out at all

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Alejandro Ramirez @alejandroramirez.bsky.social · 8d

the stuff out of chicago ... man

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 9d

In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...

Paramount Officially Acquiring The Free Press and Making Bari Weiss CBS News Editor in Chief: Report

Paramount Skydance will be officially acquiring The Free Press and hiring its founder Bari Weiss as editor in chief of its CBS News division, with the deal to be announced this coming Monday, accordin...

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 11d

NEW — An estimated 40 people were taken by federal agents in an overnight raid in South Shore, a predominantly-Black neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side.

A couple who live nearby said they were shocked to see the enormous militarized raid in their community.

thetriibe.com/2025/09/feds...

Feds detain dozens of immigrants in 'massive' South Shore apartment building raid in Chicago • The TRiiBE

An estimated 40 people were taken by federal agents in the course of the overnight raid in the predominately-Black neighborhood.

thetriibe.com

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Alejandro Ramirez @alejandroramirez.bsky.social · 11d

publicists are now stylizing every collaboration as "Brand1 x Brand2" like it's a 2D fighting game crossover.

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Alejandro Ramirez @alejandroramirez.bsky.social · 11d

Just messing with daylight saving time to prank people during shutdown

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Alejandro Ramirez @alejandroramirez.bsky.social · 12d

asking if silence was an option ... man, ezra should unplug and walk in the woods for a long time after that question

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Alejandro Ramirez @alejandroramirez.bsky.social · 13d

Coates: I’m all for unifying, I’m all for bridging gaps, but not at the expense of my neighbor’s humanity. I just can’t.

Edmund Lee @edmundlee.bsky.social · 13d

For many, what Ta-Nehisi Coates saying, the position he's taken, it's like breathing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/o...

Opinion | Ta-Nehisi Coates on Bridging Gaps vs. Drawing Lines

www.nytimes.com

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Alejandro Ramirez @alejandroramirez.bsky.social · 15d

Doesn't feel like a good decision-making mindset

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Alejandro Ramirez @alejandroramirez.bsky.social · 15d

Lipscomb disputes the Tennessee Star's description of the principal hunting down students who wore red ties.

Nashville Scene @nashvillescene.com · 15d

On Friday morning, parents, alumni and students gathered at Lipscomb Academy in support of principal Jesse Savage, who has come under fire for his handling of students who sought to honor slain right-wing provocateur Charlie Kirk.

Lipscomb Academy Sees Staff Shakeup After Students' Charlie Kirk Tribute

Parents allege that country star John Rich is behind a move to oust private school principal who enforced dress code policy

www.nashvillescene.com

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Alejandro Ramirez @alejandroramirez.bsky.social · 15d

Thanks, Kim!

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Alejandro Ramirez @alejandroramirez.bsky.social · 16d

I spoke to one parent who said it felt similar to an incident involving John Rich a few years ago.
www.nashvillescene.com/news/pithint...

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Alejandro Ramirez @alejandroramirez.bsky.social · 16d

They also asked I vacate the campus so I'm on the sidewalk now lol

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Alejandro Ramirez @alejandroramirez.bsky.social · 16d

I'll likely get a more thorough response later but two comms people with Lipscomb have told me the Savage is moving to a senior leadership position and that the move had been discussed for months now. They said the tie incident didn't play a role in the decision.

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Alejandro Ramirez @alejandroramirez.bsky.social · 16d

The school emailed an apology. They later emailed that Savage had agreed to take a new position at the school. And now parents upset at that decision are out here picketing.

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