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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 5h

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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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 7h

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 10h

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...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Nightmare On Jen Street @angrybooklady.bsky.social · 4h

On I-20 in fucking June??

Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 6h

ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi.

David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison.

Here's their story.

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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Nightmare On Jen Street @angrybooklady.bsky.social · 5h

If they're not making it themselves, they're curating his social media to make sure he sees them.

Nightmare On Jen Street @angrybooklady.bsky.social · 5h

They are def just showing him AI videos

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 8h

There's going to be at least one Halloween photo of an inflatable frog partying with a Luigi

Silence 🇺🇦🇺🇸 @b-dogood.bsky.social · 9h

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Phil McAndrew @philmcandrew.bsky.social · 1d

I haven't seen a single article about how Matt Berry or Kit Harrington or John Lithgow or Keira Knightley or fucking Nick Frost AND Simon Pegg have very publicly made it clear that they value a big blood soaked paycheck over human rights

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Phil McAndrew @philmcandrew.bsky.social · 1d

I'm glad these slimy comedians are getting ripped to shreds, but can we hold ALL of the actors who have said "yes" to new harry potter trash to the same standards please

Vulture @vulture.com · 1d

Comedians like Aziz Ansari and Jessica Kirson need to look elsewhere for organizations to donate their Riyadh Comedy Festival money. Human Rights Watch said they ‘cannot accept’ donations from them.

Human Rights Watch Doesn’t Want Any Riyadh Comedy Festival Money

Comedians like Aziz Ansari and Jessica Kirson need to look elsewhere for organizations to donate their Riyadh Comedy Festival money. Human Rights Watch said they ‘cannot accept’ donations from them.

www.vulture.com

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · Aug 26

Jim Henson Creature Shop exclusive

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Norm @ogskydog.com · 1d

no one should get a nobel prize until weird al gets one

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Sky News @news.sky.com · 13h

BREAKING: Multiple people killed and others missing after explosion at military munitions plant
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Tennessee: Multiple people killed and others missing after explosion at military munitions plant

Multiple people have been killed and others are missing after an explosion at a Tennessee military munitions plant.

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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 1d

I hereby nominate the Portland Frog for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Municipal Fox @amunicipalfox.bsky.social · 2d

This frog is your FRIEND
He fights for FREEDOM

Person in a frog costume faces down ICE agents

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Donna Ladd said what she said. 😘 @donnerkay.bsky.social · 13h

In. Sane.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15h

Nothing says “America First” like letting another country put an Air Force base in Idaho

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Nightmare On Jen Street @angrybooklady.bsky.social · 13h

How much do you want to bet they think that "AI will replace libraries" and "no one uses libraries anymore anyway"

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Nightmare On Jen Street @angrybooklady.bsky.social · 13h

It doesn't even look like the faculty was consulted on this. So basically it was administration with absolutely no understanding of the field deciding they knew best.

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Nightmare On Jen Street @angrybooklady.bsky.social · 13h

On top of everything, this is such a disservice to the students. Libraries are not going to be looking to hire people with a master's in AI.

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Nightmare On Jen Street @angrybooklady.bsky.social · 13h

Aahhhh this makes me so fucking angry

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 14h

😵‍💫

www.dailytarheel.com/article/26e4...

UNC schools of data science and information science to merge, forming unnamed ‘School of AI’

SDSS Dean Stanley Ahalt will be made dean of the new school while SILS Dean Jeffrey Bardzell will stand as the University’s Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer and Vice Provost for AI.

www.dailytarheel.com

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Nightmare On Jen Street @angrybooklady.bsky.social · 14h

Hey Dems, "The GOP won't pay military servicemembers but they'll let a foreign country have a military base on our soil" is a really easy narrative for you latch on to

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CBS News @cbsnews.com · 14h

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday announced a finalized agreement that will allow the Qatari Emiri Air Force to build a facility at the Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho.

Hegseth announces Qatar will build air force facility at U.S. base in Idaho

The move is a sign of increasingly close ties between the U.S. and Qatar.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 15h

the gop is going to try their damndest to make it illegal to be a democrat. and this is why as effective as the health care attack is, it cannot be the only thing democrats talk about.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15h

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 · 15h

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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Lynn Stahl @msbtterswrth.altgov.info · 15h

Do not let them take your freedoms without a fight.

Show up, be loud, protect each other. If we don't show up now, we'll never have another chance.

This is our country, we we're not going to let them take it.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15h

The Speaker of the House is telling the Fox News audience that a peaceful demonstration by Americans on the National Mall will actually be a gathering of organizations the administration has designated as violent terrorists.

Seems bad?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

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Nightmare On Jen Street @angrybooklady.bsky.social · 15h

What is the purpose of paying someone else to make AI slop? Isn't the point of the AI slop that you don't have to pay an actual human with skill?

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Anna Phylaxis @quatoria.bsky.social · 16h

GOOD FOR THEM

Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 1d

LMAOOOOO

A bunch of comedians tried to make up for their participation in the Riyadh comedy festival by donating their pay to Human Rights Watch and Human rights Watch was like “nah bitch we don’t want your dirty blood money” 😂😂 I’m dying

Human Rights Watch Doesn’t Want Any Riyadh Comedy Festival Money

Taking money from those who took money from Saudi Arabia would impact perception of the org’s independence.

www.vulture.com

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Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 20h

White House staff should just make and show him an AI-generated video where he wins, fly him to Duluth and tell him it’s Oslo, and dare the New York Times to say anything more than “Experts disagree about whether Mr Trump was awarded the Nobel Prize”.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 18h

I don't think for me it is so much "criticism" as "if you were a comic I still listened to before you went this thing, that's not what you are anymore, so long and thanks but no thanks."

There are plenty of other funny people out there to listen to.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I have been criticised for being part of the Riyadh comedy festival. This is why I did it | Omid Djalili

The headlines focus on money, but the gigs were great and I think there are different ways to achieve progress. Art, especially comedy, can be part of that, says stand-up comedian, Omid Djalili.

www.theguardian.com

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