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Ann Bartow
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Big fan of free speech and academic freedom. She/her or gender neutral pronouns. Sending much respect to the people of Minnesota. Abolish ICE.

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Alejandro Alvarez @aletakesphotos.bsky.social · 13h
A lot of people gathered tonight outside the Department of Veterans Affairs in D.C. for a vigil memorializing Alex Pretti, who worked as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital.

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 13h
REAKING: A federal judge in Minnesota has barred the Trump administration from arresting / detaining the state's 5,600 refugees while they await lawful permanent resident status. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Grits for Breakfast @gritsforbreakfast.bsky.social · 14h
In men, cancer from HPV shows up as throat cancer; in women, it's cervical cancer, which is what makes the social conservatives crazy. HPV is a sexually transmitted disease that 4 of 5 sexually active ppl have. So the right wingers want to say "just don't have sex" instead of preventing disease.

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On the Media @onthemedia.bsky.social · 14h
On our latest episode, @josephcox.bsky.social of
@404media.co discusses Mobile Fortify, a faulty facial recognition app that ICE uses to identify suspects. The agency says it overrides a birth certificate. Listen to the full interview here: www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

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Ann Bartow @annbartow.bsky.social · 14h
So interesting.
lizsaila.bsky.social Liz Saila @lizsaila.bsky.social · 17h
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lizsaila.bsky.social Liz Saila @lizsaila.bsky.social · 22d
"Biological Sex" started proliferating with Alliance Defending Freedom & ACPeds's trans bathroom ban model bill in 2015. It existed in some circles outside of legislation before then, but in bills it's only the transphobes using it - or it was until recently

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Ann Bartow @annbartow.bsky.social · 14h
I got in trouble just for talking about this in class: www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2024/03/new-...
New frontiers in law school administrative sleaziness: The Ann Bartow case - Lawyers, Guns & Money
The University of New Hampshire’s law school has fired a senior tenured faculty member, on what are transparently pre-textual grounds. The real reason she was fired is because she criticized the law s...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com

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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 15h
Things that make you go “hmmm.”
Trump Hung A Picture Of Putin Up In The White House
Trump Hung A Picture Of Putin Up In The White House
www.huffpost.com

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 17h
Jeff Bezos should be a hero and donate the Washington Post to a charity. Bezos would get a big charitable deduction; the rest of us would get a newspaper dedicated to the public interest. This post from Steven Waldman is from a year ago but it's still a great idea. www.cjr.org/opinion/wald...
Jeff Bezos Should Donate the Washington Post to a Charity
His conflicts of interests are insurmountable. He can take a heroic path to strengthen journalism.
www.cjr.org

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17h
CEOs of Minnesota companies, including Target and Hormel, say they're pushing against ICE's occupation.

But their industry trade groups actively lobbied for Trump's Big Ugly Bill, which boosted ICE's budget by $75B.

Corporate America will not save us.
Minnesota CEOs Cry Crocodile Tears Over ICE - The American Prospect
Executives who lobbied for Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which enabled the immigration terror in their state, now
prospect.org

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jen sometimes aph 🌻 @bunnibytz.bsky.social · 17h
A retired Minneapolis couple who had guns pointed at them by ICE in a church parking lot.

"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."

"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."

ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social

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Laurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · 17h
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springsteen on Instagram: "I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on …"
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.Stay free, Bruce SpringsteenView all 3,146 comments
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Sarah Fackrell @design-law.bsky.social · 17h
"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 17h
🚨BREAKING: The FBI confirmed that it was carrying out a “lawful” search at the Fulton County Elections Hub and Operation Center in Union City, Georgia, but offered few details beyond saying the raid was authorized by a court and related to the 2020 election. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
FBI raids Fulton County, Georgia election hub, probing 2020
The FBI confirmed to news outlets it was carrying out a “lawful” search at the Fulton County Elections Hub and Operation Center but offered few details beyond saying the raid was authorized by a court...
www.democracydocket.com

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Liz Saila @lizsaila.bsky.social · 17h
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lizsaila.bsky.social Liz Saila @lizsaila.bsky.social · 22d
"Biological Sex" started proliferating with Alliance Defending Freedom & ACPeds's trans bathroom ban model bill in 2015. It existed in some circles outside of legislation before then, but in bills it's only the transphobes using it - or it was until recently

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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▪️Jules▪️ @northjules.bsky.social · 17h
JUST IN: The FBI is raiding a Georgia election office. It appears this is about the 2020 election.

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Liz Saila @lizsaila.bsky.social · 17h
See also frequency of such terms appearing in legislation from 2009-present.
Note uptick in trans exclusionary sex definition language after bathroom bills in 2015, then major uptick with sports and medical bans in 2020.

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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David S. Cohen @dsc250.bsky.social · 18h
BRUUUUUUUCCEE!!
brucespringsteen.net Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 19h
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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Peter Brannen @peterbrannen.bsky.social · 18h
”There is a growing fear that climate change in the future won’t, as it has until now, happen gradually. It will happen suddenly, as formerly stable planetary systems transgress tipping points — thresholds beyond which things cannot be put back together again.“ e360.yale.edu/features/1.5...
Overshoot: The World Is Hitting Point of No Return on Climate
With warming set to pass the critical 1.5-degree limit, scientists are warning that the world is on course to trigger tipping points that would lead to cascading consequences — from the melting of ice...
e360.yale.edu

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Ricci Sergienko, Esq. @riccisergienko.bsky.social · 18h
ICE & CBP have been out kidnapping people in Los Angeles every day since June. The media has moved on and acts like this isn’t still happening. The crises are ongoing. Solidarity with the people fighting back in Minneapolis and everywhere.
ziibiing.com ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 21h
please remember that no matter how many “ICE is losing in MN” articles you read today, there is still a very real, urgent, ongoing crisis in Minnesota.

people need food and they need rent money. that has not changed.

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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 19h
Alex Jeffrey Pretti, 37, was an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs hospital before he was shot and killed by federal agents Saturday morning on Nicollet Avenue. Family and friends, as well as former coworkers and teachers, described him as generous and kind-hearted.
Alex Pretti 'had a way of lighting up every room he walked into' • Minnesota Reformer
His parents described him as “a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans” he cared for as a nurse.
minnesotareformer.com

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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 21h
“If you were from this country, you would know I’m an immigration officer… I can hear you don’t have the same accent as me.”

Accent as evidence.
Appearance as suspicion.
Power as permission.

When federal agents decide who “belongs,” citizenship stops being protection & starts being conditional.

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Craig Martin @craigxmartin.bsky.social · 21h
This Bloomberg piece highlights China's extraordinary development of energy capacity, primarily through renewable energy sources.

"China’s energy-building rush has no match. In the past four years, it has added more power generation than the entire US system." Link in comment 👇

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Joe Dunman @joedunman.bsky.social · 21h
My radical Luddite perspective on practicing law is that lawyers should actually look up cases and read them.

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Joe Dunman @joedunman.bsky.social · 21h
Don't trust Lexis AI, it's no different from any other generative AI, even if (IF) its underlying database is limited to legal filings and documents. It will make stuff up and you will get caught and you will get sanctioned publicly.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 22h
“An administration official gave away the game to Punchbowl News, admitting that these “de-escalatory measures” are about placating Senate Democrats so they don’t seize this moment to demand restrictions on ICE as part of any government funding package.”

newrepublic.com/article/2057...
Donald Trump Is Frightened
Trump wants to appear eager to minimize out-of-control clashes between government militias and protesters. But he doesn’t want to stop the things causing those clashes in the first place.
newrepublic.com

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Ann Bartow @annbartow.bsky.social · 23h
Fell for it.
New York times connections result. The first guest was one from each category. Like a rainbow.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 1d
IDK why right-wingers keep bringing up Obama's record deportations, it just shows that if you wanted to have a conservative immigration policy without partisan militias occupying cities and gunning people down in the streets you could do it and a lot of americans would be fine with it

Reposted by Ann Bartow, Joanna L. Grossman

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KProfsBlog @kprofsblog.bsky.social · 1d
The New York Times reported on U.S. organ transplants for foreign nationals and neglected to interview @kimkrawiec.bsky.social. But I had a look at her Substack to gain some perspective.
www.contractsprofblog.com/2026/01/kim-...
Kim Krawiec Assesses the New York Times’ Report on Foreigners Getting Kidney Transplants in the United States
When I saw this story in The New York Times, I immediately assumed it would feature Professor Kim Krawiec’s thoughts on the matter. Her name does not
www.contractsprofblog.com

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Ann M. Lipton @annmlipton.bsky.social · 1d
I love how Bloomberg is reporting this "new strategy for CEOs" advice like it's totally normal

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 1d
Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem.
Thank you.
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The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot
It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com