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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 22h

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 1d

Huh. A Qatari Air Force facility in Idaho….such a grab bag bullshit day after day.

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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 1d

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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Ben Carter @archaeoscape.bsky.social · 23h

Same. Should I go as Barney or Garfield?

Joseph Knoop @josephknoop.bsky.social · 1d

Was debating going to my local Oct 18 protest, but hell now I'm googling inflatable Halloween costumes to go as.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

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?

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AAUP @aaup.org · 1d

Andrea Brower was the lead instructor for a social justice program at Gonzaga University. In this interview, she reveals that after being targeted for speaking up about labor rights in higher ed & poorly handled Title VI complaint by the university, she could not perform the job she was hired for.

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 1d

morningstaronline.co.uk/article/us-a...

The US acts like pirates in the Caribbean

IN reading historian Marcus Rediker, one can learn a great deal about the “Golden Age of Piracy.” Far from being nothing more than cruel brutes, pirates often practised an egalitarian proto-socialism,...

morningstaronline.co.uk

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Carl Beijer @carlbeijer.bsky.social · 1d

Remember when the right went after ACORN and Democrats just let it happen

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Lauren MacIvor Thompson @lmacthompson1.bsky.social · 1d

Please acknowledge what is happening to American professors right now.

We do not deserve this.

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NewsCurrentNow @newscurrentnow.com · 1d

Gavin Newsom: “Masked men. Jumping out of unmarked vehicles. People disappearing. No due process. No oversight. No accountability. People say I’m being hyperbolic. Bullshit. This is happening in America today.”

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 1d

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport

Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled

www.theguardian.com

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 11d

I teach a history of antifascism course @ruhistorydept.bsky.social and figured I'd start an ongoing thread this semester to share some insights from course readings and recommend some great works on antifascism.

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 1d

Friends and comrades made a crowdfunding page for my family.

It’s really hard to post this. I know that there are a lot of other important issues asking for money but things have gotten to the point where we need to open ourselves up to your support.

Thank you for your consideration.

"Help us leave safely" on FreeFunder

Click here to support "Help us leave safely" by Dara on FreeFunder!

www.freefunder.com

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 2d

Spoke with cnn while sitting on the floor of my hotel room hallway bc my family were asleep in the other room.

6a E Mark.mp4 - 6a E Mark - Frame.io

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

Donald Trump is not a king — and his administration is not above the law.

Today, the court confirmed what we all know: there is no credible evidence of a rebellion in the state of Illinois.

And no place for the National Guard in the streets of American cities like Chicago.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

The Attorney General of New York was just indicted by our tinpot dictator

Letitia James criminally charged in Trump’s latest effort to punish rivals

Prosecutor who sought charges was installed amid Trump frustrations with pace of investigations against rivals

www.theguardian.com

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Ben Carter @archaeoscape.bsky.social · 1d

Love this!

Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 2d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Dr. Natasha Henry-Dixon @nhenrydixon.bsky.social · 14d

What did the everydayness of racial chattel slavery look like beyond enslaving? I explore this question in my talk. Join us!

Dr. Natasha Henry-Dixon @nhenrydixon.bsky.social · 24d

Looking forward to speaking in Prince Edward County next month!

Registration info: www.thecounty.ca/residents/se...

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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.bsky.social · 2d

I cannot BELIEVE enduring all that she is enduring that she ADMITTED SHE VOTED FOR THIS. Live on the CALL, brother. My God.

Working Families Party 🐺 @workingfamilies.org · 2d

SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON CALLED OUT ON AIR:

'my kids could die if you don't stop playing games with our healthcare'

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 2d

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 2d

fresh @leftanchor.bsky.social episode, we've got @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social on to discuss Ezra Klein, Charlie Kirk, and @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com's essay on war mindset: www.leftanchor.com/e/better-tha...

Better Than Ezra - 368 | Left Anchor

Now that the dust has started to settled around the whole Charlie Kirk thing, we've brought on Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, assistant professor of philosophy at Georgetown, to discuss his Boston Review piece ab...

www.leftanchor.com

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

Context matters

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Dr. Karen Carr @quatrus.bsky.social · 2d

In case you were wondering, Mark Bray and his family found their plane reservations mysteriously cancelled *after successfully checking their bags and going through security* and are planning to try to leave the US again tonight.

Dr. Karen Carr @quatrus.bsky.social · 2d

In case you were wondering, Mark Bray, who wrote a book about anti-fascism, got death threats from MAGA, and is fleeing to Spain with his wife and young children - yeah, he's Jewish.

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Seth Chagi (World of Paleoanthropology🏺) @sethchagi.bsky.social · 2d

From Altamira’s bison to the Côa engravings, Europe’s first storytellers spoke in stone and light. 🦬✨ Celebrate the European Day of Rock Art (Oct 9)!
#PaleoPost #HumanOrigins #RockArt #Prehistory #Altamira #Côa

📖 Learn more: www.prehistour.eu

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 2d

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 2d

#OtD 9 Oct 2014 the Guardian reported that Greek 'riot dog' Loukanikos ("sausage") died peacefully in his sleep. He was the most famous of the Athens strays who joined riots against police violence and later against austerity. More info and merch here: shop.workingclasshistory.com/en-gb/collec...

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