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azteclady @azteclady.bsky.social · 3h

Well.

Damn.

A thought experiment

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Shanlon Wu @shanlonwu.com · 5h

www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

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.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 7h

Has lived in the US since he was NINE MONTHS OLD.

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 8h

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Crip Dyke @cripdyke.bsky.social · 16h

IT DOES NOT MATTER IF YOUR MEDICAL EMERGENCY IS DUE TO DRUG ADDICTION. IT'S A MEDICAL EMERGENCY YOU FUCKING GHOULS.

This is part and parcel of what's keeping us from having universal health care: they really believe that some ppl deserve medical care and some don't.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 20h

A lawsuit alleges a Black postal worker died after officers ignored clear signs he was suffering from a massive stroke, believing his medical emergency was drugs

The suit says guards left him helpless on a jail cell floor in his own urine for hours

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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azteclady @azteclady.bsky.social · 4h

yikes

azteclady @azteclady.bsky.social · 4h

🙏🏽

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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 18h

The palpable relief of reading a syntactically awkward student paper nevertheless brimming with ideas they’re trying on after having to consume the stale cardboard generalities of a Chat GPT essay.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 10h

I prefer “anti-fascist“ for a host of reasons and this is a nice practical one.

Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 11h

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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azteclady @azteclady.bsky.social · 6h

In your Bluesky settings, there's one in the accessibility module, that will remind you to add alt-text every time you attach an image. Checking that box will eliminate the need to remember.

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Accessible Quad Dolly @quaddolly.bsky.social · 10h

Eyyy another person doing this shit 😊

People really are doing the "I want to look like a good person and get more metrics, banking on people not checking the alt-text".

Accessible Quad Dolly @quaddolly.bsky.social · 1d

People putting a space to get the alt text badge but not making shit accessible to blind people is a block ✌🏼

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Accessible Quad Dolly @quaddolly.bsky.social · 1d

People putting a space to get the alt text badge but not making shit accessible to blind people is a block ✌🏼

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Miriam @miriamboosh.bsky.social · 2d

Just to confirm Link is still banned for calling out the CEO of bluesky for following a transphobe…. cool, cool cool cool

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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 7h

"Trump and MAGA are the reason your child lost their special education services" is the message, that's easy. Distribution is going to be hard.

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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 8h

If you wanted to get rid the DC office to weaken CDC's presence inside the beltway, to weaken support for CDC in Congress, this is what you would do — fire a shit ton of highly trained professionals who stop infectious diseases due to "coding errors" and then re-hire them, but not the DC office

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 8h

TRUMP CDC REVERSAL: Trump administration racing to reverse some CDC layoffs. Disease detectives, measles responders, MMWR staff RIF’s are revoked. DC office still shuttered. w/ @apoorvanyt.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 10h

Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:

When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 17h

A trend I’ve noticed after having watched too many of these despicable ICE arrest videos is when bystanders demand they let detainee go, an officer suggests they’re being picked up for a serious crime to try and deter help. But we know that’s not true of a vast majority of people and the jig is up.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19h

“We’ve arrested American citizens for being too close.”

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 19h

New — Video shared with me shows ICE officers in DC detaining a man on Friday.

Bystander filming asks man for his name. ICE agent lies and says he’s not allowed to speak to him “by law” and another says “We’ve arrested American citizens for being too close…If he gets any closer, put him in cuffs.”

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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 9h

"In a time of darkness, New York must be the light." @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social makes a 2-minute ad about transgender rights, while sitting at the Christopher Street Pier in NYC. And yes, I'm crying, too.
www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

You Have to See This Mamdani Ad

I wasn't planning to post anything today. I dislike working and writing on weekends in general, but this was too important to ignore. You have to see this Zohran Mamdani campaign ad that came out this...

www.burnsnotice.com

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azteclady @azteclady.bsky.social · 8h

Please add alt-text when sharing images, so that blind and low-vision people aren't excluded from the conversation. Some context and copy/paste or a brief description are often enough. Checking the "reminder to add alt-text" box in your accessibility settings helps a lot.

Thank you.

Six panel, cartoon-style graphic titled, why use alt-text?
First panel: slow internet. Next to a line drawing of a phone showing a social media post with an image, where the alt-text is visible while the image is unavailable. Text reads: Alt-text is shown in place of unloaded images.
Second panel: Findability. A line drawing of the top of a phone, showing the search bar, reading "dog with banana". The text above it reads: Alt-text helps to search content.
Third panel: screen readers. In lieu of the image, a blank square with alt-text shows up; the text above the box reads: Alt- is read out to people using text-to-speech software.
Fourth panel: translation. There's a line drawing of a phone, showing the Google translate box, reading "English to Deutsch". The text above reads: Alt-text can be translated.
Fifth panel: readability. There's a line drawing showing very poor writing inside a dialogue bubble; next to it the clarifying text "a character says 'hello, guys'" The text above the drawing reads, Text in images can be made legible.
Sixth panel: disambiguation. The line drawing of the phone again, showing part of an image that, depending on how you look at it, seems to be either a bunny or a duck. The clarifying text reads, "my pet bunny".

An infographic titled “Writing Alt Text” featuring a photo of a capybara. Parts of alt text are divided by color, including identify who, expression, description, color, and interesting features. The finished description reads “A capybara looking relaxed in a hot spa. Yellow yuzu fruits are floating in the water, and one is balanced on the top of the capybara’s head.” Source: veroniiiica.com Credit: Puzzle

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 11h

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 12h

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 9h

messaging matters

Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 11h

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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Steve A @stegan.bsky.social · 9h

Bump!

Steve A @stegan.bsky.social · 5d

It's October, aka American Archives Month, and while it's been a bit warm to don our cardigans, the shrines to Henry from RED are up and it's time to remind romance authors (and authors of all stripes!) about what kinds of things they ought to be preserving. romancehistory.com/2021/10/15/a...

Archives Month: Tips for romance authors (and others!)

October is always American Archives Month, which is of course when archivists don their colorful costumes and dance in the stacks after assembling their shrine to Henry the Record Keeper, as portra…

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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 9h

I would throw money at a t-shirt that says in all caps “TAKE A LOOK, IT’S IN A BOOK” over a rainbow.

Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 13h

I’m not trying to give @pbs.org ideas for raising money—but I am. I would buy women’s fit T-shirts of all my favorite childhood shows. Reading rainbow, 321 contact, square one, zoobiliee zoo. I feel like two generations will run to donate even more money for shirts with Levar Burton on them…

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Cate Eland @romancingnope.bsky.social · 10h

The headline isn't quite right. There were 3 shootings at various Mississippi homecoming activities. At least 6 people are dead and 20 were injured. In 2 of the shootings, suspects have either not been apprehended or identified.

It's too easy to get guns.

www.fox7austin.com/news/mississ...

Multiple dead in separate Mississippi homecoming shootings

At least six people were killed and dozens injured in two separate shootings during high school homecoming events across Mississippi on Friday night.

www.fox7austin.com

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 10h

But that’s not what’s happening here. “RIFs” are being twisted to reorganize the government as the president wants. That’s a violation of the law, and a violation of the constitution.

And yes, private equity mass firings are bad too. We should fix that as well.

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