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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 2h

I legitimately do not care if he is a “good” person. I’m not even sure what that would mean.

I do care that we are presented with a false choice between progressive politician and a guy whose behavior gives me the ick like our choice is the Party’s problem.

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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 4h

Excellent statement from one of Abugazelah's opponents in the IL-9 Dem primary.

Laura Fine for Congress @laurafine4congress.bsky.social · 5h

I am disgusted by the partisan and unethical indictments of Kat Abugazelah and five others at the direction of Donald Trump’s weaponized Justice Department.

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Stuart Rutherford @stalruth.dev · 3h

google "facial recognition racial bias" and then remember that the purpose of a system is what it does.

Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 7h

New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people

www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...

Ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee Bennie G. Thompson said in a statement “Mobile Fortify is a dangerous tool in the hands of ICE, and it puts American citizens at risk of detention and even deportation.” He also said “ICE officials have told us that an apparent biometric match by Mobile Fortify is a ‘definitive’ determination of a person’s status and that an ICE officer may ignore evidence of American citizenship—including a birth certificate—if the app says the person is an alien. ICE using a mobile biometrics app in ways its developers at CBP never intended or tested is a frightening, repugnant, and unconstitutional attack on Americans’ rights and freedoms.”

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 2h

This administration sucks ass

Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 6h

I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.

This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.

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Andrew Freedman @afreedma.bsky.social · 10h

I spent much of Tuesday talking to some of the top hurricane experts in the country about how climate change helped turn Hurricane Melissa into such a beast of a storm. Here's what they told me: www.cnn.com/2025/10/29/c...

Why Hurricane Melissa turned into a supercharged monster | CNN

Hotter-than-average Caribbean water made Hurricane Melissa stronger and wetter. Its part of a trend that scientists link back to climate change.

www.cnn.com

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Designer Hasan @designer4hasand.bsky.social · 22h

Be one of the five who keep life possible for us. 🧡 Share or Donate...PLEASE

Designer Hasan @designer4hasand.bsky.social · 1d

Sometimes we don’t need a miracle… just kind hearts.
If only 5 people donate £25 each, we can cover our daily needs — food, supplies, and dignity.
Your help today, no matter how small, makes a real difference in our day.
Be one of the five who keep life possible for us.❤️

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Genshin Impact EN @genshinimpact-en.bsky.social · 17h

Happy Birthday, Kaedehara Kazuha!
#GenshinImpact #KaedeharaKazuha

"As early autumn stirs, the breeze begins to rise. Red leaves drift, bearing unspoken feelings." Maybe it's just the cooler weather setting in.

Want more of Kaedehara Kazuha? See Genshin Impact's TikTok!
hoyo.link/b0zfBBAd

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

This dark time should wake us up to the bankruptcy of the corporate Democratic party.

It should mark the birth of the people’s Democratic party.

Zohran Mamdani and others like him are its future. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/28/zohran-mamdani-democratic-party

Zohran Mamdani represents the future of the Democratic party | Robert Reich

Democratic party leaders like Chuck Schumer refuse to endorse Mamdani, and the New York Times wrongly cautions against h

www.theguardian.com

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Dr. Damien P. Williams: Look over here! … It's All For You! @wolvendamien.bsky.social · Sep 5

Every good thing this society half-assedly started due to COVID should've been not just continued but constantly improved upon; but too many of y'all have The Fear, & those programs remind you of the thing that scared you.

So instead you burn down your house 'cause your basement made spooky shadows

Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · Sep 4

It's kind of amazing that we showed we could cut child poverty in half for roughly 100 billion/year (absolute peanuts in a 7 trillion dollar budget), did it for a year, and then just stopped doing it.

Randy Rosso @fooddatanerd.com · Sep 4

The food security report is out, and it's bad news: 13.5% of households were food insecure in 2023, up from 12.8% in 2022. This is what happens when you abruptly end "pandemic" supports that should have been there all along.
www.ers.usda.gov/publications...

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Brandon O’Brien, low on Action Points @therisingtithes.bsky.social · 1d

I think what the Mamdani's-dad's-cousin-is-his-aunt non-story reveals about white sociopolitics writ large is not merely that they will turn anything into an opportunity to distrust a person of colour, but "extended 'family'" is anathema to a certain flavour of whiteness, out of ignorance or spite.

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Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 1d

Not since 1935 has anyone experienced a storm like Melissa. Melissa's record wouldn't have happened without climate change, which made the hurricane's winds about 10 mph stronger, according to a rapid attribution analysis by Climate Central. yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/10/cata...

Catastrophic Hurricane Melissa hits Jamaica as the strongest landfalling Atlantic hurricane on record » Yale Climate Connections

At landfall in western Jamaica, Melissa’s 185 mph winds and 892 mb pressure tied with the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 in the Florida Keys as the strongest on record for the Atlantic.

yaleclimateconnections.org

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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 1d

Climate change DEFINITELY affects hurricane:

STRENGTH: Warmer water is hurricane food

RAINFALL: Warm air holds more water vapor

SURGE: Warmer water expands, warmer ice melts, sea levels rise

PREDICTION: hotter seas mean faster intensification

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 1d

Great way to put this

Kit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · 1d

“Science is never settled” sounds reasonable—but it’s often a rhetorical trick to undermine consensus on issues like vaccines or climate change.
Science evolves, but some things are overwhelmingly supported by evidence.
My latest for Live Science
www.livescience.com/...
1/10

There is such a thing as 'settled science' — anyone who says otherwise is trying to manipulate you

How bad-faith arguments sow doubt by weaponizing scientific humility.

www.livescience.com

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Dr. Calamari, Hypno-Squid @jwar.bsky.social · 1d

Not now, truckload of rhesus monkeys from Tulane University that are highly aggressive toward humans and infected with hepatitis C, herpes, and COVID

Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 1d

A truckload of rhesus monkeys from Tulane university escaped after a crash. The university warned they’re highly aggressive toward humans and infected with hepatitis C, herpes, and COVID.

Monkeys on the loose after truck overturns in Heidelberg; public urged to call 911

A truck transporting monkeys from Tulane University overturned on I-59 near Heidelberg, with several monkeys reportedly on the loose posing health risks.

www.wapt.com

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 1d

Ahhh, I've seen this film before. Josh Hawley puts out an op-ed staking out a position in The New York Times, then he folds and falls in line with the rest of the GOP. Remember when he did this with Medicaid?

A headline from The New York Times opinion page Guest Essays saying "Josh Hawley: No American Should Go to Bed Hungry."

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 1d

ICE has now sent at least 72 people to prisons in African countries where they have no ties.

Via two ICE flights to Rwanda, two to Eswatini, three to Ghana and one to S. Sudan.

Some had US convictions but had finished their sentences. None have convictions in the places where they're now jailed.

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 1d

“Hello? 911? Someone called their mother’s cousin an auntie.”

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 1d

My momma bestie is my auntie
My auntie friend that go to her church is also my auntie
My 75 year old cousin... is also my auntie

"Auntie" is what happens when you understand the expansive proposition of family

"That's not your aunt" is what happens when you live outside of restorative community

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Maggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, what a surprise. Whoever could've predicted this, etc

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

Breaking News: OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, has adopted a for-profit structure, allowing it to operate like a more traditional company while it raises the billions of dollars it needs to develop artificial intelligence.

OpenAI Restructures as For-Profit Company

The artificial intelligence company said that the nonprofit that controlled the organization would receive a $130 billion stake in the new company.

nyti.ms

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 2d

I’m so sick of the economic issues are more important than social issues people. 44% of the US is non-white, 30% are white women. We’re all included in “DEI,” a group they’re trying to kick out of the job market. It’s hilarious that anyone thinks they can have an economy without us.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

🚨BIG changes happening -- ICE leadership is being purged tonight. The old guard, which prioritized targeted enforcement operations aimed at people with criminal records, is being replaced with Border Patrol and Gregory Bovino's "Midway Blitz" style.

Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.

Bill Melugin
@BillMelugin_
BREAKING: Per four senior DHS & Trump admin sources, a mass removal of ICE leadership around the country is underway, with up to 12 ICE field office chiefs being removed & reassigned in an effort to increase deportation numbers. I'm told the move is spearheaded by Corey Lewandowski, and a handful of the ICE Chiefs will likely be replaced by Border Patrol & CBP officials, some of whom will be hand-picked by aggressive & controversial Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino. I'm told some of the ICE leadership removed from their positions include the ICE Field Office Directors in:

- Los Angeles
- Phoenix
- Philadelphia
- Denver
- El Paso
- San Diego
- Seattle/Portland
- New Orleans

Border Patrol officials taking over ICE leadership positions would be extremely significant, as Border Patrol and ICE do different things, and I've done numerous ride-alongs/embeds with both.

Generally speaking, ICE typically conducts very targeted operations, largely going after criminal illegal aliens or those with deportation orders, but almost always knowing who they are targeting for arrest, often conducting surveillance to learn their schedules before and waiting hours before arresting them if needed.

Border Patrol, under Trump 2.0, while sometimes doing their own targeted operations, has been extremely aggressive and has been at the forefront of some of the most controversial immigration enforcement operations we've seen so far, carrying out roving patrols in Los Angeles, Chicago, etc, often at Home Depot, car washes, flea markets etc, leading to a handful of federal judges around the country issuing injunctions against them. A majority of the viral videos you see online are Border Patrol agents, including the use of a Trojan horse style Penske moving truck at a Los Angeles Home Depot, an operation organized by Bovino.

ICE often gets blamed for what Border Patrol does, as the media and activists often cannot tell the difference between federal agents, and everyone is called "ICE". I'm told there are growing concerns about the political and PR fallout associated with some of the roving patrols Border Patrol is conducting as lawsuits continue to stack up and mid-terms approach next year.

I'm told there is significant friction within different wings of DHS and the administration, with Border Czar Tom Homan & ICE Director Todd Lyons preferring to prioritize targeting criminal aliens & the "worst of the worst" or those with deportation orders, while DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, Corey Lewandowski, and BP Commander Bovino prefer to use aggressive tactics to arrest anyone in the US illegally, including but not limited to criminals, to ramp up deportation numbers and achieve President Trump's promises of mass deportations.

I am hearing from both sides of this friction.

One senior DHS official tells me:

"ICE started with the worst of the worst, knowing every target they are hitting, but since Border Patrol started in LA in June, we've (DHS) lost our focus, going too hard, too fast, with limited prioritization. It's getting numbers, but at what cost?".

Border Patrol agents I've talked to defend their tactics, with one telling me:

"What did everyone think mass deportations meant? Only the worst? Tom Homan has said it himself, anyone in the US illegally is on the table."

It's quite a situation, as both sides of this are on the same team, with the same end goals, but different perspectives on how to get there.

Another DHS official confirmed the personnel changes to me on deep background, adding that the moves are based on performance and doing what is needed to achieve the best results.

Official statement to
@FoxNews
via
@TriciaOhio
:

"While we have no personnel changes to announce at this time, the Trump Administration remains laser focused on delivering results and removing violent criminal illegal aliens from this country."
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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 1d

Can you imagine after a major protest and so much footage of Americans

However imperfect defending Black and Brown people

The “best minds” of Democracy going “we say Black and Latino too much

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 2d

Part of how you know the left-wing media is primarily focused on winning factional fights *within* the Democratic coalition is that while they all credulously reported that Project 2025 wasn't Trump policy, when it clearly was, they'll report these are Democratic policies, when they mostly are not.

John Carl Baker @johncarlbaker.bsky.social · 2d

Incredible to claim that “abolish the police” is in any way a Democratic policy

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Jenét Morrow @jenetallday.bsky.social · 1d

Abbie Mills. No question.

Character Abbie Mills from Sleepy Hollow tv series. Black woman with shoulder length brown hair, medium brown skin wearing a deep v-neck black top reaching for a beige box in front of her.

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 1d

stellan skarsgård seems like a good dude

How would you describe that worldview?
My father told me something when I was very small to instill confidence in me: “Nobody in the world is worth more than you, but nobody’s worth less.” It is an egalitarian view that I’ve carried around in my life. That’s why I am for free schools, free universities, free health care, and free babysitting. Because our society could afford it. In America, people think social democracy is some kind of communism. They think capitalism is freedom. It’s not. It’s only freedom to exploit people.

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