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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 10h

here’s a great, informative interview with @mark-bray.bsky.social published yesterday

Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 10h

Mark Bray — scholar of European history and radicalism, and the author of several books including ‘ANTIFA — the anti fascist handbook’ — on the rise of antifascist movements from the 1930s to today, and why Trump's terror designation recalls authoritarian crackdowns through history

What exactly is Antifa? | CBC Radio

In late September, Donald Trump designated Antifa a domestic terror organization. Today, we’re tracking the meaning and history of antifascist protest — from 1930’s Europe, to today — and asking: how ...

www.cbc.ca

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Dr. Emily Friedman @friede.bsky.social · 6h

If you come down here with some hours to give, I WILL drive you to Montgomery to the Legacy Museum and Memorial. Being at its dedication events is indelibly on me, & it deserves every penny it gets to stand & continue the memorials & memory-keeping that matter.

legacysites.eji.org/about/museum/

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 6h

This is a word:

“They may try to take away our 501(c)(3) tax status, which would be devastating. But I would rather be a truth-teller and taxed, than to be silent and untaxed.”

Melissa Murray @profmmurray.bsky.social · 1d

If you read one thing today, make it this piece by @nytimes.com's Kurt Streeter about the extraordinary Bryan Stevenson. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 6h

ACA open enrollment starts Nov. 1. Rates should have been published in August. Mike Johnson hopes you don’t know that. But my mom is an independent insurance agent. Has been for 20+ years. So she does know that.

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Dr. Cara Berg Powers @clbergpowers.bsky.social · 7h

So important

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Dr. Cara Berg Powers @clbergpowers.bsky.social · 7h

That was last week! I too still am steeped in high holidays lol. Jk

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Dr. Cara Berg Powers @clbergpowers.bsky.social · 7h

I have failed to take the aforementioned smiling photo. But I do have a copy of my book in hand now and it is very exciting. I have faith that you can take a break and still get to that finish line.

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Dr. Cara Berg Powers @clbergpowers.bsky.social · 8h

Rest so you don't quit is a real thing too! I endorse a practice run.

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 21h

Here’s an angle for a journalist looking for a fresh take on the White House “Antifa” roundtable — most of the people who participated are employed by or have a direct financial connection to Turning Point USA. I think that’s pretty telling, no?

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Syreeta McFadden @reetamac.bsky.social · 8h

“AND ANIMAL KNOW, SOME SAY ANIMAL TOO LOUD. SOME SAY ANIMAL GIANT HACK. SOME SAY ANIMAL CANNOT READ. ANIMAL SAY: “CORRECT." BUT ALSO: "ANIMAL HAS THOSE LARRY ELLISON DOLLARS. YOU IN ANIMAL’S WORLD NOW.”

SO, IN CONCLUSION, AAAAGGGHHHH!”

McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 1d

"WE MAKE NEWS LOUDER. IF STORY GOOD ON ONE SIDE, SHOW OTHER SIDE TOO. OTHER SIDE WRONG? OTHER SIDE WANT BLEACH IN VEINS? ANIMAL RUN BOTH. REPORT BOTH SIDES. EVEN WHEN ONE SIDE THINK HEAD MEDS MAKE QUIET BABIES."

“AAAGGGHHH!!!” A Memo from Animal, Your New Editor-in-Chief

“[Editor-in-chief of CBS News] Bari Weiss told network staffers in a morning editorial call that she wants to ‘win’ before delivering a rallying cr...

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 9h

It is simply accurate to call this regime segregationist.

Trump Fires Black Officials From an Overwhelmingly White Administration

www.nytimes.com

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Laura Belin @laurarbelin.bsky.social · 16h

New post by Jason Benell @jastiger.bsky.social: ICE robbed more from our community than a public servant

www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/10/08/i...

Jason Benell highlights "just how much these targeted ICE attacks are stealing from communities across the country."

www.bleedingheartland.com

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Dr. Cara Berg Powers @clbergpowers.bsky.social · 17h

@blackjew.bsky.social agrees. Literally said "speak for yourself" right before I read this.

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Dr. Cara Berg Powers @clbergpowers.bsky.social · 17h

Exactly

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 18h

Children have rights

Parents have responsibilities

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KidzBoptotenlieder @theodramatist.com · 17h

Goose meme with text of “Who were the Antifascists fighting in Weimar Germany?”

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Call me Trick-or-Tracy. 👻🎃 @peakingsassy.bsky.social · 18h

The girlfriend of TWO of the founders of antifa!

Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund in Casablanca

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Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social · 19h

www.nashvillescene.com/news/pithint...

Campus Crowd Demands Vanderbilt Reject Trump Deal

Students, faculty and professors marched on Wednesday as Chancellor Diermeier mulls funding deal with Trump administration

www.nashvillescene.com

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 20h

REI easily top of the list of companies most likely to do a land acknowledgement before layoffs

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 20h

REI is closing unionized stores. So many companies that like to pretend to be progressive remain still virulently anti-union at their core. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/08/b...

REI Co-Op’s Boston location is set to close next year - The Boston Globe

REI said it will close three locations on the East Coast, including a store in Boston, as it launches a new strategic plan.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 20h

@samtlevin.bsky.social did a really lovely profile and interview with Miss Major in June of 2023:

"Her doormats say “Welcome bitches”, “Fuck off”, “Come back with a warrant” and “Home, where the ho & me come together”."

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023...

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 20h

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 22h

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 22h

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 1d

Cause the algorithms are increasingly shady and I don’t see much promotion, let me Gift Link this:

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

Civil Rights Lawyer Bryan Stevenson on How America’s Story Should Be Told

www.nytimes.com

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Dr. Cara Berg Powers @clbergpowers.bsky.social · 1d

And not only that. What do you do when your object permanence is structured in such a way that you no longer pay attention to notifications from your calendar because they are just background noise? I will tell you. You go to a pretty big important team-wide meeting a half an hour late.

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Dr. Cara Berg Powers @clbergpowers.bsky.social · 1d

This is BRILLIANT! I have a little picture frame on my bedside that I write the most important things I need to remember when I wake up on (most glass frames have a ceramic coating that you can use dry erase markers on). This is an amazing innovation.

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Dr. Cara Berg Powers @clbergpowers.bsky.social · 1d

This looks like one of my students in 2005 playing with photoshop effects for the first time

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