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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 13h

The deportation order is based on Vedam’s conviction for murder—a crime he did not actually commit and for which he’s now been wholly exonerated. He entered the US at 9 months old and was a legal permanent resident before his conviction. We are so, so, so far from the light of justice.

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 1d

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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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 11h

I’ve seen posts claiming this “truth” is evidence of dementia, but IMO that’s not the right frame. This is strategy. Since 2021, the right has been rewriting history, bending timelines, to connect their grievances (Covid) and conspiracy theories (Jan 6, censorship, etc) to the Biden administration.

Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 15h

That’s a nice trick, since Biden wasn’t the president on Jan 6.

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Spryte M. ♿🏳️‍🌈♀️🎮✍🏻🪆🧩🦅 @sprytemagnus.bsky.social · 1d

@theradr.bsky.social I believe this is your gem of wisdom

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12h

a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 13h

What he’s railing against is a profound shift in culture, status… He’s obsessed with the idea that America is controlled by a leftist “ruling elite” - but “elite” isn’t defined socio-economically or by political power, it means something like: Getting to define “real America” and who gets to belong.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 13h

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

www.cbsnews.com

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Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 21h

It’s telling that Harrell seems most comfortable among Republicans.

Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 1d

Harrell says he won't be a mayor "who's just going to tax you to death."

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 1d

If you're going to write headlines like this, why even have newspapers?

Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

Should the New York Times be sold to Pennysaver and its editors sent to work in Amazon warehouses? It depends on who you ask.

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Sam Halpert @samhalpert.bsky.social · 1d

Dems floated a narrow bill to fund the military, which can’t move because the House isn’t in session. Meanwhile, DoD is now going to spend funds not appropriated by Congress to ensure military paychecks continue.

POTUS now both commands and provisions the military. Unconstitutional and SO dangerous

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.
A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC
News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Lisa Garbrick @garblisa.bsky.social · 1d

What?!?

Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 1d

Harrell says the city pays into King County's health department, and suggests that Seattle should consider running its own health department. "I know the streets better here in Seattle than the county."

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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 1d

A big deal for inflation and also whether you’ll have reliable food supplies, due to Trump policy choices.

Simon Lester @simonlester.com · 1d

"The Labor Department warned in an obscure document filed with the Federal Register last week that 'the near total cessation of the inflow of illegal aliens' is threatening 'the stability of domestic food production and prices for U.S. consumers.'”

Trump administration says immigration enforcement threatens higher food prices

U.S. farmers face labor shortages and potential food price hikes due to Trump’s immigration policy, the administration acknowledged in a Federal Registry document.

wapo.st

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Jason @jrock08.bsky.social · 1d

I know this is a toughie for republicans like Suarez and reactionary centrists like Harrell, but the difference between individual citizens wearing masks and agents of the state wearing masks is that citizens are not required to identify themselves but agents of the state are.

Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 1d

Huge applause at Suarez' question about whether Harrell will require protesters to take off their masks like he wants to make ICE take off their masks

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Julia Grant Reed @juliareedwa.bsky.social · 1d

What? Why? We have lots of actual artists and cultural institutions in this city and state who can enrich our city. Why would we debase that for empty AI nonsense?

Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 1d

Like every mayor before him, Harrell wants arts and culture events downtown. The difference is that "you're going to see a lot of AI in it."

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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 1d

Oh so he's really drinking the Kool-aid.

Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 1d

Downtown could have "like, a 10-foot wall" where people could talk to AI versions of historical figures. "How cool would this be if we had like, a 10 foot wall. It's interactive and it's historical. And you could talk to Martin Luther King."...

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 1d

Harrell is pontificating about how he never punches down.

That has literally been his ONLY m.o. at every single debate with Katie Wilson, his frontrunning opponent.

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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 1d

I love "discovering things I left in coat pockets six months ago" season.

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𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 @taras-grescoe.com · 2d

“We assume that car use is an incompressible liquid that must be routed somewhere. But it’s more more like a gas that fills whatever space it is given.”

—Ian Lockwood, Harvard Loeb Fellow, transport planner.

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Patrick Skinner @pmskinner.bsky.social · 1d

Probably a mistake to have narcissistic billionaire children with petty-god complexes run the society and economy of a people taught from birth that empathy is evil and selfishness is patriotism.

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The Book Vault @thebookvault.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you to @caimhmc.bsky.social for taking time to visit us on #BookshopDay. Here he is with a stack of books, the newly released Ring the Bells together with the first four Stranger Times in paperback. This is my favourite comic SFF series of recent years, highly recommended!
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Photo of author CK McDonnell standing holding a stack of his books. Ring the Bells new in hardback at the bottom, supporting the four paperbacks - The Strange Times, Relight My Fire, Love Will Tear Us Apart, This Charming Man.

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 1d

Deep dive into the surge in US pedestrian deaths:

"It’s not that more pedestrians are getting hit by vehicles; it’s that the ones that are getting hit are more likely to die."

"[That] seems like fairly strong evidence for the theory that the rise in large SUVs is behind the uptick in ped deaths."

Why Are So Many Pedestrians Killed by Cars in the US?

It’s unfortunately not uncommon for pedestrians to be killed by cars in the US.

www.construction-physics.com

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Gordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social · 1d

Katie Wilson: "I look at what Mayor Hidalgo has achieved in Paris, and I think that, and some of the mayors in Spanish cities, progressive, socialist mayors in Spanish cities, and the transformation of public space into walkable, people-oriented places where you want to be, it’s just so important."

I look at what Mayor Hidalgo has achieved in Paris, and I think that, and some of the mayors in Spanish cities, progressive, socialist mayors in Spanish cities, and the transformation of public space into walkable, people-oriented places where you want to be, it’s just so important. I really think that’s definitely going to be a big focus of my administration because if you travel to places like that where that kind of transformation has been achieved, you just feel like, “This is a place that I want to hang out.” It makes me feel good. It makes me feel like part of the city. I can meet people, talk to people, and there’s so much potential in Seattle for creating more of those spaces, and Ca

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Martha Rich Art Projects @martharichart.bsky.social · 1d

More love.

A piece of art with a painterly light blue background. At the bottom is the work love gut out of green painted paper. There are variations of green on the words. Above “love” is a multi colored flower with many petals all a unique color. In the center of the flower is green star with an eye in the middle. The artwork is made with painted cut paper. Copyright Martha Rich 2025.

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 1d

guards ignore—but are trained—that withdrawal is a life threatening condition, and ignoring someone in withdrawal is both deliberate and indifferent

the fact that they were *wrong* about this person’s emergency doesn’t make their conduct any less deliberate or indifferent

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

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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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 1d

“For more than 3 hours, officers can be seen walking past while he lay on the floor in his urine in obvious distress…noting he was foaming at the mouth & having seizure-like activity…mistaking his medical emergency for a drug overdose…”

Except a drug overdose is also a medical emergency...

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

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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Annalee @flowerhorne.com · 1d

Starting to think we should revive the custom of being at home to visitors on certain days

It's a high pain day in a high pain week; I wish to ensconce myself in a chaise and receive visitors to whom I can be tiresome about this before switching topics to something more interesting

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 1d

As always, I wonder if the Times editorial board reads their own paper. I also wonder if Harrell read the story his opponent Katie Wilson cited very explicitly in making that remark, and just chose to ignore it because it's much easier to imply that his opponent is just an airheaded woman.

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