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Peter W🤓 @wang.social · 10h

Golda Velez @goldavelez.org · 1d

Hamilton had so much faith in Americans come on guys don't let him down

"whither would the militia, irritated by being called up on to undertake a distance and hopeless expedition...direct their course but to the seat of the tyrants"

Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 1d

"If we were even to suppose the national rulers actuated by the most ungovernable ambition, it is impossible to believe that they would employ such preposterous means to accomplish their designs."

Oh Alexander, honey.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d

Quoted by Judge Perry today in her opinion in Illinois v Trump

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Golda Velez @goldavelez.org · 1d

Share this with your Board of Regents

Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 1d

A response from MIT rejecting "The Compact"...

orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...

Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart

orgchart.mit.edu

Golda Velez @goldavelez.org · 1d

#DidThisToday

www.linkedin.com/posts/dezer-...

A reply to a LinkedIn business post by Dezer Properties bringing up the private plane lease for shackled forceful transport of asylum seekers. See full post at link.

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Golda Velez @goldavelez.org · 1d

this them? www.linkedin.com/company/deze... they post on linkedin. find them there.

LinkedIn Login, Sign in | LinkedIn

Login to LinkedIn to keep in touch with people you know, share ideas, and build your career.

www.linkedin.com

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Golda Velez @goldavelez.org · 1d

btw @azindivisible.bsky.social @indivisibletucson.bsky.social here are the board of regent emails president.arizona.edu/contact-us

I just sent them all an email, do we have like an action group for this?

Contact Us

president.arizona.edu

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 1d

The Virginia Senate just told UVA it’s not getting state funding if it accepts the compact since UVA exists to serve Virginia, its residents, & their interests—not be a tool of the federal govt. Scoop from our student newspaper, who’ve been doing vital reporting www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 1d

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 1d

This bill I wrote is now law.

California YIMBY @cayimby.bsky.social · 1d

[VICTORY ALERT] Governor Newsom has signed AB 1154, which will make it faster, cheaper, and easier to add small accessory dwelling units to existing homes.

Our statement: cayimby.org/news-events/...

California Law Makes it Easier to Build Small, In-Home ADUs

New Law Signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom Removes Barriers, Imposes Standards

cayimby.org

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 1d

Lord give us the Democrats that Republicans warn us about.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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Golda Velez @goldavelez.org · 1d

THIS this this is most important thing i saw in weeks except of course for the frogs dancing and the nude buke ride

TheRoadie. @roadie63.bsky.social · 1d

I just watched the video of the Portland Cop threatening to arrest an ICE agent if they drive their truck through a crowd. Now I see this where the General of the Oregon National Guard says if they get called up they will protect the protesters. People are fed up.
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Oregon general’s testimony that National Guard troops ‘will be protecting any protesters’ gains traction online

Brigadier General Alan R. Gronewold made the comments to state lawmakers Sept. 30, and they drew notice on social media this week.

www.oregonlive.com

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Lee-in-Iowa 💙 @lee-in-iowa.bsky.social · 1d

@govpritzker.illinois.gov See, this is how you do it. You protect your citizens, not the invaders.

TheRoadie. @roadie63.bsky.social · 1d

I just watched the video of the Portland Cop threatening to arrest an ICE agent if they drive their truck through a crowd. Now I see this where the General of the Oregon National Guard says if they get called up they will protect the protesters. People are fed up.
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Oregon general’s testimony that National Guard troops ‘will be protecting any protesters’ gains traction online

Brigadier General Alan R. Gronewold made the comments to state lawmakers Sept. 30, and they drew notice on social media this week.

www.oregonlive.com

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 1d

OMG.

The meritocracy is really showing how the DOJ is now made up the best of the best, I guess.

Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 1d

Someone gonna get fired …. @kenwhite.bsky.social @annabower.bsky.social

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Golda Velez @goldavelez.org · 1d

they never read things maybe they figured judges dont either?

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Golda Velez @goldavelez.org · 1d

well nothing is stopping folks from publishing in both places, right?

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Tangled @tangled.org · 8d

hello tanglers! this october, we want to get more people into making their first ever open source contribution! to help them out, we've got the 🟣 'good-first-issue' label!

head to tangled.org/goodfirstissues to see a list of issues across different repos that you can contribute to! 🤓

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

“I’m worried about my community… I’m out here in a frog costume to show how ridiculous the notion that we’re violent terrorists is, and showcase how that narrative is wrong…”

Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆

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Graze Social @graze.social · 1d

You can just do things, together

You can just do things, together - Graze Newsletter

How Skylight & Graze are working together to build the open social FYP

graze.leaflet.pub

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Golda Velez @goldavelez.org · 1d

god i hope so! who knew we were going to rely on diversity of authoritarians so strongly

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Golda Velez @goldavelez.org · 1d

finally spent the extra 15 seconds to find discourse.lexicon.community - yay schema sharing!

(and scary schema evolution. but lets see...)

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Paul Frazee @pfrazee.com · 1d

Want to remark on a sentiment I've heard from the AT dev community ‒ in specific words, even, from @bmann.ca, @knowtheory.net, and @rude1.blacksky.team, which I'll likely botch here:

Lead with joy, not fear.

I think that belief shows up a lot, and it's really affected me for the better!

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 2d

As the administration goes all in on an alternate reality about portland that bears no resemblance to fact and rule of law, continuing radical (and just plain funny, ridiculing) acts of the imagination along with other ways of getting out the reality on the ground may help curb their momentum.