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Ignacio Gallup-Diaz
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College teacher, Atlantic World historian, Poirot + Morse aficionado

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Wait what? Michael Flynn’s brother, Charles Flynn, is a Senior Advisor at Peter Thiel’s Palantir?? h/t @nadja72638243.bsky.social on X… 1/
February 15, 2026 at 6:10 PM
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"As I went outside...that tear gas got into me. And I’m breathing in, and it kind of felt like glass shards in my nose and my throat."
I’m a Minneapolis postal worker. This is what I saw.
Come rain, shine, tear gas, or ICE shootings, postal worker Bianca Sonnenberg is delivering the mail.
www.motherjones.com
February 15, 2026 at 6:30 PM
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This 10 year old boy was chased down by ICE in South Jersey. I am beyond outraged, both as an American and as a father to two boys.

Our system is broken. The first step to fix it is for ICE to leave our state.
A 10-year-old boy recounted fleeing Thursday morning as a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation began near his school bus stop in Lindenwold, New Jersey, saying, "We all were scared."

"We were all scared," says child who ran as ICE operation unfolded near New Jersey school bus stop
Dylan, who is a U.S. citizen, told CBS News the day seemed normal — until he heard his classmates suddenly start shouting "ICE."
cbsn.ws
February 14, 2026 at 6:04 PM
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man ... lying under oath really ought to be a crime, you know?
The acting director of ICE told Congress, under oath, that local law enforcement in Colorado leaked raid plans, allowing gang members to escape.

After 9NEWS questioned ICE's claim and its timeline, ICE deleted the claim from its social media platforms.
February 15, 2026 at 5:06 PM
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Great to see Red Squirrel at Loch Leven, wish we had them down South ,instead of the invasive Grey Squirrel .
February 15, 2026 at 11:21 AM
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Night night Blattcats
February 15, 2026 at 6:37 PM
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According to Julie K. Brown, who did such invaluable reporting on Jeffrey Epstein for the Miami Herald, the Bard College Board of Trustees is conducting an emergency meeting tomorrow. I hope they do the right thing. x.com/jkbjournalis...
February 15, 2026 at 6:51 PM
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😵‍💫 CONSPIRASTREAM 😵‍💫

Tonight at 7PM CT on YouTube or Twitch, any donation over $10 gets this exclusive conspiratorial sticker!
February 15, 2026 at 7:10 PM
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ICE is still active all across Minnesota, even parking at observers homes this morning. But we’ve been showing up all weekend with massive food drives, placing hearts where were abducted, at singing marches, and there’s another big protest at Jackson Square Park today at noon. Let’s keep showing up!
February 15, 2026 at 5:08 PM
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Let me just make a few little adjustments to that title…

“How a scientist with a PhD in Geology and 25 years of experience is helping lead California’s earthquake work”

Way to devalue my experience.
February 15, 2026 at 3:08 PM
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Here's the document: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Here are the lawyers doing this:
February 15, 2026 at 6:42 PM
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UPDATE: Newest DOJ/DHS effort to block congressional oversight visits to immigration detention facilities launched on Valentine's Day. It's not a new one, it's a renewal of the "because of the (latest) shutdown, there is no 527, so we can't violate 527, so there is nothing to enjoin" argument.
February 15, 2026 at 6:39 PM
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“That silence around pregnancy, and its risks, that's being normalized by these [abortion] bans is deeply, deeply concerning,” said Pro Publica reporter Lizzie Presser. @michelebgoodwin.bsky.social adds, “It's really horrific what we see coming out of Dobbs.” #velshi
‘A real tragedy’: Woman dies after being denied health care because she was pregnant
A pregnant woman who was not seeking an abortion, was denied health care for her heart condition because she was pregnant and doctors did not want to risk harming the pregnancy. She died as a result. Her name was Ciji Graham and Pro Publica journalist Lizzie Presser reported on her story. “I think one of the things that's really disturbing in her medical records is that neither of the cardiologists that Graham saw spoke to her about her pregnancy and the risks of continuing it without getting the heart care that she needed,” she said. “And that silence around pregnancy, and its risks, that's being normalized by these bans is deeply, deeply concerning.” Georgetown law professor Michele Goodwin emphasizes that this is one of many tragedies that have taken place as a result of abortion bans. “We have these reproductive health care deserts throughout the United States, and we see the kind of suffering that's being reported, and then so much more that doesn't end up getting reported, that just simply gets lost in the mix of things,” she said. “And that's the real tragedy.”
www.ms.now
February 15, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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(I should say that reporting from local & student newspapers has been invaluable in showing the extent of Botstein's relationship with Epstein, and that I've been especially grateful for the Albany Times Union, the Rhinebeck Daily Catch, and student newspapers the Free Press (RIP) and the Observer.)
February 15, 2026 at 6:38 PM
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Leon Botstein, president of @bardcollege.bsky.social, has repeatedly made public statements about his relationship with the pedophile sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein that have turned out to be misleading, incomplete, or untrue. I'm going to make a thread to compile them all here.
February 15, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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As Will Bunch says, we won a battle, but the struggle is far from over...

Gift link: share.inquirer.com/V6ApXN
February 15, 2026 at 6:28 PM
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Brief self-promotion: This spring I am doing workshops and talks for a humanities collective at nyu, association of women in math, teaching advancement folks at UNT, a school of social work, a bunch of brain scientists, an anonymous neighborhood group in occupied MN, and some folks at UVA.
The Public Scholar Workshop
There’s no such thing as the Ivory Tower. Colleges and universities are not isolated enclaves, and they probably never were. Public engagement is an essential part of the core mission of higher educat...
www.davidmperry.com
February 15, 2026 at 5:58 PM
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"In Minneapolis, Native American patrols keep watch – and see history repeating: ‘We are still being chased’"
In Minneapolis, Native American patrols keep watch – and see history repeating: ‘We are still being chased’
The American Indian Movement was established in Minneapolis more than 50 years ago in response to police brutality. After ICE agents flooded the city this winter, neighborhoods reprised citizen patrol...
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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The acting director of ICE told Congress, under oath, that local law enforcement in Colorado leaked raid plans, allowing gang members to escape.

After 9NEWS questioned ICE's claim and its timeline, ICE deleted the claim from its social media platforms.
February 15, 2026 at 4:58 PM
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Figure Skating Is a Young Woman’s Sport. She Wants to Change That. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/s...
Figure Skating Is a Young Woman’s Sport. She Wants to Change That.
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2026 at 6:53 PM
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a wild sunflower appears 🌻
February 15, 2026 at 6:13 PM
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This is an argument that leads inevitably to an argument that a genocide of the Indigenous peoples of the USA was/is justified since they did not share the history, faith, culture, heritage, language, ancestry or sacrifices made by forefathers of the settlers.
The Rubio speech really is appalling, and if you haven’t read it yet, you should.

www.state.gov/releases/off...
February 15, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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Correct. it's not erasing you to acknowledge the validity of someone else's experiences and existence. Ever.
It’s been a heartbreak watching transphobia turn people’s brains to jelly. A 50-something gay man insisted, “I played with a Barbie doll as a kid. Nowadays they’d insist I was a girl and force me to transition!!!”
No. That’s not a thing that happens.
Stop being a hateful fool 😡
February 15, 2026 at 4:40 PM