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Jeffers Lennox @jefferslennox.bsky.social · 1d

A Blue Jays / Dodgers world series will finally put this beef to rest.

Erik Uebelacker @uebey.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: Drake loses his defamation case against Kendrick Lamar over the “Not Like Us” lyrics.

More coming @courthousenews.bsky.social

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Jeffers Lennox @jefferslennox.bsky.social · 1d

If only there was money for universal healthcare...

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the US has finalized a plan to give $20 billion to Argentina.

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Jeffers Lennox @jefferslennox.bsky.social · 2d

Look who showed up to celebrate this morning. Tdot in CT. Go Jays.

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 4d

Solidarity with @mark-bray.bsky.social, a fantastic, thoughtful, and generous scholar whose work about antifa is so important in this moment.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations

Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence

www.theguardian.com

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AAUP @aaup.org · 4d

NO LOYALTY OATHS IN HIGHER ED!

Trump's attacks on our universities are an attempt to consolidate power. This loyalty oath directly undermines our right to academic freedom & goes against every democratic principle our country should uphold.

Please click below, sign, & share.

#DefendHigherEd

University Administrations: Reject Trump's "Loyalty Oath" Compacts

The Trump administration is trying to blackmail schools to let him and his unqualified bureaucrats run our schools. They want to dictate what schools teach, who they admit and hire, what researchers s...

actionnetwork.org

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Jeffers Lennox @jefferslennox.bsky.social · 2d

Go Jays.

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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 4d

Saugeen First Nation in Ontario joined together for some sun and sand to celebrate getting their beach back.

The fight to be recognized as the rightful owners of a popular beach ended a month ago after the Supreme Court refused to hear a case against them.

Saugeen First Nation celebrates getting their beach back

Saugeen First Nation is celebrating having a beach returned to it after a surveying error from the 1850s excluded it from the reserve.

www.aptnnews.ca

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Kevin Carson 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇹🇯 @kevincarson1.bsky.social · 6d

Indigenous Nations Plan Tariff-Free Trade Corridor Across US-Canada border ino.to/agDxSX2

Indigenous Nations Plan Tariff-Free Trade Corridor Across US-Canada border

“We’re not begging for crumbs anymore. We’re demanding what’s rightly ours."

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Jeffers Lennox @jefferslennox.bsky.social · 6d

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Jeffers Lennox @jefferslennox.bsky.social · 7d

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AAUP @aaup.org · 8d

Check out AAUP’s statement denouncing the Trump admin’s compact and undemocratic loyalty oaths here👇

Universities Must Reject Trump Admin "Loyalty Oath" Compacts

The AAUP and AFT warn that the Trump administration’s offer to give preferential treatment to colleges and universities in exchange for allegiance to a partisan ideological agenda is entirely corrupt.

www.aaup.org

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David William @nrvscrcts.bsky.social · 8d

It would be nice to see privacy settings on Bluesky rolled out in response...

Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 8d

NEW: ICE is planning to hire a team of nearly 30 people to surveil social media 24/7, build dossiers on people, and flag them for arrest and deportation. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-so...

ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team

Documents show ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.

www.wired.com

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AAUP @aaup.org · 10d

This case … squarely presents the issue whether non-citizens lawfully present here in United States actually have the same free speech rights as the rest of us.”

“The Court answers this Constitutional question unequivocally ‘yes, they do’.

— Judge William G. Young

#AAUPvRubio

Opinion

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Jeffers Lennox @jefferslennox.bsky.social · 15d

Reminder: Join a union! Form a union! Organize to win.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15d

Patel on left-wing groups: "We are properly going to chase them down like the domestic terrorists that they are."

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Jeffers Lennox @jefferslennox.bsky.social · 18d

"It can only good happen."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19d

Trump: "With Tylenol -- don't take it. Don't take it!"

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 19d

There’s nothing wrong with John Roberts that woundn’t be fixed by giving him dozens and dozens of new colleagues

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Jeffers Lennox @jefferslennox.bsky.social · 21d

A little more CCF in the NDP is a great way to start.

Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 22d

Canada's true crisis is the everyday emergency of just trying to get by in an impossible economy.

I’m running for NDP leader so we can transform a system rigged for the rich—together.

We need a government that serves the many, not the money.

Join in. lewisforleader.ca/

youtu.be/IVy99oiYszY

Why I’m running for NDP leader

YouTube video by Avi Lewis

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Jeffers Lennox @jefferslennox.bsky.social · 23d

This has been happening forever. It's fine. Just be nice while you're travelling and it's all good!

Dead McCoy 💀 @tedmccoy.bsky.social · 23d

no we're not

stupid CNN headline that reads Some American travelers are "flag jacking" and Canadians are livid

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Scholars for a New Deal for Higher Ed @sfndhe.bsky.social · Sep 7

Featuring Ian Gavigan of @higheredlabor.bsky.social on how the bipartisan neoliberalization of higher ed laid the groundwork for Trump’s all-out assault. Workers must unite on every campus, articulate an alternative vision for the university, and fight to win it.

Class Struggle for the University w/ Ian Gavigan

Featuring Ian Gavigan on how the bipartisan neoliberalization of higher education laid the groundwork for Trump’s all-out assault. Workers must unite on every campus, articulate an alternative vision ...

thedigradio.com

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Jeffers Lennox @jefferslennox.bsky.social · Sep 5

Can I retire on this.

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · Sep 5

Artificial intelligence company Anthropic agreed to pay at least $1.5 billion to settle a copyright infringement lawsuit over its use of pirated books to train large-language models.

Anthropic to Pay at Least $1.5 Billion in Landmark Copyright Settlement

The settlement with authors covers 500,000 works that were pirated and used to train AI models.

on.wsj.com

Jeffers Lennox @jefferslennox.bsky.social · Sep 2

Wait until he learns that in the 1790s enslaved people FLED CANADA into Michigan to attain freedom.

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Jeffers Lennox @jefferslennox.bsky.social · Aug 18

It's almost as if they're not the party of the working class.

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Jeffers Lennox @jefferslennox.bsky.social · Aug 8

Lauren Hill has entered the chat.

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Jeffers Lennox @jefferslennox.bsky.social · Jul 4

Swimming. Street parties. Prepping for a BBQ with friends. Fireworks later tonight.

We've spent the day celebrating that the Tour de France starts tomorrow. 🚲🚲🚲

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Cindy Blackstock @cblackst.bsky.social · Jun 21

Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day Celebrate and take action and call on @mark-carney.bsky.social to take immediate action to stop the harms for First Nations children and ensure Canada fully complies with legal orders on Jordan’s Principle

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Jeffers Lennox @jefferslennox.bsky.social · Jun 15

POV: You're in the 3rd most popular band in your mid-size city and you go on a national tour.

Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · Jun 14

Quiet, empty street

Someone asks the secret service guy standing in front of us whether it's over. "Honestly I have no idea," he replies