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Maitrijen⁷ @maitrijen.bsky.social · 6d

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 7d

Macron remarks are notable- some quotes: "We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."

Defend Democracy @defenddemocracy.bsky.social · 7d

President Macron: “Europeans, let's wake up!

We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”

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ray 鄺羡華 @raykwong.bsky.social · 2h

Good morning and happy Saturday to everyone. The same guy who told you COVID was a hoax just got his updated booster and didn't win the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Denise Oliver-Velez @deniseoliver-velez.bsky.social · 1h

Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl 2026 Halftime Show Could Finally Bring Puerto Rican History Into the Spotlight
www.teenvogue.com/story/bad-bu...

Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Could Finally Spotlight Important Boricua History on the Mainland

Bad Bunny is perhaps the only pop star fully equipped to take on the current American sociopolitical ecosystem and the fact that a show must entertain.

www.teenvogue.com

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Denise Oliver-Velez @deniseoliver-velez.bsky.social · 1h

New Book Brings Pioneering Puerto Rican Voice to English-Speaking Readers
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New Book Brings Pioneering Puerto Rican Voice to English-Speaking Readers

Professor Vanessa Pérez-Rosario offers the first comprehensive bilingual, English-Spanish collection of the poetry, essays, and letters of writer and activist Julia de Burgos.

www.gc.cuny.edu

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 1h

“Roughly 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers — the so-called “disease detectives” who respond to outbreaks around the globe — received layoff notices, according to a person familiar with them. The service was spared during an earlier round of layoffs in February.”

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

www.nytimes.com

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The Asian Feminist @theasianfeminist.bsky.social · 1h

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died” because of the decision to gut USAID. But in Myanmar, families say their loved ones have died as a direct result of the aid cuts.

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Maitrijen⁷ @maitrijen.bsky.social · 1h

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 1h

❗️Russia canceled its first Russia-Arab summit because most of Arab leaders would not attend it.

The summit was supposed to take place on October 15, but a week earlier, it turned out that only acting president of Syria and Prime Minister of Iraq confirmed their participation.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1h

This week, MAGA figures claimed Kristi Noem "stared down" violent antifa protesters in Portland. Turns out they were talking mostly about a guy in a chicken suit.

This episode opens a window into how MAGA propaganda works and MSM failure to handle it. 1/

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MAGA Implodes over Kristi Noem’s “Stare Down” with Man in Chicken Suit

A good New York Times piece on Portland nevertheless demonstrates how the conventions of objective reporting fail to accurately capture the bad faith driving pro-Trump propaganda.

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Maitrijen⁷ @maitrijen.bsky.social · 10h

Wondering if this will wake up Maga.

Author Myron J. Clifton @deardean22.bsky.social · 19h

What is happening?

Seems like Idaho bout to be a state owned by Qatar ….

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Pamela Parkington @bigdogmomthree.bsky.social · 17h

Weird times indeed...

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Jamie S. Bowen - Harris Democrat they/he/she @jamiesbowen.bsky.social · 11h

Qatar bought Idaho flat out. Man, who was it warned people he'd sell the country off piece by piece? Oh yeah..

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 11h

And the scope of his lie! He's lying about the event he's describing, then lying about his reaction to an event that's nothing like what he describes, then he's crafting a big narrative about how he and others have been patient with a nonexistent situation. In other times we'd call this psychopathy.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 11h

Yes, America, he is referring to the 100% peaceful No Kings rallies that have literally nothing to do with Hamas or antifa or hating America.

America has been gaslit by these lunatics every day for a decade, and at some point the other shoe will drop—though I have no idea what or when that will be.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 12h

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 11h

RIFs can’t be done without agency leadership so this is RFK Jr extending his purge of CDC scientists to help Vought’s shutdown agenda. Genuine public health risks created by aggrieved men.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 11h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11h

Presented without comment, the current scene outside Union Station in DC as I got off the train.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 15h

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Maitrijen⁷ @maitrijen.bsky.social · 11h

This is a (horrible) massive story.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 11h

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Adam Rogers @jetjocko.bsky.social · 11h

It’s hard to see this any other way than, public health is science that helps rich and poor alike, and rich people hate that.

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Maitrijen⁷ @maitrijen.bsky.social · 11h

Yes.

Adam Rogers @jetjocko.bsky.social · 11h

Just in case: MMWR is a key frontline indicator for outbreaks. The first subtle hint of AIDS was in that publication. This is the pale horse that Death rides.

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Saint Sherman - The Ultimate Patriot @claypotter.bsky.social · 15h

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 12h

Finally! Judge Paula Xinis of the U.S. District Court in Maryland has signaled she is inclined to release Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man wrongfully deported and later brought back by the Trump administration.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 15h

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

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 18h

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...

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 11h

What on earth??

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Adams Administration Quietly Renames the Tombs for Disgraced Criminal Bernard Kerik

The Lower Manhattan jail facility briefly bore Kerik's name once before, until he was convicted of corruption.

hellgatenyc.com

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Jay Perk @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 17h

As with countless other words and phrases, white people stole “woke” from Black English (AAVE) and ruined it.

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skynetcpt87.bsky.social @skynetcpt87.bsky.social · 17h

As a South African, we have problems but its absolutely fucking amazing in 9 months how the once BASTION of “Democracy” has fallen to a bunch of CHARLATANS
Amazing man, just stunning to see this day by day by day by day

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