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laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 8h

A friend ran the Chicago marathon today and said he couldn’t count the number of FUCK ICE signs along the way.

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802nancy.bsky.social @802nancy.bsky.social · 5h

Amazing that Chicagoans can host a marathon safely, in a city that is a "war zone" and requires military intervention.

Strong work, Chicago! ✊

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 1h

Why aren’t media outlets unmasking these scumbags?

Michael J. Kramer @michaeljkramer.bsky.social · 3h

Why are there so few (none?) news stories about individual ICE agents themselves? Who they are, what motivates them, any moral dilemmas they face? Why aren’t protesters trying to get some to speak out?

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TubaPeter.com, or the 120 Days of Sodom @tubapeter.bsky.social · 14h

They keep pretending they are half the country, but they're not even half the people who show up for elections.

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 6h

ai is a fascist tool. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Ilyasah Shabazz didn’t want to look at the AI-generated videos of her father, Malcolm X. The seemingly realistic clips — made by OpenAI’s new video-maker Sora 2 — show the legendary civil rights activist making crude jokes, wrestling with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and talking about defecating on himself.

“It is deeply disrespectful and hurtful to see my father’s image used in such a cavalier and insensitive manner when he dedicated his life to truth,” Shabazz, whose father was assassinated in front of her in 1965 when she was 2, told The Washington Post. She questioned why the developers were not acting “with the same morality, conscience, and care … that they’d want for their own families.”

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juridical.bsky.social @juridical.bsky.social · 10h

Same group? Is that a pistol being pointed at the guy in blue?

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Former Brundlefly @thatguywasfly.bsky.social · 6h

One thing I want you to take from videos like this is the absolute cacophony of whistles and screams of "GET THE FUCK OUT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD" from people in the streets and in buildings. And more and more people are at that point every day.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 6h

ICE/Border Patrol held a weapon on a guy who was demanding they show him their face in Rogers Park today

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paul @paulcope.land · 4h

I walked from Uptown through Edgewater up to Devon this afternoon and there was someone with a whistle every few blocks. Cyclists with whistles were patrolling alleys.

Former Brundlefly @thatguywasfly.bsky.social · 6h

One thing I want you to take from videos like this is the absolute cacophony of whistles and screams of "GET THE FUCK OUT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD" from people in the streets and in buildings. And more and more people are at that point every day.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 6h

ICE/Border Patrol held a weapon on a guy who was demanding they show him their face in Rogers Park today

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Miss Aja @brat2381.bsky.social · 11h

#YesOn50
#Prop50
#VoteYesOnProp50

Stay focused California Democrats. We’ve got a special election to win on November 4, 2025.

Return those ballots and tell 3 people you know to do the same.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 5h

Just voted YES on PROP 50!! Make sure to vote early! THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE!

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Chuck Darwin @cdarwin.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 2h

The National Weather Service is forecasting a major storm for Santa Barbara County expected to arrive Monday, October 13th. The following conditions are possible countywide:
Hail and lightning
Brief, heavy rainfall
Dangerous flash flooding
Flooding in low-lying areas and strong winds
Shallow […]

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Portland's famous Unipiper was spotted at the Portland ICE protest where he played his bagpipes in front of Santa, Mr. Potato Head, Garfield and more -- all while surrounded by bubbles.

More on how the tone of Portland's protests has shifted: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Michael P. Breen @mpbreen21.bsky.social · 4h

I wonder if Trump & Miller realize yet what they’ve gotten themselves into?

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"We're cold, but not as cold as ICE," said a sign on one rider's back.
Cyclists followed a route south to the Burnside Bridge where they staged a "die-in," lying down next to their bikes before continuing along their route.
Onlookers at the ICE facility cheered the cyclists as they reached the building around 4:15 p.m.
Sunday. The riders paraded in front of federal officers on the roof in a fashion show of rain jackets,
Halloween costumes and nothing at all.
This is a developing story and will be updated.

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Luigi de Guzman @ouij.bsky.social · 2h

The fact that protests now feature people who don’t normally have to worry about what might happen to them in an adverse encounter with security forces is a HUGE DEAL.

It means that the “real” victims don’t have to suffer alone. It means that some people care about something more than themselves

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4h

Someone in my mentions is upset because these people haven’t suffered the worst at ICE’s hands and therefore they shouldn’t be praised for being out on the streets?

Yeah, no. To push back on these people we need everyone — especially those with relative privilege — to get up and get involved.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7h

Portland, you magnificent weirdos

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 12h

The inflatables have made it to Broadview.

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Shaun @swaan-sween.bsky.social · 11h

@noturtlesoup17.bsky.social has this video posted on her blue sky account.

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 12h

The inflatables have made it to Broadview.

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Florida Chris @chrislongview.bsky.social · 4h

and why the fuck they protesting the EX vice president?! they got their own new vp thanks to their efforts. they should go talk to the people they helped elect.

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Brandi @brandi92.bsky.social · 4h

The so called progressives would walk past Trump to yell at Kamala.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 12h

History gives us plenty of examples of disease used as a weapon. There are fewer cases of governments deliberately using disease against their own citizens. We are living (or dying) through one right now.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Hundreds of U.S. students quarantined amid measles outbreaks

At least 270 unvaccinated kids are staying home from school as measles continues to spread nationwide. "Expect more," one expert said.

www.nbcnews.com

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Jay Perk @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 12h

Thing is, @jaketapper.bsky.social is in on it—all mainstream media continue to enable Trump and Project 2025.

Tapper led the “debate” of whether Biden should step aside and not be run for reelection. It was all they talked about. CNN, MSNBC and all the rest have fully normalized MAGA’s fascism.

Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 14h

Hey @jaketapper.bsky.social, I'm no expert on cognitive illnesses, but it feels a bit detached from reality for a sitting POTUS to forget that he was in power during an attack on the U.S. Capitol, doesn't it? Do you know anyone in journalism with experience covering dementia-like symptoms?

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 12h

The thing that is most devastating to me about the ongoing evisceration of the public health infrastructure in the U.S right is how little awareness of what's going on the majority of people in the general public have and the impact this will have on their health and safety.

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Queerhawk 🏳️‍🌈 | 🇺🇦 | 🛡 @alwaysadorecats.bsky.social · 15h

Every now and then I remember the press reaction to Elon Musk claiming we live in a simulation was broadly “Real Life Tony Stark Elon Musk Posits Mind-Blowing Thought Experiment 🤯” instead of “This Billionaire Nutjob Doesn’t Think Other People Are Real”

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Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 2d

Do we really want 250,000 mirrored satellites in Low Earth Orbit? Hasn't the Starlink megaconstellation already done enough damage?
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A US startup plans to deliver ‘sunlight on demand’ after dark. Can it work – and would we want it to?

Satellites beaming sunlight down to Earth sound like science fiction – and they have astronomers very worried.

theconversation.com

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Kenny Akers @keneakers.bsky.social · 15h

As we all watch MAGA crash out over this Qatari air force facility in Idaho. I'll be happy to remind them that back in 2017, Trump himself publicly accused Qatar of being a funder of terrorism. “The nation of Qatar, unfortunately, has historically been a funder of terrorism at a very high level.”

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

A policy expert described Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s push in favor of private schools as a “great American heist,” funneling money from public schools: “It’s a strategic theft of the future of our country, our kids and our democracy.”

By @megomatz.bsky.social & @jsmithrichards.bsky.social

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

www.propublica.org

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