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dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 7h

bubble dance party

a person in an inflatable unicorn costume and a person in an inflatable peacock costume dance as a person holds a bubble gun shooting lots of small bubbles over them

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CollinCountyDems @collincountydems.bsky.social · 17h

This is terrifying!

ICE breaks into this woman’s car in the pick-up line at West Loop Elementary school in Chicago and detains her before she can pick her kids up from school. (They were eventually let go after showing their documents)

This is Trump’s America.

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 1d

I teach in my undergrad class on the history of the US jury system that the institution's roots are in colonial juries serving as a counterweight to abuses of imperial power. The American jury has problems for sure but still can serve that roll. Don't blow off jury service.

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 1d

Jury Refuses To Indict Chicago ICE Protesters In Latest Revolt Against Trump Overreach talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...

Jury Refuses To Indict Chicago ICE Protesters In Latest Revolt Against Trump Overreach

A grand jury Tuesday night declined to indict two protesters in the...

talkingpointsmemo.com

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · Apr 17

New from 404 Media: we've obtained a leak from inside Palantir describing Palantir's plan to help ICE find people to deport. Includes peoples' location. Palantir is expecting a backlash, preparing comments for employees to tell their family. Says ICE "mature partner"

www.404media.co/leaked-palan...

Leaked: Palantir’s Plan to Help ICE Deport People

Internal Palantir Slack chats and message boards obtained by 404 Media show the contracting giant is helping find the location of people flagged for deportation, that Palantir is now a “more mature pa...

www.404media.co

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Seth Rockman @sethrockman.bsky.social · 1d

Y'all, this is a white supremacist regime intent on re-segregating the United States and removing Black people from positions of authority and access to opportunity. This must be stated as a simple 'matter of fact' and condemned at every turn.

Trump Fires Black Officials From an Overwhelmingly White Administration

www.nytimes.com

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ReBOOccaJuneLane @rebeccajunelane.bsky.social · 1d

The DGA was not on our side the last go round. And this tech was one of the reasons why. I don’t expect anything looking like solidarity from established directors on this front.

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ReBOOccaJuneLane @rebeccajunelane.bsky.social · 1d

Directors have more in common with the CEOs pushing this tech than they do with an average artist. Their dream is to speak their ideas into a tube and have them manifested. Right now the people tasked with executing their visions have feelings, opinions, needs. And those can get in the way.

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ReBOOccaJuneLane @rebeccajunelane.bsky.social · 1d

Recently took a LONG cross country Amtrak trip that was phenomenal.

But people kept looking at me 🤨 when I said the main reason I didn’t fly is being locked up in a delicate space with my fellow Americans rn sounds like a nightmare. Anecdotes in the minority I’m sure, but stories like this… pass.

Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 1d

This is absolutely wild. I’m on a cross country flight. We are being diverted midway through to Denver. The reason? Some dude is sitting in the exit row who didn’t pay the $155 fee and he refuses to move back to his seat.

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Mo @moayleham.bsky.social · 2d

Dolly Parton is a national treasure and we’re all lucky that we live in the time she lives in.

If you know a little kid, sign them up for Dolly’s Imagination Library.
The books are quality in every way and my kids feel so loved that Dolly Parton! sends them mail.

Check Availability - Dolly Parton's Imagination Library

Check availability of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library in your area and register your child online or by mail.

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Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 2d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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ReBOOccaJuneLane @rebeccajunelane.bsky.social · 3d

Going to bed hopeful.

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 3d

This really makes it sound like a Border Patrol agent tried to kill an anti-ICE activist in Chicago and DHS lied to cover for him

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 3d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 4d

wizard frog is praxis

competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 5d

wizard frog is insane

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · Aug 31

New high res graphic by @superlunaristarot at the @justseeds.bsky.social website: justseeds.org/graphic/no-i...

A white van with "NO ICE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD" spray-painted on it is on fire, with smoke and flames bursting from the roof and broken windows; the background is bright yellow with purple accents.

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 4d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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The Marshall Project @themarshallproject.org · 4d

"For ‘80s babies like myself, “Puff Daddy” was an icon.

Since I started reading up on the laws Combs was accused of breaking, I’ve been thinking about how commercial sex, coercion and exploitation have shown up in my own life — and why I never told anyone about it."

When the ‘Diddy’ Case Hits Home

As a kid, Joseph Wilson was sexually exploited by someone who was supposed to take care of him. The trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs resurfaced old wounds.

www.themarshallproject.org

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

happy sunday, remember that you are completely expendable to your employer and that when you die they will forget you ever existed within weeks and easily replace you

Work really hard and one day this can be you (followed by graffiti of a headstone that says “RIP worked really hard” on it

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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 6d

One of the most chilling aspects of fascism is the footsoldiers. For every Stephen Miller or Pete Hegseth in the corridors of power there are thousands of everyday sadists in communities across the country whose inner monster has been empowered and unleashed by the regime.

Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 6d

ICE just blatantly violated the law and arrested sitting Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes while seeking to illegally arrest a patient in a hospital. Fuck these fascists.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 6d

We are here because policing in the U.S. has been this way for generations. This is why ICE acts with impunity. They know they can act this way.

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ReBOOccaJuneLane @rebeccajunelane.bsky.social · 7d

a drawing of a person playing drums with the words `` ba dum tsss '' .

Alt: a drawing of a person playing drums with the words `` ba dum tsss '' .

media.tenor.com

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AmericanTruckSongs10 @ethangach.bsky.social · 8d

I'm still accepting testimonials from folks canceling Game Pass or trading in their Xbox over the BDS Boycott:

[email protected]
ethangach on Discord
DMs open

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 8d

Microsoft just made it easier than ever to stop putting up with Microsoft

aftermath.site/microsoft-xb...

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ReBOOccaJuneLane @rebeccajunelane.bsky.social · 8d

Also @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social hire me 😉 💪

ReBOOccaJuneLane @rebeccajunelane.bsky.social · 8d

I saw a report today about how AI is not taking jobs en masse yet. And that’s true.

Except in video production. It’s very difficult to see so many embracing a technology that is flooding your industry with garbage. I have full faith that the slop is a trend, but woof. A rough time to be in video.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 8d

In a city of world-class artists and production crew hunting for the next gig, Andrew Cuomo made a TV ad the same way he wrote his housing policy: with AI.

Then again, maybe a fake Cuomo is better than the real one?

An AI generated image of Andrew Cuomo driving a train.

An AI generated image of Andrew Cuomo working on the outside of a building.

An AI generated image of Andrew Cuomo on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

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