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Rachel Jones
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Writer & Librarian. Should know better by now. www.portfire.org
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Rachel Jones @rvljonesing.bsky.social · Aug 7
Post 5 is up at Portfire. Yeehaw! portfire.org/.../i-cant-w...
A sculpture of the General Lee smashing front end first into the dirt
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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 10h
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MYTH: ICE agents lack proper training. FACT: Most have been racists their entire lives.
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 1d
Protect the Portland frog at all costs 💪
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Rachel Jones @rvljonesing.bsky.social · 2d
dehumanizing treatment
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Victoria Law @victorialaw.bsky.social · 2d
nysfocus.com/2025/10/08/b... #bannedbooksweek
New York’s Biggest ICE Detention Center Bans Book Deliveries
Rejected books include a Spanish-English dictionary, a Spanish translation of a George R.R. Martin novel, and "The Seven Principles for Making Marriage…
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Rebecca Zorach @rabbitrez.bsky.social · 2d
An important article with in-depth reporting. Read it!
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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 3d
NEW — Rod Johnson will never forget federal agents zip-tying his hands behind his back.

The night of the South Shore raid in Chicago, Johnson said he was detained for two hours.

“I’m an American citizen with no warrants,” Johnson said.

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South Shore raid triggers past traumas and sparks new conversations about divisions between Black and Latino communities • The TRiiBE
Federal agent activity on Chicago’s South and West sides put Black people in the crosshairs.
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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 4d
a witch using her guile to lure me into the woods: hey do you wanna go into the woods?

me: yeah okay
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Emanuel Maiberg @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social · 5d
Got a tip recently about how Trump's tariffs are preventing libraries from sharing books, and causing their loaned books to get stuck or lost in other countries: www.404media.co/libraries-ca...
Libraries Can’t Get Their Loaned Books Back Because of Trump’s Tariffs
Libraries have shared their collections internationally for decades. Trump’s tariffs are throwing that system into chaos and can ‘hinder academic progress.’
www.404media.co
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Rachel Jones @rvljonesing.bsky.social · 4d
Time to fight back was yesterday. We're in huge trouble.
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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 6d
If Trump's deportation machine were an army, it would be the 13th largest on earth, ahead of Poland, Canada, Iran. The funding increase kicked in Oct 1, as federal agents unleash violence on the Chicago area, raiding communities and brutalizing protesters. By me & Lindsay Koshgarian, 📷 Steel Brooks.
The 13th Largest Army in World Is Unleashing Violence in Chicago
As federal agents kill and use extreme force in Chicago, their budget surges.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 4d
imagine getting a pep talk to "do the fucking news" by peter thiel's hand puppet. i would simply turn to dust.
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Victor LaValle @victorlavalle.bsky.social · 4d
“LET’S DO THE FUCKING NEWS!”
Frank Booth, a villainous character from David Lynch’s movie, Blue Velvet. Frank is a middle-aged white dude in a leather jacket, holding an oxygen mask to his face.
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Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social · 7d
Zip-tying toddlers!?!?! The very incarnation of evil!!!
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William C. @williamcson.bsky.social · 8d
**raiding an emergency room**
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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 8d
“ICE detained a sitting elected official while raiding an emergency room. Earlier this afternoon, they deployed tear gas indiscriminately in the middle of a city street.”
Illinois State Police assist feds in Broadview protest, Chicago alderperson cuffed at hospital, rapid responders tear gassed in Logan Square • The TRiiBE
A roundup of ICE activity in the Chicagoland area on Oct. 3.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 9d
Trump Epstein Statue Back Up on National Mall
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Brad Simpson @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social · 10d
Miller is so hard-core he is afraid to walk in any American city that has non-white people without a phalanx of armed guards to prevent grandmothers from throwing things at him or witty middle schoolers calling him names.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10d
Stephen Miller: "All that bullshit is done, over, it's finished. The gangbangers you deal with- they think they're ruthless? They have no idea how ruthless we are. They think they're tough? They have no idea how tough we are. They think they're hardcore? We are so much more hardcore than they are"
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Bench Ansfield @benchansfield.bsky.social · 10d
NYC launch of BORN IN FLAMES! Housing Justice for All and I will be in conversation at the Museum of the City of NY on Sat 10/18. Join HJ4A's Ritti Singh, the museum's curator of social activism Sarah Seidman, and me as we discuss the fight for housing justice from the 70s to the present.
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Rachel Jones @rvljonesing.bsky.social · 10d
jfc
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Melissa @bibliothecar.bsky.social · 10d
Remember this the next time your local police department asks for funding for a helicopter. (Fun fact for locals: the Erie County sheriff's office just bought two!)
ICE Agents Rappel From Black Hawk Helicopters Into Chicago for Major Raid
Roughly 30 undocumented immigrants were taken into custody, several of them suspected of gang affiliation, NewsNation reported.
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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 10d
Sadistic little babies, the lot of them.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10d
Stephen Miller: "All that bullshit is done, over, it's finished. The gangbangers you deal with- they think they're ruthless? They have no idea how ruthless we are. They think they're tough? They have no idea how tough we are. They think they're hardcore? We are so much more hardcore than they are"
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M.J. Rymsza-Pawlowska @mjrp.bsky.social · 10d
this article is well worth reading but it's also missing the critical fact that D.C. has long been a testing ground for authoritarian measures: most notoriously: no knock, stop-and-frisk, and wiretapping under Nixon
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 10d
How Washington Became a Testing Ground for ICE

A series of arrests captured on video reveal how immigration officers have worked with other law enforcement agencies to identify migrants during stops for minor infractions. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/u...
How Washington Became a Testing Ground for ICE
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Lisa Schiff @lschiff.bsky.social · 11d
With everything that's going on, it just slipped by that the FCC went after E-Rate, which enables public libraries to ensure people in their communities have access to the internet. www.ala.org/news/2025/09...
ALA disappointed by FCC takebacks, lack of due process in decision to end library hotspots, school bus Wi-Fi
The American Library Association (ALA) and partners in the Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband (SHLB) Coalition, expressed disappointment with today’s FCC vote to end E-Rate support for library and ...
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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 11d
Some good news:

“In a landmark ruling, a federal court today ruled that the Trump administration’s policy of arresting, detaining, and deporting noncitizen students and faculty members for their pro-Palestinian advocacy violates the First Amendment.”

www.aaup.org/news/court-r...
Court Rules in AAUP v Rubio: Trump Admin Violated First Amendment
The AAUP and partners sued to block the Trump administration from carrying out large-scale arrests, detentions, and deportations of noncitizen students and faculty members for ideological reasons.
www.aaup.org
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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 11d
Specifically wanting to imprison people who say "stop the fascists" is uh

Quite telling, isn't it
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11d
Stephen Miller: "They say they are trying to kill the fascists & stop the fascists. It's deliberate. President Trump is saying that we as a nation are not going to tolerate it anymore & the joint terrorism task force at the FBI is going to find these terrorists & we're going to put them behind bars"
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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 11d
I really can’t keep screaming that we cannot go on as normal without people tuning it out but I must.

We are in immense danger and the fascists are only becoming more brutal and more emboldened.

We must sacrifice comfort in the short term or we will endure pain for decades.
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Anna Meier @annameier.bsky.social · 11d
We live in hell.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 11d
“The University of Miami School of Law’s new essay requires applicants to submit a detailed prompt for a generative AI large language model like ChatGPT to generate a ‘comprehensive analysis’ that will help them make an informed decision about which law school to attend.”
For these law school application essays, AI is required
Using artificial intelligence for admissions essays is often discouraged or prohibited. For aspiring attorneys hoping to land a seat at two U.S. law schools next fall, it's an opportunity to stand out from the crowd.
www.reuters.com
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Jacob Rosenberg @jacobrosenberg.bsky.social · 11d
Pretty remarkable to see a Reagan-appointed judge write this in a decision calling Trump's crackdown on pro-Palestinian speech unconstitutional

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
A Reagan-appointed judge just wrote a blistering anti-Trump decision
Federal judge William G. Young attacked the president's crackdown on civil liberties as un-American.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 11d
Join NYC Public Library Action Network THIS Saturday 10/4 for a People's Assembly in Manhattan. Come learn more about how our public libraries operate and importantly about how you can organize to make them better and stronger - www.eventbrite.com/e/nyc-public...
NYC Public Library People's Assembly
NYC Public Library Action Network (NYCPLAN) is hosting our second people's assembly! Come learn how you can advocate for our libraries.
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