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Lyn Davidson at Salvage Media @salvagemediasf.bsky.social · 7h

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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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Jemimah Steinfeld @jemimahsteinfeld.bsky.social · 19h

"The Party’s tight control on historical narrative has rendered much of the pain afflicted in the name of liberation — or after liberation had ostensibly been achieved — unspeakable." Powerful from @yangyangcheng.bsky.social on voicelessness of Chinese women chinabooksreview.com/2025/10/09/f...

No Country for A Woman | China Books Review

Women in China have suffered abuse, silencing and erasure — despite the Communist Party’s slogans about women’s liberation. Two novels by the Wuhan writer Fang Fang show how gendered oppression persis...

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Lyn Davidson at Salvage Media @salvagemediasf.bsky.social · 18h

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Le Nouvel Obs @nouvelobs.com · 19h

László Krasznahorkai, prix Nobel de littérature : « C’est un auteur qui donne le sentiment d’être happé dans son monde »

Le prix Nobel de littérature 2025 a été décerné ce jeudi à l’écrivain hongrois László Krasznahorkai. Charlotte Groult, une de ses éditrices en France, nous explique pourquoi il est incontournable.

www.nouvelobs.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

Republican Shutdown: Day 6

Via @petebuttigieg.bsky.social

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Carter Sherman @cartersherman.bsky.social · 8d

I'm watching a hearing for South Carolina SB 323, a total abortion ban. Two crying women have begged lawmakers not to pass the bill and talked about struggling to end wanted pregnancies in SC (which bans abortion past 6 weeks). Two men talked about why God requires that abortion be treated as murder

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 3d

3 MAGA extremists have re-intro'd a bill that allows South Carolina to execute women who receive an abortion. If you haven't heard about S 323, it's because corporate media has completely ignored it.

Here's the overview, the sponsors, & how to fight back:
www.qasimrashid.com/p/s-carolina...

S. Carolina RE-Intros Bill To Kill Women For Getting An Abortion

Here's what's in the bill, why it is so dangerous, and the meaningful steps you can take to fight back, support women's health, and help block this bill from becoming law

www.qasimrashid.com

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1d

This South Side Weekly report on the Chicago building raid is well worth reading. Most striking to me are the indications of collusion between federal authorities and the building owner and management to effect a mass eviction at the blighted property. southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

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Lyn Davidson at Salvage Media @salvagemediasf.bsky.social · 2d

"Some officers pointed handguns equipped with tactical lights at the building; others held long rifles and wore helmets equipped with cameras and lights. Helicopters hovered in the sky, and agents on the ground threw flashbang grenades.." - Fine reporting on horrific acts of inhumanity.

South Side Weekly @southsideweekly.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: In the weeks leading up to a massive ICE raid at a South Shore apartment building, neighbors saw drones surveilling the area, and teachers at a nearby school regularly saw agents in the neighborhood.

✍️ Jose Abonce for the Weekly and Maira Khwaja for @invisible.institute

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Lyn Davidson at Salvage Media @salvagemediasf.bsky.social · 2d

Two years

Image of a Jewish yahrzeit (memorial) candle.

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Lyn Davidson at Salvage Media @salvagemediasf.bsky.social · 6d

Only in Prague: Ukrainian Heroes Street, Boris Nemtsov Square, Anna Politkovskaya Promenade, Aleksei Navalny Lookout, Skakun Bridge (united24media.com/latest-news/...) ❤️🇨🇿

www.rferl.org/a/czechia-ru...

How Czechs Trolled The Russian Embassy, Then Things Escalated

Since 2020, Czechia has renamed streets and landmarks around the Russian embassy in Prague after adversaries of the Kremlin. Then, in late September 2025 the Czech embassy in Moscow was vandalized, and Czechia banned entry for unaccredited Russian diplomats.

www.rferl.org

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 11d

2/ More details from the Chicago reporter attacked by ICE:
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

In a report filed with Broadview police, Rezaei said she was driving her truck with her driver's side window down, while approaching the 25th Avenue entrance to see if any activity was taking place, before leaving the area.

That's when she said a masked ICE agent, who saw her window down, shot a pepper ball about 50 feet from the inside of the fence, hitting her truck's driver's side panel, causing the chemical agents to engulf the inside of her truck.

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Lyn Davidson at Salvage Media @salvagemediasf.bsky.social · 9d

Some of your favorite big-name comics are performing at the Riyadh Comedy Festival. David Cross is not. Here's why: officialdavidcross.com/blogs/press/...

My Thoughts on the Riyadh Comedy Festival

I’ve been asked for my opinion on the Riyadh Comedy Festival and rather than answer the same question 23 times, I’ll just put this out here. Oh, and I should preface this with the fact that I was not ...

officialdavidcross.com

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JVG 骨 @jasonv.bsky.social · 10d

Absolute all-timer sentence in today's @nytimes.com

"some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily execute civilians" says today's New York Times, continuing their long tradition of whitewashing fascism

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 10d

The problem with billionaires is not that they’re masters of society steering all events around them, but they’re just as gullible, stupid, misinformed, and hapless as any dummy off the street but they have massive resources to waste on pointless and destructive misadventures

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Lyn Davidson at Salvage Media @salvagemediasf.bsky.social · 10d

"But there is a difference between inciting violence and simply describing reality. To say that someone’s conduct or philosophy bears the hallmarks of fascism is not violence; it is vigilance." - Adam Kinzinger
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/naming-fas...

Naming Fascism Is Not Violence

How a new right-wing tactic tries to silence critics—and why Americans must keep speaking plainly.

adamkinzinger.substack.com

Lyn Davidson at Salvage Media @salvagemediasf.bsky.social · 10d

"These algorithms that have captured our..very souls. They've..captured our free agency. These dopamine hits that get our young people and our old people addicted to outrage and hate that serve us up on a regular basis are absolutely leading us down a, a very dark path." - Utah Gov. Spencer Cox

Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 10d

Algorithms are "destroying us" — learning our political leanings and then attacking like a "pack of wolves," ⁦‪Utah Gov. Spencer Cox‬⁩ says.

"We have this collective problem... that we can't solve because we're all sucked in, and we don't know how to get out." www.cbsnews.com/news/charlie...

After Charlie Kirk's killing, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox says we must "stop hating our fellow Americans"

After the assassination of Charlie Kirk in Utah, that state's governor, Spencer Cox, called for an end to political violence and urged healthier political discourse.

www.cbsnews.com

Lyn Davidson at Salvage Media @salvagemediasf.bsky.social · 10d

"Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians not directly taking part in hostilities, even if they are believed to be smuggling drugs." - NYT. "Some"????

Michael Paarlberg @mpaarlberg.bsky.social · 10d

I think the Trump admin assumed no one would try to find out who the people on the boats they blew up really were

Lyn Davidson at Salvage Media @salvagemediasf.bsky.social · 10d

The Bureau of Labor Statistics has published vital economic data since 1884. This data belongs to the American people. It is essential for making decisions that affect all of us, and we have a right to it - accurate, timely, complete, and transparent.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10d

* BLS: BLS WILL SUSPEND ALL OPERATIONS IN EVENT OF GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

* US ECONOMIC DATA RELEASES TO PAUSE IN GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS SAYS

* BLS: ALL ACTIVE DATA COLLECTION ACTIVITIES FOR BLS SURVEYS WILL CEASE IN EVENT OF GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 12d

The South Korean Ministry of Defense has awarded medals of merit to 11 officers for disobeying direct orders of superiors during the martial law fiasco, orders that they deemed to be contrary to the constitution and endangerment to democracy.
www.chosun.com/english/nati...

National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders

National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders Honored for rejecting illegal orders during martial law, Marine death probe

www.chosun.com

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 11d

The video I filmed of an ICE agent shoving a woman to the ground at 26 Federal Plaza, a New York City immigration courthouse, went viral.

Then, in a rare move, the government publicly reprimanded the officer, calling his actions “unacceptable.”

By @tilleckert.com

I Filmed the ICE Officer Who Shoved a Woman to the Floor Inside a New York Courthouse

I arrived in the U.S. eight weeks ago to report on how the administration’s immigration crackdown was playing out from the front lines. What I saw Thursday was the culmination of ICE’s aggressive beha...

www.propublica.org

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Lyn Davidson at Salvage Media @salvagemediasf.bsky.social · 11d

"The history of this country is replete with lynchings and draft riots and white people attacking Harlem or bombing Tulsa every time they get unreasonably angry with Black people who did them no harm. We are in one of those violent stages of history now..." - Elie Mystal 🔥💯

ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 20d

A white man killed another white man, but Black people are catching death threats.
So, instead of talking about white feelings again, I explored my own death threats, and tips for others who are unused to white America.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Threatening Vulnerable People Is No Way to Mourn Someone Who Was Murdered

Those who had nothing to do with the violence against Charlie Kirk are being menaced—just like always.

www.thenation.com

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 21d

“We must agree on what matters: kissing in public places, bacon sandwiches, disagreement, cutting-edge fashion, literature, generosity, water, a more equitable distribution of the world's resources, movies, music, freedom of thought, beauty, love.”

- Salman Rushdie -

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Christopher Knight LAT @knightlat.bsky.social · Jul 14

www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Being in the U.S. without authorization is not a crime — it is a civil infraction. Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz “ is a concentration camp.

Contributor: Alligator Alcatraz, the concentration camp in Florida, is a national disgrace

The camp appears designed to inflict suffering on detainees and to allow Florida politicians to exploit migrant pain for political gain.

www.latimes.com

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Matthew Levitt @mattlevitt.bsky.social · Jun 30

81-year-old victim of Boulder antisemitic attack dies from wounds jewishinsider.com/2025/06/81-y...

81-year-old victim of Boulder antisemitic attack dies from wounds

Egyptian national Mohamed Soliman now faces two counts of first-degree murder, in addition to 12 federal hate crimes charges and more than 100 state charges related to the June 1 firebombing

jewishinsider.com

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · Jun 25

"Government social media surveillance invades privacy and chills freedom of speech, and it is prone to errors and misinterpretation without ever having been proven effective at assessing security threats," EFF’s Sophia Cope told @theregister.com.

US student visa applicants must make social media public

: Visa seekers are reportedly censoring their own posts to visit the land of the free

www.theregister.com

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