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Steven Santos

@stevensantos.bsky.social

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February 5, 2026 at 9:23 PM

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Alejandra Caraballo

@esqueer.net

If you see this, don't participate. It's a rigged study by Lisa Littman and unethical researcher J. Michael Bailey meant to undermine access to care. Spread the word.

January 30, 2026 at 5:28 PM

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Victoria D

@kotorimochi.bsky.social

Yeah, I recommend not using the patreon apple app to join. Just go on the website, it's 1. cheaper for YOU to support your favorite creatures and 2. All the money you give goes to the creator.

doc @docseuss.bsky.social · 18d

I'm begging you not to use apple products. This shit is devastating to creators like me

January 28, 2026 at 8:13 PM

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Will Stancil

@whstancil.bsky.social

This is one of the biggest stories in America, comparable in scale to what’s happening in Minnesota. The largest social media platform is transferred to Trump’s allies and immediately forbids you from saying anything bad about him. Absolutely totalitarian in nature. No different than China.

David Leavitt @davidleavitt.bsky.social · 22d

#TikTok has begun censoring anti-Trump and anti-Ice content

January 26, 2026 at 6:54 AM

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Chris DeLeon ⓥ DevPods.gg gamedev collabs

@chrisdeleon.bsky.social

hey everybody lifelong tech expert here

> "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility

that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps

404 Media @404media.co · 21d

And what is happening inside ICE detention centers? 404 Media also learned that the federal government claimed that the day after it was sued for allegedly abusing detainees at an ICE detention center, a “system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility.

ICE Says Critical Evidence In Abuse Case Was Lost In 'System Crash' a Day After It Was Sued

The government also said "we don't have resources" to retain all footage and that plaintiffs could supply "endless hard drives that we could save things to."

www.404media.co

January 25, 2026 at 5:26 PM

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick

@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social

You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.

1. I am a resident of the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota. I am over 18 years of age. I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting.
2. On Saturday, January 24, 2026, at about 8:50 am, I was getting ready to go to work when I heard whistles outside. I knew the whistles meant that ICE agents were in the area, so I decided to check it out on my way to work. I've been involved in observing in my community because it is so important to document what ICE is doing to my neighbors. Connecting to your local community and knowing who your neighbors are is something I profoundly value.
3. I drove to Nicollet Ave. and 26th where I could hear the whistles coming from. I turned south onto Nicollet. There were already several ICE agents there and they'd set up a sort of vehicle convoy on Nicollet and 28th. There were also about 15 observers there, recording and observing ICE.
4. I saw ICE agents surrounding cars and punching car windows. I also saw them stopping vehicles further down Nicollet, so I backed up because I didn't feel safe continuing on.
5. I noticed a man sort of acting to help traffic move more smoothly. He helped me find a place to park. I got out with my whistle and my camera. I went over to him and said something like, "I'm going to film and use my whistle."
6. It seemed like most ICE activity was happening a little farther down the street from us, near 27th. Someone was being thrown to the ground.

7. I started recording. There was an agent by a car across the street. Two observers were a few feet away from the agent, blowing their whistles. One was wearing a backpack.
8. I and the man who was observing and helping direct traffic were standing in the street. There was a phone in the man's hand recording a video.
9. An agent approached and asked us to back up, so I moved slowly back onto the sidewalk.
10. The man stayed in the street, filming as the other observers I mentioned earlier were being forced backward by another ICE agent threatening them with pepper spray. The man went closer to support them as they got threatened, just with his camera out. I didn't see him reach for or hold a gun.
11. Then the ICE agent shoved one of the other observers to the ground. Then he started pepper spraying all three of them directly in the face and all over. The man with the phone put his hands above his head and the agent sprayed him again and pushed him.
12. Then the man tried to help up the woman the ICE agent had shoved to the ground. The ICE agents just kept spraying. More agents came over and grabbed the man who was still trying to help the woman get up. All three of the observers looked to have been badly affected by the pepper spray. I could feel the pepper spray in my eyes.

13. The agents pulled the man on the ground. I didn't see him touch any of them-he wasn't even turned toward them. It didn't look like he was trying to resist, just trying to help the woman up. I didn't see him with a gun. They threw him to the ground. Four or five agents had him on the ground and they just started shooting him. They shot him so many times.
14.1 don't know why they shot him. He was only helping. I was five feet from him and they just shot him.
15. The video I recorded of what happened accurately depicts the events leading up to the agents shooting him and several minutes afterwards. The video is attached as Exhibit 1.
16. I have read the statement from DHS about what happened and it is wrong. The man did not approach the agents with a gun. He approached them with a camera. He was just trying to help a woman get up and they took him to the ground.
17. I feel afraid. Only hours have passed since they shot a man right in front me and I don't feel like I can go home because I heard agents were looking for me. I don't know what the agents will do when they find me. I do know that they're not telling the truth about what happened. I've heard that other witnesses might have been arrested and taken to the Whipple Building.
18. I am disgusted and gutted at how they are treating my neighbors and my state. I keep alternating between crying and feeling determined it is important to remember the value of documenting injustice. We show up for the people who need us to bear

witness, because it can't just be one group of people bearing the brunt of their tyranny. This is a struggle to protect our freedom and democracy, those things are on the line. He lost his life for those values.
I declare under penalty of perjury that everything I have stated in this document is true and correct.

Dated and signed on Jan 24, 2026 in Hennepin County, State of Minnesota.

January 25, 2026 at 1:15 AM

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Jeff Rueter

@jeffrueter.bsky.social

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.

"Please get the truth out about our son."

Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti
Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti

“We are heartbroken but also very angry.

Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact.

I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed.

Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.

January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM

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kruger

@kruger.bsky.social

Today is my birthday, and the best gift for me will be a retweet. My name is Vitalii. I am from Ukraine and open for commissions, so if you would like to get #SciFi artwork (spaceships, vehicles, dystopian future), I will gladly do this. You can contact me here or via [email protected]

January 23, 2026 at 2:04 PM

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Jeremy C. Shipp

@jeremycshipp.bsky.social

A neighbor was taken to a care facility, and her little tortoiseshell kitty was left behind. I can't take her in but I've been feeding her and giving her water every day. No one in the neighbor's family can take her in. Is there anyone in the Inland Empire area that could foster or adopt her?

Here's a photo of a lovely tortoiseshell kitty with my hand resting on her back.

January 12, 2026 at 11:35 PM

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evacide

@evacide.bsky.social

If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free.

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January 2, 2026 at 2:26 AM

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Catherynne M. Valente

@catvalente.bsky.social

Since yesterday, many people have DM’d to say that they were strongly affected by my essay & wished they could share it.

So I've revised, expanded, & posted it for free on both Substack & Patreon.

Please feel free to share.

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December 19, 2025 at 5:24 PM

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D.Radka, #NAFO 🇨🇿🤝🇺🇦

@dradka.bsky.social

repeat it!

This is true!
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December 4, 2025 at 5:02 PM

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Richard Kadrey

@richardkadrey.bsky.social

It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.

The Salvation Army is not a charity. They are an evangelical church that uses donated money to actively oppress gay rights. They've been especially cruel to trans people.

December 3, 2025 at 1:58 AM

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Joyce White Vance

@joycewhitevance.bsky.social

Also, a lesson to every DOJ lawyer & law enforcement official. A lesson to everyone.

Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · Dec 2

Hegseth is very transparently blaming a Navy admiral for his own decision. Let this be a lesson for every other military officer: The Trump administration will issue unlawful orders, then blame you for following them.

@PeteHegseth on X: Let’s make one thing crystal clear:

Admiral Mitch Bradley is an American hero, a true professional, and has my 100% support. I stand by him and the combat decisions he has made — on the September 2 mission and all others since.

America is fortunate to have such men protecting us. When this @DeptofWar says we have the back of our warriors — we mean it.
01 Dec 25

December 2, 2025 at 6:13 AM

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Jack Hopkins-The Original

@therealjackhopkins.bsky.social

Probably the most important post you will read today. #HoldFast

The Steady State @thesteadystate.org · Nov 30

An official government account using the word “remigration” is not normal. It’s an imported term from European far-right movements that refers to mass expulsion. Democracies do not use population-purification language. #holdfast #SteadyState

December 1, 2025 at 12:12 AM

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George Takei

@georgetakei.bsky.social

He doesn’t care about you.

A tweet stating that Trump’s golf trips have cost taxpayers nearly $71 million since January and may exceed $300 million this term. Below the text is a video still of Trump golfing on a lush green course with palm trees, seen from behind as he bends to putt.

November 30, 2025 at 8:09 PM

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✪ Happy Black Fistory Month! ✪

@jongraywb.bsky.social

This is why you NEVER EVER use a company provided anything for doing anything personal. I have a SCAD laptop and i wont even check my emails on it let alone pay stuff. Thats just common sense

Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · Nov 30

Normal and great 🫩

> Microsoft triggered a viral furor when it revealed a Teams update to tell your company when you’re not at work. Now Google has done the same. Forget end-to-end encryption. A new Android update means your RCS and SMS texts are no longer private.

www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...

Google Starts Sharing All Your Text Messages With Your Employer

Warning — what happens on your Android phone, doesn’t stay on your Android phone.

www.forbes.com

November 30, 2025 at 6:35 PM

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Kevin M. Kruse

@kevinmkruse.bsky.social

Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.

If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Nov 28

Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.

Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.

www.washingtonpost.com

November 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM

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Duncan Jones

@manmademoon.bsky.social

Wonder if Uber could sue the government for brand damage…

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · Nov 29

ICE is using Uber stickers in order to disguise themselves and kidnap people. Spread this for awareness!

November 29, 2025 at 6:25 AM

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Shooti

@bambooshooti.bsky.social

#ResistanceUnited

And this, my friends, is why the working poor need SNAP.

#RaiseTheMinimumWage

Graphic showing the number of hours a single person earning the minimum wage would need to work every week to escape poverty. In the U.S. it's 90 hours a week (12.86 hours a day, seven days a week).

November 21, 2025 at 10:39 PM

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Iron Spike

@ironspike.bsky.social

I am truly and genuinely so glad you asked!

This site is a one-stop shop for reasons why ULINE sucks ass, and a massive link list of handy alternative companies AND a short blacklist of ULINE-alikes to avoid!

refuseuline.com

November 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM

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Molly Crabapple

@mollycrabapple.bsky.social

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November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM

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taber

@kvetch.gay

some other familiar grocery store names that are brands for producer-owned agricultural co-ops:

Blue Diamond
Bob's Red Mill
Land O'Lakes
Tillamook
Welch's