@amyling.bsky.social
Reposted
At least 68 people were killed in a US air attack on a migrant detention centre in Yemen, according to Houthi-affiliated media.
April 28, 2025 at 12:34 PM
At least 68 people were killed in a US air attack on a migrant detention centre in Yemen, according to Houthi-affiliated media.
Reposted
THREAD: Under a new law, thousands of prisoners in Louisiana have been cut off from ever getting a chance at parole.
Why?
Because an algorithm said so. 1/
Why?
Because an algorithm said so. 1/
April 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
THREAD: Under a new law, thousands of prisoners in Louisiana have been cut off from ever getting a chance at parole.
Why?
Because an algorithm said so. 1/
Why?
Because an algorithm said so. 1/
Reposted
Criminalizing Dissent: Greenpeace Ordered to Pay $667M to Dakota Access Pipeline Firm over Protests
Criminalizing Dissent: Greenpeace Ordered to Pay $667M to Dakota Access Pipeline Firm over Protests
A jury in North Dakota has ordered Greenpeace to pay more than $660 million in damages for defaming Energy Transfer Partners, the corporation behind the Dakota Access Pipeline. The Texas-based pipeline...
www.democracynow.org
March 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Criminalizing Dissent: Greenpeace Ordered to Pay $667M to Dakota Access Pipeline Firm over Protests
Reposted
ICE detained Julio Noriega, a 54 year-old US citizen who was born in Chicago, for over 10 hours on January 31st.
He was walking around "Berwyn, Illinois, handing out his resume to local businesses."
They didn't show him a warrant.
They didn't give him paperwork.
And he's now suing.
He was walking around "Berwyn, Illinois, handing out his resume to local businesses."
They didn't show him a warrant.
They didn't give him paperwork.
And he's now suing.
March 18, 2025 at 8:49 PM
ICE detained Julio Noriega, a 54 year-old US citizen who was born in Chicago, for over 10 hours on January 31st.
He was walking around "Berwyn, Illinois, handing out his resume to local businesses."
They didn't show him a warrant.
They didn't give him paperwork.
And he's now suing.
He was walking around "Berwyn, Illinois, handing out his resume to local businesses."
They didn't show him a warrant.
They didn't give him paperwork.
And he's now suing.
Reposted
“We want to make sure that money isn't going towards detaining Palestinian children in the West Bank.”
Former Reps. @jamaalbowmanny.bsky.social and @coribush.bsky.social expose the near-impossibility of passing a bill critical of Israel due to AIPAC’s heavy lobbying in Congress.
Former Reps. @jamaalbowmanny.bsky.social and @coribush.bsky.social expose the near-impossibility of passing a bill critical of Israel due to AIPAC’s heavy lobbying in Congress.
March 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM
“We want to make sure that money isn't going towards detaining Palestinian children in the West Bank.”
Former Reps. @jamaalbowmanny.bsky.social and @coribush.bsky.social expose the near-impossibility of passing a bill critical of Israel due to AIPAC’s heavy lobbying in Congress.
Former Reps. @jamaalbowmanny.bsky.social and @coribush.bsky.social expose the near-impossibility of passing a bill critical of Israel due to AIPAC’s heavy lobbying in Congress.
Reposted
From a source: “Just had a co-presenter for a buildings research conference bow out. She’s a dual citizen and the FBI came knocking to ask her about her involvement in coauthoring chunks of the Paris Agreement.
Climate science is being literally (and I mean literally) criminalized.”
Climate science is being literally (and I mean literally) criminalized.”
March 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
From a source: “Just had a co-presenter for a buildings research conference bow out. She’s a dual citizen and the FBI came knocking to ask her about her involvement in coauthoring chunks of the Paris Agreement.
Climate science is being literally (and I mean literally) criminalized.”
Climate science is being literally (and I mean literally) criminalized.”
Reposted
NEW: When Marco Rubio abruptly halted foreign aid, cleanup crews in Vietnam were forced to abandon one of the largest chemical spills in the world for weeks.
Left exposed: open pits of soil contaminated with dioxin, the deadly byproduct of Agent Orange.
Left exposed: open pits of soil contaminated with dioxin, the deadly byproduct of Agent Orange.
Trump Halted an Agent Orange Cleanup. That Puts Hundreds of Thousands at Risk for Poisoning.
Diplomats in Vietnam warned Washington that halting USAID’s efforts to clean up the massive deposit of postwar pesticides would be a catastrophe for public health and relations with a key strategic partner in Asia.
propub.li
March 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM
NEW: When Marco Rubio abruptly halted foreign aid, cleanup crews in Vietnam were forced to abandon one of the largest chemical spills in the world for weeks.
Left exposed: open pits of soil contaminated with dioxin, the deadly byproduct of Agent Orange.
Left exposed: open pits of soil contaminated with dioxin, the deadly byproduct of Agent Orange.
Reposted
Rasha Alawieh, a kidney transplant specialist on a valid visa, was heading to Brown University med school when she was detained at Logan. A judge ordered Trump provide 48 hours notice before deportation. The court’s order was ignored; she was deported without warning.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/u...
Brown University Professor Is Deported Despite a Judge’s Order
Dr. Rasha Alawieh, a kidney transplant specialist and Brown University professor who had a valid visa, was expelled in apparent defiance of a court order.
www.nytimes.com
March 17, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Rasha Alawieh, a kidney transplant specialist on a valid visa, was heading to Brown University med school when she was detained at Logan. A judge ordered Trump provide 48 hours notice before deportation. The court’s order was ignored; she was deported without warning.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/u...
Reposted
If you let the executive deport people to a foreign gulag just by pronouncing the word “terrorism,” then expect to be called a “terrorist” soon yourself.
March 17, 2025 at 3:21 AM
If you let the executive deport people to a foreign gulag just by pronouncing the word “terrorism,” then expect to be called a “terrorist” soon yourself.
Reposted
The Alien Enemies Act proclamation is out. Obviously this is an illegal invocation of a wartime authority for peacetime immigration enforcement.
Many thoughts to come, but the first is that they messed up the drafting for what they're trying to accomplish.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Many thoughts to come, but the first is that they messed up the drafting for what they're trying to accomplish.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Invocation of the Alien Enemies Act Regarding the Invasion of The United States by Tren De Aragua
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Tren de Aragua (TdA) is a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization with thousands of
www.whitehouse.gov
March 15, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The Alien Enemies Act proclamation is out. Obviously this is an illegal invocation of a wartime authority for peacetime immigration enforcement.
Many thoughts to come, but the first is that they messed up the drafting for what they're trying to accomplish.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Many thoughts to come, but the first is that they messed up the drafting for what they're trying to accomplish.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Reposted
NEW from Mahmoud Khalil’s wife, Noor:
“This felt like a kidnapping because it was: Officers in plainclothes — who refused to show us a warrant, speak with our attorney, or even tell us their names — forced my husband into an unmarked car and took him”
Says they didn’t know where he was for 38 hours
“This felt like a kidnapping because it was: Officers in plainclothes — who refused to show us a warrant, speak with our attorney, or even tell us their names — forced my husband into an unmarked car and took him”
Says they didn’t know where he was for 38 hours
March 14, 2025 at 9:22 PM
NEW from Mahmoud Khalil’s wife, Noor:
“This felt like a kidnapping because it was: Officers in plainclothes — who refused to show us a warrant, speak with our attorney, or even tell us their names — forced my husband into an unmarked car and took him”
Says they didn’t know where he was for 38 hours
“This felt like a kidnapping because it was: Officers in plainclothes — who refused to show us a warrant, speak with our attorney, or even tell us their names — forced my husband into an unmarked car and took him”
Says they didn’t know where he was for 38 hours
Reposted
NEW—Department of Homeland Security announces a Columbia student from India "had her visa revoked" and "self-deported" & that ICE arrested another Palestinian student who participated in protests + overstayed her visa.
Alleges both supported Hamas or terrorism, without evidence.
Alleges both supported Hamas or terrorism, without evidence.
March 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
NEW—Department of Homeland Security announces a Columbia student from India "had her visa revoked" and "self-deported" & that ICE arrested another Palestinian student who participated in protests + overstayed her visa.
Alleges both supported Hamas or terrorism, without evidence.
Alleges both supported Hamas or terrorism, without evidence.
Reposted
NEW letter to Columbia from Trump admin lists demands for “continued financial relationship” with the US government”:
—Suspend or expel students for Hamilton Hall protest
—“Time, place, and manner rules”
—Mask ban
—Address “anti-Zionist” discrimination
—Reform admissions
—MORE
—Suspend or expel students for Hamilton Hall protest
—“Time, place, and manner rules”
—Mask ban
—Address “anti-Zionist” discrimination
—Reform admissions
—MORE
March 14, 2025 at 12:24 AM
NEW letter to Columbia from Trump admin lists demands for “continued financial relationship” with the US government”:
—Suspend or expel students for Hamilton Hall protest
—“Time, place, and manner rules”
—Mask ban
—Address “anti-Zionist” discrimination
—Reform admissions
—MORE
—Suspend or expel students for Hamilton Hall protest
—“Time, place, and manner rules”
—Mask ban
—Address “anti-Zionist” discrimination
—Reform admissions
—MORE
Reposted
"There is no law and [Israeli forces] can shoot any Palestinian at any time."
Palestinians in the occupied West Bank are anxious about the future as Israel steps up attacks against refugee camps aje.io/vaz9ft
Palestinians in the occupied West Bank are anxious about the future as Israel steps up attacks against refugee camps aje.io/vaz9ft
March 13, 2025 at 6:17 PM
"There is no law and [Israeli forces] can shoot any Palestinian at any time."
Palestinians in the occupied West Bank are anxious about the future as Israel steps up attacks against refugee camps aje.io/vaz9ft
Palestinians in the occupied West Bank are anxious about the future as Israel steps up attacks against refugee camps aje.io/vaz9ft
Reposted
BREAKING: Jewish American activists with @jvp.bsky.social have taken over the lobby of Trump Tower in New York to demand the release of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, who faces deportation for protesting Israel's war on Gaza.
March 13, 2025 at 4:13 PM
BREAKING: Jewish American activists with @jvp.bsky.social have taken over the lobby of Trump Tower in New York to demand the release of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, who faces deportation for protesting Israel's war on Gaza.
Reposted
U.S. citizen child recovering from brain cancer deported to Mexico with undocumented parents www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...
U.S. citizen child recovering from brain cancer deported to Mexico with undocumented parents
The Texas family was on their way to an emergency medical checkup, they said, when they were detained at an immigration checkpoint.
www.nbcnews.com
March 12, 2025 at 10:52 PM
U.S. citizen child recovering from brain cancer deported to Mexico with undocumented parents www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...
Reposted
also a demonstration of how over-caution can easily become dangerous. sometimes the less risky move is the bold and aggressive one. milling around like a lost sheep when a knife-wielding maniac is charging at you is not averting risk
One thing you really see every day is the different risk appetites between MAGA-era Republicans and Democrats. Basically compulsive, reckless, dangerous constant risk-seeking, versus almost comical levels of risk-aversion.
March 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
also a demonstration of how over-caution can easily become dangerous. sometimes the less risky move is the bold and aggressive one. milling around like a lost sheep when a knife-wielding maniac is charging at you is not averting risk
Reposted
NEW—Mahmoud Khalil's wife:
"I was born & raised in the Midwest. My parents came here from Syria…They believed living in the US would bring a sense of safety & stability. But here I am…weeks before I’m due to give birth to our first child…I feel more unsafe & unstable than I have in my entire life."
"I was born & raised in the Midwest. My parents came here from Syria…They believed living in the US would bring a sense of safety & stability. But here I am…weeks before I’m due to give birth to our first child…I feel more unsafe & unstable than I have in my entire life."
March 12, 2025 at 1:00 AM
NEW—Mahmoud Khalil's wife:
"I was born & raised in the Midwest. My parents came here from Syria…They believed living in the US would bring a sense of safety & stability. But here I am…weeks before I’m due to give birth to our first child…I feel more unsafe & unstable than I have in my entire life."
"I was born & raised in the Midwest. My parents came here from Syria…They believed living in the US would bring a sense of safety & stability. But here I am…weeks before I’m due to give birth to our first child…I feel more unsafe & unstable than I have in my entire life."
Reposted
"It was the Biden administration, it was the Democratic establishment, that has created the conditions that we are now seeing taken advantage of," Palestinian scholar Noura Erakat says of Mahmoud Khalil's arrest and the Trump administration's crackdown on dissent.
March 11, 2025 at 1:29 PM
"It was the Biden administration, it was the Democratic establishment, that has created the conditions that we are now seeing taken advantage of," Palestinian scholar Noura Erakat says of Mahmoud Khalil's arrest and the Trump administration's crackdown on dissent.
Reposted
“I think it's quite clear that Columbia has crossed over.”
@premthakker.bsky.social talks w/ @katherinefranke.bsky.social on how the Ivy League institution has become an instrument for right-wing authoritarianism as campus protests for Gaza continue.
Watch the conversation on zeteo.com.
@premthakker.bsky.social talks w/ @katherinefranke.bsky.social on how the Ivy League institution has become an instrument for right-wing authoritarianism as campus protests for Gaza continue.
Watch the conversation on zeteo.com.
March 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
“I think it's quite clear that Columbia has crossed over.”
@premthakker.bsky.social talks w/ @katherinefranke.bsky.social on how the Ivy League institution has become an instrument for right-wing authoritarianism as campus protests for Gaza continue.
Watch the conversation on zeteo.com.
@premthakker.bsky.social talks w/ @katherinefranke.bsky.social on how the Ivy League institution has become an instrument for right-wing authoritarianism as campus protests for Gaza continue.
Watch the conversation on zeteo.com.
Reposted
A good part of my job is to read extremely concerning studies in order to compose cross-sectional view of What's At Stake and work out ways to engage stakeholders
This is, without hyperbole, the most concerning thing I have read in a long time www.scientificamerican.com/article/micr...
This is, without hyperbole, the most concerning thing I have read in a long time www.scientificamerican.com/article/micr...
Microplastics Are Messing with Photosynthesis in Plants
Microplastics can cut a plant’s ability to photosynthesize by up to 12 percent, new research shows
www.scientificamerican.com
March 11, 2025 at 1:51 PM
A good part of my job is to read extremely concerning studies in order to compose cross-sectional view of What's At Stake and work out ways to engage stakeholders
This is, without hyperbole, the most concerning thing I have read in a long time www.scientificamerican.com/article/micr...
This is, without hyperbole, the most concerning thing I have read in a long time www.scientificamerican.com/article/micr...
Reposted
NEW: One Community Response Team officer swerved into a motorcyclist, killing him. Another needlessly stopped a pedestrian, then shoved him into a car window. A third hit a man and then kicked his head.
By @ericumansky.bsky.social
By @ericumansky.bsky.social
How Eric Adams Has Backed a Secretive NYPD Unit Ridden With Abuses
After NYPD officials warned about a unit’s aggressive policing, the mayor boosted the team led by his allies. “The unit effectively reported directly to City Hall,” a former police official said.
propub.li
March 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: One Community Response Team officer swerved into a motorcyclist, killing him. Another needlessly stopped a pedestrian, then shoved him into a car window. A third hit a man and then kicked his head.
By @ericumansky.bsky.social
By @ericumansky.bsky.social
Reposted
Watch @premthakker.bsky.social break down the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, the Palestinian Columbia University graduate detained by ICE in Donald Trump’s crackdown on student protesters.
Subscribe to Zeteo.com to follow the story.
Subscribe to Zeteo.com to follow the story.
March 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Watch @premthakker.bsky.social break down the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, the Palestinian Columbia University graduate detained by ICE in Donald Trump’s crackdown on student protesters.
Subscribe to Zeteo.com to follow the story.
Subscribe to Zeteo.com to follow the story.
Reposted
Columbia University pushed out professor @katherinefranke.bsky.social because of her pro-Palestine advocacy. She joins @premthakker.bsky.social to discuss the systematic free speech crackdown at Columbia and across the US.
Watch the full conversation: zeteo.com/p/columbia-t...
Watch the full conversation: zeteo.com/p/columbia-t...
March 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Columbia University pushed out professor @katherinefranke.bsky.social because of her pro-Palestine advocacy. She joins @premthakker.bsky.social to discuss the systematic free speech crackdown at Columbia and across the US.
Watch the full conversation: zeteo.com/p/columbia-t...
Watch the full conversation: zeteo.com/p/columbia-t...
Reposted
New — Donald Trump celebrates the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, calls him "a Radical Foreign Pro-Hamas Student," and says "This is the first arrest of many to come."
March 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
New — Donald Trump celebrates the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, calls him "a Radical Foreign Pro-Hamas Student," and says "This is the first arrest of many to come."