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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h

JUST NOW IN MEMPHIS — Rep. @justinjpearson.bsky.social announces his run for Congress: “Believe in me, because I believe you deserve the best. It’s about US.”

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 1d

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

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.

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Brainscraps @brainscraps.bsky.social · 1d

more importantly, is it ethical?

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 1d

“Who was president in 2020?” is the question of our time

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Democrats extra seats. Americans deserve a fair count and l'm fighting to fix it.
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Consus data plays a crucial role in allocating political roprescntation and goverment funding
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 4d

The fortification of Broadview in defense of free speech continues. Workers are placing more barricades on 25th.

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Large Johnson @flytyingguy.bsky.social · 3d

Stephen Miller in prison for the rest of his life should be a Top 10 priority of any future administration.

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Brainscraps @brainscraps.bsky.social · 4d

Oh hey, looks like it's time for an urgent training mission outside of Peoria. Get your guys on it right now, @govpritzker.illinois.gov
and send the State Troopers with them

Caræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · 4d

what happens next, Pritzker? you gonna issue contradictory orders? if you do, and they follow the feds, at least you made it obvious what the state of play is. if not, you're just letting this farce continue.

Brainscraps @brainscraps.bsky.social · 4d

the term "five alarm fire" at this point is as meaningless as "unprecedented" since it doesn't matter how many alarms there are if the firefighters just stand around and take cell phone videos

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Don Incognito @shuadc.bsky.social · 5d

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Aaron Cynic @aaroncynic.bsky.social · 5d

Today so far feds in Chicagoland have:

Attacked & arrested protesters at the Broadview detention center w/the help of the ISP other agencies

Tear gassed a street in Logan Square that has a grocery store & elementary school on it, among other things

Violently handcuffed an Alderperson

It's 3pm

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MS Kohut @mskohut.bsky.social · 6d

In your local community, build your networks of mutual aid. Build an Underground Railroad. Safe houses. Build a food co op. Barter, share, donate, reuse, repurpose market. Build stores of supplies. Build communication networks. Warning systems. Take the lead. Be pro active. Build the community.

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 5d

they're the ones who suck, why should i be the one to leave?

Sandy Ernest Allen @sandyernestallen.bsky.social · 5d

I'm realizing a grim exercise/prompt may be in this ...

If others want to share, I'm curious:

Why aren't *you* leaving america (yet)?

Asking for trans folks in particular, especially those of us on HRT and/or other very directly threatened in terms of our healthcare ...

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Sandy Ernest Allen @sandyernestallen.bsky.social · 5d

If i were 22, I'd maybe just bail on america. I'm 38 is the problem and I love my life here. My house, my gardens, my dogs. This is where I built my adult existence ...

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Brainscraps @brainscraps.bsky.social · 5d

I have parents, cousins, siblings, niblings that I couldn't bear to face if I didn't stick around to defend them. I bled for this godforsaken country in stupid wars that I barely understood. If I bleed for her again, it will be for values that deserve my blood, sweat, and pain #DefendTheDolls

Sandy Ernest Allen @sandyernestallen.bsky.social · 5d

I'm realizing a grim exercise/prompt may be in this ...

If others want to share, I'm curious:

Why aren't *you* leaving america (yet)?

Asking for trans folks in particular, especially those of us on HRT and/or other very directly threatened in terms of our healthcare ...

Reposts welcomed. Sigh.

Sandy Ernest Allen @sandyernestallen.bsky.social · 5d

If i were 22, I'd maybe just bail on america. I'm 38 is the problem and I love my life here. My house, my gardens, my dogs. This is where I built my adult existence ...

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Chad Loder @chadloder.bsky.social · 6d

Telegram is still on the App Store after being linked to multiple mass shootings.

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 6d

Apple removes ICEBlock, an app for anonymously reporting ICE official sightings, from the App Store; AG Pam Bondi says the DOJ requested its removal (Ashley Oliver/Fox Business)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

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Brainscraps @brainscraps.bsky.social · 6d

"The internet can be more physically vulnerable than you think."

A Bullet Crashed the Internet in Texas

A ‘stray bullet’ 25,000 people offline near Dallas.

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Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta @malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social · 8d

WATCH: He’s bragging about fucking you over. #TrumpShutDown

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Brainscraps @brainscraps.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks for responding to my strange late night overly-meta thoughts 🫡

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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 9d

He's the fucking governor. If he wants the National Guard in Louisiana, he can do it himself. This isn't about that. It's about making a public display of ideological subservience to totalitarianism.

news_fuentes @andresfuentes.bsky.social · 9d

#BREAKING
Governor Jeff Landry submits request to send in 1,000 Louisiana National Guard troops to cities like New Orleans.

The governor cites a rise in crime despite New Orleans reporting a massive declines in crime since 2023.

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GylesNaMopaleen @gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social · 13d

this is escalating in a good way. Greece has joined Spain & Italy to provide warships to the humanitarian flotilla of civilian ships heading for Gaza.

I wonder will the UK help? They have a big military base & RAF aircraft close by in Cyprus.

Greece to deploy navy to ensure safe passage for Gaza flotilla.

Spain to deploy warship to ensure safe passage for Gaza flotilla.

Italy to deploy navy to ensure safe passage for Gaza flotilla.

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Pittsburgh's Public Source @publicsource.org · 17d

When it comes to computers, it’s difficult to program compassion. One Buddhist monk and Pitt professor is looking to embed “altruistic algorithms” into artificial intelligence.