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Felipe De La Hoz @felipedlh.bsky.social · 9h

You cannot be fucking serious

SCOOP: Apple Quietly Made ICE Agents a Protected Class

Internal emails show tech giant used anti-hate-speech rules meant for minorities to block an app documenting immigration enforcement.

migrantinsider.com

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 2d

@lataco.bsky.social first began as a blog documenting local Mexican cuisine. Now, it’s an essential reporting powerhouse to the city as Trump’s mass deportation plot unfolds.

Check out the latest from our friends at Reveal: tinyurl.com/4cm2bsdr

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Elise Wang @elisewang.bsky.social · 1d

One of the more incredible stories out of LA this year has been how a taco review blog became the best on-the-ground coverage of ICE raids in the city.

They do a dispatch every day, follow-up on the kidnapped people (which almost no media outlet has done), and fact-check government claims.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 2d

@lataco.bsky.social first began as a blog documenting local Mexican cuisine. Now, it’s an essential reporting powerhouse to the city as Trump’s mass deportation plot unfolds.

Check out the latest from our friends at Reveal: tinyurl.com/4cm2bsdr

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Karim Wafa-Al Hussaini @karimwafa.bsky.social · 1d

so can someone explain how it’s good when AI takes our jobs but bad when the immigrants do?

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Skwawkbox @skwawkbox.org · 2d

BREAKING: Greta Thunberg gives first public speech since Israeli kidnapping – video...

BREAKING: Greta Thunberg gives first public speech since Israeli kidnapping - video

In a press conference, Greta Thunberg said the story is not about the members of the flotilla, it's about the people of Gaza

www.thecanary.co

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El Norte Recuerda @elnorterecuerda.bsky.social · 6d

To not condemn this in the strongest of terms is spineless.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 6d

Mayor of Hyattsville responds to the violent ICE confrontations that have happened there over the last few weeks with a confusing statement in which he says it's illegal for local cops to intervene in ICE official duties but also it's their duty to intervene for bystanders, agents, arrestee safety:

Residents,
Over the past several weeks we have witnessed a significant increase in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity in our community. This has been deeply concerning to our residents, me, and my fellow Councilmembers.
As a municipality, we are limited in our authority. Immigration enforcement is the responsibility of the federal government. In fact, it is against the law for anyone, including local law enforcement, to intervene while ICE agents are in the commission of their official duties. However, the City hereby reaffirms the values that characterized us and for which we stand. As such, we want to reassure residents that our Hyattsville Police Officers are not immigration agents. The Department does not and will not inquire about, track, or maintain records regarding an individual's immigration status.

Residents should not hesitate to contact the Hyattsville Police Department to report a crime, a dangerous situation, or an unsafe activity in our community. If a dangerous situation related to ICE activity is reported to or observed by an officer, our officers have a duty to intervene to ensure the safety of bystanders, the agents, and the arrestee. If officers are aware that an arrest is for an immigration violation, they will not participate in the arrest.
As your Mayor, I have been in regular communication with the Maryland Governor's Office on Immigrant Affairs to know our rights, report our concerns, and stay up to date on resources available for impacted households, families, and community members. Information provided by the state, Prince George's County, and local non-profits is available at hyattsville.org/assistance.

1, along with your City Council, want all our residents to feel protected and have the information and resources they need to safeguard their rights. Together with City staff, we share a goal of making Hyattsville a safe place for everyone.
Sincerely, %.

Robert Croslin
Mayor, City of Hyattsville

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 6d

Mayor of Hyattsville responds to the violent ICE confrontations that have happened there over the last few weeks with a confusing statement in which he says it's illegal for local cops to intervene in ICE official duties but also it's their duty to intervene for bystanders, agents, arrestee safety:

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El Norte Recuerda @elnorterecuerda.bsky.social · 6d

Been saying this. It’s the Apocalyptic Imagination.

Mél Hogan / The Data Fix @melhogan.bsky.social · 7d

“And in this respect, I’m coming to understand the AI hype machine as part and parcel of the fascistic project. That’s not an analogy. I’m not saying AI is similar to fascism, or parallel to it. I’m saying AI is fascism.”

Mél Hogan / The Data Fix @melhogan.bsky.social · 7d

www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...

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Emily Farris @emayfarris.bsky.social · 7d

This new column by @tressiemcphd.bsky.social makes me think about when I recently had to talk to the police for yet another safety plan, I tried to “lighten” the mood by saying that we all knew this wasn’t my first rodeo. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...

For at least the past 15 years, my colleagues in academia have grappled with angry letters to university officials for doing their jobs. They have weathered campaigns for their firing. They have contended with an internet army obsessed with doxxing them, their parents, their kids. I’ve been contacted by the F.B.I. more than once in my career. Not because I hold any important state secrets or know a biker gang but because one of my colleagues has lived with so much sustained harassment from right-wing “activists” that it has become a matter of federal concern. Watch lists (one of which was constructed by Kirk’s organization) do not distinguish between public intellectuals at wealthy enclaves and hoi polloi who teach popular classes at cash-strapped schools. In either case, an army of trained provocateurs stands ready to destroy their lives to prove their bona fides as conservative activists.

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Nick Sturm @nicksturm.bsky.social · 8d

It's the end of The Best American Poetry.

I wrote about the forty-year anthology project, poetry’s place in Big Five publishing, and editor David Lehman's culture wars vision of American verse.

defector.com/good-riddanc...

Good Riddance To ‘The Best American Poetry’ | Defector

When David Lehman, a poet then working as a book critic for Newsweek, proposed the project for The Best American Poetry anthology, he was searching for a national platform. His first anthology project...

defector.com

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onion person @junlper.beer · 9d

ICE is one of the most well funded military force on the planet, entirely used internally on it’s own citizens, and completely loyal to a far right fascist dictator. if democratic politicians are not on board with abolishing ICE, they must be replaced

David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 9d

This appears to be the full video of the Chicago delivery worker. It actually appears that an agent tries to assault him after he curses the Dear Leader Kim il Trump to their faces.

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Rafi @rafil.bsky.social · 11d

I have approximately zero following on this app, sharing in the hopes it can get in front of the right person. A man I went to college with’s wife was kidnapped by ICE at a green card hearing, and he’s trying to find a reporter who will speak to him about the situation

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Texas Conference of the AAUP @texasaaup.bsky.social · 12d

“I’m emotionally shellshocked right now,” said one professor in the Texas Tech system. “What does it say about academic freedom? It says we don’t have it.” The professor spoke by phone from the inside of a car to avoid being overheard by colleagues.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...

Texas Tech Moves to Limit Academic Discussion to 2 Genders

www.nytimes.com

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 12d

The oligarchs are going to make sure they control all the media, that includes video games.

Jared Kushner’s Firm Is Said to Be Part of $50 Billion Buyout of Electronic Arts

www.nytimes.com

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 12d

Assata Shakur has "died in Havana, Cuba, as a result of health conditions and her advanced age."

She was 78.

Assata Shakur, political activist and ex-Black Liberation Army member, has died

Assata Shakur “died in Havana, Cuba, as a result of health conditions and her advanced age,” according to Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

www.whatimreading.net

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michael röbbins @alienvsrobbins.bsky.social · 12d

repeating the phrase "full books" as I slam my head against my desk until I pass out

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El Norte Recuerda @elnorterecuerda.bsky.social · 12d

As a Mexican, the salsa erasure feels pretty egregious idk

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 13d

Speaking of voices under attack…can we be just as loud about Black journalists and comedians who are silenced, even by our so-called liberal outlets.

• Joy Reid
• Don Lemon
• Melissa Harris-Perry
• Tiffany Cross
• Jemele Hill
• Marc Lamont Hill
• Karen Attiah
• Amber Ruffin

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 15d

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site

As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

www.miamiherald.com

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Linda 🍉 @looprisk.bsky.social · 14d

@elnorterecuerda.bsky.social really engaging with your concept of the avatar self, though my alienation/dissociation comes from different reasons than yours, it really puts into words how i engage with media to escape (im finally reading your book! I have audio and physical)

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El Norte Recuerda @elnorterecuerda.bsky.social · 14d

Oh I’m so glad that resonates with you! Thank you so much for reading! 🙏🏽💓

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El Norte Recuerda @elnorterecuerda.bsky.social · 14d

Hmm. Maybe I’m overreacting to the week-long Twitter doxxing campaign where people tagged ICE and various government officials to arrest me. And the headlines about Palantir and domestic surveillance of phones. No battery issues before, but I’ll take it.

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El Norte Recuerda @elnorterecuerda.bsky.social · 14d

Hi quick question. When I woke up, my phone was at 100% battery. After I made my kid breakfast, it dropped to 54%. Am I being tracked lol

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El Norte Recuerda @elnorterecuerda.bsky.social · 14d

I want to scream. And if we protest in any way, they’ll come for our f*milies.

Brandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.com · 14d

BREAKING: Further confirmation that the shooter targeted immigrant detainees, not #ICE agents. All three #shooting victims were people ICE was holding and processing at the center. The shooter died of a self inflicted would and has been described as a white male

www.fox4news.com/news/dallas-...

Dallas ICE Shooting: 3 people shot in active shooter situation

www.fox4news.com

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