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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 1d

Perry: How do you respond to the plaintiffs' contention that any unrest, any violence is the fault of how federal agents are interacting with members of the public? Does it matter if their conduct is why they can't execute federal laws?
Hamilton: No.

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 1d

Perry: DOJ's definition of rebellion would mean that
"literally all nonviolent protest” could be considered evidence of rebellion. Is that your argument?
Hamilton: The president has determined there is a danger of a rebellion, and you must defer to that finding

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 4d

⚡️ Russian who joined Ukraine's military detained over suspected espionage.

The man, detained in the western city of Lviv, is suspected of helping Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) coordinate strikes on his unit's temporary base and nearby positions in Lviv Oblast.

Russian who joined Ukraine's military detained over suspected espionage

The man, detained in the western city of Lviv, is suspected of helping Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) coordinate strikes on his unit's temporary base and nearby positions in Lviv Oblast.

kyivindependent.com

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Elizabeth M.F. Grasmeder @emfgrasmeder.bsky.social · 8d

Beautiful!

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Elizabeth M.F. Grasmeder @emfgrasmeder.bsky.social · 10d

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...

Mr. Trump praised his own tariff and border policies and insulted former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. Discussing his efforts to send troops to American cities, he said: “We should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military.”

Trump and Hegseth Recount Familiar Partisan Complaints to Top Military Leaders

www.nytimes.com

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Durba Mitra @durba.bsky.social · 19d

My book, The Future That Was, is about the extraordinary rise of global research on women.

It also about the attacks on & starvation of gender research today by universities who leave only the shell intact, dismantling entire fields of knowledge built by women

press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

The Future That Was

How Third World women seized the means of knowledge production to fight against rising authoritarianism and imagine a future freer than our present

press.princeton.edu

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Nicolas Hervieu @nhervieu.bsky.social · 22d

Brillantissime Gorafi.

Sous couvert d’un très ordinaire professeur d’archéologie et d’un passionné pour les artefacts rares, il aurait été ainsi au centre d’une cellule d’ultra gauche radicale, dite “Antifa” et aurait opéré en Europe, en Asie et aux Etats-unis entre les années trente et les fin des années soixante. “Il s’est semble-t-il radicalisé tout seul mais il est possible qu’il y ait des complices” a estimé un porte-parole de l’université qui a annoncé qu’elle allait collaborer avec les autorités et le gouvernement de Donald Trump. “On sait qu’il a déclaré devant témoins, “les nazis, je hais ces gars-là” c’est un discours de haine radicale” a affirmé Laura Loomer, une chroniqueuse conservatrice.

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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · Sep 9

7 things every child needs to hear?
#parenting #family #ideology

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David Ryan Miller @davidryanmiller.com · Sep 5

Every time I teach research methods to undergrads in the future, you bet your ass I am going to tell them that it's Jessica Chastain's favorite subject, so they should give it a chance:

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Elizabeth M.F. Grasmeder @emfgrasmeder.bsky.social · Sep 6

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...

Really great article, especially:
“Once a mask is involved,” he said, “people understand it as a sign of weakness, that the government has something to hide.”

ICE Agents Are Wearing Masks. Is That Un-American?

www.nytimes.com

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Elizabeth M.F. Grasmeder @emfgrasmeder.bsky.social · Aug 29

Wtf is this title? Don't downplay or marginalize with this "critics" nonsense. "Majority See Risks..." "Public Sees Risks..." "Everyone and that goat over there sees risk..." Would all be more accurate

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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · Aug 28

New away message: "I am currently overburdened with mitochondrial challenges and will respond to your email as soon as possible."

jen sometimes aph 🌻 @bunnibytz.bsky.social · Aug 27

via @acyn.bsky.social

RFK JR: I’m looking at kids as I walk through the airports today...and I see these kids that are just overburdened with mitochondrial challenges, inflammation—you can tell from their faces, movements, and lack of social connection

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Patrick Vallely @pjvphotography.bsky.social · Aug 28

"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?"

Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.

Tighter crop of the same pika, focusing on its head.

An even tighter crop, focusing more on the pika's eye.

An extremely tight crop of the pika's eye, emphasizing their reflection of an early morning mountain scene.

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Elizabeth M.F. Grasmeder @emfgrasmeder.bsky.social · Aug 27

This is how I feel about the Swift -Kelce news.

Blue Wave @votebiue.bsky.social · Aug 26

For all the dog lovers. This is a classic. Worth seeing again.

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Internet Archive Europe @internetarchive.eu · Aug 19

This is really cool! The Embassy of the Free Mind in Amsterdam is doing some really interesting stuff. Check them out.

2,178 Occult Books Now Digitized & Put Online, Thanks to the Ritman Library and Da Vinci Code Author Dan Brown

In 2018 we brought you some exciting news.

www.openculture.com

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Elizabeth M.F. Grasmeder @emfgrasmeder.bsky.social · Aug 15

But it can still be concerning in terms of the costs during the attempted Ausschaltung (if I'm meeting your metaphor on its terms*), right? Either way, I so hope our better angels and principles can reappear.

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Assistant HR Director of Antifa @sethdmichaels.bsky.social · Aug 14

(long, reluctant sigh)

sub-terfuge

Tess Owen @tessowen.bsky.social · Aug 14

Attorney General Pam Bondi says that the "Subway Slinger" who chucked a sandwich at a federal agent in DC the other night is actually a DOJ employee. She describes him as an "example of the deep state."

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Elizabeth M.F. Grasmeder @emfgrasmeder.bsky.social · Aug 15

Noooooooo. It's too good I caaaaannnttt

Elizabeth M.F. Grasmeder @emfgrasmeder.bsky.social · Aug 15

I wasn't ready to be so brutally called out...

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Elizabeth M.F. Grasmeder @emfgrasmeder.bsky.social · Aug 15

Up the Easter eggs and sass in your footnotes?

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Willow and Hewie @willowhewie.bsky.social · Aug 12

Sometimes you just have to charge across the room to bite mom!!!! - SOUND ON ❤️🐢❤️

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Elizabeth M.F. Grasmeder @emfgrasmeder.bsky.social · Aug 12

The weaponization of "Habibi" is ...

a woman is sitting at a table with her hands folded in front of her .

ALT: a woman is sitting at a table with her hands folded in front of her .

media.tenor.com

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Elizabeth M.F. Grasmeder @emfgrasmeder.bsky.social · Aug 12

Pentagon plan would create military ‘reaction force’ for civil unrest

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Great to see the awesome @lindsaypcohn.bsky.social quoted here!

Pentagon plan would create military ‘reaction force’ for civil unrest

Documents reviewed by The Post detail a prospective National Guard mission that, if adopted, would require hundreds of troops to be ready around-the-clock.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Elizabeth M.F. Grasmeder @emfgrasmeder.bsky.social · Aug 12

Go with God.

Elizabeth M.F. Grasmeder @emfgrasmeder.bsky.social · Aug 9

Congratulations on a wonderful achievement!

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