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I’m jatman @jatman.bsky.social · 11h

Because of course they did.

Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 15h

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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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 18h

This strikes me as pretty bad

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Iain (一言) Dooley @iaindooley.com · 7h

Social media should be banned globally for anyone under the age of 90

POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 1d

The Danish government wants to introduce a ban on several social media platforms for children under the age of 15, PM Mette Frederiksen announced today.

Denmark aims to ban social media for children under 15, PM says

“We have unleashed a monster,” Mette Frederiksen tells Danish lawmakers.

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Nash Is Here for It @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 11h

Did anyone else see this today and wonder wtf happened?

Oopsie, Stephen.

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Iain (一言) Dooley @iaindooley.com · 8h

I don‘t think “speaking up” is going to cut it mate

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

What's happening in Chicago is not normal.

The arrest of Alderperson Fuentes is just the latest example of how far Noem and Bovino are willing to go to ignore the rule of law. We must all speak up.

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I’m jatman @jatman.bsky.social · 16h

A great thread on how Bari Weiss got to where she is and the subversive threat she and her backers pose. None of these people are champions of free speech or liberty.

Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 1d

Bari Weiss launched The Free Press with funding from Peter Thiel allies Marc Andreessen and David Sacks. She’s the new editor-in-chief of CBS News. 1/

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16h

Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

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Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 12h

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 16h

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Nancy Friedman @queenief.bsky.social · 19h

The fact that Apple capitulated made me cancel Apple TV

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 21h

Pam Bondi admits she spoke to Apple to "get the ICEBlock app taken down." Sounds an awful lot like coercion to suppress disfavored speech to me. A clear violation of the 1st Amendment.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bondi claims that the ICEBlock app was "criminal in that people were posting where ICE officers lived"

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 20h

This has nothing to do with crime. This is an attempt to crush political dissent.

Never before, in our entire 250 year history, has the military or immigration agents been used like this. It's dystopian, illegal, and it should stop.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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Prahlad Yeri @prahladyeri.bsky.social · 2d

Unpopular Opinion: Implicit Usings are an Anti-Pattern
#dotnet #csharp #opensource #programming
prahladyeri.github.io/blog/2025/10...

As someone who has coded across Python, PHP, Java, and C#, I’ve learned to borrow patterns from each language to improve workflow and maintainability. One pr...

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 1d

The NY Times continues to be the biggest sucker in the world for bad faith bullshit, just so the publisher can claim they're not too liberal and to pretend they'll somehow convince MAGA they're being fair to them.

Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 1d

Despite appearances, this is not a @nytpitchbot.bsky.social joke, it's an actual @nytimes.com column by some Claremont hack who praises Hegseth for his "nuanced vision of the military’s purpose and its relationship to civilian society."

Opinion
Guest Essay

That Hegseth Speech Was Actually Pretty Good
Oct. 7, 2025, 5:01 a.m. ET

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 1d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Iain (一言) Dooley @iaindooley.com · 1d

Private Hugh Man!

a cartoon character says hugh man while standing next to another man

ALT: a cartoon character says hugh man while standing next to another man

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Beefeater Fella @beefeaterfella.bsky.social · 1d

Russia’s Rotting Pipelines And Waste Treatment As Budgets Are Diverted To The War In Ukraine

Sewage Plants Crumble with budgets diverted, a water crisis looms large

A free research thread from Beefy:

open.substack.com/pub/beefeate...

Russia’s Rotting Pipelines And Waste Treatment As Budgets Are Diverted To The War In Ukraine

Sewage Plants Crumble with budgets diverted, a water crisis looms large

open.substack.com

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Schumer: That issue that MAGA Mike keeps talking about—illegal immigrants getting health care. It’s an effing lie. The law says that federal dollars cannot go to illegal immigrants under Medicare, Medicaid, or the ACA.

And I said that to him in the room. I said, You’re lying. He smirked.

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Aunty Em @everycourthouse.bsky.social · 1d

A FB friend of mine posted this about her aunt. I shared her quote here, there was more to her quote but I didn’t have room to fit it all in. It is now being reported by the media too. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Federal agents knock down elderly couple during Portland protest

An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.

www.oregonlive.com

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Thyme to Fight Back 🟧 @thymesup.bsky.social · 1d

Why am I seeing practically nothing about this on the news? Did this huge house just spontaneously blow up for no reason on a Sunday afternoon?
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South Carolina authorities are investigating a fire that engulfed the home of state circuit court judge | CNN

A blaze that engulfed the South Carolina home of a state circuit court judge and her husband, a former state senator, is under investigation, CNN affiliates WCSC and WIS reported.

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 1d

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 1d

This guy is in charge of US health care.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Whoa! The shutdown’s ripple effect starting to hit.

Burbank Airport in LA County has no air traffic controllers on duty due to sick calls, last-minute day-off requests, and staffing shortages.

If you’re flying anywhere in the country, check for delays.

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Michael Dowling aka MeckeringBoy @meckeringboy.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve had several conversations with several sovereign citizens over a number of years. I can say they are cooked.

They cannot be trusted to behave logically or rationally.

If they don’t have vehicle licences/registrations they too should be confiscated.

Kent Parkstreet, Laird of Doofus @kentparkskeet.bsky.social · 2d

#AustraliaNotAmerica

‘A risk we cannot take’: Police seize 135 guns amid sovereign citizen raids

More than 100 firearms are seized in a WA Police operation targeting 'sovereign citizens' in the wake of the fatal shooting of two Victorian officers.

www.abc.net.au

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