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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 6h

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Jen @jenelaina.bsky.social · 6h

I genuinely haven't had time to dig into exacts but have seen a lot of posts from folks saying it was nonsense

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Dr ICE Scream Maker: Slasher of Fash 🔪 @pwr2dppl.bsky.social · 2d

BANNED FOR PRESUMED SUBTEXT IN THE ALT TEXT !!! APPEAL DENIED BC WHY BELIEVE US

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Jen @jenelaina.bsky.social · 16h

Wisconsin Data Center fight update, Charlie Berens still has some of the best civic engagement content I've seen in a minute.

Worth the watch and a good 101 on public meeting points challenging data centers anywhere

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Manitowoc Minute Special Report: AI questions for policymakers

YouTube video by Charlie Berens

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Jen @jenelaina.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah. That's the one.

Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 1d

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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Jen @jenelaina.bsky.social · 1d

God willing.

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 1d

It’s not too late for the Bluesky admins to say - yeah, ok, a permanent ban was an overreaction. Times are tough. Let’s try again. They could do it right now.

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Jen @jenelaina.bsky.social · 1d

What the actual hell has been going on here while I've been busy and shit?!

Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 2d

“As a neurodiversity advocate and as an autistic person, I’m really grateful for so much of the work that’s been done that allows me to be myself and to be successful being myself.” Link, who has been *banned*!?!? from this platform?

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Space Law, Race, and Neurodiversity: Autistic Advocate AJ Link

We live in a country & society that is built on racism. The neurodivergent community isn't free of that racism—per Autistic advocate AJ Link.

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Jen @jenelaina.bsky.social · 1d

Nevermind I figured it out WHAT THE HELL?!?

Absolutely sincerely mean that they were a HUGE reason I stuck around and began not only moving myself here but like a dozen work accounts, cause they were so damn welcoming and uplifting. FFS!

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 2d

“As a neurodiversity advocate and as an autistic person, I’m really grateful for so much of the work that’s been done that allows me to be myself and to be successful being myself.” Link, who has been *banned*!?!? from this platform?

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Space Law, Race, and Neurodiversity: Autistic Advocate AJ Link

We live in a country & society that is built on racism. The neurodivergent community isn't free of that racism—per Autistic advocate AJ Link.

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Jen @jenelaina.bsky.social · 1d

All I'll add is that I'm pretty sure Rev Black thinks they can be redeemed still. But idk if I can match that. Really don't.

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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 1d

I don't believe in heaven or hell, I haven't for years, but I do believe that certain people can't be redeemed.

That's somewhat of a newer view.

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Jen @jenelaina.bsky.social · 1d

That picture is gonna stay with me for a long while.

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Jen @jenelaina.bsky.social · 1d

Oh what did I miss now

(Genuinely if someone has the time to catch me up I'd appreciate it.)

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Jen @jenelaina.bsky.social · 1d

Red checks out except no one is really gonna want Indiana in and Kentucky might jump to Appalachia states.

Ohio is... Idk how that would play out, truth be told. Same as Indiana I reckon.

MI-WI-IL-MN is solid is my point.

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Jen @jenelaina.bsky.social · 4d

Washtenaw + mutuals only, seriously I have to know you (or know someone who will absolutely vouch for you):

There's organizing and training happening to protect our undocumented neighbors. DM for info before Monday. TY. ♥️

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Jen @jenelaina.bsky.social · 4d

It's all good!

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Jen @jenelaina.bsky.social · 5d

Support your local NLG and request legal observers for your protests, folks.

Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 5d

I can’t thank the National Lawyers Guild enough— @nlgnews.bsky.social has boots on the ground and has been nothing short of amazing during this moment of crisis.

I can confirm my husband was protesting peacefully before apprehended.

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Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 5d

My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

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Jen @jenelaina.bsky.social · 5d

And that is quite true.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 6d

This explains a lot. For a moment, I wondered why they'd do something as ridiculous as drop agents on the roof of the apartment building from helicopters, but of course, they did it for this footage. The same reason they were marching in formation downtown and snatched a family in Millennium Park.

istanbulshiite.bsky.social @istanbulshiite.bsky.social · 6d

DHS posted a sizzle reel about it.

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hailey @hailey.at · 6d

a post: you don't need to talk about "the trans person" at bluesky behind the scenes. you don't need to make assumptions like "she probably hates herself". you don't need to use me in your arguments about anything that happens on this site unless its something i do. stop it pls.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 6d

At the risk of hyperbole these really may be the most horrible people to ever live.

istanbulshiite.bsky.social @istanbulshiite.bsky.social · 6d

DHS posted a sizzle reel about it.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 6d

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.

Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

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Sharita Gruberg @gruberg.bsky.social · 6d

"As I got to my unit to stick my key in the door, I was grabbed by an officer. And, I said, 'What's going on? What's going on?' He never actually told me. He said I was being detained.," said Alicia Brooks.

Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 7d

“ABC7 spoke to Pertissue Fisher, a woman who lives in the building. She said ICE agents took everyone in the building, including her, and asked questions later….’They was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other.’”

It can’t happen here, you say. But it is happening.

ICE agents raid South Shore apartments; Trump says Chicago could become military training ground

ICE agents raided a South Shore apartment building overnight as the city braces for a possible military deployment.

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Free Łink - Matthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org · 6d

I wrote this open letter to my fellow science journalists, but it could very easily be adapted to address @jay.bsky.team and the rest of the bsky team galileospendulum.org/2025/06/05/o...

Open Letter to Anti-Trans Science Journalists

To my science journalist colleagues at the New York Times, Washington Post, The Atlantic, The Guardian, and elsewhere: I write this open letter on the day the New York Times begins a podcast series…

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