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Shopping freeze at Home Depot in Manhattan this afternoon in protest against the company allowing ICE to stage & target people seeking work at Home Depots across the country.
An estimated 300 activists purchased & returned ice scrapers, copying activists in Los Angeles. Ended with a rally outside.
An estimated 300 activists purchased & returned ice scrapers, copying activists in Los Angeles. Ended with a rally outside.
December 14, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Shopping freeze at Home Depot in Manhattan this afternoon in protest against the company allowing ICE to stage & target people seeking work at Home Depots across the country.
An estimated 300 activists purchased & returned ice scrapers, copying activists in Los Angeles. Ended with a rally outside.
An estimated 300 activists purchased & returned ice scrapers, copying activists in Los Angeles. Ended with a rally outside.
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Federal agents wearing tactical gear and wielding assault rifles busted into an apartment in Jackson Heights Thursday morning as a helicopter hovered overhead, according to eyewitnesses and video obtained by @thecity.nyc
www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/04/h...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/04/h...
Homeland Security Busts Into Jackson Heights Apartment Building in Pre-Dawn Raid
Dozens of agents wielding assault rifles took two middle-aged, Spanish-speaking people away in cuffs early Thursday morning as a helicopter hovered overhead.
www.thecity.nyc
December 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Federal agents wearing tactical gear and wielding assault rifles busted into an apartment in Jackson Heights Thursday morning as a helicopter hovered overhead, according to eyewitnesses and video obtained by @thecity.nyc
www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/04/h...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/04/h...
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NYC 🌆 Protest at Rockstar’s NY offices next Friday, Dec 5th with us! We will be there with organizers across the industry — let’s make the fight against their illegal union-busting international ✊
🗓️ Friday, December 5th
⏰ 5PM onwards
📍 622 Broadway, New York, NY 10012
🗓️ Friday, December 5th
⏰ 5PM onwards
📍 622 Broadway, New York, NY 10012
November 26, 2025 at 7:50 PM
NYC 🌆 Protest at Rockstar’s NY offices next Friday, Dec 5th with us! We will be there with organizers across the industry — let’s make the fight against their illegal union-busting international ✊
🗓️ Friday, December 5th
⏰ 5PM onwards
📍 622 Broadway, New York, NY 10012
🗓️ Friday, December 5th
⏰ 5PM onwards
📍 622 Broadway, New York, NY 10012
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Something upsetting I learned in my travels: an HIV-prevention worker whose org in South Africa went from 86 ppl to 4(!) told me that if I went on Grindr (& he suggested I do not, as it's dangerous), I'd find many of his "former colleagues offering services"—bc sex work is their only option
December 1, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Something upsetting I learned in my travels: an HIV-prevention worker whose org in South Africa went from 86 ppl to 4(!) told me that if I went on Grindr (& he suggested I do not, as it's dangerous), I'd find many of his "former colleagues offering services"—bc sex work is their only option
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Language models are models of a corpus, not cognition
I do, of course, have a paragraph from "Why We Fear AI" for this
November 15, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Language models are models of a corpus, not cognition
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"This weight presses on me every day. I am flooded with stories. There are so many I cannot remember them all; cannot keep straight who was gassed, beaten, abducted, or shot. I write to leave a record, to stare at the track of the tornado. I write to leave a warning. I write to call for help."
I Want You to Understand Chicago
aphyr.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
"This weight presses on me every day. I am flooded with stories. There are so many I cannot remember them all; cannot keep straight who was gassed, beaten, abducted, or shot. I write to leave a record, to stare at the track of the tornado. I write to leave a warning. I write to call for help."
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"If there were adults in the room and I could trust the federal government to impose the right standards, it wouldn't be such a great concern, but it just doesn't seem feasible."
Trump Administration Providing Weapons Grade Plutonium to Sam Altman
The White House is providing plutonium to Sam Altman's Oklo, one of four US companies chosen to test experimental reactor designs.
trib.al
October 27, 2025 at 12:47 PM
"If there were adults in the room and I could trust the federal government to impose the right standards, it wouldn't be such a great concern, but it just doesn't seem feasible."
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The Trump administration is ensuring there is almost no way out of immigration detention other than death or deportation.
Read our latest blog to learn more ⬇️
https://bit.ly/4qGcGNh
Read our latest blog to learn more ⬇️
https://bit.ly/4qGcGNh
ICE is detaining indiscriminately. And releasing almost no one.
Immigrants in detention and their loved ones and legal representatives are facing desperation and sheer exhaustion. Through a series of legal, policy and bureaucratic machinations, the Trump administr...
www.nilc.org
October 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The Trump administration is ensuring there is almost no way out of immigration detention other than death or deportation.
Read our latest blog to learn more ⬇️
https://bit.ly/4qGcGNh
Read our latest blog to learn more ⬇️
https://bit.ly/4qGcGNh
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BREAKING: Letitia James has announced a Government portal for Videos and images of ICE Agents who may have committed crimes.
Please Use it and SHARE!
ag.ny.gov/federal-acti...
Please Use it and SHARE!
ag.ny.gov/federal-acti...
Federal Action Reporting Form
Federal Action Reporting Form Please use this form to share information regarding federal government action in New York state. Filing a complaint does not start
ag.ny.gov
October 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
BREAKING: Letitia James has announced a Government portal for Videos and images of ICE Agents who may have committed crimes.
Please Use it and SHARE!
ag.ny.gov/federal-acti...
Please Use it and SHARE!
ag.ny.gov/federal-acti...
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[I added the amNY story to the thread because Dean Moses photographs can't be beat. Nice headline too.]
ICE Conducts Raid on Chinatown’s Canal Street, Multiple People Detained as New Yorkers Rage
ICE Conducts Raid on Chinatown’s Canal Street, Multiple People Detained as New Yorkers Rage
ICE conducts raid on Chinatown’s Canal Street, multiple people detained as New Yorkers rage | amNewYork
The operation began at about 3 p.m. in the area of Centre and Canal Streets where ICE agents showed up to question street vendors as part of an alleged
www.amny.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:24 AM
[I added the amNY story to the thread because Dean Moses photographs can't be beat. Nice headline too.]
ICE Conducts Raid on Chinatown’s Canal Street, Multiple People Detained as New Yorkers Rage
ICE Conducts Raid on Chinatown’s Canal Street, Multiple People Detained as New Yorkers Rage
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ICE just escalated NYC enforcement in the most visible possible way: sweeping in and arresting immigrant vendors on Canal Street, where tourists have forever flocked to buy knockoff designer handbags.
Military-Style Sweep Hits NYC as Masked Federal Agents Arrest Canal Street Vendors
Spontaneous protests were met with an armored military vehicle and assault rifles in a crackdown that escalated the Trump administration’s focus on NYC.
www.thecity.nyc
October 21, 2025 at 10:52 PM
ICE just escalated NYC enforcement in the most visible possible way: sweeping in and arresting immigrant vendors on Canal Street, where tourists have forever flocked to buy knockoff designer handbags.
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“Our president has long shared his love for “good genes,” and his nephew last year alleged that Trump said disabled people “should just die” and save the rest of us the money and effort. And he has a Health and Human Services secretary to match in Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.”
The Pro-Massacre, Pro-Segregation, Pro-Eugenics Administration
The Trump administration is seeking to rewind the clock on an entire century of legal—and moral—progress.
www.liberalcurrents.com
October 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
“Our president has long shared his love for “good genes,” and his nephew last year alleged that Trump said disabled people “should just die” and save the rest of us the money and effort. And he has a Health and Human Services secretary to match in Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.”
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State troopers in riot gear just plowed into the crowd, started arresting protesters and clergy.
October 17, 2025 at 1:17 PM
State troopers in riot gear just plowed into the crowd, started arresting protesters and clergy.
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Andrea Brower was the lead instructor for a social justice program at Gonzaga University. In this interview, she reveals that after being targeted for speaking up about labor rights in higher ed & poorly handled Title VI complaint by the university, she could not perform the job she was hired for.
October 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Andrea Brower was the lead instructor for a social justice program at Gonzaga University. In this interview, she reveals that after being targeted for speaking up about labor rights in higher ed & poorly handled Title VI complaint by the university, she could not perform the job she was hired for.
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"Our ICE law enforcement are held to the highest professional standard," per DHS.
Apparently, cruelty and violence are the "professional standard" — the only explanation for why an agent could return to work after shoving a grieving wife to the ground.
Apparently, cruelty and violence are the "professional standard" — the only explanation for why an agent could return to work after shoving a grieving wife to the ground.
ICE officer seen on video pushing woman to ground has returned to duty
An ICE officer who was initially relieved of his duties after being captured on video pushing a woman to the ground has been returned to duty, two U.S. officials familiar with the matter told CBS News...
www.cbsnews.com
September 30, 2025 at 5:14 PM
"Our ICE law enforcement are held to the highest professional standard," per DHS.
Apparently, cruelty and violence are the "professional standard" — the only explanation for why an agent could return to work after shoving a grieving wife to the ground.
Apparently, cruelty and violence are the "professional standard" — the only explanation for why an agent could return to work after shoving a grieving wife to the ground.
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"The Trump administration is working to create an ‘other’ that includes immigrants, the media, progressives – anyone who they feel stands in their way – to give themselves permission for state-sanctioned violence."
Statement on the ICE Assaults at 26 Federal Plaza: advocate.nyc.gov/press/nyc-pu...
Statement on the ICE Assaults at 26 Federal Plaza: advocate.nyc.gov/press/nyc-pu...
Photojournalist hospitalized after chaotic incident with ICE agents at 26 Federal Plaza in NYC
Photojournalist hospitalized after chaotic incident with ICE agents at 26 Federal Plaza in NYC
A photojournalist on assignment at 26 Federal Plaza was hospitalized Tuesday following a chaotic incident with federal immigration enforcement agents, according to video footage and witnesses who s…
buff.ly
September 30, 2025 at 8:25 PM
"The Trump administration is working to create an ‘other’ that includes immigrants, the media, progressives – anyone who they feel stands in their way – to give themselves permission for state-sanctioned violence."
Statement on the ICE Assaults at 26 Federal Plaza: advocate.nyc.gov/press/nyc-pu...
Statement on the ICE Assaults at 26 Federal Plaza: advocate.nyc.gov/press/nyc-pu...
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The Board of Immigration Appeals has ordered Emmy-award winning journalist Mario Guevara to be deported to El Salvador after 100 days in ICE detention, a country he fled more than two decades ago after being persecuted for his reporting.
Emmy-Award Winning Journalist at Risk of Deportation Over ICE Coverage
“This is one of the most dangerous periods for free speech in American history,” a Georgia lawmaker said.
truthout.org
September 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The Board of Immigration Appeals has ordered Emmy-award winning journalist Mario Guevara to be deported to El Salvador after 100 days in ICE detention, a country he fled more than two decades ago after being persecuted for his reporting.
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The biggest project I've worked on for the last chunk of years was just published. It asks, how big are US Black-white lifespan differences?
This might seem like a narrow question. I hope to convince you by the end that there are answers you didn't anticipate. And I hope some of them will move you.
This might seem like a narrow question. I hope to convince you by the end that there are answers you didn't anticipate. And I hope some of them will move you.
Three Ways of Looking at Black–White Mortality Differences in the United States | Annual Reviews
Everyone agrees that US Black deaths happen earlier than white deaths on average, but it is surprisingly challenging to find the best ways to summarize, quantify, and compare this gap. This review arg...
www.annualreviews.org
April 30, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The biggest project I've worked on for the last chunk of years was just published. It asks, how big are US Black-white lifespan differences?
This might seem like a narrow question. I hope to convince you by the end that there are answers you didn't anticipate. And I hope some of them will move you.
This might seem like a narrow question. I hope to convince you by the end that there are answers you didn't anticipate. And I hope some of them will move you.
If you are able to, please support my friend and her husband. Please share.
gofund.me/9fe3395ca
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Donate to Support Asylum Seekers, organized by Julie Harting
ICE kidnapped my friend’s husband just after their routine asylum hearing. Please help us raise f… Julie Harting needs your support for Support Asylum Seekers
gofund.me
September 16, 2025 at 9:03 PM
If you are able to, please support my friend and her husband. Please share.
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“The problem with AI isn’t hype. The problem is who and what it’s useful for.” www.liberalcurrents.com/deflating-hy...
Deflating “Hype” Won’t Save Us
The problem with AI isn’t hype. The problem is who and what it’s useful for.
www.liberalcurrents.com
September 16, 2025 at 10:23 AM
“The problem with AI isn’t hype. The problem is who and what it’s useful for.” www.liberalcurrents.com/deflating-hy...
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Incredible clip of tech CEOs fawning over Donald Trump. Someone store this clip in the underground archive vault
September 6, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Incredible clip of tech CEOs fawning over Donald Trump. Someone store this clip in the underground archive vault
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Smithsonian Head Lonnie Bunch in 2020 on Telling “Unvarnished” History, Meeting Trump & More https://www.democracynow.org/2025/8/21/lonnie_bunch_smithsonian_2020_interview
Smithsonian Head Lonnie Bunch on Telling “Unvarnished” History, Meeting Trump
President Trump said Tuesday the Smithsonian Institution was too narrowly focused on negative aspects of U.S. history, including “how bad slavery was.” Trump's social media post minimizing the horrors of chattel slavery came after the White House ordere...
www.democracynow.org
August 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Smithsonian Head Lonnie Bunch in 2020 on Telling “Unvarnished” History, Meeting Trump & More https://www.democracynow.org/2025/8/21/lonnie_bunch_smithsonian_2020_interview