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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1d

This was never about deporting criminals. It’s about Stephen Miller’s campaign of ethnic cleansing.

Tweet from Alex Tabarrok reads:
“Sergio Garcia, celebrated Chef who came to the US before ICE even existed. Deported after 36 years.
The picture tells you a lot about the decline of the Republican party.”
Attached photo shows Sergio Garcia standing with Laura and George W. Bush outdoors. The photo is signed: “To Sergio Garcia, With best wishes – George & Laura Bush.”

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 1d

Literally none of this is true.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Trump: Everything we're doing is very lawful and what they're doing is not lawful.

And what the governor and mayor, as an example, you can say of Portland and certainly of Chicago, it's not lawful what they're doing. They have to be very careful.

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Weekend Editor @weekend-editor.bsky.social · May 26

If your business cannot prosper without breaking the law, then it is not a business. It is organized crime.

Like those dependent on slavery, child labor, or wage theft, it should go out of business as soon as possible.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."

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Sharon a Time Traveller @sharontt23.bsky.social · 11d

Mutherfuckers tried to break a tiny ladies bio as they forcefully threw her to the pavement. Assholes

Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 11d

ICE Trump regime trooper stands on top a mother with his fist clenched after shoving her to the ground in front of her children.

US media allege he was removed but MAGA insiders such as propagandist Jack Posobiec, claim he's being reinstated. Abusing women & children is a MAGA principle.

man stands above women, she's on the ground screaming in fear as he clenches his fist above her

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

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Kent Willis MD @kentwillismd.bsky.social · 1d

So proud of my lab alumna starting her own lab. Congrats Ting

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Saimi Hanma ⚔️ @saimihanma.bsky.social · 1d

If I want my package I have to pay an exorbitant hostage fee and I can't even do that at my door because delivery drivers can only take a check. I have to pay online and they will bring my package back another day. This fee is almost as much as the item inside. Just fuck tariffs and everything.

A sorry we missed you ups slip showing a fee of $43.80

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I-75 Scientist @flscitriguy.bsky.social · 2d

Got both this morning. then popped over for a lunch swim to get that arm moving. Little sore but that’s it .
No issues with getting COVID at cvs here in FL either.

Kent Willis MD @kentwillismd.bsky.social · 2d

Reminder: it’s time for your annual flu and COVID vaccine.

Somethings you might not know:
1) Vaccines are more effective if administered in the morning
2) Men do not mount as strong a vaccine response as women and some men may even need second vaccination

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Kent Willis MD @kentwillismd.bsky.social · 2d

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Kent Willis MD @kentwillismd.bsky.social · 2d

Reminder: it’s time for your annual flu and COVID vaccine.

Somethings you might not know:
1) Vaccines are more effective if administered in the morning
2) Men do not mount as strong a vaccine response as women and some men may even need second vaccination

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 4d

They’re using American tax dollars to fund infrastructure in Argentina because that’s where they’re all going to flee when we kick them out of office

Ryan Grim @ryangrim.bsky.social · 8d

After announcing a $20 billion bailout of Argentina, the White House now says it's pausing $18 billion in funding for NYC infrastructure projects

Russ Vought would love nothing more than to tear this country down to its studs

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Maureen Berzanski 🧷🇺🇦🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🟧🌊 🐾 @moberzan.bsky.social · 5d

I knew this was happening but did not see this picture before. Nothing but horrific. Nice shithole country we have.

Sunny Fighter 🫶🏽🩵🌻🌵🌴🇺🇦🇹🇹🇺🇸 @sunnyresist.bsky.social · 5d

This photo should make you fume. ZIP tying a toddler. WHY?? What could be the reason???

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 5d

This reads far better in the original German, where of course the discussion would have been about Jews, Poles, gypsies, gays, Communists and Social Democrats. Still, Miller's model for all his rhetoric and action plans is unambiguous.

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Josh Shepperd @joshshepperd.bsky.social · 4d

"Many American Jews sharply disapprove of Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza, with 61 percent saying Israel has committed war crimes and about 4 in 10 saying the country is guilty of genocide against the Palestinians."

Many American Jews sharply critical of Israel on Gaza, Post poll finds

Most Jews say Israel is committing war crimes — and 39 percent say genocide — while often distinguishing between the country and its leadership.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Kent Willis MD @kentwillismd.bsky.social · 4d

This Negroni variant is the angry cousin of the apricot cocktail I made yesterday:

Remember the Alimony

1 1/4 oz fino sherry
1 1/4 oz Cynar
3/4 oz dry gin
Garnish: orange twist

#cocktail #PCCMeats #neosky #medsky #scicocktail

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Kent Willis MD @kentwillismd.bsky.social · 5d

Lovely delicate flavor:

Apricot in the Rain
from Luiz Fernandes

1.5 oz reposada tequila
1 oz manzanilla sherry
0.75 apricot liqueur
0.5 oz Cynar

#cocktail #PCCMeats #neosky #medsky #scicocktail

Two golden brown cocktails in nick&nora glasses

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Rachel Esselle @rachelsl.bsky.social · 11d

This breaks my heart.
We have SO much more work to do.

And the current administration is dragging us backwards.

Dig in your heals, loves.
We've got work to do.

JazzReads📚 @jazzreads.bsky.social · 11d

So exhausting..

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Kent Willis MD @kentwillismd.bsky.social · 12d

This is what drinking a forest must be like:

Fir-groni

¾ oz St George Terroir gin
¾ oz Luxardo Bitter Bianco
¾ oz dry vermouth
½ oz fir brandy
1 dash New Alpine bitters

#cocktail #PCCMeats #neosky #medsky #scicocktail

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Kent Willis MD @kentwillismd.bsky.social · 12d

This is what drinking a forest must be like:

Fir-groni

¾ oz St George Terroir gin
¾ oz Luxardo Bitter Bianco
¾ oz dry vermouth
½ oz fir brandy
1 dash New Alpine bitters

#cocktail #PCCMeats #neosky #medsky #scicocktail

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Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 13d

So Mackenzie Scott, Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife, donated $70 million to HBCUs. It’s her biggest single donation yet

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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 13d

Since Charlie Kirk’s assassination, HBCUs received terroristic threats. Black students have been expelled or forced to withdraw. Black professors and teachers have been fired and placed on leave. A Black firefighter was placed on leave. A Black journalist was fired

thebarbedwire.com/2025/09/26/f...

The Free Speech Crisis for Black Americans Is Worse Than You Think

Don’t let Jimmy Kimmel’s return fool you: Black academics are more frightened of talking to the press than I’ve ever seen.

thebarbedwire.com

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Natasha Devon @natashadevon.bsky.social · 15d

It’s gone so quickly from ‘boat people’ to all immigrants. So quickly from ‘I don’t mind if they come here legally and pay taxes’ to ‘actually it’s anyone foreign’. We are living in the ‘first they came for’ poem. All to give the population a scapegoat so the super rich can hoard yet more wealth.

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Grace R @candidkitten.bsky.social · Sep 7

Leg braces - $20-$30k, I’ve had at LEAST 6 leg braces.

Wheelchairs - $5k for manual with no bells and whistles, I’ve had 2

Medications - anywhere between $100-$2000 /month pending health issues

Surgeries - 19 surgeries $40k to - $1m inc. hospital stays

I had polio. This is the cost.

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 15d

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

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