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followinghadrian.bsky.social
Relief with a Tauroctony scene and a dedicated inscription to Sol Invictus.

Emperor Aurelian dedicated a temple in Rome to Sol Invictus, the unconquered Sun, #OnThisDay in AD 274. Sol Invictus became an increasingly important deity, with his festival day occurring on the 25th of December.
December 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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timcarvell.bsky.social
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
m.youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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helenczerski.bsky.social
Oh, I love this. A new species of sea anemone was discovered recently that parks itself on top of a hermit crab shell like a hat. It seems to feed partly off the crab's faeces, but it also excretes a hard shell that extends the crab's home. In return, it's carried around the seafloor like a king.
Pictures of a pink sea anemone sitting on top of a hermit crab shell.
November 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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dell.bsky.social
NEW: ICE is planning to build a shadow deportation network in Texas. A proposal outlines a 24/7 transport operation run by armed contractors—turning Texas into the logistical backbone of an industrialized deportation machine.

My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
Early planning documents reviewed by WIRED describe a statewide transport grid designed for steady detainee transfers across Texas, with ICE estimating each trip to average 100 miles. Every county would have its own small, around-the-clock team of contractors collecting immigrants from local authorities deputized by ICE. It is a subtle transfer of the physical custody process into the hands of a private security firm—authorized to carry firearms and perform transport duties “in any and all local, county, state, and ICE locations.”
October 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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muellershewrote.com
This is sick. Several of the MS13 gang members Trump traded to Bukele so he could have access to CECOT prison for deportees were actually COOPERATORS with law enforcement. He betrayed them. wapo.st/4nbNiM4
Rubio promised to betray U.S. informants to get Trump’s El Salvador prison deal
To secure U.S. access to President Nayib Bukele’s notorious CECOT prison, Rubio agreed to turn over several MS-13 leaders central to a long-running Justice Department investigation.
wapo.st
October 19, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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mcopelov.bsky.social
Presidentialism was a mistake
October 20, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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dianamoskovitz.bsky.social
Found this video while explaining the Portland Frogs to someone. Enjoy!
October 18, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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rude1.blacksky.team
Many will assume that Sora represents a new era of social media, but that's wrong. All it does is reanimate our current one. It's trying to hold on to something people have a diminishing use for. "We're certainly beyond the hashtag, clout- chasing, and desire-for-virality era of social media," Fraser says. Across social media, people have expressed that Sora is yet another example of techies manufacturing supply when there isn't even a demand. "What problem are we solving here? They're like, 'You can try the new app. You can make a moose have a spa day! I don't need to make a moose have a spa day," comedy writer Matt Buechele said on Instagram. "Like, cancer still exists." The uptick in artificial social networks, Fraser tells me, is being driven by the same tech egoists who have eroded public trust and inflamed social isolation through "divisive" algorithms. "[Theyl are now profiting on that isolation by creating spaces where folks can surround themselves with sycophantic bots."
October 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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ddayen.bsky.social
So this is funny.
The administration just issued a rule slashing foreign agricultural worker wages. And to justify it, in a public filing, Trump's Labor Department alleges that Trump's immigration enforcement has devastated the Ag workforce and caused a "risk of supply shock-induced food shortages."
Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis
In a filing in the Federal Register, the Labor Department argues there are “immediate dangers to the American food supply” due to a lack of migrant agricultural workers.
prospect.org
October 8, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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ianvisits.co.uk
In memoriam...
October 3, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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robertscotthorton.bsky.social
Kori Schake: “Yesterday morning, Trump and Hegseth behaved reprehensibly. Their speeches…were tantamount to incitement—a genuinely dangerous effort to suborn the military’s oath and condition them for using violence against their fellow Americans.” foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/01/t...
Trump’s Speech to Generals Was Incitement to Violence Against Americans
Military leaders’ quiet professionalism offers hope amid a maelstrom.
foreignpolicy.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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ufw.bsky.social
I’m a U.S. citizen who was wrongly arrested and held by ICE. Here’s why you could be next.

www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
I’m a U.S. citizen who was wrongly arrested and held by ICE. Here’s why you could be next
OPINION: “No matter your race, background or beliefs — none of us should have to fear being silenced, detained or dehumanized by the very government meant to protect us.”
www.sfchronicle.com
September 19, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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daverino.bsky.social
Delivering the truth, in spades
September 17, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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patrickdunleavy.bsky.social
Hubris is right, the arrogance of a first-past-the-post victor who believed 33% public support was enough to govern, and that no constitutional reforms were needed since held the levers of power. novaramedia.com/2025/09/15/a...
Arrogant and Inept, Keir Starmer’s Hubris Is Blowing Up in His Face | Novara Media
Liberals and lobby journalists jubilated last year when the grownups were finally put back in charge. Now, Starmer’s future and indeed Labour’s seem as certain as an iceberg lettuce, writes Joe Guinan...
novaramedia.com
September 15, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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markwarner.bsky.social
RFK Jr’s horrendous leadership of HHS threatens to undermine the health of an entire generation of kids. He must resign or be fired.
September 15, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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erininthemorning.com
1. In the immediate aftermath of Charlie Kirk's shooting, the WSJ laundered claims that "transgender symbols" were found with the shooter's gun.

Now, a press conference reveals that NO such symbols were found.

WSJ owes a full retraction and apology.

Subscribe to support our journalism.
Press Conference: No "Transgender" Or "LGBTQ" Symbols Found At Kirk's Shooting
Yesterday, several media outlets claimed or strongly implied that "transgender symbols" were found at the scene of the gun used by Charlie Kirk's shooter. This turned out to be false.
www.erininthemorning.com
September 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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maxbrockbank.com
Led By Donkeys have got Fartrage's number.
September 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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atrupar.com
Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him
September 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
CINDY MCCAIN: “The desperation is overwhelming.”
August 28, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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moiradonegan.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Without proof, and without much plausibility, Ábrego has been alleged by the Trump administration to be the author of various crimes and malfeasances. They admit that deporting him was a mistake, but also want us to believe that he is the sort of person who should be deported – a human trafficker, in one fantasy; a gang leader, in another. That there is no proof for these allegations is beside the point: the point is that the Trump administration is claiming authority over reality itself, claiming the ability to decide what is true and what is false, and to reclassify every migrant – and in particular every Latino male – as a criminally dangerous threat that must be eliminated. Ábrego, then, must be guilty because the Trump administration arrested him, and because they can do no wrong. He must be guilty because he is a migrant, and innocence and immigration are mutually exclusive. He must be guilty, too, because his case made them do something that they did not want to do: admit a mistake, face public pressure, reverse an action, and – worst of all – show weakness. And he must be guilty because he has become a symbol of all the immigrants they plan to deport, all the Americans whose rights they plan to trample on, all the past and future victims of their program.
August 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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jamellebouie.net
a bit late but the whole jillian michaels thing last week gave me an excuse to talk a bit about the economy of slavery in detail youtu.be/pRs2Xu1FWR4
How many slaveholders were there, really?
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
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August 26, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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interruptcrim.bsky.social
Join and support DC residents in resisting occupation. Here are a few ways:

✅ Call/write your members of Congress using this toolkit and/or the action alert below from @freedcproject.bsky.social: docs.google.com/document/u/0...
Tell Congress to stand down federal forces and respect DC — Free DC
freedcproject.org
August 26, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
I loved @vermontgmg.bsky.social's latest piece so much that I asked if I could republish it on The Handbasket and he so generously said yes.

If you haven't read it yet, please do. It's essential:
America tips into fascism (GUEST POST)
"Something is materially different in our country this week than last," writes historian Garrett Graff.
www.thehandbasket.co
August 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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adamjschwarz.bsky.social
Trump signs an executive order tasking Hegseth to establish "specialised units" within the National Guard to "deal with public order issues" across the US.

Using the US Military against the American public.
August 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM