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Stephen C. Rea @stevierea.bsky.social · 7h

Local news is *crucial*

Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 10h

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.

southsideweekly.com

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 9h

shoulda hired @dieworkwear.bsky.social

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 9h

nightmare playlist rotation

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 9h

yo they hired Mamdani video guys. someone's doing some thinking somewhere

Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 11h

The government is shut down because Trump and the Republicans are hellbent on taking health care away from you.

And they won’t even come to the table to talk to us about it.

This is not about politics. It's about people.

Let’s break it down:

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Fernando @punkbiology.bsky.social · 9h

É como ver a adaptação de um filme que você já assistiu.

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Feb 5

that said: I think the "it's not fascism unless they're good at it" brand of analysis probably isn't the move

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Patrick Radden Keefe @praddenkeefe.bsky.social · 10h

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 10h

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.

southsideweekly.com

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 9h

oh forgot the link sigh. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/trumps-wea...

Trump’s Weakness Is Not At Odds With His Fascism

Contra Corey Robin, fascists are often weak and incompetent. Also dangerous.

www.everythingishorrible.net

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 9h

as I tried to explain to corey robin, the Nazis were incompetent boobs.

not that that's much comfort to all the people they murdered.

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Feb 5

that said: I think the "it's not fascism unless they're good at it" brand of analysis probably isn't the move

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 10h

It's one thing to be politically divided into red states and blue states. We are now being militarily divided into red states and blue states. It's crossing the Rubicon, a bright-red flashing warning that the constitutional order is coming unglued, in a way that will have monumental consequences. /x

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 10h

To reiterate: this wasn't done even at the height of the civil rights era and massive resistance, when no doubt the bulk of those state's Guard units were themselves racists and segregationists. But they weren't treated as disloyal. There was no notion they would refuse the president's orders.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 19h

For the first time in history renewable energy sources are now generating more power than coal worldwide.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time

Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds

www.theguardian.com

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 10h

analytic philosopher, continental philosopher, African Studies theorist

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 1d

quantitative methods, qualitative methods, mixed methods

Photo of a Kansas City Chiefs press conference with Andy Reid, Travis Kelce, and Patrick Mahomes. Reid is wearing a gray suit and red tie with a lapel pin. Kelce is wearing a camp-style short-sleeved shirt with a bird print, along with a suede cap, and Mahomes is wearing a white collared shirt, a pink checkered double-breasted vest, and a pale pink tie.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 11h

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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Daryl Maguire’s tractor @daryltractor.bsky.social · 12h

The DFAT reports contain allegations of prison guards kicking and slapping the detainees, using "sleep deprivation" techniques, and confiscating medication. Others said they were not physically abused but "humiliated", with one claiming he was told to "dance like a monkey".

Australians released from Israeli detention after alleged beatings

Seven Australian activists arrested while trying to break Israel's naval blockade of Gaza have been deported to Jordan, the ABC understands.

www.abc.net.au

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 10h

Free Link

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Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 10h

I think more people should be aware of how much cool stuff Link does in real life. He’s not just a poster.

Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 1d

“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?

thinkingautismguide.com/2025/06/spac... #AutisticWhileBlack

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.

thinkingautismguide.com

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 2d

I think it's @cooperlund.online who first pointed out that they're not so much interested in fascism as generating fascist content

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 2d

Pretty clear Stephen Miller, Noem, Hegseth and Trump are trying to provoke a Civil War at this point. What's interesting is they want to do it now, because even though they're unpopular, they seem to believe this is the most popular they'll be ever again. We can't let them win.

Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 2d

This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power by the President of the United States.

America is on the brink of martial law.

Do not be silent.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 14h

the first sounds plausible to me though I'm maybe not quite that pessimistic about it, but agree on the second point

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Academic Anarchy🏴 @johnbrownbread.bsky.social · 14h

The nazis themselves were not some clever masterminds where everything they did went perfect. They were also comical idiots who did ridiculous things, like invading Russia in the winter.

They gained power because the opposition couldn’t understand that the fascists were not rational agents.

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Feb 5

that said: I think the "it's not fascism unless they're good at it" brand of analysis probably isn't the move

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 14h

This aged pretty well 😎

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Feb 5

that said: I think the "it's not fascism unless they're good at it" brand of analysis probably isn't the move

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 20h

It is unbelievably funny how load bearing American democratic norms turned out to be

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Mike Johnson ignores a question about when he'll swear in Rep.-elect Grijalva and walks away

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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 14h

You don't have to be good at fascism to be good at it unfortunately.

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Feb 5

that said: I think the "it's not fascism unless they're good at it" brand of analysis probably isn't the move

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Elaine @elainenoro.bsky.social · 14h

Being bad at it is a necessary consequence of fascism. If you find they are actually good at it you might be looking at something new.

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Feb 5

that said: I think the "it's not fascism unless they're good at it" brand of analysis probably isn't the move

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Malice Walker @humblecore.bsky.social · 15h

Reminds me of the time a certain EIC of a well-known progressive magazine bemoaned the lack of a conservative counterweight *in San Francisco* of all places.

This was also in 2023.

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d

this feels like forty years ago but it was 2023

www.newsweek.com/nancy-pelosi...

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