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Bluesky mods aid genocide by banning Palestinians @pastures.myatproto.social · 5d

I will start posting a screenshot of each of these as a monument to the hateful legacy of this site in the midst of a genocide, wherein you will see "Post deleted" at some point where a person of dignity in a true hell on earth simply asked for a chance to live and eat.

Help Motaz please.

MOTAZ-FAMILY
@motaz-architect.bsky.social
PLEASE STOP FOR A MOMENT * I'm Motaz from Gaza & this's my new account
after the old one was deleted I fight daily to protect my family & provide
food for my daughter But everything is expensive & life here is truly
exhausting PLS SHARE & DONATE 2.
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Umbire @umbire.blacksky.app · 6m

Please help Nour.

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David Sterman @davidsterman.bsky.social · 6m

Few more details.

Somalia is at 81 confirmed strikes plus a ground raid.

Yemen may include an alleged but not confirmed strike on AQAP not just the anti-Houthi campaign.

Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 35m

Yesterday's Syria strike puts US combat actions during the second Trump administration at:

—1,000+ air strikes in Yemen (March-April)
—75+ air strikes in Somalia
—7 air strikes and 3 JSOC ground raids in Syria
—4 air strikes in the Caribbean
—B-2 strikes on 3 sites in Iran
—1 air strike in Iraq

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 49m

New: Apple banned an app that simply archived videos of ICE abuses. Rather than other apps that record ICE official's real-time location, Eyes Up is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." Videos from TikTok etc. Every submission manually reviewed

www.404media.co/apple-banned...

Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses

Eyes Up's purpose is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." But it has been swept up in Apple's crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

www.404media.co

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C. Henry @henryhenryhenry.com · 3h

your post gets at the heart of it. in any civil conflict there is a wide civilian middle that lacks ideological reasons and/or material pressures to become a 'combatant' (broadly defined). but as political violence worsens, they can be persuaded to support the side that can guarantee their security.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 7h

Miller has a real theory of the case: A latent majority out there can be sleepwalked into authoritarianism with enough numbing agitprop. Polls show majorities reject the autocratic abuses but Miller plainly thinks voters in the middle lack conviction about any of it.

newrepublic.com/article/2014...

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C. Henry @henryhenryhenry.com · 4h

this is a good thread that finally reckons with the more primordial politics at play. there is a long, rich research tradition in conflict studies about the behavior of and strategy towards influencing audiences - by state security forces, by non-state armed actors. they all apply in the US now.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 8h

JB Pritzker and Gavin Newsom are doing something new and important: They understand Stephen Miller's theory of fascist power politics, and they've developed a theory on how to combat it. More Dems need to reckon with Miller's understanding of the moment.

New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2014...

Inside Stephen Miller’s Secret Plan to Normalize Trump’s Dictator Rule

He wants to supercharge searing civil tensions to get low-information voters to embrace their inner authoritarian. Exactly two Democrats appear to fully grasp this.

newrepublic.com

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C. Henry @henryhenryhenry.com · 4h

a very good place to start is this recent piece on civilian social media behavior during civil war:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

American Journal of Political Science | MPSA Journal | Wiley Online Library

Recent research emphasizes social media's potential for citizens to express shared grievances. In active conflict, however, social media posts indicating political loyalties can pose severe risks to ...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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C. Henry @henryhenryhenry.com · 4h

if you're in the US context, it's time to shift your idea of "mobilization" from GOTV and fundraising to more kinetic and immediate audience actions: supplying information to different groups and contesting physical spaces.

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Bluesky mods aid genocide by banning Palestinians @pastures.myatproto.social · 1h

Help Motaz!

Picture for posterity because they delete his accounts so quickly since the bluesky management support genocide

bsky.app/profile/mota...

M.O.T.A.Z
@motaz-aarchitect.bsky.social
I'm Motaz from Gaza & this's my new account
I'm exhausted from this life
We haven't received any donations for 3 days
& our situation is much worse than before f
It's been so long since we had real food or clean water,
We're pleading for your help.
• gofund.me/8d6ac6d27
• @mommunism.bsky.social

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 3h

'By applying protections meant for vulnerable groups to shield government actors, Apple has created — within its own ecosystem — a new kind of protected class: state power itself."

migrantinsider.com/p/scoop-appl...

SCOOP: Apple Quietly Made ICE Agents a Protected Class

Internal emails show tech giant used anti-hate-speech rules meant for minorities to block an app documenting immigration enforcement.

migrantinsider.com

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CAIR @cairnational.bsky.social · 1h

A new report from Brown University’s Costs of War Project reveals that the U.S. has spent over $30 billion supporting Israel’s genocide and other Middle East wars in just two years, on top of the $3.8 billion Israel already receives annually. tinyurl.com/49sw279n

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Bluesky mods aid genocide by banning Palestinians @pastures.myatproto.social · 17h

Here. Doxx the brussel sprouts

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Vicky ACAB @vickyacab.bsky.social · 18h

I know there's a lot to keep up with but someone has ALREADY been killed by ICE in Chicago, its not a theoretical question, and folks are dying in ICE detention and being disappeared constantly, when you say "someone's gonna get killed" youre actually washing the blood from their hands 😘✌️

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Bluesky mods aid genocide by banning Palestinians @pastures.myatproto.social · 17h

DOGE cutting costs by skimping on 8 1/2 x 11? Did the purchasing people not stock up on paper before the shutdown and none of the fash goons have a P-card?

Bluesky mods aid genocide by banning Palestinians @pastures.myatproto.social · 17h

That's not my window, I was doing a consult on a farm owned by some obscenely rich people after doing a consult on a farm operated by the same family for 150 years. Busy day. Took way better photos but I don't want to give away the locations where I work

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Bluesky mods aid genocide by banning Palestinians @pastures.myatproto.social · 17h

They do not even know how to use printers or sticky notes

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Bluesky mods aid genocide by banning Palestinians @pastures.myatproto.social · 17h

Sorry for the window glare

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Bluesky mods aid genocide by banning Palestinians @pastures.myatproto.social · 17h

Absolutely hilarious that the 250 year American project is ended by people like this

Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 21h

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

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jj skolnik @modernistwitch.myatproto.social · 18h

there is another characterization of the ice agents/national guard i keep seeing that i dislike for different reasons - that they’re incompetent/not “real” agents or military. obscures that this is systemic violence and the volume of the harm done

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Bluesky mods aid genocide by banning Palestinians @pastures.myatproto.social · 18h

Oh!!! Some evidence to the contrary. Definitely not something I expected, and it certainly beats directly following orders (though I wish just saying no was an option)

💞Sabrina💞 @sabrinarina.bsky.social · 1d

Oregon National Guard Adjutant General, General Gronewold says if they are federalized, that he will advise the Title 10 commander to utilize National Guard Troops to PROTECT protesters at ICE facilities. This is the right answer.

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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.bsky.social · Aug 31

Okarun from DanDaDan. He has a messy flat top and round glasses and a school uniform. He wears a backpack. He believes in the existence of aliens.

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ianthe 🐘: @[email protected] @ianthe.online · 2d

🐘 𝑰𝑨𝑵𝑻𝑯𝑬'𝑺 𝑯𝑶𝑾 𝑻𝑶 𝑫𝑶 𝑨 𝑴𝑨𝑺𝑻𝑶𝑫𝑶𝑵 𝑻𝑯𝑹𝑬𝑨𝑫 🐘

Hello! I'm gonna try my best to organize the important basic info here before hopefully making some sort of Actual Guide. Feel free to ask me any questions.

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Bluesky mods aid genocide by banning Palestinians @pastures.myatproto.social · 18h

So Bondi assumes there will never be any accountability either because she will be pardoned or because there will never be another Dem president, huh

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 19h

In addition to bombing make believe terrorists (otherwise known as the premeditated killing of civilians) in the Caribbean, the Trump administration also continues to bomb ISIS-Somalia.

President of Peace!

www.africom.mil/pressrelease...

In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. Africa Command conducted an airstrike targeting ISIS-Somalia on Oct. 3, 2025.

The airstrike occurred in the vicinity of the Golis Mountains, approximately 60 km southeast of Bossaso.

AFRICOM, alongside the Federal Government of Somalia and Somali Armed Forces, continues to take action to degrade ISIS-Somalia's ability to threaten the U.S. Homeland, our forces, and our citizens abroad.

Specific details about units and assets will not be released to ensure continued operations security.

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 1d

Bluesky keeps deleting Abo Jameel's fundraiser so you should definitely donate or share today

Abo jameel @sadmohammed12.bsky.social · 1d

Only $300 between hunger, shelter, and my kids lives. Don't let us collapse while we call on you. Don't let our voices die. We are now in your hearts. Don't let us down and leave us lost between hunger and oppression. You are love for us.
Im vetted by
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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 1d

Some sweet news on a hard day ❤️

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