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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

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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Phillip Maciak @pjmaciak.bsky.social · 1d

There's a vague, "well, higher ed *could* use some reform, right?" sentiment I see creeping much further left than you'd imagine in response to Trump's attacks on colleges. @sivav.bsky.social does a great job unpacking the unseriousness of his "COMPACT" here:
newrepublic.com/article/2013...

Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down

How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education

newrepublic.com

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Patrick Jackson @pehjackson.bsky.social · 2d

Now we can all live in Bentham’s Panopticon! www.29news.com/2025/10/02/a...

Albemarle County Police launches new security camera registry

Police hope the NeighborLink registry will help them solve crimes faster.

www.29news.com

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Ernie Smith @ernie.tedium.co · 3d

I’m gonna marry her anyway

CNBC @cnbc.com · 3d

To shut down rude behavior instantly, try a simple yet powerful five-word response.

Use this 5-word phrase when someone is rude to you—it's like 'holding up a mirror,' says public speaking expert

When we encounter a rude person, our first instinct might be to fire back with a snarky comment. But that's not the right move, says public speaking expert John Bowe. Here's the perfect response to instantly shut down rude behavior.

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Thomas Frampton @tframpton.bsky.social · 3d

Even the Jefferson Council appears to recognize that UVA shouldn’t sign the “Compact.”

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Andrew @tjsleakyroof.bsky.social · 3d

reminder that public comment signup for Thurday’s ACPS Board meeting opens at 8:30am tomorrow through a form on the Board’s website, if you would like to speak in support of Allison Spillman as she handles the disingenuous right wing campaign against her

Andrew @tjsleakyroof.bsky.social · 6d

yeah the repeatedly failed state legislature candidate who moved here in 2020, the right wing radio host who faildoxes people under a pseudonym, and the candidate Allison trounced for her spot on the Board are all trying to make this a thing. really think it’s important to nip this in the bud.

Andrew @tjsleakyroof.bsky.social · 6d

want to boost this. guarantee TPUSA is going to try and stack it, but they simply do not have the local numbers to do so *if* we recognize it’s coming and respond in kind. I think it’s critical to set a tone that we will back our local officials against disingenuous right wing bullshit.

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Galina Esther Shubina, my coffee is my own @galsh.bsky.social · 3d

5 years. Kulldorff still can't explain how "focused protection" works in practice. A magical noun phrase that implies that

(a) we can identify all the immunocompromised people at all;
(b) they can lock themselves down, without suffering economic consequences, and
(c) long COVID doesn't exist.

Michelle Cohen @docmcohen.medsky.social · 3d

"Lockdowns" were not a monolithic policy but instead became a politicized buzzword spouted by so-called "heterodox" figures to vilify COVID mitigation measures.

Kulvinder Kaur (Gill) QT of Kulldorff's GBD tweet:

Lockdowns kill. Censorship kills.
Lockdowns kill. Censorship kills.
Lockdowns kill. Censorship kills.

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 5d

Federal officer blasts chemical spray into vocal but nonviolent Portland protester, video shows

The interaction illustrates how federal law enforcement officers do use aggressive tactics against protesters who yell and needle officers but don’t appear to present clear physical threats.

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Janet Spittler @janetspittler.bsky.social · 5d

Student sign: UVA CANNOT BE BOUGHT.

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Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social · 5d

Although it remains to be seen what effect it will have in the end, I was proud that the faculty senate at UVA voted to pass a “Resolution Opposing the ‘Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education’.” Many students turned out brandishing signs that read “UVA CANNOT BE BOUGHT.”

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Patrick Jackson @pehjackson.bsky.social · 5d

UVA Faculty Senate passed a resolution strongly opposing the Trump “Compact.” We, at least, remain committed to the historic values and mission of the university.

Resolution Opposing the "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education"
WHEREAS the United States Secretary of Education has requested that the University of Virginia enter into a “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”, and
WHEREAS the Compact contains provisions antithetical to the mission and traditions of the University, and
WHEREAS the Compact contains provisions which endanger the independence and integrity of the University, and
WHEREAS the compact likely violates state and federal law, and infringes upon the constitutional rights of members of the University community, and
WHEREAS the University of Virginia exemplifies American academic values of the highest standard, including universal right to free speech and the cultivation of academic freedom; therefore
BE IT RESOLVED that the Faculty Senate of the University of Virginia firmly opposes this Compact as written and calls upon Interim President Mahoney and the Board of Visitors to also reject this Compact outright as well as any similar proposal compromising the mission, values, and independence of the University.

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 5d

"We all learned long ago on the playground that trying to appease a bully only makes things worse. It’s equally hard to imagine how higher education will recover if colleges and universities begin conceding to Mr. Trump’s illegal compact."

via UC-Berkeley Law Dean
🎁
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...

Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion

www.nytimes.com

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Ryan Boyd @ryanboyd.bsky.social · 7d

I don't know how university leaders expect to sustain their institutions *even as class-reproduction machines* if they sell out to a dictator and crush their own core workers. Like, you have to put oil in the engine. You have to put gasoline in the car.

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Patrick Jackson @pehjackson.bsky.social · 7d

Purely from a pragmatic standpoint, letting people bleed out while you verify their citizenship is impractical

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Vance: "If you're an American citizen & you've been to the hospital in the last few years, you've probably noticed wait times are especially large & very often somebody who's there in the ER is an illegal alien. Why do those people get healthcare benefits at hospitals paid for by American citizens?"

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Patrick Jackson @pehjackson.bsky.social · 8d

“Fascism” seems like the least inflammatory way to describe this

NPR @npr.org · 8d

JUST IN: President Trump has told top U.S. commanders that the military would be used against "enemy within."

Trump defends use of U.S. military against 'enemy within'

Earlier, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the purpose of the department would exclusively be "war fighting."

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Patrick Jackson @pehjackson.bsky.social · 9d

Disqualifying

Blue Virginia @bluevirginia.bsky.social · 9d

"We're talking about Tech, by the way; saw the game this past Friday - go 'Hoos!" - Winsome Earle-Sears bluevirginia.us/2025/09/very...

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Carlos Noreña @carlosfnorena.bsky.social · 11d

We're all dunking on this post, but we really need to ask ourselves if we would do any better in his position.

Would any of us do better? Would we? Yes. Yes, we would. We would *all* do better than this.

My GOD

Hakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social · 11d

The Trump administration’s threat to deploy troops in Portland is unlawful.

Here’s a thought.

Focus on protecting the healthcare of the American people.

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Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · 11d

complete loser shit

Hakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social · 11d

The Trump administration’s threat to deploy troops in Portland is unlawful.

Here’s a thought.

Focus on protecting the healthcare of the American people.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 13d

It feels like an insult to the notion of objective reality to invoke “experts” to weigh in on a numerical fact you can verify with a pocket calculator

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 13d

"experts say"
www.cnn.com/2025/08/11/b...

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Streetwise, the Cville DEAD Cat (Dead for Halloween) @averysafecat.bsky.social · 13d

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11d

Trump is ordering the military to use “full force” against an American city, while the Supreme Court declares him the Sun King and Congress hides under a pile of coats.

The checks and balances only work when the institutions aren’t run by utter cowards and the complicit

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 13d

i guess this has to be better than taking to other duke alums

Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 13d

JJ Redick just said "I used to talk to my friends but now I spend my nights having long conversations with ChatGPT" live on ESPN LA so I can't wait for this season of Lakers basketball

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 14d

BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered the University of South Dakota to reinstate a professor who posted criticism of Charlie Kirk on his Facebook page the day of the shooting, finding the action likely violated the First Amendment. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Patrick Jackson @pehjackson.bsky.social · 14d

Not everyone who disagrees with me is a Nazi, but some of the people who disagree with me are Nazis

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14d

Vance: "If you want stop political violence, stop telling your supporters that everybody who disagrees with you is a Nazi."

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Patrick Jackson @pehjackson.bsky.social · 15d

I urge people not to take medical advice from Trump or Kennedy (also Makary, Bhattacharya, and Prasad)

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