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A million Muslims live in New York City. We belong here, as does every other New Yorker.

This is vile Islamophobia from the Councilwoman and it has no place in our city.
December 15, 2025 at 10:25 PM
“We can be inspired by Ahmed al Ahmed, the brave bystander who showed solidarity in action by stopping more deaths, and may he and all the injured recover quickly.” - Wendy Elisheva Somerson
Ahmed al Ahmed, 43, has been identified as the man who disarmed one of the Sydney attackers.

Ahmed was shot by the second shooter, who was firing from a bridge. He suffered 2 gunshot wounds and is undergoing surgery.
December 16, 2025 at 9:19 AM
This is absolutely horrifying.
December 14, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Brett Kavanaugh's "minor inconvience" now includes beating people up and cutting off their wedding rings for [checks notes] "observing ICE from a distance."
December 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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A 3yr old girl was shot to death today by the IsraeliDeathForce in Gaza near KhanYunis.
In a social media post they called it a CeasefireViolation & said a TERRORIST crossed the yellow line.
>IT WAS A 3 YEAR OLD CHILD!!!
>The MEDIA & POLITICIANS are CORRUPT & have SOLD OUT!
December 8, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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The RSF just attacked a kindergarten, killing at least 33 children in Sudan.

Meanwhile, the Trump Admin. continues to sell arms to the UAE, who are aiding these atrocities.

Imagine if Trump spent as much time trying to stop the killing, as he did getting the UAE to invest in his crypto coin.
Sudanese paramilitary drone attack kills 50, including 33 children in Kordofan, doctor group says
A drone attack by Sudanese paramilitary forces has hit a kindergarten in south-central Sudan, killing 50 people, including 33 children, according to a doctors’ group
www.washingtonpost.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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“Access to clean water remains a challenge for people in #Gaza. UNRWA colleagues are working tirelessly to provide and improve such access. In November, our teams supplied 90,000 cubic metres of water to communities.”
— UNRWA Commissioner-General

Full statement: www.unrwa.org/newsroom/off...
December 3, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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The president has illegally declared war to stop fentanyl trafficking from a country that does not traffic that drug, claiming its leader is trafficking drugs himself, the day after pardoning a former leader of a country who is a convicted drug trafficker.
Just to level set
November 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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When an ICE agent fired the tear gas canister, it hit 55-year-old nurse Vincent Hawkins in the face, shattering his glasses and concussing him.

As he was rushed to the emergency room, he wondered if he'd ever see through his left eye again.
Trump’s Immigration Forces Deploy “Less Lethal” Weapons in Dangerous Ways, Skirting Rules and Maiming Protesters
Civil rights and weapons experts cite the consequences of federal agents’ use of crowd control weapons: religious leaders shot with pepper balls and noxious chemicals. A nurse nearly blinded by tear g...
www.propublica.org
November 30, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Closing out #Caturday with a lil snooze…

#CatsofBluesky
#BlueskyCats
#Cats
November 30, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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I think this particular headline speaks for itself.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
November 29, 2025 at 11:21 PM
This is deeply troubling… and disgusting.
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university

Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 5:28 AM
The tryptophan must be kicking in…

Cat
Cats
CatsofBluesky
Caturday
November 27, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Manifest destiny… that’s what they tried to sell us…

What a bunch of bullshit!

#NativeAmericans
#FirstNations
#Thanksgiving
November 27, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Word.
November 27, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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In California, a mother of eight who has lived in the country for 40 years was deported just one day after she reported sexual harassment by an ICE contractor on her case. This action was taken despite a judge’s order prohibiting it.
November 24, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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"Israel's government spent about $45 million on propaganda ads across Google and YouTube — campaigns denying famine, smearing the UN, and laundering the image of an army accused of genocide. These platforms are ... paid accomplices in manufacturing consent for mass killing."
Leaked plans reveal Silicon Valley profiting from Gaza’s destruction: “voluntary” displacement, AI kill lists, and branded tech zones—all while Palestinians are displaced.

Ramah Kudaimi and Evan Sutton report.
This Is What Genocide Looks Like When Silicon Valley Writes the Brochure
Corporate, tech oligarchs are providing the infrastructure for and profiting off genocide in Gaza. But accountability is closer than you think.
inthesetimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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We found that Donald Trump has granted clemency in at least a dozen criminal cases that originated during his first term.

No president since Clinton has used clemency to erase his own appointees’ actions on such a scale.

By @jeremykohler.bsky.social
Trump Is Undoing DOJ Prosecutions From His First Term
We found that Donald Trump has granted clemency in at least a dozen criminal cases that originated during his first term. No other president has used clemency to erase his own appointees’ actions on s...
www.propublica.org
November 20, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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“The review found that Harvard in 2005 admitted Mr. Epstein as a visiting fellow in the psychology department and readmitted him the following year. And the review concluded “it is likely” that Mr. Epstein visited Harvard more than 40 times after his release from jail, between 2010 and 2018.”

BRO.
Harvard Will Open a New Inquiry Into Faculty Ties to Epstein
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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NEW: ProPublica examined months of Fox News’ coverage and reviewed over 700 videos posted on social media.

The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops
After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision, ProPublica found that Fox’s portrayal of “Portland rioters” routinely instigating violence was misleading.
www.propublica.org
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Our reporting has shown that recent policy changes at the VA are having an impact on working conditions and on patient care, but we need your help to understand the full picture.

If you recently left the VA, here’s how you can reach us:
Why Did You Leave the Department of Veterans Affairs?
ProPublica wants to hear from doctors, nurses and other front-line medical providers who recently left positions at a VA hospital or clinic.
www.propublica.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:08 PM
So, I bought something from overseas for $80. I was notified today that I needed to pay a duty, due to tariffs, that was $109. So messed up and ridiculous.
November 11, 2025 at 4:28 AM
It looks like the Dems are caving, w/out extending ACA health care credits. What do they get in return? A “promised vote” on extending them in mid-December. The GOP voted to end the credits in the BBB and closed the government b/c they refused to extend them. So, how do you think that vote will go?
November 10, 2025 at 2:28 AM