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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 9h

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 8h

Nour published a piece :-). Also, make sure that yiu to to her campaign and help her and her family out.

Nour @nouiirr.bsky.social · 9h

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

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Sara Baker @sarabaker.bsky.social · 8h

I find I have no patience for people who decide not to pay attention.

Sara Baker @sarabaker.bsky.social · 15h

It was easy to get my Covid shot at Walgreens here in TN. I scheduled and filled out the paperwork online. No in-person questions, no cost. There were other under-65s there for it, and the tech was offering it to anyone around.

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Sara Baker @sarabaker.bsky.social · 18h

I am enjoying this fight but please make it a dance-off.

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Sara Baker @sarabaker.bsky.social · 18h

Exactly who is "they" in this ludicrous scenario?

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Sara Baker @sarabaker.bsky.social · 19h

This is a deeply upsetting story. As if the Rohingya people have not suffered enough due to an attempted genocide that killed tens of thousands, sent 700,000 fleeing, and imprisoned 145,000 in camps, the withdrawal of US aid is now starving the survivors and children are dying.

Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 23h

Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 1d

you guys happen to notice how everything is finance and landlords now and many things are both

flipinidaho @flipinidaho.bsky.social · 1d

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The building is in a 27 million dollar foreclosure filed by Wells Fargo. The next day, Wells Fargo filed an emergency motion for receivership. The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo.

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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Ashley Lynch ✂️🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 1d

Any trans person who begins their transition today is exhibiting more courage than most people will in their entire lives.

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HT4Ecosocialism @ht4ecosocialism.bsky.social · 2d

Excellent stuff from Greta! 👌🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

Greta Thunberg: ‘We Are Not Heroes. We Are Doing The Bare Minimum’

YouTube video by Novara Media

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Aveta👾🇭🇹 @aliafonzy.blacksky.app · 2d

Unfortunate update: Link reached out to BlueSky and got email back now on reason.

His appeal is denied. He will remain permanently banned on BlueSky’s side.

Here are the screenshots he just sent me as of 8:22 AM EST(my time)

A screenshot of an email from the Bluesky Moderation Team with the subject line “Bluesky Account Behavior” sent at 22:15. The email states that a Bluesky account controlled by the recipient, with the handle @spacelawshitpost.me, posted a reply with an image where the alt text reads: Charlie Kirk sitting in a white T-shirt that says “Freedom.” A negative consequence follows. The email indicates this post violates Community Guidelines regarding violent or threatening speech, specifically listing threats of violence or physical harm against individuals, groups, institutions, or the general public, and incitement of self-harm or suicide.

A screenshot of an email continuation from the Bluesky Moderation Team displaying a bulleted list of Community Guidelines violations. The first bullet point describes threats of violence or physical harm as including threats or encouragement of violence against individuals, groups, institutions, or the general public. The second bullet point defines incitement of self-harm or suicide as content that encourages self-harm or suicide. The third bullet point explains wishes of harm as expressions of a desire for harm directed at a specific person or group. Below the bullets, a paragraph states that users may not use Bluesky to break the law or cause harm to others and that all users must be treated with respect. The next paragraph informs the recipient that as a result of these violations, your account has been taken down. A closing paragraph thanks the user for doing their part to keep Bluesky a welcoming and empowering place for all users and instructs them to email moderation@blueskyweb.xyz if they have questions or wish to appeal the decision. The email ends with the signature Bluesky Moderation Team.

A screenshot of an email from the Bluesky Moderation Team sent at 08:11 with the subject line Re: Bluesky Account Behavior addressed To: Hide My Email. The email reads:

Hi there,

Thank you for reaching out to appeal the takedown of your account on Bluesky. We have carefully reviewed your case, including the information you provided and the activity that led to the suspension of your account.

After investigating, we have determined that your account activity was in violation of our community guidelines, specifically promoting hateful content or being disruptive to other users. We take these guidelines seriously to ensure a safe and respectful environment for all our users.

As a result, we regret to inform you that your appeal has been denied, and your account will remain suspended. This decision is final and cannot be reversed. We understand that this may be disappointing news, but we must prioritize the well-being of our community and maintain a consistent enforcement of our policies. We encourage you to review our community guidelines to better understand the expectations we have for user behavior on our platform. Please do not create new accounts, since those will be taken down for ban evasion.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 3d

I’m sorry WHAT??

LINK HAS BEEN BANNED?

WTAF @jay.bsky.team

Miriam @miriamboosh.bsky.social · 3d

Let me get this straight: Link, a Black user, got banned for calling out the Bluesky CEO for following a racist. That’s not a good look, especially given Bluesky’s historical treatment of Black users here on bluesky.

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 3d

We’ve taught people that public health institutions are run by politics and business and are untrustworthy, that safety for the public good is for suckers, and that anyone wanting changes to grapple with how badly we handled Covid is “living in 2020.” It’s hard to imagine how we could’ve done worse.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 4d

If you work for ICE, you should quit.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 4d

history teacher in 50 years: So in September, that’s when the president signed an executive order criminalizing anti-fascism and saying all resistance would be crushed

student: oh so that’s when the whole country realized they were living under fascism

teacher: haha what? oh no lol not at all. no.

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Sara Baker @sarabaker.bsky.social · 4d

He really does. I’m enjoying him in this a lot—especially with that mustache.

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 4d

I visited the apartment building ICE raided on Tuesday today. Story to come, but you can walk right in. Half of the apartments have no doors on them. Children's stuff abandoned in some flats. *Citizen* residents told me they were arrested and held for hours in zipties. This is America

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 5d

Logan Square neighborhood, Chicago. Man wearing a balaclava in a white, unmarked vehicle, pulls the pin on a tear gas canister and tosses it in the road.

"Just trying to grab some lunch and these fucking losers showed up. FUCK ICE!"
source: www.reddit.com/r/LoganSquar...

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Sara Baker @sarabaker.bsky.social · 5d

He’s got that eyebrow raised just enough to let us know he knows.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 5d

🚨🚨 My dear friend and fellow academic, the Palestinian American sociologist @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social has been taken by the Cook County Sheriff near Chicago. They have not mirandized her. Please signal boost. All eyes on Broadview for Eman and the community she was defending 🚨🚨

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Sara Baker @sarabaker.bsky.social · 5d

Those are life. AI is not.

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Sara Baker @sarabaker.bsky.social · 6d

I am harmed by reading this nonsense.

Sara Baker @sarabaker.bsky.social · 6d

I’ve started reading my 9 y.o. poetry at bedtime instead of novels for a bit. Tonight we read a few by Langston Hughes and Gwendolyn Brooks, and we listened to Nikki Giovanni. She was really into Giovanni’s reading, so I dug up a recording of one of my own and she was in awe. 😍

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 6d

We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 6d

"Jones, 27, is among the residents left at 7500 S. South Shore Drive who are trying to piece together what remains after an early morning, high-powered federal immigration raid led to the arrests of dozens of their neighbors at their South Shore apartment building."

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Sara Baker @sarabaker.bsky.social · 6d

I don’t compromise on shoes, bedding, underwear, coats, backpacks, luggage, pans, or protein powder.

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