Scout Tufankjian 🧿
@stufankjian.bsky.social
Photojournalist. Journalist safety fanatic.
Lover of mountains, հոնի չիր, ռեժան, կոթեմ, and karalyok. 🇦🇲
Lover of mountains, հոնի չիր, ռեժան, կոթեմ, and karalyok. 🇦🇲
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This story is nuts.
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
#BREAKING: A student intern at Rhode Island Superior Court was briefly taken into custody by ICE this afternoon before a judge intervened, 12 News has learned. Story by @jusolyn.bsky.social and @timwhiteri.bsky.social: ⤵️
RI judge intervenes after ICE mistakenly detains Superior Court intern
A teenager was nearly taken into federal immigration custody in Providence Thursday afternoon before a Superior Court judge intervened, according to the Rhode Island Judiciary.
www.wpri.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM
This story is nuts.
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
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For me it's the way the press pool just quietly went along with it because he's the president
The entire point of this country is that we don't have to let some guy do whatever he wants just because of his title. We don't have to respect him or go along with him just because he holds an office
The entire point of this country is that we don't have to let some guy do whatever he wants just because of his title. We don't have to respect him or go along with him just because he holds an office
I don't know why the "Piggy" thing is bothering me so much. It's one more unforgivable thing in a list of 20,000 unforgivable things, but I've been mad about it for like 12 straight hours.
November 19, 2025 at 2:26 AM
For me it's the way the press pool just quietly went along with it because he's the president
The entire point of this country is that we don't have to let some guy do whatever he wants just because of his title. We don't have to respect him or go along with him just because he holds an office
The entire point of this country is that we don't have to let some guy do whatever he wants just because of his title. We don't have to respect him or go along with him just because he holds an office
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22.6 million additional deaths, including 5.4 million children under five, due to aid cuts
This is the population of Sweden, Denmark, and Norway combined
November 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
22.6 million additional deaths, including 5.4 million children under five, due to aid cuts
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A dozen New York Times stories later:
Recent news coverage of extremist media personality Nick Fuentes might give readers the impression his audience is booming in size. But after reviewing our data, our researchers have some serious doubts that’s the case.
openmeasures.io/nick-fuentes...
openmeasures.io/nick-fuentes...
Flash Report: Claims of Nick Fuentes’ Growing Popularity Are Unsupported by Data - Open Measures
Open Measures builds accessible and transparent products to contextualize the spread of harmful online information that impacts public discourse and global events.
openmeasures.io
November 15, 2025 at 1:03 AM
A dozen New York Times stories later:
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Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
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The opinion desk is, with a few exceptions, staffed by dullards and reactionaries. Senior leadership has been on semi-open crusade against trans people. Star reporters covering Trump have seemingly held back info for books; those from the politics section openly launder right wingers as sources
November 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The opinion desk is, with a few exceptions, staffed by dullards and reactionaries. Senior leadership has been on semi-open crusade against trans people. Star reporters covering Trump have seemingly held back info for books; those from the politics section openly launder right wingers as sources
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I think there are a number of people employed at the New York Times -- certainly not all of them, but many! -- who simply do not grasp how badly the paper's credibility has been shaken over the past few years, along several different axes, and for multiple different reasons
November 13, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I think there are a number of people employed at the New York Times -- certainly not all of them, but many! -- who simply do not grasp how badly the paper's credibility has been shaken over the past few years, along several different axes, and for multiple different reasons
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This is who your subscription dollars are going. For the New York Times to launder conservative talking points designed to limit where and how women work to force dependency on men. They want us back to before women could own their own bank account. But sure.
women, are they bitches?
the question nobody with a soul is asking, answered by people nobody wants to hear from
November 6, 2025 at 1:44 PM
This is who your subscription dollars are going. For the New York Times to launder conservative talking points designed to limit where and how women work to force dependency on men. They want us back to before women could own their own bank account. But sure.
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Every new post tonight is like Dems have flipped the Mehaden town sewer authority, long dominated by conservatives, by a +38 margin
November 5, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Every new post tonight is like Dems have flipped the Mehaden town sewer authority, long dominated by conservatives, by a +38 margin
It’s a small thing, but it’s very nice to have a mayor who calls his father “Baba.”
November 5, 2025 at 4:28 AM
It’s a small thing, but it’s very nice to have a mayor who calls his father “Baba.”
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The last month of the anti-Mamdani campaign was an absolutely shameful undertaking, an attempt to rip the city and Democratic coalition apart and I'm very happy to see it failed.
November 5, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The last month of the anti-Mamdani campaign was an absolutely shameful undertaking, an attempt to rip the city and Democratic coalition apart and I'm very happy to see it failed.
While canvassing for Mamdani today I met two Cuomo canvassers who told me that they were getting paid $33/hour.
And he still lost.
Lol.
And he still lost.
Lol.
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
While canvassing for Mamdani today I met two Cuomo canvassers who told me that they were getting paid $33/hour.
And he still lost.
Lol.
And he still lost.
Lol.
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I'm really sorry to have subjected all of you to all this NYC posting but it's really been the most breathtakingly ugly race, particularly given that Mamdani has the affect and manner of a Sesame Street character
I don't know what will happen in NYC tonight, but I do know that regardless of outcome, any number of public figures, celebrities, politicians and institutions that oppose Mamdani have done so with a level of rhetorical ugliness, racism, and dishonesty that should neither be forgotten nor forgiven.
November 4, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I'm really sorry to have subjected all of you to all this NYC posting but it's really been the most breathtakingly ugly race, particularly given that Mamdani has the affect and manner of a Sesame Street character
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2 MILLION VOTES: NYC! All before 9 p.m.
More of our election coverage can be found here at thecity.nyc
More of our election coverage can be found here at thecity.nyc
November 5, 2025 at 1:51 AM
2 MILLION VOTES: NYC! All before 9 p.m.
More of our election coverage can be found here at thecity.nyc
More of our election coverage can be found here at thecity.nyc
I know this is deeply pedantic, and obviously fuck her and her racism, but "stan" is just a suffix that means "land."
Source: am Armenian, a citizen of Armenia/Հայաստան/Hayastan.
Source: am Armenian, a citizen of Armenia/Հայաստան/Hayastan.
This is a completely unhinged thing to post, fucking hell man.
November 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I know this is deeply pedantic, and obviously fuck her and her racism, but "stan" is just a suffix that means "land."
Source: am Armenian, a citizen of Armenia/Հայաստան/Hayastan.
Source: am Armenian, a citizen of Armenia/Հայաստան/Hayastan.
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Schumer still hasn't endorsed Mamdani yet, right?
Remarkable.
Everyone pay attention and keep receipts.
Remarkable.
Everyone pay attention and keep receipts.
November 3, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Schumer still hasn't endorsed Mamdani yet, right?
Remarkable.
Everyone pay attention and keep receipts.
Remarkable.
Everyone pay attention and keep receipts.
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They are trying to make Mamdani die laughing now.
November 4, 2025 at 3:08 AM
They are trying to make Mamdani die laughing now.
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Look at this and then think back to how Kamala Harris responded to protestors with "I'm speaking"
A heckler kept yelling about “intifada” & “communism” at Zohran Mamdani’s rally.
Mamdani responds with: “I want you to be able to afford this city too my brother. I want you to be able to call this city home too…We stand together with a vision of a city that has room for every political opinion.”
Mamdani responds with: “I want you to be able to afford this city too my brother. I want you to be able to call this city home too…We stand together with a vision of a city that has room for every political opinion.”
November 4, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Look at this and then think back to how Kamala Harris responded to protestors with "I'm speaking"
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After two years of a genocidal campaign, the first and only officers arrested in Israel were the military prosecutors investigating war crimes.
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November 3, 2025 at 11:44 AM
After two years of a genocidal campaign, the first and only officers arrested in Israel were the military prosecutors investigating war crimes.
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It's funny that there are still people on here who think Israelis shouldn't be held to account in the international legal fora because of some so called independent judiciary. The judiciary is a subsidiary of the occupation system. Take a look at the timeline of events below re: Sde Teiman rape.
Allow me to summarize:
1. 5 IDF soldiers caught sexually molesting a Palestinian prisoner.
2. IDF files charges.
3. IDF AG faces enormous pressure from government to drop charges. Mob storms base where it happened.
4. IDF AG leaks video documenting the molestation.
5. IDF AG pushed out (continued)
1. 5 IDF soldiers caught sexually molesting a Palestinian prisoner.
2. IDF files charges.
3. IDF AG faces enormous pressure from government to drop charges. Mob storms base where it happened.
4. IDF AG leaks video documenting the molestation.
5. IDF AG pushed out (continued)
IDF's legal chief resigns over suspected involvement in Gaza detainee abuse video leak
In a Statement Friday Morning, Defense Minister Israel Katz Cited the 'Severity of the Suspicions' Against Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi in the Sde Teiman Affair, Saying She Won't Be Reinstated. Sh...
www.haaretz.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:25 PM
It's funny that there are still people on here who think Israelis shouldn't be held to account in the international legal fora because of some so called independent judiciary. The judiciary is a subsidiary of the occupation system. Take a look at the timeline of events below re: Sde Teiman rape.
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my fave local independent bookstore!!!
Trick-or-treat at Brooklyn's oldest operating bookstore, Community Bookstore on 7th Ave.
November 1, 2025 at 2:35 AM
my fave local independent bookstore!!!
JFC, the NYT has really devolved into self parody.
In Opinion
Early in Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral campaign, “it was easy to assume that failure to learn his name reflected a failure to take him seriously,” John McWhorter writes. But “as a matter of pure linguistics, it would be surprising if people didn’t have trouble with the name Mamdani.”
Early in Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral campaign, “it was easy to assume that failure to learn his name reflected a failure to take him seriously,” John McWhorter writes. But “as a matter of pure linguistics, it would be surprising if people didn’t have trouble with the name Mamdani.”
Opinion | I Now Mispronounce You the Likely Next Mayor of New York City
A lot of people seem to trip over Zohran Mamdani’s name. The reason may not be as simple as it seems.
nyti.ms
October 31, 2025 at 2:25 PM
JFC, the NYT has really devolved into self parody.
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This really is unfair to @nytpitchbot.bsky.social
In Opinion
Early in Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral campaign, “it was easy to assume that failure to learn his name reflected a failure to take him seriously,” John McWhorter writes. But “as a matter of pure linguistics, it would be surprising if people didn’t have trouble with the name Mamdani.”
Early in Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral campaign, “it was easy to assume that failure to learn his name reflected a failure to take him seriously,” John McWhorter writes. But “as a matter of pure linguistics, it would be surprising if people didn’t have trouble with the name Mamdani.”
Opinion | I Now Mispronounce You the Likely Next Mayor of New York City
A lot of people seem to trip over Zohran Mamdani’s name. The reason may not be as simple as it seems.
nyti.ms
October 31, 2025 at 2:22 PM
This really is unfair to @nytpitchbot.bsky.social