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Thomas Bauska @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social · 1d

Updated a classic.

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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 1d

Many thanks @pbsnews.org for the great opportunity this evening about our new book #ScienceUnderSiege @michaelemann.bsky.social @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social @publicaffairs1796.bsky.social

m.youtube.com/watch?v=VZq7...

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

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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Scott in Montreal🇨🇦 @scottinmontreal.ca · 1d

<snip>“We call it the ‘Deport and Replace’ strategy,” De Loera-Brust said, “which is defined above all to make it easier for corporate agribusiness to exploit its workers, whether terrified undocumented residents or an unlimited pool of cheap foreign guest workers.</snip>

David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 1d

So this is funny.
The administration just issued a rule slashing foreign agricultural worker wages. And to justify it, in a public filing, Trump's Labor Department alleges that Trump's immigration enforcement has devastated the Ag workforce and caused a "risk of supply shock-induced food shortages."

Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis

In a filing in the Federal Register, the Labor Department argues there are “immediate dangers to the American food supply” due to a lack of migrant agricultural workers.

prospect.org

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Alfonso Ríos @alfonsoriosv.bsky.social · 2d

Enpresaren autoritarismoaren kontra eta segurtasun neurri gehiago exijitzeko daude greban #Petronor -eko langileak.
Irakurri beharreko artikulua @elsaltodiario.com egunkarian @virutas.bsky.social idatzitakoa.

Petronor, en huelga indefinida frente al “autoritarismo empresarial” y la creciente “inseguridad”

La huelga indefinida en Petronor va mucho más allá del traslado de vestuarios. La plantilla denuncia recortes en seguridad, sobrecarga laboral y un deterioro de las instalaciones que describen como un...

www.elsaltodiario.com

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El Salto @elsaltodiario.com · 2d

🏭Petronor, en huelga indefinida frente al “autoritarismo empresarial” y la creciente “inseguridad”.

✍🏻Miguel Virizuela.

https://elsal.to/44336

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Writing Vertebrate @mecha-2ri.bsky.social · 28d

Las negociaciones empiezan MAÑANA y en España todavía tenemos que darle la vuelta a la tortilla, así que si vais a poneros chapas el momento es YA.

Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 28d

Reminder that the EU still wants to instate chat control and scan ALL of your private messages!

We're up to 7 nations officially opposing chat control! Use the link below to contact your nation's representatives and tell them you want NO chat control!

fightchatcontrol.eu#member-states

Fight Chat Control - Protect Digital Privacy in the EU

Learn about the EU Chat Control proposal and contact your representatives to protect digital privacy and encryption.

fightchatcontrol.eu

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Shola Hoon @sholahoon.bsky.social · 3d

Nostradumbass

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 6d

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404 Media @404media.co · 6d

New: Apple just removed ICEBlock, the app for reporting sightings of ICE, from its App Store after DOJ pressure. ICEBlock's developer tells 404 Media "we are determined to fight this."

"Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never the right move."

www.404media.co/iceblock-own...

ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’

Apple removed ICEBlock reportedly after direct pressure from Department of Justice officials. “I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never t...

www.404media.co

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Marcelo Virutas @virutas.bsky.social · 5d

Hoy ha sido un día bonito.

“Una gran pancarta ha presidido las ollas en ebullición en torno a las cuales se han sentado muchos de los que pasan las noches en estos pabellones: “Aquí sobre vivimos”, se lee telegrafiado con separaciones”

www.elsaltodiario.com/bilbao/cenas...

Cenas solidarias contra el abandono de 80 migrantes que serán desalojados de Consonni y Lancor

Las vecinas son claras: "En un barrio en el que se van a construir miles de viviendas, lo mínimo es garantizar un techo a quienes hoy son empujados a la calle”

www.elsaltodiario.com

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El Salto @elsaltodiario.com · 6d

🔴Manifestantes en apoyo a la Flotilla llenan las calles de Euskal Herria.
Imágenes de Donostia (Javi Julio), Bilbao
(Eider Iturriaga) y Gasteiz (Mikel Bejarano)
www.elsaltodiario.com/palestina/ba...

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Fonsi Loaiza @fonsiloaizap.bsky.social · 7d

El pueblo de Nápoles en Italia se acaba de echar a la calle ahora mismo en defensa de la Flotilla en solidaridad con el pueblo de Palestina al grito de "bloqueamos todo". Grandes.

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Comentadora Tortuga @comentadortortuga.bsky.social · 7d

🇵🇸 Antes del abordaje, la ocupación intentó intimidar a la flotilla por radio: "Deténganse o confiscaremos sus barcos".

Tiago respondió:
"Somos una misión humanitaria, pacífica y legal. Llevamos comida, medicinas y agua. El mundo observa. Los responsables pagarán por su violencia."

#FreedomFlotilla

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 7d

BREAKING: Reports of spontaneous protests erupting in European cities tonight in solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla, which was illegally attacked by Israel an hour ago.

Demonstrations have been seen in Berlin🇩🇪 & Rome🇮🇹 - and these are the current scenes in Brussels🇧🇪 👇

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Ekologistak Martxan @ekologistakmartxan.org · 7d

#DenokKalera 🇵🇸

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Marcelo Virutas @virutas.bsky.social · 9d

Ante el inminente derribo y desalojo ilegal de las casi 100 personas que viven actualmente en los pabellones de Consonni y Lancor en Bilbao, hemos decidido organizar una
🍲ACCIÓN/CENA SOLIDARIA🍲
para evitar el desalojo.

Gora elkartasuna!

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Marcelo Virutas @virutas.bsky.social · 16d

El Ayuntamiento de Bilbao pretende expulsar a casi 80 personas de forma ilegal para proceder, sin levantar la liebre, al derribo de los viejos pabellones de Consonni y Lancor. Lo contamos en exclusiva en el @elsaltodiario.com www.elsaltodiario.com/bilbao/inmin...

El “inminente” derribo de dos pabellones en Zorrotzaurre supondría el desalojo ilegal de unas 80 personas

Fuentes municipales confirman que la operación se llevará a cabo en breve, aunque sin fecha pública, lo que podría ser ilegal por tratarse de una morada. Las parcelas pasarán a manos de la Corporación...

www.elsaltodiario.com

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Alfonso Fom 🇵🇪 @alfonsofom.bsky.social · 29d

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · Sep 5

What's driving anti-government protests in Indonesia? "The underlying issue is economic inequality," says Human Rights Watch researcher Andreas Harsono.

https://www.democracynow.org/2025/9/5/indonesia

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Marcelo Virutas @virutas.bsky.social · Sep 5

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Bukuku @bukuku.bsky.social · Aug 25

Ya no puedes buscar nada en Google sin que te salgan no uno, sino cinco refritos IA completamente imbéciles que además se han nutrido de polladas escritas por IA siguiendo los promts que algún gilipollas le ha metido al ChatGPT para rellenar páginas y páginas de porquería sin sentido que nadie lee.

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Hamed Aleaziz @haleaziz.bsky.social · Aug 5

This morning, ICE sent out a memo offering cash bonuses for quick deportations.

The New York Times reached out to DHS about the memo.

It then got cancelled.

Story:

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/u...

ICE Offers, Then Quickly Withdraws, Cash Bonuses for Swiftly Deporting Immigrants

www.nytimes.com

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · Aug 5

I don't want to say I told y'all.
But...
thebulletin.org/2024/08/project-2025-the-right-wing-conspiracy-to-torpedo-global-climate-action/

Project 2025: The right-wing conspiracy to torpedo global climate action

The GOP threatens to weaponize a potential second Trump term against any and all domestic climate action. But what happens in the United States doesn’t stay in the United States.

thebulletin.org

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · Aug 5

Today I learned that when sugarcane farmers burn their fields, a “black snow” falls for months on communities downwind. Under FL law, burns are prohibited when the wind is blowing into wealthy, white neighborhoods. They’re only allowed when it’s blowing into poor, majority black areas.

Sugarcane burning is a plague on these Black Floridians

“I like to call it 'structured' racism.”

www.motherjones.com

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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · Jul 30

The U.S. has sought deals with 64 nations to participate in its growing global gulag. 58 of them — 91 percent — were rebuked for human rights violations in the State Department’s most recent human rights reports

My latest Global Gulag reporting @theintercept.com

theintercept.com/2025/07/29/t...

State Dept: Trump’s “Third Countries” for Immigrants Have Awful Human Rights Records

The White House search for partners in its global gulag has grown to 64 nations. Most of them are notorious violators of human rights.

theintercept.com

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