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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 1d

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Brian Hawkins @brianhawkins.bsky.social · 3d

Yes to this whole thread and: the point of understanding this context isn’t to diffuse blame but rather to impress upon all the breadth and depth of reform and repair needed.

Simply putting Dems back in charge doesn’t fix it. We did that twice already!

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 4d

When the Orwellian named Dept of Homeland Security was created … MANY of us predicted that it would eventually be doing all the things that it is doing right now

Pinning it uniquely on Trump really misses the point in a bunch of ways

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 4d

I understand this. Please tell me you do, too.

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 4d

Wild fucking scenes here. This is Americaaaaa

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 4d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Ruth Rouvier @wrooth.bsky.social · 4d

Do National Guard commanding officers not have a duty to not violate a court order?

Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 4d

After a federal court blocked his attempt to federalize the Oregon National Guard, Donald Trump is deploying 300 California National Guard personnel into Oregon. They are on their way there now.

We are taking this fight back to court.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 5d

Broadview.

A guy dressed up as “The Dude” from The Big Lebowski holds a sign that reads “This aggression will not stand man.”

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 5d

This young person has gotten multiple warnings from state cops for defiantly moving into the street while most of the crowd has been pushed into “first amendment zones” on the sidewalk. Someone is playing “Springtime for Hitler” through a loudspeaker.

A protester holds a wooden shield in the street with the word “resist” spray painted on it.

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Ruth Rouvier @wrooth.bsky.social · 6d

These absolute fuckers. In any decent country they would be the ones in prison. But we are an obscene country.

alexjungle.bsky.social @alexjungle.bsky.social · 6d

Breaking news: ICE stops family at gunpoint—smash car window on top of newborn baby.

"I was screaming that there was a baby. But they didn’t care," cried mother.

“I covered my baby with my body—I was so scared he was going to be hurt because glass was landing on him."

Ruth Rouvier @wrooth.bsky.social · 7d

Wow this is a bleak day for national media

NPR @npr.org · 7d

As President Trump ramps up efforts to send federal officers and troops into cities, criminologists are watching closely. Are the feds doing this in a smart way?

National Guard presence may deter crime, but experts warn of the long-term costs

As President Trump ramps up efforts to send federal officers and troops into cities, criminologists are watching closely. Are the feds doing this in a smart way?

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Ruth Rouvier @wrooth.bsky.social · 7d

Oh my god.

Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 7d

In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...

Paramount Officially Acquiring The Free Press and Making Bari Weiss CBS News Editor in Chief: Report

Paramount Skydance will be officially acquiring The Free Press and hiring its founder Bari Weiss as editor in chief of its CBS News division, with the deal to be announced this coming Monday, accordin...

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 7d

Still thinking about this by the way paragraph in the Sun Times piece on the apartment building raid. Full story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

A similar raid was carried out in suburban Elgin, when agents led by U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem rode in a military vehicle and blew down the front door of a home where they detained six people, including two U.S. citizens.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 7d

Surreal moment for America. Needless to say, if the normal police ever pulled something like this — pulling every single person out of an apartment building and handcuffing them to run warrant checks — they would be sued into oblivion.

Yet ICE is going to get away with it entirely.

"It was scary, because I had never had a gun in my face," Fisher said. "They asked my name and my date of birth and asked me, did I have any warrants? And I told them, 'No, 'Ididn't."
Fisher said she was handcuffed before being released around 3 a.m., and she was told that if anyone had any kind of warrant out for them, even if it was unrelated to immigration, they would not be released.

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 7d

#KavanaughStop

"They was terrified. The kids was crying. People was screaming. They looked very distraught. I was out there crying when I seen the little girl come around the corner, because they was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other," Watson said. "That's all I kept asking. What is the morality? Where's the human? One of them literally laughed. He was standing right here. He said, 'f*** them kids.'"

Watson said trucks and military-style vans were used to separate parents from their children. Other neighbors said agents destroyed property to get in the building.

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Ruth Rouvier @wrooth.bsky.social · 8d

Fun fact: Trust Employees (who work at Federal agencies but are not paid with Federal funds) generally have to keep working during shutdowns. But usually from home, and often their supervisors are Federal employees and are legally prohibited from communicating with them.

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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 9d

This includes multifamily housing. ☀️🔌💡

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 9d

This is amazing: @ladwp.com, the Los Angeles utility, has launched a program that will install solar+battery systems on qualifying low-to-moderate-income households, *for free*.

Yes: free.

If you know someone eligible, tell them to apply!

Self-Generation Incentive Program

The Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP) helps qualified LADWP residential customers install solar and battery storage systems by providing financial incentives. This program supports clean energy...

www.ladwp.com

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Ignacio GHOULup-Diaz @igallupd.bsky.social · 9d

COOL: “Scientists make embryos from human skin DNA for first time”

Human skin DNA fertilised to make embryo for first time

US scientists testing the technique say it could help people overcome infertility and potentially allow same-sex couples to have a genetically related child.

www.bbc.com

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Ruth Rouvier @wrooth.bsky.social · 9d

Our next Indigenous Learning Forum presentation is this Thursday, Oct 2, at 3 pm Eastern Time. Register, and share with your networks!

Ruth Rouvier @wrooth.bsky.social · 17d

Join me on Thursday, October 2nd for our second Indigenous Learning Forum with Tarisa Little, who will speak about "Education as Cultural Continuity: Wyandot Strategies of Survival and Self-Determination, 1790–1915".

***Se ofrecerá interpretación en español/inglés***

Image of presentation announcement with photo of the presenter, a woman with light skin and curly hair, wearing a striped shirt.

Text reads:

American Philosophical Society

Indigenous Learning Forum:
Education as Cultural Continuity:
Wyandot Strategies of Survival and Self-Determination, 1790–1915

Tarisa Little

October 2, 2025
3:00-4:30 PM ET

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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 15d

i made a helpful reference

$top right: a fractured black rectangle where one half is labeled "autism is bad" and the other side is labeled "FACT CHECK: autistic people are productive members of society". top left: WRONG -negating their frame reinforces it -starts with what it isn't instead of what it is - your argument is shaped like their argument bottom right: large image of Kirby, a pink blob inhaling and the "autism is bad" fragment, labeled THEY'RE DOING EUGENICS bottom left: RIGHT - you eat their frame -starts with what's actually happening -contains and explains what they're doing -your argument is shaped like kirby$

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Kyle Tran Myhre @guante.info · 13d

This is obviously a big generalization, but radical art and/or art made by radicals can sometimes be a bit "all brain, no heart."

That's one reason I've included Assata Shakur's "Affirmation" in just about every workshop I've facilitated. The HEART: thefeministwire.com/2013/05/affi...

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🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽🇬🇱🇵🇦 Femininomicon ex Mortis @ofvick.bsky.social · 14d

How do you reverse a presidential shitpost? How do you repeal a tweet?

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Ruth Rouvier @wrooth.bsky.social · 14d

These people exist in Northern California too.

Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 14d

where I grew up in north Missouri there were absolutely anti-seatbelt law people
-"I'd rather be thrown safely from the crash than trapped with fire"
-"I'd get whiplash instead of no injury"
-"I'm a safe driver"

saw fake buckle ends sometimes sold in truck stops to block a car from beeping about it

Luke Steuber @lukesteuber.com · 16d

I read a piece earlier that said “imagine how MAGA would react if seatbelt laws were introduced today,” to which I reply: We don’t need to imagine

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Long Covid Advocacy @longcovidadvoc.com · 16d

⚡Please watch this powerful, emotive & furious speech by Violet Affleck at #UNGA80

She rightly states that for children there has been a neglect of the highest order, even though we have the tech

"Our present is being stolen in front of our eyes"

👉Clean Air is a human right

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Ruth Rouvier @wrooth.bsky.social · 17d

www.amphilsoc.org/events/educa...

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Ruth Rouvier @wrooth.bsky.social · 17d

Join me on Thursday, October 2nd for our second Indigenous Learning Forum with Tarisa Little, who will speak about "Education as Cultural Continuity: Wyandot Strategies of Survival and Self-Determination, 1790–1915".

***Se ofrecerá interpretación en español/inglés***

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