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This is just a fucking carjacking. How the hell was he supposed to know it was a state sponsored carjacking. what the fuck are we doing here.
The NYPD just released surveillance video of the ICE shooting (which occurred off camera).
Two men in civilian clothes run up to a car with guns drawn. One second later, one man begins smashing the butt of his gun into the driver’s side window. The driver appears to panic and hit the gas.
Two men in civilian clothes run up to a car with guns drawn. One second later, one man begins smashing the butt of his gun into the driver’s side window. The driver appears to panic and hit the gas.
October 10, 2026 at 1:48 AM
This is just a fucking carjacking. How the hell was he supposed to know it was a state sponsored carjacking. what the fuck are we doing here.
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Destroying one of the UKs most successful sectors just to be racist.
Death by a thousand cuts as universities revoke international offers "en masse" of prospective students from Bangladesh, Nigeria and Pakistan to avoid losing ability to recruit international students. More job losses and course closures predicted in consequence. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
UK universities withdraw offers from international students to avoid blanket ban
Pullback comes in response to doubling in number of study visas being refused by the Home Office in the first six months of 2026
giftarticle.ft.com
October 10, 2026 at 8:28 AM
Destroying one of the UKs most successful sectors just to be racist.
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October 10, 2026 at 8:26 AM
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The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens.
We are.
500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term.
Our tally is almost certainly an undercount.
THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️
We are.
500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term.
Our tally is almost certainly an undercount.
THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️
October 6, 2026 at 11:30 AM
The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens.
We are.
500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term.
Our tally is almost certainly an undercount.
THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️
We are.
500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term.
Our tally is almost certainly an undercount.
THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️
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do I hate Harold Bloom? yes. do I think he's an awful snob, and that King has some unacknowledged literary merit? absolutely.
does he have a point? yeah, man. he has a point.
does he have a point? yeah, man. he has a point.
October 2, 2026 at 6:30 PM
do I hate Harold Bloom? yes. do I think he's an awful snob, and that King has some unacknowledged literary merit? absolutely.
does he have a point? yeah, man. he has a point.
does he have a point? yeah, man. he has a point.
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POTUS: Donnie new ballroom. Practical Donnie entertainment room
TIME: I'd like to talk about the rampant corruption and criminality.
POTUS: Good ballroom good Donnie give beautiful Donnie deserve pedophile
TIME: We have a limited amount of time.
POTUS: jealousy interviewer
TIME: I'd like to talk about the rampant corruption and criminality.
POTUS: Good ballroom good Donnie give beautiful Donnie deserve pedophile
TIME: We have a limited amount of time.
POTUS: jealousy interviewer
His vocabulary is so limited it’s like reading a transcript of Koko, the gorilla who knew sign language, if Koko were a white nationalist
I recommend people read this to get a sense of the president's grave cognitive impairment. Trump is either unwilling or unable (or maybe both) to answer the questions he's actually asked, so he just rants and raves while the interviewers do their best to provide structure to his random brain firings
October 1, 2026 at 3:48 PM
POTUS: Donnie new ballroom. Practical Donnie entertainment room
TIME: I'd like to talk about the rampant corruption and criminality.
POTUS: Good ballroom good Donnie give beautiful Donnie deserve pedophile
TIME: We have a limited amount of time.
POTUS: jealousy interviewer
TIME: I'd like to talk about the rampant corruption and criminality.
POTUS: Good ballroom good Donnie give beautiful Donnie deserve pedophile
TIME: We have a limited amount of time.
POTUS: jealousy interviewer
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Yehonatan Ovadia – a Hasidic Jew and Israeli citizen who has lived in the U.S. on a visa since 2022 – is being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center (a notorious federal prison) and facing deportation … for his criticism of Israel on religious grounds.
A Hasidic Jew Protested Against an Israeli Flag. He May Be Deported.
Yehonatan Ovadia, who opposed the mounting of the flag in a small New York town, belongs to a Hasidic branch that is anti-Zionist. He is now in ICE custody.
www.nytimes.com
October 1, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Yehonatan Ovadia – a Hasidic Jew and Israeli citizen who has lived in the U.S. on a visa since 2022 – is being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center (a notorious federal prison) and facing deportation … for his criticism of Israel on religious grounds.
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This child is 13 and was testifying without an attorney present. Monsters.
September 29, 2026 at 12:33 PM
This child is 13 and was testifying without an attorney present. Monsters.
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"NIH funding cuts delayed a promising childhood brain cancer trial. Patients lost time they didn’t have."
www.cnbc.com/2026/09/25/n...
www.cnbc.com/2026/09/25/n...
NIH funding cuts delayed a promising childhood brain cancer trial. Patients lost time they didn't have
A delayed clinical trial underscores the stakes of federal research funding cuts for children with DIPG, a deadly brain tumor with few treatment options.
www.cnbc.com
September 27, 2026 at 2:56 AM
"NIH funding cuts delayed a promising childhood brain cancer trial. Patients lost time they didn’t have."
www.cnbc.com/2026/09/25/n...
www.cnbc.com/2026/09/25/n...
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Days after the NFL fined him for wearing Hind Rajab’s name, Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair returned to the field with another Palestinian child on his eye black: 8-year-old Wafaa Akila.
Wafaa was killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza on September 6 — her first day of school.
Wafaa was killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza on September 6 — her first day of school.
September 22, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Days after the NFL fined him for wearing Hind Rajab’s name, Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair returned to the field with another Palestinian child on his eye black: 8-year-old Wafaa Akila.
Wafaa was killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza on September 6 — her first day of school.
Wafaa was killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza on September 6 — her first day of school.
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I refuse to believe these people are this dumb and don't understand why otherwise healthy people would carry health insurance even if they never or rarely file a claim. They're just lying about the ACA as a pretext for getting rid of it.
Vote accordingly this November.
Vote accordingly this November.
Dr Oz says the Trump administration will kick more than a million people off health insurance because some of them have "never filed a claim"
September 22, 2026 at 7:35 PM
I refuse to believe these people are this dumb and don't understand why otherwise healthy people would carry health insurance even if they never or rarely file a claim. They're just lying about the ACA as a pretext for getting rid of it.
Vote accordingly this November.
Vote accordingly this November.
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"Doctors, lawyers and engineers" is an international online Nazi trope. The "joke" is that non-White people are too stupid to be anything other than a criminal or someone who leeches social services. Read a Spanish newspaper about Ceuta, e.g., and you'll see "médicos y ingenieros" in the comments.
This is yet another telling example of the Trump regime’s racism.
There’s no pretense here of targeting criminals - the usual excuse for mass deportations.
DHS is specifically encouraging Haitian “doctors, lawyers, scholars and engineers” to leave.
Any decent society would value these people.
There’s no pretense here of targeting criminals - the usual excuse for mass deportations.
DHS is specifically encouraging Haitian “doctors, lawyers, scholars and engineers” to leave.
Any decent society would value these people.
September 8, 2026 at 8:54 PM
"Doctors, lawyers and engineers" is an international online Nazi trope. The "joke" is that non-White people are too stupid to be anything other than a criminal or someone who leeches social services. Read a Spanish newspaper about Ceuta, e.g., and you'll see "médicos y ingenieros" in the comments.
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This is yet another telling example of the Trump regime’s racism.
There’s no pretense here of targeting criminals - the usual excuse for mass deportations.
DHS is specifically encouraging Haitian “doctors, lawyers, scholars and engineers” to leave.
Any decent society would value these people.
There’s no pretense here of targeting criminals - the usual excuse for mass deportations.
DHS is specifically encouraging Haitian “doctors, lawyers, scholars and engineers” to leave.
Any decent society would value these people.
September 8, 2026 at 6:05 PM
This is yet another telling example of the Trump regime’s racism.
There’s no pretense here of targeting criminals - the usual excuse for mass deportations.
DHS is specifically encouraging Haitian “doctors, lawyers, scholars and engineers” to leave.
Any decent society would value these people.
There’s no pretense here of targeting criminals - the usual excuse for mass deportations.
DHS is specifically encouraging Haitian “doctors, lawyers, scholars and engineers” to leave.
Any decent society would value these people.
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Lindsay Clancy was failed by our warped understanding of motherhood | Moira Donegan
Lindsay Clancy was failed by our warped understanding of motherhood | Moira Donegan
Clancy’s case became a referendum on mothers, healthcare, and the status of women
www.theguardian.com
September 7, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Lindsay Clancy was failed by our warped understanding of motherhood | Moira Donegan
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Even from a purely national pride perspective, this requires you to think that the 100 year period from 1926 was a failure for the United States, instead of the zenith of its power, prosperity, and influence
September 5, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Even from a purely national pride perspective, this requires you to think that the 100 year period from 1926 was a failure for the United States, instead of the zenith of its power, prosperity, and influence
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Republicans, the party of pedophiles and rapists, invited this guy to the White House and bent rules to protect him.
Tucker Carlson interviewed him in 2023 while he was on house arrest for human trafficking.
Every kirkling in the Republican media ecosystem has tied themselves to this guy.
Tucker Carlson interviewed him in 2023 while he was on house arrest for human trafficking.
Every kirkling in the Republican media ecosystem has tied themselves to this guy.
Andrew Tate is finally indicted, with Romanian prosecutors listing sex trafficking of minors and money laundering www.reuters.com/world/romani...
Romanian prosecutors indict Andrew Tate for trafficking minors, money laundering
Romanian prosecutors officially indicted social media influencer Andrew Tate on Friday for trafficking minors, money laundering, sex with a minor and witness tampering and his brother Tristan for com...
www.reuters.com
September 4, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Republicans, the party of pedophiles and rapists, invited this guy to the White House and bent rules to protect him.
Tucker Carlson interviewed him in 2023 while he was on house arrest for human trafficking.
Every kirkling in the Republican media ecosystem has tied themselves to this guy.
Tucker Carlson interviewed him in 2023 while he was on house arrest for human trafficking.
Every kirkling in the Republican media ecosystem has tied themselves to this guy.
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This is demonstrably, measurably improving the health of the people who live there. Most notably, it increases the respiratory *& cognitive* health of children. They literally do better in school.
If this country really gave a shit about children, this would be at the top of the public-policy list.
If this country really gave a shit about children, this would be at the top of the public-policy list.
Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.
September 3, 2026 at 7:20 PM
This is demonstrably, measurably improving the health of the people who live there. Most notably, it increases the respiratory *& cognitive* health of children. They literally do better in school.
If this country really gave a shit about children, this would be at the top of the public-policy list.
If this country really gave a shit about children, this would be at the top of the public-policy list.
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Pastor Carl Ruby, of Springfield's Central Christian Church, can state the issue more clearly than 98% of people working in politics today.
September 1, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Pastor Carl Ruby, of Springfield's Central Christian Church, can state the issue more clearly than 98% of people working in politics today.
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ACTION ALERT 🚨
Right now, the Senate is considering adding language to the transportation reauthorization bill to restrict bike lanes. Tell Congress: funding for bike safety projects MUST continue!
Take action: action.bikeleague.org/page/101946/...
Right now, the Senate is considering adding language to the transportation reauthorization bill to restrict bike lanes. Tell Congress: funding for bike safety projects MUST continue!
Take action: action.bikeleague.org/page/101946/...
August 27, 2026 at 7:02 PM
ACTION ALERT 🚨
Right now, the Senate is considering adding language to the transportation reauthorization bill to restrict bike lanes. Tell Congress: funding for bike safety projects MUST continue!
Take action: action.bikeleague.org/page/101946/...
Right now, the Senate is considering adding language to the transportation reauthorization bill to restrict bike lanes. Tell Congress: funding for bike safety projects MUST continue!
Take action: action.bikeleague.org/page/101946/...
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There's no forgiving this. No living it down. It's a stain on our humanity. When all this is over, the monsters who did this should be pariahs. And the soulless thugs who cheered it on while dehumanizing Haitian immigrants should be reminded of what they did every day of their lives.
The situation in Haiti is terrifying. On Sunday, 150 gunmen swept down on a town to kill, rape, loot, and burn. 22 people were executed in a churchyard. 52 were taken hostage.
Stephen Miller mockingly says Haiti is safe and ICE just sent its second deportation flight this month; with kids on board.
Stephen Miller mockingly says Haiti is safe and ICE just sent its second deportation flight this month; with kids on board.
August 28, 2026 at 9:46 PM
There's no forgiving this. No living it down. It's a stain on our humanity. When all this is over, the monsters who did this should be pariahs. And the soulless thugs who cheered it on while dehumanizing Haitian immigrants should be reminded of what they did every day of their lives.
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Top-tip: if anyone wants to give you the kind of "mentorship" that you being unionised would prevent, get a new mentor fast.
Opinion | Postdocs Aren’t Burger Flippers: Why Unionization Is a Bad Idea
Unionization disrupts the bespoke mentor-mentee relationships that are central to the advancement of science. By Evan D. Morris: https://bit.ly/3Sus7fa
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
Unionization disrupts the bespoke mentor-mentee relationships that are central to the advancement of science. By Evan D. Morris: https://bit.ly/3Sus7fa
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
August 28, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Top-tip: if anyone wants to give you the kind of "mentorship" that you being unionised would prevent, get a new mentor fast.
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This is quite literally an extinction level event for graduate education in several fields in the United States.
Now with alt text!
23% drop in student visas to US in 2025
57% drop from India alone
catastrophic for research and learning, here and abroad
www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...
23% drop in student visas to US in 2025
57% drop from India alone
catastrophic for research and learning, here and abroad
www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...
August 26, 2026 at 5:47 PM
This is quite literally an extinction level event for graduate education in several fields in the United States.
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