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@rogueshoes.bsky.social
Trouble maker, well meaning, meat popsicle. Anthropologist. She/her. Really tired, but still kicking. Reposts are not endorsements.
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A Haitian man legally immigrated to Ohio, then was given an ankle monitor bc Trump withdrew his status.
He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted.
“Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted.
“Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
A Reckoning in Springfield
A truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become.
www.theatlantic.com
October 4, 2026 at 1:28 PM
A Haitian man legally immigrated to Ohio, then was given an ankle monitor bc Trump withdrew his status.
He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted.
“Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted.
“Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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A well fitted respirator like an N95 offers excellent protection against airborne viruses and bacteria (as well as smoke, pollen and pollution).
If you can’t afford one, look for a mask bloc!
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If you can’t afford one, look for a mask bloc!
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Worldwide Mask Bloc Directory – Find your local Mask Bloc
MaskBloc.org lists active Mask Blocs around the world. Free high-quality masks, COVID-19 tests and other equipment for your community. Mutual Aid & We Keep Us Safe.
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October 4, 2026 at 10:17 PM
A well fitted respirator like an N95 offers excellent protection against airborne viruses and bacteria (as well as smoke, pollen and pollution).
If you can’t afford one, look for a mask bloc!
maskbloc.org
If you can’t afford one, look for a mask bloc!
maskbloc.org
This part.
I was raised by a nurse with an associates degree and a steel mill electrician. I am not denigrating the value and dignity of blue collar work when I ask how many elite national media staffers are raising future bricklayers themselves.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
Time to Consider Becoming a Bricklayer
College degrees hold less value, while jobs in the trades are booming.
www.theatlantic.com
October 3, 2026 at 1:48 AM
This part.
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Nicole is a leading expert on the issue of campus sexual violence. I am floored that USA Today would do this to her. I find this kind of journalistic behavior unethical and morally reprehensible, twisting an interview with a renowned advocate for survivors into a hit piece against a survivor.
Earlier this week, I agreed to interviews with two USA Today journalists. They wrote fantastic articles about the Cornell case that I'm proud to have been a part of.
What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist.
What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist.
October 3, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Nicole is a leading expert on the issue of campus sexual violence. I am floored that USA Today would do this to her. I find this kind of journalistic behavior unethical and morally reprehensible, twisting an interview with a renowned advocate for survivors into a hit piece against a survivor.
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welp another thing to worry about if you're a source worried about AI. read the whole thread:
While digging around their website, I found their ethics policy—including a section on AI-generated content.
I suspect that’s a part of what happened here. And I’m upset about that too! I did NOT speak to a journalist with the assumption that my interview would be funneled into producing AI slop.
I suspect that’s a part of what happened here. And I’m upset about that too! I did NOT speak to a journalist with the assumption that my interview would be funneled into producing AI slop.
October 3, 2026 at 12:30 AM
welp another thing to worry about if you're a source worried about AI. read the whole thread:
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Do yourself a favor. Read these 7 pages by @lilymasonphd.bsky.social right now. It is the most concise explanation of the current situation in U.S. politics I've seen and it captures why calls to reduce "polarization" can ultimately worsen the problem 🧵
www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/pol...
www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/pol...
Polarization Is Not the Problem | Journal of Democracy
Americans have never been angrier with one another. But polarization is not the disease—it is the response to a revanchist movement seeking to roll back sixty years of social progress.
www.journalofdemocracy.org
October 2, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Do yourself a favor. Read these 7 pages by @lilymasonphd.bsky.social right now. It is the most concise explanation of the current situation in U.S. politics I've seen and it captures why calls to reduce "polarization" can ultimately worsen the problem 🧵
www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/pol...
www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/pol...
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In nearly every country, women worry about walking alone
via @not-ship.com www.not-ship.com/safe-streets...
via @not-ship.com www.not-ship.com/safe-streets...
October 1, 2026 at 2:47 PM
In nearly every country, women worry about walking alone
via @not-ship.com www.not-ship.com/safe-streets...
via @not-ship.com www.not-ship.com/safe-streets...
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I got back home a bit ago from Tennessee's execution of Christa Pike. We sat in the witness room for nearly 2 and a half hours as she received two rounds of pentobarbital. She was taken away in an ambulance shortly after that and I can't say for sure if she is dead or alive at this moment.
October 1, 2026 at 4:14 AM
I got back home a bit ago from Tennessee's execution of Christa Pike. We sat in the witness room for nearly 2 and a half hours as she received two rounds of pentobarbital. She was taken away in an ambulance shortly after that and I can't say for sure if she is dead or alive at this moment.
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did previous Congresses just not imagine such a thing would happen and thus ceded this kind of autonomy when creating the frameworks for the agency? Surely Democrats could have fixed this a few years ago?
SCOOP: The SEC just quietly rewrote its own rules so ONE Trump appointee can make decisions for the entire agency, no public comment required.
This is right as the SEC preps rules on crypto and AI mega-IPOs like Anthropic’s.
www.levernews.com/sec-quorum-r...
This is right as the SEC preps rules on crypto and AI mega-IPOs like Anthropic’s.
www.levernews.com/sec-quorum-r...
Trump SEC Quorum Rule Lets One Commissioner Act Alone
A quiet rule change could signal “the end of independent financial regulators” just as the SEC prepares to deregulate crypto, mega-IPOs, and corporate governance.
www.levernews.com
October 1, 2026 at 3:10 AM
did previous Congresses just not imagine such a thing would happen and thus ceded this kind of autonomy when creating the frameworks for the agency? Surely Democrats could have fixed this a few years ago?
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The “states’ rights” people in the past knew it was bullshit back then too, because slaver states wouldn’t let free states pass laws protecting self-emancipated people within their borders.
NEW / HUGE: Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama sued nearly three dozen abortion pill providers + a pharmacy and
The states asked the Supreme Court to be able to sue New York, Massachusetts, and California to challenge their telehealth shield laws @autonomynews.co
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The states asked the Supreme Court to be able to sue New York, Massachusetts, and California to challenge their telehealth shield laws @autonomynews.co
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
October 1, 2026 at 2:14 AM
The “states’ rights” people in the past knew it was bullshit back then too, because slaver states wouldn’t let free states pass laws protecting self-emancipated people within their borders.
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Nashville Banner reporter Steven Hale, describing how prison officials kept drawing the curtain to hide how badly they were botching this:
“A lot of this execution — or attempted execution, whatever it was — happened when we could not see what was going on.”
“A lot of this execution — or attempted execution, whatever it was — happened when we could not see what was going on.”
October 1, 2026 at 2:53 AM
Nashville Banner reporter Steven Hale, describing how prison officials kept drawing the curtain to hide how badly they were botching this:
“A lot of this execution — or attempted execution, whatever it was — happened when we could not see what was going on.”
“A lot of this execution — or attempted execution, whatever it was — happened when we could not see what was going on.”
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NEW: I came across a bookseller who was afraid that a mysterious company trying to buy some of his rarest books was going to use them to train AI models. I went down the rabbithole with him, and was confused and altogether existentially weirded out by what I found www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
A bookseller confronts a mysterious company hunting his rarest books
Was a Kentucky retailer targeted by a destructive AI "predator"?
www.motherjones.com
September 24, 2026 at 4:24 PM
NEW: I came across a bookseller who was afraid that a mysterious company trying to buy some of his rarest books was going to use them to train AI models. I went down the rabbithole with him, and was confused and altogether existentially weirded out by what I found www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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This news is important because all the fucks out there actively attempting to wreck the world want you to think that the work is hopeless and just mitigating the worst case scenario.
It's not. Fucking keep going.
It's not. Fucking keep going.
We now have rigorous pooled data showing that even without active restoration efforts, cleared rainforest can rebound to 75% of their former species composition and 90% of species diversity within just thirty years. #goodnews
Rainforest biodiversity rebounds within a single generation | The Optimist Daily
A major Ecuador study finds cleared rainforests can recover 90 percent of their species diversity in just 30 years, as long as humans leave the land alone.
www.optimistdaily.com
September 24, 2026 at 9:07 PM
This news is important because all the fucks out there actively attempting to wreck the world want you to think that the work is hopeless and just mitigating the worst case scenario.
It's not. Fucking keep going.
It's not. Fucking keep going.
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FYI for anyone who ever crosses the US border: CBP can now open your phone to look for nudes just cause they’re bored
A federal appeals court just ruled agents can search your phone at the border with no warrant, no suspicion. This week we report on how CBP One and CBP Home are the same control system, and we turn five. Our founders and editor talk about what's next. (There's a party involved.) 🌵💛🤎
Full Roundup🔗🦂:
Full Roundup🔗🦂:
The Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup + Poetry Supplement: September 18 – The Border Chronicle
A federal court rules that law enforcement can search cell phones at the border without reasonable cause or a warrant, CBP One and CBP Home are one in the same, and a podcast on our fifth anniversary.
www.theborderchronicle.com
September 19, 2026 at 1:21 AM
FYI for anyone who ever crosses the US border: CBP can now open your phone to look for nudes just cause they’re bored
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“The worst place ever I’ve been in my life," Sakariye Abdi Mohamed, a Somali asylum seeker, told me over the phone from Guantanamo Bay last week.
Sakariye is one of 7 or 8 Somalis who are being held at Gitmo. They say guards tell them the order to keep Somalis at the facility comes from DC.
Sakariye is one of 7 or 8 Somalis who are being held at Gitmo. They say guards tell them the order to keep Somalis at the facility comes from DC.
The Trump administration is imprisoning Somali immigrants in Gitmo
“Nobody tell us that we’re going to Guantanamo Bay.”
www.motherjones.com
September 16, 2026 at 5:37 PM
“The worst place ever I’ve been in my life," Sakariye Abdi Mohamed, a Somali asylum seeker, told me over the phone from Guantanamo Bay last week.
Sakariye is one of 7 or 8 Somalis who are being held at Gitmo. They say guards tell them the order to keep Somalis at the facility comes from DC.
Sakariye is one of 7 or 8 Somalis who are being held at Gitmo. They say guards tell them the order to keep Somalis at the facility comes from DC.
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This is Sakariye. He’s a 22 year old asylum seeker who had work authorization. He was driving a truck for work when he was arrested in Alabama last year.
September 16, 2026 at 5:45 PM
This is Sakariye. He’s a 22 year old asylum seeker who had work authorization. He was driving a truck for work when he was arrested in Alabama last year.
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Latest example of "You Can Just Do Stuff" governing taken to the extreme. The judge can't physically enforce his or her own ruling, the White House controls law enforcement and Congress won't impeach.
1) DHS asks a federal judge for a warrant to hoover up private data from journalists, activists, and trade unions.
2) Judge denies because it is an obvious violation of the 1st and 4th Amendments with no justification.
3) DHS issues its own "Administrative Warrant" and sucks up the data anyway.
2) Judge denies because it is an obvious violation of the 1st and 4th Amendments with no justification.
3) DHS issues its own "Administrative Warrant" and sucks up the data anyway.
Trump’s DHS is using an obscure law to secretly snoop on journalists, non-profits and unions: ‘It’s outrageous’
Even after judges rejected the same ploy, the Trump administration is going directly to social media and telecommunications companies
www.theguardian.com
August 30, 2026 at 3:56 AM
Latest example of "You Can Just Do Stuff" governing taken to the extreme. The judge can't physically enforce his or her own ruling, the White House controls law enforcement and Congress won't impeach.
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An ICE agent directed Emilio, a Venezuelan Deaf man, to get onto a bus. He asked for an interpreter and didn’t get one. When he saw a Mexican flag, he realized he was being deported to Mexico, sans passport.
My latest for @motherjones.com.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
My latest for @motherjones.com.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
How Trump’s deportation machine deprives Deaf people of their humanity
An extra layer of cruelty is added by limiting communication access for Deaf people.
www.motherjones.com
August 19, 2026 at 1:25 PM
An ICE agent directed Emilio, a Venezuelan Deaf man, to get onto a bus. He asked for an interpreter and didn’t get one. When he saw a Mexican flag, he realized he was being deported to Mexico, sans passport.
My latest for @motherjones.com.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
My latest for @motherjones.com.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Mussolini was a ham and a consummate actor and Hitler was broadly (especially by the British and the Americans) considered a goofy, clownish little fellow. Historically, “come on, look at this ridiculous fucking guy” has not really been a reliable safeguard against fascism.
Imagine working for Newsweek as a journalist while they’re publishing this.
August 15, 2026 at 5:03 AM
Mussolini was a ham and a consummate actor and Hitler was broadly (especially by the British and the Americans) considered a goofy, clownish little fellow. Historically, “come on, look at this ridiculous fucking guy” has not really been a reliable safeguard against fascism.
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They used to call this malware.
ChatGPT just learned to watch everything you do on your Mac
ChatGPT Computer History tracks your Mac activity to build a searchable timeline, no screenshots involved.
www.cultofmac.com
August 14, 2026 at 7:34 PM
They used to call this malware.
Well. I have been STUPIDLY lucky then. Holy hell.
Introduce yourself as what almost killed you.
Hi, I’m extremely severe dehydration from getting sick after drinking water that had been sitting in a plastic bottle for a couple hours in a hot car.
Hi, I’m extremely severe dehydration from getting sick after drinking water that had been sitting in a plastic bottle for a couple hours in a hot car.
Introduce yourself as what almost killed you.
Hi, I'm medical fatphobia and misogynoir.
Hi, I'm medical fatphobia and misogynoir.
August 15, 2026 at 2:19 AM
Well. I have been STUPIDLY lucky then. Holy hell.
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"Canada was not the safe haven from slavery we were taught about"
"The first episode of Black Life: Untold Stories is an unflinching examination of slavery in Canada"
"The first episode of Black Life: Untold Stories is an unflinching examination of slavery in Canada"
Canada was not the safe haven from slavery we were taught about | CBC Documentaries
Haven, But No Heaven, the first episode of new CBC docuseries Black Life: Untold Stories, is an unflinching examination of slavery in Canada that dispels the myth of Canada as a safe haven for Black p...
www.cbc.ca
August 15, 2026 at 1:45 AM
"Canada was not the safe haven from slavery we were taught about"
"The first episode of Black Life: Untold Stories is an unflinching examination of slavery in Canada"
"The first episode of Black Life: Untold Stories is an unflinching examination of slavery in Canada"
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My god, what an image. Dead kings in a plastic box, carried off as the world burns.
Spain removes remains of 11th century kings from monastery as wildfire rages reut.rs/4zAAN4r
Spain removes remains of 11th century kings from monastery as wildfire rages
Spanish authorities on Thursday removed the remains of three kings who ruled the Aragón region in the 11th century from a monastery threatened by a wildfire.
reut.rs
August 14, 2026 at 12:38 PM
My god, what an image. Dead kings in a plastic box, carried off as the world burns.
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Hello: actual co-organizer of No Kings here: these texts are not from anyone who actually organizes No Kings. Please trust that we hate them just as much as you do
August 14, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Hello: actual co-organizer of No Kings here: these texts are not from anyone who actually organizes No Kings. Please trust that we hate them just as much as you do
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These activists are doing important work. We don't talk about incarcerated peoples' right to vote enough. They're some of the most vulnerable people in this country and election outcomes effect them too. Great work by Bolts
NEW: Maine is one of 2 states that never strips people’s right to vote, and allows them to vote from prison.
But in reality, logistical hurdles abound, & prisoners have organized hard for years to make sure everyone knows their rights.
I learned a lot from this amazing reporting.
But in reality, logistical hurdles abound, & prisoners have organized hard for years to make sure everyone knows their rights.
I learned a lot from this amazing reporting.
Maine Prisoners Organize to Protect Their Rare Right to Vote - Bolts
Maine is one of the only places in the country where prisoners keep their right to vote. But logistical barriers to voting still contribute to their larger exclusion from the political process.
boltsmag.org
August 7, 2026 at 3:26 PM
These activists are doing important work. We don't talk about incarcerated peoples' right to vote enough. They're some of the most vulnerable people in this country and election outcomes effect them too. Great work by Bolts