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skyespider.bsky.social
Jade
@skyespider.bsky.social
160 followers 330 following 200 posts
Spider biologist, Magic: the Gathering player, and generally a mega-nerd. 🏳️‍🌈🕷️🦂🪳
YouTube: SkyeSpider
#tarantula #mtg #biology #biologist
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andycraig.bsky.social
"If America ends up an autocracy, Trump will not be its culmination but something closer to its forerunner." And the next one probably won't be such an extraordinarily delusional and incompetent buffoon. Disgrace and disincentives on him and his enablers have to be imposed now, while we still can.
America Can Pull Back From the Slippery Slope to Rome
The decline of the rule of law and our republic is not inevitable
www.theunpopulist.net
September 30, 2026 at 12:26 PM
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donmoyn.bsky.social
this really is impeachable for any president, but really grotesque coming from a regime that cut life-saving development aid because they said it was not efficient
zacheverson.com Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 2d
Here's a $20 million order, paid for by CBP's Office of Public Affairs, awarded to LMD Agency for a national media campaign starting on Sept. 20.

The first pro-Trump ad aired on Sept. 23.

www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_A...
U.S. flag An official website of the United States government Here’s how you know USAspending.gov Search Award Data Explore the Data Download the Data Find Resources Contract Summary Download Share Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) Call PIID 70B06C26F00001137 In Progress (11 months remain) Unlinked Award Awarding Agency Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Recipient LMD AGENCY, INC. 5950 SYMPHONY WOODS RD STE 500 COLUMBIA, MD 21044-3592 UNITED STATES Congressional District: MD-03 Related Awards Parent Award Unique Key CONT_IDV_70Z02323ACGRC0001_7008 Dates Today Start Date Sep 20, 2026 Current End Date Sep 19, 2027 Potential End Date Sep 19, 2027 $ Award Amounts $20.0 Million Current Award Amount $20.0 Million Obligated Amount $20.0 Million Potential Award Amount Outlayed Amount $0.00 Obligated Amount $20,000,000.00 Current Award Amount $20,000,000.00 Potential Award Amount $20,000,000.00 View Transaction History Description NATIONAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)Code 54 : Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 5418: Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services 541810: Advertising Agencies Product or Service Code(PSC) SERVICES R: SUPPORT SVCS (PROF, ADMIN, MGMT) R7: MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SERVICES R701: SUPPORT- MANAGEMENT: ADVERTISING Contract Activity $0$5 M$10 M$15 M$20 M$25 MSEP FY '26OCT FY '27DEC FY '27JAN FY '27FEB FY '27APR FY '27MAY FY '27JUN FY '27AUG FY '27SEP FY '27StartTodayCurrent EndPotential End View transactions table Federal Accounts This award has not been linked to any federal account. Award History This section displays the awards: Transaction History - Displays modification records for an award. Each modification appears as a row in the table below. Sub-Awards - Displays any sub-contracts reported by this contract's recipient (the 'prime recipient' in the sub-award context). Sub-contracts are contractual agreements that a prime recipient makes with another entity (sub-reci
September 30, 2026 at 1:01 AM
skyespider.bsky.social
@dabryceisright.bsky.social Been a fan since Chikara days and loved meeting you at FIP shows 20 years back. I still have the “support indy wrestling” shirt you sold me back then 😊
September 23, 2026 at 6:15 PM
skyespider.bsky.social
@allelitewrestling.com @tonykhan.bsky.social No idea how to reach #Thekla, but let her know that if she wants some really cool ring gear designs to hit me up. I’m a spider biologist and could point her in some awesome looking directions. 💜🕷️🕸️
September 23, 2026 at 6:14 PM
skyespider.bsky.social
@tonykhan.bsky.social No idea how to reach #Thekla, but let her know that if she wants some really cool ring gear designs to hit me up. I’m a spider biologist and could point her in some awesome looking directions. 💜🕷️🕸️
September 23, 2026 at 6:13 PM
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schambergerart.com
When one grows up in an environment where the people in charge not only don’t care about them but are most often the causes of their suffering, it’s easy to recognize that situation writ large in society.
sirosenbaum.bsky.social sirosenbaum.bsky.social @sirosenbaum.bsky.social · Feb 1
I want everyone who has spent years in therapy wondering what is wrong with them, wondering why they had so many bad relationships, why they felt so much dread, to know that it was in part because you were living in a world run by evil, evil people and you could tell that somewhere deep down
February 1, 2026 at 8:08 PM
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jjvincent.bsky.social
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
skyespider.bsky.social
Great thread of details toward what was said.
annabower.bsky.social Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · Apr 15
And that's it. Hearing over. There will be an expedited discovery period, with depositions set to be completed by 4/23.
April 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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gregsargent.bsky.social
SCOOP --> The cop who initially attested to Abrego Garcia's alleged MS-13 membership was subsequently suspended and indicted for serious professional misconduct: Sharing case info with a sex worker. This undermines Trumpworld's smears.

New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1940...
Trump’s Case Against Man Deported in “Error” Just Took Another Big Hit
Trumpworld claims Kilmar Abrego Garcia was in MS-13. But new information concerning the local cop who attested to that charge at the time raises fresh questions about it.
newrepublic.com
April 15, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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rincewind.run
we should assume DOGE - and therefore Elon personally - has every piece of sensitive data the government has ever collected about you

this is far beyond any of the biggest privacy scandals in history, many people should go to jail for this
April 15, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
NEW: DOJ doubles down on refusing to follow Judge Xinis's orders. Today's status report contains nothing new. It again fails to provide information about steps they're taking to bring Mr. Abrego back), and arguably violates her command that a declaration be made by someone with personal knowledge.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND (Greenbelt Division) KILMAR ARMANDO ABREGO GARCIA, et al., Plaintiffs, v. KRISTI NOEM, Secretary of Homeland Security, et al., Defendants No. 8:25-cv-00951-PX Declaration Of Assistant Director Evan C. Katz DECLARATION OF EVAN C. KATZ I, Evan C. Katz, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746, declare under penalty of perjury as follows: 1. I am Assistant Director for the Removal Division, within the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO). 2. In this capacity, I am responsible for leading the division, which is composed of ICE Air Operations, International Operations, and Removal Management. I coordinate with the 25 ERO Field Offices to support case management and facilitate the removal of aliens from the United States. I have held this position since December 2023. Before this assignment, I served as the Acting Assistant Director for the Removal Division from January 2023 to November 2023 and Deputy Assistant Director for the Removal Division from January 2015 to December 2022. I have been in service with ICE since 2003 and prior to that, the Legacy Immigration and Naturalization Service since November 1997. 3. I provide this declaration based on my personal knowledge, reasonable inquiry, and information obtained from various records, systems, databases, other Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees, and information portals maintained and relied upon by DHS in the regular course of business. 4. I am aware that the instant lawsuit has been filed regarding the removal of Kilmer Armando Abrego-Garcia (Abrego-Garcia) to El Salvador. 5. I am aware that after this Court’s preliminary injunction issued, that the Government sought a stay pending appeal from the Fourth Circuit on the same day and ultimately the Supreme Court. On March 7, Chief Justice Roberts issued an administrative stay of that preliminary injunction order. On March 10, the Supreme Court held that “the deadline in the challenged order is no longer effective” and that aspects of this Court’s injunction needed to be clarified before they could become effective. 6. During proceedings in 2019, an immigration judge upheld DHS’s decision not to grant bond, finding that DHS’s determination that he was a member of MS-13 was “trustworthy” and “supported by other evidence,” and noted that Abrego-Garcia “failed to present evidence to rebut that assertion.” The Board of Immigration Appeals upheld the finding when Abrego-Garcia appealed. 7. On March 15, 2025, Abrego-Garcia, a native and citizen of El Salvador, was removed to El Salvador, pursuant to Title 8 of the United States Code. Although Abrego-Garcia has an order of removal issued by an immigration judge, I understand that he should not have been removed to El Salvador because the immigration judge had also granted Abrego-Garcia withholding of removal to El Salvador. However, I also understand that Abrego Garcia is no longer eligible for withholding of removal because of his membership in MS-13 which is now a designated foreign terrorist organization. 8. I have reviewed the declaration of Mr. Michael Kozak, which was filed in this case yesterday, April 12, 2025. It is my understanding that Defendants have no updates for the Court beyond what was provided yesterday. I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed this 13th day of April 2025. ____________________________ Evan C. Katz Assistant Director Enforcement and Removal Operations U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement U.S. Department of Homeland Securit
April 13, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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ericumansky.bsky.social
After masked agents snatched Rümeysa Öztürk in Mass., they took her that night to NH, then VE that same night. Then, to Louisiana in morning

All in less than 24hrs

"Immigration attorneys say the late-night hopscotch was an ICE tactic to complicate jurisdiction"

www.propublica.org/article/rume...
April 13, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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rbreich.bsky.social
15 years ago the Supreme Court decided corporations are people under the First Amendment.

Today, billionaire political spending is up 160-fold since that ruling.

Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day.
April 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
skyespider.bsky.social
Fuck this guy. We’ve always been here 🤬
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Apr 10
RFK Jr: "By September we will know what has caused the autism epidemic and we will be able to eliminate those exposures."
April 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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joshuajfriedman.com
Imagine trying to deport someone for their "expected beliefs"
(SBU) Under INA section 237(a)(4)(C)(i), an alien is deportable from the United States if the Secretary of State has reasonable ground to believe that the alien's presence or activities in the United States would have potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences for the United States. Under INA section 237(a)(4)(C)(ii), for cases in which the basis for this determination is the alien's past, current, or expected beliefs, statements, or associations that are otherwise lawful, the Secretary of State must personally determine that the alien's presence or activities would compromise a compelling U.S. foreign policy interest.
April 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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oriion.bsky.social
For 30+ years, Camins Bretts has lived publicly as a man. Now he's been given a passport that says he’s a woman.

It’s a valid passport, but he's been detained at the border enough times to know how U.S. officials react to these kinds of inconsistencies. And for him, this new normal feels familiar.
Jewish Americans feel echoes of history in transgender passport restrictions
Many transgender Americans now hold passports that out them as being trans. LGBTQ+ Jewish people see this as part of a familiar playbook from the Holocaust.
19thnews.org
April 9, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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evanbernick.bsky.social
If you are a con law professor and doing anything but saying that this is republic-jeopardizing stuff, you are doing it wrong
thedangerousones.com The Dangerous Ones @thedangerousones.com · Mar 29
“We do have authority over the Federal Courts. We can eliminate an entire district court. Desperate times call for desperate measures and Congress is going to act. So, stay tuned for that”

—Mike Johnson
March 29, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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kenwhite.bsky.social
The White House Correspondents Association deems speaking truth to power to be “the politics of division.”

They’ve joined the growing regiment of submission.
March 30, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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qasimrashid.com
If you're calling Senators at the numbers listed here but getting through—KEEP CALLING.

They're currently "experiencing high call volume" which means that our collective actions are working.

Keep dialing. Keep sharing. Keep calling. Don't relent.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/chuck-schu...
Chuck Schumer Must Resign & Democrats Must Change or Risk Abandonment
It's become painfully clear the current Democratic Party isn't built to fight fascism, but as voters we cannot afford to sit silent—take this action to raise your voice today
www.qasimrashid.com
March 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
skyespider.bsky.social
I finally put up a video of my Adventure Time Magic: the Gathering deck!

youtu.be/axEEYQ5wCG8?...

#mtg #magicthegathering #adventuretime #custommtg
Kynaios and Tiro of Meletis reskinned as Adventure Time!
YouTube video by Jade Skye Walker
youtu.be
March 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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kenklippenstein.bsky.social
CNN reports that in a private meeting, Senator Michael Bennet erupted, accusing Democratic leadership of having "No strategy, no plan, and no message on this spending bill" (direct quote)
March 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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sanders.senate.gov
Yes a shutdown would have consequences.

And a Republican President, Republican House, and Republican Senate would be responsible.

They have acted in a unilateral and unprecedented way.

Democrats cannot cave. They must fight back.
March 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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insidehighered.com
Record Number of U.S. Students Apply for U.K. Undergraduate Degrees

Figures suggest demand may have risen after Donald Trump’s election in November. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/41TiFT4
Graduates holding diplomas with red ribbons at a commencement ceremony.
March 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM