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Abe
@grinhoyz.bsky.social
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Nonprofit tech / digital leader. History nerd, film and comic geek, writer of stuff.

Survivor of early 2010s Twitter.
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esqueer.net
Harvard just scrapped it's office of Diversity Inclusion and Belonging and has renamed it the office of campus and community life. They will move focus from underrepresented minorities to first generation and low income students instead.

Resegregation comes to Harvard.
A letter from Harvard University addressed to the Harvard community. It discusses the institution's historical commitment to expanding human knowledge and building a diverse community. It cites President Garber’s message, emphasizing the need to comply with the Supreme Court ruling in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, which makes it unlawful to use race in admissions decisions. The letter stresses the importance of embracing diversity legally and fostering empathy, understanding, and a culture where differences become sources of learning. Continuation of the letter from Harvard University. It references findings from the 2024 Pulse Survey, noting that while many feel a sense of belonging, fewer form relationships across different viewpoints. It stresses the need to foster connections and create a culture of belonging. The Office of Community and Campus Life will refocus on providing forums for schools, expanding programs for engagement, and enhancing support for first-generation and low-income students. Signed by Sherri Ann Charleston, Chief Community and Campus Life Officer.
April 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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paleofuture.bsky.social
Dana Bash: “Well, you’ll let us know if you get a response to that letter.”
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Apr 27
Schumer on the Democratic response to Trump's shakedown of Harvard: "We sent him a very strong letter just the other day asking eight very strong questions."
April 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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mjmimages.bsky.social
Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government.

No one has heard from you in 43 days.

As vigil, I’m posting a photo of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
Andry José Hernández Romero
April 27, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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mcopelov.bsky.social
American. Citizens. Cannot. Be. Deported.

I know we all want to be concise, but we simply cannot use the shorthand terms of the fascists when they describe wildly illegal & unconstitutional things.

Extrajudicial renditions. Kidnappings. Wildly unconstitutional fascism. All right there as options.
April 27, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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jbendery.bsky.social
NEW: PublicSquare, a website that lets you search for businesses in your community that explicitly want you to know they endorse Trump/MAGA values, is backfiring as people use it to boycott those businesses. www.huffpost.com/entry/public...
Website For MAGA-Friendly Businesses Backfires As People Use It For Boycotts
Social media posts about PublicSquare have gone viral as Trump critics use it to find companies not to support – the opposite of what the site was set up for.
www.huffpost.com
April 26, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
Well, this is horrifying.
kyledcheney.bsky.social Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · Apr 26
NEW: A federal judge raised alarm Friday that the Trump administration appeared to have deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen to Honduras with "no meaningful process" — even as her father was fighting to keep her in the country.

Details w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social

www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
April 26, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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esqueer.net
New interim guidance from the UK "Equality and Human Rights Commission." Trans people are effectively banned from all bathrooms.

www.equalityhumanrights.com/media-centre...
A list outlining policies for the use of public workplace facilities by trans individuals. Key points include that trans women (biological men) and trans men (biological women) should not use facilities designated for the opposite biological sex, as this would make them no longer single-sex. In some cases, trans individuals may also be restricted from using facilities of their own biological sex. It suggests the provision of mixed-sex facilities where possible and allows for gender-neutral use of lockable single-person rooms.
April 25, 2025 at 9:41 PM
grinhoyz.bsky.social
Release the Kraken.
April 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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bmeson.lucyparsonslabs.com
This is crazy. ICE didn’t have event have a warrant to arrest the guy! The judge asked for it and they said “we have an administrative warrant” (not a real warrant).

She told them to kick rock and now the FBI is charging her with obstruction the arrest ‼️
nycsouthpaw.bsky.social southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · Apr 25
Affidavit part 3/3
April 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
grinhoyz.bsky.social
The ADL's latest antisemitism audit sounds the alarm over non-Zionist Rosh Hashanah observances... while the organization continues to defend Elon Musk's literal Nazi salutes

New from @benlorber8.bsky.social in @religiondispatches.org
Once Again the ADL Antisemitism Audit Overreaches — Including an Embarrassing Failure to Recognize a Jewish Ritual
This week, the ADL released its annual audit of antisemitic incidents. Predictably, the organization repeated its familiar mantra that the Palestine solidarity movement was the chief culprit behind a ...
religiondispatches.org
April 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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chanda.blacksky.app
This should be a huge story
April 25, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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kaludiasays.bsky.social
The first issue of Nemik's Weekly Manifesto, the newsletter I'm working on with @getfree-mvmt.bsky.social to mobilize Star Wars fans into real life action around #Andor season 2, is here! Let's get what inspired these episodes, and what you can do right now: bit.ly/NemiksManife...
“The Empire cannot win. You’ll never feel right unless you are doing what you can to stop them. You are coming home to yourself. You’ve become more than your fear. Let that protect you.” - Cassian Andor, Andor Season 2 Episode 1, “One Year Later”
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April 25, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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brianamillslmft.bsky.social
Your regular reminder that the COVID pandemic is NOT over. Please use the proper language when talking about it. Please don’t say “During COVID” or “When COVID.” We are still deeply in it. People are still dying and becoming disabled from Long COVID.
April 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
grinhoyz.bsky.social
Houthi airstrike defense estimated to have destroyed over half a billion dollars worth of American military hardware
What Air Defenses Do The Houthis In Yemen Actually Have?
The loss of nearly 20 MQ-9 Reapers, increasing use of standoff munitions, and the deployment of B-2 bombers point to the Houthis' air defenses being a real problem.
www.twz.com
April 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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measuredandslow.bsky.social
Hi I used to work at Starbucks customer service: if you call or email about this, they are absolutely tracking those numbers, and a sufficient amount of public pushback does make them rethink shit sometimes, so now would be an EXCELLENT time to let them know they’re being ableist shitheads
April 24, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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akelalacy.bsky.social
I love when the NYT rewrites my entire story and doesn’t cite it until the 16th paragraph
April 24, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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chanda.blacksky.app
This so directly out of the Nazi playbook. The very obvious plan is to get rid of the independent accreditors and put all universities under jurisdiction of the federal government. This is how Hitler took over German academia and made it a wing of his party.
April 24, 2025 at 1:09 AM
grinhoyz.bsky.social
Good to see @newrepublic.com showcasing quality independent journalism, especially with this important story
April 23, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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robertmaguire.bsky.social
It's a high bar, but this from @radleybalko.bsky.social might be one of the most fucked up things I've read in the new Trump era. For context, this TX lawyer had just had an informal conversation with a family caught up in ICE raids.

Seriously. Read this. radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-courag...
“A couple days later, on March 6, I was working from home at around 11:30 when I got a notice that my VPN had gone down,” he says. “I didn’t think much about it. It can cut out from time to time. About 10 minutes later, I got a knock at the door.” Two men were outside Jackson’s door, dressed in slacks and polos. They were not wearing badges. “I first thought they were going to try to sell me something. But as soon as I opened the door they said, ‘Are you Clayton Jackson?’ I think I shook my head or said ‘yeah,’ and then I heard, ‘We have information that you are obstructing an ongoing immigration investigation.’” Jackson says alarms went off in his head. “My first instinct was to want to know what this was about. That it must be a misunderstanding. So I started to tell them about how I’ve been involved in some pro bono work. Then this voice in my head kicked in and just said, you need to shut the fuck up — don’t say anything.” The officers never identified themselves. They did ask if they could come inside. “I said absolutely not,” Jackson says. “I asked for their names and badge numbers. They said they didn’t have to provide that information at this time. So I told them I’d be calling my lawyer and I shut the door behind me.” Jackson says his mind started racing. “I needed to know who they were, what agency they were with. Then I remembered that I have the Ring camera. Maybe I could watch the video of the incident and figure out who they were from that.” There was no video. “That’s when I learned why my VPN had gone down. It wasn’t the VPN. Someone had shut off my Wifi.” About 15 minutes after the interaction at his front door, Jackson’s Wifi was up and running again.
April 23, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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dataagainstfascism.bsky.social
Also on the tracker a man arrested yesterday in this poster's hometown of Columbus, Ohio. As a reddit commentor in the story in r/Columbus said.. "I'd believe there are hot local singles in my area before I believe an ICE Social Media post."
ICE claims without proof that he is in Tren De Aragua.
April 22, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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paleofuture.bsky.social
Tim Pool is in the White House briefing room today and the top producer at 60 Minutes has resigned because he doesn't have journalistic independence anymore. Bleak times for journalism.
ndhapple.bsky.social Dolan's Knicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · Apr 22
“CBS News entered a new period of turmoil on Tuesday after the executive producer of “60 Minutes,” Bill Owens, said that he would resign from the long-running Sunday news program because he had lost his journalistic independence.” — www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/b...
Top Producer of ‘60 Minutes’ Quits, Saying He Lost Independence
The news program has faced mounting pressure from both President Trump and its corporate ownership at Paramount, the parent company of CBS News.
www.nytimes.com
April 22, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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galvinalmanza.bsky.social
Good job team America
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
April 21, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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esqueer.net
The Mississippi Supreme Court has ruled 8-1 that a trans teen cannot legally change their name until they turn 21 solely because they are trans despite having the support of both parents. This is unconscionable.

www.advocate.com/law/mississi...
Transgender teen can't legally change name until age 21, Mississippi Supreme Court rules
The Mississippi Supreme Court has ruled that a 16-year-old trans boy cannot legally change his name even with the support of both his parents.
www.advocate.com
April 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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levin.bsky.social
Live in NY? We have a #NoNYMaskBan phone zap tomorrow care of @bendthearc.bsky.social or call on your own. It is key to call your state assembly member and state senator.
Make a Call: Jews say NO to a NY mask ban
NO MASK BAN — Phone Zap Instructions Find your state senator and assembly members and NY State leadership’s phone numbers Make a call using our call script, and check out our FAQ After each call, fi...
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April 21, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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iwriteok.bsky.social
it's important this go as viral as the original story for morale purposes if nothing else. despite the image they project these people are NOT unaccountable. consequences CAN be forced. focused anger and outrage MATTERS.
April 20, 2025 at 11:46 PM