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Doctor in Women's Studies | Writer, researcher, reporter | Co-founder of The Flytrap | she/her | hire me: nicolefroio@gmail.com | tip me on Signal: nicolefroio.57 | anarcho-feminist | Free Palestine
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In honor of Bad Bunny's victories at this year's #Grammys, we dropped the paywall for @nicolefroio.bsky.social's review of THE ALBUM OF THE YEAR, DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS:

“DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS” is Bad Bunny’s Latest Decolonial Text
Bad Bunny’s new album places loss at the center of tropical paradise, elucidating vacation spots as colonial constructs.
f.mtr.cool
February 5, 2026 at 4:03 PM
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I missed that Boston Mayor Michelle Wu did this yesterday! Excellent bsky.app/profile/mayo...
mayorwu.boston.gov Office of Mayor Michelle Wu 吳弭 @mayorwu.boston.gov · 1d
I just signed an executive order instructing @boston.gov departments to take a range of actions to protect our residents and make clear that we will hold anyone accountable who commits violence, property damage, or any criminal conduct in the City of Boston—including federal officials.
EXECUTIVE ORDER OF MAYOR MICHELLE WU An Executive Order To Protect Bostonians From Unconstitutional and Violent Federal Operations WHEREAS: The City of Boston is the safest major city in America, and remains committed to ensuring public safety for all its residents and holding all perpetrators of crime accountable; and WHEREAS: This commitment to public safety requires the pursuit of justice regardless of the identity of the victim or the perpetrator; and WHEREAS: The U.S. Constitution reserves for state and local governments—not the federal government—certain “police powers,” including providing for public safety1 ; and WHEREAS: The Tenth Amendment enshrines this reality, establishing that state and local governments hold the authority to enact public safety policies, and prohibiting the federal government from commandeering state and local resources2 ; and WHEREAS: Courts across the country have held that the federal government cannot compel the use of local resources for federal immigration enforcement3 ; and WHEREAS: The Boston Trust Act—enacted in 2014, amended in 2019, and reaffirmed in 2024—reflects the City of Boston’s commitment to dedicating resources to criminal law enforcement, not civil immigration enforcement, consistent with the Constitution, state law, and the City’s dedication to the community policing that keeps its neighborhoods safe4 WHEREAS: The federal government has recklessly deployed immigration enforcement agents to American cities, including Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, and Portland and Lewiston, Maine, and in these deployments, federal agents have fomented chaos, violated residents’ constitutional rights, and perpetrated egregious acts of violence, including the fatal shootings of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti; and WHEREAS: The International Association of Chiefs of Police, in recognition of the fear and tension this federal administration has caused nationwide, has called for a renewed “commitment to constitutional protections that safeguard individuals from unlawful or unreasonable searches and seizures, recognizing that public trust and effective policing depend on faithful adherence to these fundamental rights”5 ; and WHEREAS: Federal officials may be subject to criminal prosecution for violations of state law, 6 contrary to the dangerous, unfounded claim by seniormost Trump Administration officials that ICE agents enjoy “absolute immunity”; and WHEREAS: The deployment of federal officials to Minneapolis and St. Paul constitutes an unlawful occupation of those cities, violating the constitution and subverting the Supreme Court’s prohibition on the deployment of National Guard troops to achieve the same coercive goals7 ; and WHEREAS: ICE officials have consistently employed tactics designed to create fear and escalate tension, including wearing masks and hiding their identities, refusing to identify themselves, claiming the right to enter private homes without warrants, and not using body-worn cameras, practices which are unfamiliar to Massachusetts law enforcement, below the high ethical standards reflected in our laws, and all of which jeopardize public safety and order in our communities; and WHEREAS: The official response from senior federal officials to the death and violence caused by ICE operations demonstrates a callous disregard for human life and a willingness to sanction violent attacks on innocent Americans, perpetrated without accountability to law, which undermines public safety in communities across this country; and WHEREAS: In this moment of national crisis, the City of Boston shall continue to prioritize public safety, including protecting residents from violence and ensuring accountability for all who perpetrate it; and WHEREAS: On January 29, 2026, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey issued an executive order and introduced legislation that would prevent ICE from conducting operations in places of worship, courthouses, schools, child care facilities, and hospitals; prevent ICE from making civil arrests in nonpublic areas of state-owned properties; and prohibit ICE from using state-owned properties for staging, processing, and related civil immigration actions8 ; and WHEREAS: The City of Boston has long led the fight against tyranny, rooted in the principle that the United States is a nation of laws, and that governments—federal, state, and local—must respect the law to protect the fundamentally American values of democratic accountability and respect for the dignity of all people; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDERED: Pursuant to the authority invested in me as the chief executive officer of the City of Boston by St. 1948, c. 452, s. 11, as amended, I, Michelle Wu, Mayor of Boston, hereby order and direct as follows: Section 1: De-escalation of Federal Provocations and Provision of First Aid In the event of federal operations, including a surge in ICE agents or other federal officials, the City of Boston, through its public safety agencies, shall ensure, consistent with long-standing practice, that established de-escalation protocols are used to protect peaceful protestors and ensure public safety across the City. 9 In the event that any person is injured when City officials are present, City officials shall immediately summon emergency medical services. First responders shall make all reasonable efforts to render aid according to long-standing protocols established by Boston Emergency Medical Services, the Boston Police Department, the Boston Fire Department, and the Office of Emergency Management.10 Consistent with the Trust Act and state and federal law, nothing in this section shall be interpreted to require or permit obstruction of federal immigration enforcement. Section 2: Transparency in Federal Conduct The City of Boston Public Records Department and the Chief Information Officer shall, consistent with the Massachusetts Public Records Law, work with the Boston Police Department to publicly release video footage of violence or property damage by federal officials captured by Boston Police Department body-worn cameras or other City-controlled surveillance cameras, provided that such release does not unduly interfere with an active criminal investigation, as determined by state and local law enforcement agencies.11 Section 3: Investigation of Criminal Conduct by Federal Officials The City of Boston Communications Department shall, in consultation with the Office of Neighborhood Services, issue guidance to all relevant City departments to provide for communications to residents, through all available channels, that consistent with its statutory authority and longstanding practice, the Boston Police Department shall investigate all violence, property damage, and allegations of criminal conduct, including by federal officials, and appropriately document such incidents; and such investigations shall be independent of parallel federal investigations, if any; and the Boston Police Department shall, whenever appropriate, work in collaboration with and make referrals to the Suffolk County District Attorney or the Massachusetts Attorney General. The City of Boston Law Department shall work with the Boston Police Department in securing complete and timely cooperation from federal agencies, exercising all available legal avenues. Such cooperation shall include, but not be limited
February 6, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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lebassett.bsky.social
All the other mayors could be doing this if they wanted to
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h
Mamdani announces a new executive order protecting New Yorkers from "abusive immigration enforcement," including requiring ICE to have a judicial warrant to enter NYC property
February 6, 2026 at 4:37 PM
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kathleenclark.bsky.social
‘One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." …
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
… 25. This Cibola jail was horrible. It was cramped. I was chained up again. The officers mocked me and called me their enemy. They laughed at me. I was kept at the jail for what felt like around three hours. I wasn't given an explanation for why I was there. 26. Security guards then put me on a bus. I think it was around January 27. No one said anything about where I was going. I was handcuffed. It felt like the middle of the night. It was freezing cold in the bus because the driver had the AC on. We had no jackets. The bus eventually took me back to El Paso in the carly morning of Tuesday, January 27th. 27. I was put in a cold cell where I had to sleep on the bare cement floor. Around 10 in the morning my cellmate asked to speak to an ICE officer. Three officers came into the cell so I had a chance to speak to them too. One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." She told me that if I fought my case, I would spend two to three more months here in El Paso. She offered me $2600 to self-deport. I refused. I wanted to talk to my attorney. They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota. If I hadn't managed to talk to my attorney who told me a while back that I was ordered released. I might have given up at this point and signed the self-deportation forms because the conditions were so unbearable. … 30. When I was taken back to the detention center from the airport, after missing the flight, I overheard an ICE officer saying in English, "the judge in Minnesota wants this one back." I was put in a cold jail cell again until early next morning (January 28). But again no one had told me directly that a judge had ordered my release … 32. When I arrived in Minneapolis, I was handed off to ICE … I had to sign lots of papers saying that I wasn't going to be a part of any "groups." I didn't know what they meant by "groups." They never told me why I was detained
February 5, 2026 at 6:04 AM
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mychaldenzelsmith.bsky.social
many thanks to @brandyjensen.bsky.social and @defector.com for letting write about two passions: my love of 'The Traitors' and my hatred of Michael Rapaport
February 4, 2026 at 2:23 PM
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nitasha.bsky.social
My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power
cover of The Washington Post on Wednesday Feb 4, 2026. Headline on bottom, right: Musk wanted to hook users; his chatbot got more sexual
February 4, 2026 at 7:40 PM
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melissagiragrant.com
can’t not hear and see:
photograph of David Wojnarowicz’s black leather jacket, reading: If I die of AIDS, forget burial – drop my body on the steps of the FDA” (courtesy The David Wojnarowicz Papers, The Downtown Collection, Fales Library, New York University) via https://wojfound.org/timeline_event/1988-july-if-i-die-of-aids/
February 4, 2026 at 6:36 PM
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theflytrapmedia.com
In honor of Bad Bunny's victories at this year's #Grammys, we dropped the paywall for @nicolefroio.bsky.social's review of THE ALBUM OF THE YEAR, DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS:

“DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS” is Bad Bunny’s Latest Decolonial Text
Bad Bunny’s new album places loss at the center of tropical paradise, elucidating vacation spots as colonial constructs.
f.mtr.cool
February 4, 2026 at 4:03 PM
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sesmith.lol
Wrote this piece on the joys of cultivating a deeply weird FYP before the TikTok TOS update but I stand by this: We gotta find and celebrate the weird in our lives or we will not make it through this.
How Weird Can Your For You Page Get?
While at surface level, #WeirdTok is all fun and games, it also cuts to something deeper about being human.
conversationalist.org
February 3, 2026 at 10:22 PM
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February 3, 2026 at 6:04 PM
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And OF COURSE, we couldn't forget about Grammy-winning film Sinners, which @freeblackgirl.bsky.social wrote about in the context of Ryan Coogler's depictions of Black southern intimacies. Free to read this week at the link: www.theflytrapmedia.com/sinners-cele...
'Sinners' Celebrates the Decadent Intimacy of the Black South
Ryan Coogler's latest film threads Black intimacies through time and space, all in one spiritually stirring night at Club Juke.
www.theflytrapmedia.com
February 3, 2026 at 6:02 PM
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In honor of Bad Bunny's victories at this year's #Grammys, we dropped the paywall for @nicolefroio.bsky.social 's review of THE ALBUM OF THE YEAR, Bad Bunny's DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS: www.theflytrapmedia.com/deb-tirar-m-...
“DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS” is Bad Bunny’s Latest Decolonial Text
Bad Bunny’s new album places loss at the center of tropical paradise, elucidating vacation spots as colonial constructs.
www.theflytrapmedia.com
February 3, 2026 at 6:01 PM
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theflytrapmedia.com
We decided to drop the paywall on @kwanetaharris.bsky.social because it's so powerful and urgent. Kwaneta writes about how the state is her abuser as an incarcerated woman. Read for free here: www.theflytrapmedia.com/aint-we-wome...
Ain't We Women, Too?
For many incarcerated women, the state is their abuser, but the gender-based violence we experience behind bars goes ignored.
www.theflytrapmedia.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:59 PM
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stevoisiak.bsky.social
I made a filterlist for uBlock Origin to remove Generative AI features on websites. Includes blocks for
* Google AI Summaries
* YouTube Ask button & chat summaries
* GitHub Copilot
* Facebook AI chat
* X's Grok buttons
* Deviantart DreamUp
* Booru AI images
* And more

github.com/Stevoisiak/S...
Google with AI buttons Google without AI buttons
February 3, 2026 at 12:30 AM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
New — I spoke to eight people who were present at the ICE protest on Saturday in Portland, Oregon when federal agents deployed tear gas and rubber bullets into a crowd of families, children, elderly and disabled people, and their pets.

These are their stories:
What it's like to see ICE tear gas kids
Attendees at a Portland, OR protest describe a vicious, unprovoked and sudden attack
www.thehandbasket.co
February 3, 2026 at 1:25 AM
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unburntwitch.com
hey remember when I got shit on for years for trying to warn people that GamerGate was just Nazis and not just about harassing women and not just about some “consumer revolt”
aftermath.site Aftermath @aftermath.site · 3d
The Epstein files reveal what powerful people see in video games: profit, coercion, and control

aftermath.site/jeffrey-epstei...
February 3, 2026 at 9:47 PM
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hebagowayed.bsky.social
Hello. Do you know that African Asylum seekers - two of whom are people I know, one who escaped enslavement and the other saw her father killed in front of her - are being told in court that they will be sent to Uganda for processing?

And now their attorneys have to fight that?
February 3, 2026 at 9:52 PM
nicolefroio.bsky.social
Human Rights Watch throwing their reputation in the garbage, I see. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
Human Rights Watch researchers resign after report on Palestinian right of return blocked
The organization claims the report, which finds Israel’s denial of the right of return is a crime against humanity, is ‘paused pending further analysis and research’
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 9:04 PM
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eruilluviel.bsky.social
Gaza é um ponto de não retorno de todas as instituições ocidentais, de Estado e de sociedade civil. A credibilidade de muita organização estão no chão
February 3, 2026 at 8:42 PM
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andrewqmr.bsky.social
Post by Internet Hippo that says: Oh my god you want me to find "evidence" before putting someone in jail? Every time?? Do you have any idea how long that would take
February 3, 2026 at 6:22 PM
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persona
February 3, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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jessicawluther.com
If you’ve ever enjoyed anything from BIAD, please consider giving a little so we can afford to make more starting this June with the men’s World Cup. Also, please help lower my stress level!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/bur...
Burn It All Down, the feminist sports podcast you need
A new season of what haters have called a "capitalist-hating, Trump-hating, NFL protest-loving group of far-Left women."
www.kickstarter.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:40 PM
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jessicawluther.com
We’ve made it to 70% of our initial Kickstarter goal on day 1!! Y’all are amazing. I was terrified no one would contribute, but we are now almost to a guarantee of 3 new episodes of BIAD. Anything above our goal amount just means more BIAD!!
burnitalldownpod.com Burn It All Down, the podcast @burnitalldownpod.com · 3d
Our Kickstarter is live‼️

A new season of Burn It All Down is coming and we need your help to make it happen. Your support keeps independent, feminist sports media alive!

Learn more and support the campaign here:
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February 3, 2026 at 7:38 PM
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bfishbfish.bsky.social
For Bustle, I interviewed five women about the cost of their mental healthcare, which included exposure therapy, ketamine therapy, acupuncture, somatic therapy and more. It turns out it's pretty expensive to take care of your brain! www.bustle.com/wellness/cos...
I Didn’t Realize My Mental Health Would Cost $20,000 a Year
Five women break down the real cost of mental health — for one, nearly $20,000 a year.
www.bustle.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:33 PM
nicolefroio.bsky.social
as someone who has very high standards for how people live their values and has suffered for being the killjoy, the person who won't play nice... I think looking the other way when people you benefit from do something fucked up is incredibly baked into our societies.
February 3, 2026 at 7:38 PM