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paleofuture.bsky.social
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.

They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.

From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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adamweinstein.bsky.social
Was just reading John Quincy Adams' oral arguments before SCOTUS in the Amistad case and this part seems, uh, pretty relevant
A portion of John Quincy Adams' Amistad argument before SCOTUS: "I will not recur to the Declaration of Independence--your Honors have it implanted in your hearts--but one of the grievous charges brought against George III. was, that he had made laws for sending men beyond seas for trial. That was one of the most odious of those acts of tyranny which occasioned the American revolution. The whole of the reasoning is not applicable to this case, but I submit to your Honors that, if the President has the power to do it in the case of Africans, and send them beyond seas for trial, he could do it by the same authority in the case of American citizens. By a simple order to the marshal of the district, he could just as well seize forty citizens of the United States, on the demand of a foreign minister, and send them beyond seas for trial before a foreign court."
March 26, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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dereklowe.bsky.social
Yet another extremely stupid and destructive move appears to be underway. Those people who advised me to calm down, that everything was actually going to work out fine, know what they can go do with themselves.

kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
An excerpt from the article describing how scientists are worried about retaliation from the Trump administration, and reporting that Acting Director Memoli has told everyone that any mRNA work/grants/collaborations must be reported up to RFK Jr. and to the White House.
March 17, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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cstross.bsky.social
We really do have a new influx of bots: a third of my new followers overnight are sus. Watch out in particular for "blue dot in a red state", they're grinding for followers. (A lot of Americans are mad about the election and don't think too hard before following someone with the right slogan.)
December 16, 2024 at 12:09 PM
I don’t have time to follow the Geoff micro fiction narrative, but I’m loving the meta-commentary and social phenomenon.
gabbklein.cryptoanarchy.network Gabrielle @gabbklein.cryptoanarchy.network · Nov 15
Inside all of us are two wolves, and one of them is named Geoff.
November 15, 2024 at 2:11 PM
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donmoyn.bsky.social
Every “they refused to debate me” story
May 12, 2023 at 6:59 PM
Finally joined @aletta on Bluesky. No longer will she have to explain it to me like it’s a TV show I don’t watch.
May 11, 2023 at 10:04 PM