Brittle Edges
@brittleedges.bsky.social
56 male. Just watching the world go by and enjoying the view
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"Johnson said he was left tied up outside the building for nearly three hours.
'I asked [agents] why they were holding me if I was an American citizen, and they said I had to wait until they looked me up. I asked if they had a warrant and I asked for a lawyer. They never brought one.'"
'I asked [agents] why they were holding me if I was an American citizen, and they said I had to wait until they looked me up. I asked if they had a warrant and I asked for a lawyer. They never brought one.'"
Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
chicago.suntimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
"Johnson said he was left tied up outside the building for nearly three hours.
'I asked [agents] why they were holding me if I was an American citizen, and they said I had to wait until they looked me up. I asked if they had a warrant and I asked for a lawyer. They never brought one.'"
'I asked [agents] why they were holding me if I was an American citizen, and they said I had to wait until they looked me up. I asked if they had a warrant and I asked for a lawyer. They never brought one.'"
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Deeply disturbing. Missouri is implementing age verification for 18+ sites through its AG. No vote, no legislation, just the Attorney General implementing the policy and forcing AV on its residents
www.komu.com/news/state/n...
www.komu.com/news/state/n...
New Missouri AG announces age verification requirement for explicit sites
Missouri will require pornographic websites to verify users' ages to prevent minors from accessing explicit content.
www.komu.com
September 14, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Deeply disturbing. Missouri is implementing age verification for 18+ sites through its AG. No vote, no legislation, just the Attorney General implementing the policy and forcing AV on its residents
www.komu.com/news/state/n...
www.komu.com/news/state/n...
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Visa and Mastercard are getting overwhelmed by gamer fury over censorship
Visa and Mastercard are getting overwhelmed by gamer fury over censorship
Gamers are sending mass emails and phone calls to major payment processors in protest over Steam and Itchio pulling adult games from their storefronts
www.polygon.com
July 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Visa and Mastercard are getting overwhelmed by gamer fury over censorship
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The censorship of 80+ games on Steam this week was apparently the work of Australian antiporn group Collective Shout, which partnered with US evangelicals to pressure Visa and Mastercard.
They claimed, without evidence, that the games involved child abuse.
Great work by @acvalens.net for VICE.
They claimed, without evidence, that the games involved child abuse.
Great work by @acvalens.net for VICE.
Group Behind Steam Censorship Policies Have Powerful Allies — And Targeted Popular Games With Outlandish Claims
The organization behind Steam's latest payment processor censorship, Collective Shout, appears to tell some misleading tales.
www.vice.com
July 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
The censorship of 80+ games on Steam this week was apparently the work of Australian antiporn group Collective Shout, which partnered with US evangelicals to pressure Visa and Mastercard.
They claimed, without evidence, that the games involved child abuse.
Great work by @acvalens.net for VICE.
They claimed, without evidence, that the games involved child abuse.
Great work by @acvalens.net for VICE.
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🚨 EXCLUSIVE: President Trump's Justice Department and FBI have concluded they have no evidence that Jeffrey Epstein blackmailed powerful figures, kept a "client list” or was murdered, according to a memo detailing the findings obtained by Axios.
Exclusive: DOJ, FBI conclude Jeffrey Epstein had no "client list," committed suicide
The findings represent the first time Trump's administration has officially contradicted conspiracy theories about Epstein's activities and his death.
www.axios.com
July 7, 2025 at 12:52 AM
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: President Trump's Justice Department and FBI have concluded they have no evidence that Jeffrey Epstein blackmailed powerful figures, kept a "client list” or was murdered, according to a memo detailing the findings obtained by Axios.
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In today’s episode of What Are They Thinking: “If you don’t see a hurricane coming… does it really exist?”
🚨 The Dept of Defense is shutting down its weather satellite program. No more data. No more updates. Meteorologists are scrambling—and we’re heading into peak storm season.
Brilliant timing.
🚨 The Dept of Defense is shutting down its weather satellite program. No more data. No more updates. Meteorologists are scrambling—and we’re heading into peak storm season.
Brilliant timing.
June 30, 2025 at 2:15 AM
In today’s episode of What Are They Thinking: “If you don’t see a hurricane coming… does it really exist?”
🚨 The Dept of Defense is shutting down its weather satellite program. No more data. No more updates. Meteorologists are scrambling—and we’re heading into peak storm season.
Brilliant timing.
🚨 The Dept of Defense is shutting down its weather satellite program. No more data. No more updates. Meteorologists are scrambling—and we’re heading into peak storm season.
Brilliant timing.
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ICE operations at immigration courts intensified today. Brief 🧵on what's happening:
- A person facing removal shows up for a hearing.
- At the hearing, ICE unexpectedly asks the immigration judge to dismiss the case without prejudice.
- If the judge says yes, the hearing ends, court is over.
1/4
- A person facing removal shows up for a hearing.
- At the hearing, ICE unexpectedly asks the immigration judge to dismiss the case without prejudice.
- If the judge says yes, the hearing ends, court is over.
1/4
Another report, this one out of Arizona, of people showing up for scheduled immigration court hearings and being detained by federal agents.
They've abandoned any pretense of going after the criminal element first. Now everyone is fair game.
They've abandoned any pretense of going after the criminal element first. Now everyone is fair game.
They showed up to immigration court in Phoenix. Then ICE agents surrounded them
"I've never seen action like today ever,” attorney Eugene Delgado said. “This hasn't been the normal practice in Phoenix at all.”
www.azcentral.com
May 22, 2025 at 2:11 AM
ICE operations at immigration courts intensified today. Brief 🧵on what's happening:
- A person facing removal shows up for a hearing.
- At the hearing, ICE unexpectedly asks the immigration judge to dismiss the case without prejudice.
- If the judge says yes, the hearing ends, court is over.
1/4
- A person facing removal shows up for a hearing.
- At the hearing, ICE unexpectedly asks the immigration judge to dismiss the case without prejudice.
- If the judge says yes, the hearing ends, court is over.
1/4
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Bomb planted in front of a reproductive center in Palm Springs this morning thepalmspringspost.com/one-dead-aft...
One dead after bomb explodes outside reproductive center in Downtown Palm Springs ⋆ The Palm Springs Post
Police confirm one person is dead after a bomb explodes outside a reproductive facility
thepalmspringspost.com
May 17, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Bomb planted in front of a reproductive center in Palm Springs this morning thepalmspringspost.com/one-dead-aft...
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Equity Arc, which trains young musicians of color, was set to play with the US Marine Band — until Trump's anti-DEI order canceled the show.
But Chicago stepped up, and now the students will perform at @chicagosymphony.bsky.social on 4/6. Grab a free ticket and join me in cheering them on. cso.org
But Chicago stepped up, and now the students will perform at @chicagosymphony.bsky.social on 4/6. Grab a free ticket and join me in cheering them on. cso.org
April 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Equity Arc, which trains young musicians of color, was set to play with the US Marine Band — until Trump's anti-DEI order canceled the show.
But Chicago stepped up, and now the students will perform at @chicagosymphony.bsky.social on 4/6. Grab a free ticket and join me in cheering them on. cso.org
But Chicago stepped up, and now the students will perform at @chicagosymphony.bsky.social on 4/6. Grab a free ticket and join me in cheering them on. cso.org
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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
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
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
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
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ok, cis folks—if you said you'd stand with trans folks, it's time.
S.9 is the senate's sports ban bill—a big step to making trump’s executive order a federal law, which is much harder to undo. it can be stopped *monday.*
short call scripts for dem & GOP senators ⬇️🧵
legiscan.com/US/bill/SB9/...
S.9 is the senate's sports ban bill—a big step to making trump’s executive order a federal law, which is much harder to undo. it can be stopped *monday.*
short call scripts for dem & GOP senators ⬇️🧵
legiscan.com/US/bill/SB9/...
a cloture vote for the way-harder-to-undo-than-an-executive-order federal anti-trans sports ban is now set for monday. that means there's more time to make calls.
no on cloture means it doesn't get a vote. the GOP needs 7 dems to advance it.
please call. there is *so* much evil downstream of this.
no on cloture means it doesn't get a vote. the GOP needs 7 dems to advance it.
please call. there is *so* much evil downstream of this.
February 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
ok, cis folks—if you said you'd stand with trans folks, it's time.
S.9 is the senate's sports ban bill—a big step to making trump’s executive order a federal law, which is much harder to undo. it can be stopped *monday.*
short call scripts for dem & GOP senators ⬇️🧵
legiscan.com/US/bill/SB9/...
S.9 is the senate's sports ban bill—a big step to making trump’s executive order a federal law, which is much harder to undo. it can be stopped *monday.*
short call scripts for dem & GOP senators ⬇️🧵
legiscan.com/US/bill/SB9/...
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November 11, 2024 at 10:13 AM