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1/ I’m Till Eckert, a ProPublica reporter. For the past 2 weeks, I’ve been going to the same NY immigration courthouse.

Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.

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September 26, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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Generative AI by definition is conformity. It is an averaging of anything you ask of it - quite literally guessing what the most likely version of a thing might be. It is, by definition, mainstream, as is everything it creates old and deeply ideological, as every model trains on similar data.
AI filmmaking is peeing. It’s pooping. It’s throwing up. It’s a new kind of liquid coming out. It’s hated by the establishment. It’s what goes in the toilet. It’s wet. It’s what’s in the bathroom.
August 6, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Infatuated with Albuquerque’s free bus system, @abqride.bsky.social. Maybe I got lucky, but it was as quick to get a bus from the airport as a Lyft and then a transfer to Old Town. Best public transit experience I’ve had in ages!
May 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Landed in Albuquerque, saw a toe sock in a flip-flop under a bathroom stall. What does this portend?
May 23, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Hey y’all,

I have a friend who knows Mahmoud Khalil personally & he said he can vouch for this fundraiser. 💛

chuffed.org/project/just...
Justice for Mahmoud Khalil—Urgent Support Needed
Dear Friends, Allies, and Supporters,
chuffed.org
March 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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A federal judge in NY has blocked any effort by the Trump administration to deport Mahmoud Khalil – whose arrest and imminent deportation Trump celebrated on Turth Social today — until further proceedings play out. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
March 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Strategically parked around the corner …
February 27, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Noteworthy
🧵 THREAD: Our reporter spent the past year reporting inside the State Department, trying to answer the central question of Biden’s foreign policy:

How did the U.S. let Israel get away with widespread horrors in Gaza?
January 16, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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Calling into work gay
New: Meta employees are furious about a new policy that allows users to call LGBTQ+ people "mentally ill." Some have resigned in protest. Some LGBTQ+ employees have started saying they if they are 'mentally ill' they should get leave of absences from work

www.404media.co/its-total-ch...
‘It’s Total Chaos Internally at Meta Right Now’: Employees Protest Zuckerberg’s Anti LGBTQ Changes
Meta's decision to specifically allow users to call LGBTQ+ people "mentally ill" has sparked widespread backlash at the company.
www.404media.co
January 9, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Look at my opposition party dawg, we’re all going to hell
January 8, 2025 at 9:25 PM
What if I have absolutely nothing to say? I remember when I wrote Twitter off as merely a disembodied AIM status message and I may not have been wrong.
October 13, 2023 at 1:00 AM