April 🦋
@iamaprildiane.bsky.social
Mom. Educator. Lifelong learner.
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
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I have been looking at Black Friday sales for a week but I do not actually need anything so instead I closed all those tabs and bought a Polaroid for a foster kid in Florida who uses photography to deal with big feelings. Perhaps you would like to do the same for one of the kids at the link below?
🧵 We are, in fact, doing the thing again for @onesimplewish.bsky.social. In 2024, the kind people of this community put the money cannon on blast to help grant $75K in wishes for children in foster care. Toys, tech, a suit for job interviews. Here we go again! 👇
www.onesimplewish.org/giving/megwa...
www.onesimplewish.org/giving/megwa...
November 22, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I have been looking at Black Friday sales for a week but I do not actually need anything so instead I closed all those tabs and bought a Polaroid for a foster kid in Florida who uses photography to deal with big feelings. Perhaps you would like to do the same for one of the kids at the link below?
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Thanksgiving this year is costing families 10% more than last year. That's more than 3x the rate of inflation.
🧅 Onions: +56%
🥧 Pie Crust: +13%
🫐 Ocean Spray cranberry sauce: +22%
🧈 Butter: +17%
Full analysis from @Groundwork, @TCFdotorg, & @AFT.org.
🧅 Onions: +56%
🥧 Pie Crust: +13%
🫐 Ocean Spray cranberry sauce: +22%
🧈 Butter: +17%
Full analysis from @Groundwork, @TCFdotorg, & @AFT.org.
November 22, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Thanksgiving this year is costing families 10% more than last year. That's more than 3x the rate of inflation.
🧅 Onions: +56%
🥧 Pie Crust: +13%
🫐 Ocean Spray cranberry sauce: +22%
🧈 Butter: +17%
Full analysis from @Groundwork, @TCFdotorg, & @AFT.org.
🧅 Onions: +56%
🥧 Pie Crust: +13%
🫐 Ocean Spray cranberry sauce: +22%
🧈 Butter: +17%
Full analysis from @Groundwork, @TCFdotorg, & @AFT.org.
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If you understand what happened to MTG...you understand how the movement...disciplines its own.
If you don’t, start here → www.jackhopkinsnow.com
If you don’t, start here → www.jackhopkinsnow.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:42 AM
If you understand what happened to MTG...you understand how the movement...disciplines its own.
If you don’t, start here → www.jackhopkinsnow.com
If you don’t, start here → www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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A Trump-appointed judge!
BREAKING: A federal court in Texas just struck down the Texas-gerrymandered maps.
Federal judges block Texas from using its new US House map in the 2026 midterms
A panel of three federal judges has blocked Texas from using a new congressional map that Republicans drew in hopes of picking up five U.S. House seats.
apnews.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:31 PM
A Trump-appointed judge!
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Epstein survivors call to action. "It's time to shine a light into the darkness." #opdeatheaters
November 17, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Epstein survivors call to action. "It's time to shine a light into the darkness." #opdeatheaters
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Donald Trump sent more money to bail out Argentina than it would have cost to extend the ACA tax credits for just 1 year.
I don't plan to let anyone forget it.
I don't plan to let anyone forget it.
November 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Donald Trump sent more money to bail out Argentina than it would have cost to extend the ACA tax credits for just 1 year.
I don't plan to let anyone forget it.
I don't plan to let anyone forget it.
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The power of diversity, empathy, and kinship with our fellow human beings. 🙌💪👏✊️👇
November 8, 2025 at 4:08 AM
The power of diversity, empathy, and kinship with our fellow human beings. 🙌💪👏✊️👇
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They want you to leave your phones at home so you can’t take video of them. If you leave your phone at home, take a go-pro with you. Cameras out, America!
“ICE is quietly building up its ability to spy on Americans' phones
The agency activated a $2 million contract with Paragon, a service that offers the ability to remotely hack into someone's phone.
[Also] ICE entered into an $11 million contract for Cellebrite devices…to break into a locked phone”
The agency activated a $2 million contract with Paragon, a service that offers the ability to remotely hack into someone's phone.
[Also] ICE entered into an $11 million contract for Cellebrite devices…to break into a locked phone”
November 8, 2025 at 4:09 AM
They want you to leave your phones at home so you can’t take video of them. If you leave your phone at home, take a go-pro with you. Cameras out, America!
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If you are thinking of running for Congress in 2026, you have very little time to get going:
1) form a committee with a treasurer (not you)
2) get it an IRS EIN number
3) open a bank account for the committee
4) file the FEC papers for your committee (which requires having an EIN & bank acct)
1) form a committee with a treasurer (not you)
2) get it an IRS EIN number
3) open a bank account for the committee
4) file the FEC papers for your committee (which requires having an EIN & bank acct)
November 6, 2025 at 6:49 PM
If you are thinking of running for Congress in 2026, you have very little time to get going:
1) form a committee with a treasurer (not you)
2) get it an IRS EIN number
3) open a bank account for the committee
4) file the FEC papers for your committee (which requires having an EIN & bank acct)
1) form a committee with a treasurer (not you)
2) get it an IRS EIN number
3) open a bank account for the committee
4) file the FEC papers for your committee (which requires having an EIN & bank acct)
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'In a given week, OpenAI estimated that around 0.07 percent of active ChatGPT users show “possible signs of mental health emergencies related to psychosis or mania” and 0.15 percent “have conversations that include explicit indicators of potential suicidal planning or intent.”'
NEW: "The company’s estimates therefore suggest that every seven days, around 560,000 people may be exchanging messages with ChatGPT that indicate they are experiencing mania or psychosis." @lmatsakis.bsky.social reports: www.wired.com/story/chatgp...
OpenAI Says Hundreds of Thousands of ChatGPT Users May Show Signs of Manic or Psychotic Crisis Every Week
OpenAI Says Hundreds of Thousands of ChatGPT Users May Show Signs of Manic or Psychotic Crisis Every Week
www.wired.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
'In a given week, OpenAI estimated that around 0.07 percent of active ChatGPT users show “possible signs of mental health emergencies related to psychosis or mania” and 0.15 percent “have conversations that include explicit indicators of potential suicidal planning or intent.”'
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Amarillo is one of the reddest towns in Texas.
But I showed up because our campaign is not writing off any community.
It was standing room only.
But I showed up because our campaign is not writing off any community.
It was standing room only.
November 6, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Amarillo is one of the reddest towns in Texas.
But I showed up because our campaign is not writing off any community.
It was standing room only.
But I showed up because our campaign is not writing off any community.
It was standing room only.
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Algorithms make us hate each other. Lies spread 6x faster than truth. Surveillance capitalists manipulate our beliefs.
If we’re going to save America, it will REQUIRE dealing with the monetization of our attention.
FDR talked about Freedom from Want.
How about Freedom from Manipulation?
If we’re going to save America, it will REQUIRE dealing with the monetization of our attention.
FDR talked about Freedom from Want.
How about Freedom from Manipulation?
POISONING Our Freedom: The Big Tech Addiction War
YouTube video by The Dangerous Ones
youtu.be
November 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Algorithms make us hate each other. Lies spread 6x faster than truth. Surveillance capitalists manipulate our beliefs.
If we’re going to save America, it will REQUIRE dealing with the monetization of our attention.
FDR talked about Freedom from Want.
How about Freedom from Manipulation?
If we’re going to save America, it will REQUIRE dealing with the monetization of our attention.
FDR talked about Freedom from Want.
How about Freedom from Manipulation?
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Obama: I believe in an America where we don't fear each other. But look out for each other. And if we want that story to continue. If we believe in that better story. We need leaders who believe in it too.
November 1, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Obama: I believe in an America where we don't fear each other. But look out for each other. And if we want that story to continue. If we believe in that better story. We need leaders who believe in it too.
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NEW CASE: Here is the multistate SNAP lawsuit, filed in Massachusetts. The case — Massachusetts et al. v. U.S. Dep't of Agriculture et al. — has been assigned to Judge Indira Talwani (Obama).
Complaint: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
TRO memo: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Complaint: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
TRO memo: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
October 28, 2025 at 9:45 PM
NEW CASE: Here is the multistate SNAP lawsuit, filed in Massachusetts. The case — Massachusetts et al. v. U.S. Dep't of Agriculture et al. — has been assigned to Judge Indira Talwani (Obama).
Complaint: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
TRO memo: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Complaint: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
TRO memo: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Heavily-armed federal agents came to a Chicago neighborhood and fired tear gas near children getting ready for a Halloween parade.
This once again shows that the Trump administration's deportation campaign is not about "safety," it's about sowing fear and exerting control.
This once again shows that the Trump administration's deportation campaign is not about "safety," it's about sowing fear and exerting control.
Border Patrol agents under fire for allegedly disrupting children's Halloween parade in Chicago
The U.S. Border Patrol is coming under criticism from Chicago residents who claim federal agents disrupted a children's Halloween parade over the weekend.
abcnews.go.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Heavily-armed federal agents came to a Chicago neighborhood and fired tear gas near children getting ready for a Halloween parade.
This once again shows that the Trump administration's deportation campaign is not about "safety," it's about sowing fear and exerting control.
This once again shows that the Trump administration's deportation campaign is not about "safety," it's about sowing fear and exerting control.
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Umm… 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
Rep. Rosa DeLauro: "On the food stamp issue, the money is there! Let them not get away with saying they can't do it. Their political will isn't there to feed the people who rely on the SNAP program which is the most effective anti-hunger program in the USA."
October 29, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Umm… 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
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While we spectate on The East Wing being torn down, it isn’t just another hallway, it’s where Eleanor Roosevelt built the modern Office of the First Lady, where WWII bunkers were hidden, and where the public enters the People’s House. Erasing it is rewriting history.
October 20, 2025 at 7:58 PM
While we spectate on The East Wing being torn down, it isn’t just another hallway, it’s where Eleanor Roosevelt built the modern Office of the First Lady, where WWII bunkers were hidden, and where the public enters the People’s House. Erasing it is rewriting history.
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🚨 Married GOP Rep. Tony Gonzales allegedly had an affair with his senior aide, Regina Aviles — who was found dead after she supposedly doused herself in gasoline and set herself on fire, per The Daily Mail.
Uvalde Police are blocking release of the 911 call, video & records. (Daily Mail)
Uvalde Police are blocking release of the 911 call, video & records. (Daily Mail)
October 20, 2025 at 9:35 PM
🚨 Married GOP Rep. Tony Gonzales allegedly had an affair with his senior aide, Regina Aviles — who was found dead after she supposedly doused herself in gasoline and set herself on fire, per The Daily Mail.
Uvalde Police are blocking release of the 911 call, video & records. (Daily Mail)
Uvalde Police are blocking release of the 911 call, video & records. (Daily Mail)
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Elon Musk now owns two thirds of satellites as 10,000th Starlink launches
Elon Musk now owns two thirds of satellites as 10,000th Starlink launches
Elon Musk now owns two thirds of satellites as 10,000th Starlink launches
www.independent.co.uk
October 20, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Elon Musk now owns two thirds of satellites as 10,000th Starlink launches