Linda Batchelder
@ljbasouthpaw.bsky.social
Architect, quilter, general maker & baker (just waiting for the weather to chill a bit). New Englander at heart.
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Good morning readers; Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.
In the towns near Ukraine's frontline, Russian FPV drones hunt civilians, a new tactic called a "human safari".
Yana, who lives in Kherson, regularly sees these drones and the damage they cause.
In the towns near Ukraine's frontline, Russian FPV drones hunt civilians, a new tactic called a "human safari".
Yana, who lives in Kherson, regularly sees these drones and the damage they cause.
Russia’s disturbing human ‘safaris’
Violating the laws of war, Russians have created a sick game of hunting civilians with FPV drones near the frontline. We take you behind the scenes, to the people most affected.
www.counteroffensive.news
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Good morning readers; Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.
In the towns near Ukraine's frontline, Russian FPV drones hunt civilians, a new tactic called a "human safari".
Yana, who lives in Kherson, regularly sees these drones and the damage they cause.
In the towns near Ukraine's frontline, Russian FPV drones hunt civilians, a new tactic called a "human safari".
Yana, who lives in Kherson, regularly sees these drones and the damage they cause.
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I am having serious trouble getting my head around this. It feels *deeply* scary. This is proper “disappeared” stuff.
Could ICE have ‘lost' 3,000 immigrant arrestees in Chicago?
NBC Chicago's investigative team reports at least 3,000 jailed immigrants have vanished from federal records, according to human rights attorneys and organizations.
www.nbcchicago.com/investigatio...
NBC Chicago's investigative team reports at least 3,000 jailed immigrants have vanished from federal records, according to human rights attorneys and organizations.
www.nbcchicago.com/investigatio...
Could ICE have 'lost' 3,000 immigrant arrestees in Chicago?
At least 3,000 jailed immigrants have vanished from federal records, according to human rights attorneys and organizations.
www.nbcchicago.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I am having serious trouble getting my head around this. It feels *deeply* scary. This is proper “disappeared” stuff.
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Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!
October 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!
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The Admiral in charge of military strikes in the Caribbean resigns as US forces are being built up in the region for possible attacks on Venezuela, at the same time Hegseth forces the Pentagon press out of the building with onerous censorship rules.
Nothing to see here.
Nothing to see here.
October 17, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The Admiral in charge of military strikes in the Caribbean resigns as US forces are being built up in the region for possible attacks on Venezuela, at the same time Hegseth forces the Pentagon press out of the building with onerous censorship rules.
Nothing to see here.
Nothing to see here.
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"This is supposed to be an oversight hearing" -- Schiff helpfully ticks through all of the incriminating questions -- and there are many of them -- that Bondi refused to answer during today's hearing
October 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
"This is supposed to be an oversight hearing" -- Schiff helpfully ticks through all of the incriminating questions -- and there are many of them -- that Bondi refused to answer during today's hearing
Neutral doesn’t mean bland. Tile shopping with a client.
August 13, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Neutral doesn’t mean bland. Tile shopping with a client.
ICE is torturing a chaplain to a Cincinnati’s children’s hospital who is in this country legally. If sent back to his country of origin (Egypt) he will likely be executed. This is our government doing the torturing.
“It felt like I was looking into the face of somebody who had just been tortured,” says Rev. Elizabeth Diop.
More: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
More: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
August 7, 2025 at 10:22 PM
ICE is torturing a chaplain to a Cincinnati’s children’s hospital who is in this country legally. If sent back to his country of origin (Egypt) he will likely be executed. This is our government doing the torturing.
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Day 6! Leave a public comment opposing the repeal of the EPA Endangerment Finding.
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Day 6! Leave a public comment opposing the repeal of the EPA Endangerment Finding.
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I strongly oppose the proposed repeal of the Endangerment Finding. The science is clear: greenhouse gases unequivocally harm our health and our environment. Weakening or repealing the Endangerment Finding will make it harder, and costlier to protect our communities from pollution and from the effects of climate change.
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August 6, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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Summertime relaxing on the Cape.
August 6, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Summertime relaxing on the Cape.
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Pro-Israeli apologists for their crimes, seeking to portray every critic (including Jewish ones like me) as anti-Semites, often will ask, "Do you believe Israel has a right to exist?" My answer is "Do you believe these murdered Palestinian children had a right to exist?"
The head of Gaza's largest hospital on Tuesday said 21 children have died due to malnutrition and starvation in the Palestinian territory in the past three days, while Israel pressed a devastating assault ➡️ u.afp.com/Sgkj
July 23, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Pro-Israeli apologists for their crimes, seeking to portray every critic (including Jewish ones like me) as anti-Semites, often will ask, "Do you believe Israel has a right to exist?" My answer is "Do you believe these murdered Palestinian children had a right to exist?"
Reminder: applying for asylum is NOT a criminal act, even if you enter with only the clothes on your back.
"“The President of the United States just threatened to have me arrested, stripped of my citizenship, put in a detention camp and deported. Not because I have broken any law but because I will refuse to let ICE terrorize our city."
Yeah, this is how to do it.
Yeah, this is how to do it.
Sharp new response from Zohran Mamdani, hitting back at Trump's threats:
"His statements...attempt to send a message to every New Yorker who refuses to hide in the shadows: if you speak up, they will come for you. We will not accept this intimidation."
"His statements...attempt to send a message to every New Yorker who refuses to hide in the shadows: if you speak up, they will come for you. We will not accept this intimidation."
July 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Reminder: applying for asylum is NOT a criminal act, even if you enter with only the clothes on your back.
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It is firmly in the “somebody’s making an active decision to downplay this” territory.
I count 49 news headlines on the NYT mobile app home page right now, not including opinion, sports or cooking. None of them are about the massive protests yesterday.
June 15, 2025 at 6:18 PM
It is firmly in the “somebody’s making an active decision to downplay this” territory.
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Some thoughts about the military parade in my hometown of Washington DC today -- specifically, the route. Military parades in DC are quite rare. But when they happen, they have always begun, symbolically and geographically, at the Capitol and moved outward. 1/
June 14, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Some thoughts about the military parade in my hometown of Washington DC today -- specifically, the route. Military parades in DC are quite rare. But when they happen, they have always begun, symbolically and geographically, at the Capitol and moved outward. 1/
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Trump doesn’t understand why everyone hates Putin today since the Soviet Union was our ally in WWII, but everyone likes Japan and Germany now. He says he can’t understand it and neither can Putin. Dumbest MF on the planet.
June 13, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Trump doesn’t understand why everyone hates Putin today since the Soviet Union was our ally in WWII, but everyone likes Japan and Germany now. He says he can’t understand it and neither can Putin. Dumbest MF on the planet.
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Feels kinda important to point out that if non-citizens are required to carry proof of legal status, then citizens do too by default. This is absolutely insane.
DHS confirmed that ICE and CBP agents will be on site “for security” at the start of the FIFA Club World Cup at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens. ICE also reminded non-U.S. citizens to carry proof of legal status while attending the event.
June 11, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Feels kinda important to point out that if non-citizens are required to carry proof of legal status, then citizens do too by default. This is absolutely insane.
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Adam McKay is drafting a scene about this already for his next big movie on a major financial crash
🚨BIG STORY: Senators put a line into the crypto bill requiring bankrupt banks to prioritize remunerating crypto investors over depositors.
The provision could require banks to take cash from your savings account & use it to pay senators' crypto donors.
www.levernews.com/cryptos-new-...
The provision could require banks to take cash from your savings account & use it to pay senators' crypto donors.
www.levernews.com/cryptos-new-...
June 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Adam McKay is drafting a scene about this already for his next big movie on a major financial crash
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At the Commencement for students graduating from University of Maryland School of Law I spent some time talking with law graduates about the significance of the oath they will take when they are admitted to the bar, and its importance to upholding the rule of law. Especially now.
May 26, 2025 at 2:27 PM
At the Commencement for students graduating from University of Maryland School of Law I spent some time talking with law graduates about the significance of the oath they will take when they are admitted to the bar, and its importance to upholding the rule of law. Especially now.
Timeline break from the world.
I mailed my mom her Mother’s Day flowers and card in one today. Watercolor with pen and ink highlights.
I mailed my mom her Mother’s Day flowers and card in one today. Watercolor with pen and ink highlights.
May 7, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Timeline break from the world.
I mailed my mom her Mother’s Day flowers and card in one today. Watercolor with pen and ink highlights.
I mailed my mom her Mother’s Day flowers and card in one today. Watercolor with pen and ink highlights.
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“Department of Government Efficiency.”
April 19, 2025 at 3:31 AM
“Department of Government Efficiency.”
"Christian love is not a concentric expansion of interests that little by little extend to other persons and groups," the pope writes.
NPR reports
NPR reports
April 21, 2025 at 1:06 PM
"Christian love is not a concentric expansion of interests that little by little extend to other persons and groups," the pope writes.
NPR reports
NPR reports
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This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
March 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH