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“A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people“
Declaration of Independence
“The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress” Frederick Douglass
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wentrogue.bsky.social
“She has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours.”

Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block
Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, appears to be the first observer arrested by federal immigration enforcement officers since the agency launched an immigration surge in the Twin Cities l...
www.mprnews.org
December 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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jamellebouie.net
i made a video about the president's gutter racism against somali-americans and how a scandal became a smear became a call for de facto ethnic cleansing
Donald Trump’s racist attack on Somali Americans
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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lawyeroyer.com
In the latest mind-blowing misuse of his pardon power, Trump is pardoning Juan Orlando Hernandez—an international drug trafficker responsible for 400 *tons* of cocaine sent to the U.S.—who was also the President of Honduras. I explain why every American should be enraged. youtube.com/shorts/4tiT1...
Trump pardons Honduran drug boss Juan Orlando Hernandez
YouTube video by Lawyer Oyer
youtube.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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lanrickbennett.bsky.social
“Narrower vehicle lanes result in slower driving and less safety incidents. In general, travel time is not significantly impacted, that comes more from red lights and congestion than slower average speed.” - Daniel Kligerman @ratiocity.bsky.social

Inkd.in/gyhi9FZm

h/t @safestreetsto.bsky.social
Daniel Kligerman o• 1st Future of Cities | Intelligent Transportation | Tech Leader |... View my newsletter Today I was interviewed on NewsTalk1010 about the City of Toronto's plan to install 20mk of new bike lines by reducing the width of vehicle lanes. You can listen below, starting at 12:16. Bike lanes do reduce traffic congestion, but only once there is a contiguous network so people can get from origin to destination safely. Bits and pieces of bike lanes won't cut it. Data from other cities shows a reduction in car volume once there is a good enough network, but you need to be patient--people don't switch modes overnight. Narrower vehicle lanes result in slower driving and less safety incidents. In general, travel time is not significantly impacted, that comes more from red lights and congestion than slower average speed. There is no single solution to improving congestion. It's complex. That's where GIS and next-generation modeling and simulation come in. With this technology, we can analyze the data and figure out what combination of changes will deliver the best outcomes. That's the work we're focused on here at Esri Canada. https://Inkd.in/gyhi9FZm Party for Two - Bike Lanes - Telescopic Tuesday - FIFA Brand Police - The Jerry Ag...
December 3, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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ufw.bsky.social
Without farmworkers we wouldn’t be able to celebrate Thanksgiving. Be thankful for their hard work this holiday season!

Sin los trabajadores agrícolas no podríamos celebrar el Día de Acción de Gracias. ¡Agradece su arduo trabajo en estas fiestas!

#WeFeedYou #Thanksgiving
November 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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cathytuttle.bsky.social
Melissa Bruntlett is an urbanist storyteller. This is her story.

𝙊𝙣 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨, 𝙬𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙, “𝙊𝙆, 𝙠𝙞𝙙𝙨, 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙤.” 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙙. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙖𝙛𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙠 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣’𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘.

NYTimes 🎁 article
@modacitylife.com
She’s on a Mission to Make the World More Bike-Friendly
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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doctorvive.bsky.social
So, below is EU President von der Leyen saying that the EU is "not fighting fossil fuels, only emissions."

And here is the Saudi envoy to COP30 saying exactly the same thing.

I'm telling you: climate politics are unified around the lie that we can keep fossil fuels & still deal w climate anyway.
However, COP30 CEO Ana Toni told a press conference later that day that a "great majority" of country groups they had consulted saw a fossil-fuel roadmap as a "red line". In an interview with Carbon Brief, Dr Osama Faqeeha, deputy environment minister for Saudi Arabia, refused to be drawn on whether a fossil-fuel roadmap was a red line, but said: "I think the issue is the emissions, it's not the fuel. And our position is that we have to cut emissions regardless."
November 21, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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aceckhouse.bsky.social
every traffic death is a policy choice
cpearsall242.bsky.social Collin Pearsall @cpearsall242.bsky.social · Nov 21
Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.
November 21, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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indivisible.org
This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert
October 14, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
“.. Oh, we've entered the ‘shooting priests’ phase of the Glorious Trump Revolution. Good to know.”

- @therickwilson.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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murray.senate.gov
The scenes out of Chicago should outrage us all. These federal agents are out of control, committing senseless acts of violence & putting everyone at risk.
 
American citizens are being detained & brutalized.
 
This kind of immigration "enforcement" shouldn't be acceptable to anyone.
Immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago
Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest cit...
www.pbs.org
October 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
rostapher16.bsky.social
No Kings Nationwide Protest Oct 18!!! BE THERE, BE LOUD to say, NO FAUX KING WAY!!!

This will be the largest protest in the history of the 🇺🇸!!!

Find your local event and join us on October 18 to say NO KINGS: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
No Kings
As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...
www.nokings.org
October 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
rostapher16.bsky.social
THIS! THIS! 1000X THIS! 👇👇👇 youtube.com/shorts/-_kPM...
Mass deportations cause American workers to lose jobs, wages to go down, and our economy to slow
YouTube video by Representative Pramila Jayapal
youtube.com
September 30, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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ufw.bsky.social
These farm workers in Grandview WA are harvesting hops during its limited pick window. Depending on the variety and weather, these workers will work 8-12 hours a day on their feet since the operation will run 24-7 to harvest during the pick window. #WeFeedYou
Farm workers harvesting hops
September 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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ufw.bsky.social
Happy Hispanic Heritage Month everyone!
A screenshot of a Los Angeles Times article with the following headline You look Latino. You speak Spanish. You work hard. That's now probable cause. A photo of workers handcuffed with the caption: Workers handcuffed after being arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement near Vinton, La., in June. (Immigration and Customs Enforcement via Associated Press) By Dean Florez, Guest contributor
September 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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mikethompson.house.gov
Today is #NationalVoterRegistrationDay!

Registering to vote and updating your voter registration information are the first steps to making your voice heard in upcoming elections.

Register to vote at the link below.

vote.gov?fbclid=IwY2x...
Register to vote in your state | Vote.gov
Find the information you need to make registration and voting easy. Official voter registration website of the United States government.
vote.gov
September 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
Five years ago all this stuff about Trump's serial abuse came up. Women who had been minors at the time told their stories. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020...
Teen models, powerful men and private dinners: when Trump hosted Look of the Year
In the early 90s, Donald Trump judged contestants at the world’s biggest modelling competition - since hit by allegations of abuse. This is how the people who were there remember it
www.theguardian.com
September 9, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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aforhj.org
"Housing all of Chicago’s homeless people would cost about $383k/day, [@ips-dc.org's] https://bit.ly/4lYIx87 told The Intercept, noting that the sum equaled roughly 1/4 of the expense of a deployment of 3,000 Guard members"
theintercept.com/2025/09/03/trump-military-occupy-dc-la-chicago/
A screenshot of an article with headline "TRUMP’S CHICAGO OCCUPATION COULD COST FOUR TIMES MORE THAN HOUSING CITY HOMELESS" Subhead: "Sending troops to Chicago could cost $1.6 million per day, four times as much as housing the city’s homeless — plus it’s illegal, experts say." Byline: Nick Turse September 3, 2025 Below, a photo shows three U.S. Army National Guard soldiers in patrolling a Metro station. Photo caption: Soldiers with the 112th Military Police Battalion, Mississippi Army National Guard, patrol the Washington Metro in D.C. on Aug. 30, 2025. Photo: Sgt. 1st Class Renee Seruntine/U.S. Army National Guard/102d Public Affairs Detachment/DVIDS
September 3, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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volts.wtf
The biggest scandal in US public life *ought* to be that we are the richest country in history & yet our infrastructure sucks, our transportation choices suck, our cities suck, our healthcare sucks, our public administration sucks, & in dozens of little ways, our daily lives suck.
September 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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volts.wtf
And Americans just accept it. All this money, all this wealth, and they accept grinding, day-to-day shit.

Just tapping the sign again, I guess:
September 3, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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fieseler.bsky.social
SCOOP: Revolution Wind employed 80 fishermen over the past 2 years, paying out $9.5 million to captains, deckhands, and fishing boat owners. Trump's pause means he just put Trump-voting fishermen out of work.

When Trump paused Empire Wind, the fishermen stayed quiet.

This time, they spoke to me.👇
‘It’s madness’: Trump-voting fishermen oppose Revolution Wind halt
The Rhode Island offshore wind project, now nearly finished, employed 80 fishermen to help with construction. With Trump's pause, they are losing vital…
www.canarymedia.com
August 29, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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newseye.bsky.social
This crime at Social Security might amount to the biggest data theft in human history.

Committed by a government against its own citizens.

I don’t think anyone has begun to grasp the sheer scale of corruption and institutional destruction that has occurred in the last few months.

Era-defining.
From: Charles Borges, Chief Data Officer, Social Security Administration To: Frank Bisignano, Commissioner, Social Security Administration Subj: Forced Resignation from Social Security Administration I am regretfully involuntarily leaving my position at the Social Security Administration (SSA). This involuntary resignation is the result of SSA's actions against me, which make my duties impossible to perform legally and ethically, have caused me serious attendant mental, physical, and emotional distress, and constitute a constructive discharge. After reporting internally to management and externally to regulators serious data security and integrity concerns impacting our citizens' most sensitive personal data, I have suffered exclusion, isolation, internal strife, and a culture of fear, creating a hostile work environment and making work conditions intolerable. I have served this Country for almost my entire adult life, first as an Active-Duty Naval Officer for over 22 years, and now as a civil servant. I was deployed during 9/11, decorated for valor in combat during Operation Iraqi Freedom, and graduated from US Naval Test Pilot School. As a civil servant, I have served as a Presidential Innovation Fellow, in the Centers for Disease Control during COVID, within OMB on the Federal CIO Data Team, and now serve as the SSA Chief Data Officer (CDO). I have served in each of these roles with honor and integrity. As the SSA CDO, I am responsible for providing oversight and Governance to ensure the safety, integrity, and security of the public's data at SSA. My position requires full visibility into data access and exchange across all SSA systems and environments. My duties include ensuring compliance with federal data privacy, security, and regulatory requirements, as well as ensuring data is handled in accordance with internal and external policies, standards, and industry best practices. SSA data is among the most sensitive data in the Federal Government, and the CDO mus…
August 29, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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emmanuelspv.bsky.social
Before (2021) / After (2025) the school street Rue de Florence in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. The trees were planted in 2023.
August 13, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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brenttoderian.bsky.social
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

It costs a lot less to house people.
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
August 12, 2025 at 4:32 AM