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My latest out today on @boltsmag.org. I had the chance to talk with several members of @uniondelbarrio.bsky.social to discuss the org’s community patrol program, and how they are taking matters into their own hands to inform San Diego residents of ICE activity. boltsmag.org/how-voluntee...

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ICE abducts Montana resident with legal humanitarian status “Beker Rengifo is the latest victim of Trump's reckless and illegal war on migrants.” Via @marisakabas.bsky.social www.thehandbasket.co/p/ice-whitef...

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“don’t worry, white people will be safe under a fascist regime” 🙄 no functioning democracy jails its judges. the last time judges were jailed it was either in a dictatorship or the tail end of a dying democracy.

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A grandma who works at Target. An advocate for farmworkers. A cancer researcher. A grad student who wrote an op-ed. A hairdresser. A sheet metal worker and loving father to an autistic child. At least two people who took a wrong turn on the same bridge in Detroit. A toddler.

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what a fantastic title! You wanna get in on any @slhuang.com book, but this looks particularly spectacular!

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A bill from Rep. Nate Schatzline (R-Fort Worth) would allow Texas bookstores to be sued for damages if a minor finds a book "obscene" www.chron.com/politics/art...

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“Black Press USA has learned that Trump officials are sending back exhibit items to their rightful owners and dismantling them—starting with the 1960 Woolworth’s lunch counter sit-in exhibit.” blackpressusa.com/the-smithson...

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The NOAA account on here is now putting out propaganda. That one hurt.

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At this point "Abolish ICE and prosecute every officer who helped with deportations" is the moderate path

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So tomorrow April 26 is #IndependentBookstoreDay. Remember that there are online indies, too. Like Book View Café: bookviewcafe.com.

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President Trump has signed an executive order aimed at making it easier for companies to mine the deep seafloor. This involves giant machines vacuuming up nodules with metals, creating plumes of sediment. Scientists say it could have devastating effects on ecosystems and the fishing industry. ⬇️

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For anybody in or near Milwaukee, there was a rapid response action at the Federal Building this AM, and Voces De La Frontera have called for another rally THIS AFTERNOON at 3:00 PM!

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We must take Donald Trump’s threats to unlawfully detain and deport U.S. citizens seriously — because he means it.

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Great! Now moving on to 47 and Elon.... right? Right? ...guys? hey www.wshu.org/long-island-...

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"Are we great yet?" Spotted in Albany, Oregon

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Legislative leadership approved a late bill on Thursday that would make the funding in the two-year budget for Medicaid available more immediately. via @mainemorningstar.com www.newsfromthestates.com/article/legi...

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I really strongly recommend making something right now. Doesn’t matter what — sew, bake, code, doodle, whatever. Doesn’t have to be “good,” doesn’t have to be pretty or deep. I promise that the act of making will help to combat that feeling of entropy that’s surrounding us right now! #DHMakes

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EFF is a partner of this year’s Palestine Digital Activism Forum, taking place May 20th and 21st. Register today to hear from 60+ speakers about how war has impacted the digital rights of Palestinians in Gaza.

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“When the last tree has fallen, and the rivers are poisoned, you cannot eat money.” Graffiti found in amphitheater in Menomonie, Wisconsin

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I guess every day isn't Earth Day.

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ATTENTION: NSF GRANT RECIPIENTS We received a heads up from a trusted source that you should proactively download/print/screen shot any documentation on research.gov pertaining to your NSF awards, both those that are current and any that have closed in the last 5-6 years. 1/n

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Hi. For you all signing the Harper-Collins letter, please also contact your elected officials and tell them to restore funding to the IMLS ASAP. Your #libraries need that $. My library is losing $11K; other libraries may be losing $40+K & that will definitely affect their services! 1/

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Care about marginalized people at least as much as you do inanimate objects challenge. Difficulty level: impossible.

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Publication news! 🎉 Ancient Pasts for Modern Audiences is NOW AVAILABLE for everybody to read! We are so excited to share this work with you all: www.routledge.com/Ancient-Past... 🎉 Cover art by the wonderful @flaroh.bsky.social!

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PLEASE don’t buy into Amazon’s booksale this week. They are intentionally trying to eat into profits from Indie Bookstore Day this weekend, a really important annual event for our important community institutions. Check out your local fave or bookshop.org.

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Also, I’m just going to say it. Almost everyone who’s like “it’s an accessibility tool!” is nondisabled. Disabled people are repulsed by the suggestion we need a robot to do our humaning for us, whether that’s creating or analyzing or fact checking. It’s offensive.

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Reducing profit-damaging regulations and letting food safety be guided by the Invisible Flagellum of salmonella just as nature intended

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I think a lot about how COVID-19 was sold as an "individual responsibility," an approach which got over a million people killed but that the culture still accepted. Following that P.R. success, they're eager to say every illness is your fault.

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Fellow authors, I love you, and I know it feels like we don’t have a choice, but B&N and Am*zon both scheduled sales this week to preempt Independent Bookstore Day, a hugely vital source of income for indie bookstores. Please don’t promote their sales; please promote your local indie this week.

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La injusta y politizada acusación contra Ola Bini debe terminar. Las autoridades judiciales ecuatorianas deben afirmar su inocencia y rechazar la insinuación de que usar Tor es indicativo de actividad criminal sospechosa.

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