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Adam Sawyer
@adamjst.bsky.social
I work with data at Relevant Research. I post about migration and sports. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, Americas, Earth Arsenal + Nuggets + Avs + Rockies + Summit I helped build DetentionReports.com https://adamjsawyer.com/about he/him
At some point, we have to come to the depressing conclusion that the public *likes* horserace coverage of election campaigns and voting tabulations.
At some point, we have to come to the depressing conclusion that the public *likes* horserace coverage of election campaigns and voting tabulations.
this man really said he’d rather play on this random Turkish team than play for SKC on a cold, rainy weeknight across the street from a Nebraska Furniture Mart
Ben Jacobs@jacobsben.bsky.social · 21h ago🚨 BREAKING: Mo Salah set to join Trabzonspor on a two-year contract as a free agent. Trabzonspor confirm they have "begun negotiations". Verbal agreement already in place with Salah with the move set to be formalised this week.👑
More incendiary stuff. Prince Ali, the FA president from Jordan, who was a rival to Infantino in his first election in 2016, alleges FIFA attempted to effectively blackmail theJordanian FA, withholding funds until they had provided backing to Infantino for next year’s election.
1702 hrs (US avg) - 1334 hrs (DEU avg) = 368 hrs 368 hrs / 24 hrs = 15.33 more working hours on avg in the US
With how much the world is destabilizing, I feel like the ability to integrate refugees is going to be massive for any country's success moving forward. It's crazy that 'don't be racist' feels like such a huge ask right now
the united states when i repatriated
Adam Sawyer@adamjst.bsky.social · yesterdayThe takeaway chart for me.
CoreCivic expects Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainees to start arriving at the 1,800 bed Appleton, Minn., facility as early as this fall. with a ramp up to full capacity by mid-2027. The contract kicks in next week. (1) www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Appleton detention facility could start holding ICE detainees this fall
CoreCivic, which owns the 1,600 bed Prairie Correctional Facility has been awarded a contract to hold detainees.
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The takeaway chart for me.
ryan cooper@ryanlcooper.com · yesterday"Germany is not poorer than the US. It has just chosen to cash out more of its productivity in the form of free time than the US has. The other Western European countries have made similar decisions." peoplespolicyproject.org/2026/08/04/w...
"Germany is not poorer than the US. It has just chosen to cash out more of its productivity in the form of free time than the US has. The other Western European countries have made similar decisions." peoplespolicyproject.org/2026/08/04/w...
Western Europe Is Richer Than the US
Let's put an end to the stupid GDP discourse.
peoplespolicyproject.org
Nos revela mucho cuando un artículo usa metáforas de agua (o en este caso "avalancha") para describir los movimientos de personas.
Cadena SER@cadenaser.com · yesterdayLa UE aprueba ayuda financiera y logística para España para controlar las fronteras tras la crisis migratoria en Ceuta
If an individual has a fear of returning to their country of origin but that fear is based on the perception of the national government's reaction to the individual's initial decision to emigrate *and nothing else*, would a forced return of that individual be considered refoulement?
There’s been a bipartisan commitment to the idea of immigrant labor without immigrant people or immigrant rights, which in its way is as corrosive to meaningful democracy as ethnonationalism imo
Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · yesterdayDon't miss this vile story: MAGA is raging at DHS chief Markwayne Mullin for admitting migrant farmworkers can beneft our economy. This means his devotion to ethnic cleansing is in doubt. He must be excommunicated! I wrote about the collapse of MAGA mythology here: newrepublic.com/article/2138...
Where wast thou, little salt girl, when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
Derek Faraci@whwoolhat.bsky.social · 2d agoBet you didn't know that the Little Morton Salt Girl is an immortal being who existed before there was life on Earth.
Made the mistake of reading the Facebook comments for this article. Mood degraded from angry to stabby. www.tennessean.com/story/news/l...
at some point we're going to have to regulate media platforms
Scott McGrath@smcgrath.phd · 2d ago🧪 Medical professionals are losing the attention war on YouTube. In a 3,958-video sample, independent creators produced the lowest quality content but captured the highest viewership using exaggeration. #MedSky
both scar and mufasa were predatory "royals" who ate their subjects. mufasa merely had to audacity to ask the wildebeests to be grateful that he did not eat too many. oscar wilde, in the soul of man under socialism, states [5k words excised]
A clear example of the regime's capture of the Office of Detention Oversight (ODO).
Sophia Genovese@sophiagenovese.bsky.social · 2d agoRandall also failed two inspections in a row in 2023 and 2024. By law, they were supposed to be defunded after 2 consecutive failed inspections. Fascinatingly, ODO conducted a third inspection in 2025 to recertify the facility as safe for use. Randall passed that “inspection.”
Randall also failed two inspections in a row in 2023 and 2024. By law, they were supposed to be defunded after 2 consecutive failed inspections. Fascinatingly, ODO conducted a third inspection in 2025 to recertify the facility as safe for use. Randall passed that “inspection.”
Randall County Jail failed an Office of Detention Oversight inspection in 2023. www.ice.gov/doclib/foia/...
Adam Sawyer@adamjst.bsky.social · 2d agoRandall County Jail is located in Amarillo, Texas. As of July 9, 2026, Immigration and Customs Enforcement was detaining people at this facility for an average of 1 day. detentionreports.com/facility/RND...
Randall County Jail is located in Amarillo, Texas. As of July 9, 2026, Immigration and Customs Enforcement was detaining people at this facility for an average of 1 day. detentionreports.com/facility/RND...
He spent more than half his life in the US, he’s been here for 2 decades, he was as American as anyone. The nation’s first naturalization act in 1790 made you a citizen after 2 years of residency—but then that was only for free white persons.
Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d agoICE has killed another person.
I generally prefer more concrete demands in my political messaging, but for immigration policy we genuinely do need culture war (positive). Decades of tolerating media that shows migrants and drugs as a valid source of criminal danger, on broadcast television, it’s rancid and accepted.
Jonathon M. Floyd@jfloyd314.bsky.social · 2d agoThe average America is just totally, completely wrong about immigration, thanks to a combination of a lack of education and a deluge of right-wing propaganda for which the left has never had a remotely satisfactory answer. The standard normie response of "Just come legally!" is utterly unrealistic.
Would very much recommend What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad.
NEW: In 2025 ICE obtained DNA from nearly one million people and funneled it into an FBI criminal database. The collection likely included DNA from young children and was backed by the threat of criminal prosecution. The raw genetic material is stored indefinitely. Free to read:
ICE Collected Nearly 1 Million People’s DNA Last Year—Including Young Children
Internal documents show ICE's DNA collection has skyrocketed in the second Trump administration. Now hundreds of thousands of people never convicted of a crime are in an FBI criminal database forever.
wired.com
Austin interviewed @rgalemba.bsky.social and her team at the DU Court Transparency Project last week. Worth a listen or watch. austinkocher.substack.com/p/inside-the...
Inside the Black Box of Detained Immigration Courts: A Conversation with Prof Rebecca Galemba and the DU Courtwatch Team
Rebecca Galemba and her University of Denver students on observing and documenting detained immigration hearings at the Aurora ICE facility, and what the public rarely gets to see.
austinkocher.substack.com