Judge Gary Brown, a Trump appointee in New York, rebukes ICE for arresting two people erroneously — including a U.S. citizen — and later claiming "mistaken identity." "ICE agents falsified official records," he says. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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He/him lefty folk singer in MD. (https://open.spotify.com/artist/2KIbMonEkiGoiBogMu1iWv?si=ofrnRW3YRxKwDlvNZcZv-g) Gripes about NIMBYs/Pedestrian Safety. Folk Fest: https://www.tpff.org DYK: Americans w/disabilities do not have marriage equality?
Since the weather killed it last month, I am planning to do this set+ much more at el golfo next month. 6-8pm Friday Oct 20. Tell your dogs you’re going out.
Alright, the schedule is out!!!! Sept 27 - I am hosting a stage with open mic and jams and a drum circle. Come visit or join. www.tpff.org/schedule
I feel like it’s under discussed here that Satan saved this woman’s life. Good job, Satan.
one of the deepest sicknesses in the world are the people who feel personally attacked over other people getting the same rights as them
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito says marriage equality turned US “against religious liberty” - buff.ly/srirzs6
Justin Timberlake apologizes for past beatboxing
Justin Timberlake Apologizes For Past Beatboxing
As far back as he can remember, Justin Timberlake always wanted to be a human beatbox. Even in his *NSYNC days, Timberlake would take every available opportunity to go dorm-room Rahzel on the world. M...
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T W E N T Y T H O U S A N D (kinds of) B E E S
Types of animal there are far more species of than I was led to believe as a small child Toucans: Perception (1), reality (43) Marsupials: Perception (~4), reality (334) Bees: Perception (2, honey and bumble), reality (~20,000)
This is so unprofessional. Solidarity forever with WSF engineers. No salary is enough to compensate for burnout and understaffing. The ferries are critical infrastructure for people across Puget Sound and the San Juans. They should be funded and staffed accordingly.
Israeli airstrike overnight on Sat. hit a residential apartment in western... ...“Today, the blood of Christians and Muslims is mixed together in one scene," said Mahmoud Basal, spokesperson for Gaza's Civ. Def., in footage shared by @translatingpal.bsky.social. His full message translated below ⬇️
Philadelphia held its first parallel parking championship over the weekend www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...
All the ASL interpreters were incredible, this woman was more fun to watch than the artists themselves tbh
This local news hit piece on solar has a single source of misinformation: Virginia state senator Glen Sturtevant, whose largest private donor is Dominion Energy ($304,748).
Spanberger recommends a quarter million acres of new solar panels on farms and forests
Last week, Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger unveiled her energy plan as required by state law. This comes at a crucial time, as hundreds more data centers a
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I despise seeing what’s really going on stuffed into a “but critics say” clause.
Nearly a billion people in India are being asked to show documents to prove that they should keep the right to vote. The exercise aims to clean India’s voter roll of duplicates and discrepancies, but critics say it undermines the world’s largest democracy, particularly disenfranchising Muslims.
The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️
NEW FROM PP The Trump admin keeps denying immigration agents are grabbing Americans, so we tracked it 500+ Americans detained 70+ kids, some cuffed or zip-tied 60+ held after filming 36+ held for day+ w/o access to lawyer ~12 deported (yes, deported) projects.propublica.org/american-cit....
More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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Angelique Kidjo , singer from Benin, is talking for free tonight at 6:30 at U of Md Clarice Smith Center . Just added this Oct 5 talk to my calendar. Free tickets appear to be still available theclarice.umd.edu/events/2026-...
2026 ARHU Dean's Lecture Series with Angélique Kidjo | The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
About the EventFive-time Grammy Award winner and humanitarian Angélique Kidjo sits down with College of Arts and Humanities Dean Stephanie Shonekan for a poignant conversation about music, cultural fl...
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I don't mean to make waves or anything, but as a journalist, I am definitely opposed to the president talking about arresting journalists.
The only good Bill Maher clips are a) pre-screened by someone else and b) ones where Bill does not talk.
Holy shit.
The SPEAKER implies. The LISTENER infers. The DUDE abides.
Shofar at his swearing in. Psycho Christian end times shit.
Samoa’s Prime Minister Laʻauli Leuatea Schmidt has apologized for a video from 2007 in which he said “Heil Hitler” and made a Nazi gesture during what he described as a family gathering.
My kid is learning about blues music, so wife says “did you know your dad was in a blues band in college”? And so it was that my kid learned about Third Degree, from State College, PA. We had a slogan for our (unplanned) final gig as a band: 95 Degrees Cooler Than Your Third-Favorite Boy Band. Lol
The Higher Education Grant Flexibility Act would allow students with disabilities who are approved by their colleges or universities to take fewer courses to remain eligible for the same amount of certain federal financial aid as full-time students. https://bit.ly/470PDE6
Van Hollen reintroduces bill to expand federal financial aid access for students with disabilities
Van Hollen reintroduced legislation aimed at expanding access to federal financial aid for college students with disabilities.
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Every person who comments on a recipe is a goddamned psychopath
This is my nephew, please forward to your networks, esp any University of Maryland students.
There's free admission to this exhibition until 5pm today artbma.org/exhibition/f... We just went, and it was great post-1900ish but I was pretty appalled at the lack/insufficiency of contextual information for the 19th-c photography in the exhibition
Flashback: Two Centuries of Baltimore Photography - Baltimore Museum of Art
Flashback: Two Centuries of Baltimore Photography - Discover Flashback: Two Centuries of Baltimore Photography, a landmark exhibition featuring more than 200 photographs that reveal Baltimore's pivota...
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I have been to the street festival. TOM for mayor shirts and signs like they are serious. Clear from their origin they are, in fact, a joke.