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I'm a somebody, probably. Sometimes I work on TV broadcasts for sporting events.

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ProPublica@propublica.org · 2d ago

Some children in Dilley were so distraught they cut themselves or talked about suicide, parents told ProPublica. They said kids lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping, and were constantly sick. (Published February)

The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center

ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...

propublica.org

Johnny Normality (Spooky Mode)@probgobl.in · 24h ago

EVERY STORY ABOUT BEAVERS FOR THE LAST DECADE READS LIKE: WE RELEASED A DOZEN PADDLE TAILED LITTLE FREAKS AND THEY IMMEDIATELY BEGAN A TERRAFORMING PROJECT THAT REVERSED A CENTURY OF ECOLOGICAL DAMAGE IN THREE WEEKS.

Slurms MacKenzie@slurmsmackenzie.bsky.social · yesterday

Might post some good environment news every so often to showcase that it's not over yet and there are good things happening, we just have to fight for it First: beavers are basically magical creatures that help with drought and flooding, and we're reintroducing them more and more

Tristan Stewart-Robertson@srtristan.bsky.social · 5h ago

And the full link is as brutal as the graphic.

Jason Arday told the press he was at his limit. It answered with 188 more articles. He is dead at 41.

A full census of the 249 articles fifteen national outlets published about Jason Arday in 22 days, with the last day reconstructed hour by hour. Every article listed and linked.

newscord.org

flyingrodent@flyingrodent.bsky.social · 7h ago

You know how I keep saying the Times paywall is basically a rattling trapdoor over the demon realm? Well

We have analysed just how obsessed the media was with Jason Arday right up until his death. We tracked 249 articles about him by UK media. 44 from The Times alone, 43 from The Telegraph, and the list goes on. The nonsense the media was publishing about him was a perfect representation of how morally bankrupt legacy journalism has become. Full analysis here: newscord.org/editorials/jas... The Times / Sunday Times The Telegraph Daily Mail / MailOnline The Independent The Guardian Daily Express BBC News Times Higher Education The Sun GB News Sky News Daily Mirror Lality Sia I Before the resignation (24
hannah gais@hannahgais.bsky.social · 24h ago

The Third Way people can't: 1) explain what "extremism" is; 2) explain their position on NSPM-7, which similarly targets "extremism" that's poorly and broadly defined.

Kate deGruyter @KatedeGruyter · 18h There are 100 people at Third Way doing things like prepping amendments for votearama to highlight Rs jeopardizing public safety, doing polling on Trump actions that are and aren’t breaking through with voters we must win, building out new policy ideas like ending medical debt, and prepping Dems to grill Trump Admin officials. So forgive my eye roll about one new position. Quote Adam Carlson @admcrlsn · Aug 12 I personally think that $140-$150K could be better spent on a “Director of Defeating Republicans” — especially since we’re 83 days out from existentially important midterm elections — but you do you I guess. x.com/petersterne/st… hannah gais @hannahgais · 15h NYT just published a long report on the governments efforts to investigate left-leaning groups engaged in First Amendment protected activity, and you don’t see how a position investigating supposed left-wing extremism isn’t received well? Chris Kennedy @ChrisJKennedy · 15h If you care about defeating the authoritarian right, you should support efforts to ensure the viability of candidates running against authoritarian lawmakers. That means early and robust opposition research!hannah gais @hannahgais · 13h That doesn’t answer my question. So the goal of this position is just opposition research? Then why use the term “extremism”? There’s some quite robust literature on it, and Third Way’s usage here is certainly, uh, interesting. From mitpress.mit.edu Kate deGruyter @KatedeGruyter · 13h You don’t think abolishing police and prisons, defunding the DOD, eliminating the Senate and letting Congress (not voters!) pick the president and Supreme Court, and government control of companies and industries is extreme? That’s what they say they are for in their new platform. From program.dsausa.org hannah gais @hannahgais · 13h There’s a giant different between “extreme” (subjective, etc.) and “extremism” (has actual academic definitions). No, I don’t think it’s “extremism.” Who’s the out-group? What do you think of NSPM-7 and how it’s been applied?
Jared Holt@jaredlholt.bsky.social · 3d ago

The "centrist" think tank Third Way is looking to pay someone between $140,000 and $150,000 to spend their days trying to dig up dirt on DSA members. They're trying to sell this gig as "anti-extremism" work, which I find completely disgusting.

from job listing: As the Director of Anti-Extremism, a typical day might include… Assembling and updating a database of the DSA’s most extreme ideas and statements and a repository of voting records, affiliations, and issue positions to make available to allies and partners; Leading public opinion research to identify and test the contrasts that move base voters away from these extreme candidates; Overseeing the development of memos, talking points, rapid response materials, and other products that make the case against these extreme forces in American politics; Promoting and marketing our research and materials to ensure they reach decisionmakers quickly, repeatedly, and at scale through a coordinated distribution infrastructure; Recruiting and arming a group of young, diverse spokespeople to fight the DSA from a center-left perspective and assembling a broad coalition of organizational partners to make the case against extremism; Running an earned media program to create a drumbeat of our message in op-eds, television appearances, podcasts, and traditional and digital media engagement.
Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis@kendrawrites.com · 4h ago

I normally block people like this, and I'm not weighing in on whether he plagiarized because I don't know, but you're telling on yourself that you think white people don't plagiarize or have poor scholarship and simply don't get caught because nobody looks. They only look at the uppity N****

Oli@olalonde.bsky.social · 9h ago

The opposite happened here... He reached one of the highest posts in academia, despite the blatant plagiarism and poor scholarship. His college actively suppressed inquiries about his plagiarism for years. Still a shame that he took his life. Likely a case of narcissistic collapse.

Department of Business and Neighborhood Services@indydbns.bsky.social · 3h ago

🚨 UPDATE: The 53rd St. gate in Rocky Ripple is being closely monitored. Should a closure of this gate be required, vehicles—including emergency vehicles—will not be able to access the area. Any residents remaining in the impacted zone should evacuate as soon as possible.

Department of Business and Neighborhood Services@indydbns.bsky.social · 11h ago

URGENT UPDATE from DPW: Residents of Rocky Ripple are advised to evacuate. The 52nd St. flood gate (circled in green) is expected to close at 2 a.m. The 53rd St. gate is being monitored; should a closure be necessary, it would likely be in the early hours of the morning.

shaun@shaunvids.bsky.social · 9h ago

the luigi situation is interesting in that while most people obviously think killing is wrong, there's a general exception given for killing someone who is killing others, & apparently a lot of people think that the US healthcare system is ran by killers killing people for profit, so y'know

not an art thief@famousartthief.bsky.social · 13h ago

he killed some random guy. i genuinely wonder if some of you had no mom or dad to give you some sort of moral compass. was morality just absent in your home. are you just a feral animal.

William Hazen@williamhazen.bsky.social · 5h ago

25 years of flood prevention meant the Near Eastside was never at any real risk this time. Three Basins, a marsh, two baffle block spillways, a dry detention basin, bioswales, creek restoration, and two new underground detention facilities serving the watershed all worked in concert.

Baffle Block Spillway along Pogue’s Run
Josh@thejoshbaker.blue · 12h ago

Not to "well, actually" you too much, but Pogues is somehow not flooding at all. Which is a relief, as someone who lives close by to it. water.noaa.gov/wfo/ind#@=-8...

Wildstyle@mrwildstyle.bsky.social · 24h ago

I just want the news media to tell the truth about climate change and our infrastructure issues when reporting on the flooding Back to Back to Back "500 year" storms is NOT an act of God

Josh@thejoshbaker.blue · 12h ago

Today I learned that the place in Colorado is called "Crested Butte," not "Crest d'Butte," which is what I thought all the X-Games announcers were saying back in the day.

Historical Marker Ahead@historicalmarker.bsky.social · 14h ago

Not only is the White River raging in Indianapolis, along the sites of a John Green novel, but also these markers in Cambridge City, Indiana, are also flooded. The eastern Indiana town got about a foot of rain the other day. These markers are on a still-closed US 40. www.wrtv.com/news/floodin...

Overbeck House and Studio historical marker in Cambridge City, Indiana. It reads: Indiana's first art pottery, a nationally-recognized product of the American Arts and Crafts Movement, was produced 1911–1955 by the Overbeck sisters. Their 1930s Federal Style house, one block south, was listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1976. Erected 1992 by Indiana Historical Bureau and Jerry and Phyllis Mattheis. Iron Brigade Commander historic marker in Cambridge City, Indiana. It reads: One-quarter mile south of this marker is the home of General Solomon A. Meredith, Iron Brigade Commander at Gettysburg. Born in North Carolina, Meredith was an Indiana political leader and post-war Surveyor-General of Montana Territory. Erected 1963 by Indianapolis Civil War Roundtable and Indiana Historical Society.Virginia Claypool Meredith historic marker in Cambridge City, Indiana. It reads: As a writer, speaker, stockbreeder, and university professor, Meredith (born 1848) encouraged women to pursue education and careers related to farm life. She inherited Oakland Farm, three blocks south, 1882. Successfully grew business and reputation as farm expert. Appointed to 1893 World's Fair Board of Lady Managers. She was known as "Queen of American Agriculture." By 1880s, Meredith promoted advancement of farm women to international audience through speeches for farmers’ institutes and women’s clubs, and in publications, including Breeders’ Gazette. She led efforts to establish home economics science education at University of Minnesota and Purdue University. First female Purdue Trustee, 1921, she served until death, 1936. Erected 2014 by Indiana Historical Bureau, Western Wayne Heritage, Inc., Indiana National Road Association, Purdue University Extension, and Indiana Women’s History Association, Inc. Pics taken March 1, 2026Huddleston House historic marker in Cambridge City, Indiana. It reads: Built by John Huddleston of bricks made on this farm. Located on the old National Road now U.S. Highway 40. The house is typical of the architecture of the period. Pioneers going west in covered wagons found food and shelter here. The farm was entered in 1821. Erected 1940 by The National Old Trails Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution.
Seán Bartz - DNP (Old)@excitedstate.bsky.social · 14h ago

Every location mentioned in the John Green novel Turtles All the Way Down is currently underwater

jam@socialistboat.dad · 16h ago

imagining proto-humanoids a couple hundred thousand years ago like "I can't believe I spent so much time memorizing all the pebbles at Skull Beach. We don't even forage there anymore"

Bela Lugosi's Dad 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸@belalugosisdad.bsky.social · 19h ago

You know who wasn't hounded to suicide for dodgy academic research? ANDREW FUCKING WAKEFIELD.

Bela Lugosi's Dad 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸@belalugosisdad.bsky.social · 19h ago

Fucking Christ alive. This is fucking horrific. Like the dude was obviously a fabulist and probably a plagiarist but SO ARE ALL FUCKING ACADEMICS. He was also still a vulnerable, autistic Black man and the entire campaign against him was motivated by racism. All these things can be true.

Gabriel S. Jacobs@gsjphd.bsky.social · 18h ago

let's be real: plagiarism scandals in academia happen all the time (not because academics plagiarize a lot, but just because of how many millions of faculty there are around the world) and it is never general-public news unless the culprit is a member of a minority.

Stan Oklobdzija@stano.bsky.social · 2d ago

I truly do not understand why this person is so important that "extremely serious people" are willing to overlook that he was a full-blown Nazi well into adulthood.

Christopher Mathias@letsgomathias.bsky.social · 2d ago

New: 3 yrs ago I published exposé revealing Richard Hanania used pseudonym to write for Nazi sites Ever since I've watched centrist media rehabilitate him, accepting his ludicrous claim to have left white nationalism behind. My look at what it means, for @marisakabas.bsky.social' The Handbasket