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@aimaiami.bsky.social

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Social worker, therapist, all around sardonic person. Largely unknown but I take up a lot of space in my own mind.

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@folger.eduOct 7, 2026, 9:15 PMReposted by @aimaiami.bsky.social

"To Hear Her Speak" (opening Oct 16 at the Folger) explores how Black women have engaged with Shakespeare’s work over hundreds of years through literature, performance art, fashion, and activism. Take an early look at the exhibition courtesy of @washingtonian.com: washingtonian.com/2026/10/05/a...

@propublica.orgOct 14, 2026, 1:40 AMReposted by @aimaiami.bsky.social

We scoured social media, court records and local stories for instances of immigration agents holding citizens against their will. The administration doesn’t track these cases. So we have. We’re sharing our database with you.

projects.propublica.orgMore Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublicaThe 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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@bladeofthes.bsky.socialOct 14, 2026, 12:32 AMReposted by @aimaiami.bsky.social

Hundreds of thousands of students turn out in Brazil's capital Brasilia to support Lula and say "never again Bolsonaro"

@andrew.sharpe.scotOct 12, 2026, 8:00 PMReposted by @aimaiami.bsky.social

The Spectator has deleted all the articles written by Lola Salem, Michael Gove’s ex-girlfriend. Michael Gove is the editor of The Spectator.

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@aimaiami.bsky.socialOct 14, 2026, 2:01 AM

I signed up. I don’t care about the newsletter but now I don’t feel guilty about watching the clips. Honestly, at this point, its the only way I can watch anything about our current leadership.

@aimaiami.bsky.socialOct 14, 2026, 1:50 AM

Fascinating! I can’t read Chinese (alas) but its interesting to see the way things are picked out to indicate the differences.

@aimaiami.bsky.socialOct 14, 2026, 12:14 AM

Mood.

@aimaiami.bsky.socialOct 14, 2026, 12:05 AM

Wow!

@brendelbored.bsky.socialOct 13, 2026, 11:49 PMReposted by @aimaiami.bsky.social

Now this is a good ad

@ronfilipkowski.bsky.socialOct 13, 2026, 11:49 PMReposted by @aimaiami.bsky.social

Trump has cut off intelligence to Ukraine so that Putin can more easily bomb civilians including children.

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@chadbourn.bsky.socialOct 13, 2026, 8:33 PMReposted by @aimaiami.bsky.social

“State sanctioned intimidation”.

@aimaiami.bsky.socialOct 13, 2026, 11:04 PM

I think this is one of those places where less would have been more. The Magician’s Nephew is a very odd story, among the other odd stories in the series. And this treatment just feels like an extended LSD trip.

@aimaiami.bsky.socialOct 13, 2026, 10:58 PM

They are just really longing for some redemptive violence. Only what they want to see redeemed is…not good.

@chapps.bsky.socialOct 13, 2026, 10:23 PMReposted by @aimaiami.bsky.social

A fascinating little ring from the Punic necropolis on Ibiza. It depicts a bearded man in profile, but his hair and beard are composed of two birds (!), and his collar is a dolphin. 😮 The Punic inscription reads 'Belonging to Abdim'. 🏺 1/

3rd-2nd c. BCE. #MuseoArqueológicoNacional
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A gold ring featuring a flat, circular shank that widens at the top to form an oval bezel with an engraving that may have served as a seal. The engraving depicts the profile of a bearded male head. The hair and beard are rendered as the images of two birds, and the neck terminates in a dolphin (looking like the collar of a garment). Beneath the figure, an inscription in Punic letters, displaying cursive traits, records the owner's name. The inscription can be transcribed as "Belonging to Abdim" (or Abdem).
@aimaiami.bsky.socialOct 13, 2026, 10:55 PM

I wouldn’t dismiss this out of hand. It’s pretty conventional to credit previous work on a subject. Except when its women, POC, or disabled activists.

@zoandbehold.bsky.socialOct 13, 2026, 8:21 PMReposted by @aimaiami.bsky.social

Let's go, Sam Forstag! That's how you stand up for trans people on the national stage. If congressional candidates in western Montana—one of the most competitive House races in the entire country—can stand up for trans folks in every aspect of our lives, democrats everywhere should take note.

@rudepundit.bsky.socialOct 13, 2026, 1:39 PMReposted by @aimaiami.bsky.social

Could we get one fucking article with interviews with people who didn't vote for Trump about how we were right and how much it sucks to have been right and how pissed we are at everyone who didn't listen to us? wapo.st/4rYrVlw

@donmoyn.bsky.socialOct 13, 2026, 9:36 PMReposted by @aimaiami.bsky.social

Excerpts from Michael Lewis on DOGE (Guardian article).
1. Gavin Kliger, white nationalist, refused to shake hands with the Black IRS staffer who briefed him on privacy issues. Or pay attention.
Kliger now has a defense start-up valued at 1.4B thanks to DOGE.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Phyllis, who loved working for Kathleen and saw falling on hand grenades as part of her job, never told her how this one had felt. She knew Gavin had expressed enthusiasm for white nationalists, and he likely knew that she knew. She tried to break the ice by walking in with her hand extended; Gavin stared at it and declined to shake it, though he had shaken the hands of the white men who had offered them. “He was kind of cool towards me,” said Phyllis. Before she could even start the briefing, he said, You know, I’ve heard these rules before at other agencies. Yes, she said, but these rules are different, because no other agency is governed by this privacy law, and this law can get you thrown in jail very quickly. As she walked him through the basics – how you can’t use your personal phone for business, how if you happen to so much as glimpse a form 1040 with someone’s name on it you must avert your eyes – Gavin played on his phone. “He’s multitasking right in front of me, typing and texting,” said Phyllis. “It was, here’s a routine that I must endure.”
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@chadstanton.blacksky.appOct 13, 2026, 9:06 PMReposted by @aimaiami.bsky.social

“This policy change came after APD called ICE when responding to a domestic violence call in January in southwest Austin. That service call would end with a mother being detained by ICE then deported along with her young daughter.”

@cgal.bsky.socialOct 13, 2026, 7:14 PMReposted by @aimaiami.bsky.social

Hats off to @lkpwrites.bsky.social at WBEZ who broke the original story.
www.wbez.org/education/20...

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