Andy Kim: Nothing's improved since Minnesota—except private prison profits

Photographer @john-abernathy.bsky.social was violently arrested by federal officers in MN in January for covering a protest, despite repeatedly identifying himself as press. It’s an egregious affront to the First Amendment. Watch @trevortimm.bsky.social explain and follow @pressfreedomtracker.us.

Trump and Stephen Miller want half a million people who are here legally to leave the U.S. in order apply for a green card. This would rip apart families and sink our economy even further. This was never about immigrants coming here "the right way." We must fight this.

ICE is out of control. Secretary Noem has been lying and leading cover-ups. Officers are blatantly violating the Constitution and ignoring court orders. Today I led @repbradsherman.bsky.social and @chu.house.gov to fight back. Here's what we're doing:

When we took office, NYC had a $12B deficit. Today it’s zero. And we didn’t close that gap on the backs of working people. We closed it while funding parks, libraries, safer streets, & public housing. Call it Pothole Politics or Democratic Socialism: We are government that delivers for the people.

Until we liberate animals from human exploitation & violence, we cannot expect to have true freedom & peace for ourselves. Join us: 1. @rnbw-warriors.bsky.social 2. @rainbow-warriors.bsky.social 3. @quotes-compassion.bsky.social 𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐌𝐀𝐋 𝐋𝐈𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 = 𝐇𝐔𝐌𝐀𝐍 𝐋𝐈𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍! ✊💚 #AlfWolfWarriorSpirit 🐺💞

BREAKING: A New World Screwworm (NWS) has been found in a West Texas dog. This is more than just about cattle. It's about all of us: our livestock, our pets, our health. We need to do everything possible to fight the NWS. We're fighting the Screwworm with one arm tied behind our backs.

Algae has a yum 'umami' flavour and a superb nutrient profile, especially for #vegans. It doesn't cause #deforestation either! Replacing #palmoil with #algae makes sense for rainforests #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife #Together4Forests @palmoildetect.bsky.social

#BoycottPalmoil All major brands like #Nestle use #Palmoil and test on #animals

#Hippos secrete red sweat to stay cool in #WestAfrica 🦛 Although #herbivores, parents fiercely protect infants leading to conflict with people. #PalmOil and #tobacco #deforestation are threats. #BoycottPalmOil 🌴⛔️ #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social palmoildetectives.com/2022/06/29/h...

#Binturongs and other #civets in SE #Asia are kept in cages for cruel #KopiLuwak #coffee 🤮☕️ Another threat is #palmoil #deforestation. Help end #AnimalCruelty for vulnerable Binturongs! #BoycottPalmOil 🌴🪔⛔️ #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social palmoildetectives.com/2021/10/16/b...

Please share Disgusting to see such a beautiful place to be destroyed by #India Over 852,000 trees to be felled In on Great Nicobar Island, a place defined by dense tropical rainforests, mangrove systems, coral reefs, and globally significant nesting beaches frontline.thehindu.com/books/enviro...

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It's not only #mammals who help each other in times of need. The world's smartest #birds: #corvids and #parrots do as well! Help #Africa's endangered parrots 🦜🐦🪶🦉 and #BoycottPalmOil 🌴🩸☠️🧐⛔️ #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social palmoildetectives.com/2021/03/03/a...

Our birds are really struggling right now. From pesticides and herbicides, to loss of habitat, to climate change, and bird flu. It’s too much and absolutely heartbreaking.

#News: #Parakeets make friends just like us! 🧐🦜 Study shows they "test the waters" with strangers to build trust slowly and avoid drama. Even #birds know that good friendships take time! 💚🐦 #Animals #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social

That’s great. 👌 Step 2: Be able to park your bike and know it will still be there when you come back. Police forces around the world generally treat bicycle theft as a low-priority crime. However, being able to park your bicycle safely in a city is an important part of good infrastructure.

Broadway was one of the worst roads ever built, this is fantastic.

My kids would have loved something like that when they were that age

This is magic. From a threatening environment to a welcoming one.

I want a whole city like this.

The pedestrianization of Broadway through the heart of Manhattan just expanded, and it's glorious:

This is a meaningful contribution cities can make toward reducing reliance on the cars that drive extractivism, war, and the West's blank-check support for Israel because of the role it plays in helping secure the resources of the Middle East.

How journalism (in some outlets) works... Today's misleading story in Express about "banning" tumble dryers is written by a journalist who begins with a quote from the Tories... ...the v same 'journalist' who used to be a press officer, parliamentary asst and campaign manager for the... Tories

This is cool — Ever heard of a grätzloase? It means “neighbourhood oasis”– a miniature park replacing a parking space, aka parklets. With the blessing of city hall, more than 100 of them have sprung up across Vienna since 2015. And in theory, anyone in Vienna can build one.

This Vienna street isn’t “closed” because cars have been removed. It’s been opened to everything else, to a diverse and invigorated civic life for people, because cars have been replaced by a multitude of wonderful things. Language matters. HT @dmoser.bsky.social for the pic. #OpenStreets

And the problem it claims to fix (but won't) could be solved far more cheaply by other means, as the article above shows. But these huge projects have their own momentum, propelled by corporate demands and ministers' "legacy" fantasies. Want to find money to spend on essential services? Scrap this.

This is not the first extra sweetener the government has given the project. The money it is spending on this short stretch of road could instead be used to transform the entire national transport system for the better, as the figures here show: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The magic money tree gets another shake. Funny how often it fruits when lucrative contracts are at risk. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Seven-month-old Palestinian killed by Israeli military laid to rest @sightmagazine.bsky.social #WestBank #Hebron #Palestinians #Israel #IDF #SamFahdAbuHaikal sightmagazine.com.au/news/seven-m...

I've just signed my name calling for the government to investigate Brits who have returned from serving in the IDF - you should too! @DeclassifiedUK.org secure.declassifieduk.org/page/189081/...

I was going to say "execution style" but decided not to, but … yes. Sadly. We are in a terrible place when our cities have become far more unsafe due to government "policing." Someone posted that the murder rate in Minne is now 1. That is, 0 homicides until ICE made the city "safer."

The very definition of fascist

Just for reference, Pat Bagley is on BlueSky

Charges dropped against activists in Chicago immigration crackdown amid grand jury misconduct claims edition.cnn.com/2026/05/21/u...

Cartoon by Pat Bagley, The Salt Lake Tribune

Ii am constantly amused by the claims that Trump was the only president with the guts to take on Iran.... When the truth of the matter is.... He was the only one STUPID enough to allow himself to be talked into it by Netanyahu....

RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES.

So many have had to Die to please him.

Okay, now, since putting his own name on things illegally isn't an official duty of the President, make him pay for it all.

I know when we will see many such scenes.

He's a master of distracting us from crimes he's already committed by continuously committing new crimes. 5 months until the Midterms. #AccountabilityIsComing

SCOTUS will allow Alabama to use a congressional map that a lower court found intentionally discriminated against Black voters. A Court so fundamentally hostile to the rights of minority voters places it at odds with democracy itself. This is Chief Justice John Roberts’ legacy.