I am really glad that @jeremymberg.bsky.social wrote this. Everybody who cares about science, and about knowledge generation and civil society generally, should read and share with their favorite administrator. Deafening Quiet from the Scientific Establishment open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...

Men claim women talk too much, but boy if you get that man on a panel, he will over talk every woman present in the room.

We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy. Some thoughts from my new piece: 🧵

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the only appropriate response will be to triple down on supporting the targeted groups rather than to do what so many people usually do which is to run away from them.

The armed conflict in Sudan seems to be one of the world's most forgotten civil wars. The reigning silence surrounding this conflict plunges the population into daily turmoil.

WIRED reporter Vittoria Elliott tracked where the most migrants are being arrested, where exactly ICE is taking them, and where they're deported to. This is Immigration & Customs Enforcement, On The Grid. youtube.com/watch?v=uD9E...

"training" is the consistent liberal canard. nope people, this is THEIR JOB. they are doing what they are hired to do.

I've already lost all patience with the "conversations" about ICE because it's the exact same "conversation" people have had in this country about policing since its inception. Nothing changes in that conversation. Just new people rip van winkleing every few weeks.

Republican Senators, with an assist from Sen. John Fetterman, voted down an attempt to block the Trump administration’s missile strikes on alleged Venezuelan drug boats. interc.pt/4o9CBur

“.. Foreclosure rates have surged across the country and are up almost 20% from this time last year.” www.realtor.com/news/trends/...

Two years of genocide have left us ravaged, but our hope for Gaza will never be stifled, writes Shaimaa Eid. Israel’s war of extermination has spared nothing & no one, but still we cling to the hope that we will rebuild Gaza stone by stone & plant new life among its ruins.

I love people's creativity and the various ways they have found to support each other. I've seen several examples of people doing this in Chicago. If you know a local vendor, can you do the same for them? Sell their goods so they won't be vulnerable to ICE?

Hundreds of people arrested by ICE agents around Chicago over the past few months could be released, according to a new fed. ruling. |https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/08/100s-could-be-freed-from-ice-custody-after-ruling-that-warrantless-arrests-violated-consent-decree/

We have been winning school board & local elections all across the country thanks to work like this. If you're in Texas, find your district, do your research, share what you learn with your neighbors.

I’m introducing a law today to keep ICE off Rikers. We must protect New Yorkers from modern-day storm troopers.

Ninety-three farm bankruptcies in Q2 — nearly double the number from the end of 2024. @fortune.com fortune.com/2025/10/04/f...

ICE getting tailed like it’s a heist movie. Chicago is turning the tables.

Black stories are unfairly targeted in recent book bans. In the last six years, the book banning movement has increased significantly. A substantial amount of the ire is directed at Black authors and works highlighting Black stories.

Boycott, Divest, Sanction: A ceasefire today will not stop Israel’s genocide against Palestinians, only meaningful accountability will. Our work is not done! Read more: loom.ly/TsJOHwo

This weekend was record breaking for our mutual aid efforts! On Friday, the team got up bright and early to send home vendors. 6 vendors supported, over $500 worth of food. Saturday, we bought 100 tamales from 2 vendors! All distributed right back into the community. We keep us safe! #BikeChi

An important article with in-depth reporting. Read it!

Exhibit #1 million that you can just DO THINGS. These folks came up with an idea and have now implemented it. We can all do something where we are. I just donated to their efforts.

sixty-eight chicago community, faith, + social service organizations are calling on cook county commissioners to “protect and increase social service spending” amid drastic cuts nationally from the trump admin. they suggest freezing all law enforcement spending, which has “unjustifiably increased.”

"I believe a durable, mutually agreed upon resolution to the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict requires what Trump’s plan sidelines: Palestinian self-determination."

Every single day I share at least 5 concrete actions people are taking and someone always asks: "but what can I do?" I don't really know what to tell you at this point. I really don't.

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I would go further and say that everyone deserves basic necessities to live whether they have a job or not.

Credit where credit is due. The Democrats' message that the GOP shut down the government because they want to throw millions of people off healthcare has broken through. Two of my cousins who are NOT AT ALL tuned into national politics told me that this is why the government is shut down.

The PBS live stream chats are filled with people calling Speaker Johnson a liar. I’ve never seen anything like it.

a fully bipartisan genocide.

Paul Robeson had his passport revoked and was blacklisted for his political activism. Was recently learning about artists who rallied to support him financially so he could feed his family.

I launched the Giving Circle in lieu of monetizing my newsletter. So it is powered by my newsletter readers. I appreciate everyone who contributes. Together we have donated $25,360 so far this year. ko-fi.com/prisonculture

CHICAGO (AP) — Storming an apartment complex by helicopter as families slept. Deploying chemical agents near a public school. Handcuffing a Chicago City Council member at a hospital. apnews.com/article/chic...

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Don’t let “ceasefire” fool you, the war didn’t end for us. We’re still among the ruins, after losing our home, jobs, and everything we owned. Silence doesn’t mean safety, and hunger doesn’t stop with peace talks. Please, don’t forget us, we still need your support to start again💔 gofund.me/edd687b8

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"I'm afraid of what happens if I stop feeling too much. I don't want to become someone who moves and breathes like all of this is normal. I am afraid of what that would make me. I am afraid of what that tendency has already made me, in some ways, and what it has made the world."

In Gaza, another humanitarian crisis has emerged: the soaring displacement expenses — or, as many people in Gaza bitterly describe it, “The fees you pay to become homeless in the south.” Tents cost $1,000 and securing a patch of land to pitch it on can be almost as costly.

It's hard for me to tell when he's intentionally lying and when it's the dementia talking because, at any given moment, who can say?

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

Seeing many posts about how ICE isn't trained. That's not really the problem. The problem is what they were sent to do, not whether they're qualified to do it.

Most people aren't brave but at least don't be actively cowardly.

A lot has happened since then and it's all equally terrible and I know these things take time to hit the popular consciousness but I wish at least people would mention "oh hey this was a month ago, there were no consequences for the ICE agents, and this stuff continues to happen nearly daily!"

Chat is it a good sign that it took national reporters an entire month to finally pay attention to the third largest metro in the country being invaded

Rep. Jamie Raskin has sent letters to four of the nation's largest banks demanding information related to "more than $1.5 billion in suspicious financial transactions flagged by the banks tied to sex trafficking crimes committed by Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and their co-conspirators."

‘Greater risk’: Covid-19 mask mandate returns to California county; aims to protect ‘most vulnerable population’ A California wine country county is strengthening its vaccine recommendations and implementing a mask mandate, citing a “greater risk” of Covid-19 as the annual flu season begins.

Bombshell investigation shows that Hungary's Russia-alligned Orban regime has been running an espionage network in Brussels, recruiting and infiltrating among the highest levels of foreign governments.

Subtweet without malice but in response to something that happens a lot: When people point out that something is illegal or full on unconstitutional, it's not because this admin cares, it's because you should be aware.