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freelance sociologist, writer, facilitator, editor. they/them. organizing with Detroit Peer Respite & Abolitionist Book Club. proud union member Freelance Solidarity Project & Rutgers PTLFC-AAUP-AFT. https://www.octoberk.com on signal: @freeze.16

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organizers are saying that it's especially helpful if people outside of Minnesota, maybe in a place that's not being hit that hard by ICE, can tap in!

06.03.2026 22:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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My Bad NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley comm...

MY BAD: A PERSONAL HISTORY OF THE QUEER 90S AND BEYOND is available for pre-release download on @netgalley.bsky.social. Do you write reviews? Need to interview someone about the '90s, or queer history, or making IRL community in a digital world? Check it out! www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

06.03.2026 20:45 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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FDA Guidelines on COVID-19 Vaccines Are Throwing Those Most at Risk Into Despair β€œThere’s a lot of misinformation, and nobody seems to know what’s going on,” a resident of Missouri said.

When the FDA approved updated COVID-19 vaccines back in August, it also imposed new restrictions on who is eligible to get them β€” restrictions that have made it harder for the nation's most vulnerable people to access a life-saving vaccine. Here's my reporting on the issue.

06.03.2026 21:00 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Especially if you have means to adopt even part of a rent AND HAVE ZELLE, we need you!!!

06.03.2026 21:43 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hi, I'm looking to speak with resettled refugee Afghan families or those in the asylum process affected by recent Trump policies for a story. Can protect ID! Please reach out at tanvim.05 on signal.

06.03.2026 16:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

just floating this, but maybe the goal is not for the US to "come back from this"?

06.03.2026 16:22 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm unsure how people really think people were downplaying a virus that can kill you, make you go blind, wipe out your immune system for years, and oh yeah come back and kill you a decade after you thought you'd shaken it.

06.03.2026 15:42 πŸ‘ 1646 πŸ” 520 πŸ’¬ 64 πŸ“Œ 16

i tried and failed several times to write a comment here. just unspeakably horrific.

06.03.2026 16:18 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œWhen I think about navigating the start of the year here, especially in our hometown in Minneapolis, the thing that we have kept front and center every single day is the safety of our team.” – Target CEO Michael Fiddelke

06.03.2026 15:39 πŸ‘ 372 πŸ” 144 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 4

beautiful <3 thanks for sharing.

06.03.2026 14:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I have some frustrations with this story and hesitated to share it. I generally like 404 but they kinda went out of their way to say shitty things about Tortuguita in here, which is really too bad.

05.03.2026 23:13 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

critical info. Proton has access to your ID if you pay them with credit card. Their statement: "We check all legal orders received from Swiss authorities and we understood that a law enforcement officer was shot and explosive devices were involved"

05.03.2026 23:13 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Family of β€˜Cop City’ activist shot dead by Georgia police sue officers involved Complaint alleges fourth amendment rights of Manuel β€˜Tortuguita’ Paez TerΓ‘n were violated during 2023 raid

hey @404media.co this is important reporting, and I appreciate it. But you misgendered Tortuguita and that deserves a correction, and there was really no reason to go so strong on the "Teran fired first" line. Same reporter from the Guardian later said this: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

05.03.2026 23:11 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

anyone know?

05.03.2026 22:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

you did great work <3

05.03.2026 17:46 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

yes but also fuck those specific guys LOL

05.03.2026 17:46 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

i gave what i have to a rent campaign earlier this week, but maybe some of y'all haven't done that yet?

05.03.2026 17:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

ughhh i hate it!!!! they are the fucking worst.

05.03.2026 16:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Margot and Anne Frank died in Bergen-Belsen as a typhus epidemic killed 17,000 people

05.03.2026 16:06 πŸ‘ 102 πŸ” 50 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

this one has me thinking: does anyone know anyone with Long COVID in prison? please get in touch if so -- would love to talk write about this.

05.03.2026 16:12 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Air Wisconsin turns to ICE The Appleton-based airline now plays a role in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, flying between detention centers. Explore how its flight patterns have changed since its sale to a f…

A regional airline in Wisconsin has begun providing charter services for federal immigration authorities:

05.03.2026 15:29 πŸ‘ 65 πŸ” 51 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 5

strongly recommend this op-ed written by a dear comrade in Minnesota with firsthand experience of the violence of deportation:

"I am suspicious of widespread calls to abolish ICE because I’ve experienced firsthand the feeling of abandonment when you are not a β€œperfect victim” or β€œinnocent.” "

04.03.2026 20:29 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

some outside family members are fucking heroes for the tenacious way they advocate for their right to communicate with a loved one inside. i knew this, but it's incredible to see it from the facility side via their emails.

05.03.2026 15:54 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Securus technician trying to come into a facility 1 day after testing positive with COVID. "I can wear a mask"

05.03.2026 15:51 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

there's a couple emails about an acre of trees that are causing cell and internet interference in the prison. i'm afraid to look up and see if they just cut down the trees.

05.03.2026 15:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

there's an email in here from a man who was released from the prison, and is persistently trying to get his tablet/computer back (maybe one that's issued for folks enrolled in school). it seems to have been sent for repair. the address he's giving to have it sent is a motel.

05.03.2026 15:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

ooh yeah Lady MacBeth is a favorite character.

05.03.2026 15:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

this makes me think of the security officer at Rutgers whose name seems to actually be Kenneth Cop.

05.03.2026 15:44 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

thought i would live skeet the open records request i'm reading, since most of it is not "newsworthy" but is fascinating:

first of all, there is a man at the Washington DOC who uses his initials in correspondence. they are DOC.

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05.03.2026 15:44 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

THE BEST NEWS! Love this, thank you for sharing. Every human freed is a huge, huge victory <3

05.03.2026 14:56 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0