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Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S. Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.

79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.

He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.

www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...

In the Shadow of Oil Rigs, Black Women Are Reclaiming Their Neighborhoods From the courts to city streets, Black women organizers are proving climate solutions start at the neighborhood level.

Black women in LA County are leading a movement that demands a transition that prioritizes community health, equitable redevelopment, and reparative justice.

The New York Times obit for Alice Wong doesn’t mention Covid or Gaza

It ignores two of her biggest causes because of political bias

Alice fought tirelessly for Covid mitigations

She fought for the people of Gaza

She rightfully reminded us that the genocide in Gaza is a disability justice issue

Tesla employees passed around photos of the insides of customers' garages, footage of what they were doing inside/near their cars. The cars were OFF at the time, a nude Tesla driver walking past their car in the privacy of their own garage became a Tesla office meme

Stop embracing surveillance tech

this is theranos-level fraud, but everyone with the power to do anything about it is on the take, apparently

"How to Report ICE" #Charlotte edition zine is up!
drive.google.com/file/d/1p_vF...

Jeffrey Epstein Was a Warlord. We Have to Talk About It. Mainstream media is ignoring the fact that the late sex trafficker was a power broker who shaped global policy.

The Jeffrey Esptein scandal the main stream press is ignoring; he was a major player in American foreign policy with deep ties to Israel and other satrapies: www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Holy shit reverse MeToo is wild

‘Paul Revere’ of Baltimore says he was shoved by apparent ICE agent Baltimore activist Clifford “Buzz” Grambo said, after confronting apparent ICE agents in Patterson Park, he was shoved several times.

‘Paul Revere’ of Baltimore says he was shoved by apparent ICE agent

those of us laid off from Teen Vogue were really fortunate to complete our fundraising goal — the laid-off staffers at VIBE deserve the same support, as Black media outlets and journalists continue to be targeted and discriminated against in “austerity” measures

I live in Chicago, here are some tips for dealing with the Black and Tans: Keep whistles on you to alert the neighborhood of ICE activities. Distribute whistles if you can. Post signage where people are taken, "ICE kidnapped someone here" is a powerful message. Stand firm in crosswalks or use your vehicle to obstruct ICE movement. Invite friends and family from rural areas to enjoy your cities, show them the only violence there is caused by the federal government. Post signage to alert your neighbor of the ICE activity. Record everything they do. Ask for warrants. They won't have one, but making them admit it is important. If they are on your private property, firmly tell them to leave. Sell them nothing and don't let them use restrooms. Protests. Protest. Protest. Every delay is a life saved. Remember, people aren't being deported, they are going missing.

From a reddit post discussing ICE moving into Charlotte

At Barton Springs, Trans Existence Becomes Resistance Following a transphobic incident earlier this year, community members gathered to "protect trans joy."

“Trans visibility is important, but also trans people deserve to have fun.”

In our magazine, @kitoconnell.com and photographer Harmon Li documented a "Trans Takeover" at Austin's Barton Springs swimming hole. A moment of queer and trans joy that came weeks after a violent attack ...

Pope Leo set to dine with trans activists during Sunday's Jubilee for the Poor Pope Leo XIV will meet and dine with Alessia Nobile and other trans Catholic activists this Sunday, during a special Vatican lunch marking the Church’s

16 Nov 2025 -- As US Bishops overwhelmingly vote to cut off all affirming care for trans patients getting medical treated in Catholic hospitals Pope Leo XIV meets and dines with trans Catholic activists during annual Church Jubilee of the Poor. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

I talked with Alice about this all the time

ICE (more likely CBP but unclear) snatched a man from a Charlotte church today. His wife and child were there and they opened a closed gate to trespass on the property. Reporting from @charlotteobserver.com
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...

NEW: In his first interview since his arrest for protesting outside the Chicago-area ICE facility, @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social tells me he has "bruises all over my body."

Even so, he said, “the cruelty that goes on that facility … must be 100 times worse." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...

Nothing Trump does is a distraction. All of it is criminal, tyrannical, and treasonous. None of it is excusable, and all of it is impeachable.

Remain focused on the remedy: impeachment

Anyone who advocates for impeachment is going to be popular in almost every demographic.

Something I wish got challenged more often in this “men in crisis” discourse is the blithe assumption (or sometimes outright assertion!) that everyone’s boss is a woman now. “Women now dominate white collar work and corporate management roles.” No they don’t. That just isn’t true.

Devastating piece on the human toll of Kavanaugh Stops.

Especially infuriating to know that rich white guys like Brett K can simply close their eyes to the human suffering their racist jurisprudence has unleashed.

More liberals, people of color and LGBTQ Americans say they're buying guns out of fear The image of gun ownership in America has been white, rural and Republican, but that's been changing as more liberals and minorities have been buying guns, especially after the 2024 election.

2A is not a fundamentally individual right, it is a *community* right and I’d love to see some of these folks open ranges and do community-oriented trainings, not just around firearms, but first aid, police interactions, and resistance to authoritarianism.

www.npr.org/2025/11/15/n...

I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here

I’m a retired journalist who used to require students to join Twitter back in the day, and this is the best thing I’ve read all month. Were I still teaching, it would be required reading, too.

Power gradients can be so steep that NO consent is ever possible.

woke to news of the passing of both Leslie Lee and Alice Wong. grievous, gutting losses

For those of us who became disabled as a result of the pandemic, Alice was a bright light walking us through the experience. She did so much to show many of us what it meant to see disability as a beautiful part of who we are, not something to resent.

What I want to say about Alice is this: we have not decided as a society that we want people like her to live as human beings. Currently, the regime under which she lived & died is closing off the elements that made her extraordinary life possible. Her work is literally being erased.

A painting of Alice by Molly Crabapple. She is wearing her BPAP mask and her name appears in English and Chinese

In 2022, I commissioned @mollycrabapple.bsky.social to make a portrait of @sfdirewolf.bsky.social, as part of a series for the release of The Viral Underclass. Molly signed if for her. Alice was so excited to have a Molly Crabapple of herself!

If a severe polar storm hits the Gaza Strip, thousands of tents will flood, thousands of people will be left without a warm shelter, and the humanitarian crisis will turn into an open catastrophe that demands an urgent and unconditional response.