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Update: Sarah Afzal, sister of the missing citzen Sundas "Sunny" Naqvi, tells me there will be a press conference tomorrow morning at the Broadview facility at 10 a.m.

There’s a New Sheriff in Town. But Buffalo Area Jails Remain as Dangerous as Ever. - Bolts Despite federal oversight, elections, and promises of reform from a new sheriff, little has changed for people detained in Erie County jails.

Did you read about the blind refugee who was left to die in the Buffalo region?

NY’s AG is reportedly investigating the Buffalo sheriff’s office over this: www.investigativepost.org/2026/03/06/n...

We at Bolts reported on the frightening record of people dying under this office last year:

Dropkick Murphys finish up their set at a benefit show across from Alex Pretti Memorial: “We’ll never forget what we saw with our own eyes, we’ll never forget what we’ve seen here today. thank we’ve seen here today. Thank you all for allowing us to come bear witness with you, thank you Minnesota!”.

I’m declaring the city of Chicago under a rainbow watch, none spotted yet but conditions are ripe

The Shady Cop Who Haunts Halloweentown A porn-texting police chief, a mayor posting through it all and the Oregon town that can’t let go of the 2024 election.

This story contains a porn-texting police chief, a money-hungry police union, a nasty mayor’s race, a man in a Waldo costume and the phrase “pig pig pig” — your weekend read from @thewesternedge.bsky.social / me and @ryanjhaas.bsky.social

www.thewesternedge.media/p/the-shady-...

Every story I read about Rahm Emanuel running for president

You should never ever listen to someone who says protesting and being arrested is not risky or dangerous or in general not a big deal - the state has the power to ruin your life and they will actively threaten you with just that if it’ll help their case.

Yesterday I observed 15 shackled detainees being loaded on the ICE Air flight at MSP. In this clip, as the last one hobbles on, staff put away a full-body WRAP restraint, which had been laid out next to the airstairs.

ICE Air & WRAP: www.ap.org/news-highlig...

Data: ottergoose.net/ice-flights-...

"Direct action is, ultimately, the defiant insistence on acting as if one is already free." --David Graeber

Estefany Rodriguez is the latest to come under attack for doing her job as a reporter, covering ICE, giving ppl news the Trump admin would like kept secret. She must be released ASAP. She had a work permit, applied for political asylum, her husband is a US citizen, she had no warrant for an arrest.

We are so knee deep in the shit and most of you are completely desensitized to it because it’s indistinguishable from entertainment. That’s being American. Even our own self engineered recessionary revanchist wars are a sitcom for the consumer society.

What

That feeling when you owe 53,173,939 refunds, with interest ...

Proud to be a part of this pack!

They damn well better

Free Estefany Rodriguez.

Everyone needs to be talking about this.

Hey amid all the hell, I added some new TRYING beanies to my shop. Now in addition to the original olive/orange there is maroon/orange and a limited edition safety green/blue. Get yours. shop.dansinker.com/collections/...

The last photo of third-grader Mikaeil Mirdoraghi, waving to his mom before he left for school. He was killed shortly after in the U.S./Israeli strike on a primary school in Minab.

ICE detains reporter Estefany Rodríguez in Nashville - Nashville Banner Reporter Estefany Rodríguez, detained by ICE with no arrest warrant, may face deportation. Her attorneys seek immediate review of the legality of her case.

ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.

They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.

Cop: protester ratio here is about 5:1 (some bike squads out of frame). All activists have been doing is chanting and drumming.

Outside the Israeli consulate in downtown Chicago this afternoon, security guards are maneuvering some barricades around a small group of anti-war protesters to box them in and away from commuters going into Ogilvie.

when you win a small concession you just get to keep yelling btw. one time a local official said to me "you people are never happy" and like: correct! it is not our job to be happy with compromise! it's our job to be annoying forever actually

Weirdest thing about his first name being two names smashed together is that he doesn't actually have a middle name.

If you're at the airport and Kristi Noem is doing the ominous little message from the TSA screens, you no longer have to do anything she says. Leave your laptop in the case, whatever.

Map showing Dahieh in red and orange

The IDF just ordered the forced evacuation of *all of Dahieh* a day after ordering the forced evacuation of all of South Lebanon.

Israel is taking advantage of the focus on Iran to destroy Lebanon

The Science of Unlearning And Why Organizers Need It “Nobody had a story about unlearning that didn’t include a connection with other people,” says Lewis Raven Wallace.

Too often, activists are more focused on sorting people into categories of good and bad than on how people actually change their minds, beliefs, politics, and actions. Personally, I think this comes from a defeatist mindset. But people can and do change. So, how does that happen? Audio + transcript:

The Science of Unlearning And Why Organizers Need It “Nobody had a story about unlearning that didn’t include a connection with other people,” says Lewis Raven Wallace.

I talked with @lewispants.bsky.social about the art and science of transformation, how people *really* let go of harmful beliefs, and how we can cultivate the conditions that make unlearning possible.