neithj.bsky.social

neithj.bsky.social

@neithj.bsky.social

Just came over to Bluesky to keep up with some reporters, news sites, and commentators. (It's great for setting up lists of news & trusted sources to read.) Not expecting to run a feed here but may comment on articles.

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I had fun making & hiding/hinting 12 crochet mushrooms for #GameofShrooms2026 on my Instagram & Facebook (neithj on each)… only 2 may remain in their hiding spots… we’ll find out tomorrow!

And the final two were found within 7 minutes of the library reopening! If you are local to Cape Ann and want to create for #GameofShrooms2027 get in touch! Hoping to form a group for creators. hides, helpers & even foragers who can inspire us 🍄‍🟫🍄🍄‍🟫

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Save this. Share it. Spread the word. My office officially launched a new portal with Governor Healey to report violence and unlawful ICE activity here in MA. This will help us keep track of incidents for potential legal action, help us gather data, and connect victims with resources and support.

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Some of the 25 red hats I've knit so far (26th is on the needles!) along with 10s of mini hats as pins or bag charms. I've been giving them away locally to friends & protesters in exchange for their direct donations to immigrant rights/aid funds. (patterns in alt text & links @ ravel.me/neithj/psct)

Joyce White Vance@joycewhitevance.bsky.social

February 26 is an important date in the history of resistance, and it has to do with knitters during WWII. Come read the story. If you’re a knitter, maybe you’ll want to cast on with me tomorrow? And if you aren’t, there are other ideas for you here. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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Replying to @genkidesuu.bsky.social

I made a bunch of protest themed cup cozies to give away (and keep protestor's coffee hot, water cold) and saved a bundle of patterns for knitting and crocheting different protest themed items of all shapes and sizes ravel.me/neithj/psct

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Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“

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THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos. I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.

Mark Joseph Stern@mjsdc.bsky.social

Judge Ellis derides Greg Bovino as a serial fabulist who brazenly lied on the stand and seemingly considered it funny to perjure himself. cst.brightspotcdn.com/49/34/daecfb...

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Kristi Noem: "We are not going away. We are staying here to liberate the city from the socialists and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor have placed on this country and what they have tried to insert into the city." Sen. Alex Padilla is then forcibly removed!

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AOC: When they say illegal vs legal immigration—they are trying to end legal status in the US making people undocumented and then they have the audacity to call them illegal when they were here documented.

fox29.comVictim zip-tied, robbed by man impersonating law enforcement officer in PhiladelphiaPolice are searching for a man who they say zip-tied a store employee and robbed the business while impersonating a law enforcement officer over the weekend.
Catherine Rampell@crampell.bsky.social

Philly local tv station reporting that a man allegedly posed as an ICE agent in order to rob a car repair business office. How many other criminals might be getting this idea right now, given that actual ICE agents are refusing to show IDs, warrants, badges?

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🚨NEW: @cbsnews.com reports ICE is arresting people who can't even legally be deported and holding them without enough food or water in a federal building BASEMENT in Los Angeles. Families dutifully attending check-ins with ICE are being arrested and held for days, forced to sleep on the floor.

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Replying to @realmartyt7.bsky.social

What makes these soulless idiots so horrifying is that they're not only effectively turning off the life support system for millions of Americans, with this & similar moves, they're channeling the funds saved into their own pockets & those of other billionaires. 🤬

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Floridians were preparing new initiatives on behalf of Medicaid expansion, abortion rights, and other issues on the ballot. But a new law makes these efforts a lot tougher, threatening volunteers with investigations and criminal punishment. boltsmag.org/florida...

boltsmag.orgA New Crackdown on Ballot Initiatives Unnerves Florida OrganizersThe new Republican law threatens volunteers with more investigations and criminal punishment, even as Ron DeSantis faces allegations of illegally meddling in ballot measures.

If you are on apple news you can also read it here apple.news/AUh94aMx5T8i... They told at least one of the mothers to bring her children to the appointment, then denied access to lawyers or choices.

The New Republic@newrepublic.com

Undocumented mothers and their U.S. born children were deported. Attorneys for the families say federal immigration agents planned everything. "She was trying to get ahold of a phone to try to call her family and her attorney. But she wasn’t being allowed.”

One of their lawyers said on a TV interview that the US child(ren)'s passport(s) were confiscated by ICE. The breastfeeding Cuban mother deported from Florida without her infant also was left in Cuba without her own passport. Details are unclear, but it sounds like dehumanizing chaos.

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I decided to start a #thread 🧵 of stories about legal residents and tourists being (illegally) arrested, detained and/or deported by the Trump regime. I'll only post stories from serious sources, as rumors and conspiracies are really not needed in this authoritarian moment.

@casmudde.bsky.social may want to add high school teenager from Lynn MA, Zeneyda Barrera in an argument with her lil brother @home when police called & ICE took her from outside the courthouse to ME despite legal status & permission to work +no actual conviction www.wbur.org/news/2025/02...

wbur.orgICE releases Lynn teen after state prosecutors drop minor chargeHer attorney said she was released from ICE custody after prosecutors announced they would not prosecute the domestic assault charges against her.

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