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Stephen Smith Mar 27, 2025

Christine Lemmer-Webber Mar 27, 2025

Thousands protest after Tufts grad student arrested by ICE, transferred out of state https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2025/03/26/thousands-protest-after-tufts-grad-student-arrested-by-ice-transferred-out-of-state/

Thousands protest after Tufts grad student arrested by ICE, transferred out of state

Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts PhD student, was transferred to Louisiana despite a court order to keep her in the state.

Boston.com

Stephen Smith Mar 27, 2025

Ryan Singel Mar 26, 2025

It takes a lot to shake me but this abduction of Rumeysa Ozturk, a Ph.D. student and Fulbright scholar at Tufts is bone-chilling.

Plainclothes, masked agents bundle her into an unmarked car.
https://apnews.com/video/turkish-student-at-tufts-university-detained-video-shows-masked-people-handcuffing-her-109ae65a4e734b12b357897376ea443b

It appears her thought crime was co-authoring op-ed in the Tufts newspaper, asking the university to take action in opposition to Israeli war crimes.

https://www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2024/03/4ftk27sm6jkj

She's been whisked off from Massachusetts to Louisiana.

This is the new America.

Citizens are next.

Turkish student at Tufts University detained, video shows masked people handcuffing her

A Turkish national who is a doctoral student at Tufts University has been detained by federal agents without explanation, her lawyer said on Wednesday.

AP News

Stephen Smith Aug 27, 2024

Ray Delahanty Aug 27, 2024

Just in time for tomorrow’s @yimbysforharris call, this week’s video is all about the housing crisis and the growing power of the pro-housing/pro-neighbors movement. On Nebula now, and at the usual place tomorrow!

https://nebula.tv/videos/citynerd-yimbyism-just-might-be-a-political-juggernaut

CityNerd — YIMBYism Just Might Be a Political Juggernaut

It became very obvious after starting this channel that probably the biggest motivating force for people who care about urbanism is, simply, the fact that places with great urban qualities are often so unaffordable. Enter: YIMBYism.

Nebula

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Stephen Smith Jul 26, 2024

@parismarx Unless something has changed I believe threads has only allow listed the largest mastodon instances for federation, so everyone on smaller instances are left out of viewing & interacting even if they didn't block threads.

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Stephen Smith May 6, 2024

@electrek That thumbnail is nightmare fuel. Elon's decapitated torso sits atop a boardroom table. His frown is comically exaggerated to horror antagonist proportions. His interlaced fingers feature 3 consecutive fingers going one direction.

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Stephen Smith May 4, 2024

@geerlingguy Woah, the effect looks so strong! Have you used any of the recommended chelated plant nutrition? Mine is probably still recovering from being repotted and hadn't started glowing noticeably.

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Stephen Smith May 2, 2024

@boilingsteam My personal laptop is going on 6 years, framework will probably be my next one.

Stephen Smith Apr 22, 2024