Mike/MJ
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Mike/MJ
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· Feb 19
i mourn all the people just trying to live their lives who become victims of someone else’s political violence agenda
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STOP CALLING THIS "IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT" THAT IS NOT WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE!
NEWS OUTLETS, REVISE YOUR GUIDELINES!
NEWS OUTLETS, REVISE YOUR GUIDELINES!
Department of Homeland Security agents were shot at during an immigration enforcement operation in Chicago Saturday, the agency said — as federal agents were also accused of using pepper spray and flash-bang grenades against protesters across the Chicago area.
DHS says agents were shot at amid chaotic day of immigration enforcement operations in Chicago area
www.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:11 AM
STOP CALLING THIS "IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT" THAT IS NOT WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE!
NEWS OUTLETS, REVISE YOUR GUIDELINES!
NEWS OUTLETS, REVISE YOUR GUIDELINES!
Predator: Badlands: the real friends were the tools we met along the way.
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Predator: Badlands: the real friends were the tools we met along the way.
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November 5, 2025 at 9:41 AM
If you appreciate the stories I frequently post here, please support @globalvoices.org! We are trying to continue our 20-year record of community-driven, international multilingual coverage from around the world, and we need your help!
started re-reading The Laundry Files (after finishing re-reading Murderbot Diaries) and realizing that in my head, Angleton is 100% William Frederick Knight voicing Aramaki from Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (despite the fully incorrect accent)
November 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
started re-reading The Laundry Files (after finishing re-reading Murderbot Diaries) and realizing that in my head, Angleton is 100% William Frederick Knight voicing Aramaki from Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (despite the fully incorrect accent)
started reading Sagan’s The Demon-Haunted World and i am highlighting so many things
October 29, 2025 at 5:34 PM
started reading Sagan’s The Demon-Haunted World and i am highlighting so many things
Maisie and Reece would have been scored higher if Greg and Alex knew the exact same methods would be used to successfully burgle millions of dollars of jewelry from the most famous museum in the world the same week this episode aired. #Taskmaster
October 24, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Maisie and Reece would have been scored higher if Greg and Alex knew the exact same methods would be used to successfully burgle millions of dollars of jewelry from the most famous museum in the world the same week this episode aired. #Taskmaster
i worked at an Indiana Kroger the summer between high school and college, and i say Good For Them
labornotes.org/blogs/2025/0...
labornotes.org/blogs/2025/0...
Indiana Kroger Workers Win Better Contract after Voting ‘No’ Twice
With 8,000 workers, the Indianapolis Kroger contract is the largest in Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 700. After keeping members in the dark about negotiations, our local union leadership dr...
labornotes.org
October 23, 2025 at 1:09 AM
i worked at an Indiana Kroger the summer between high school and college, and i say Good For Them
labornotes.org/blogs/2025/0...
labornotes.org/blogs/2025/0...
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"It is not about upholding English and shared values, but about denigrating Spanish and those who speak it. It is about turning Spanish into second-class speech, about making us wary of using it in public, about keeping us quiet and submissive."
October 21, 2025 at 8:08 AM
"It is not about upholding English and shared values, but about denigrating Spanish and those who speak it. It is about turning Spanish into second-class speech, about making us wary of using it in public, about keeping us quiet and submissive."
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"'Political equality, natural rights and popular sovereignty can be expressed, upheld and lived out in any language,' I wrote in response to the EO. 'Trust me that fluency in Spanish does not stall the pursuit of happiness.'
Except now it does. It’s harder to pursue happiness with ICE in pursuit."
Except now it does. It’s harder to pursue happiness with ICE in pursuit."
October 21, 2025 at 8:08 AM
"'Political equality, natural rights and popular sovereignty can be expressed, upheld and lived out in any language,' I wrote in response to the EO. 'Trust me that fluency in Spanish does not stall the pursuit of happiness.'
Except now it does. It’s harder to pursue happiness with ICE in pursuit."
Except now it does. It’s harder to pursue happiness with ICE in pursuit."
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"Making language grounds for official suspicion is a particularly insidious suppression of speech, bc it makes you question not just your ideas but your means of expressing them. Everything else about you is stripped away; you are a person who speaks Spanish, and that is all anyone needs to know"
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Spanish has become a sanctioned indicator of potential criminality in the United States of America. The language of Miguel de Cervantes and Andres Cantor, the world’s fourth most spoken tongue, has been deemed the sound of bad hombres,” Carlos Lozada writes.
“Spanish has become a sanctioned indicator of potential criminality in the United States of America. The language of Miguel de Cervantes and Andres Cantor, the world’s fourth most spoken tongue, has been deemed the sound of bad hombres,” Carlos Lozada writes.
Opinion | You Caught Me. I’m Speaking Spanish.
Spanish has become a sanctioned indicator of potential criminality in the United States of America.
nyti.ms
October 21, 2025 at 8:04 AM
"Making language grounds for official suspicion is a particularly insidious suppression of speech, bc it makes you question not just your ideas but your means of expressing them. Everything else about you is stripped away; you are a person who speaks Spanish, and that is all anyone needs to know"
does ”red” modify “hot chili peppers” or does “red hot” modify “chili peppers”?
October 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
does ”red” modify “hot chili peppers” or does “red hot” modify “chili peppers”?
i am at a crowded noisy pool, distracting myself by reading a story about a rogue secunit that is frequently in crowded noisy areas and distracts itself with its stories #MurderbotDiaries
October 13, 2025 at 6:40 PM
i am at a crowded noisy pool, distracting myself by reading a story about a rogue secunit that is frequently in crowded noisy areas and distracts itself with its stories #MurderbotDiaries
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periodically reposting this, when it’s what i need that day
“Sometimes moments of fun can just be like a liftening of the burden for a short little moment. But hey, that is life, you know? That is how life works. You have fun, and then you have not so fun. You’re happy, and then you’re sad. That is the roller coaster that is life.” #ritehererightnow #ghost
August 13, 2025 at 1:34 AM
periodically reposting this, when it’s what i need that day
i feel like you don’t see a lot of commercials for car tires anymore
September 27, 2025 at 2:59 AM
i feel like you don’t see a lot of commercials for car tires anymore
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The internet was supposed to democratize information.
Now, it’s more closed, censored, and weaponized than ever.
Global Voices is still holding the line.
Help us keep doing it.
globalvoices.org/donate/
#KeepGVStrong
Now, it’s more closed, censored, and weaponized than ever.
Global Voices is still holding the line.
Help us keep doing it.
globalvoices.org/donate/
#KeepGVStrong
September 11, 2025 at 10:34 AM
The internet was supposed to democratize information.
Now, it’s more closed, censored, and weaponized than ever.
Global Voices is still holding the line.
Help us keep doing it.
globalvoices.org/donate/
#KeepGVStrong
Now, it’s more closed, censored, and weaponized than ever.
Global Voices is still holding the line.
Help us keep doing it.
globalvoices.org/donate/
#KeepGVStrong
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Where others overlook, we listen.
Where others erase, we translate.
Support Global Voices’ mission to center the Global South.
#KeepGVStrong
globalvoices.org/donate/
Where others erase, we translate.
Support Global Voices’ mission to center the Global South.
#KeepGVStrong
globalvoices.org/donate/
coverage from Nepal on @globalvoices.org
September 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Where others overlook, we listen.
Where others erase, we translate.
Support Global Voices’ mission to center the Global South.
#KeepGVStrong
globalvoices.org/donate/
Where others erase, we translate.
Support Global Voices’ mission to center the Global South.
#KeepGVStrong
globalvoices.org/donate/
watching Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping and i feel like they might possibly have beef with the Channel 4 lawyers
September 7, 2025 at 12:06 AM
watching Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping and i feel like they might possibly have beef with the Channel 4 lawyers
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Still available:
Humblebundle to support World Central Kitchen, and get a bunch of my books from @tordotcom.bsky.social including Murderbot and Witch King! #booksky
www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...
www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...
Humble Book Bundle: Martha Wells' Murderbot and More by TOR
Fall in love with Martha Wells’ The Murderbot Diaries series—the engine behind the hit AppleTV adaptation—and help support World Central Kitchen.
www.humblebundle.com
September 5, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Still available:
Listening to the Murderbot soundtrack to entertain myself while doing mindless work feels fitting
also "End Message" still brings up feelings about that scene with Gurathin and MB's final voiceover T.T
also "End Message" still brings up feelings about that scene with Gurathin and MB's final voiceover T.T
September 5, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Listening to the Murderbot soundtrack to entertain myself while doing mindless work feels fitting
also "End Message" still brings up feelings about that scene with Gurathin and MB's final voiceover T.T
also "End Message" still brings up feelings about that scene with Gurathin and MB's final voiceover T.T
i would very amused to see the site traffic stats for milk.com for Aug. 27-Sept. 2 and Sept. 3-9
www.npr.org/2025/09/03/n...
www.npr.org/2025/09/03/n...
The million dollar mystery behind Milk.com : Planet Money
When we stumbled upon Milk.com, we were mystified. It appears to be someone’s personal website. But memorable domain names can be worth a million dollars or more. So, why is someone using this valuabl...
www.npr.org
September 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
i would very amused to see the site traffic stats for milk.com for Aug. 27-Sept. 2 and Sept. 3-9
www.npr.org/2025/09/03/n...
www.npr.org/2025/09/03/n...
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Another really important story from the Climate Justice Fellows at @globalvoices.org. if you haven't spent any time thinking about the international trade in trash and what that says about global hierarchies, here's a place to start. And if you have, here's an update/case study.
Tracing ‘waste colonialism’ in Southeast Asia
While China used to be the world's largest waste importer, Southeast Asia is now taking a significant portion of wealthy countries solid waste, leading to negative health outcomes and environmental po...
globalvoices.org
September 1, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Another really important story from the Climate Justice Fellows at @globalvoices.org. if you haven't spent any time thinking about the international trade in trash and what that says about global hierarchies, here's a place to start. And if you have, here's an update/case study.
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YAY
August 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
YAY
i feel personally targeted by the Cadillac F1 driver announcement
(also based on purely parasocial vibes i feel like Bottas and Reeves could be friends?)
(also based on purely parasocial vibes i feel like Bottas and Reeves could be friends?)
August 26, 2025 at 6:53 PM
i feel personally targeted by the Cadillac F1 driver announcement
(also based on purely parasocial vibes i feel like Bottas and Reeves could be friends?)
(also based on purely parasocial vibes i feel like Bottas and Reeves could be friends?)
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it's not an "immigration crackdown" if they are 1) revoking legally granted visas for 2) temporary student residence.
it's not a crackdown, it's a policy change; and it's not about immigration, it's about weakening the universities and education more generally and signaling white supremacy.
it's not a crackdown, it's a policy change; and it's not about immigration, it's about weakening the universities and education more generally and signaling white supremacy.
August 20, 2025 at 10:46 AM
it's not an "immigration crackdown" if they are 1) revoking legally granted visas for 2) temporary student residence.
it's not a crackdown, it's a policy change; and it's not about immigration, it's about weakening the universities and education more generally and signaling white supremacy.
it's not a crackdown, it's a policy change; and it's not about immigration, it's about weakening the universities and education more generally and signaling white supremacy.
periodically reposting this, when it’s what i need that day
“Sometimes moments of fun can just be like a liftening of the burden for a short little moment. But hey, that is life, you know? That is how life works. You have fun, and then you have not so fun. You’re happy, and then you’re sad. That is the roller coaster that is life.” #ritehererightnow #ghost
August 13, 2025 at 1:34 AM
periodically reposting this, when it’s what i need that day