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Transformative mediation and (clumsy attempts to practice) principled nonviolence keep me from despair. Also, this: "The oppression of children is the wheel that keeps all other oppressions turning."
—Aurora Levins Morales
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zombiemovies_makemecry @fcolarusso.bsky.social · Jun 12
Parenting with nonviolence led me to prison abolition. It also helped me raise a kid that thinks for themself and who understands the relationship between empathy and justice. Thank you Ruth. Knowing you radicalized me. www.latimes.com/lifestyle/st...
Long before Dr. Becky, this L.A. woman changed parenting for good
Ruth Beaglehole devoted her life to countering what she called "childism," the misuse of power over children. The effects of her parenting classes are felt throughout Southern California and beyond.
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Photos: Zohran Mamdani becomes New York City’s first Muslim mayor https://aje.io/kqqphz
New York Attorney General Letitia James, left, administers the oath of office to Zohran Mamdani, centre, as his wife Rama Duwaji looks on in New York [Yuki Iwamura/AP Photo] New York Mayor Mamdani signs the official registry while city clerk Michael McSweeney holds the book during the swearing-in ceremony. [Yuki Iwamura/AP Photo] Born in Kampala, Uganda to filmmaker Mira Nair and academic Mahmood Mamdani, the new mayor relocated to New York at age 7 and attained US citizenship in 2018. [Yuki Iwamura/AP Photo] Mamdani attended his swearing-in ceremony in New York accompanied by his wife, Rama Duwaji, as his parents proudly observed the occasion. [Yuki Iwamura/AP Photo]
January 1, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
mayor mamdani in 24 hours 😎
December 31, 2025 at 5:00 AM
fcolarusso.bsky.social
Donated. Now your turn.
December 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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editorialboard.bsky.social
I still believe the biggest lesson of 2024 is about information and education. The rightwing media complex is vast and getting bigger, and it is teaching a majority of (white) Americans that (white) victimhood is a noble virtue. So liberals gotta educate the public.
December 30, 2025 at 1:56 PM
fcolarusso.bsky.social
We need these journalists!
melbuer.bsky.social Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 4d
Oof, okay. This one's a weird, uncomfortable ask. December was an extremely lean month, with half my shit on going on Flex loans, and I'm staring down the barrel of not being able to pay my rent this month. If you dug my work this year and are feeling generous, I could use a leg up.
Mel Buer is creating independent journalism
LA-based independent multimedia journalist. Union member.Covering labor, media, and movements at my newsletter, Words About Work
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December 29, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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adamserwer.bsky.social
The right, along the Roberts Court, is trying to nullify the Reconstruction amendments guaranteeing equality under the law, in order to restore the Antebellum Constitution, which envisions “liberty” as an eternal aristocracy of race and class (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
When the 18th-century writer Samuel Johnson asked why “we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes,” he was identifying no mere contradiction, but liberty as it was imagined by men who owned other human beings as property. Slaveholders such as John Calhoun saw slavery as inseparable from their own freedom, and they worried that the false doctrine of abolitionism would eliminate that freedom away. “Already it has taken possession of the pulpit, of the schools, and, to a considerable extent, of the press; those great instruments by which the mind of the rising generation will be formed,” Calhoun said. (It seems the “woke mind virus” was telling lies about the great and benevolent institution of American slavery as far back as two centuries ago.) Defending slavery, however, required invasive uses of power, such as banning antislavery literature and returning escaped Black people to bondage. Many white Americans in the 19th century began to understand that the “Slave Power” curtailed their freedoms as well. And this is what many people forget: Systems of domination rarely spread their blessings widely. The Redemption-era revocation of Black freedoms didn’t result in prosperity for white people writ large, but a Gilded Age in which the upper classes gained unfathomable wealth and economic crises left millions destitute. The nation may have held on to white supremacy, but it also got low wages, a threadbare welfare state, and a society dominated by the rich. Everyone else was too divided by race and class to challenge them.
December 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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prisonjournalism.bsky.social Prison Journalism Project @prisonjournalism.bsky.social · 8d
Alright, y'all. I'm (@lyneka.bsky.social) on dinner duty tonight. I wish you all happy holidays! I’ll be back after Christmas to update folks on our goal. If you’d like to help us reach it, please consider making a one-time or monthly donation. I believe we're at 250+ donors and at 60% of our goal.
prisonjournalism.bsky.social Prison Journalism Project @prisonjournalism.bsky.social · 24d
We need your help! So far, we’ve raised $16,000 from 164 donors, which tells us that a lot of people understand the importance of this work. We train incarcerated writers and publish their stories. Our goal is to raise $50,000 by Dec. 31. Can you support our work?
December 25, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
I highly recommend watching this segment, not just because the CBS News execs and the White House didn’t want you to, but because these men were tortured and they deserved to have their voices heard.
marisakabas.bsky.social Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 10d
!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social:

is.gd/paU8Ko

(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
December 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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muellershewrote.com
BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
“Tell your children who the cowards were.”
December 13, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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robinince.bsky.social
Not easy to get to sleep tonight - have burnt the bridge of whatever career I had left and really don’t feel that my opinions are so extreme that that should have been necessary
robinince.bsky.social Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 20d
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
This is the saddest day of my professional life. Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage. I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys. I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show, A show that I named and helped develop over all those years. Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry. These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter In a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices. Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'. • I chose the latter. It broke my heart. I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make. I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer. I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence. One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career. I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more. I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost". James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice. Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences. I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness. Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire. I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal. I am so sorry to let you down. I hope that you can understand my reasoning. I have to accept that I am not what the current BBC expects of their freelance presenters. Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not "just a job" I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world. From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too. The strawberry is dead. Long live the strawberry. B
December 13, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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explorerrowan.bsky.social
Huh. It's almost like when institutions stand up to that spineless coward fascist, he loses and folds. I sure wish more institutions would take note of that.
chrisgeidner.bsky.social Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 19d
BREAKING: Seattle Children's Hospital successfully fought this summer to get DOJ's invasive trans care subpoena quashed.

The Seattle court partially unsealed the case this week.

This was the fourth, previously sealed case mentioned in this recent Law Dork report: www.lawdork.com/p/judges-doj...
IV CONCLUSION For these reasons, the Court GRANTS Seattle Children's motion to set aside the subpoena and motion to seal the docket. The Court ORDERS as follows: Subpoena Duces Tecum No. 25-1431-016 is HEREBY SET ASIDE; The docket in this action and all submittals filed thereon shall be maintained under seal; Seattle Children's may nonetheless communicate with, and provide sealed filings to, the Washington Attorney General's Office; The Washington Attorney General's Office may attend any sealed hearings in this proceeding; and The Washington Attorney General's Office shall comply with this Order. Dated this 3rd day of September, 2025. Joha X. Chan John H. Chun United States District Judge
December 13, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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chenjerai.bsky.social
This week - on the heels of Zohran Mamdani’s historic victory in NYC’s mayoral election -I’m talking to Maya Meredith, a Brooklyn-based leader in the New York City chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America’s Afrosocialists and Socialists of Color Caucus.

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December 12, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
🔥 KULINSKI: “The ENTIRE right wing agenda is tax cuts for the rich… they’re not talking about the working class, they’re talking about Elon… The problem affecting your life is not black people, trans people, immigrants - It’s the billionaires & fascists & warmongers.”
December 12, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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freebklyn.bsky.social
Isn’t this a beautiful poster, New York?

Would love to have you out there this weekend.

cc: @handsoffnyc.bsky.social @handsoffnycfams.bsky.social @maketheroadny.bsky.social @thenyic.bsky.social @nyicaction.bsky.social @commoncauseny.bsky.social @jfrejnyc.bsky.social

www.handsoffnyc.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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atrupar.com
Ramirez to Noem: "You lied on the record and you lied to members of this committee. You violated court orders by not turning around deportation flights bound for El Salvador where we know that hundreds of people under your leadership reported they were raped, beaten, and nearly died."
December 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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prisonculture.bsky.social
One good thing about the current era is that you don't have to argue with people about the fact that white supremacy and racism permeate every aspect of US society. Everyone knows it and some even admit it.
December 10, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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genxjamerican.com
It’s very hard to top that choice honestly—especially given the state of the country and the directions things are headed in.
blurry-line.bsky.social to wound the autumnal kitty @blurry-line.bsky.social · 23d
omg. Kat Abughazaleh just posted that if she's elected, she'll swear in on a copy of Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower.

If you were elected to public office (never mind whether you'd ever actually run), what book would you swear in on?
December 10, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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strandjunker.com
If you love freedom but don’t care if it applies to everyone, what you actually love is privilege.
December 8, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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prisonculture.bsky.social
A deeply reported piece that puts "stop and frisk" in conversation with "Kavanaugh stops" would be welcome and is warranted.
December 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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mekka.mekka-tech.com
Racism costs them money. They pay to do this. 🤷🏿‍♂️

Now they're facing RICO charges? Was it worth it?
December 7, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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prisonculture.bsky.social
All you have to do is to see how comfortable Newsom is in declaring that he is against a billionaire tax.
December 6, 2025 at 11:06 PM
fcolarusso.bsky.social
“Like the racist “great replacement” theory and other strains of white nationalism, the opposition to women’s suffrage has entered the mainstream as the Republican party has radicalized.” @moiradonegan.bsky.social piece is not to be ignored www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Rightwingers are trying to destroy women’s right to vote | Moira Donegan
Calls for disenfranchisement rest on a single assumption: that women’s citizenship is partial and conditional
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:48 PM
fcolarusso.bsky.social
“It was also clear to them that the mass killings of civilians were not simply collateral and that starvation was not a side effect of the war. These acts were intentional.”
December 4, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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markjacob.bsky.social
Dear politicians,
Stop saying, "This is not who we are."
This is exactly who we are right now. It's your duty to help us defeat the fascists so we can stop being awful, which is what we are right now.
Thank you.
December 3, 2025 at 4:53 PM