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Hannah Epperson
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musician, mother, bernie bro, moving through the world at the speed of my bicycle

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aljazeera.com
At least 61 Palestinians, including 19 aid seekers, have been killed in Israeli attacks since dawn on Thursday, as the UN chief warned of a ‘new and dangerous phase’ with Israeli forces targeting eastern and southern Gaza City aje.io/5ywvrt
‘Endless catalogue of horrors’ as Israel ramps up Gaza City attacks
UN chief warns of ‘new and dangerous phase’ of war as Israeli forces target eastern and southern Gaza City.
aje.io
August 29, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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newrepublic.com
“In the first three months, the Trump family has become $3 billion wealthier, so that’s a billion dollars a month.”
You Won’t Believe How Much Richer the Trumps Have Gotten This Year
How in the hell does he get away with this? Here’s the answer.
newrepublic.com
May 9, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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normative.bsky.social
I feel like we need to keep saying this because it’s so insane: This is a legal U.S. resident who has been detained for over a month now for his political opinions.
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · Apr 22
The Department of Homeland Security denied Mahmoud Khalil permission to attend the birth of his first child, who was delivered at a New York hospital on Monday, according to emails reviewed by The New York Times.
Mahmoud Khalil’s Son Arrives After ICE Refuses to Let Him Attend Birth
Mr. Khalil, a permanent resident detained in Louisiana, had requested a monitored furlough for the birth. His request was denied in less than an hour.
www.nytimes.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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nytimes.com
The Lyrids meteor shower has been active since April 15 and is forecast to continue until April 30. The shower reaches its peak April 21 to 22, or Monday night into Tuesday morning.

Here’s how to watch.
Lyrids Meteor Shower 2025: How to Watch
Active since last week, the shower is formed from a comet’s debris and is forecast to produce the most fireballs overnight.
www.nytimes.com
April 22, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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joekatz45.bsky.social
WAYS TO PUSH BACK THIS WEEKEND:

- more than 100 #TeslaTakedown protests nationwide, find one near you at teslatakedown.com

- @lettercarriers.bsky.social' Hands Off USPS Day of Action Sunday, find one near you at nalc.org/news/fight-like-hell

- turn out voters to win the Wisconsin Supreme Court:
Wisconsin Supreme Court Up for Grabs 4/1 - Here's How To Help
THE WISCONSIN SUPREME COURT IS UP FOR GRABS Note: This list was last updated 3/17/25. If you have additions to submit, please send them to roganslisttips@gmail.com! The Wisconsin Supreme Court electio...
docs.google.com
March 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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demsocialists.bsky.social
Why is DSA's national convention SUCH a big deal? This is the first in a series of calls to get us started together on the road to August!

We’ll cover some basics—and what’s new this time. Whether you're a first-timer or long-timer, any interested DSA member can join!
act.dsausa.org/signup/what-...
March 18, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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truthout.org
With its measles outbreak spreading to two additional states, Texas is on track to becoming the cause of a national epidemic if it doesn’t start vaccinating more people, according to public health experts.
Public Health Experts Say Texas Is Poised to Make Measles a Nationwide Epidemic
The outbreak has reached 11 counties in the state and has been linked to cases in New Mexico and Oklahoma.
truthout.org
March 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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ositanwanevu.com
The wealthiest man in the world has fully purchased the federal government of the United States. This is one of the most extraordinary crises in the history of this country and you need to ask whether your elected representatives are acting like it.
March 21, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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mlobelart.bsky.social
Keep thinking today about how, because I write about art, I've paid literally thousands of dollars in image permission fees for the multiple books & articles by me that appear in the LibGen database - and how these tech companies then turned around and used my work for no compensation whatsoever
March 21, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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stevanzetti.bsky.social
This shit is so grim. These guys are grifting like they're stripping the copper wires out of a slowly collapsing building.
March 11, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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avilewis.ca
Ken Sim wants to relocate Indigenous neighbours from the DTES. Trump wants to relocate Palestinians from Gaza. Same blueprint: displace vulnerable people to make way for luxury development.

vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/03/10/v...
Vancouver mayor under fire over memo to 'return' Indigenous people
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is facing backlash after a leaked proposal suggested relocating Indigenous people from the city's Downtown Eastside.
vancouver.citynews.ca
March 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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kimkelly.bsky.social
There are approximately 6,000 unionized workers at Columbia, including 3,000 grad/undergrad student workers. The university’s repression of anti-genocide protests has directly led to the Trump regime’s seizure of Mahmoud Khalil.

It cannot be business as usual.

It’s time to strike.
March 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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silkys13.bsky.social
This is why we must fight for everyone. Whether they’ve been incarcerated or have had contact with the criminal legal system or are merely undocumented. When you accept that some people are deserving of detention and deportation the scope of who is eligible is always under threat of expanding.
jamellebouie.net jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Mar 9
re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens
March 9, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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itsmccarthy.bsky.social
Enjoying the woke wars? I was on @thedigradio.bsky.social with @danieldenvir.bsky.social, @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social, and @keeanga.bsky.social to think on MAGA racism, identity politics, liberalism, and the anti-woke left. We aren’t really having any of it.

www.thedigradio.com/podcast/woke...
Woke Wars w/ Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor & Mike McCarthy
Featuring Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor and Mike McCarthy on the MAGA and DOGE war on woke; the complicity of bankrupt liberal identity politics; and the centrality of various oppressions...
www.thedigradio.com
February 26, 2025 at 5:29 AM
hannahepperson.bsky.social
Another absolute banger from @thedigradio.bsky.social and @danieldenvir.bsky.social

I disagree with @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social though - even if this episode isn't for you, it actually is for you.
February 27, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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naomiaklein.bsky.social
These folks have never *ever* believed in freedom of speech, or freedom of any kind but the freedom to amass levels of wealth that are cataclysmic to organized society.

Cancel your subscription and make a donation to kick-ass independent journalism of your choice.
willoremus.com Will Oremus @willoremus.com · Feb 26
Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos just emailed the paper's staff to announce a "change coming to our opinion pages."
I shared this note with the Washington Post team this morning: I’m writing to let you know about a change coming to our opinion pages. We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets. We’ll cover other topics too of course, but viewpoints opposing those pillars will be left to be published by others. There was a time when a newspaper, especially one that was a local monopoly, might have seen it as a service to bring to the reader’s doorstep every morning a broad-based opinion section that sought to cover all views. Today, the internet does that job. I am of America and for America, and proud to be so. Our country did not get here by being typical. And a big part of America’s success has been freedom in the economic realm and everywhere else. Freedom is ethical — it minimizes coercion — and practical — it drives creativity, invention, and prosperity. I offered David Shipley, whom I greatly admire, the opportunity to lead this new chapter. I suggested to him that if the answer wasn’t “hell yes,” then it had to be “no.” After careful consideration, David decided to step away. This is a significant shift, it won’t be easy, and it will require 100% commitment — I respect his decision. We’ll be searching for a new Opinion Editor to own this new direction. I’m confident that free markets and personal liberties are right for America. I also believe these viewpoints are underserved in the current market of ideas and news opinion. I’m excited for us together to fill that void. Jeff
February 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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ryanlcooper.com
particularly rich given that Tesla's largest factory by far is in China, it has collected billions in subsidies and tax breaks from the CCP, and Musk has personally intervened to block US restrictions on investment in China prospect.org/world/2025-0...
josephpolitano.bsky.social Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · Feb 18
I get we're all numb to this but another way of looking at Trump pushing 25% auto tariffs is the world's richest auto executive trying to ban much of his competition
February 19, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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sahilkapur.bsky.social
USDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is trying to rehire them

In a statement, an Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."

www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
USDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is trying to rehire them
In a statement, an Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."
www.nbcnews.com
February 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
hannahepperson.bsky.social
Fantastic (long-overdue, imho) interview on history of psychiatry and "mental health" industrial complex, etc etc etc with brilliant and effervescent @daniellecarr.bsky.social on @thedigradio.bsky.social - thank you @danieldenvir.bsky.social
February 18, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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danieldenvir.bsky.social
My long-planned interview w @daniellecarr.bsky.social is out on @thedigradio.bsky.social! On history and present state of American unwellness; how it’s been shaped by psychiatry, prescription drugs, neuroscience, popular culture, smartphones, social media—and more www.thedigradio.com/podcast/psyc...
Psychiatric Struggle w/ Danielle Carr
Featuring Danielle Carr on the history and present state of American unwellness and how that’s been shaped by psychiatry, prescription drugs, neuroscience, popular culture, smartphones and social medi...
www.thedigradio.com
February 18, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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daniellecarr.bsky.social
So much about someone’s political sensibilities can be deduced from whether they think the primary antagonist of the 20thc -present is fascism or neoliberalism
October 1, 2023 at 11:03 PM
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weatherwest.bsky.social
Here we go again. Another round of very strong & locally damaging offshore winds is imminent across SoCal. Due to now record-dry vegetation, this will result in another "extremely critical" wildfire risk period, esp. across parts of LA & Ventura counties Mon-Tue. #CAwx #CAfire
Image from NOAA SPC depicting location of "extremely critical" and "critical" fire risk on Monday, Jan 20, 2025.
January 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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teenvogue.com
These teenagers and young men — 95% of whom are Black, Latinx, or Filipino — earn between $2.20 and $4 per hour, plus an additional $1 an hour when they’re actively fighting fires, according to the DJJ. ⤵️
In California, Incarcerated Teenagers Help Fight Wildfires
"You’re put in danger every time you’re on the fire line.”
www.teenvogue.com
January 8, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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newseye.bsky.social
These extraordinary photos of the LA fires have been shared widely on social media, often without crediting the photographer.

These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP.

You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇
www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...
A street is orange from flames and you can see the high winds in the palm trees. Sparks fly down the street A fire truck is engulfed in parks and flames are seen on the hill. The entire photo is red and orange from the fire A fireman with a hose runs across the front of a house in flames in the background The inside of a house is a ball of flames. The only visible thing inside is a burning Christmas tree
January 9, 2025 at 12:44 PM