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Think about every pro-Israel person who denied this was the plan for the past 22 months; who gaslit you; denied this to you; pretended this wasn't the plan.
And then never believe those liars about anything ever again.
And then never believe those liars about anything ever again.
PMO: Benjamin Netanyahu decides full IDF occupation of Gaza | The Jerusalem Post
The Prime Minister's Office conveyed the message to the Chief of Staff: If this does not suit you, then you should resign.
www.jpost.com
August 4, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Think about every pro-Israel person who denied this was the plan for the past 22 months; who gaslit you; denied this to you; pretended this wasn't the plan.
And then never believe those liars about anything ever again.
And then never believe those liars about anything ever again.
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One was beaten unconscious. Others were covered in bruises, struggling to walk or vomiting blood. Another said he’d been sexually assaulted.
These are the stories of 16 former detainees who were deported to El Salvador’s mega prison.
These are the stories of 16 former detainees who were deported to El Salvador’s mega prison.
‘Welcome to hell’: Inside the megaprison where the U.S. deported migrants
Interviews with 16 former detainees of El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center offer the most complete view yet of conditions inside the notorious prison.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 31, 2025 at 6:50 PM
One was beaten unconscious. Others were covered in bruises, struggling to walk or vomiting blood. Another said he’d been sexually assaulted.
These are the stories of 16 former detainees who were deported to El Salvador’s mega prison.
These are the stories of 16 former detainees who were deported to El Salvador’s mega prison.
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'Surveys show that the increasing number of extreme climate events... has not raised awareness of the threats posed by CC. Instead, people change their idea of what they see as normal. This so-called “boiling frog effect” makes gradual change difficult to spot.'
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ju...
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ju...
‘Boiling frog’ effect makes people oblivious to threat of climate crisis, shows study
Research shows people’s response to binary data could drive more effective ways of communicating gravity of crisis
www.theguardian.com
July 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
'Surveys show that the increasing number of extreme climate events... has not raised awareness of the threats posed by CC. Instead, people change their idea of what they see as normal. This so-called “boiling frog effect” makes gradual change difficult to spot.'
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ju...
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ju...
Please consider signing this cause: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/sa...
SAVE SOCIOLOGY AT MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY
We urge Macquarie University management to reverse this decision and preserve the vital disciplines of Sociology and Politics.
Sociology has a key place in the social sciences as the broadest and mos...
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July 21, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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“Books won’t stay banned. They won’t burn. Ideas won’t go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost.”
— A. Whitney Griswold
— A. Whitney Griswold
July 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM
“Books won’t stay banned. They won’t burn. Ideas won’t go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost.”
— A. Whitney Griswold
— A. Whitney Griswold
God measuring Earth
July 2, 2025 at 12:38 PM
God measuring Earth
Bougainville wants independence. China’s support for a controversial mine could pave the way
theconversation.com/bougainville...
theconversation.com/bougainville...
Bougainville wants independence. China’s support for a controversial mine could pave the way
The Panguna mine has been the cause of immense social and environmental suffering, but it’s also seen as Bougainville’s main resource to achieve independence.
theconversation.com
June 2, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Bougainville wants independence. China’s support for a controversial mine could pave the way
theconversation.com/bougainville...
theconversation.com/bougainville...
Schadenfreude is awful but I really need to post this
May 4, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Schadenfreude is awful but I really need to post this
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It is a little weird to me countries aren’t more aggressively, formally trying to take advantage of the U.S. science brain drain. Once in a lifetime opportunity to buy low on Non-Dumbass Americans with PhDs who just wanna look into microscopes and quietly cure ass cancer as our country eats shit.
May 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
It is a little weird to me countries aren’t more aggressively, formally trying to take advantage of the U.S. science brain drain. Once in a lifetime opportunity to buy low on Non-Dumbass Americans with PhDs who just wanna look into microscopes and quietly cure ass cancer as our country eats shit.
And now for some positive news
‘Woman, life, freedom’: the Syrian feminists who forged a new world in a land of war
In a society riven by conflict and misogyny, the autonomous region of Rojava has a government with perhaps the most complete gender equality in the world
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2025 at 3:07 PM
And now for some positive news
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I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
January 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
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On Tue 11 March, Alyssa Leng will speak about the new paper on Australians' attitudes to immigration that she co-authored with @ryanbedwards.bsky.social and I. What do Australians really think? Can their views be changed? Find out. Zoom & in person: crawford.anu.edu.au/event/narrat...
Narratives, information and immigration policy | Crawford School of Public Policy
This seminar shares latest data on Australians’ attitudes towards immigration and results from a survey experiment testing what changes them.
crawford.anu.edu.au
January 29, 2025 at 4:39 AM
On Tue 11 March, Alyssa Leng will speak about the new paper on Australians' attitudes to immigration that she co-authored with @ryanbedwards.bsky.social and I. What do Australians really think? Can their views be changed? Find out. Zoom & in person: crawford.anu.edu.au/event/narrat...
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I love this so much!
At the inauguration, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a distinctive collar adorned with cowrie shells, which are believed to offer protection from evil in African traditions.
This choice mirrors the late Justice Ginsburg’s practice of using collars to convey a message.
At the inauguration, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a distinctive collar adorned with cowrie shells, which are believed to offer protection from evil in African traditions.
This choice mirrors the late Justice Ginsburg’s practice of using collars to convey a message.
January 21, 2025 at 1:19 AM
I love this so much!
At the inauguration, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a distinctive collar adorned with cowrie shells, which are believed to offer protection from evil in African traditions.
This choice mirrors the late Justice Ginsburg’s practice of using collars to convey a message.
At the inauguration, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a distinctive collar adorned with cowrie shells, which are believed to offer protection from evil in African traditions.
This choice mirrors the late Justice Ginsburg’s practice of using collars to convey a message.
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Trump is going to make Ozempic more expensive for Americans because Denmark won’t give him Greenland. (I can’t believe I just typed that sentence out.)
How Trump’s Greenland Plan Could Hit Ozempic, Legos and Hearing Aids
Putting tariffs on Denmark unless it cedes the island of Greenland could hurt access to a few key products, including popular medicines.
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Trump is going to make Ozempic more expensive for Americans because Denmark won’t give him Greenland. (I can’t believe I just typed that sentence out.)
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Afghanistan shows what investing in women’s education – or divesting – can do to an economy
Afghanistan shows what investing in women’s education – or divesting – can do to an economy
New research shows that Afghan women earned 13% more for every additional year of schooling they received after the Taliban fell in 2001. That progress is now in peril.
theconversation.com
January 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Afghanistan shows what investing in women’s education – or divesting – can do to an economy
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Homegrown. Domestic. Terrorists.
January 5, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Homegrown. Domestic. Terrorists.
