Jon Gresham
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Jon Gresham
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· Nov 13
I had a terrific conversation with Khun Pitchaya Sudbanthad at #swf. Thanks Melissa de Silva for your warm & thoughtful moderation. It was good to have such an engaged & passionate audience too. Dark times but hope in down to earth community & connection.
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Three women faced prison for pro-Palestine march. Then the extraordinary happened
Three women faced prison for pro-Palestine march. Then the extraordinary happened
Three women faced prison for pro-Palestine march. Then the extraordinary happened
www.independent.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Three women faced prison for pro-Palestine march. Then the extraordinary happened
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Carole Cadwalladr on how the Guardian gave away the Observer (its Sunday paper) to the corporate world. Independent journalism, women editors, good reporters and readers, all sacrificed.
‘Fuckity bye’
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‘Fuckity bye’
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Fuckity bye
RIP, the Guardian-Observer 1993-2025. It was not a natural death.
open.substack.com
April 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Carole Cadwalladr on how the Guardian gave away the Observer (its Sunday paper) to the corporate world. Independent journalism, women editors, good reporters and readers, all sacrificed.
‘Fuckity bye’
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
‘Fuckity bye’
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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The Trump admin is demanding universities institute anti-mask laws for student protesters, holding the schools’ funding as a ransom, while sending secret police in balaclavas to disappear immigrants
Men in plainclothes, one in a balaclava, raided the Charlottesville courthouse today. They abducted a local painter whose case (allegedly fighting with his roommate) was being dismissed, and another who was there paying fines. They took them away in unmarked vans.
dailyprogress.com/news/local/c...
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ICE detains 2 men in Charlottesville courthouse raid
Three men who identified themselves as Homeland Security officers raided a courthouse in downtown Charlottesville Tuesday, detaining two men without explanation.
dailyprogress.com
April 23, 2025 at 2:54 AM
The Trump admin is demanding universities institute anti-mask laws for student protesters, holding the schools’ funding as a ransom, while sending secret police in balaclavas to disappear immigrants
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UPDATE: ICE is wildly unconcerned about where this man is and no one will tell me, his registered attorney. The universal answer so far is "let's wait and see where he ends up." This is deeply off.
We would have more rights at this point if UPS had lost a pair of shoes I'd just bought from Zappos
We would have more rights at this point if UPS had lost a pair of shoes I'd just bought from Zappos
My detained client was scheduled for a bond hearing this AM in a MA immigration court. He wasn't brought in, and he and his case have disappeared.
I then received this notice of activity on a nonexistent docket in which his name was changed to "N/A"
It's all happening a lot faster than I expected
I then received this notice of activity on a nonexistent docket in which his name was changed to "N/A"
It's all happening a lot faster than I expected
April 8, 2025 at 10:41 PM
UPDATE: ICE is wildly unconcerned about where this man is and no one will tell me, his registered attorney. The universal answer so far is "let's wait and see where he ends up." This is deeply off.
We would have more rights at this point if UPS had lost a pair of shoes I'd just bought from Zappos
We would have more rights at this point if UPS had lost a pair of shoes I'd just bought from Zappos
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Once more, for anyone who might've missed it yesterday, you can nominate WORK-LIFE BALANCE, @charsiewspace.bsky.social, and myself in four categories for The Ringo Awards!
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION
Best Original Graphic Novel - WORK-LIFE BALANCE: MALEVOLENT MANAGERS AND FOLKLORIC FREELANCERS
Best Writer - Wayne Rée
Best Artist - Benjamin Chee (@charsiewspace.bsky.social)
Best Cover Artist - Benjamin Chee
Vote for us at ringoawards.com now!
Best Original Graphic Novel - WORK-LIFE BALANCE: MALEVOLENT MANAGERS AND FOLKLORIC FREELANCERS
Best Writer - Wayne Rée
Best Artist - Benjamin Chee (@charsiewspace.bsky.social)
Best Cover Artist - Benjamin Chee
Vote for us at ringoawards.com now!
April 9, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Once more, for anyone who might've missed it yesterday, you can nominate WORK-LIFE BALANCE, @charsiewspace.bsky.social, and myself in four categories for The Ringo Awards!
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Americans voted against the most successful economic recovery of any nation on the planet for this, because they were mad at their servants being paid more and listened to liars who made them feel good.
April 9, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Americans voted against the most successful economic recovery of any nation on the planet for this, because they were mad at their servants being paid more and listened to liars who made them feel good.
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Water is becoming a major issue in the Southern California fires.
As crews battled the wildfire in Pacific Palisades, they put so much strain on the water system that the fire hydrants ran dry.
The fires have also fed ash into the water supply, leading to a boil order notice.
As crews battled the wildfire in Pacific Palisades, they put so much strain on the water system that the fire hydrants ran dry.
The fires have also fed ash into the water supply, leading to a boil order notice.
Fire hydrants ran dry in Pacific Palisades as a major wildfire raged
Janisse Quiñones, CEO of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, said the fight to contain the flames has put immense strain on the system.
www.npr.org
January 8, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Water is becoming a major issue in the Southern California fires.
As crews battled the wildfire in Pacific Palisades, they put so much strain on the water system that the fire hydrants ran dry.
The fires have also fed ash into the water supply, leading to a boil order notice.
As crews battled the wildfire in Pacific Palisades, they put so much strain on the water system that the fire hydrants ran dry.
The fires have also fed ash into the water supply, leading to a boil order notice.
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The insanity of being a fire ecologist in the epicenter of a major fire event, bags packed and ready to evacuate, watching active fire from my window, while taking media requests and explaining to the public, for the 100,000th time how climate change is largely responsible for this
January 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The insanity of being a fire ecologist in the epicenter of a major fire event, bags packed and ready to evacuate, watching active fire from my window, while taking media requests and explaining to the public, for the 100,000th time how climate change is largely responsible for this
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🚨 this week the coal industry launched a dirty campaign against the independents through an ‘astroturf’ group: ‘australians for progress’.
using classic negative ad styling — complete with misinformation — billboards went up in monique ryan’s & allegra spender’s electorates.
using classic negative ad styling — complete with misinformation — billboards went up in monique ryan’s & allegra spender’s electorates.
January 8, 2025 at 10:07 PM
🚨 this week the coal industry launched a dirty campaign against the independents through an ‘astroturf’ group: ‘australians for progress’.
using classic negative ad styling — complete with misinformation — billboards went up in monique ryan’s & allegra spender’s electorates.
using classic negative ad styling — complete with misinformation — billboards went up in monique ryan’s & allegra spender’s electorates.
Nature will have its way with us whether we believe in the climate crisis or not
"the devastation on its way is unimaginable"---tell this to the podcasters who'd helped elect the anti-science US president & to the "youth vote" that failed to care enough to vote.
The devastation on its way is unimaginable - like nothing humanity has ever witnessed before - and everyone will wish they had been climate activists and ‘hysterics’ when they had the chance. We are in a moment of unprecedented stupidity
December 22, 2024 at 3:38 PM
Nature will have its way with us whether we believe in the climate crisis or not
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"the devastation on its way is unimaginable"---tell this to the podcasters who'd helped elect the anti-science US president & to the "youth vote" that failed to care enough to vote.
The devastation on its way is unimaginable - like nothing humanity has ever witnessed before - and everyone will wish they had been climate activists and ‘hysterics’ when they had the chance. We are in a moment of unprecedented stupidity
December 22, 2024 at 2:15 PM
"the devastation on its way is unimaginable"---tell this to the podcasters who'd helped elect the anti-science US president & to the "youth vote" that failed to care enough to vote.
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(I am working on mine 🥰) 📚📚
Do you know what I would love for Christmas?
If every poet took to their blog and recommended the top small press poetry titles they read this year 💙📚
@riverriverbooks.bsky.social
If every poet took to their blog and recommended the top small press poetry titles they read this year 💙📚
@riverriverbooks.bsky.social
December 22, 2024 at 2:58 PM
(I am working on mine 🥰) 📚📚
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Anti science propaganda is important to the fossil fuel industry, science denial is essential to climate change denial. Right-wing politicians and media are all in the pocket of global corporate interests. Trump's Republicans are gonna "drill baby drill"😥
December 22, 2024 at 2:13 PM
Anti science propaganda is important to the fossil fuel industry, science denial is essential to climate change denial. Right-wing politicians and media are all in the pocket of global corporate interests. Trump's Republicans are gonna "drill baby drill"😥
Sigh...do support Epigram Books & Epigram Bookshop this Saturday 😢 btw 3-5pm at Singapore Art Museum to say farewell to the Epigram Bookshop at SAM #sglit
December 5, 2024 at 1:39 PM
Sigh...do support Epigram Books & Epigram Bookshop this Saturday 😢 btw 3-5pm at Singapore Art Museum to say farewell to the Epigram Bookshop at SAM #sglit
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Hats off to courageous people around the world who stand up for democracy and human rights at moments of crisis.
News anchor-turned politician Ms. Ahn Gwi-ryeong showed exceptional bravery during the South Korea martial law crisis, she confronted a soldier head on, grabbed his rifle, shamed him for usurping democracy and for confronting protestors while armed.
December 4, 2024 at 2:05 AM
Hats off to courageous people around the world who stand up for democracy and human rights at moments of crisis.
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So it turns out they spent £715 million on sending a grand total of FOUR volunteers to Rwanda.
For comparison, this is more than you could expect to spend on building an entire brand new hospital in the UK
For comparison, this is more than you could expect to spend on building an entire brand new hospital in the UK
In July, I FOI'd the Home Office for the full breakdown of spending on the Rwanda scheme
I was refused because the government planned to publish the data in future, and today is the day. These numbers are in millions
www.gov.uk/government/p...
I was refused because the government planned to publish the data in future, and today is the day. These numbers are in millions
www.gov.uk/government/p...
December 2, 2024 at 6:05 PM
So it turns out they spent £715 million on sending a grand total of FOUR volunteers to Rwanda.
For comparison, this is more than you could expect to spend on building an entire brand new hospital in the UK
For comparison, this is more than you could expect to spend on building an entire brand new hospital in the UK
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Signal alone is not enough. If you are an activist, you need a complete self-defense against surveillance. @eff.org has been maintaining these resources for years: ssd.eff.org
November 26, 2024 at 4:36 PM
Signal alone is not enough. If you are an activist, you need a complete self-defense against surveillance. @eff.org has been maintaining these resources for years: ssd.eff.org
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Here's the thread on one page: skywriter.blue/pages/george...
Page by George Monbiot (@georgemonbiot.bsky.social)
1. You think you’ve seen it all. You really have not. I’m a hard-bitten journalist of 39 years’ standing, but details of this story made me shout, weep and slap my head. This week’s column + 🧵
www.th....
skywriter.blue
November 28, 2024 at 7:15 AM
Here's the thread on one page: skywriter.blue/pages/george...
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Powerful speech by Nan Goldin in #Germany denouncing the government’s weaponisation of antisemitism as a tool to silence opposition to #Israel ‘s #genocide in #Gaza and its bombings of #Lebanon.
“What has Germany learned?”
“Nothing” the crowd yells
www.instagram.com/reel/DCr9jsv...
“What has Germany learned?”
“Nothing” the crowd yells
www.instagram.com/reel/DCr9jsv...
November 23, 2024 at 10:12 AM
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this is the best thing on the internet right now
unbelievably brutal defector critique of the vanity fair article about Augusta Britt. maybe the only time I have ever authentically experienced the😂emoji
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Can Someone Please Write Normally About This Fascinating Woman? | Defector
Augusta Britt has had, by any reasonable accounting, an extraordinarily rich and interesting life, and seems like a vivid and fascinating person. By her mid-teens in the mid-1970s, she was a pistol-pa...
defector.com
November 21, 2024 at 5:41 PM
this is the best thing on the internet right now
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Indeed. When they rounded up the Japanese Americans, myself and my family included, for internment during WWII out of fear over Japanese spies and saboteurs, two thirds of us were U.S. citizens.
Don’t think it won’t happen again when they come for the “undocumented.”
Don’t think it won’t happen again when they come for the “undocumented.”
November 17, 2024 at 9:23 AM
Indeed. When they rounded up the Japanese Americans, myself and my family included, for internment during WWII out of fear over Japanese spies and saboteurs, two thirds of us were U.S. citizens.
Don’t think it won’t happen again when they come for the “undocumented.”
Don’t think it won’t happen again when they come for the “undocumented.”
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‘I believe in the power of the imagination to remake the world, to release the truth within us, to hold back the night, to transcend death, to charm motorways, to ingratiate ourselves with birds, to enlist the confidences of madmen.’
Happy birthday to J.G. Ballard. Born November 15, 1930.
Happy birthday to J.G. Ballard. Born November 15, 1930.
November 15, 2024 at 10:39 PM
‘I believe in the power of the imagination to remake the world, to release the truth within us, to hold back the night, to transcend death, to charm motorways, to ingratiate ourselves with birds, to enlist the confidences of madmen.’
Happy birthday to J.G. Ballard. Born November 15, 1930.
Happy birthday to J.G. Ballard. Born November 15, 1930.
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Started a starter pack!
November 16, 2024 at 1:16 AM
Started a starter pack!