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“But the hushing of the criticism of honest opponents is a dangerous thing.”
— W.E.B. Du Bois
— W.E.B. Du Bois
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“…CoreCivic’s medical staff refused to treat them unless they had already vomited at least eight times.”
February 14, 2026 at 2:51 PM
“…CoreCivic’s medical staff refused to treat them unless they had already vomited at least eight times.”
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Since October 2023, Israeli forces have destroyed more than 95% of farmland across the Gaza Strip, destroying a major source of survival for the population.
February 13, 2026 at 4:04 AM
Since October 2023, Israeli forces have destroyed more than 95% of farmland across the Gaza Strip, destroying a major source of survival for the population.
Over and over and over again.
February 14, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Over and over and over again.
Even solar is Hamas?
“Israeli drones are systematically targeting solar energy systems in northern Gaza to undermine Palestinian resilience. By destroying these power sources, the occupation forces seek to exacerbate the humanitarian crisis and enforce the forced displacement of those who remain.”
“Israeli drones are systematically targeting solar energy systems in northern Gaza to undermine Palestinian resilience. By destroying these power sources, the occupation forces seek to exacerbate the humanitarian crisis and enforce the forced displacement of those who remain.”
February 14, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Even solar is Hamas?
“Israeli drones are systematically targeting solar energy systems in northern Gaza to undermine Palestinian resilience. By destroying these power sources, the occupation forces seek to exacerbate the humanitarian crisis and enforce the forced displacement of those who remain.”
“Israeli drones are systematically targeting solar energy systems in northern Gaza to undermine Palestinian resilience. By destroying these power sources, the occupation forces seek to exacerbate the humanitarian crisis and enforce the forced displacement of those who remain.”
At the same time I’m reading this I’m also reading an account from 1871 about how formerly enslaved people settled down into unobtrusive lives on their own farms thinking if they laid low and didn’t rock the boat they would be left alone. The white night riders came for them anyway.
Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:04 PM
At the same time I’m reading this I’m also reading an account from 1871 about how formerly enslaved people settled down into unobtrusive lives on their own farms thinking if they laid low and didn’t rock the boat they would be left alone. The white night riders came for them anyway.
“The new program, called ‘masked engagement,’ allows homeland security officers to assume false identities and interact with users—friending them, joining closed groups, and gaining access to otherwise private postings, photographs, friend lists and more.”
Exclusive: ICE Masks Up in More Ways Than One
Feds could be in your group chat
www.kenklippenstein.com
February 14, 2026 at 6:02 AM
“The new program, called ‘masked engagement,’ allows homeland security officers to assume false identities and interact with users—friending them, joining closed groups, and gaining access to otherwise private postings, photographs, friend lists and more.”
“‘It divides Africa according to white ideas of race, making North Africans white enough to be considered for their glories, but not really white enough …. [It] is a way of saying “Black Africa” and talking about black Africans without sounding overtly racist.’”
Why do we still use the term “sub-Saharan Africa”?
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg began his first visit to Nigeria on Aug. 30—a country of 182 million people whose GDP quadrupled between 2005 and 2015. But many Western headlines, including one by CN...
qz.com
February 14, 2026 at 5:58 AM
“‘It divides Africa according to white ideas of race, making North Africans white enough to be considered for their glories, but not really white enough …. [It] is a way of saying “Black Africa” and talking about black Africans without sounding overtly racist.’”
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Or — and hear me out on this one — you can just stop using Ring.
a man sitting in a chair with the words i forget there was a world before the attack
ALT: a man sitting in a chair with the words i forget there was a world before the attack
media.tenor.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Or — and hear me out on this one — you can just stop using Ring.
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“The largest cohorts come from the US, Russia, Ukraine, France, and Germany.
Prior to this, data was only available on the number of Britons without Israeli citizenship serving in the IDF, so-called lone soldiers, a figure that was as low as 54.”
Prior to this, data was only available on the number of Britons without Israeli citizenship serving in the IDF, so-called lone soldiers, a figure that was as low as 54.”
Over 2,000 Britons served for Israel amid Gaza genocide
Exclusive: Declassified obtained data on the number of UK nationals in the IDF. We are publishing it for the first time
www.declassifieduk.org
February 13, 2026 at 5:56 AM
“The largest cohorts come from the US, Russia, Ukraine, France, and Germany.
Prior to this, data was only available on the number of Britons without Israeli citizenship serving in the IDF, so-called lone soldiers, a figure that was as low as 54.”
Prior to this, data was only available on the number of Britons without Israeli citizenship serving in the IDF, so-called lone soldiers, a figure that was as low as 54.”
OMG, can’t help but laugh at her last “any proceeds from anything went to charity” reply
February 13, 2026 at 8:55 PM
OMG, can’t help but laugh at her last “any proceeds from anything went to charity” reply
“‘Given the already precarious circumstances of the electric grid, many Cubans have figured out ways to import solar panels …. That's not a necessarily cheap proposition.’”
Much of Cuba Goes Dark as Trump Chokes Oil Supply
A Bloomberg News analysis of satellite imagery finds the level of light at night has dropped as much as 50% across Cuba amid Trump's oil blockade
www.bloomberg.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:20 PM
“‘Given the already precarious circumstances of the electric grid, many Cubans have figured out ways to import solar panels …. That's not a necessarily cheap proposition.’”
A useless poll — beyond its purchase for Democrats who want to keep punching hippies — because those polled on the left don’t generally conflate liberals with leftists.
February 13, 2026 at 4:11 PM
A useless poll — beyond its purchase for Democrats who want to keep punching hippies — because those polled on the left don’t generally conflate liberals with leftists.
The “Diablos Tejanos” have a history of white supremacy, so it’s not a stretch to know that the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum would be built literally on top of the grave of Shepart Mullins, who was one of the first Black state legislators during Reconstruction.
#BlackHistoryMonth
#BlackHistoryMonth
Over Their Dead Bodies
Rangers desecrate Waco cemetery
www.austinchronicle.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:02 PM
The “Diablos Tejanos” have a history of white supremacy, so it’s not a stretch to know that the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum would be built literally on top of the grave of Shepart Mullins, who was one of the first Black state legislators during Reconstruction.
#BlackHistoryMonth
#BlackHistoryMonth
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February 13, 2026 at 5:10 AM
Dispatch from Minnesota on ICE:
“it's generally understood that if you're detained it's a mugging and if you're raided it's an armed robbery because they WILL steal your shit. phones are #1 obviously so they can find more victims, but anything they can steal and sell, they will”
“it's generally understood that if you're detained it's a mugging and if you're raided it's an armed robbery because they WILL steal your shit. phones are #1 obviously so they can find more victims, but anything they can steal and sell, they will”
morrigan (@morrigan@social.xenofem.me)
passed to me from a minnesotan on the ground in minneapolis, boiled down into bullet points-- people are hiding others in their houses now.-- ICE is following white people home from the store if th...
social.xenofem.me
February 13, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Dispatch from Minnesota on ICE:
“it's generally understood that if you're detained it's a mugging and if you're raided it's an armed robbery because they WILL steal your shit. phones are #1 obviously so they can find more victims, but anything they can steal and sell, they will”
“it's generally understood that if you're detained it's a mugging and if you're raided it's an armed robbery because they WILL steal your shit. phones are #1 obviously so they can find more victims, but anything they can steal and sell, they will”
I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.
“This is a monumental victory both for our fundamental freedoms here in Britain and in the struggle for freedom for the Palestinian people”
“This is a monumental victory both for our fundamental freedoms here in Britain and in the struggle for freedom for the Palestinian people”
UK decision to ban Palestine Action as ‘terror group’ unlawful, court says
Group's cofounder declares ruling a 'monumental victory ... in the struggle for freedom for the Palestinian people'.
aje.news
February 13, 2026 at 3:35 PM
I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.
“This is a monumental victory both for our fundamental freedoms here in Britain and in the struggle for freedom for the Palestinian people”
“This is a monumental victory both for our fundamental freedoms here in Britain and in the struggle for freedom for the Palestinian people”
Ghada Karmi defined Israel perfectly this morning on Al Jazeera as an entity whose “raison d'être is to empty a country of its indigenous population.”
February 13, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Ghada Karmi defined Israel perfectly this morning on Al Jazeera as an entity whose “raison d'être is to empty a country of its indigenous population.”
“If we think of abolition as defeating the enemy’s army, then we can understand abolition as a part of a larger revolutionary process. It’s not the only part, of course: winning means transforming the social relations of capitalism, settler colonialism, and the state”
The Revolution Makes Us: Lessons from the Movement against Cop City - Unity & Struggle
By K and Sasha “Cop City will never be built!” All of us chanted this at some point. This rallying cry filled our heads with possibilities and invited others to meet our optimism. The movement started...
www.unityandstruggle.org
February 13, 2026 at 2:51 PM
“If we think of abolition as defeating the enemy’s army, then we can understand abolition as a part of a larger revolutionary process. It’s not the only part, of course: winning means transforming the social relations of capitalism, settler colonialism, and the state”
“Without the complete saturation of a city by federal agents, there is no reason to suspect that the [white, liberal, and middle class] demographic activated in the Twin Cities would be motivated to act with anything like the same degree of determination and coordination in other places”
The Center Cannot Hold | Lake Effect Collective
lakeeffect.noblogs.org
February 13, 2026 at 2:47 PM
“Without the complete saturation of a city by federal agents, there is no reason to suspect that the [white, liberal, and middle class] demographic activated in the Twin Cities would be motivated to act with anything like the same degree of determination and coordination in other places”
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Unsustainable, energy-chomping data centers motivated TVA’s reversal on plans to close 2 coal plants.
www.wkrn.com/news/tenness...
www.wkrn.com/news/tenness...
February 12, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Unsustainable, energy-chomping data centers motivated TVA’s reversal on plans to close 2 coal plants.
www.wkrn.com/news/tenness...
www.wkrn.com/news/tenness...
Striking San Francisco teachers have questions:
“Su’s salary is $385,000 annually as superintendent of SFUSD, more than five times more than a 10-year, veteran teacher”
www.ktvu.com/news/sfusd-t...
“Su’s salary is $385,000 annually as superintendent of SFUSD, more than five times more than a 10-year, veteran teacher”
www.ktvu.com/news/sfusd-t...
February 13, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Striking San Francisco teachers have questions:
“Su’s salary is $385,000 annually as superintendent of SFUSD, more than five times more than a 10-year, veteran teacher”
www.ktvu.com/news/sfusd-t...
“Su’s salary is $385,000 annually as superintendent of SFUSD, more than five times more than a 10-year, veteran teacher”
www.ktvu.com/news/sfusd-t...
“[Illegal] Israeli colonists on Wednesday stormed the Jaba'a (Sanur) water station in the occupied West Bank governorate of Jenin for the second time, aiming to seize water resources”
english.wafa.ps/Pages/Detail...
english.wafa.ps/Pages/Detail...
February 13, 2026 at 2:29 PM
“[Illegal] Israeli colonists on Wednesday stormed the Jaba'a (Sanur) water station in the occupied West Bank governorate of Jenin for the second time, aiming to seize water resources”
english.wafa.ps/Pages/Detail...
english.wafa.ps/Pages/Detail...