RetroMainer
@retromainer.bsky.social
Yet another ant with feelings. Witch-loving atheist. Here to commiserate. He/him.
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Black families who have passed their land on to heirs through word-of-mouth are often easy prey for predatory developers.
The lack of clear ownership on paper has created headaches and, at worst, opened families up to “land theft”
The lack of clear ownership on paper has created headaches and, at worst, opened families up to “land theft”
After inheriting ancestral land, these Black families are defying the odds to keep it
Predatory developers often target Black families whose generational land lacks clear ownership. Now, more families are securing deeds to keep their land and create real wealth.
t.co
February 19, 2024 at 3:20 PM
Black families who have passed their land on to heirs through word-of-mouth are often easy prey for predatory developers.
The lack of clear ownership on paper has created headaches and, at worst, opened families up to “land theft”
The lack of clear ownership on paper has created headaches and, at worst, opened families up to “land theft”
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"These people are already traumatised, they lost homes, family members, have no access to hospitals and are increasingly trapped between walls, the sea, and the Israeli military."
Read more 🔗 www.newarab.com/analysis/if-...
Read more 🔗 www.newarab.com/analysis/if-...
February 14, 2024 at 12:10 PM
"These people are already traumatised, they lost homes, family members, have no access to hospitals and are increasingly trapped between walls, the sea, and the Israeli military."
Read more 🔗 www.newarab.com/analysis/if-...
Read more 🔗 www.newarab.com/analysis/if-...
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The FDA’s notice that it would move to ban formaldehyde in hair-straightening products — products widely used by and heavily marketed to Black women — comes more than a decade after researchers raised alarms about health risks
FDA’s plan to ban hair relaxer chemical called too little, too late
The FDA’s recent notice that it would move to ban formaldehyde in hair-straightening products comes more than a decade after researchers raised alarms about health risks.
www.whatimreading.net
February 13, 2024 at 2:36 PM
The FDA’s notice that it would move to ban formaldehyde in hair-straightening products — products widely used by and heavily marketed to Black women — comes more than a decade after researchers raised alarms about health risks
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"[IOF terrorists] are targeting schools surrounding the Nasser Hospital, setting them on fire. The fire has spread to the medical equipment warehouse, causing it to burn down, in addition to the medical supplies warehouse, which has been mostly destroyed."
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Quds News Network
Breaking | Gaza Health Ministry Spokesman: "Israeli forces are targeting schools surrounding the Nasser Hospital, setting them on fire. The fire has spread to the medical equipment warehouse, causing ...
t.me
February 13, 2024 at 2:05 PM
"[IOF terrorists] are targeting schools surrounding the Nasser Hospital, setting them on fire. The fire has spread to the medical equipment warehouse, causing it to burn down, in addition to the medical supplies warehouse, which has been mostly destroyed."
t.me/QudsNen/96028
t.me/QudsNen/96028
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The efforts reflect the challenges facing American elections as Trump and his supporters continue to falsely dispute the results from 2020.
Election officials go on offense to prevent disruptions of 2024 vote
Tourniquets. Live-shooter drills. Emergency communications centers. Election officials across the country aggressively prepare for the 2024 presidential election.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 9, 2024 at 12:32 PM
The efforts reflect the challenges facing American elections as Trump and his supporters continue to falsely dispute the results from 2020.
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Those who survived being crushed under the wreckage of flattened buildings have emerged to find they're now facing another sort of death: a half-life consisting of constantly fleeing the bombs while struggling not to succumb to starvation or thirst.
Read📰 www.newarab.com/features/bri...
Read📰 www.newarab.com/features/bri...
February 9, 2024 at 12:33 PM
Those who survived being crushed under the wreckage of flattened buildings have emerged to find they're now facing another sort of death: a half-life consisting of constantly fleeing the bombs while struggling not to succumb to starvation or thirst.
Read📰 www.newarab.com/features/bri...
Read📰 www.newarab.com/features/bri...
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The Internal Revenue Service is fighting back against Republican efforts to shrink its budget with a new study suggesting how extra investment in the agency would collect billions more from the very rich.
IRS: Fund us, and we’ll collect hundreds of billions from tax cheaters
Biden administration officials say that economic research shows they’ll avert hundreds of billions of dollars of tax evasion by funding the IRS.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 6, 2024 at 9:23 PM
The Internal Revenue Service is fighting back against Republican efforts to shrink its budget with a new study suggesting how extra investment in the agency would collect billions more from the very rich.
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The charge of antisemitism against supporters of Palestine is wielded with particular bile against Arabs and Muslims, with the aim of using anti-Arab racism and Islamophobia to silence Israel’s critics.
Islamophobia, Palestine, and the presumption of anti-Semitism
The charge of antisemitism against supporters of Palestine is wielded with particular bile against Arabs and Muslims, with the aim of using anti-Arab racism and Islamophobia to silence Israel's critic...
therealnews.com
February 6, 2024 at 6:58 PM
The charge of antisemitism against supporters of Palestine is wielded with particular bile against Arabs and Muslims, with the aim of using anti-Arab racism and Islamophobia to silence Israel’s critics.
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"The issue has become bigger than an attack on UNRWA; it's an attack on the UN."
What UNRWA funding suspensions mean for Gaza aid
According to former UNRWA administrator Lex Takkenberg, "If the funding isn’t resumed, UNRWA will rapidly come to a standstill."
www.newarab.com
February 5, 2024 at 11:48 AM
"The issue has become bigger than an attack on UNRWA; it's an attack on the UN."
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And it’s going great because white people are successfully having Black women work as slave labor at Popeyes in Mississippi. Their dreams of us always being enslaved come true. @alttext.bsky.social
February 3, 2024 at 4:58 AM
And it’s going great because white people are successfully having Black women work as slave labor at Popeyes in Mississippi. Their dreams of us always being enslaved come true. @alttext.bsky.social
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Israel has always been a settler colonial project... They know that, but tell u it's complicated
February 1, 2024 at 2:49 PM
Israel has always been a settler colonial project... They know that, but tell u it's complicated
Make no mistake that by conflating sincere protests with foreign interference in elections, Pelosi is weakening our nation's ability to root out genuine foreign interference.
January 29, 2024 at 8:25 PM
Make no mistake that by conflating sincere protests with foreign interference in elections, Pelosi is weakening our nation's ability to root out genuine foreign interference.
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For the New Republic, I wrote about Jewish institutions during the Red Scare and now and what we can learn from the similarities and differences regarding their behavior toward dissenting Jewish groups and individuals
newrepublic.com/article/1784...
newrepublic.com/article/1784...
Are We Sliding Toward McCarthyism?
In the wake of Hamas’s October 7th attacks, efforts to silence pro-Palestinian speech are ramping up.
newrepublic.com
January 29, 2024 at 5:00 PM
For the New Republic, I wrote about Jewish institutions during the Red Scare and now and what we can learn from the similarities and differences regarding their behavior toward dissenting Jewish groups and individuals
newrepublic.com/article/1784...
newrepublic.com/article/1784...
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If the border were open, they would be coming legally.
Since it's not, here's what "coming legally" looks like.
www.cato.org/blog/why-leg...
Since it's not, here's what "coming legally" looks like.
www.cato.org/blog/why-leg...
January 26, 2024 at 1:29 PM
If the border were open, they would be coming legally.
Since it's not, here's what "coming legally" looks like.
www.cato.org/blog/why-leg...
Since it's not, here's what "coming legally" looks like.
www.cato.org/blog/why-leg...
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Venture capital killed a 151-year-old magazine that I and so many other people were proud to work for, until, of course, we were all laid off a few weeks ago.
After 151 years, Popular Science will no longer offer a magazine
The long-running publication has come to an end.
www.theverge.com
November 28, 2023 at 1:01 AM
Venture capital killed a 151-year-old magazine that I and so many other people were proud to work for, until, of course, we were all laid off a few weeks ago.
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November 20, 2023 at 7:09 PM
Kevin "Elbow Mac" McCarthy LOL
November 17, 2023 at 9:03 PM
Kevin "Elbow Mac" McCarthy LOL
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"People evacuating the city to the south of the strip. It’s really a new Nakba." The journalist, Motaz, reporting on this is only 24. He visited his grandma yesterday and the house near him was bombed after he posted a pic with her.
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November 8, 2023 at 6:24 PM
"People evacuating the city to the south of the strip. It’s really a new Nakba." The journalist, Motaz, reporting on this is only 24. He visited his grandma yesterday and the house near him was bombed after he posted a pic with her.
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This is concerning and doesn't bode well for the 2024 elections
www.nytimes.com/2023/11/03/b...
www.nytimes.com/2023/11/03/b...
November 3, 2023 at 6:29 PM
This is concerning and doesn't bode well for the 2024 elections
www.nytimes.com/2023/11/03/b...
www.nytimes.com/2023/11/03/b...
It's pretty shocking how divided the Democrats are over whether it's OK to mass murder innocent people.
October 29, 2023 at 2:25 PM
It's pretty shocking how divided the Democrats are over whether it's OK to mass murder innocent people.
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Jared Golden wakes up. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
October 26, 2023 at 10:46 PM
Jared Golden wakes up. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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According to the Ministry of Interior, 80% of the bombs, which have been killing civilians in Gaza for 17 days, are American-made.
October 23, 2023 at 10:15 PM
According to the Ministry of Interior, 80% of the bombs, which have been killing civilians in Gaza for 17 days, are American-made.
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Different names, the same result for native populations.
October 26, 2023 at 8:22 PM
Different names, the same result for native populations.
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Today in Atlanta. Free Palestine
October 28, 2023 at 2:00 PM
Today in Atlanta. Free Palestine