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Chaos Goblin. Always in a pickle.
What’s the big dill?
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May 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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@monachalabi.bsky.social's latest graphic, based on @forensicarchi.bsky.social's report, exposes the Israeli military’s “humanitarian bubbles” as not zones of relief, but tools of military control and forced displacement.
May 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Use alt-text.

Hassle your friends and colleagues who don't use alt-text.

Blind / visually impaired people deserve consideration and accomodations.
March 1, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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1. Reports this week revealed that DHS has rescinded guidance banning surveillance based on someone's gender identity or sexual orientation.

We have confirmed those reports.

The latest from S. Baum, who goes over steps you can take to protect yourself.

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DHS Now Allows for Surveillance based on Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity
If you or your loved ones are part of the LGBTQ community, there are steps you should take to protect yourself.
www.erininthemorning.com
March 3, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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March 3, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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The Trump Administration approved over $3 billion in weapons to Israel using emergency measures to bypass Congressional approval, for the second time in one month.

ARMS EMBARGO NOW!
March 1, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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All of us need to think of ourselves and behave as insurgents. They can control any one of us, but they absolutely cannot control all of us, especially if as many of us as possible interrupt their streams of info and surveillance.
TL;DR:
Don't be seen, or if seen, don't be remembered.
Encrypt everything, esp lines of communication.
Do not give the enemy information.
Be smart & protect yourself, & your friends.
You are a team, or several teams, so act like it.
Keep them reacting to you.

kittystryker.medium.com/stay-safe-a-...
STAY SAFE: A Guide to Personal Security When Up Against a Violent Gang (like the police)
Cops are the largest, most organized, most protected street gang. Know how to keep yourself as safe as possible from them.
kittystryker.medium.com
February 3, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Hamas confirms it will release captives as planned, and ceasefire deal back on track.

🔴 LIVE updates ⤵️
Hamas ‘eager’ to implement Gaza deal, ‘oblige’ Israel to respect it
Hamas officials in Cairo as Israel threatens to resume war and mediators race against time to save fragile ceasefire.
aje.io
February 13, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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URGENT - EASTERN WA -
If you are trans and have been denied services in any health care settings (including pharmacies!!!) please message or call us at 509-981-3571 about your experience - we need these accounts by 5PM today! We will have a form up soon to report incidents if you miss this deadline
January 31, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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January 25, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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New podcast episode: 'Fractured: Race, Class, Gender and the Hatred of Identity Politics'. Discussion ranged from borders to Black feminism and how class analysis must be grounded in the historical experience of how the working-class is (dis)organised. Listen here: patreon.com/posts/e101-r...
January 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Cuídense unos a otros. No solo en teoría, sino en la práctica. El tipo de cuidado que les da energía y alegría, no miedo. Si se sienten agotados, son uno más entre miles de millones. Escúchense, establezcan límites, hablen y descansen. Ámennos y enfurézcanse por nosotros, no nos derriben.
January 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Courtesy of @fiftygradesshadier
January 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Mutual aid isn’t easy. We have to learn new skills—how to make decisions together, get through disagreements, build relationships with people who aren’t like us, give and receive feedback, take risks with others, and become trusting and trustworthy in ways we were never encouraged to be.
January 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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We could all use a little something to celebrate, right? How about a book birthday? Ejeris Dixon and @thellpsx.bsky.social's Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement was published five years ago today! https://www.akpress.org/beyond-survival.html
January 21, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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People Have Had Non-Binary Genders for Thousands of Years
It's nothing new.
www.teenvogue.com
January 22, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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On 1/22/2018, we lost Ursula K. Le Guin. She was more than a storyteller—she was a radical thinker who used her craft to critique capitalism, patriarchy, and colonialism, imagining alternative futures grounded in community, equality, and ecological harmony.

Explore titles at pmpress.org.
January 22, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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Take back your attention.
January 21, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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I don't think I need to clarify my stance on the topic but these soccer folks summed it up
January 21, 2025 at 11:04 PM