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Karissa Barrows
@sjbsmama.bsky.social
· Jan 5
Dear friends in #Gaza, I cannot help you financially. I’m scraping by as it is and I hate that I can’t do more for you all. Multiple messages a day on multiple platforms and the most I can do is share your fundraisers.
I will still do that, to be clear, but I absolutely cannot donate for now.
I will still do that, to be clear, but I absolutely cannot donate for now.
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Thanks @harmscommitted.com for all the amazing archival work. Everyone should follow them.
Hochul "dedicated $75 millon in new NYPD funding to repress those protesting Israel's genocide."
"[P]roviding cover for the worst Democrats while undermining leftist challengers is a [..] terrible way to build socialist power."
#NewYork #USA #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Policing #Genocide #Voting
"[P]roviding cover for the worst Democrats while undermining leftist challengers is a [..] terrible way to build socialist power."
#NewYork #USA #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Policing #Genocide #Voting
The Problem with Municipal Socialism: A Response to Liza Featherstone
Mamdani's endorsement of Hochul is not a "good problem" for Zohran Mamdani or the Left as Jacobin's Liza Featherston claims; but it does show well the limits of the strategy of municipal socialism to win real power for working people.
www.leftvoice.org
February 18, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Thanks @harmscommitted.com for all the amazing archival work. Everyone should follow them.
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The Big Bang Theory's Kunal Nayyar has said he's been anonymously paying random people's medical bills on GoFundMe. https://bit.ly/4c1dTtA
February 18, 2026 at 2:01 PM
The Big Bang Theory's Kunal Nayyar has said he's been anonymously paying random people's medical bills on GoFundMe. https://bit.ly/4c1dTtA
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“Is there a technology the left is excited about?”
High-speed rail! MRNA vaccines! New cancer treatments! Solar and wind energy collection! Better and longer-range EVs! That wood that's harder than steel! New apples! Fibermaxxing! Buldak Swicy ramen! Muppets! Muppets are too a technology, shut up!
High-speed rail! MRNA vaccines! New cancer treatments! Solar and wind energy collection! Better and longer-range EVs! That wood that's harder than steel! New apples! Fibermaxxing! Buldak Swicy ramen! Muppets! Muppets are too a technology, shut up!
February 18, 2026 at 1:40 PM
“Is there a technology the left is excited about?”
High-speed rail! MRNA vaccines! New cancer treatments! Solar and wind energy collection! Better and longer-range EVs! That wood that's harder than steel! New apples! Fibermaxxing! Buldak Swicy ramen! Muppets! Muppets are too a technology, shut up!
High-speed rail! MRNA vaccines! New cancer treatments! Solar and wind energy collection! Better and longer-range EVs! That wood that's harder than steel! New apples! Fibermaxxing! Buldak Swicy ramen! Muppets! Muppets are too a technology, shut up!
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Appalling: During Trump's effort to indict Dems for the video warning against carrying out illegal orders, one of their lawyers asked prosecutors to say what statute was allegedly violated, I'm told. They failed to name one. Then they tried to indict anyway.
New:
newrepublic.com/article/2066...
New:
newrepublic.com/article/2066...
February 18, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Appalling: During Trump's effort to indict Dems for the video warning against carrying out illegal orders, one of their lawyers asked prosecutors to say what statute was allegedly violated, I'm told. They failed to name one. Then they tried to indict anyway.
New:
newrepublic.com/article/2066...
New:
newrepublic.com/article/2066...
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ProPublica published children's letters and drawings documenting their sadness and suffering at Dilley. And Dilley staff are now retaliating by confiscating kids' letters and drawings.
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
February 18, 2026 at 1:14 PM
ProPublica published children's letters and drawings documenting their sadness and suffering at Dilley. And Dilley staff are now retaliating by confiscating kids' letters and drawings.
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
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So after Trump pardoned Honduras's narco-president, the admin didn't just let him out--they canceled an immigration hold and sent a specialized team to **chauffeur him to the $1k/night Waldorf Astoria.**
“It's "absolutely fucking nuts,” said one official
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
“It's "absolutely fucking nuts,” said one official
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
February 18, 2026 at 1:21 PM
So after Trump pardoned Honduras's narco-president, the admin didn't just let him out--they canceled an immigration hold and sent a specialized team to **chauffeur him to the $1k/night Waldorf Astoria.**
“It's "absolutely fucking nuts,” said one official
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
“It's "absolutely fucking nuts,” said one official
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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"Eight men leapt into those rough seas on December 30 when the U.S. rained down a barrage of munitions."
"[I]t took the United States Coast Guard almost 45 hours to begin searching the attack zone for survivors."
"Help did not arrive in time."
#USA #Water #Drugs #Military
"[I]t took the United States Coast Guard almost 45 hours to begin searching the attack zone for survivors."
"Help did not arrive in time."
#USA #Water #Drugs #Military
U.S. Sent a Rescue Plane for Boat Strike Survivors. It Took 45 Hours to Arrive.
In seas that could kill a person within an hour, it took nearly two days for a rescue plane to arrive.
theintercept.com
February 18, 2026 at 2:10 PM
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DOG AT THE OLYMPICS
FULL COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS
FULL COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS
February 18, 2026 at 1:26 PM
DOG AT THE OLYMPICS
FULL COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS
FULL COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS
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Olympics Dog was chasing the motorized camera they have to capture the competitors at the finish line, then decided to chase some competitors instead
February 18, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Olympics Dog was chasing the motorized camera they have to capture the competitors at the finish line, then decided to chase some competitors instead
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@vanityfair.com goes inside the Trump pardon machine, and it's just as venal and dumb and gritty and sleazy and random as you'd expect.
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/p...
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/p...
February 18, 2026 at 2:11 PM
@vanityfair.com goes inside the Trump pardon machine, and it's just as venal and dumb and gritty and sleazy and random as you'd expect.
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/p...
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/p...
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FOR FUCKS SAKE HIGH SPEED RAIL. WE NEVER SHUT UP ABOUT HIGH SPEED RAIL. WE'VE BEEN BEGGING FOR DECADES YOU STUPID DIPSHIT HACK FRAUDS.
is there a technology that "the left" is excited about?
www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i...
www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i...
The left is missing out on AI
As a movement, it has largely refused to engage seriously with AI, ceding debate about a threat and opportunity to the right
www.transformernews.ai
February 18, 2026 at 2:07 PM
FOR FUCKS SAKE HIGH SPEED RAIL. WE NEVER SHUT UP ABOUT HIGH SPEED RAIL. WE'VE BEEN BEGGING FOR DECADES YOU STUPID DIPSHIT HACK FRAUDS.
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Huh, what do you know? The Uvalde congressman is a real piece of shit.
February 18, 2026 at 5:43 AM
Huh, what do you know? The Uvalde congressman is a real piece of shit.
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When I say we’re fighting against concentration camps, it’s not an exaggeration.
February 18, 2026 at 2:28 AM
When I say we’re fighting against concentration camps, it’s not an exaggeration.
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What’s so awful and stupid about this is that it applies to every single right-wing “Intellectual.” The whole culture is a snake pit of race science cranks and misogynist perverts. They have not changed their positions meaningfully since the civil war began.
The first assistant Chris Rufo hired in 2021 was a Pepe the frog loving fan of “groyper mom” Michelle Malkin. That guy worked for him for 3+ years before going to work for Russell Vought in the Trump administration last year. So Rufo can miss me with the “I’m shocked by Fuentes’s popularity.”
February 18, 2026 at 1:01 AM
What’s so awful and stupid about this is that it applies to every single right-wing “Intellectual.” The whole culture is a snake pit of race science cranks and misogynist perverts. They have not changed their positions meaningfully since the civil war began.
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An investigation by Floodlight News shows xAI's gas plant in Southaven, Mississippi, is still burning gas despite a recent Environmental Protection Agency ruling reiterating that doing so requires a state permit in advance.
www.mississippifreepress.org/a-different-...
www.mississippifreepress.org/a-different-...
‘A Different Set of Rules’: Drone Footage Shows AI Power Plant Flouting Clean Air Act
A Floodlight visual investigation reports that the xAI gas plant in Southaven, Mississippi, continues to use unpermitted gas turbines.
www.mississippifreepress.org
February 16, 2026 at 10:06 PM
An investigation by Floodlight News shows xAI's gas plant in Southaven, Mississippi, is still burning gas despite a recent Environmental Protection Agency ruling reiterating that doing so requires a state permit in advance.
www.mississippifreepress.org/a-different-...
www.mississippifreepress.org/a-different-...
DO NOT PAY YOUR TAXES UNTIL THIS IS REFORMED.
February 18, 2026 at 5:42 AM
DO NOT PAY YOUR TAXES UNTIL THIS IS REFORMED.
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"It was not clear if ICE still intends to move forward with its planned purchase of the warehouse."
ICE retracts false claim that it purchased Hudson Valley warehouse
The federal agency said its statement that it bought a former Pep Boys building in Chester to use as a detention center was a “mistake.”
www.timesunion.com
February 18, 2026 at 2:47 AM
"It was not clear if ICE still intends to move forward with its planned purchase of the warehouse."
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I keep saying this. I will keep saying this.
You dont hate the lights in your house can be computer controlled, or the idea of a speaker that you can ask to set a reminder.
you hate the computer controlling them doesnt report to you & acts with a rapists mentality regarding you & your data.
You dont hate the lights in your house can be computer controlled, or the idea of a speaker that you can ask to set a reminder.
you hate the computer controlling them doesnt report to you & acts with a rapists mentality regarding you & your data.
its capitalism that's corrupting the computer, making it into something twisted and perverse. there is a better way
February 17, 2026 at 8:38 AM
I keep saying this. I will keep saying this.
You dont hate the lights in your house can be computer controlled, or the idea of a speaker that you can ask to set a reminder.
you hate the computer controlling them doesnt report to you & acts with a rapists mentality regarding you & your data.
You dont hate the lights in your house can be computer controlled, or the idea of a speaker that you can ask to set a reminder.
you hate the computer controlling them doesnt report to you & acts with a rapists mentality regarding you & your data.
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@nycplan.org will respond to @mayor.nyc.gov's broken promise re: NYC Public Libraries in the morning.
Speaking for myself only (not NYC PLAN), I am profoundly disappointed in the preliminary budget. It will not stand.
Speaking for myself only (not NYC PLAN), I am profoundly disappointed in the preliminary budget. It will not stand.
February 18, 2026 at 2:41 AM
@nycplan.org will respond to @mayor.nyc.gov's broken promise re: NYC Public Libraries in the morning.
Speaking for myself only (not NYC PLAN), I am profoundly disappointed in the preliminary budget. It will not stand.
Speaking for myself only (not NYC PLAN), I am profoundly disappointed in the preliminary budget. It will not stand.
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Sure is interesting that Texas MAGA politician & Trump acquaintance Don Huffines, whose son is working in the White House, bought Epstein's infamous Zorro Ranch, where bodies of sex trafficking victims are rumored to be buried, and the purchase was all hidden behind an LLC.
Sure. is. interesting.
Sure. is. interesting.
February 17, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Sure is interesting that Texas MAGA politician & Trump acquaintance Don Huffines, whose son is working in the White House, bought Epstein's infamous Zorro Ranch, where bodies of sex trafficking victims are rumored to be buried, and the purchase was all hidden behind an LLC.
Sure. is. interesting.
Sure. is. interesting.
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My elementary, middle and high schools were all hit, and I don't really know the results of those attacks because there's not really anyone around but my parents to report it. My parents whose car windows were smashed along with the whole neighborhood. We need reporters out there.
There is no drawdown. There is no retreat. ICE is just redistributing their assets to better avoid accountability.
The same day DHS announced the surge would end in Minnesota, ICE activity increased in small towns
The less densely populated areas outside the Twin Cities make it harder for protesters and observers to organize.
www.theverge.com
February 18, 2026 at 2:19 AM
My elementary, middle and high schools were all hit, and I don't really know the results of those attacks because there's not really anyone around but my parents to report it. My parents whose car windows were smashed along with the whole neighborhood. We need reporters out there.
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HEY, LEFTISTS AND PROGRESSIVES
REPEAT AFTER ME
ANARCHY DOES NOT MEAN CHAOS
ANARCHY MEANS ANTI-HIERARCHY
WE LIVE IN CHAOS RIGHT NOW UNDER FASCISM
FASCISTS CREATE CHAOS, THEY CREATE DIVISION, THEY CREATE INTENTIONAL CONFLICT AND COMPETITION
STOP MAKING UP THE DEFINITIONS OF WORDS
REPEAT AFTER ME
ANARCHY DOES NOT MEAN CHAOS
ANARCHY MEANS ANTI-HIERARCHY
WE LIVE IN CHAOS RIGHT NOW UNDER FASCISM
FASCISTS CREATE CHAOS, THEY CREATE DIVISION, THEY CREATE INTENTIONAL CONFLICT AND COMPETITION
STOP MAKING UP THE DEFINITIONS OF WORDS
February 12, 2026 at 3:50 PM
HEY, LEFTISTS AND PROGRESSIVES
REPEAT AFTER ME
ANARCHY DOES NOT MEAN CHAOS
ANARCHY MEANS ANTI-HIERARCHY
WE LIVE IN CHAOS RIGHT NOW UNDER FASCISM
FASCISTS CREATE CHAOS, THEY CREATE DIVISION, THEY CREATE INTENTIONAL CONFLICT AND COMPETITION
STOP MAKING UP THE DEFINITIONS OF WORDS
REPEAT AFTER ME
ANARCHY DOES NOT MEAN CHAOS
ANARCHY MEANS ANTI-HIERARCHY
WE LIVE IN CHAOS RIGHT NOW UNDER FASCISM
FASCISTS CREATE CHAOS, THEY CREATE DIVISION, THEY CREATE INTENTIONAL CONFLICT AND COMPETITION
STOP MAKING UP THE DEFINITIONS OF WORDS
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lol, it’s a lot easier to form a tenants union when everyone in the building is in the same group chat
MAJOR: Twin Cities Tenants joins five labor unions, together repping 25,900 members, to launch a rent strike drive, vowing to withhold rent March 1 if @governorwalz.mn.gov fails to deliver an eviction moratorium and rent relief. If launched, this would be the largest US rent strike in 100+ years.
February 18, 2026 at 3:03 AM
lol, it’s a lot easier to form a tenants union when everyone in the building is in the same group chat
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Instead of "the left isn't paying enough attention to these machine gods" they're claiming to build, perhaps we should write an article about how effective altruists brand themselves "left", ask who is writing these articles, and trace their cults and sources of funding.
February 18, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Instead of "the left isn't paying enough attention to these machine gods" they're claiming to build, perhaps we should write an article about how effective altruists brand themselves "left", ask who is writing these articles, and trace their cults and sources of funding.