Footwear Apologist
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Likes shoes. Doesn't like shoes. Trying thoughts out again out loud
Old people radio and tv is a constant drip feed of guilt trip and misery
December 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Old people radio and tv is a constant drip feed of guilt trip and misery
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In another brutal ceasefire violation, 3-year-old Ahd Tareq Al-Buyuk was shot dead by Israeli forces in front of her family’s tent in Al-Mawasi, west of Khan Younis. A toddler killed in a place Israel itself labeled a “safe zone.” Her small body now carried in grief instead of life.
December 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
In another brutal ceasefire violation, 3-year-old Ahd Tareq Al-Buyuk was shot dead by Israeli forces in front of her family’s tent in Al-Mawasi, west of Khan Younis. A toddler killed in a place Israel itself labeled a “safe zone.” Her small body now carried in grief instead of life.
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bombing the boat is a crime
December 7, 2025 at 12:26 PM
bombing the boat is a crime
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‘Poverty is a human rights violation. We cannot realise our own human rights until we address tax’
I talk to Scotland’s human rights chief who says poverty is trashing citizens rights to food, warmth, education and healthcare. ‘It robs people of dignity’.
My Big Read @heraldscotland.bsky.social
I talk to Scotland’s human rights chief who says poverty is trashing citizens rights to food, warmth, education and healthcare. ‘It robs people of dignity’.
My Big Read @heraldscotland.bsky.social
Sickened human rights chief reveals how poverty is destroying Scotland
The head of the Scottish Human Rights Commission steps forward to say that poverty is robbing citizens of their dignity. She talks candidly to our…
www.heraldscotland.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:43 AM
‘Poverty is a human rights violation. We cannot realise our own human rights until we address tax’
I talk to Scotland’s human rights chief who says poverty is trashing citizens rights to food, warmth, education and healthcare. ‘It robs people of dignity’.
My Big Read @heraldscotland.bsky.social
I talk to Scotland’s human rights chief who says poverty is trashing citizens rights to food, warmth, education and healthcare. ‘It robs people of dignity’.
My Big Read @heraldscotland.bsky.social
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December 7, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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A marvelous tour d’horizon from @eryk.bsky.social about the various strands of critical thinking (i.e. hype-free) about AI. Huge thanks Eryk for doing this. Very helpful. Here’s one of my favorite bits.
December 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
A marvelous tour d’horizon from @eryk.bsky.social about the various strands of critical thinking (i.e. hype-free) about AI. Huge thanks Eryk for doing this. Very helpful. Here’s one of my favorite bits.
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Activist Debra Ramirez has been on the front lines fighting for environmental justice in the greater Lake Charles, Louisiana, region. https://capitalbnews.org/plastic-polution-impact-black-communities/
Plastics and The Cost of Convenience on Black Communities
How Louisiana’s Black communities are fighting to survive in a battle where every breath, every drop of water, and every patch of land is at stake.
capitalbnews.org
December 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Activist Debra Ramirez has been on the front lines fighting for environmental justice in the greater Lake Charles, Louisiana, region. https://capitalbnews.org/plastic-polution-impact-black-communities/
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Ways to plug in to the Giving Circle (2/2)
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December 7, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Ways to plug in to the Giving Circle (2/2)
🎁 We've relaunched our shop "Kurkar"!: Trade in your donation receipt for holiday cards (NEW) + more. tiny.cc/KurkarShop
🐝 Spread the word for free: linktr.ee/hopegivingci...
🎁 We've relaunched our shop "Kurkar"!: Trade in your donation receipt for holiday cards (NEW) + more. tiny.cc/KurkarShop
🐝 Spread the word for free: linktr.ee/hopegivingci...
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Right, but is it that we’re “forgotten life can be stressful” or is it that neoliberal capitalism doesn’t allow us to have natural, normal reactions to stress, so we seek treatment? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Life being stressful is not an illness' - GPs on mental health over-diagnosis
Hundreds of GPs in England tell the BBC they are also worried about a lack of help for patients.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Right, but is it that we’re “forgotten life can be stressful” or is it that neoliberal capitalism doesn’t allow us to have natural, normal reactions to stress, so we seek treatment? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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In 2008 I met a climate scientist from Mali who was advocating for this so long that he looked exhausted. Absolutely amazing man. He was working so hard on this. And then I see numbers like this and my heart just soars. Youba Sokona, you (and your peers) really did it.
www.ipcc.ch/people/youba...
www.ipcc.ch/people/youba...
August 26, 2025 at 12:56 PM
In 2008 I met a climate scientist from Mali who was advocating for this so long that he looked exhausted. Absolutely amazing man. He was working so hard on this. And then I see numbers like this and my heart just soars. Youba Sokona, you (and your peers) really did it.
www.ipcc.ch/people/youba...
www.ipcc.ch/people/youba...
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Black women told you this in 2018.
Home Office admits facial recognition tech issue with black and Asian subjects
Calls for review after technology found to return more false positives for ‘some demographic groups’ on certain settings
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Black women told you this in 2018.
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Fun fact: Bugs Bunny appeared in drag forty times, beginning in 1942.
December 6, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Fun fact: Bugs Bunny appeared in drag forty times, beginning in 1942.
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Mark Zuckerberg’s gamble on the ‘Metaverse’ has cost Meta more than $77B
The company now plans to cut spending on it and shift focus to AI wearables instead
(via WSJ)
The company now plans to cut spending on it and shift focus to AI wearables instead
(via WSJ)
December 6, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Mark Zuckerberg’s gamble on the ‘Metaverse’ has cost Meta more than $77B
The company now plans to cut spending on it and shift focus to AI wearables instead
(via WSJ)
The company now plans to cut spending on it and shift focus to AI wearables instead
(via WSJ)
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AI Is Not Inevitable
join AAUP for a conversation with educators, educator unions, and the Collaborative Research Center for Resilience
zoom.us/webinar/regi...
join AAUP for a conversation with educators, educator unions, and the Collaborative Research Center for Resilience
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December 5, 2025 at 1:18 PM
AI Is Not Inevitable
join AAUP for a conversation with educators, educator unions, and the Collaborative Research Center for Resilience
zoom.us/webinar/regi...
join AAUP for a conversation with educators, educator unions, and the Collaborative Research Center for Resilience
zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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To propose that GenAI can compensate for "archival silences" perverts Trouillot's work. It's is a contradiction to say that a product whose logic exacerbates power imbalances--creating a most-likely guess based on the existing record--can restore absences that are the product of those imbalances.
December 6, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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I do love a Christmas ritual , and making these Edible Christmas Tree Decorations, which are #RecipeOfTheDay – is one of them. I say edible, but when my kids were little, I cruelly mixed in a load of pepper so that they wouldn’t pull them off the tree to eat them all! www.nigella.com/recipes/edib...
Edible Christmas Tree Decorations
I couldn’t have Christmas without these, or at least, not happily. Rituals are essential to give us meaning, a sense of ceremony, and making these peppery, gingerbready edible decorations is how I hav...
www.nigella.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:28 AM
I do love a Christmas ritual , and making these Edible Christmas Tree Decorations, which are #RecipeOfTheDay – is one of them. I say edible, but when my kids were little, I cruelly mixed in a load of pepper so that they wouldn’t pull them off the tree to eat them all! www.nigella.com/recipes/edib...
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‘Israeli and world propaganda would have it that there is a ceasefire.
In reality there is no ceasefire.
All they want is the Palestinians to leave Gaza.’
In reality there is no ceasefire.
All they want is the Palestinians to leave Gaza.’
December 6, 2025 at 11:31 AM
‘Israeli and world propaganda would have it that there is a ceasefire.
In reality there is no ceasefire.
All they want is the Palestinians to leave Gaza.’
In reality there is no ceasefire.
All they want is the Palestinians to leave Gaza.’
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Gaza Municipality faces a critical waste crisis as fuel shortages force suspension of garbage collection.
Over 350,000 m³ of waste now clogs streets and temporary dumps, with landfill access blocked.
Over 350,000 m³ of waste now clogs streets and temporary dumps, with landfill access blocked.
December 6, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Gaza Municipality faces a critical waste crisis as fuel shortages force suspension of garbage collection.
Over 350,000 m³ of waste now clogs streets and temporary dumps, with landfill access blocked.
Over 350,000 m³ of waste now clogs streets and temporary dumps, with landfill access blocked.
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