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i don’t think it’s realistic to ask people being targeted due to their ethnicity and national origin not to engage in displays of ethnic and national pride
June 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
i don’t think it’s realistic to ask people being targeted due to their ethnicity and national origin not to engage in displays of ethnic and national pride
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I think Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem is probably a tough sell for Holy Father 2025, but agree that Pope Pizzaballa would cause the Internet to spontaneously combust, taking down the grid worldwide in a spasm of joy
Can we please all just get behind this man? It would heal our world.
April 21, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I think Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem is probably a tough sell for Holy Father 2025, but agree that Pope Pizzaballa would cause the Internet to spontaneously combust, taking down the grid worldwide in a spasm of joy
Reasons to Go On
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Reasons to Go On
Befriending the Black Dog with Jon Dee Graham
open.substack.com
April 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Reasons to Go On
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Whoever you are, if you think the fascists won’t turn on you, too, you are a hopeless rube. Fascists are for crushing, not debating.
the very next post in this thread is "not even her lawyer knows where she is" and if you think they're gonna stop with non-citizens, I think in a year or two you're gonna be proven very wrong
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Whoever you are, if you think the fascists won’t turn on you, too, you are a hopeless rube. Fascists are for crushing, not debating.
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Israeli settlers beat up Hamdan Ballal, one of the Palestinian co-directors of the documentary film No Other Land, in the occupied West Bank, according to witnesses. He was then detained by the Israeli military.
Oscar-winning Palestinian director attacked by Israeli settlers, detained by army
Israeli settlers beat up Hamdan Ballal, one of the Palestinian co-directors of the documentary film No Other Land, in the occupied West Bank, according to witnesses. He was then detained by the Israel...
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March 25, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Israeli settlers beat up Hamdan Ballal, one of the Palestinian co-directors of the documentary film No Other Land, in the occupied West Bank, according to witnesses. He was then detained by the Israeli military.
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1) The rate of sepsis rose more than 50%
2) they don’t break down data by race here—we need that info (generally BW’s maternal death rate is 3x that of WW, Native W is 2x)
3) they looked at hospital data. So missing greatest cause of pregnant/postpartum death: Murder. Abuse skyrockets w/pregnancy.
2) they don’t break down data by race here—we need that info (generally BW’s maternal death rate is 3x that of WW, Native W is 2x)
3) they looked at hospital data. So missing greatest cause of pregnant/postpartum death: Murder. Abuse skyrockets w/pregnancy.
Dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since the state banned abortion, our analysis shows.
As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.
As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
propub.li
March 25, 2025 at 1:30 AM
1) The rate of sepsis rose more than 50%
2) they don’t break down data by race here—we need that info (generally BW’s maternal death rate is 3x that of WW, Native W is 2x)
3) they looked at hospital data. So missing greatest cause of pregnant/postpartum death: Murder. Abuse skyrockets w/pregnancy.
2) they don’t break down data by race here—we need that info (generally BW’s maternal death rate is 3x that of WW, Native W is 2x)
3) they looked at hospital data. So missing greatest cause of pregnant/postpartum death: Murder. Abuse skyrockets w/pregnancy.
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If your excuse as an elected official, here in 2025, for not doing something that is in the interest of Dems who elected you is that Republicans might weaponize it, you are not living in 2025. They are going to weaponize anything you do, either way. They have demonstrated this over and over.
March 14, 2025 at 9:27 PM
If your excuse as an elected official, here in 2025, for not doing something that is in the interest of Dems who elected you is that Republicans might weaponize it, you are not living in 2025. They are going to weaponize anything you do, either way. They have demonstrated this over and over.
#Severance spoilers
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AHHHHHHHH! The eugenics! The severing of women particularly! The birthing camps! **The Twilight Zone** reference! 
Going to gather my thoughts and come back with an actual analysis soon.
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AHHHHHHHH! The eugenics! The severing of women particularly! The birthing camps! **The Twilight Zone** reference! 
Going to gather my thoughts and come back with an actual analysis soon.
March 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
#Severance spoilers
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AHHHHHHHH! The eugenics! The severing of women particularly! The birthing camps! **The Twilight Zone** reference! 
Going to gather my thoughts and come back with an actual analysis soon.
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AHHHHHHHH! The eugenics! The severing of women particularly! The birthing camps! **The Twilight Zone** reference! 
Going to gather my thoughts and come back with an actual analysis soon.
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So ICE has effectively disappeared a student for protesting Israel's genocide, separating him from his 8 month pregnant wife. Pure fascism
UPDATE—Mahmoud's attorney says they do NOT know where he is.
They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there.
They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.
They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there.
They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.
March 9, 2025 at 10:09 PM
So ICE has effectively disappeared a student for protesting Israel's genocide, separating him from his 8 month pregnant wife. Pure fascism
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re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens
March 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens
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governments should spend money, literally all their fucking money. on taking care of the people from whom they got the money. on building cool shit for the people from whom they got the money to use, like highways and public works. this is real easy
how can these people be so bad at this
how can these people be so bad at this
We should reject outright the framing that the answer is to cut spending, that it needs to be cut. Even giving in to that is playing into conservatives’ hands, letting them set the edges of the debate.
Welker to Slotkin: "Democrats were in charge for four years. You were in Congress at the time. Why didn't Democrats do more to cut government spending when they were in charge?"
March 9, 2025 at 3:48 PM
governments should spend money, literally all their fucking money. on taking care of the people from whom they got the money. on building cool shit for the people from whom they got the money to use, like highways and public works. this is real easy
how can these people be so bad at this
how can these people be so bad at this
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once again I have to invoke the specter of Ronald Wilson Reagan, who is in Hell now. under Reagan, the term "government spending" was effectively demonized. fuck you, Reaganite ghouls! spending money, on its people and their needs, is the function of government! public works are good! say so!
March 9, 2025 at 3:51 PM
once again I have to invoke the specter of Ronald Wilson Reagan, who is in Hell now. under Reagan, the term "government spending" was effectively demonized. fuck you, Reaganite ghouls! spending money, on its people and their needs, is the function of government! public works are good! say so!
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I think about this from @naomiaklein.bsky.social a lot. "Conspiracy theorists get the facts wrong but often get the feelings right." The sense that people are gaining wealth from human suffering while concealing reality is valid, but the root problem isn't evil people but the nature of capitalism.
March 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I think about this from @naomiaklein.bsky.social a lot. "Conspiracy theorists get the facts wrong but often get the feelings right." The sense that people are gaining wealth from human suffering while concealing reality is valid, but the root problem isn't evil people but the nature of capitalism.
#Severance spoilers
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Cobel’s episode is so, so important for world building. I get that folks want to see more with our four MDR protagonists, but I LOVED that they showed how unregulated industry and addiction can kill a town. (1/4)
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Cobel’s episode is so, so important for world building. I get that folks want to see more with our four MDR protagonists, but I LOVED that they showed how unregulated industry and addiction can kill a town. (1/4)
March 9, 2025 at 3:22 PM
#Severance spoilers
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Cobel’s episode is so, so important for world building. I get that folks want to see more with our four MDR protagonists, but I LOVED that they showed how unregulated industry and addiction can kill a town. (1/4)
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Cobel’s episode is so, so important for world building. I get that folks want to see more with our four MDR protagonists, but I LOVED that they showed how unregulated industry and addiction can kill a town. (1/4)
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The confusion surrounding which or how many federal buildings the Trump administration plans to off-load underscores the broader chaos that has accompanied its plunge into an effort to shrink the federal government, leaving agencies scrambling to make sense of the rapidly changing information.
How 443 federal properties were targeted for sale, then suddenly weren’t
The Trump administration posted a list of properties eligible for sale, then shortened it and finally removed it altogether, causing confusion across the government.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The confusion surrounding which or how many federal buildings the Trump administration plans to off-load underscores the broader chaos that has accompanied its plunge into an effort to shrink the federal government, leaving agencies scrambling to make sense of the rapidly changing information.
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If, for example, Trump says nobody is allowed to dance, on penalty of death, he has no legal power to make that declaration and no power to enforce it, but if everyone stops dancing it's as good as if he did. Reporting as though Trump has these powers helps give him those powers.
Shocking But Not Surprising Strikes Again (and Again)
The Caprices of the Oligarchs
Shocking but not surprising is a phrase I've often reverted to in the past eight years, for things that are both hideous and predictable, maybe transgressive against the...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
March 6, 2025 at 1:42 AM
If, for example, Trump says nobody is allowed to dance, on penalty of death, he has no legal power to make that declaration and no power to enforce it, but if everyone stops dancing it's as good as if he did. Reporting as though Trump has these powers helps give him those powers.
Watching #DOGE backpedal on every decision in real time after realizing that running a country takes skilled workers would be funny if it weren’t so terrifying.
Some employees who were previously fired received emails saying they're "clear to return to work."
In a sudden reversal, CDC rescinds some staff firings
Some employees who were previously fired received emails saying they're "cleared to return to work."
www.npr.org
March 5, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Watching #DOGE backpedal on every decision in real time after realizing that running a country takes skilled workers would be funny if it weren’t so terrifying.
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can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book
March 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book
It was so outdated and boring. I think there was so much more they could have had fun with. Instead it reminded me of a high school musical number full of clichés. #Oscars
This Bond thing is an old old OLD-fashioned corny production number. We have not seen one of these on the Oscars in a long while.
March 3, 2025 at 4:50 AM
It was so outdated and boring. I think there was so much more they could have had fun with. Instead it reminded me of a high school musical number full of clichés. #Oscars
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For those of y'all participating in the Economic Blackout today, consider using that money you're withholding to donate to abortion funds! 💸
I have created a website with abortion funds/clinics/support orgs listed by state: donationsforabortions.com
I have created a website with abortion funds/clinics/support orgs listed by state: donationsforabortions.com
February 28, 2025 at 12:41 PM
For those of y'all participating in the Economic Blackout today, consider using that money you're withholding to donate to abortion funds! 💸
I have created a website with abortion funds/clinics/support orgs listed by state: donationsforabortions.com
I have created a website with abortion funds/clinics/support orgs listed by state: donationsforabortions.com
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A total of 146 measles cases have been reported in the outbreak in West Texas, state health authorities say
Measles cases approach 150 in ongoing West Texas outbreak | CNN
One hundred forty-six measles cases have been reported in the outbreak in West Texas, the Texas Department of Health Services said in an update today. This is 22 more confirmed cases since an update o...
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February 28, 2025 at 2:22 PM
A total of 146 measles cases have been reported in the outbreak in West Texas, state health authorities say