@eastie60.bsky.social
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I appreciate those out there protesting at great risk to their lives however i think the nation needs to grind this economy to a dead stop.
It's something everyone can do safely. No spending on ANYTHING but absolute necessities.
I understand some shut ins can not do this but very many of us can.
It's something everyone can do safely. No spending on ANYTHING but absolute necessities.
I understand some shut ins can not do this but very many of us can.
January 25, 2026 at 3:28 PM
I appreciate those out there protesting at great risk to their lives however i think the nation needs to grind this economy to a dead stop.
It's something everyone can do safely. No spending on ANYTHING but absolute necessities.
I understand some shut ins can not do this but very many of us can.
It's something everyone can do safely. No spending on ANYTHING but absolute necessities.
I understand some shut ins can not do this but very many of us can.
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🌎 In a 24-hour span in the Swiss Alps, we're witnessing what future historians might mark as a hinge moment.
The week the world cracked open at Davos
Three collisions on one Alpine stage.
www.axios.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:53 AM
🌎 In a 24-hour span in the Swiss Alps, we're witnessing what future historians might mark as a hinge moment.
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Amid a wellspring of discontent over the Pennsylvania senator’s coziness with Israel and Republicans, people are demanding campaign donation refunds.
Small-Dollar Donors Are Asking John Fetterman for Their Money Back
Amid a wellspring of discontent over Fetterman’s coziness with Israel and Republicans, people are demanding campaign donation refunds.
interc.pt
April 5, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Amid a wellspring of discontent over the Pennsylvania senator’s coziness with Israel and Republicans, people are demanding campaign donation refunds.
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Tufts University petitions a federal judge to release student Rümeysa Öztürk, who was grabbed off the street by immigration officials.
The move is some of the strongest public pushback by a school against the Trump administration's arrests of foreign students.
The move is some of the strongest public pushback by a school against the Trump administration's arrests of foreign students.
Tufts University pushes for release of student grabbed off the street by immigration officials
The school's declaration in federal court on behalf of Rümeysa Öztürk is some of the strongest pushback by a university against the Trump administration's arrests of foreign students.
nbcnews.to
April 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Tufts University petitions a federal judge to release student Rümeysa Öztürk, who was grabbed off the street by immigration officials.
The move is some of the strongest public pushback by a school against the Trump administration's arrests of foreign students.
The move is some of the strongest public pushback by a school against the Trump administration's arrests of foreign students.
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The Justice Department lawyers defending the president's executive orders are struggling to answer questions and correct the record in front of judges.
Justice Department lawyers struggle to defend mountain of Trump executive orders
The Justice Department lawyers defending the president's executive orders are struggling to answer questions and correct the record in front of judges.
www.npr.org
April 3, 2025 at 10:21 AM
The Justice Department lawyers defending the president's executive orders are struggling to answer questions and correct the record in front of judges.
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The Service Employees International Union rallied Tuesday in downtown Boston for the release of Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Attorney General Andrea Campbell attended.
Labor union protests in Boston, calling for Tufts student to be released from ICE custody
The Service Employees International Union rallied Tuesday in downtown Boston for the release of Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Attorney General Andrea Campbell attended.
www.wbur.org
April 3, 2025 at 10:07 AM
The Service Employees International Union rallied Tuesday in downtown Boston for the release of Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Attorney General Andrea Campbell attended.
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Meta's arbitration ruling silences whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams, blocking her from discussing Chinese dealings with Congress.
Meta is preventing a whistleblower from talking to Congress, her lawyer says
Meta's arbitration ruling silences whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams, blocking her from discussing Chinese dealings with Congress.
www.businessinsider.com
April 2, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Meta's arbitration ruling silences whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams, blocking her from discussing Chinese dealings with Congress.
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Currently, the only way to stop a violent interaction is to call 911. But it doesn’t have to be that way. A feminist law professor hopes to implement a host of measures that would transform the way violence is addressed.
The Feminist Law Professor Who Wants to Stop Arresting People for Domestic Violence
For years, Leigh Goodmark was convinced that the way to keep women safe was through arrests and prosecutions. Now she’s pushing for the opposite.
nyer.cm
March 31, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Currently, the only way to stop a violent interaction is to call 911. But it doesn’t have to be that way. A feminist law professor hopes to implement a host of measures that would transform the way violence is addressed.
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According to sources, DOGE operatives said they specifically sought levels of permissions that would give them the ability to create, pause, and delete email accounts.
Granting the request would require them each to be given an essentially God-mode level of access to the entire system architecture.
Granting the request would require them each to be given an essentially God-mode level of access to the entire system architecture.
Top Officials Placed on Leave After Denying DOGE Access to Federal Payroll Systems
DOGE demanded full access to a US Department of the Interior system that handles even the Supreme Court's paychecks. When top staff asked questions, they were put on leave.
www.wired.com
March 31, 2025 at 9:01 PM
According to sources, DOGE operatives said they specifically sought levels of permissions that would give them the ability to create, pause, and delete email accounts.
Granting the request would require them each to be given an essentially God-mode level of access to the entire system architecture.
Granting the request would require them each to be given an essentially God-mode level of access to the entire system architecture.
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Finally, in 2023, @maxrashbrooke.bsky.social argued that the UK should look to Argentina for inspiration. The country’s experience shows that taxing wealth is “definitely more possible today than it was five years ago”.
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/econom...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/econom...
Wealth taxes work. Just look at Argentina
Taxing wealth over £5 million would have popular support in the UK—so why are our politicians afraid of it?
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
March 31, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Finally, in 2023, @maxrashbrooke.bsky.social argued that the UK should look to Argentina for inspiration. The country’s experience shows that taxing wealth is “definitely more possible today than it was five years ago”.
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/econom...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/econom...
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The Academy has apologised to 'No Other Land' co-director Hamdan Ballal after criticism for failing to address his violent attack, adding to a list of public apologies by the institution.
From Hamdan Ballal to La La Land: A short history of Oscars apologies
The Academy has apologised to 'No Other Land' co-director Hamdan Ballal after criticism for failing to address his violent attack, adding to a list of public apologies by the institution.
l.euronews.com
March 31, 2025 at 11:44 AM
The Academy has apologised to 'No Other Land' co-director Hamdan Ballal after criticism for failing to address his violent attack, adding to a list of public apologies by the institution.
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"Israel broke the ceasefire to prevent the reconstruction of Gaza. It restarted the war to stop Palestinians from attempting to rebuild even a small part of their destroyed homeland."
— #AJOpinion by Hassan Abo Qamar ⤵️
— #AJOpinion by Hassan Abo Qamar ⤵️
Israel’s genocide continues, and Palestinians remain ‘numbers’
The world’s indifference to Palestinian suffering allows Israel to destroy us and our homeland with impunity.
www.aljazeera.com
March 31, 2025 at 8:58 AM
"Israel broke the ceasefire to prevent the reconstruction of Gaza. It restarted the war to stop Palestinians from attempting to rebuild even a small part of their destroyed homeland."
— #AJOpinion by Hassan Abo Qamar ⤵️
— #AJOpinion by Hassan Abo Qamar ⤵️
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China, Russia and India have dispatched emergency teams and supplies to earthquake-ravaged Myanmar. So have Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam. The U.S., the richest country in the world and once its most generous provider of foreign aid, has sent nothing.
Trump’s U.S.A.I.D. Cuts Hobble Earthquake Response in Myanmar
While China, Russia and other nations have rushed emergency response teams to the devastated country, the U.S., once a leader in foreign aid, has been slow to act.
www.nytimes.com
March 31, 2025 at 4:31 AM
China, Russia and India have dispatched emergency teams and supplies to earthquake-ravaged Myanmar. So have Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam. The U.S., the richest country in the world and once its most generous provider of foreign aid, has sent nothing.
Can anyone enlghten me about this post. How accurate is it? Why isn’t it more of a focus or conversation ?
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March 30, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Can anyone enlghten me about this post. How accurate is it? Why isn’t it more of a focus or conversation ?
www.instagram.com/share/BAPg1S...
www.instagram.com/share/BAPg1S...
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Just in NIH grants, It looks like beautiful Iowa City, home of the U of Iowa, will lose $71m in funding. That's almost $1k per resident. And that's before all the other cuts to SSA, FDA, etc.
Anyone in Iowa City that can offer more insight?
scienceimpacts.org
H/T to Prathima !
Anyone in Iowa City that can offer more insight?
scienceimpacts.org
H/T to Prathima !
SCiMaP
scienceimpacts.org
March 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Just in NIH grants, It looks like beautiful Iowa City, home of the U of Iowa, will lose $71m in funding. That's almost $1k per resident. And that's before all the other cuts to SSA, FDA, etc.
Anyone in Iowa City that can offer more insight?
scienceimpacts.org
H/T to Prathima !
Anyone in Iowa City that can offer more insight?
scienceimpacts.org
H/T to Prathima !
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merit is back baby
Why is Pete Hegseth bringing his wife to top security meetings and hiring his brother at the Pentagon? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Pete Hegseth’s wife reportedly attended meetings with foreign defense officials
Defense secretary, already under fire for chat group blunder, faces new scrutiny for having wife in high-level meetings
www.theguardian.com
March 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
merit is back baby
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THIS Is a #TeslaTakedown Indigenous led organization, Protectors of the Salish Sea, dedicated to ending the era of fossil fuel in our Salish Sea and beyond through direct divestment actions recognize the harm & destruction that follow NOLE & F47
#Indigisky
#Momsky
#Indigisky
#Momsky
400+ in Lynnwood! Y'all are rocking this...and the Protectors of the Salish Sea are bringing their usual solemnity and grace.
#TeslaTakedown #MuskMustFall
#TeslaTakedown #MuskMustFall
March 29, 2025 at 8:56 PM
THIS Is a #TeslaTakedown Indigenous led organization, Protectors of the Salish Sea, dedicated to ending the era of fossil fuel in our Salish Sea and beyond through direct divestment actions recognize the harm & destruction that follow NOLE & F47
#Indigisky
#Momsky
#Indigisky
#Momsky
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Do not travel to the US.
Canadian MP Charlie Angus: I am here today to urge Canadians to avoid travel to the United States if at all possible and to call on our government to stand up for our citizens who are being denied their rights through arbitrary detention in the United States.
March 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Do not travel to the US.
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🎨This week’s news, as seen through the eyes of the world’s political cartoonists👇
World’s cartoonists on this week’s events
Drawing the top stories around the globe.
www.politico.eu
March 30, 2025 at 4:26 PM
🎨This week’s news, as seen through the eyes of the world’s political cartoonists👇
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Bingo
The White House Correspondents’ Association said it fired host Amber Ruffin so it can instead focus the dinner on celebrating the First Amendment.
Which apparently can be done best by preventing a gay black woman from speaking.
Which apparently can be done best by preventing a gay black woman from speaking.
March 30, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Bingo