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Gil_of_the_A
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HI -> MN -> CO, USA
Organizing -> Philanthropy -> Academia
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socialmedialab.ca
They filmed this and they want you to see it. They are are proud of it.

This could be you or me or someone you love.
newseye.bsky.social News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · Mar 17
The video of Trump’s deportees arriving in El Salvador is horrific.

This is 21st century Nazism.

Identities concealed, trafficked to a foreign labour camp. No due process, no evidence of crime. Dehumanised.

Where is the global outrage?

The crime is historic; the normalisation catastrophic.
March 18, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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splcenter.org
The SPLC and other leading civil rights and health equity organizations co-authored a report highlighting the devastating impact of Medicaid cuts on communities across the U.S., particularly communities of color.

Read more about the urgent need to defend Medicaid unidosus.org/publica...
Medicaid Cuts Would Rip Away Health Coverage from Millions of Americans, Disproportionately Harming People of Color
This report, co-authored by UnidosUS and other leading civil rights and health equity organizations, highlights the devastating impact of Medicaid cuts on communities across the United States, particularly communities of color.
unidosus.org
March 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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socialmedialab.ca
It’s easy to believe that the horrors of the past are just that—past. But injustice doesn’t announce itself with flashing lights. It seeps in gradually, disguised as political necessity, economic pragmatism, or national security.
drjacekdebiec.bsky.social Jacek Debiec, MD, PhD, DPhil 🌎 🧠 @drjacekdebiec.bsky.social · Jan 20
There was a lot of #AcademicFreedom, good scholarship, and independent thought in German universities before Hitler. After Hitler had risen to power, many academics fled the country. Some resisted the Nazi regime and were persecuted. Most adapted to a new situation. Here are some examples. 1/n
March 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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maryannefranks.bsky.social Mary Anne Franks @maryannefranks.bsky.social · Mar 9
The United States government just disappeared a lawful US resident because it didn't like his speech. You should care about this because it shouldn't happen to anyone, but you should also care because it could happen to you. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/09/n...
ICE Arrests Pro-Palestinian Activist at Columbia
Mahmoud Khalil, who recently completed a graduate program at Columbia, has legal permanent residency, his lawyer said.
www.nytimes.com
March 10, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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mehdirhasan.bsky.social
lol, from UK satirical magazine Private Eye
March 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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socialmedialab.ca
"A Ukrainian military source believes that Russia’s long-range strikes are aimed using satellite imagery provided by U.S. companies." www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
A Suspicious Pattern Alarming the Ukrainian Military
A Ukrainian military source believes that Russia’s long-range strikes are aimed using satellite imagery provided by U.S. companies.
www.theatlantic.com
March 8, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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naomiaklein.bsky.social
just an incredible episode. Make time for it.
March 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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lincolnproject.us
Russia’s greatest military asset is not any bomb, tank, plane or ship. It is the Republican Party.
Heroes
YouTube video by The Lincoln Project
www.youtube.com
February 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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tasmitchell.bsky.social
The paper on our indigenous science work at Swinomish has just arrived in the published book "Indigenous Critical Reflections on Traditional Ecological Knowledge"!

Thanks @ecohugger.bsky.social for getting this published! & thanks @kjrm.bsky.social for helping with all the work!
#IndigenousSTEM 🧪⚒️🍎
a hand holding up the paperback book, "Indigenous Critical Reflections on Traditional Ecological Knowledge". on the cover is an eagle silhouette in white in front of a starry background and above green stylized flower leaves and yellow flowers with red petals. first page of table of contents of "Indigenous Critical Reflections on Traditional Ecological Knowledge" book. Chapter 6 is titled: Swinomish Place-based Science, Culture, and Environmental Education: An Indigenous Approach to Environmental and Resource Issues, By Todd A. Mitchell swəlítub, Page 86. Indigenous Critical Reflections on Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Edited by Lara A. Jacobs. "Indigenous Peoples have shared values, but we live them out in ways that reflect the places where our Tribes emerged as People and the communities in which we live. Jacobs has created a touchstone in these collected essays and reflections from Indigenous Peoples throughout the so-called Americas and beyond, giving voice to the various ways we live out relationships, reciprocity, and responsibility. I will return to these words again and again, and so will you." -PATTY KRAWEC, author of Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future With more than 50 contributors, this book offers important perspectives by Indigenous Peoples on TEK and Indigenous value systems. The book aims to educate and inspire readers about the importance of decolonizing how Indigenous Knowledges are considered and used outside of Native communities. By including the work of Indigenous storytellers, poets, and scholars from around the globe, Jacobs and chapter authors effectively explore the Indigenous value systems—relationships, reciprocity, and responsibility—that are fundamental to Indigenous Knowledge systems and cultures. Indigenous languages and positionality statements are featured for each of the contributors to frame their cultural and geographical background and to allow each Indigenous voice to lead discussions and contribute critical discourse to the literature on Indigenous Knowledges and value systems. By creating space for each of these individual voices, this volume challenges colonial extraction norms and highlights the importance of decolonial methods in understanding and protecting Indigenous Knowledges. This is an essential resource for students, academics, members of Tribal, state, and federal governments, Indigenous communities, and non-Indigenous allies as well as a valuable addition to environmental and Indigenous studies collections.
February 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
Three years ago this week. 🇺🇦
March 1, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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buildingmovement.bsky.social
NEW BLOG | BMP’s Janis Rosheuvel shares how understanding the opposition's strategy, identifying areas in our work that must be fortified, and having resources to address them can support movements while building ecosystems.

Read it here: bit.ly/protect-move...

#NavigatingUncertainty
February 25, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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lunaluvgood2020.bsky.social
February 25, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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chanda.blacksky.app
Resegregation
brandonfriedman.bsky.social Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · Feb 25
All the folks who exited NBC today. Seen together, hoo boy. Message received.
February 25, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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westernstatescenter.org
Undermining Birthright Citizenship has long been a goal of white nationalists. Thank you to @scanlon.house.gov for standing up for a just and inclusive democracy in a hearing today and calling out the impact of eliminating this Constitutionally-protected right.
February 25, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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raceforward.org
In the midst of relentless anti-immigrant attacks that rely upon similar narratives and policies, Race Forward joins Tsuru for Solidarity, @buildingmovement.bsky.social, and 100+ organizations in recommitting to community care and solidarity: bit.ly/dor-solidarity-statement
Solidarity Statement - Day of Remembrance — Solidarity Is
On the 83rd anniversary of Executive Order 9066, which led to the forced removal and incarceration of more than 125,000 Japanese Americans during World War II by the United States government, Tsuru fo...
bit.ly
February 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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brennancenter.org
Defending Trump’s power grab with the “unitary executive theory” is just a fancy way of claiming the president can rule the executive branch like a monarch. This argument has no basis in history or the Constitution.
The Extreme Legal Theory Behind Trump’s First Month in Office
The unitary executive theory upends our understanding of the Constitution.
www.brennancenter.org
February 21, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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coachfinstock.bsky.social
The Daily Beast: What is this Elon Salute what can it mean

French Nazis: too Nazi for us
French far-right leader cancels US speech after Steve Bannon appears to make Nazi salute at CPAC – Europe live
Jordan Bardella cancels speech at US conference after former Trump aide appeared to make gesture at end of his speech at event on Thursday night
www.theguardian.com
February 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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lincolnproject.us
When even the New York Post has to publish this, you know you fucked up.
February 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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mehdirhasan.bsky.social
"Kanye, Elon, Trump, and the Psyche of the American Right"

A phenomenal #mustread of a piece for Zeteo, from Peter Rothpletz, on the id, ego, and superego of the MAGA movement.

Read/share/subscribe:
Kanye, Elon, Trump, and the Psyche of the American Right
The id, ego, and superego of the MAGA movement.
zeteo.com
February 21, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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literaryhub.bsky.social
@jonsavage.bsky.social on how Little Richard brought Black and queer culture to American music: “Like the whole record, they represent a sophisticated synthesis of Black music past and present, a history and a tradition that Richard had lived.”
How Little Richard Brought Black and Queer Culture to American Airwaves
On 29 October 1955, Billboard—then the leading music industry magazine—included a release by the little-known Little Richard in its “Reviews of New R&B Records.” These were ranked i…
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February 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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wisconsinexaminer.com
Farmers express concerns about chaos from Trump tariffs and budget cuts; GOP electeds fail to show up via @henry-redman.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/02/21/r...
Republican lawmakers no show as western Wisconsin farmers complain of Trump chaos, disruption  • Wisconsin Examiner
Western Wisconsin farmers expressed concerns about Trump administration tariffs and budget cuts; Republican representatives failed to show
wisconsinexaminer.com
February 21, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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socialmedialab.ca
Canadians are now not just booing the American anthem at sporting events, we are now also publishing op-eds and "what if" analyses of how an American invasion of Canada may play out for both countries. thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
February 19, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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wajali.bsky.social
Notice Vance and Musk always come to the defense of anti-semites, racists, bigots and a bunch of pro-Nazi folks under the guise of "free speech."

Odd. Just...so odd.
February 18, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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democracynow.org
"The loss of research in the U.S. would not just be a loss to American patients, but to people all around the world that depend on this type of science."

@statnews.com reporter @angusrohan.bsky.social discusses the impact of the Trump administration's cuts to National Institutes of Health research.
February 17, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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corsiaq.bsky.social
Old friend just laid off by USDA, 1 mos short of his probationary period as senior researcher. Brilliant person who left a tenured faculty position several yrs ago to join USDA. Bright early-career researchers also being laid off. USDA is terminating a generation of highly-qualified scientists.
February 17, 2025 at 2:17 AM