Hawktrain13
@hawktrain13.bsky.social
Enjoyer of vidcons and sometimes sanity
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The human cost of Trump's gutting of USAID: By the time Tor Top’s mother was sick with cholera, the nearby clinic had been shuttered for weeks. He bundled her into a canoe & paddled toward the nearest hospital, 8 hours away. Less than halfway into the journey, his mother died.
New, @propublica.org
New, @propublica.org
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re...
www.propublica.org
December 15, 2025 at 10:37 AM
The human cost of Trump's gutting of USAID: By the time Tor Top’s mother was sick with cholera, the nearby clinic had been shuttered for weeks. He bundled her into a canoe & paddled toward the nearest hospital, 8 hours away. Less than halfway into the journey, his mother died.
New, @propublica.org
New, @propublica.org
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Just need to be clear that the US Air Force almost caused a major commercial flight catastrophe because they are flying over Venezuela with transponders off
NOT GOOD 🫠
‘the air traffic controller noted not seeing the military aircraft on their end, as it had the transponder off and was not transmitting its location.
“We almost had a midair collision up here,” the pilot said, according to ATC recordings. "They passed directly in our flight path ..."’
‘the air traffic controller noted not seeing the military aircraft on their end, as it had the transponder off and was not transmitting its location.
“We almost had a midair collision up here,” the pilot said, according to ATC recordings. "They passed directly in our flight path ..."’
JetBlue pilot narrowly avoids 'midair collision' with Air Force plane near Venezuela
A JetBlue Airways pilot said he narrowly avoided a "midair collision" with a U.S. military aircraft that entered his flight path.
abcnews.go.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Just need to be clear that the US Air Force almost caused a major commercial flight catastrophe because they are flying over Venezuela with transponders off
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ICE agents violently detained another disabled person, causing severe injuries.
Arturo Ruvalcaba lives in Utah and is deaf.
Three ICE agents grabbed him at a bus stop.
He tried to use sign language to communicate his disability to them, and they interpreted that as “resisting arrest”.
Arturo Ruvalcaba lives in Utah and is deaf.
Three ICE agents grabbed him at a bus stop.
He tried to use sign language to communicate his disability to them, and they interpreted that as “resisting arrest”.
A deaf Utah man says ICE agents injured him months ago and he’s still in pain. Now he’s suing.
A Utah man who is deaf says ICE agents discriminated against him and injured him, in what he says in a lawsuit was an unconstitutional search.
www.sltrib.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:04 AM
ICE agents violently detained another disabled person, causing severe injuries.
Arturo Ruvalcaba lives in Utah and is deaf.
Three ICE agents grabbed him at a bus stop.
He tried to use sign language to communicate his disability to them, and they interpreted that as “resisting arrest”.
Arturo Ruvalcaba lives in Utah and is deaf.
Three ICE agents grabbed him at a bus stop.
He tried to use sign language to communicate his disability to them, and they interpreted that as “resisting arrest”.
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Just saw a Parkland survivor post about being on lock down at Brown University.
We've failed generations of kids with our gun fetish
We've failed generations of kids with our gun fetish
December 13, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Just saw a Parkland survivor post about being on lock down at Brown University.
We've failed generations of kids with our gun fetish
We've failed generations of kids with our gun fetish
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Dems were in power 12 of the past 25 years with the chance to at least *attempt* to reduce the power of the police state and instead gleefully and massively expanded it at every single opportunity.
They didn't even pretend to oppose any of this shit on principle, only the aesthetics.
They didn't even pretend to oppose any of this shit on principle, only the aesthetics.
WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Dems were in power 12 of the past 25 years with the chance to at least *attempt* to reduce the power of the police state and instead gleefully and massively expanded it at every single opportunity.
They didn't even pretend to oppose any of this shit on principle, only the aesthetics.
They didn't even pretend to oppose any of this shit on principle, only the aesthetics.
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ICE grabs another senior citizen who was complying with all immigration check ins.
Kazem Majd has called the US home for 60 years.
He is currently battling a serious and rare liver disease called primary sclerosing cholangitis.
His family fears for his health in the camps.
Kazem Majd has called the US home for 60 years.
He is currently battling a serious and rare liver disease called primary sclerosing cholangitis.
His family fears for his health in the camps.
77-year-old Iranian man living in the United States for 6 decades detained by ICE
The family of an elderly man who has been living in the United States for decades and now detained by ICE, is worried due to his complex medical needs.
abc7.com
December 13, 2025 at 10:35 AM
ICE grabs another senior citizen who was complying with all immigration check ins.
Kazem Majd has called the US home for 60 years.
He is currently battling a serious and rare liver disease called primary sclerosing cholangitis.
His family fears for his health in the camps.
Kazem Majd has called the US home for 60 years.
He is currently battling a serious and rare liver disease called primary sclerosing cholangitis.
His family fears for his health in the camps.
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it's actually kinda funny in a way to get to the finish line of curing cancer and having the government go eh you know what. never mind
A tiny trial in New York has shown that personalized mRNA vaccines can provoke massive, lasting immune responses against pancreatic cancer, even as sweeping federal cuts now threaten the fragile labs required to produce them.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
December 13, 2025 at 2:50 AM
it's actually kinda funny in a way to get to the finish line of curing cancer and having the government go eh you know what. never mind
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Liam Neeson moving on from wanting to murder a single Black person to social murder on a systematic scale 🫡
SCOOP: Academy Award-nominee Liam Neeson narrated a recent anti-vaccine documentary that glorifies RFK Jr.’s rise to power.
In the film, Neeson—a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador—calls the COVID-19 vaccines “dangerous experiments.”
www.importantcontext.news/p/liam-neeso...
In the film, Neeson—a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador—calls the COVID-19 vaccines “dangerous experiments.”
www.importantcontext.news/p/liam-neeso...
Liam Neeson Narrates Anti-Vax, Pro-RFK Documentary
The Taken actor can be heard calling mRNA COVID vaccines “dangerous experiments.”
www.importantcontext.news
December 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Liam Neeson moving on from wanting to murder a single Black person to social murder on a systematic scale 🫡
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huge thank you to our brave resistance democrats for throwing away all their leverage during the shutdown in exchange for this vote they knew would fail, heckuva job guys!
JUST IN: The US Senate has rejected the both of the proposed healthcare bills, which likely will now cause Obamacare subsidies to lapse for over 20 million Americans.
December 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
huge thank you to our brave resistance democrats for throwing away all their leverage during the shutdown in exchange for this vote they knew would fail, heckuva job guys!
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This is fucking pathetic on Steam’s part. There’s no way in hell “has muslims” should be approved as criticism, and the DEI whining is the same hateful sentiment with a flimsy cover draped on.
I can only assume Valve *agrees* with the bigotry if it’s gonna keep claiming such nerdzi shit is valid.
I can only assume Valve *agrees* with the bigotry if it’s gonna keep claiming such nerdzi shit is valid.
We had an Overwhelmingly Positive score on Steam, then these two reviews rolled in
Why does Valve allow this?
Why does Valve allow this?
December 11, 2025 at 11:23 AM
This is fucking pathetic on Steam’s part. There’s no way in hell “has muslims” should be approved as criticism, and the DEI whining is the same hateful sentiment with a flimsy cover draped on.
I can only assume Valve *agrees* with the bigotry if it’s gonna keep claiming such nerdzi shit is valid.
I can only assume Valve *agrees* with the bigotry if it’s gonna keep claiming such nerdzi shit is valid.
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Bluesky "Trust" and "Safety" continues to be a fucking joke.
in case anyone was wondering wtf happened to @thelouvreof.bsky.social/Louvre of Bluesky: the creator got doxxed, bsky did nothing, and they decided to go out in a blaze of glory
December 11, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Bluesky "Trust" and "Safety" continues to be a fucking joke.
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In #Gaza, “the sewer system has collapsed completely. There are lakes of untreated sewage, and people are living amongst this,” our Jonathan Fowler tells @TRTWorld.
UNRWA teams continue to clear waste, pump sewage, and provide healthcare to displaced families under extreme conditions.
#UNRWAworks
UNRWA teams continue to clear waste, pump sewage, and provide healthcare to displaced families under extreme conditions.
#UNRWAworks
December 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
In #Gaza, “the sewer system has collapsed completely. There are lakes of untreated sewage, and people are living amongst this,” our Jonathan Fowler tells @TRTWorld.
UNRWA teams continue to clear waste, pump sewage, and provide healthcare to displaced families under extreme conditions.
#UNRWAworks
UNRWA teams continue to clear waste, pump sewage, and provide healthcare to displaced families under extreme conditions.
#UNRWAworks
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"Starlight tour"
gladue.usask.ca/node/2860
gladue.usask.ca/node/2860
December 10, 2025 at 9:47 PM
"Starlight tour"
gladue.usask.ca/node/2860
gladue.usask.ca/node/2860
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We're hosting an emergency fundraiser to help fund a kidney procedure, this account is ran by someone in the US and is currently uninsured and we need help. Currently we're $9.6k away from meeting our goal
Thank you all for the support and patience so far, we're almost there!
gofund.me/16ef32cb1
Thank you all for the support and patience so far, we're almost there!
gofund.me/16ef32cb1
December 8, 2025 at 1:54 PM
We're hosting an emergency fundraiser to help fund a kidney procedure, this account is ran by someone in the US and is currently uninsured and we need help. Currently we're $9.6k away from meeting our goal
Thank you all for the support and patience so far, we're almost there!
gofund.me/16ef32cb1
Thank you all for the support and patience so far, we're almost there!
gofund.me/16ef32cb1
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it's broken into ten parts and each one starts with him leaving the hospital like when you keep dying in Grand Theft Auto
December 8, 2025 at 6:31 PM
it's broken into ten parts and each one starts with him leaving the hospital like when you keep dying in Grand Theft Auto
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pals you gotta quit spotify
December 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
pals you gotta quit spotify
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our bluesky safety manager replied with this to a woman venting after ICE kidnapped her husband, and then banned her.
How do we trust this person to have the empathy needed to be in charge of safety on this website? what the fuck?
if we spam the feedback, it might get somewhere
@safety.bsky.app
How do we trust this person to have the empathy needed to be in charge of safety on this website? what the fuck?
if we spam the feedback, it might get somewhere
@safety.bsky.app
December 8, 2025 at 12:45 AM
our bluesky safety manager replied with this to a woman venting after ICE kidnapped her husband, and then banned her.
How do we trust this person to have the empathy needed to be in charge of safety on this website? what the fuck?
if we spam the feedback, it might get somewhere
@safety.bsky.app
How do we trust this person to have the empathy needed to be in charge of safety on this website? what the fuck?
if we spam the feedback, it might get somewhere
@safety.bsky.app
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Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
How to quit Spotify
This Black Friday, here's a guide to finding the best Spotify alternative
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
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no one has ever gotten the spirit of our country as right as paul verhoeven making robocop
"Soon, CNN will run live odds on world events where its viewers can gamble on them in real time on their smartphones."
CNN Partners With a Gambling App That Lets You Wager on Starvation in Gaza
The app company’s two biggest investors are also heavily invested in the Israeli military.
truthout.org
December 5, 2025 at 11:12 PM
no one has ever gotten the spirit of our country as right as paul verhoeven making robocop
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The DOJ released a memo--the day after World AIDS Day--ordering prisons to enable the rape of incarcerated trans women.
The State Department also banned recognition of World AIDS day.
Prison rape, on top of the lifelong trauma, often leads to HIV transmissions.
It's not hard to do the math.
The State Department also banned recognition of World AIDS day.
Prison rape, on top of the lifelong trauma, often leads to HIV transmissions.
It's not hard to do the math.
BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order
prismreports.org
December 5, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The DOJ released a memo--the day after World AIDS Day--ordering prisons to enable the rape of incarcerated trans women.
The State Department also banned recognition of World AIDS day.
Prison rape, on top of the lifelong trauma, often leads to HIV transmissions.
It's not hard to do the math.
The State Department also banned recognition of World AIDS day.
Prison rape, on top of the lifelong trauma, often leads to HIV transmissions.
It's not hard to do the math.
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this is Senator Send In The Troops talking, so it’s not surprising, but just take a minute to sit with the utter inhumanity of “they were trying not to drown because we blew up their boat, and that was a hostile act worthy of blowing them up a second time”
a moral black hole
a moral black hole
Q: What did you see in the second strike?
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
December 4, 2025 at 8:21 PM
this is Senator Send In The Troops talking, so it’s not surprising, but just take a minute to sit with the utter inhumanity of “they were trying not to drown because we blew up their boat, and that was a hostile act worthy of blowing them up a second time”
a moral black hole
a moral black hole
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These people want legal clearance for murder at scale, and they can just say it out loud, in public. Meanwhile, in here, if we get a little colorful expressing our derision for these monsters, the ban-hammer finds us with a pointed quickness.
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Alex Karp vows to use his "whole influence" on immigration and defense policy.
gizmodo.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:34 AM
These people want legal clearance for murder at scale, and they can just say it out loud, in public. Meanwhile, in here, if we get a little colorful expressing our derision for these monsters, the ban-hammer finds us with a pointed quickness.
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Hi. Hey. Hello.
Yeah.
Fascism. This is happening.
America. Can you... can you stop this please.
Yeah.
Fascism. This is happening.
America. Can you... can you stop this please.
Congress is attempting to fast track KOSA and more than a dozen bills that would restrict internet access, censor speech and increase surveillance under the guise of protecting children.
Committee hearings begin tomorrow.
Committee hearings begin tomorrow.
Lawmakers to consider 19 bills for childproofing the internet
KOSA is back, along with more than a dozen other bills that will erode free speech and privacy in the name of protecting kids.
reason.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Hi. Hey. Hello.
Yeah.
Fascism. This is happening.
America. Can you... can you stop this please.
Yeah.
Fascism. This is happening.
America. Can you... can you stop this please.