@lolamotz.bsky.social
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Autocracies frequently pursue policies to produce a less educated, less healthy public, as a means to dislodge its ability to organise and protest, hurting the poorest. The evil thing about US autocracy is that they’ve convinced people this will “own the Libs” so it will be “badass”
"The Agriculture Department will not require poultry companies to limit salmonella bacteria in their products, halting a Biden Administration effort to prevent food poisoning from contaminated meat."
www.seattletimes.com/business/usd...
www.seattletimes.com/business/usd...
USDA withdraws a plan to limit salmonella levels in raw poultry
The Agriculture Department says it is withdrawing a plan to limit salmonella bacteria in poultry products.
www.seattletimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Autocracies frequently pursue policies to produce a less educated, less healthy public, as a means to dislodge its ability to organise and protest, hurting the poorest. The evil thing about US autocracy is that they’ve convinced people this will “own the Libs” so it will be “badass”
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The language of “waste, fraud, and abuse” isn’t just budgetary noise—it’s how capitalism moralizes abandonment. I joined
@ahjohnson.bsky.social and @nimashirazi.bsky.social on @citationspod.bsky.social to talk about how this ideology disciplines, divides, and disposes of the surplus. Listen here:
@ahjohnson.bsky.social and @nimashirazi.bsky.social on @citationspod.bsky.social to talk about how this ideology disciplines, divides, and disposes of the surplus. Listen here:
In Ep 219, "How Elites Concern Troll 'Waste' to Gut Social Welfare and Divide the Working Class," we break down the centuries-old tactic of selectively appealing to "efficiency" to subjugate the poor and and transfer wealth to the rich
with @reallandsend.bsky.social
with @reallandsend.bsky.social
Ep 219: How Elites Concern Troll
Citations Needed is a podcast about the media, power, PR, and the history of bullshit. It is hosted by Nima Shirazi and Adam Johnson, and produced by Florence Barrau-Adams.
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April 23, 2025 at 7:49 PM
The language of “waste, fraud, and abuse” isn’t just budgetary noise—it’s how capitalism moralizes abandonment. I joined
@ahjohnson.bsky.social and @nimashirazi.bsky.social on @citationspod.bsky.social to talk about how this ideology disciplines, divides, and disposes of the surplus. Listen here:
@ahjohnson.bsky.social and @nimashirazi.bsky.social on @citationspod.bsky.social to talk about how this ideology disciplines, divides, and disposes of the surplus. Listen here:
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“Can you imagine? You walk into a citizenship hearing & pledge to defend the Constitution right before the country you are about to become a citizen of unconstitutionally detains you?”
@premthakker.bsky.social shares details on the arrest of Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian Columbia student.
@premthakker.bsky.social shares details on the arrest of Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian Columbia student.
April 24, 2025 at 10:16 PM
“Can you imagine? You walk into a citizenship hearing & pledge to defend the Constitution right before the country you are about to become a citizen of unconstitutionally detains you?”
@premthakker.bsky.social shares details on the arrest of Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian Columbia student.
@premthakker.bsky.social shares details on the arrest of Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian Columbia student.
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Literally, everyone should have signed this. Hamdan Ballal won an Oscar for NO OTHER LAND, which still has no distributor, and he was kidnapped and beaten by extremist Israeli settlers in the West Bank.
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
Mark Ruffalo, Penélope Cruz, Alfonso Cuaron and More Than 500 Oscar Voters Criticize Academy for Not Supporting Hamdan Ballal: ‘It Is Indefensible’
Mark Ruffalo, Penelope Cruz, Alfonso Cuaron and more than 500 Oscar voters sign letter criticizing Academy's response to Hamdan Ballal kidnapping.
variety.com
March 28, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Literally, everyone should have signed this. Hamdan Ballal won an Oscar for NO OTHER LAND, which still has no distributor, and he was kidnapped and beaten by extremist Israeli settlers in the West Bank.
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
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The 34 members of Congress demanding answers from the Trump administration on its arrests of students for their political views & for the release of Rumeysa Ozturk:
March 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The 34 members of Congress demanding answers from the Trump administration on its arrests of students for their political views & for the release of Rumeysa Ozturk:
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Monsters
Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem making content in front of the imprisoned men of El Salvador's notorious Terrorism Confinement Center mega-prison www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
March 27, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Monsters
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Project 2025 specifically tells their people to use ‘Signal’ to avoid subpoenas…and hence, prosecution for the crimes they are blatantly committing.
Ummm…yeah.
Any Questions?!
Ummm…yeah.
Any Questions?!
March 27, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Project 2025 specifically tells their people to use ‘Signal’ to avoid subpoenas…and hence, prosecution for the crimes they are blatantly committing.
Ummm…yeah.
Any Questions?!
Ummm…yeah.
Any Questions?!
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The ICC has already decided on this in 2019, in the Myanmar/Bangladesh situation.
So long as even only part of the actus reus happened in El Salvador, the Court will have jurisdiction over the whole crime
So long as even only part of the actus reus happened in El Salvador, the Court will have jurisdiction over the whole crime
March 27, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The ICC has already decided on this in 2019, in the Myanmar/Bangladesh situation.
So long as even only part of the actus reus happened in El Salvador, the Court will have jurisdiction over the whole crime
So long as even only part of the actus reus happened in El Salvador, the Court will have jurisdiction over the whole crime
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So, when I say they don’t think of Palestinians as human beings, consider that they just snatched a student in the streets and put her in jail specifically for saying Palestinians are human beings
Marco Rubio on Rumeysa Ozturk: "We revoked her visa ... once you've lost your visa, you're no longer legally in the United States ... if you come into the US as a visitor and create a ruckus for us, we don't want it. We don't want it in our country. Go back and do it in your country."
March 27, 2025 at 7:34 PM
So, when I say they don’t think of Palestinians as human beings, consider that they just snatched a student in the streets and put her in jail specifically for saying Palestinians are human beings
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The United States is simply not a safe place to travel to
Kseniia Petrova, a Russian scientist at Harvard Medical School, was detained at Logan Airport after returning from France and sent to an ICE detention in Louisiana, The Insider reports.
A big critic of Putin and the war in Ukraine, she may now be deported to Russia.
A big critic of Putin and the war in Ukraine, she may now be deported to Russia.
March 27, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The United States is simply not a safe place to travel to
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Yes they should go to the UK wher- no wait unis are going bust there. The Netherla-… no wait they are not Dutch. Germ- no… only like 2 people per year are allowed to get tenure there…
We polled Nature readers to ask if they were thinking of leaving the US for jobs abroad. Three-quarters of them (who said they were US-based scientists) said yes. 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving
More than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.
www.nature.com
March 27, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Yes they should go to the UK wher- no wait unis are going bust there. The Netherla-… no wait they are not Dutch. Germ- no… only like 2 people per year are allowed to get tenure there…
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As Ramadan approaches, did you know that: the Home Office hotels where many asylum seekers are housed refuse to adjust meal times to serve suhoor and iftar meals, so that the people housed there rely on cold “snack boxes” full of sugary crap that makes fasting much more difficult
March 1, 2025 at 8:11 PM
As Ramadan approaches, did you know that: the Home Office hotels where many asylum seekers are housed refuse to adjust meal times to serve suhoor and iftar meals, so that the people housed there rely on cold “snack boxes” full of sugary crap that makes fasting much more difficult
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I think there is a growing consensus that it is not enough for Jews to abandon Zionism themselves, but that they must confront Zionism of Jewish organizations. Nobody else can do this. The non-Jews are losing livelihoods on pretext of "antisemitism." Only Jews can stop the genocide of Palestinians.
February 4, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I think there is a growing consensus that it is not enough for Jews to abandon Zionism themselves, but that they must confront Zionism of Jewish organizations. Nobody else can do this. The non-Jews are losing livelihoods on pretext of "antisemitism." Only Jews can stop the genocide of Palestinians.
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I'm with you, Mehdi. This is on Jews, mainly. If Israel is in the ballpark with this figure of over 90% of Jews world-wide supporting Israel, then it is ON JEWS to confront the systematic genocide of Palestinians in Palestine and change AIPAC and Jewish Organizations.
February 4, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I'm with you, Mehdi. This is on Jews, mainly. If Israel is in the ballpark with this figure of over 90% of Jews world-wide supporting Israel, then it is ON JEWS to confront the systematic genocide of Palestinians in Palestine and change AIPAC and Jewish Organizations.
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‘We are talking about Palestinians constantly, but never listening to Palestinians.’
Jewish commentator, Peter Beinart joins Mehdi in a Town Hall to discuss how the Jewish community can better empathize with Palestinians.
Watch the full exchange: zeteo.com/p/peter-bein...
youtube.com/shorts/eVYav...
Jewish commentator, Peter Beinart joins Mehdi in a Town Hall to discuss how the Jewish community can better empathize with Palestinians.
Watch the full exchange: zeteo.com/p/peter-bein...
youtube.com/shorts/eVYav...
We’re “never listening to Palestinians”
YouTube video by Zeteo
youtube.com
February 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
‘We are talking about Palestinians constantly, but never listening to Palestinians.’
Jewish commentator, Peter Beinart joins Mehdi in a Town Hall to discuss how the Jewish community can better empathize with Palestinians.
Watch the full exchange: zeteo.com/p/peter-bein...
youtube.com/shorts/eVYav...
Jewish commentator, Peter Beinart joins Mehdi in a Town Hall to discuss how the Jewish community can better empathize with Palestinians.
Watch the full exchange: zeteo.com/p/peter-bein...
youtube.com/shorts/eVYav...
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War criminals should be held accountable for their actions.
January 5, 2025 at 8:07 PM
War criminals should be held accountable for their actions.
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Thousands of IDF soldiers document themselves committing heinous genocidal warcrimes.
Israel’s response - keep going!
IDF soldier pisses off Brazil
Israel’s response - ok guys, maybe you should stop documenting the war crimes now. We don’t want a war with Brazil.
Thousands of IDF soldiers document themselves committing heinous genocidal warcrimes.
Israel’s response - keep going!
IDF soldier pisses off Brazil
Israel’s response - ok guys, maybe you should stop documenting the war crimes now. We don’t want a war with Brazil.
January 5, 2025 at 6:08 PM
😂
Thousands of IDF soldiers document themselves committing heinous genocidal warcrimes.
Israel’s response - keep going!
IDF soldier pisses off Brazil
Israel’s response - ok guys, maybe you should stop documenting the war crimes now. We don’t want a war with Brazil.
Thousands of IDF soldiers document themselves committing heinous genocidal warcrimes.
Israel’s response - keep going!
IDF soldier pisses off Brazil
Israel’s response - ok guys, maybe you should stop documenting the war crimes now. We don’t want a war with Brazil.
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Rather than telling the soldiers to not commit war crimes Israel is instructing their soldiers to cover it up.
They are not a friend or ally.
They are not a friend or ally.
January 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Rather than telling the soldiers to not commit war crimes Israel is instructing their soldiers to cover it up.
They are not a friend or ally.
They are not a friend or ally.
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Israel warns troops off social media after Brazil seeks soldier over Gaza
https://www.ft.com/content/b2eaef83-86ff-49ea-b852-db1626357c01
https://www.ft.com/content/b2eaef83-86ff-49ea-b852-db1626357c01
Israel warns troops off social media after Brazil seeks soldier over Gaza
Decision by federal court hailed as ‘groundbreaking’ by pro-Palestinian group that raised allegations over war crimes
www.ft.com
January 5, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Israel warns troops off social media after Brazil seeks soldier over Gaza
https://www.ft.com/content/b2eaef83-86ff-49ea-b852-db1626357c01
https://www.ft.com/content/b2eaef83-86ff-49ea-b852-db1626357c01
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Ok whats the plan here
everything about this new Meta AI bot is so dystopian but for me the AI-generated images of nonexistent donated coats is up there
January 3, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Ok whats the plan here
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The fact the ruling class now knows exactly how to force through a genocide in the 21st century means nobody, anywhere, is safe
‘Nobody is free until everybody is free’ is not some fluffy little slogan; it is a measure of an undeniable reality in which injustice connects us all
‘Nobody is free until everybody is free’ is not some fluffy little slogan; it is a measure of an undeniable reality in which injustice connects us all
January 4, 2025 at 9:51 AM
The fact the ruling class now knows exactly how to force through a genocide in the 21st century means nobody, anywhere, is safe
‘Nobody is free until everybody is free’ is not some fluffy little slogan; it is a measure of an undeniable reality in which injustice connects us all
‘Nobody is free until everybody is free’ is not some fluffy little slogan; it is a measure of an undeniable reality in which injustice connects us all
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"AI" is not some new communication tech, it is an attempt to replace/reduce high level creative and intellectual labor either because the people in charge are mindlessly jumping on a trend or attempting to discipline labor or both. It isnt some inevitable new advancement, it is inherently anti-human
January 3, 2025 at 8:11 PM
"AI" is not some new communication tech, it is an attempt to replace/reduce high level creative and intellectual labor either because the people in charge are mindlessly jumping on a trend or attempting to discipline labor or both. It isnt some inevitable new advancement, it is inherently anti-human
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getting really tired of this dishonest, cliched analogy. Radio, TV and the internet are *modes of communication*, they are not, themselves, communication output. Religious-themed bots trying to offer moral guidance are not utilizing tech to disseminate intellectual output, they are churning out slop
January 3, 2025 at 8:07 PM
getting really tired of this dishonest, cliched analogy. Radio, TV and the internet are *modes of communication*, they are not, themselves, communication output. Religious-themed bots trying to offer moral guidance are not utilizing tech to disseminate intellectual output, they are churning out slop
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how the “ceasefire talks” going? Are Biden/Harris still “tirelessly working” on this or no
January 4, 2025 at 2:47 AM
how the “ceasefire talks” going? Are Biden/Harris still “tirelessly working” on this or no