Madi Williamson
@madikwilliamson.bsky.social
RN specializing in migratory health, public health, open borders advocate, criminalized human rights defender. Libration is healthcare ✊🏽
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I would like to emphasize that the governor of the state of NY, a democrat, intervened in college activities, something she has no business in, for political reasons. This is authoritarianism. Period. And the coverage is not nearly as forceful as that reality requires.
February 28, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I would like to emphasize that the governor of the state of NY, a democrat, intervened in college activities, something she has no business in, for political reasons. This is authoritarianism. Period. And the coverage is not nearly as forceful as that reality requires.
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It took seeing adult bullies to understand that my childhood bullies didn’t even really want to hurt me, they just wanted to feel powerful and how I felt about it wasn’t even in the equation.
I can’t imagine someone not outgrowing that, but apparently it happens quite a lot!
I can’t imagine someone not outgrowing that, but apparently it happens quite a lot!
February 28, 2025 at 11:29 PM
It took seeing adult bullies to understand that my childhood bullies didn’t even really want to hurt me, they just wanted to feel powerful and how I felt about it wasn’t even in the equation.
I can’t imagine someone not outgrowing that, but apparently it happens quite a lot!
I can’t imagine someone not outgrowing that, but apparently it happens quite a lot!
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ICE released new detention data that shows an ongoing trend in focusing on non-criminals, despite the administration’s rhetoric. I break down these findings as well as ICE’s sloppy mistakes and misleading claims.
open.substack.com/pub/austinko...
open.substack.com/pub/austinko...
Immigration Data Literacy Skills to Help You Survive a New Wave of ICE Confusion
In this issue: ICE's latest detention data contains errors, growth of non-criminal detainees continues, and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's inadequate claims about ICE arrests.
open.substack.com
February 28, 2025 at 8:49 PM
ICE released new detention data that shows an ongoing trend in focusing on non-criminals, despite the administration’s rhetoric. I break down these findings as well as ICE’s sloppy mistakes and misleading claims.
open.substack.com/pub/austinko...
open.substack.com/pub/austinko...
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"Saudi Arabia’s forces are accused of using indiscriminate force against migrants on their borders, with reports of deaths and injuries and multiple accounts of women being raped."
Saudi border forces accused of killing ‘hundreds of Ethiopian migrants’
Witnesses making the crossing from Yemen report coming under machine-gun fire and seeing rotting bodies
www.theguardian.com
February 28, 2025 at 5:39 PM
"Saudi Arabia’s forces are accused of using indiscriminate force against migrants on their borders, with reports of deaths and injuries and multiple accounts of women being raped."
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We have continued to track Israeli military conduct since the ceasefire came into effect on 19 January. Our analysis confirmed 16 attacks on civilians and multiple incidents in which urban and civilian infrastructure was destroyed between 19 January and 9 February. tinyurl.com/FA-ceasefire...
tinyurl.com
February 28, 2025 at 6:20 PM
We have continued to track Israeli military conduct since the ceasefire came into effect on 19 January. Our analysis confirmed 16 attacks on civilians and multiple incidents in which urban and civilian infrastructure was destroyed between 19 January and 9 February. tinyurl.com/FA-ceasefire...
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Venezuelan men allege mistreatment while in detention in Guantánamo Bay : NPR www.npr.org/2025/02/25/n...
Venezuelan men allege mistreatment while in detention in Guantánamo Bay
The men told NPR they were kept in the dark about why they were in Guantánamo Bay, and were denied access to an attorney or a phone call with loved ones.
www.npr.org
February 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Venezuelan men allege mistreatment while in detention in Guantánamo Bay : NPR www.npr.org/2025/02/25/n...
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Al Jazeera reports Israel has delayed the release of 46 Palestinian prisoners, including 24 children from Gaza. Many of the newly freed prisoners showed clear signs of torture, starvation and severe medical neglect.
www.democracynow.org/2025/2/27/he...
www.democracynow.org/2025/2/27/he...
Hundreds of Palestinian Prisoners Freed by Israel Show Signs of Torture and Starvation
Israel has released more than 600 Palestinian prisoners after Hamas handed over the remains of four Israeli hostages as part of the Gaza ceasefire deal. Al Jazeera reports Israel has delayed the relea...
www.democracynow.org
February 28, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Al Jazeera reports Israel has delayed the release of 46 Palestinian prisoners, including 24 children from Gaza. Many of the newly freed prisoners showed clear signs of torture, starvation and severe medical neglect.
www.democracynow.org/2025/2/27/he...
www.democracynow.org/2025/2/27/he...
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A WIRED investigation reveals that criminals who make billions from scam compounds in Myanmar—where tens of thousands of people are enslaved—are using Starlink to get online.
Elon Musk’s Starlink Is Keeping Modern Slavery Compounds Online
A WIRED investigation reveals that criminals who make billions from scam compounds in Myanmar—where tens of thousands of people are enslaved—are using Starlink to get online.
buff.ly
February 27, 2025 at 11:35 AM
A WIRED investigation reveals that criminals who make billions from scam compounds in Myanmar—where tens of thousands of people are enslaved—are using Starlink to get online.
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How bigotry gets whitewashed in establishment media here, in this case by Asheville Watchdog.
Feb. 18 Watchdog article refers to Center for Immigration Studies as "a nonpartisan research organization."
CIS is designated as a hate group by the SPLC. Its director has history of open racism. #avlnews
Feb. 18 Watchdog article refers to Center for Immigration Studies as "a nonpartisan research organization."
CIS is designated as a hate group by the SPLC. Its director has history of open racism. #avlnews
February 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
How bigotry gets whitewashed in establishment media here, in this case by Asheville Watchdog.
Feb. 18 Watchdog article refers to Center for Immigration Studies as "a nonpartisan research organization."
CIS is designated as a hate group by the SPLC. Its director has history of open racism. #avlnews
Feb. 18 Watchdog article refers to Center for Immigration Studies as "a nonpartisan research organization."
CIS is designated as a hate group by the SPLC. Its director has history of open racism. #avlnews
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Trump just dropped green card plus privileges while Desi Lydic is still getting America with ads
February 27, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Trump just dropped green card plus privileges while Desi Lydic is still getting America with ads
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ICE's latest press release claims massive increase in arrests without providing any evidence while they continue to make basic mistakes in their own public data. Full discussion from me first thing tomorrow morning right here: austinkocher.substack.com.
February 27, 2025 at 9:21 PM
ICE's latest press release claims massive increase in arrests without providing any evidence while they continue to make basic mistakes in their own public data. Full discussion from me first thing tomorrow morning right here: austinkocher.substack.com.
Fuck
NEWS: The FDA abruptly canceled its upcoming advisory committee meeting to select the strains for next year's flu shot.
by @berkeleyjr.bsky.social
by @berkeleyjr.bsky.social
FDA cancels meeting to select flu strains for next season's shots
The canceled meeting comes just days after a CDC vaccine advisory committee meeting was abruptly postponed.
www.nbcnews.com
February 27, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Fuck
The first person I’m going to fight when I get to hell is the one who normalized 100000 lumen headlights
February 27, 2025 at 6:12 AM
The first person I’m going to fight when I get to hell is the one who normalized 100000 lumen headlights
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It's always been the case that "buying" an ebook from amazon was only actually a loan they could rescind at any point, but lately Amazon have gone harder on this, and it is 100% so that they can wipe banned books from your libraries without your consent.
Buy direct from authors. Get your files.
Buy direct from authors. Get your files.
February 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
It's always been the case that "buying" an ebook from amazon was only actually a loan they could rescind at any point, but lately Amazon have gone harder on this, and it is 100% so that they can wipe banned books from your libraries without your consent.
Buy direct from authors. Get your files.
Buy direct from authors. Get your files.
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A senior officer in the Israeli army’s Nahal Brigade tied an explosive cord around the neck of an 80-year-old Palestinian man and forced him to serve as a human shield, ordering him to scout out abandoned houses under threat of having his head blown off.
February 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
A senior officer in the Israeli army’s Nahal Brigade tied an explosive cord around the neck of an 80-year-old Palestinian man and forced him to serve as a human shield, ordering him to scout out abandoned houses under threat of having his head blown off.
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let me strongly recommend the flu shot to whoever hasn't gotten one for this season. i just had a *terrible* bout with the flu that almost certainly would have been WAY worse had i not been vaccinated
February 17, 2025 at 1:07 PM
let me strongly recommend the flu shot to whoever hasn't gotten one for this season. i just had a *terrible* bout with the flu that almost certainly would have been WAY worse had i not been vaccinated
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Takeaways from ICE's latest detention data:
- most growth bc of immigrants w/ no criminal history
- highest detained pop in 4+ years
- biggest biweekly increase in ICE-arrested detention numbers in years
austinkocher.substack.com/p/ices-lates...
- most growth bc of immigrants w/ no criminal history
- highest detained pop in 4+ years
- biggest biweekly increase in ICE-arrested detention numbers in years
austinkocher.substack.com/p/ices-lates...
ICE's Latest Detention Data Shows Growth of Immigrants Targeted With No Criminal Histories – Exactly as Predicted
ICE published new detention data today that reflects the outcomes of ICE's recent "enforcement surge." Let's take a closer look.
austinkocher.substack.com
February 17, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Takeaways from ICE's latest detention data:
- most growth bc of immigrants w/ no criminal history
- highest detained pop in 4+ years
- biggest biweekly increase in ICE-arrested detention numbers in years
austinkocher.substack.com/p/ices-lates...
- most growth bc of immigrants w/ no criminal history
- highest detained pop in 4+ years
- biggest biweekly increase in ICE-arrested detention numbers in years
austinkocher.substack.com/p/ices-lates...
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NEW: w/ Palestine Land Society & Palestinian survivors, we uncovered evidence of a massacre carried out by Israel during the 1948 Nakba in the village of al-Dawayima, identifying the likely locations of the massacre & mass grave where victims were buried: forensic-architecture.org/investigatio...
The Massacre at Tur Al-Zagh: Al-Dawayima, 29 October 1948 (Trailer)
In collaboration with Palestine Land Society and working first-hand with Palestinian survivors of the 1948 Nakba, FA has uncovered new evidence related to a major…
vimeo.com
February 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
NEW: w/ Palestine Land Society & Palestinian survivors, we uncovered evidence of a massacre carried out by Israel during the 1948 Nakba in the village of al-Dawayima, identifying the likely locations of the massacre & mass grave where victims were buried: forensic-architecture.org/investigatio...