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🚨 ICE disappeared a woman on Wednesday night. She was grabbed by men in plainclothes and taken to an unidentified location.

ICE is refusing to say where she is being held. It’s 72 hours later and not even a dedicated team of lawyers can find her.

This is WRONG. We can’t let this be the new norm.
June 29, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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Maybe we should emulate the bonobos.
April 26, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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One of the most shocking things I have read for a while:
t.co/lg46ijHLDF
April 23, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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I'm currently reading through that New York Times article about ADHD, and I think I'm gonna live post some of my thoughts along the way.

But first, my standpoint: I have a Master's of Psychology, and degree in Developmental psychology, work as an ADHD coach, and have ADHD myself

Okay, the thread:
April 13, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Hi, I'm @mek.fyi and for 9 years I've run the @openlibrary.org at @archive.org, where 11M patrons world-wide rely on us to preserve society's library books, many which can't be accessed elsewhere. 🎲 Markets, politics, employment could change: I pledge to keep Aaron Swartz's Open Library OPEN 📖. Why?
April 4, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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I am truly terrified for Hamdan. If you don’t know who Hamdan Ballal is, he is the director of No Other Land and he and Yuval both won the Oscar for Best Documentary this year
March 24, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Super episode!
New episode out today!

This week we're talking to Freedom Rider Paul Breines about how a radical movement for racial justice morphed into bureaucratic diversity training and how the backlash against DEI is part of a longer history of reactionary politics.

hotelbarpodcast.com/podcast/epis...
Episode 175: DEI Then and Now (with Paul Breines) - Hotel Bar Podcast
Freedom Rider Paul Breines joins us to talk about the three most dangerous letters in the alphabet.
hotelbarpodcast.com
March 23, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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If you're enjoying HBS, please share our episodes! And also take a moment to support the podcast by signing up to keep the bar conversations going on Patreon!

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Get more from Hotel Bar Sessions on Patreon
creating a podcast where the real philosophy happens
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March 23, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Are you Canadian & live in a riding that's likely to go Con despite your best efforts & vote?

Any Canadian can donate to Bruce Fanjoy's campaign via the Carleton Liberal Riding Assoc'n - he's running vs Pierre Poilievre in Carleton (near Ottawa) & he has a fighting chance.
www.brucefanjoy.ca
In this election I’m not running against Conservatives, New Democrats, or Greens. I’m running for Canada against Pierre Poilievre. We can do this, but we need to do it together.

#FanjoyVsPoilievre
#TogetherWeCan
#CarletonDeservesBetter
March 23, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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I spent months (and thousands of The Narwhal's dollars) digging into who actually owns the many small companies which the Alberta Energy Regulator says aren't paying their orphan well levies or minimum cleanup quotas. Some of the names might surprise you. #ableg thenarwhal.ca/alberta-oilp...
The prominent Albertans behind delinquent oil and gas companies | The Narwhal
A former prime minister, a major philanthropist and a host of developers emerge from a tangled web of corporate ownership in the oilpatch
thenarwhal.ca
March 20, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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I'm a firm believer that writing can change lives. Do take the time to read this piece - it's an eye-opener. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped
I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky
www.theguardian.com
March 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Worth reading
1. Today, powerful speeches from trans representatives in Montana SJ Howell and Zooey Zephyr flipped 29 Republicans, killing anti-trans bills.

While some Dems like Newsom abandon trans people, these reps show the power of representation.

Watch their speech.

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Powerful Speeches From Trans Dems Flip 29 Republicans, Anti-Trans Bills Die In Montana
Transgender Reps Zooey Zephyr and SJ Howell delivered powerful speeches on the Montana House floor on Thursday. Republicans defected en masse to join them in voting against anti-trans bills.
www.erininthemorning.com
March 7, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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“But what’s happening in the US is some sort of weird hybrid of the kind of power grabs we’ve seen in the tech industry, combined with a more traditional collapse of democratic institutions.
The destruction is far more systematic and dangerous than many realize.”

www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...
Why Techdirt Is Now A Democracy Blog (Whether We Like It Or Not)
While political reporters are still doing their view-from-nowhere “Democrats say this, Republicans say that” dance, tech and legal journalists have been watching an unfortunately recogn…
www.techdirt.com
March 6, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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The new few weeks, months, years, will likely not be pretty. Get this guide to surveillance self-defense to your communities. It has printable PDFs as well as tailored reccomendations for certain activities, types of people, etc.

ssd.eff.org
Surveillance Self-Defense
We’re the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an independent non-profit working to protect online privacy for over thirty years. This is Surveillance Self-Defense: our expert guide to protecting you and y...
ssd.eff.org
January 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Does anyone have a contact for Ann ? Would love to discuss with her the possibility of partnering with her to publish her cartoons exclusively on @bluesky
Jeff Bezos never wanted this cartoon to become public.

He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit.

Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.
January 5, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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I'm reading it. I'm teaching it. Let's read it together
December 14, 2024 at 4:40 AM
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There will be a period during which H5N1 will spread silently before it erupts.
We will, of course, be unaware of this while it is happening.
By the time we realize what is occurring it will be too late.
November 29, 2024 at 3:24 PM
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Few people even know about this; when people are asked in surveys how child mortality has changed the majority says it has stagnated or increased.

If you consider that many don't know about humanity's biggest achievement, then it's not surprising that many are so pessimistic about our future.
November 27, 2024 at 6:18 PM
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Next October Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) is still predicted to be a 'bright' naked eye comet. Probably best view in Northern Hemisphere during the evenings looking west. Could prove to be one of the astronomical highlights of 2024. 🔭 🧪
December 27, 2023 at 2:08 PM