Dave Parker
@rebelscum.bsky.social
aka knowbuddhau from that other platform. Brand new here. Looking for human rights, indigenous rights, anti-war, Free Palestine peeps.
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Healthcare is a fundamental human right, not a commodity to be bought and sold.
A society that ensures the well-being of all its members is not only more ethical but also stronger and more economically productive.
A society that ensures the well-being of all its members is not only more ethical but also stronger and more economically productive.
Two related takes:
Healthcare should be free.
Free healthcare should not be controversial.
Healthcare should be free.
Free healthcare should not be controversial.
October 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Healthcare is a fundamental human right, not a commodity to be bought and sold.
A society that ensures the well-being of all its members is not only more ethical but also stronger and more economically productive.
A society that ensures the well-being of all its members is not only more ethical but also stronger and more economically productive.
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Important thread from a local reporter covering and documenting ICE operations in the Chicagoland area
reports already coming in this morning of at least eight ice agents staging in elgin.
these were posted shortly after 6 a.m.
these were posted shortly after 6 a.m.
September 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Important thread from a local reporter covering and documenting ICE operations in the Chicagoland area
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Seals, starlings, wolves, bats, snakes and toads… new wildlife books for your nightstand pile. Good for coming autumn days of drizzle
@therevelator.org
therevelator.org/wildlife-boo...
@therevelator.org
therevelator.org/wildlife-boo...
Wild Reads: 10 New Books that Celebrate Wildlife and Their Environments • The Revelator
From chimpanzees and wolves to snakes and starlings, these new books capture hidden truths about fascinating species — and reveal how to better protect them.
therevelator.org
September 8, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Seals, starlings, wolves, bats, snakes and toads… new wildlife books for your nightstand pile. Good for coming autumn days of drizzle
@therevelator.org
therevelator.org/wildlife-boo...
@therevelator.org
therevelator.org/wildlife-boo...
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Updated with material on the second boat strike in the Caribbean...
September 15, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Updated with material on the second boat strike in the Caribbean...
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WEDNESDAY IN DC & ONLINE 💗 🇻🇪
As Washington escalates its hybrid war on Venezuela for pursuing an independent path, this panel will bring voices together to discuss what meaningful solidarity looks like from within the U.S. empire.
Learn more & RSVP:
buff.ly/DHiywMp
As Washington escalates its hybrid war on Venezuela for pursuing an independent path, this panel will bring voices together to discuss what meaningful solidarity looks like from within the U.S. empire.
Learn more & RSVP:
buff.ly/DHiywMp
September 15, 2025 at 9:54 PM
WEDNESDAY IN DC & ONLINE 💗 🇻🇪
As Washington escalates its hybrid war on Venezuela for pursuing an independent path, this panel will bring voices together to discuss what meaningful solidarity looks like from within the U.S. empire.
Learn more & RSVP:
buff.ly/DHiywMp
As Washington escalates its hybrid war on Venezuela for pursuing an independent path, this panel will bring voices together to discuss what meaningful solidarity looks like from within the U.S. empire.
Learn more & RSVP:
buff.ly/DHiywMp
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SCOOP: Pentagon Barred Senior House Staffers From Briefing on Venezuela Boat Strike
A former Pentagon official says “U.S. forces went out and committed murder" in the drone strike off the coast of Venezuela.
theintercept.com/2025/09/15/v...
A former Pentagon official says “U.S. forces went out and committed murder" in the drone strike off the coast of Venezuela.
theintercept.com/2025/09/15/v...
Pentagon Barred Senior House Staffers From Briefing on Venezuela Boat Strike
A former Pentagon official says “U.S. forces went out and committed murder" in the drone strike off the coast of Venezuela.
theintercept.com
September 15, 2025 at 9:24 PM
SCOOP: Pentagon Barred Senior House Staffers From Briefing on Venezuela Boat Strike
A former Pentagon official says “U.S. forces went out and committed murder" in the drone strike off the coast of Venezuela.
theintercept.com/2025/09/15/v...
A former Pentagon official says “U.S. forces went out and committed murder" in the drone strike off the coast of Venezuela.
theintercept.com/2025/09/15/v...
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When I was placed on the Professor Watchlist in 2021, people sent death threats about my children. I had security officers monitor my 8yo at school.
Where is all the outrage for those of us who have been targeted for years? Where is the outrage for our families?
My own colleagues are silent.
Where is all the outrage for those of us who have been targeted for years? Where is the outrage for our families?
My own colleagues are silent.
September 15, 2025 at 8:25 PM
When I was placed on the Professor Watchlist in 2021, people sent death threats about my children. I had security officers monitor my 8yo at school.
Where is all the outrage for those of us who have been targeted for years? Where is the outrage for our families?
My own colleagues are silent.
Where is all the outrage for those of us who have been targeted for years? Where is the outrage for our families?
My own colleagues are silent.
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Following the Tulkarem Brigade’s first armed operation against Israeli forces in eight months, the Israeli army arrested over 1,000 Palestinians at random and marched them through the streets of Tulkarem, in an act of “collective vengeance.” mondoweiss.net/2025/09/in-d...
In display of ‘humiliation,’ Israeli army detains over 1,000 Palestinians at random in West Bank city
Following the Tulkarem Brigade’s first armed operation against Israeli forces in eight months, the Israeli army arrested over 1,000 Palestinians at random and marched them through the streets of Tulkarem,...
mondoweiss.net
September 15, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Following the Tulkarem Brigade’s first armed operation against Israeli forces in eight months, the Israeli army arrested over 1,000 Palestinians at random and marched them through the streets of Tulkarem, in an act of “collective vengeance.” mondoweiss.net/2025/09/in-d...
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The FBI is watching your Charlie Kirk posts
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/charlie-ki...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/charlie-ki...
Charlie Kirk Assassination Sparks Social Media Crackdown
How buying a T-shirt led to government monitoring
www.kenklippenstein.com
September 15, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The FBI is watching your Charlie Kirk posts
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/charlie-ki...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/charlie-ki...
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According to various research studies conducted by groups from across the political spectrum inc ADF, CSIS, Maryland CCJS, the Prosecution Project, Cato Institute, and a host of others, right wing terrorism far eclipses that of anything comparable on the left.
Vance: "While our side of the aisle certainly has its crazies, it is a statistical fact that most of the lunatics in American politics today are proud members of the far-Left."
September 15, 2025 at 7:30 PM
According to various research studies conducted by groups from across the political spectrum inc ADF, CSIS, Maryland CCJS, the Prosecution Project, Cato Institute, and a host of others, right wing terrorism far eclipses that of anything comparable on the left.
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“I’m mostly tired of expecting the world to end this,” Malek texts me from his tent encampment in Khan Younis. “I need to sleep. I have to wake up early to go look for food.” mondoweiss.net/2025/08/star...
Starvation chronicles in Gaza
“I’m mostly tired of expecting the world to end this,” Malek texts me from his tent encampment in Khan Younis. “I need to sleep. I have to wake up early to go look for food.”
mondoweiss.net
September 16, 2025 at 1:00 AM
“I’m mostly tired of expecting the world to end this,” Malek texts me from his tent encampment in Khan Younis. “I need to sleep. I have to wake up early to go look for food.” mondoweiss.net/2025/08/star...
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Airlines sell 5 billion plane ticket records to the government for warrantless searching
Read this important (and alarming) story by @josephcox.bsky.social for free, thanks to @404media.co’s commitment to dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting (and support them by subscribing if you’re able).
Read this important (and alarming) story by @josephcox.bsky.social for free, thanks to @404media.co’s commitment to dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting (and support them by subscribing if you’re able).
Airlines Sell 5 Billion Plane Ticket Records to the Government For Warrantless Searching
New documents obtained by 404 Media show how a data broker owned by American Airlines, United, Delta, and many other airlines is selling masses of passenger data to the U.S. government.
www.404media.co
September 15, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Airlines sell 5 billion plane ticket records to the government for warrantless searching
Read this important (and alarming) story by @josephcox.bsky.social for free, thanks to @404media.co’s commitment to dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting (and support them by subscribing if you’re able).
Read this important (and alarming) story by @josephcox.bsky.social for free, thanks to @404media.co’s commitment to dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting (and support them by subscribing if you’re able).
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“A war framing confuses the issue. This is not a war,” former Pentagon lawyer Sarah Harrison explained. “U.S. forces went out and committed murder.”
SCOOP: Pentagon Barred Senior House Staffers From Briefing on Venezuela Boat Strike
A former Pentagon official says “U.S. forces went out and committed murder" in the drone strike off the coast of Venezuela.
theintercept.com/2025/09/15/v...
A former Pentagon official says “U.S. forces went out and committed murder" in the drone strike off the coast of Venezuela.
theintercept.com/2025/09/15/v...
Pentagon Barred Senior House Staffers From Briefing on Venezuela Boat Strike
A former Pentagon official says “U.S. forces went out and committed murder" in the drone strike off the coast of Venezuela.
theintercept.com
September 16, 2025 at 12:33 AM
“A war framing confuses the issue. This is not a war,” former Pentagon lawyer Sarah Harrison explained. “U.S. forces went out and committed murder.”
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"As far as policy goes, you cannot come up with an idea that would have a more immediate and meaningful impact on the lives of working-class people in this state."
southseattleemerald.org/news/2025/09...
southseattleemerald.org/news/2025/09...
Everything Is Political … in South Seattle: Wilson Wants Universal Health Care in Washington
Tobias Coughlin-Bogue explores the universal health care program recently endorsed by mayoral candidate Katie Wilson, and whether it's financially and politically possible in Washington State.
southseattleemerald.org
September 5, 2025 at 10:23 PM
"As far as policy goes, you cannot come up with an idea that would have a more immediate and meaningful impact on the lives of working-class people in this state."
southseattleemerald.org/news/2025/09...
southseattleemerald.org/news/2025/09...
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I'll be giving a presentation on my research on Food security and Terra Preta soils at Harvest Algoma on Wednesday, September 17. Lunch will be served, and the event is free and open to anyone
www.eventbrite.ca/.../terra-pr....
www.eventbrite.ca/.../terra-pr....
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September 6, 2025 at 11:59 AM
I'll be giving a presentation on my research on Food security and Terra Preta soils at Harvest Algoma on Wednesday, September 17. Lunch will be served, and the event is free and open to anyone
www.eventbrite.ca/.../terra-pr....
www.eventbrite.ca/.../terra-pr....
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The Indigenous past of the Western Hemisphere has been fabricated to
fit into neoliberal time frames of imagined New Worlds.
Steeves, P. (2017). Unpacking neoliberal archaeological control of ancient indigenous heritage. Archaeologies, 13(1), 48-65.
fit into neoliberal time frames of imagined New Worlds.
Steeves, P. (2017). Unpacking neoliberal archaeological control of ancient indigenous heritage. Archaeologies, 13(1), 48-65.
September 6, 2025 at 12:21 PM
The Indigenous past of the Western Hemisphere has been fabricated to
fit into neoliberal time frames of imagined New Worlds.
Steeves, P. (2017). Unpacking neoliberal archaeological control of ancient indigenous heritage. Archaeologies, 13(1), 48-65.
fit into neoliberal time frames of imagined New Worlds.
Steeves, P. (2017). Unpacking neoliberal archaeological control of ancient indigenous heritage. Archaeologies, 13(1), 48-65.
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"I was a lead drafter of the text of an antisemitism definition in 2004 that IHRA embraced and adopted over a decade later."
"Many pro-Israel Jewish groups eventually weaponized the definition to suppress student speech and to go after faculty"
"Many pro-Israel Jewish groups eventually weaponized the definition to suppress student speech and to go after faculty"
New from @knightcolumbia.org: Ken Stern on the academic-freedom implications of universities using the IHRA definition of antisemitism to mark the outer limits of free speech and inquiry on campus. knightcolumbia.org/content/a-ba...
A Bad Deal: By Adopting the IHRA Definition of Antisemitism, Universities are Sacrificing Academic Freedom
knightcolumbia.org
September 6, 2025 at 1:52 PM
"I was a lead drafter of the text of an antisemitism definition in 2004 that IHRA embraced and adopted over a decade later."
"Many pro-Israel Jewish groups eventually weaponized the definition to suppress student speech and to go after faculty"
"Many pro-Israel Jewish groups eventually weaponized the definition to suppress student speech and to go after faculty"
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📣 DC is our home, not a military zone.
On Sept 6, march with We Are All DC to demand an end to Trump’s DC takeover. Because we the people keep us safe.
📍 Malcolm X Park
16th St NW &, W St NW
Washington, DC 20009
🕰 11 AM
#WeAreAllDC
Learn more at weareallDC.com
On Sept 6, march with We Are All DC to demand an end to Trump’s DC takeover. Because we the people keep us safe.
📍 Malcolm X Park
16th St NW &, W St NW
Washington, DC 20009
🕰 11 AM
#WeAreAllDC
Learn more at weareallDC.com
We Are All DC
On September 6, we march to Stop the Trump Takeover. Show up at Malcolm X Park (16th St NW & W St NW) on Saturday, September 6 at 11 AM. We march at 12 PM. Allies join us!
weareallDC.com
September 4, 2025 at 8:35 PM
📣 DC is our home, not a military zone.
On Sept 6, march with We Are All DC to demand an end to Trump’s DC takeover. Because we the people keep us safe.
📍 Malcolm X Park
16th St NW &, W St NW
Washington, DC 20009
🕰 11 AM
#WeAreAllDC
Learn more at weareallDC.com
On Sept 6, march with We Are All DC to demand an end to Trump’s DC takeover. Because we the people keep us safe.
📍 Malcolm X Park
16th St NW &, W St NW
Washington, DC 20009
🕰 11 AM
#WeAreAllDC
Learn more at weareallDC.com
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Pleased to speak with Katie Bo Lillis of @cnn.com about the legal implications of the lethal U.S. strike in the Caribbean.
“There is a word for the premeditated killing of people outside of context of armed conflict.”
“That word is murder.”
www.cnn.com/2025/09/06/p...
“There is a word for the premeditated killing of people outside of context of armed conflict.”
“That word is murder.”
www.cnn.com/2025/09/06/p...
Experts skeptical of legality of Trump’s strike on alleged drug boat | CNN Politics
Under intense pressure from Capitol Hill to provide a legal rationale for the unprecedented killing by the US military of 11 alleged drug smugglers, the Trump administration has so far ducked lawmaker...
www.cnn.com
September 6, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Pleased to speak with Katie Bo Lillis of @cnn.com about the legal implications of the lethal U.S. strike in the Caribbean.
“There is a word for the premeditated killing of people outside of context of armed conflict.”
“That word is murder.”
www.cnn.com/2025/09/06/p...
“There is a word for the premeditated killing of people outside of context of armed conflict.”
“That word is murder.”
www.cnn.com/2025/09/06/p...
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🤌🏽
“It’s legal madlibs,” said Brian Finucane, a former State Department lawyer who specializes in war powers issues. “They’re throwing a lot of words out there that don’t necessarily go together or constitute a coherent legal justification.”
September 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
🤌🏽
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This week at CODEPINK, we:
☮️ Condemned US missile strike near Venezuela’s waters
☮️ Held to account genocide-complicit media companies
☮️ Called out Congress’ support for genocide
& more!
Check it out:
buff.ly/D6nyqys
☮️ Condemned US missile strike near Venezuela’s waters
☮️ Held to account genocide-complicit media companies
☮️ Called out Congress’ support for genocide
& more!
Check it out:
buff.ly/D6nyqys
September 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
This week at CODEPINK, we:
☮️ Condemned US missile strike near Venezuela’s waters
☮️ Held to account genocide-complicit media companies
☮️ Called out Congress’ support for genocide
& more!
Check it out:
buff.ly/D6nyqys
☮️ Condemned US missile strike near Venezuela’s waters
☮️ Held to account genocide-complicit media companies
☮️ Called out Congress’ support for genocide
& more!
Check it out:
buff.ly/D6nyqys
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Most New Yorkers are not aware companies contributing to the Gaza genocide operate in their backyard, but at least two are housed in the city-operated Brooklyn Navy Yard. Now, activists and local residents are banding together to get them evicted.
mondoweiss.net/2025/09/acti...
#Palestine #Israel
mondoweiss.net/2025/09/acti...
#Palestine #Israel
Activists and residents are banding together to force companies complicit in the Gaza genocide out of the Brooklyn Navy Yard
Most New Yorkers are not aware companies contributing to the Gaza genocide operate in their backyard, but at least two are housed in the city-operated Brooklyn Navy Yard. Now, activists and local residents...
mondoweiss.net
September 6, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Most New Yorkers are not aware companies contributing to the Gaza genocide operate in their backyard, but at least two are housed in the city-operated Brooklyn Navy Yard. Now, activists and local residents are banding together to get them evicted.
mondoweiss.net/2025/09/acti...
#Palestine #Israel
mondoweiss.net/2025/09/acti...
#Palestine #Israel
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MONDAY: Please join us and our special guest, Ashish Prashar, to talk about Airbnb’s role in occupation and how we can work towards corporate accountability.
8PM ET
www.codepink.org/palcampaigns...
8PM ET
www.codepink.org/palcampaigns...
September 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
MONDAY: Please join us and our special guest, Ashish Prashar, to talk about Airbnb’s role in occupation and how we can work towards corporate accountability.
8PM ET
www.codepink.org/palcampaigns...
8PM ET
www.codepink.org/palcampaigns...
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A lot of Palestinian flags here. Demands to end the genocide. A link between the two causes
September 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
A lot of Palestinian flags here. Demands to end the genocide. A link between the two causes