Hey, the biggest Dem state in the country is doing gender essentialism bullshit.

Might be a signal as to who decent folks can trust.

happy for Khalil of course but i must say, "lawful permanent resident not charged with any crimes, imprisoned by president's stormtroopers for having forbidden opinions about US-abetted genocide, briefly allowed to touch his child" is a hell of a thing to find oneself feeling joy and relief about

When you create a situation where the powerful can ignore the cries of the powerless, people are going to lash out in angry, illogical ways.

Two dead diplomats getting more coverage than 10,000 dead babies isn't going to calm this down either.

Folks loudly criticizing and judging Gazans for fundraising right now need to think twice about the assumptions they’re making. A dollar does not go far in a place where food is scarce. Have some humanity.

(Source in next post.)

I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Malak. Malak was an engineering student before this started. She is trying to help her large family including her young sisters Mais and Majd. She is also trying to help Maali who has partial paralysis and needs diapers and medical care.

your regular reminder that buying Harry Potter stuff gives money to Rowling and she uses that money directly and in large quantities to fund attacks on trans people

no ethical consumption under capitalism and all but “don’t buy Potter stuff” is an extremely easy baseline to follow

People in Gaza are posting final messages.

This kid is braver than basically every elected Democrat and if shame still existed for those in power then NYU would be wallowing in it.

so the members of congress just stopped going to el salvador and not a single person who was illegally sent there has been returned and that’s just how it is now?

This could have gone the other way, but unfortunately we trusted Joe Biden and Merrick Garland to do their jobs.

Reading the new pope's Wikipedia page, and that tracks.

Nancy Mace is an insane freak, and may she never know peace.

Just five hours ago Palestinian journalist, Yahya Sobeih, shared a photo of him holding his newborn child for the first time and welcoming her into this world. He was murdered just hours later in the marketplace.

I’m pretty excited to see what the armed forces look like when it’s run by a bunch of racist Colonels who couldn’t make General.

“God did the State of Israel a favour that Biden was the president during this period. We fought [in Gaza] for over a year and the administration never came to us and said, ‘ceasefire now.’ It never did. And that’s not to be taken for granted.”

-Former Israeli ambassador Michael Herzog

Sincere question in case Casey Bloys has a sock puppet Bluesky account that he uses to chide critics who disliked "The Franchise": Who the f*** thought it would be? The concern has always only ever been her direct financial benefit from the series and the prominence of her creative participation.

‘Fetterman went on to make statements that shocked people. In opposing a cease-fire, he said, “Let’s get back to killing.” A person who heard the conversation told me, “He said, ‘Kill them all.’”’

EU says Israeli trees matter more than Palestinian lives.