Thomas Siddall
@thmsdl.bsky.social
phd student in geography at the national university of singapore w/ interests in labour, infrastructure, cultural economy, & queer studies | 📩: thmsdl@proton.me
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#OtD 26 Sep 1990 the Oka Resistence ended after 78 days of struggle by Kanyen'kehà:ka (Mohawk) people against expansion of a golf course on their land. Barricades were set up and armed stand-offs took place, leading to two deaths inc one land defender stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1260...
September 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
#OtD 26 Sep 1990 the Oka Resistence ended after 78 days of struggle by Kanyen'kehà:ka (Mohawk) people against expansion of a golf course on their land. Barricades were set up and armed stand-offs took place, leading to two deaths inc one land defender stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1260...
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Charlie KIrk believed that empathy was a "new concept" that shouldn't exist, so anyone who expresses condolences for him is being VERY disrespectful to his beliefs right now. please keep him out of your thoughts as he begins his transition into worm food. thank you
September 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Charlie KIrk believed that empathy was a "new concept" that shouldn't exist, so anyone who expresses condolences for him is being VERY disrespectful to his beliefs right now. please keep him out of your thoughts as he begins his transition into worm food. thank you
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TikTok is attempting to build a $10 billion data center in Brazil, but the Indigenous Anacé community is taking the company to court to stop the project.
restofworld.org/2025/brazil-...
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Indigenous group in Brazil takes TikTok to court over planned data center
The Anacé Indigenous community is going to court to stop a planned TikTok data center they say is being built on their land.
restofworld.org
September 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM
TikTok is attempting to build a $10 billion data center in Brazil, but the Indigenous Anacé community is taking the company to court to stop the project.
restofworld.org/2025/brazil-...
restofworld.org/2025/brazil-...
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“The stunning reversal of ocean circulation in the Southern Hemisphere confirms the global climate system has entered a catastrophic phase>'
This is very very bad news: www.intellinews.com/southern-oce...
This is very very bad news: www.intellinews.com/southern-oce...
Southern Ocean current reverses for first time, signalling risk of climate system collapse
A major ocean current in the Southern Hemisphere has reversed direction for the first time in recorded history, in what climatologists are calling a ...
www.intellinews.com
July 7, 2025 at 4:08 AM
“The stunning reversal of ocean circulation in the Southern Hemisphere confirms the global climate system has entered a catastrophic phase>'
This is very very bad news: www.intellinews.com/southern-oce...
This is very very bad news: www.intellinews.com/southern-oce...
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do NOT apply for the scab jobs at columbia
July 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
do NOT apply for the scab jobs at columbia
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In her unparalleled new report, Francesca Albanese comprehensively indicts economic complicities with "the Israeli illegal settler-colonial enterprise in the occupied Palestinian territory, which now functions as
a genocidal machine."
You must read the whole report.
www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
a genocidal machine."
You must read the whole report.
www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
July 2, 2025 at 2:33 AM
In her unparalleled new report, Francesca Albanese comprehensively indicts economic complicities with "the Israeli illegal settler-colonial enterprise in the occupied Palestinian territory, which now functions as
a genocidal machine."
You must read the whole report.
www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
a genocidal machine."
You must read the whole report.
www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
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The U.S. bombing Iran also creates the opportunity to codify fascism at home: if we are “at war,” there’s an excuse to intensify executive & military oversight, to declare “enemy combatants” within, to curtail our civil liberties even further (cf. The Patriot Act). 1/2
June 22, 2025 at 1:34 AM
The U.S. bombing Iran also creates the opportunity to codify fascism at home: if we are “at war,” there’s an excuse to intensify executive & military oversight, to declare “enemy combatants” within, to curtail our civil liberties even further (cf. The Patriot Act). 1/2
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Mommy, the Times is trying to make us go to war again
June 20, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Mommy, the Times is trying to make us go to war again
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I run anti-repression trainings and I always emphasize these points.
Especially the last one - we need communication protocols to inform each other when the cops come knocking. It shows mistrust and fear and isolation when we keep this from each other. Plus, there are many ways to do this safely.
Especially the last one - we need communication protocols to inform each other when the cops come knocking. It shows mistrust and fear and isolation when we keep this from each other. Plus, there are many ways to do this safely.
"We implore everyone on the left, individuals & formal orgs alike, to have a set of protocols in place to communicate internally & publicly abt visits or attention from feds. We are all safer when we don’t keep this info from each other."
Understand the ways the state will come after you & prepare.
Understand the ways the state will come after you & prepare.
June 13, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I run anti-repression trainings and I always emphasize these points.
Especially the last one - we need communication protocols to inform each other when the cops come knocking. It shows mistrust and fear and isolation when we keep this from each other. Plus, there are many ways to do this safely.
Especially the last one - we need communication protocols to inform each other when the cops come knocking. It shows mistrust and fear and isolation when we keep this from each other. Plus, there are many ways to do this safely.
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Fuck I.C.E. I.C.E. Baby
June 9, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Fuck I.C.E. I.C.E. Baby
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CHICAGOIANS STANDING UP TO ICE!! Don’t let them erase this. Share this everywhere!
June 5, 2025 at 3:14 AM
CHICAGOIANS STANDING UP TO ICE!! Don’t let them erase this. Share this everywhere!
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Genocide perpetrators do everything possible to destroy the evidence.
Canada is especially seasoned in crimes against humanity.
There are almost no records left from 40 years of Alberta and BC's Sexual Sterilization Acts.
www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
Canada is especially seasoned in crimes against humanity.
There are almost no records left from 40 years of Alberta and BC's Sexual Sterilization Acts.
www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
Files documenting worst abuses at residential schools to be destroyed unless survivors ask otherwise | CBC News
Despite a multi-year outreach, some residential school survivors say they didn't know they need to request their Independent Assessment Process files be saved or else they'll be destroyed in 2027.
www.cbc.ca
May 8, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Genocide perpetrators do everything possible to destroy the evidence.
Canada is especially seasoned in crimes against humanity.
There are almost no records left from 40 years of Alberta and BC's Sexual Sterilization Acts.
www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
Canada is especially seasoned in crimes against humanity.
There are almost no records left from 40 years of Alberta and BC's Sexual Sterilization Acts.
www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
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DIY HRT: Everything I Can Legally Tell You
My guide to do-it-yourself hormone therapy, months in the making, is out now on YouTube. Tell your friends! xoxo
youtu.be/o2Ggwe2j0Gc
My guide to do-it-yourself hormone therapy, months in the making, is out now on YouTube. Tell your friends! xoxo
youtu.be/o2Ggwe2j0Gc
January 22, 2025 at 9:30 PM
DIY HRT: Everything I Can Legally Tell You
My guide to do-it-yourself hormone therapy, months in the making, is out now on YouTube. Tell your friends! xoxo
youtu.be/o2Ggwe2j0Gc
My guide to do-it-yourself hormone therapy, months in the making, is out now on YouTube. Tell your friends! xoxo
youtu.be/o2Ggwe2j0Gc
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We are hungry; there has been no food for a week.
I beg you—
Are animals better than us? Please.
gofund.me/55437a4e
I beg you—
Are animals better than us? Please.
gofund.me/55437a4e
May 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
We are hungry; there has been no food for a week.
I beg you—
Are animals better than us? Please.
gofund.me/55437a4e
I beg you—
Are animals better than us? Please.
gofund.me/55437a4e
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How should the #sociology of #sexuality incorporate #race into research in meaningful ways? And how should we also focus on pleasure, joy, and desire? Check out this work by Terrell J.A. Winder and Kendall Ota.
doi.org/10.1177/3033...
doi.org/10.1177/3033...
May 12, 2025 at 11:54 PM
How should the #sociology of #sexuality incorporate #race into research in meaningful ways? And how should we also focus on pleasure, joy, and desire? Check out this work by Terrell J.A. Winder and Kendall Ota.
doi.org/10.1177/3033...
doi.org/10.1177/3033...
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The US is not just complicit in genocide.
It’s not just an enabler of genocide.
The US is responsible for the genocide in Gaza.
It’s not just an enabler of genocide.
The US is responsible for the genocide in Gaza.
May 13, 2025 at 2:16 AM
The US is not just complicit in genocide.
It’s not just an enabler of genocide.
The US is responsible for the genocide in Gaza.
It’s not just an enabler of genocide.
The US is responsible for the genocide in Gaza.
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The cost of Grok: "I can't breathe at home, it smells like gas outside. How come I can't breathe at home and y'all get to breathe at home?"
May 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The cost of Grok: "I can't breathe at home, it smells like gas outside. How come I can't breathe at home and y'all get to breathe at home?"
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Enough! Bluesky is now banning IP addresses of users from Gaza. We must demand they do better. See the petition at chng.it/pp46W4M82j
This campaign needs you now
Stop Bluesky's Targeting of Palestinian Accounts
chng.it
May 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Enough! Bluesky is now banning IP addresses of users from Gaza. We must demand they do better. See the petition at chng.it/pp46W4M82j
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Know your rights when entering or leaving the United States.
Know Your Rights | Enforcement at the Airport | ACLU
Learn about your rights when encountering law enforcement at the airport.
www.aclu.org
May 12, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Know your rights when entering or leaving the United States.
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Intervention — “533 Geographers Call for Action on Transphobic Developments in the UK, its Supreme Court, and the EHRC” antipodeonline.org/2025/05/06/5...
Intervention — “533 Geographers Call for Action on Transphobic Developments in the UK, its Supreme Court, and the EHRC” - Antipode Online
Jay Todd, School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow In the UK and globally, we are witnessing eliminationist attacks on trans and gender diverse people that are attempting to cr...
antipodeonline.org
May 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Intervention — “533 Geographers Call for Action on Transphobic Developments in the UK, its Supreme Court, and the EHRC” antipodeonline.org/2025/05/06/5...
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And here's a recent article on how the scope and infrastructure of detention has changed in the first 100 days of Trump. An honest assessment reveals that prior administrations (including Obama and Biden) created the ideal conditions for today's war on immigrants. truthout.org/articles/tru...
Trump’s First 100 Days Show Immigrant Jails Are Authoritarian Testing Grounds
Trump has a plan to triple ICE’s incarceration capacity, enabling it to detain an additional 84,000 people at any time.
truthout.org
May 7, 2025 at 10:21 PM
And here's a recent article on how the scope and infrastructure of detention has changed in the first 100 days of Trump. An honest assessment reveals that prior administrations (including Obama and Biden) created the ideal conditions for today's war on immigrants. truthout.org/articles/tru...
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More than 90 killed in Gaza strikes including journalist who just became a father
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
More than 90 killed in Gaza strikes including journalist who just became dad
Journalist Yahya Sobeih had just posted a photo of his newborn daughter when he was killed by Israeli strikes on a crowded market.
www.abc.net.au
May 8, 2025 at 1:08 AM
More than 90 killed in Gaza strikes including journalist who just became a father
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
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Happy May Day!
To all who labour - in factories, farms, sweatshops; in formal & informal economies, waged & unwaged & underwaged; sex workers, Palestinian workers; land defenders; those labouring to grow communities. For a world w/o bosses & precarity and where all labour is valued & life affirming
To all who labour - in factories, farms, sweatshops; in formal & informal economies, waged & unwaged & underwaged; sex workers, Palestinian workers; land defenders; those labouring to grow communities. For a world w/o bosses & precarity and where all labour is valued & life affirming
May 1, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Happy May Day!
To all who labour - in factories, farms, sweatshops; in formal & informal economies, waged & unwaged & underwaged; sex workers, Palestinian workers; land defenders; those labouring to grow communities. For a world w/o bosses & precarity and where all labour is valued & life affirming
To all who labour - in factories, farms, sweatshops; in formal & informal economies, waged & unwaged & underwaged; sex workers, Palestinian workers; land defenders; those labouring to grow communities. For a world w/o bosses & precarity and where all labour is valued & life affirming
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Across the country, a May Day Strong coalition has planned over 1,000 mobilizations between May 1-3 under the banner “For the Workers, Not the Billionaires."
Follow for updates on actions. ⤵️
Follow for updates on actions. ⤵️
Workers Defy the Billionaire Takeover on May Day
A guide to May Day 2025 actions.
inthesetimes.com
May 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Across the country, a May Day Strong coalition has planned over 1,000 mobilizations between May 1-3 under the banner “For the Workers, Not the Billionaires."
Follow for updates on actions. ⤵️
Follow for updates on actions. ⤵️