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Newsletter coming soon! Independent reporter, florist, steward of the land. Mission: To rage and love against a dying world. “I have to write. There’s nothing familiar left to me but the writing. God is Change. I hate God. I have to write.” ~Olamina
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“Trans people in prison are experts on organizing under conditions of extreme censorship, surveillance, and repression." --Pooja Gehi of @arcgenderjustice.bsky.social (in a crucial piece by Gabriel Arkles) truthout.org/articles/tra...
There is no out. Only through. "The question was never whether this is the end or not— It’s what kind of end will we make it?"
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Ahead of time, you first have to turn on full encryption on your devices, it’s not that cumbersome—a good guide here:
If you see federal agents pulling into your driveway, reporters, power down your electronic devices ASAP. That's the advice from @runasand.bsky.social, via @columjournreview.bsky.social www.cjr.org/news/hannah-...
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Aliya Rahman told ICE she was disabled She told them she was on her way to a doctor appt They broke her window, cut her seatbelt & dragged her away like an animal She was headed to the Traumatic Brain Injury Center when they grabbed her. She was denied access to a doctor & tossed in detention
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Officials in Tennessee aren't just banning books, they're now demanding information on who checked out contested (largely LGBTQ+) books, including names, addresses, and "household composition." A librarian who was given the directive has come forward asking for whistleblower protections.
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This Thursday 16th Oct I'll be speaking on my project on "Severing Colonial Relationality" for the ANU Cais public lecture series. (Online, all welcome). 📍5pm in Canberra (7am BST for early risers in the UK!) Registration link below 👇 @lseir.bsky.social cais.cass.anu.edu.au/events/cais-...
"...the audience tends to retreat into skepticism and the belief that truth is unknowable as a result of political actors employing a firehose of falsehoods. Hence, if truth cannot be determined, reasoned debate is pointless."
The RAND Corporation first coined the term “firehose of falsehoods” in 2016 to describe a technique it observed in Russian propaganda under Vladimir Putin. Donald Trump is also another known user of this propaganda technique.
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Rest in peace, Miss Major. We will carry the bricks forward.
The trailblazing transgender rights activist Miss Major has passed away at the age of 78. Miss Major was a lifelong organizer and participant in the ballroom scene. She took part in the 1969 Stonewall Riots and was injured by the police — but she kept fighting.
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This is random asf but Netflix cast a psycho white supremacist eugenicist grifter on a dating show and he said a bunch of fucked up shit. Pls sign this petition in support of people living with Type 1 Diabetes ✨💙✨
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Federal contracting records show Immigration and Customs Enforcement planning a continuous social media surveillance program staffed by analysts in two national targeting centers.
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Caroline Kennedy warned us about her cousin #RFKJr, "a predator" presiding over "perverse scenes" of "despair and violence." His youth was the origin story of a new American Psycho. Now he is the position to inflict pain and suffering on millions. He has to go now. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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So I’m supposed to look my students in the eye this semester and tell them that hard work, diligence, even adherence to basic journalistic principles is the right way in this field
Lord save us: "Paramount is on the verge of acquiring Bari Weiss’s The Free Press and tossing her the keys to CBS News. The deal is on the 1-yard line, I’m told."
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Sumud aid flotilla sets sail for Gaza again after delay due to storm - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/sumud-aid-flotilla-sets-sail-gaza-again-after-delay-due-storm
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In this video, children and young people with Long Covid share their experiences to help others understand the reality they face every day. Made in collaboration with young people with lived experience. #LongCovidKids #LongCovid #YoungVoices #LCandME #CharityFilm m.youtube.com/watch?v=e0U7...
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Replying to @taylorlorenz.bsky.social
The fact that hundreds of people are RTing me calling me insane or radicalized for… fighting back against Heritage Foundation tech policy that is being used to censor LGBTQ people, repro justice activists, and Palestinian rights advocates shows how deeply ignorant most leftists are on this issue.
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We have a chance to refuse the oligarchs, false prophets, overlords, Imperials, technocrats, and theocratic monsters who have spent centuries if not more running this planet and the lives of those who live upon it into the fucking ground. & not only do we have a chance, we have a DUTY to the future.
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Robert E. Lee killed more U.S. troops in battle than Adolph Hitler and Osama bin Laden combined
The Pentagon is restoring a portrait of Gen. Robert E. Lee, which includes a slave guiding the Confederate general’s horse in the background, to the West Point library three years after a congressionally mandated commission ordered it removed, officials said. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/u...