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What the birate logo means: Cat eye glasses represent being observant. Mask represents protecting one's well-being. Afro represents connection to African roots. Machete represents clearing a path and making a way. Shepherd's staff represents guiding others as well as a willingness to be guided.

Today is Intersex Awareness Day. I am intersex – and did not find out until I was 26! Intersex people are also impacted by the decision in FWS, but this is much less talked about. Intersex people continue to be subjected to non-consensual medical interventions. Intersex rights are human rights.

Israel sealed the West Bank, emptied parts of Hebron and tightened the squeeze on Gaza as its election campaign closed.

Telling personal stories about domestic abuse is important b/c it helps others recognize patterns of coercion/manipulation, challenges victim-blaming, and helps hold perpetrators and institutions accountable. Thank you for sharing your story with us. (Content warning)

Today's quick update [Oct 25]: - RSF drone strikes on Um Ruwaba, North Kordofan. - Local ERR warns of worsening hunger & malnutrition in West Darfur due to war-related food crisis that is being exacerbated by climate-driven crop failure. #KeepEyesOnSudan

CN: pools of blood, guns, visuals in context of genocide

“(The RSF) might rape you if you refuse to go with them, beat you, and if you argue with them, you could end up in prison" www.middleeasteye.net/news/how-sud... #ElFasherRed #Sudan #KeepEyesOnSudan

A must-read by Sudanese photographer and journalist Mohamed Zakaria. www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/firs... #ElfasherRed #KeepEyesOnSudan #Sudan

“Never again” cannot be an empty phrase. We failed them once; we can never fail them again. #Sudan #KeepEyesOnSudan

Via CPJ-MENA. Muammar Ibrahim was the voice of Elfashir, the loudest journalistic voice reporting out of the city.. Not only did he report the realities of the 18-month siege, he lived them, wasting away as the RSF starved & choked the life out of Elfashir. #ElfasherRed #Sudan #KeepEyesOnSudan

NEW: US lawmakers say the Trump administration is breaking the law by withholding a secret court opinion about the surveillance of Americans, even as it presses Congress to renew America’s most sweeping surveillance program.

Glad to no longer be a victim of the orgasm gap

None of us should forget this. Meta should be subjected to corporate death penalty and permanently broken up into small pieces.

Israel escalates forced expulsions and infrastructure destruction with the goal of imposing 'new reality', analysts say https://aje.news/bdj6wn

We’re here to support libraries. Take action at action.everylibrary.org. #library #libraries #read #reading #book #books #librarianship #lit

Never forget that the whole "men in women's sports" BS began with white women complaining about losing to cis Black women, invalidating their womanhood as a way to explain their loss, & weaponizing systemic power to force medication on them to make them less capable athletes

They'll throw cis women under the bus too.

This is my new favorite thing btw

Brazil had about 5 million slaves compared to half a million in the US.

A GPAHE survey finds that Black and Latino Americans face heightened concerns about violence, ICE, and safety at the polls. More than 1 in 5 say they would leave a polling place without voting if they witnessed or experienced harassment or intimidation. Fear must not become a barrier to democracy.

Nazis always lose in the end. Remember that

Yet another example of far right cooptation of leftist slogans and concepts. It happens constantly. More attention should be given to what this says about their psychology, intelligence, (lack of) creativity, and general intellectual bad faith.

From D&D to the Klingon Dictionary and all the other surprising titles banned behind bars buff.ly/i2WEeCQ

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📍 𝐒𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐀 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐀, 𝐂𝐀: ICE agents tackled and detained a 20-year-old U.S. citizen with disabilities while he walked to school. He suffered wrist injuries requiring surgery. ICE acknowledged mistaking him for someone else. #AbuseOfPowerWatch

New Yorkers gathered in the wake of the ICE shooting in Marble Hill to reaffirm that ICE is not welcome here. Not now, not ever. Free Oscar, Free Them All. https://www.columbiaspectator.com/photo-essays/2026/10/25/in-focus-thousands-rally-against-ice-in-wake-of-marble-hill-shooting/

Israel committing crimes against humanity in occupied West Bank: UN https://aje.news/d7i8s0

She's not gonna get this job but they know that if they say they're considering her it will be at least 2 days of "news" coverage about this instead of about how Trump/Republicans are on pace for the worst midterm loss since the 2010 Tea Party wave and are actively trying to steal elections in CA/AK

Busy today but as long as people don't want to name Whiteness as a central issue, most of these are worthless conversations. "Why does this random collection of men keep advocating for genocide and mass incarceration? Why do some women keep supporting pedophiles?" IT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE WHITE

"The incident caught the attention of Eddie Johnson, a former professional soccer player. Nevada will be joining Johnson’s Orlando-based youth soccer training program in January, his mother said.”