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“LAPD wants judge to lift an order restricting use of force against the press” 😭😭😭
“Ahead of this Saturday’s No Kings protests, the Los Angeles Police Department has filed an emergency motion asking a judge to lift an injunction that restricts their use of force against the press.”
“Ahead of this Saturday’s No Kings protests, the Los Angeles Police Department has filed an emergency motion asking a judge to lift an injunction that restricts their use of force against the press.”
LAPD wants judge to lift an order restricting use of force against the press
The police department filed an emergency order ahead of this Saturday's No Kings protest.
laist.com
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If You’re Pregnant, Here’s What You Should Know About the Medical Procedures That Could Save Your Life
Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselv...
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Sun-Times is doing excellent work.
Ashlee Rezlin made this dramatic Photo of Rev. David Black getting pepper sprayed a few weeks back
Ashlee Rezlin made this dramatic Photo of Rev. David Black getting pepper sprayed a few weeks back
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Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.
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Bookshop.org
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David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)
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‘AI is here to stay and change things’: Mad Max director George Miller on why he is taking part in an AI film festival
‘AI is here to stay and change things’: Mad Max director George Miller on why he is taking part in an AI film festival
The director believes AI has made film-making ‘way more egalitarian’ – and is set to lead the judges at Omni AI film festival in Australia
There’s no arguing the use of artificial intelligence in film-making is getting a bad rap. Last week’s unveiling of Hollywood’s first AI “actress”, Tilly Norwood, generated howls of protest from actors’ unions across the UK and US, where the industry is still reeling from last year’s 118-day strike over, among other issues, the threat of AI.
And earlier this week, Australia’s Productivity Commission was pilloried by Liberals and Greens alike for failing to recognise the dire impact AI may have on the country’s creative industries. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
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I know there's a lot to keep up with but someone has ALREADY been killed by ICE in Chicago, its not a theoretical question, and folks are dying in ICE detention and being disappeared constantly, when you say "someone's gonna get killed" youre actually washing the blood from their hands 😘✌️
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"Jones, 27, is among the residents left at 7500 S. South Shore Drive who are trying to piece together what remains after an early morning, high-powered federal immigration raid led to the arrests of dozens of their neighbors at their South Shore apartment building."
Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
chicago.suntimes.com
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· Sep 19
When Harriet Tubman led 300 Black soldiers up the Combahee River, she became the first woman in US history to help a major military operation, and the leader of the largest rebellion of enslaved people in the nation. A new exhibition celebrates her courage without over-mythologizing her.
The Night Harriet Tubman Made History
An exhibition of art and historical artifacts celebrates the freedom fighter’s story without over-mythologizing her.
hyperallergic.com
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Aliyya Swaby
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· Sep 19
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· Sep 19
Here it is!
Proof of which @housedemocrats.bsky.social thought racist, misogynist hate-spreaders deserve honor.
Proof of which @housedemocrats.bsky.social thought racist, misogynist hate-spreaders deserve honor.
8ank8.bsky.social
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· Sep 9
Ron Gochez, a member of United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA), said, “The same government that claims there isn’t enough money for affordable housing or healthcare somehow finds billions to spend on foreign wars and occupation.”
By @abemarquez.bsky.social
The full story: lataco.com/arms-embargo...
By @abemarquez.bsky.social
The full story: lataco.com/arms-embargo...
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· Sep 7
A lot of Palestinian flags here. Demands to end the genocide. A link between the two causes
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