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4/ Environmental warnings were always about people:
about poisoned bodies, fragile food systems, collapsing livelihoods, conflict, displacement, and social breakdown.
Recasting them as unserious until validated by “grown-ups” in the security state erases that history and cheapens the argument
about poisoned bodies, fragile food systems, collapsing livelihoods, conflict, displacement, and social breakdown.
Recasting them as unserious until validated by “grown-ups” in the security state erases that history and cheapens the argument
January 24, 2026 at 4:46 AM
4/ Environmental warnings were always about people:
about poisoned bodies, fragile food systems, collapsing livelihoods, conflict, displacement, and social breakdown.
Recasting them as unserious until validated by “grown-ups” in the security state erases that history and cheapens the argument
about poisoned bodies, fragile food systems, collapsing livelihoods, conflict, displacement, and social breakdown.
Recasting them as unserious until validated by “grown-ups” in the security state erases that history and cheapens the argument
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Worth remembering that they all lied in their original reports because they had no idea Holliday was filming them
The Rodney King video is one of the most important moments in American history because it showed people, particularly comfortable white people, irrefutable evidence that marginalized people’s stories of how police behaved - which were never believed - were in fact true.
Imagine how much they’d be lying about what happened without all the videos showing it from multiple angles.
January 24, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Worth remembering that they all lied in their original reports because they had no idea Holliday was filming them
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The Economist coverage is grim but this is exactly how it should be reported.
economist.com/united-state...
economist.com/united-state...
January 25, 2026 at 10:11 AM
The Economist coverage is grim but this is exactly how it should be reported.
economist.com/united-state...
economist.com/united-state...
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As Bill Gates recommends a “strategic pivot” away from climate change, the Gates Foundation made record investments in fossil fuel companies in 2024, despite its 2019 pledge to divest.
No one should ever listen to Gates about climate change again.
No one should ever listen to Gates about climate change again.
January 20, 2026 at 12:27 PM
As Bill Gates recommends a “strategic pivot” away from climate change, the Gates Foundation made record investments in fossil fuel companies in 2024, despite its 2019 pledge to divest.
No one should ever listen to Gates about climate change again.
No one should ever listen to Gates about climate change again.
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The prevailing consensus over the last year was that anyone calling for a general strike was ridiculous and ignorant and it would never work here, and maybe that’s true nationally, I dunno, but I bet those people wouldn’t have seen tomorrow in MN coming either
National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
January 23, 2026 at 1:15 AM
The prevailing consensus over the last year was that anyone calling for a general strike was ridiculous and ignorant and it would never work here, and maybe that’s true nationally, I dunno, but I bet those people wouldn’t have seen tomorrow in MN coming either
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📢 A study of Victoria Police search powers has found the state's most racially diverse communities are singled out even when their crime rates are lower. The Centre Against Racial Profiling says a decade after the practice was banned in the state more needs to be done to tackle bias.
Victoria's most multicultural communities are disproportionately searched, a police study finds
www.sbs.com.au
January 21, 2026 at 8:54 AM
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I didn’t bring much over from the hellsite but once in a while someone just nails it and it needs to be preserved for historical purposes.
(This did not age well for WaPo, however.)
(This did not age well for WaPo, however.)
![[Screenshot of Twitter post from May 16, 2017 by @evilsharkey]
WaPo: The president shat himself.
White House: The president would never shit himself.
Trump: I SHAT MYSELF ON PURPOSE
Every. Fucking. Day.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jmkqmjhcix7yldblun3fxjyy/bafkreibh666qfbxiq526vlg4g4uk5hdpmnqwcozreoh6m665yaqorgesmu@jpeg)
January 20, 2026 at 3:53 PM
I didn’t bring much over from the hellsite but once in a while someone just nails it and it needs to be preserved for historical purposes.
(This did not age well for WaPo, however.)
(This did not age well for WaPo, however.)
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This scene exists in movies to show you just how power drunk and evil the bad guys are
You can picture how it must have felt in there. Four fucking Nazis with their shit-eating grins squeezing their fat asses into a booth at a family-owned Mexican place poisoning the entire room with their smug impunity. Desecrating a place of community www.welcometohellworld.com/we-must-love...
January 20, 2026 at 3:55 PM
This scene exists in movies to show you just how power drunk and evil the bad guys are
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This seems to allow the Australian government to follow the UK example on groups like Palestine Action, but could probably applied to groups like Extinction Rebellion or Rising Tide.
Little note in the new Bill on Hate Speech
Good thing there will never be a Minister who acts in bad faith when they go about banning groups.
Good thing there will never be a Minister who acts in bad faith when they go about banning groups.
January 20, 2026 at 3:25 AM
This seems to allow the Australian government to follow the UK example on groups like Palestine Action, but could probably applied to groups like Extinction Rebellion or Rising Tide.
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No. The problem has been very specifically one thing: if they move in any kind of detectable force, they pick up a tail within minutes, and then it often grows and grows until you have a dozen cars following two ICE SUVs, making so much noise that the entire neighborhood knows they’re there.
Do you think the general strike announcement spooked their higher ups at all?
January 17, 2026 at 6:07 AM
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we have a fascist party and we have a party of fascist enablers
153 Democrats just joined 188 Republicans to pass HR 7006, which
•Sends $3.3B to Israel (including offensive weapons)
•Bans any attempt at Palestinian liberation
•Sends $50M to Venezuela
Only 57 Democrats voted no.
Americans still don't have healthcare.
•Sends $3.3B to Israel (including offensive weapons)
•Bans any attempt at Palestinian liberation
•Sends $50M to Venezuela
Only 57 Democrats voted no.
Americans still don't have healthcare.
January 16, 2026 at 3:41 PM
we have a fascist party and we have a party of fascist enablers
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i think it would be a good idea to defund the police actually. like ok whatever if you think it needs a different slogan that’s fine let’s brainstorm. but we have GOT to stop giving those fuckheads all of our money
January 17, 2026 at 10:03 AM
i think it would be a good idea to defund the police actually. like ok whatever if you think it needs a different slogan that’s fine let’s brainstorm. but we have GOT to stop giving those fuckheads all of our money
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Knut Hamsun (Literature Prize 1920): In 1943, he gifted his Nobel medal to Goebbels to thank him for meeting him. Goebbels was honoured by the gift. "The present whereabouts of the medal are unknown."
www.nobelpeaceprize.org/press/press-...
www.nobelpeaceprize.org/press/press-...
The Nobel Prize and the Laureate Are Inseparable - Nobel Peace Prize
The medal and the diploma are the physical symbols confirming that an individual or organisation has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The prize itself – the honour and recognition – remains insepar...
www.nobelpeaceprize.org
January 17, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Knut Hamsun (Literature Prize 1920): In 1943, he gifted his Nobel medal to Goebbels to thank him for meeting him. Goebbels was honoured by the gift. "The present whereabouts of the medal are unknown."
www.nobelpeaceprize.org/press/press-...
www.nobelpeaceprize.org/press/press-...
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I can't trust politicians who are anti-trans. Not because I'm "only searching for perfection" which is what centrists will be accusing me of for the rest of my life, it's because if you're not pro-trans you'll be garbage on lots of other issues too. Being anti-trans NEVER exists in a vacuum.
January 17, 2026 at 9:42 AM
I can't trust politicians who are anti-trans. Not because I'm "only searching for perfection" which is what centrists will be accusing me of for the rest of my life, it's because if you're not pro-trans you'll be garbage on lots of other issues too. Being anti-trans NEVER exists in a vacuum.
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POTUS invoking the Insurrection Act would be a declaration of war against the American people, a literal claim of right to attack us with military forces
He's socializing the idea coyly now, as he's done repeatedly before prior moves
I hope we never go down that road but he's moving this direction
He's socializing the idea coyly now, as he's done repeatedly before prior moves
I hope we never go down that road but he's moving this direction
January 16, 2026 at 10:30 PM
POTUS invoking the Insurrection Act would be a declaration of war against the American people, a literal claim of right to attack us with military forces
He's socializing the idea coyly now, as he's done repeatedly before prior moves
I hope we never go down that road but he's moving this direction
He's socializing the idea coyly now, as he's done repeatedly before prior moves
I hope we never go down that road but he's moving this direction
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I realise I'm just a freak, but living in a multicultural city is the best thing of all time, it's just the best possible human experience and i can not understand why anyone on earth would be like "weve got to destroy this"
January 17, 2026 at 4:28 AM
I realise I'm just a freak, but living in a multicultural city is the best thing of all time, it's just the best possible human experience and i can not understand why anyone on earth would be like "weve got to destroy this"
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The purpose of “So How Come College Students Aren’t Protesting Iran, Huh?” is not a sincere desire to direct attention to the Iranian struggle.
It is intended to shame college students for their recent protests against Israel and ICE.
It is intended to shame college students for their recent protests against Israel and ICE.
It is not "pedantic" to acknowledge that a college protest against Iran makes zero sense. Protests are typically against things, not in favor of rights movements in other countries!
January 16, 2026 at 4:48 PM
The purpose of “So How Come College Students Aren’t Protesting Iran, Huh?” is not a sincere desire to direct attention to the Iranian struggle.
It is intended to shame college students for their recent protests against Israel and ICE.
It is intended to shame college students for their recent protests against Israel and ICE.
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Saw a lot of headlines saying "wikipedia is embracing ai" being tossed around tabloids, and I'm pretty sure they were maliciously written to make you feel a certain way about Wikipedia. What's actually happening is that wikipedia is demanding payment for data scraping and the corpos don't like that.
Sure. AI companies have ALWAYS been training their models on Wikipedia content, which under the free and open access model is available to anyone — including AI companies. Agreements like these require AI companies to limit and offset the strain they place on Wikimedia infrastructure.
Hoping that @molly.wiki can help explain.
January 15, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Saw a lot of headlines saying "wikipedia is embracing ai" being tossed around tabloids, and I'm pretty sure they were maliciously written to make you feel a certain way about Wikipedia. What's actually happening is that wikipedia is demanding payment for data scraping and the corpos don't like that.
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What exactly do Iranians want from American liberals
What would we be protesting for, our government to intervene on their behalf? Because I don’t think the Iranians are desperately hoping to be invaded
What would we be protesting for, our government to intervene on their behalf? Because I don’t think the Iranians are desperately hoping to be invaded
The Atlantic laundering yet another right-wing narrative into the mainstream
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
January 16, 2026 at 5:09 PM
What exactly do Iranians want from American liberals
What would we be protesting for, our government to intervene on their behalf? Because I don’t think the Iranians are desperately hoping to be invaded
What would we be protesting for, our government to intervene on their behalf? Because I don’t think the Iranians are desperately hoping to be invaded
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The Atlantic laundering yet another right-wing narrative into the mainstream
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
January 16, 2026 at 4:24 PM
The Atlantic laundering yet another right-wing narrative into the mainstream
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
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telling the queer, jewish, communist, and other minority communities in 1930s germany that the problem in the country is they’ve forgotten how to talk to one another
January 16, 2026 at 3:48 PM
telling the queer, jewish, communist, and other minority communities in 1930s germany that the problem in the country is they’ve forgotten how to talk to one another
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We recently tested ~ a dozen public statements from a diverse set of Democratic elected officials on the murder of Renee Good and this was the top testing one
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
January 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
We recently tested ~ a dozen public statements from a diverse set of Democratic elected officials on the murder of Renee Good and this was the top testing one
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I've seen some folks giving into doomerism by citing the US's history of paramilitary violence shutting down fair elections in the South, and I want to add some historical context to support Jamelle here (as an historian of Reconstruction paramilitary violence)
the question to ask about this is, okay, he wants to cancel the midterms. how does he get the VA state board of elections to cancel the midterms? how does he get the georgia board of elections to do it? how does he convince republican house members to quit their jobs and give up their paychecks?
Trump says a lot of deranged shit, but, per this Reuters article — and the threats of invoking the Insurrection Act in Minnesota this morning — he is very clearly exploring how to cancel the midterms.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
January 15, 2026 at 8:22 PM
I've seen some folks giving into doomerism by citing the US's history of paramilitary violence shutting down fair elections in the South, and I want to add some historical context to support Jamelle here (as an historian of Reconstruction paramilitary violence)
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One of the things about people showing up to protest for the first time, that many, many armchair theorists don't grasp, is the effect of seeing what happens with your own eyes, then seeing how media covers it, and what is said ABOUT YOU by media and political personalities/office holders.
January 15, 2026 at 7:27 PM
One of the things about people showing up to protest for the first time, that many, many armchair theorists don't grasp, is the effect of seeing what happens with your own eyes, then seeing how media covers it, and what is said ABOUT YOU by media and political personalities/office holders.
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Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
That is what was relayed
January 15, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.