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AltSSA @altssa.altgov.info · 12h

Whether this girl was a citizen, a legal resident, or undocumented is irrelevant.

Whether she was perfectly law abiding or accused of a crime is irrelevant.

A grown man kneeling on the neck of a 15 year old girl (one who also wasn’t resisting) is beyond the pale-an act indefensible under any circumstance.

Anyone who hasn’t lost their humanity knows this.

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 1d

Being mad at Ms Rachel is a pretty good tell that you're just mad that people care about Palestine at all— many such cases actually but in that context these people will die mad because people will always care

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 1d

About to surpass 2000 signatures on this petition launched just yesterday. Add your voice to demanding the U.S. recognize Palestinian statehood: bit.ly/4nEUKjT

Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 1d

Launched this global petition for Palestinian statehood yesterday. Already past 1200 signatures. I have 160K followers on BlueSky. Would love to get even 10% of folks to sign and share.

Palestinians deserve self determination. This is how we ensure justice. Please sign & share.
bit.ly/4nEUKjT

Sign the Petition

Demand the United States Recognize Palestinian Statehood

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Nathan Eric Dickman @nericdickman.bsky.social · 2d

The proven genociders, the State of Israel, should be the one putting down all arms now, not “maintaining an entrenched perimeter.”

Nathan Eric Dickman @nericdickman.bsky.social · 2d

#FreePalestineFromTheRiverToTheSea

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s. eek smith 👻 @sesmith.lol · 2d

We cannot, must not, forget this and the scars it will leave on generations already traumatized since the nakba.

I Believed I Had Seen the Worst Humanity Could Inflict — Until Gaza

A doctor who has led four medical missions to the territory describes the war’s devastating impact on its inhabitants and hospitals — and his fellow medical professionals

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Nathan Eric Dickman @nericdickman.bsky.social · 2d

rather than the other way around (aka legality does not correlate to morality, such as enslaving being legal in the US despite it being immoral).

Nathan Eric Dickman @nericdickman.bsky.social · 2d

Philosophy is the courageous, careful, and autonomous thinking through any topic whatsoever.

These same *academic administrators* claim that ethics is *subordinate* to politics

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Nathan Eric Dickman @nericdickman.bsky.social · 2d

When I say “academic administrators think exactly like flat earthers,” this is an illustration.

Is suicide a controversial and challenging topic? Yes. Does that mean academics should should not raise thought experiments about it in class? No.

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Nathan Eric Dickman @nericdickman.bsky.social · 2d

-Kant’s application of three formulations of the Categorical Imperative to a maxim where a person considers suicide in the face of suffering; and
-Talal Asad examining political rhetoric around “suicide bombing” and “terrorism.”

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Nathan Eric Dickman @nericdickman.bsky.social · 2d

(from Jonah and Seneca, to Camus and Thich Nhat Hanh), let me be clear about the curriculum assigned to students:

-The Dalai Lama pointing to monks and nuns self-immolating in response to Chinese occupation of Tibet; and

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Nathan Eric Dickman @nericdickman.bsky.social · 2d

I have had *academic administrators* claim that philosophical and ethical analysis of suicide is “not relevant to the curriculum” and is “mere speculation.”

Besides a long history of examining suicide throughout the history of global philosophy

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Nathan Eric Dickman @nericdickman.bsky.social · 3d

Instead, these egoists respond with, “How dare you talk down to me!” They presume hierarchy, *without even demonstrating understanding.* You cannot rank what you do not understand.

Nathan Eric Dickman @nericdickman.bsky.social · 3d

“That sounds like flat earther level ignorance.” I would hope that if I am ever caught saying something that sounds even close to flat earther level ignorance that *my friends would tell me.* I would love that insight, so I could make leaps in gaining knowledge.

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Nathan Eric Dickman @nericdickman.bsky.social · 3d

See, when I say “You don’t know,” what I am saying is that you do not “know” what knowledge is. Because if you did, we would not be having this conversation. Like realizing someone you’re talking with actually just cannot read.

People think I am disrespectful when I say:

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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 3d

After Pritzker and Newsom threatened to leave the NGA, the Republican Chair breaks with Trump. Pressure works. Keep it up!

Alex Wayne @aawayne.bsky.social · 3d

“Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration.”

The Republican chair of the National Governors Association breaks with Trump.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Oklahoma’s Republican Governor Criticizes National Guard Deployment in Chicago

www.nytimes.com

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3d

Donald Trump is not a king — and his administration is not above the law.

Today, the court confirmed what we all know: there is no credible evidence of a rebellion in the state of Illinois.

And no place for the National Guard in the streets of American cities like Chicago.

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Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta @malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social · 3d

It’s SHAMEFUL to watch US Senators vote NO on the War Powers resolution & give this administration a blank check to bomb whoever the hell they want. The current conduct in the Caribbean is unconstitutional and unacceptable!

Time and time again, these cowards bend the knee.

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 3d

This is actually what is going to happen.

That’s already what’s happening in Lebanon. Israel kills regularly, violates the ceasefire agreement on an hourly basis.

It’s just not on the news anymore.

This is why pressure against Israel mustn’t just continue, but increase.

The Onion @theonion.com · 3d

Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis

CAIRO—As part of a historic ceasefire agreement with Hamas following two years of war, the Israeli government reportedly agreed Thursday to go back to killing Palestinians on a less frequent basis. “I...

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Nathan Eric Dickman @nericdickman.bsky.social · 3d

Like, what? You’re going to just teach *about* Socrates, and not even slightly “corrupt the youth”?

Nathan Eric Dickman @nericdickman.bsky.social · 4d

This self-cancellation of justice: the beautiful name it goes by is well enough known--grace... ~Nietzsche, On the Genealogy of Morals (2008), II.10 (p. 54)

Nathan Eric Dickman @nericdickman.bsky.social · 4d

I am strong enough to allow that!"... The justice which began with: "Everything can be paid off," ends with a look the other way as those who are unable to pay are allowed to run free--it ends as every good thing on earth ends, by cancelling itself out.

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Nathan Eric Dickman @nericdickman.bsky.social · 4d

It is not impossible to conceive of a society whose consciousness of power would allow it the most refined luxury there is--that of allowing those who do it harm to go unpunished. "Of what concern are these parasites to me?," it would be entitled to say. "May they live and prosper:

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AnthropoceneMPG 🌊 @anthropocenempg.bsky.social · 4d

If you’re a despot, you can do anything 🆘

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