Peter Schurman
@peter415.bsky.social
Builder of organizations. Ex MoveOn. Lover of nature and community.
My passion: OneGlobalDemocracy.com
My passion: OneGlobalDemocracy.com
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These settlements are part of an organized decades-long Israeli government land-theft policy. Mamdani is right to note that they violate international law, and that people in NYC are entitled to peacefully protest against these policies. 3/
November 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
These settlements are part of an organized decades-long Israeli government land-theft policy. Mamdani is right to note that they violate international law, and that people in NYC are entitled to peacefully protest against these policies. 3/
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it's common to think about the nuremberg tribunal as focused on war crimes & crimes against humanity. but especially when trump is using force on the seas & threatening it against venenzuela, it's worth remembering this: the first crime was aggressive use of force. www.un.org/en/genocidep...
November 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM
it's common to think about the nuremberg tribunal as focused on war crimes & crimes against humanity. but especially when trump is using force on the seas & threatening it against venenzuela, it's worth remembering this: the first crime was aggressive use of force. www.un.org/en/genocidep...
Interesting piece, argues true poverty line is $140k. Worth a read.
“We have created a system where the only way to survive is to be destitute enough to qualify for aid, or rich enough to ignore the cost. Everyone in the middle is being cannibalized.”
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
“We have created a system where the only way to survive is to be destitute enough to qualify for aid, or rich enough to ignore the cost. Everyone in the middle is being cannibalized.”
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Interesting piece, argues true poverty line is $140k. Worth a read.
“We have created a system where the only way to survive is to be destitute enough to qualify for aid, or rich enough to ignore the cost. Everyone in the middle is being cannibalized.”
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
“We have created a system where the only way to survive is to be destitute enough to qualify for aid, or rich enough to ignore the cost. Everyone in the middle is being cannibalized.”
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
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In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
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Some people seem to be under the impression that there is such a thing as nonviolent settlement of occupied territories and there is not
November 24, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Some people seem to be under the impression that there is such a thing as nonviolent settlement of occupied territories and there is not
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Sign at the US Military Academy at West Point:
November 23, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Sign at the US Military Academy at West Point:
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Iconic photo from the DC rally yesterday. A lone soldier steps forward, draped in duty and defiance, carrying a flag that’s weathered, but not defeated.
We are the Resistance, we will not go quietly, we will not obey, we will not bow down to a dictator.
📸 @johnnypalmadessa
We are the Resistance, we will not go quietly, we will not obey, we will not bow down to a dictator.
📸 @johnnypalmadessa
November 24, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Iconic photo from the DC rally yesterday. A lone soldier steps forward, draped in duty and defiance, carrying a flag that’s weathered, but not defeated.
We are the Resistance, we will not go quietly, we will not obey, we will not bow down to a dictator.
📸 @johnnypalmadessa
We are the Resistance, we will not go quietly, we will not obey, we will not bow down to a dictator.
📸 @johnnypalmadessa
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Yesterday my partner and I counted all the ads along Chicago's Brown Line for "Friend," a company selling an AI chatbot pendant, and tallied how many of those ads were defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
November 23, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Yesterday my partner and I counted all the ads along Chicago's Brown Line for "Friend," a company selling an AI chatbot pendant, and tallied how many of those ads were defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
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Ecocide. Gaza is overflowing with uncollected garbage as resources run out. Among the piles are missile fragments and shells from ongoing Israeli strikes, posing danger to residents, especially children. Families face destruction, neglect, and worsening conditions as they struggle to survive.
November 23, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Ecocide. Gaza is overflowing with uncollected garbage as resources run out. Among the piles are missile fragments and shells from ongoing Israeli strikes, posing danger to residents, especially children. Families face destruction, neglect, and worsening conditions as they struggle to survive.
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Lol
Grand opening, grand closing.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
November 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Lol
Oakland is not alone in this: “lacks a city government that can consistently demonstrate the basic functions of responsible governance”
www.oaklandreport.org/p/20251122-o...
www.oaklandreport.org/p/20251122-o...
Oakland’s culture of apathy is costing us all
City’s lack of responsiveness to its citizens – and apathy toward doing its job – has cost it and Oakland residents dearly.
www.oaklandreport.org
November 22, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Oakland is not alone in this: “lacks a city government that can consistently demonstrate the basic functions of responsible governance”
www.oaklandreport.org/p/20251122-o...
www.oaklandreport.org/p/20251122-o...
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The stronger the narrative control needs to be, the more ethically indefensible the reality it is masking.
November 22, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The stronger the narrative control needs to be, the more ethically indefensible the reality it is masking.
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““If they’re not gonna run the programs, then what are we paying them for?” she said. “It’s like, you know, you’re paying us for a service and they’re not delivering. So let’s stop paying for it.”
👀 @mikiesherrill.bsky.social goes there …
👀 @mikiesherrill.bsky.social goes there …
New Jersey may stop paying federal taxes under new governor
Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill said on a podcast with Jon Stewart it's a "great idea."
www.politico.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
““If they’re not gonna run the programs, then what are we paying them for?” she said. “It’s like, you know, you’re paying us for a service and they’re not delivering. So let’s stop paying for it.”
👀 @mikiesherrill.bsky.social goes there …
👀 @mikiesherrill.bsky.social goes there …
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Under Biden, General Erik Kurilla was closer to Israel than almost anyone else in government.
Under Trump, he delivered on Israeli + US hardliners' dream of joint US-Isr attacks on Iran.
Now he's joining the hawkish Washington Institute for Near East Policy to continue shaping US discourse & choices
Under Trump, he delivered on Israeli + US hardliners' dream of joint US-Isr attacks on Iran.
Now he's joining the hawkish Washington Institute for Near East Policy to continue shaping US discourse & choices
November 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Under Biden, General Erik Kurilla was closer to Israel than almost anyone else in government.
Under Trump, he delivered on Israeli + US hardliners' dream of joint US-Isr attacks on Iran.
Now he's joining the hawkish Washington Institute for Near East Policy to continue shaping US discourse & choices
Under Trump, he delivered on Israeli + US hardliners' dream of joint US-Isr attacks on Iran.
Now he's joining the hawkish Washington Institute for Near East Policy to continue shaping US discourse & choices
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"Gen X may be the first to need a universal basic income after late-career job loss... due to AI," per the Hill
November 21, 2025 at 4:03 PM
"Gen X may be the first to need a universal basic income after late-career job loss... due to AI," per the Hill
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I want you to understand that the women around you are not okay. They are experiencing low-level ongoing stress and, for many, trauma triggers every day that Epstein is in the news. thegoldenhour.substack.com/p/what-epste...
What Epstein Reveals About Women's Inner Lives
The initiation no one wants, and what could replace it
thegoldenhour.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I want you to understand that the women around you are not okay. They are experiencing low-level ongoing stress and, for many, trauma triggers every day that Epstein is in the news. thegoldenhour.substack.com/p/what-epste...
Not wrong. Wish there was an alternative.
The NYT is broken and can't be fixed. It doesn't want to be fixed.
The US has no paper of record. Cancel your subscription.
The US has no paper of record. Cancel your subscription.
Jeez. Trump reposted a call to execute six Democratic members of Congress, and it’s not on the front page of the NY Times, and this is the headline—no mention of hanging lawmakers.
November 21, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Not wrong. Wish there was an alternative.
Insightful. Especially the point on privilege and the importance of housecleaning across the board.
open.spotify.com/episode/7m7D...
open.spotify.com/episode/7m7D...
November 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Insightful. Especially the point on privilege and the importance of housecleaning across the board.
open.spotify.com/episode/7m7D...
open.spotify.com/episode/7m7D...
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Just as Emmett Till’s open casket led to the Civil Rights Movement, Gaza’s open casket must sustain a Global Human Rights Movement to ensure laws against war crimes and genocide protect every human on this planet. Not doing so will disfigure humanity.
www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/20/g...
www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/20/g...
Gaza’s Open Casket
Disfigured by 200,000 tons of American bombs, the mountain of rubble called Gaza represents the open casket of Emmett Till, whose funeral forced the world
www.counterpunch.org
November 21, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Just as Emmett Till’s open casket led to the Civil Rights Movement, Gaza’s open casket must sustain a Global Human Rights Movement to ensure laws against war crimes and genocide protect every human on this planet. Not doing so will disfigure humanity.
www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/20/g...
www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/20/g...
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If you receive an illegal order, you have a duty to disobey.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
November 21, 2025 at 12:14 AM
If you receive an illegal order, you have a duty to disobey.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
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I really think putting staggeringly dumb rich people who are also total jerks in charge of everything was a bad call.
November 21, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I really think putting staggeringly dumb rich people who are also total jerks in charge of everything was a bad call.