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Toitū te Tiriti 🇳🇿 @mrjeffhowell.bsky.social · 7h

The Olive green areas are councils where citizens voted down Māori wards (the little blue blob in the middle is Kirikiriroa, which voted by a whisker to retain theirs).
Coincidentally those Olive green areas also pretty accurately represent land confiscated by the crown after the Waikato wars.

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Benjanun Sriduangkaew @benjanun.bsky.social · 5h

She broke 10k!

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Jason Hazeley @jasonhazeley.bsky.social · 6h

It’s dispiriting that this is what getting a COVID vaccination now looks like to this chronic asthmatic.

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Plaskin @plaskin.bsky.social · 3h

Yeah it's terrible. It's basically the resurgence of the idea that women are not actual people but sex provider robots. That gets very clear with the narrative around media portrayals of women in games and movies. Any hint of 'real' personhood gets angrily rejected.

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Xun-ling Au 歐迅灵 🏴 @xunlingau.bsky.social · 5h

Karenni National Women's org Chair Maw Pray Myar, @hurfom.bsky.social Director Nai Aue Mon & @pvamplify.bsky.social founder @khinohmar.bsky.social write about the continued resilience & defiance of the Peoples of Myanmar in the face of the Junta's brutality

You too can help (see quoted🧵)

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Diesel Bug Has An Irrational Amount Of Freedom @dieselbug1137.bsky.social · 12h

If the only thing that's fully funded by the government is the police. Then you live in a police state. That's just how numbers work. It's fair to judge a society by how it chooses to allocate resources.

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QM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social · 7h

*FIFTEEN THOUSAND JOBS LOST*.
If this were in a sector in which the PM could go and do a photoshoot looking like One Of The People, we’d have had a government intervention by now.

LopaLeach @lopa.bsky.social · 19h

Cuts equivalent to 15,000 jobs planned at UK universities – UCU www.timeshighereducation.com/news/cuts-eq...

Cuts equivalent to 15,000 jobs planned at UK universities – UCU

Proposed job losses almost triple since March as unions prepare to vote on nationwide industrial action

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 15h

Psychiatrists/NPs/therapists who could provide off-the-books, no-fee, Zoom-based care for individuals in crisis in ICE-targeted Chicago communities, please email me: [email protected]. Include whether you can prescribe, speak Spanish (or other languages), and available hours per week/month.

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Sasha Costanza-Chock @schock.cc · 8d

LittleSis have dropped a new report and data visualization about the billionaires and corporations profiting from the deportation industrial complex:

littlesis.org/news/the-bil...

The Billionaire Oligarchs and Corporations Profiting from ICE’s Deportation Machine - Little Sis

A primer on the billionaire barons and corporate profiteers enabling ICE's deportation apparatus

littlesis.org

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ShortBox Comics Fair @shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social · 1d

A little orc quits his job and, accompanied by his dog, sets off on a journey to pursue his dreams of becoming a blacksmith.

Warning: will make your heart grow bigger numerous sizes!

'Puca' is a new 59-page comic by @chentravis.bsky.social , available now at SBCF!

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It's Sakher 🍉 @sakher23.bsky.social · 17h

My name is Sakher, and this is my new account — after my old one was suddenly taken down.
For the past 4 days, I’ve been silent… not because I wanted to, but because I lost my only voice — the place where I used to speak to the world.
More talk in the comments….
GFM : gofund.me/f116bf44

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drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 17h

if i had to see this today, so do you

cows grazing in a field next to the green mountains

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Alex Winter @alexwinter.com · 17h

CNN: "Thousands of Palestinians are returning home to northern Gaza, finding destruction and heartbreak."

The situation on the ground for civilians is horrific. They rely on donations to survive.

Please give to my friend Tasneem so she can feed her children. And to others. ❤️🙏

tinyurl.com/Tasneemo

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Derek Willis @dwillis.bsky.social · 18h

Last year a @merrillcollege.bsky.social grad student told me she wanted to build a news app about evictions in DC. Given the schedule and amount of work, it was an ambitious project.

Taylor Nichols not only did it but got it published by a DC news org!

streetsensedc.github.io/evictions-ap...

Mapping evictions in Washington, D.C.

streetsensedc.github.io

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Plaskin @plaskin.bsky.social · 15h

Chill

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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 1d

Mahmoud’s wife Malak is due with their third child in only 2 months it’s so important that she is able to access healthy food and clean water now ❤️

Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 1d

I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Mahmoud. Mahmoud was a computer engineer doing web development before this. He’s lost his job and home (and many coworkers) and is in a tent with his family including his children Zeina, 6 and Zane, 2. His wife Malak is 7 months pregnant.

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Lauren McKenzie @themckenziest.gay · 20h

Seeing Ms. Rachel say exactly what needs to be said to Obama is so damn refreshing

Dear President Obama,
I saw in your statement you said "Israeli families" & "the people of Gaza."
Palestinians have families, too.
This kind of language contributes to dehumanization. Dehumanization is part of what caused so many to stay silent as 20,000 children were killed in this genocide.
I've sat with wonderful Palestinian families from Gaza. They look at their children just like we look at ours - with all the love & hope in the world.
Love,
Ms Rachel

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 16h

This Place Has The Juice, Blood Of Christ edition

Dave the Atheist @davetheatheist.bs... • 1h
How about not shoving your cult down our throats. Deal ?
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Ben B. @abominaldrvibes.bsky.social • 1h
I'm agnostic
Dave the Atheist @davetheatheist.bs... • 1h
Which gods are you agnostic about ?
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niko oneshot but they’re duen @riolu.gay · 16h

hello again gamers

temporarily reactivating because i am in desperate need of legal advice for a weird housing situation

my previous landlord has not only withheld my security deposit, but sent me a bill for nearly $2500 in "damages"

the previous apartment was in Medford, MA. i am in Somerville

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Terijian (Bangii Gekek) @bangiigekek.bsky.social · 16h

"bro what is wrong with your throat?"

"uh... I got in a fight... with like six guys, I totally won tho, you shoulda seen me kicking ass"

me kicking ass:

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Prison Journalism Project @prisonjournalism.bsky.social · 22h

The Best Prison Job Is Teaching Residents How to Cook

The Most Coveted Job in the Michigan Prison System

As a chef tutor in prison, I teach people how to handle food safely, and how to cook and bake. It has lots of perks, but the pay is still abysmal.

prisonjournalismproject.org

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Dr. Divya 🇵🇸🧿 (offline) @divyampersaud.com · 2d

Please share, 24 hours left ⚠️ I often parrot “bet on life” from Samidoun’s special report about resistance in Jenin camp. Because mutual aid is existential: every alleviation matters. Every act of support is faith in Palestinian life.

Six families, food & shelter. 0/640: chuffed.org/project/hope...

A square white graphic. On the left is a stylized ink illustration of a kestrel falcon in black on white, without outline just the black marks on its wings and face, drawn from behind. His wings are partly open and his head is turned to the right. In his beak is an anemone poppy in red ink with a green stem. On the right is the title "Keep hope alive: a gaza giving circle" in ink-effect font. The text says "We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We distribute your contributions equally every week for sustainable support." In the bottom right corner in green text is the link https://tinyurl.com/HopeGivingCircle.

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🏳️‍⚧️ m e g a n 🏳️‍⚧️ @megagarbage.bsky.social · 1d

we are at 100/200, which means car insurance is mostly covered but we still need a little help to push through and stay stocked wrt things like litter and soap. again we are very sorry to keep bothering about this and greatly appreciate any and all shares and help

payp/vnmo megagarbage

🏳️‍⚧️ m e g a n 🏳️‍⚧️ @megagarbage.bsky.social · 7d

hello, very sorry to be asking again but if possible we need to try to raise $200 by the 15th for car insurance and basic necessities for two trans people and two cats. we are extremely grateful for any support, you help keep us alive while we all continue to scrape by.

pp/vnmo megagarbage

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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Blade Wielding Bisexual (Lordean arc) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 22h

Since Link is banned, his mutual aid Fridays have gone with him. This was one of the most altruistic things I’ve seen anyone on this site do.

In light of this, I’m gonna try to fill the gap.

Drop your mutual aid requests under this thread and I will repost them for as long as I can.

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 1d

After a long pause, I've just done another England Covid & NHS update as we head into the autumn/winter season.

TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.

christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...

England is now experiencing a significant Covid wave, after 10 months of relative quiet

The latest Covid situation in England and a look at where NHS services are as we head into winter

christinapagel.substack.com

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