wh00sh
@wh00sh.bsky.social
Dual US/Australia citizen, vote in Maryland & Queensland. Post-capitalist, anti-fascist activist, organizer at Democrats Abroad, XR, among others. Overlanding on sabbatical. Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians.
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@wh00sh.bsky.social
· Feb 14
Calendar — Movement Infrastructure Project
www.movementinfrastructureproject.org
#USProtests event calendars 👇👇👇
1. www.movementinfrastructureproject.org/calendar
2. freedcproject.org/events
3. events.pol-rev.com
4. r/ProtestFinderUSA
#Protest #3E #DirectAction #Organize
1. www.movementinfrastructureproject.org/calendar
2. freedcproject.org/events
3. events.pol-rev.com
4. r/ProtestFinderUSA
#Protest #3E #DirectAction #Organize
Suddenly, Netflix Has Money & Content Has Value
YouTube video by Brenna Perez
youtu.be
December 6, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Institutions of higher ed should be free from political interference. I applaud GMU's faculty for standing up against this admin's campaign to coerce blind loyalty which undermines the ability to teach, research and best serve students. @aaupmason.bsky.social
www.highereddive.com/news/george-...
www.highereddive.com/news/george-...
George Mason faculty urge leaders to reject Trump deals risking ‘institutional autonomy’
A Wednesday resolution from the faculty senate argued that the university's board and president should not put it under "continuing federal supervision.”
www.highereddive.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Institutions of higher ed should be free from political interference. I applaud GMU's faculty for standing up against this admin's campaign to coerce blind loyalty which undermines the ability to teach, research and best serve students. @aaupmason.bsky.social
www.highereddive.com/news/george-...
www.highereddive.com/news/george-...
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If Pete Hegseth is going to use the "fog of war" as an excuse for potential war crimes, he should at least use the term correctly. But he'd still be guilty of potential war crimes. ICYMI @markhertling.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4ptOmNe
The ‘Fog of War’ Is No Excuse
Mistakes are one thing; failures of moral judgment are another.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM
If Pete Hegseth is going to use the "fog of war" as an excuse for potential war crimes, he should at least use the term correctly. But he'd still be guilty of potential war crimes. ICYMI @markhertling.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4ptOmNe
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Stop ICE NOW.
They're kidnapping people off the streets. They're in my city, which is not in a border state and has zero immigration issues.
Why is this being tolerated?
What happened to the rule of law?
Where are our lawmakers?
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
They're kidnapping people off the streets. They're in my city, which is not in a border state and has zero immigration issues.
Why is this being tolerated?
What happened to the rule of law?
Where are our lawmakers?
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
December 2, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Stop ICE NOW.
They're kidnapping people off the streets. They're in my city, which is not in a border state and has zero immigration issues.
Why is this being tolerated?
What happened to the rule of law?
Where are our lawmakers?
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
They're kidnapping people off the streets. They're in my city, which is not in a border state and has zero immigration issues.
Why is this being tolerated?
What happened to the rule of law?
Where are our lawmakers?
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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Stephen Kotkin: “Beginning with the reign of Ivan the Terrible in the 16th century, Russia managed to expand at an average rate of 50 sq miles per day for hundreds of years, eventually covering one-sixth of the Earth's landmass.vWay before NATO existed, in the 19th century, Russia looked like this.
Stephen Kotkin: Don’t Blame the West for Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine | The New Yorker Radio Hour | WNYC Studios
Some have argued that NATO expansion in the post-Soviet era has forced Putin’s hand. Kotkin, a historian of the U.S.S.R., disagrees. Russia, he says, is just being Russia.
www.wnycstudios.org
December 3, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Stephen Kotkin: “Beginning with the reign of Ivan the Terrible in the 16th century, Russia managed to expand at an average rate of 50 sq miles per day for hundreds of years, eventually covering one-sixth of the Earth's landmass.vWay before NATO existed, in the 19th century, Russia looked like this.
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Amazon has now backed out of this project after sustained community opposition.
But this fight isn't over, and another tech giant could try to step into Amazon's place.
But this fight isn't over, and another tech giant could try to step into Amazon's place.
Tucson residents fought back against Amazon’s secretive plans to build a data center in the desert — and won.
But now, in a blatant attempt to override the City Council and the will of the people, Amazon and the project’s developer is pushing ahead anyway.
But now, in a blatant attempt to override the City Council and the will of the people, Amazon and the project’s developer is pushing ahead anyway.
December 2, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Amazon has now backed out of this project after sustained community opposition.
But this fight isn't over, and another tech giant could try to step into Amazon's place.
But this fight isn't over, and another tech giant could try to step into Amazon's place.
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SCOOP: Bipartisan group of nearly 100 former legislators call for a ban to individual stock trades by current members of Congress.
Among them: Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, House Majority Leader Dick Gephardt, Olympia Snowe and Fred Upton.
www.opensecrets.org/news/2025/12...
Among them: Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, House Majority Leader Dick Gephardt, Olympia Snowe and Fred Upton.
www.opensecrets.org/news/2025/12...
Nearly 100 former lawmakers call on House to ban stock trading by members of Congress - OpenSecrets News
Ninety former members of Congress today urged U.S. House leaders to quickly pass legislation that would “eliminate the persistent appearance…
www.opensecrets.org
December 2, 2025 at 1:53 PM
SCOOP: Bipartisan group of nearly 100 former legislators call for a ban to individual stock trades by current members of Congress.
Among them: Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, House Majority Leader Dick Gephardt, Olympia Snowe and Fred Upton.
www.opensecrets.org/news/2025/12...
Among them: Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, House Majority Leader Dick Gephardt, Olympia Snowe and Fred Upton.
www.opensecrets.org/news/2025/12...
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Senate Democrats need bold new leadership to fight the Trump regime — and that starts by making Chuck Schumer step aside. Urge your Democratic senators to call on Schumer to step down as minority leader.
CALL NOW: Tell Your Democratic Senator It's Time for Chuck Schumer to Step Aside
indivisible.org
December 2, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Senate Democrats need bold new leadership to fight the Trump regime — and that starts by making Chuck Schumer step aside. Urge your Democratic senators to call on Schumer to step down as minority leader.
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DAILY MEMO: Border Patrol Is Back And Targeted Southeast Los Angeles, Ripping Parents From Their Children and More
Want to help? Become a member!
@eltragon.bsky.social
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@eltragon.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 6:36 AM
DAILY MEMO: Border Patrol Is Back And Targeted Southeast Los Angeles, Ripping Parents From Their Children and More
Want to help? Become a member!
@eltragon.bsky.social
Want to help? Become a member!
@eltragon.bsky.social
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OpenAustralia Foundation
We need your help: Make a donation today to support the OpenAustralia Foundation
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December 3, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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"the issue isn’t that we need more 'boy-friendly' reforms. It’s that boys are socialized to compete only with boys and to read girls’ success as illegitimate or emasculating. The result is dissonance, resentment, and disengagement for boys—and hostile climates for girls."
time.com/7335723/auto...
time.com/7335723/auto...
The Real Way Schools are Failing Boys
“If we really want boys to succeed, we need to ensure that they know how to both beat—and lose— to girls."
time.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:21 AM
"the issue isn’t that we need more 'boy-friendly' reforms. It’s that boys are socialized to compete only with boys and to read girls’ success as illegitimate or emasculating. The result is dissonance, resentment, and disengagement for boys—and hostile climates for girls."
time.com/7335723/auto...
time.com/7335723/auto...
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Torrential rain and a rare tropical storm have led to catastrophic floods and landslides which have killed more than 1,400 people in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Malaysia.
1.5 million people are displaced, farming regions devastated.
apnews.com/article/indo...
1.5 million people are displaced, farming regions devastated.
apnews.com/article/indo...
Deadly floods in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Malaysia kill more than 1,400 people
Parts of Asia are reeling after torrents of rain unleashed catastrophic floods and landslides last week and killed more than 1,400 people in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Malaysia.
apnews.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Torrential rain and a rare tropical storm have led to catastrophic floods and landslides which have killed more than 1,400 people in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Malaysia.
1.5 million people are displaced, farming regions devastated.
apnews.com/article/indo...
1.5 million people are displaced, farming regions devastated.
apnews.com/article/indo...
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"Remember this: Freedom is a pure idea. It occurs spontaneously and without instruction."
December 3, 2025 at 6:54 AM
"Remember this: Freedom is a pure idea. It occurs spontaneously and without instruction."
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A policy expert described Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s push in favor of private schools as a “great American heist,” funneling money from public schools:
“It’s a strategic theft of the future of our country, our kids and our democracy.”
(Published October 2025)
“It’s a strategic theft of the future of our country, our kids and our democracy.”
(Published October 2025)
These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.
Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...
www.propublica.org
December 3, 2025 at 1:00 AM
A policy expert described Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s push in favor of private schools as a “great American heist,” funneling money from public schools:
“It’s a strategic theft of the future of our country, our kids and our democracy.”
(Published October 2025)
“It’s a strategic theft of the future of our country, our kids and our democracy.”
(Published October 2025)
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When Russia calls a leaked conversation “hybrid warfare,” you’d better stop and ask:
Hybrid warfare against who?👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
Hybrid warfare against who?👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:28 AM
When Russia calls a leaked conversation “hybrid warfare,” you’d better stop and ask:
Hybrid warfare against who?👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
Hybrid warfare against who?👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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"In 2000 ~90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels
By 2024, 90% of their electricity was from renewables
Energy transitions can happen faster than we think!"
via Democratic Socialists
'Solar becomes main source of electricity in the EU for first time'
www.independent.co.uk/tech/solar-p...
By 2024, 90% of their electricity was from renewables
Energy transitions can happen faster than we think!"
via Democratic Socialists
'Solar becomes main source of electricity in the EU for first time'
www.independent.co.uk/tech/solar-p...
Solar becomes main source of electricity in the EU for first time
More than half of the EU’s electricity in the second quarter of 2025 came from renewable energy
www.independent.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 8:04 AM
"In 2000 ~90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels
By 2024, 90% of their electricity was from renewables
Energy transitions can happen faster than we think!"
via Democratic Socialists
'Solar becomes main source of electricity in the EU for first time'
www.independent.co.uk/tech/solar-p...
By 2024, 90% of their electricity was from renewables
Energy transitions can happen faster than we think!"
via Democratic Socialists
'Solar becomes main source of electricity in the EU for first time'
www.independent.co.uk/tech/solar-p...
Firing on a shipwreck is explicitly banned as a law of war violation in the DOD manual. #Hegseth youtu.be/lqrPOA7QU4w
Illegal Boat Strike: It's In The LITERAL MANUAL!
YouTube video by Brenna Perez
youtu.be
December 3, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Firing on a shipwreck is explicitly banned as a law of war violation in the DOD manual. #Hegseth youtu.be/lqrPOA7QU4w
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In a time when governments need to learn, they continually demonstrate that they have learned exactly nothing. Government is about being the custodian of the well-being of 26 million people - this is not custodianship, it's incompetence bordering on negligence.
EXCLUSIVE: Funding and support plans for national disability insurance scheme participants will be generated by a computer program and staff will have no discretion to amend them, under a major overhaul of the NDIS to be rolled out next year, @australia.theguardian.com can reveal.
December 3, 2025 at 5:17 AM
In a time when governments need to learn, they continually demonstrate that they have learned exactly nothing. Government is about being the custodian of the well-being of 26 million people - this is not custodianship, it's incompetence bordering on negligence.
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Coral reefs have shaped Earth in much deeper ways than we usually appreciate.
Coral reefs have orchestrated Earth’s climate for 250 million years
theconversation.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Coral reefs have shaped Earth in much deeper ways than we usually appreciate.
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Well, they might not have brought peace with Ukraine, but at least they are now also talking about war with Europe, so we are going forward
Russia ‘ready’ for war with Europe, Putin says, as US peace talks end without progress
Kremlin aide says Ukraine crisis is no closer to resolution after Witkoff talks, as Russian president accuses European powers of sabotaging peace
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Well, they might not have brought peace with Ukraine, but at least they are now also talking about war with Europe, so we are going forward
Holding hungry people's food hostage to force states to participate in the fascist surveillance state.
December 3, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Holding hungry people's food hostage to force states to participate in the fascist surveillance state.
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Severed fingers and incisions: Bodies returned by Israel shock Gaza families - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/palestinian-bodies-returned-israel-signs-torture-incisions
Severed fingers and incisions: Bodies returned by Israel shock Gaza families
Hopes of closure for grieving families give way to new anguish as they confront the unrecognisable condition of their loved ones’ remains
www.middleeasteye.net
December 3, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Severed fingers and incisions: Bodies returned by Israel shock Gaza families - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/palestinian-bodies-returned-israel-signs-torture-incisions
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Hillary Clinton blames TikTok and “totally made up” videos for young people’s views on Israel and Palestine.
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
December 2, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Hillary Clinton blames TikTok and “totally made up” videos for young people’s views on Israel and Palestine.
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
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Went looking for Adham and just realised he's been deleted again. So wanted to boost. He's still very much in need of help. I hope he and his mum can get through all this.
Everyone knows Adham is a real person, not a scammer, trying to survive Israel's genocide. But Bluesky's mods don't care. They'll digitally ethnically cleanse Palestinians for as long as this platform exists, one supposes. You can help by sharing & donating, support is v low since the 'ceasefire':
December 2, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Went looking for Adham and just realised he's been deleted again. So wanted to boost. He's still very much in need of help. I hope he and his mum can get through all this.
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This is why it's important to have Arts/Humanities courses AND STEM courses. It all fits together, they compliment each other.
There's no such thing as useless education.
There's no such thing as useless education.
Adding alt text to this because this is fucking amazing and everyone deserves to read it.
December 2, 2025 at 9:34 AM
This is why it's important to have Arts/Humanities courses AND STEM courses. It all fits together, they compliment each other.
There's no such thing as useless education.
There's no such thing as useless education.