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"do not obey in advance" is the first lesson in timothy snyder's important work, 'on tyranny' (see them all: timothysnyder.org/resources/ )
they don't have the capacity to compel obedience by the process of law.
they don't have the capacity to compel obedience by violence.
the only lever by which they can obtain obedience is fear.
do not offer it to them.
they don't have the capacity to compel obedience by violence.
the only lever by which they can obtain obedience is fear.
do not offer it to them.
September 18, 2025 at 2:48 AM
"do not obey in advance" is the first lesson in timothy snyder's important work, 'on tyranny' (see them all: timothysnyder.org/resources/ )
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I was just at Harvard university yesterday, where I did my master of public health. I deepened my understanding of Palestine during my time there because of professors and academics who study the settler colonial determinants of health and social medicine.
April 15, 2025 at 2:47 AM
I was just at Harvard university yesterday, where I did my master of public health. I deepened my understanding of Palestine during my time there because of professors and academics who study the settler colonial determinants of health and social medicine.
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If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
March 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
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Israel’s former top military officer, General Aviv Kohavi, held private meetings with Guardian editor Katherine Viner and BBC news director Richard Burgess, one month after the Gaza bombing began, Declassified can reveal.
www.declassifieduk.org/bbc-guardian...
www.declassifieduk.org/bbc-guardian...
BBC and Guardian editors held private meetings with Israeli General
Exclusive: Former IDF chief of staff met with Britain’s top journalists to promote Israel’s war on Gaza, it can be revealed.
www.declassifieduk.org
February 28, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Israel’s former top military officer, General Aviv Kohavi, held private meetings with Guardian editor Katherine Viner and BBC news director Richard Burgess, one month after the Gaza bombing began, Declassified can reveal.
www.declassifieduk.org/bbc-guardian...
www.declassifieduk.org/bbc-guardian...
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NPR host Adrian Ma's girlfriend, Kiah Duggins, was aboard the American Airlines flight that crashed into the Potomac River. He spoke to NPR about that night and about his late girlfriend.
NPR host Adrian Ma remembers his girlfriend who died in D.C. plane crash
NPR host Adrian Ma's girlfriend, Kiah Duggins, was aboard the American Airlines flight that crashed into the Potomac River. He spoke to NPR about that night and about his late girlfriend.
www.npr.org
February 20, 2025 at 7:33 PM
NPR host Adrian Ma's girlfriend, Kiah Duggins, was aboard the American Airlines flight that crashed into the Potomac River. He spoke to NPR about that night and about his late girlfriend.
#ToniMorrison: Sometimes you don’t survive whole, you just survive in part. But the grandeur of life is that attempt, it’s not about that solution. It is about being as fearless as one can, behaving as beautifully as one can, under completely impossible circumstances.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xvJ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xvJ...
Toni Morrison on Trauma, Survival, and Finding Meaning
YouTube video by CTFORUM
www.youtube.com
February 9, 2025 at 4:22 AM
#ToniMorrison: Sometimes you don’t survive whole, you just survive in part. But the grandeur of life is that attempt, it’s not about that solution. It is about being as fearless as one can, behaving as beautifully as one can, under completely impossible circumstances.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xvJ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xvJ...
"This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal."
― Toni Morrison
www.thenation.com/article/arch...
― Toni Morrison
www.thenation.com/article/arch...
No Place for Self-Pity, No Room for Fear
In times of dread, artists must never choose to remain silent.
www.thenation.com
February 6, 2025 at 10:42 PM
"This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal."
― Toni Morrison
www.thenation.com/article/arch...
― Toni Morrison
www.thenation.com/article/arch...
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I wrote about Trump’s inauguration. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
January 21, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I wrote about Trump’s inauguration. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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New: Meta employees are furious about a new policy that allows users to call LGBTQ+ people "mentally ill." Some have resigned in protest. Some LGBTQ+ employees have started saying they if they are 'mentally ill' they should get leave of absences from work
www.404media.co/its-total-ch...
www.404media.co/its-total-ch...
‘It’s Total Chaos Internally at Meta Right Now’: Employees Protest Zuckerberg’s Anti LGBTQ Changes
Meta's decision to specifically allow users to call LGBTQ+ people "mentally ill" has sparked widespread backlash at the company.
www.404media.co
January 9, 2025 at 9:01 PM
New: Meta employees are furious about a new policy that allows users to call LGBTQ+ people "mentally ill." Some have resigned in protest. Some LGBTQ+ employees have started saying they if they are 'mentally ill' they should get leave of absences from work
www.404media.co/its-total-ch...
www.404media.co/its-total-ch...
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NYT just casually reporting "Trump's advisers have spent months trying to identify a disease that will help them build their case for closing the border" like this is a totally normal thing to do
January 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
NYT just casually reporting "Trump's advisers have spent months trying to identify a disease that will help them build their case for closing the border" like this is a totally normal thing to do
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Mark Zuckerberg doesn't just bend the knee to Trump, he throws himself prostrate on the floor in front of the throne.
Darkness falls.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/b...
Darkness falls.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/b...
Meta Moves to End Fact-Checking Program
The social networking giant will stop using third-party fact checkers and instead rely on users to add notes or corrections to posts. It is likely to please the Trump administration.
www.nytimes.com
January 7, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Mark Zuckerberg doesn't just bend the knee to Trump, he throws himself prostrate on the floor in front of the throne.
Darkness falls.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/b...
Darkness falls.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/b...
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I have been determinedly trying not to add to the noise around Musk, but I regret to inform you that he’s now retweeting Darren Grimes
January 8, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I have been determinedly trying not to add to the noise around Musk, but I regret to inform you that he’s now retweeting Darren Grimes
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Re-jailing a 77 year old climate protestor because her wrists are too slender to wear an electronic tag is fatuous. Welcome to a parable about how the people who claim to crave law and order have lost the plot. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/68...
Locking up a 77-year-old climate protester is proof of a broken justice system
Gaie Delap is in prison because there are no electronic tags made to fit her. Could the millionaire bosses of the outsourcing company in charge find a...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
January 4, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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Is the growing power of Big Tech a threat to democracy? Maria Ressa and Yanis Varoufakis | UpFront World, Al Jazeera English, Worldnews www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDqI...
Is the growing power of Big Tech a threat to democracy? Maria Ressa and Yanis Varoufakis | UpFront
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
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November 22, 2024 at 4:01 PM
Is the growing power of Big Tech a threat to democracy? Maria Ressa and Yanis Varoufakis | UpFront World, Al Jazeera English, Worldnews www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDqI...
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NEW: After reviewing leaked documents, we have found UnitedHealth is strategically limiting access to a treatment for thousands of children with autism across the country in order to cut costs.
Advocates say the company’s strategy may be illegal.
www.propublica.org/article/unit...
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Advocates say the company’s strategy may be illegal.
www.propublica.org/article/unit...
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UnitedHealth Is Strategically Limiting Access to Critical Treatment for Kids With Autism
Leaked internal documents show that the insurance giant is culling providers of applied behavior analysis from its network and scrutinizing the medical necessity of therapy. Advocates say the company’...
www.propublica.org
December 13, 2024 at 1:34 PM
NEW: After reviewing leaked documents, we have found UnitedHealth is strategically limiting access to a treatment for thousands of children with autism across the country in order to cut costs.
Advocates say the company’s strategy may be illegal.
www.propublica.org/article/unit...
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Advocates say the company’s strategy may be illegal.
www.propublica.org/article/unit...
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Handshakes with Donalds are usually quite a challenge…
December 12, 2024 at 6:54 PM
Handshakes with Donalds are usually quite a challenge…
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This women used to be one of my mothers best friends. I need a nap.
December 12, 2024 at 2:27 AM
This women used to be one of my mothers best friends. I need a nap.
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#ClimateCrisis crisis deepens with 2024 ‘virtually certain’ to be hottest year on record, says @CopernicusECMWF
- It will also be the first to have an average temperature of more than 1.5C above preindustrial levels
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- It will also be the first to have an average temperature of more than 1.5C above preindustrial levels
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Climate crisis deepens with 2024 ‘certain’ to be hottest year on record
Average global temperature in November was 1.62C above preindustrial levels, bringing average for the year to 1.60C
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2024 at 8:34 AM
#ClimateCrisis crisis deepens with 2024 ‘virtually certain’ to be hottest year on record, says @CopernicusECMWF
- It will also be the first to have an average temperature of more than 1.5C above preindustrial levels
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- It will also be the first to have an average temperature of more than 1.5C above preindustrial levels
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Meanwhile over in “the other place” a Reform party MP is actually threatening to shut down the BBC - a public service broadcaster - because a political satire show made fun of party leader NigelFarage
We can never allow this dangerous bunch anywhere near power
We can never allow this dangerous bunch anywhere near power
December 8, 2024 at 10:27 AM
Meanwhile over in “the other place” a Reform party MP is actually threatening to shut down the BBC - a public service broadcaster - because a political satire show made fun of party leader NigelFarage
We can never allow this dangerous bunch anywhere near power
We can never allow this dangerous bunch anywhere near power
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“Yes, it’s a genocide. And once you come to this conclusion you cannot remain silent.” - Amos Goldberg, Israeli Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies
(Location: Parliament Square, London. Read full statement below)
(Location: Parliament Square, London. Read full statement below)
December 4, 2024 at 10:29 AM
“Yes, it’s a genocide. And once you come to this conclusion you cannot remain silent.” - Amos Goldberg, Israeli Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies
(Location: Parliament Square, London. Read full statement below)
(Location: Parliament Square, London. Read full statement below)
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Watching doge learn about the federal government in real time is a fascinating adventure
December 7, 2024 at 9:04 PM
Watching doge learn about the federal government in real time is a fascinating adventure
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More bad news for the Muskrat.
This is going to be a huge hit to his already ruined social media site.
I love this for him.
This is going to be a huge hit to his already ruined social media site.
I love this for him.
European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X
The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
December 4, 2024 at 2:57 PM
More bad news for the Muskrat.
This is going to be a huge hit to his already ruined social media site.
I love this for him.
This is going to be a huge hit to his already ruined social media site.
I love this for him.
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NEW: the Scott Trust confirms sale of the Observer.
RIP the Guardian.
A total betrayal of the staff the organisation’s so-called ‘values’.
This is a deal negotiated between 2 chums on a billionaire’s yacht: welcome to the the Guardian’s very own VIP lane
RIP the Guardian.
A total betrayal of the staff the organisation’s so-called ‘values’.
This is a deal negotiated between 2 chums on a billionaire’s yacht: welcome to the the Guardian’s very own VIP lane
December 6, 2024 at 9:34 AM
NEW: the Scott Trust confirms sale of the Observer.
RIP the Guardian.
A total betrayal of the staff the organisation’s so-called ‘values’.
This is a deal negotiated between 2 chums on a billionaire’s yacht: welcome to the the Guardian’s very own VIP lane
RIP the Guardian.
A total betrayal of the staff the organisation’s so-called ‘values’.
This is a deal negotiated between 2 chums on a billionaire’s yacht: welcome to the the Guardian’s very own VIP lane