Sam Alfassa
@cryptid-dyke.bsky.social
Abolitionist, activist, adventurer, lover, writer.
Overthinking life, dreaming in space, and loving my wife and our four cats.
(They/Them)
Overthinking life, dreaming in space, and loving my wife and our four cats.
(They/Them)
Scientists analyzed thousands of bird sounds from all over the world to try to peck out some kernels of knowledge about what determines a bird’s vocal range and the sounds that they make.
The Factors That Make Bird Sounds So Diverse Across The World
An analysis of 140,000 vocalizations from 77% of bird species showed that beak size and geography play a big role in the way birds sound.
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March 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Jews say NO to ethnic cleansing! We’re proud to see so many members of the JVP Rabbinical Council represented among the 350 rabbis who took out this full-page ad in the New York Times today, using their voices in this moment to oppose Trump’s plans for the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in Gaza.
February 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Jews say NO to ethnic cleansing! We’re proud to see so many members of the JVP Rabbinical Council represented among the 350 rabbis who took out this full-page ad in the New York Times today, using their voices in this moment to oppose Trump’s plans for the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in Gaza.
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The Trump administration and the president of El Salvador said Monday that they’d struck a deal allowing the U.S. to ship both detained migrants and imprisoned citizens to the tiny Central American nation, which has suspended some basic rights as it battles powerful street gangs.
What to know about the El Salvadorian mega-prison Trump has promised to send U.S. prisoners
The U.S. cannot deport American citizens and Secretary of State Marco Rubio said from Costa Rica that "we have a Constitution" but called the offer very generous.
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February 5, 2025 at 12:25 AM
The Trump administration and the president of El Salvador said Monday that they’d struck a deal allowing the U.S. to ship both detained migrants and imprisoned citizens to the tiny Central American nation, which has suspended some basic rights as it battles powerful street gangs.
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As President Trump once again calls for mass expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza, the silence from the leadership of the Jewish community is infuriating and heartbreaking.
February 5, 2025 at 1:45 PM
As President Trump once again calls for mass expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza, the silence from the leadership of the Jewish community is infuriating and heartbreaking.
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On Sunday, Beyoncé became the first Black woman to win the Grammy for best country album for "Cowboy Carter."
She also won her first album of the year award during this year's Grammy Awards.
Watch our look at "Cowboy Carter" from last year. to.pbs.org/3PGRFRs
She also won her first album of the year award during this year's Grammy Awards.
Watch our look at "Cowboy Carter" from last year. to.pbs.org/3PGRFRs
The inspirations behind Beyoncé’s genre-defying album 'Cowboy Carter'
Beyoncé’s highly-anticipated album that’s deeply rooted in country music, “Cowboy Carter," just dropped. It’s Beyoncé, it’s big and it’s venturing into an unexpected arena of music. "Cowboy Carter" al...
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February 3, 2025 at 3:18 PM
On Sunday, Beyoncé became the first Black woman to win the Grammy for best country album for "Cowboy Carter."
She also won her first album of the year award during this year's Grammy Awards.
Watch our look at "Cowboy Carter" from last year. to.pbs.org/3PGRFRs
She also won her first album of the year award during this year's Grammy Awards.
Watch our look at "Cowboy Carter" from last year. to.pbs.org/3PGRFRs
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Indigenous cradleboard keepers are revitalizing traditional parenting practices
Found across many cultures, the baby carriers are a tangible connection to ancestors, explains Anishinaabe writer Joleen Banning
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Found across many cultures, the baby carriers are a tangible connection to ancestors, explains Anishinaabe writer Joleen Banning
indiginews.com/features/ind...
Indigenous cradleboard keepers are revitalizing traditional parenting practices
Found across many cultures, the baby carriers are a tangible connection to ancestors, explains Anishinaabe writer Joleen Banning
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February 3, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Indigenous cradleboard keepers are revitalizing traditional parenting practices
Found across many cultures, the baby carriers are a tangible connection to ancestors, explains Anishinaabe writer Joleen Banning
indiginews.com/features/ind...
Found across many cultures, the baby carriers are a tangible connection to ancestors, explains Anishinaabe writer Joleen Banning
indiginews.com/features/ind...
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Last week, more than 1,500 people received a “full, complete, and unconditional” pardon from President Donald Trump. People on both sides of the political aisle are concerned.
UChicago Terrorism Expert Robert Pape joined "Chicago Tonight" to discuss what message this signals.
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UChicago Terrorism Expert Robert Pape joined "Chicago Tonight" to discuss what message this signals.
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UChicago Terrorism Expert Says Jan. 6 Pardons ‘Normalized Major Political Violence’
More than 1,500 people received a “full, complete, and unconditional” pardon from the president last week. The assault on the Capitol — which injured more than 140 police officers — has been one of se...
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January 28, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Last week, more than 1,500 people received a “full, complete, and unconditional” pardon from President Donald Trump. People on both sides of the political aisle are concerned.
UChicago Terrorism Expert Robert Pape joined "Chicago Tonight" to discuss what message this signals.
to.wttw.com/4jDiT8T
UChicago Terrorism Expert Robert Pape joined "Chicago Tonight" to discuss what message this signals.
to.wttw.com/4jDiT8T
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GoFundMe is going to MATCH all donations to this fundraiser up to $250,000
Letz go,!! 🙏🏾
Letz go,!! 🙏🏾
It’s been inspiring to see everyone come together for LA,,, but there’s one community I need to highlight.
Not enough is being done for the black families after the LA fires. Ive partnered up with GoFundMe and the BMAC to create ONE main GoFundMe campaign to immediately help those in need.
🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Not enough is being done for the black families after the LA fires. Ive partnered up with GoFundMe and the BMAC to create ONE main GoFundMe campaign to immediately help those in need.
🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Donate to Providing Relief for Black Families Impacted by LA Wildfires, organized by Flavor Flav
The wildfires in Los Angeles have had a heartbreaking impact,… Flavor Flav needs your support for Providing Relief for Black Families Impacted by LA Wildfires
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January 28, 2025 at 11:06 PM
GoFundMe is going to MATCH all donations to this fundraiser up to $250,000
Letz go,!! 🙏🏾
Letz go,!! 🙏🏾
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“As the last survivors fade, it is our duty as Europeans to remember the unspeakable crimes and to honor the memories of the victims,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said.
Auschwitz memorial holds observances on 80th anniversary of death camp's liberation by Soviet troops
Nazi German forces murdered some 1.1 million people at the site in southern Poland, which was under German occupation during World War II.
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January 27, 2025 at 7:44 PM
“As the last survivors fade, it is our duty as Europeans to remember the unspeakable crimes and to honor the memories of the victims,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said.
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Holocaust survivor Reva Kibort remembered when the German soldiers came to Warsaw, Poland.
At first, she said, "they weren't so bad." But, she was later transported to a concentration camp.
She shared her experience in a 2018 episode of Brief But Spectacular.
At first, she said, "they weren't so bad." But, she was later transported to a concentration camp.
She shared her experience in a 2018 episode of Brief But Spectacular.
'Whenever you see injustices at all, you have to speak up'
Holocaust survivor Reva Kibort remembers when the German soldiers came to Warsaw, Poland, and at first, she says, "they weren't so bad." But soon enough she ...
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January 27, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Holocaust survivor Reva Kibort remembered when the German soldiers came to Warsaw, Poland.
At first, she said, "they weren't so bad." But, she was later transported to a concentration camp.
She shared her experience in a 2018 episode of Brief But Spectacular.
At first, she said, "they weren't so bad." But, she was later transported to a concentration camp.
She shared her experience in a 2018 episode of Brief But Spectacular.
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NEVER AGAIN FOR ANYONE.
Today, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we commemorate the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau and honor the victims and survivors of the Holocaust.
Today, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we commemorate the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau and honor the victims and survivors of the Holocaust.
January 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM
NEVER AGAIN FOR ANYONE.
Today, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we commemorate the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau and honor the victims and survivors of the Holocaust.
Today, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we commemorate the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau and honor the victims and survivors of the Holocaust.
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Altadena, population nearly 42,000, is the town where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. visited. Where sci-fi author Octavia E. Butler is buried alongside abolitionists. Where a park is named after Charles White, a local artist whose work portrayed Black history.
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Against all odds, Black residents built something remarkable in Altadena. Then the fire came
The Altadena fire wiped out much of a historic black enclave in this picturesque town in the San Gabriel Valley.
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January 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Altadena, population nearly 42,000, is the town where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. visited. Where sci-fi author Octavia E. Butler is buried alongside abolitionists. Where a park is named after Charles White, a local artist whose work portrayed Black history.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Artist Sally Wynja has spent decades creating baskets, jewelry and medicines, and is now passing the skills to ‘as many people who want to learn as I can’
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Secwépemc Elder reflects on teaching herself — and others — her crafts: ‘I just went and did it on my own’
Artist Sally Wynja has spent decades creating baskets, jewelry and medicines, and is now passing the skills to ‘as many people who want to learn as I can’
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January 24, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Artist Sally Wynja has spent decades creating baskets, jewelry and medicines, and is now passing the skills to ‘as many people who want to learn as I can’
indiginews.com/arts/secwepe...
indiginews.com/arts/secwepe...
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BREAKING: Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agents attempted to conduct an enforcement action at Hamline Elementary School in Back of the Yards, Ald. Jeanette Taylor and Chicago Public Schools officials said Friday.
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ICE Agents Turned Away From Back of the Yards Elementary School: Officials
The agents were turned away and no one appears to have been detained, Ald. Jeanette Taylor (20th Ward) told WTTW News.
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January 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
BREAKING: Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agents attempted to conduct an enforcement action at Hamline Elementary School in Back of the Yards, Ald. Jeanette Taylor and Chicago Public Schools officials said Friday.
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ADD YOUR NAME TO CONDEMN MUSK’S NAZI SALUTE & TRUMP’S FASCIST POLICIES: innmvmt.org/musk
Now is the time for Jews—& everyone—to say loud & clear what should be obvious: we won't find safety by aligning ourselves w/ Musk, Trump, & movements that spew racism, white nationalism, antisemitism, & hate
Now is the time for Jews—& everyone—to say loud & clear what should be obvious: we won't find safety by aligning ourselves w/ Musk, Trump, & movements that spew racism, white nationalism, antisemitism, & hate
Add your name: Elon Musk’s Nazi Salute Is Unacceptable
On January 20th, Elon Musk repeatedly performed a Nazi salute on stage at a Donald Trump inauguration event. It was chilling, especially for those of us whose ancestors faced persecution and mass murd...
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January 23, 2025 at 4:51 PM
ADD YOUR NAME TO CONDEMN MUSK’S NAZI SALUTE & TRUMP’S FASCIST POLICIES: innmvmt.org/musk
Now is the time for Jews—& everyone—to say loud & clear what should be obvious: we won't find safety by aligning ourselves w/ Musk, Trump, & movements that spew racism, white nationalism, antisemitism, & hate
Now is the time for Jews—& everyone—to say loud & clear what should be obvious: we won't find safety by aligning ourselves w/ Musk, Trump, & movements that spew racism, white nationalism, antisemitism, & hate
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From 1910 to 1970, approximately 6 million Black people left the American South for what they hoped would be a better future in the North.
A new four-part PBS documentary series tells not only that story, but also modern-day stories of Black migration.
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A new four-part PBS documentary series tells not only that story, but also modern-day stories of Black migration.
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New PBS Documentary Tells Story and Impact of Successive Waves of Black Migration
The first episode of the four-part series, called “Exodus,” details the first wave of migration north from southern states that helped turn the Bronzeville neighborhood of Chicago into a Black metropo...
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January 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
From 1910 to 1970, approximately 6 million Black people left the American South for what they hoped would be a better future in the North.
A new four-part PBS documentary series tells not only that story, but also modern-day stories of Black migration.
to.wttw.com/42q0Gp5
A new four-part PBS documentary series tells not only that story, but also modern-day stories of Black migration.
to.wttw.com/42q0Gp5
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Damn, we got fascism before we got GTA6
January 20, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Damn, we got fascism before we got GTA6
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Harriet Powers was born into slavery in Georgia in 1830s, lived through Civil War & later created extraordinary quilts based on scenes from Bible & other events. Look closely & you'll see she added quilted designs to her apron, definitively claiming her identity as an artist mfa.org/video/harrie...
January 21, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Harriet Powers was born into slavery in Georgia in 1830s, lived through Civil War & later created extraordinary quilts based on scenes from Bible & other events. Look closely & you'll see she added quilted designs to her apron, definitively claiming her identity as an artist mfa.org/video/harrie...
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Yesterday we watched in horror as Elon Musk — who has a history of promoting antisemitic conspiracy theories and making racist remarks — repeatedly made Nazi salutes at a rally celebrating Donald Trump.
Especially for those of us whose ancestors faced persecution & murder by Nazis, it was chilling.
Especially for those of us whose ancestors faced persecution & murder by Nazis, it was chilling.
January 21, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Yesterday we watched in horror as Elon Musk — who has a history of promoting antisemitic conspiracy theories and making racist remarks — repeatedly made Nazi salutes at a rally celebrating Donald Trump.
Especially for those of us whose ancestors faced persecution & murder by Nazis, it was chilling.
Especially for those of us whose ancestors faced persecution & murder by Nazis, it was chilling.