"Siblings, cousins and playmates are often killed together, by an airstrike or artillery shell. Even children shot by snipers or quadcopters are sometimes brought into hospitals in groups, doctors say." www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Are you a non-Black person pissed at Bluesky leadership and feeling a little jealous of all the good vibes coming from Blacksky?

There are Blacksky adjacent options for you! Here’s info from the Blacksky migration guide!

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This is eco-fascist propaganda.

hi, cis folks in california!

this headline leaves out that newsom has another 5 days to sign these bills into law. if you’d like to tell him he should do that to protect trans californians, you should to reach out.

he also has a phone: (916) 445-2841

want to know what to say? next post! 🧵

I see we need to revisit this.

this is the real legacy of Charlie Kirk

"The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic was a litmus test people in the U.S. failed miserably, and we’re all still reeling from it. The results revealed to the ruling powers just how much they could get away with."

YES!!!!!!! you cannot leave your community behind and then be confused when you get lost

I’m. So. Tired.

I don’t just want you to pay attention to Chicago because I want you to understand our plight. I want you to see how hard people are fighting and know wtf you’re made of. We’re not just fighting for this place. This is for all of us.

They don't have a strategy, they're just getting punches in while they can.

It is evil and it is vile and we absolutely have to push back with everything we've got. Now is a great time to do that because

They are WEAK. They are telling us that.

I know a lot of people really really do not want to have to care about the Jay Madness Discourse.

But it is actually a really bad thing that the CEO of the platform we all decamped to because Elon got transphobic mod madness...

...is now doing transphobic mod madness.

At this point, it doesn't matter what justification they provide for Link's suspension, the fact of the matter is that the BlueSky team has demonstrated a wanton disregard for their own commitments to user moderation by deploying suspensions in response to what they take to be personal slights.

A political error that many academics and anti-academics have made is to not consider college professors part of the working class. Even those with Marxist leanings can forget about the relation to the means of production and instead focus on income, status, and vibes.

🚨Update: Adalah, the Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, says the IPS will deport another 170 Global Sumud Flotilla participants tomorrow, after already expelling about 170 to Turkey, Italy, and Spain. Out of the 462 people originally detained—including Drop Site journalist Alex...

Grief doesn’t always mean loss as in death. It's the pain of outgrowing places, people, and patterns that once felt like home.

I never get blocked as much as on the days i point out the every single thing that is happening now is something that multiple people from multiple spheres of life/influence said would happen. People's refusal to ask themselves "why didn't i believe them?" is preventing progress.

christian zionists not only outnumber jewish ones 10 to 1, theyre a hell of a lot more powerful in the US right now

Pretty incredible own goal by liberal institutions and many Democratic electeds to crush the exact type of protests in 2024 that would’ve been the most effective way to slow or stop ICE incursions into American cities in 2025

One of the things that sucks about this era is having to think about the racists all the time, because they’re so boring. They have like, three tools in their toolkit, so we get to say things like “oh look, they’re using the hammer again”

All charges brought against protesters at Broadview today must be dropped. When cops and agents attack crowds without provocation, they make shit up to justify their attacks (in his case, an attack waged on a cooperative crowd to produce fascist social media content). These charges must be dropped.

We are here because policing in the U.S. has been this way for generations. This is why ICE acts with impunity. They know they can act this way.

It's often belittled as weak, unnecessary, irritating. Those reactions are dehumanizing—we grieve because we love. And most importantly, in grief, we act.

"Untitled (Who is not better than him?)"*trans from Arabic, 91"x74"x3", oil on archival print canvas w/fabric, embroidery, tassels, flowers
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So many are under attack right now, but that doesn’t mean they should be abandoned. We are part of a greater whole, and we all deserve protection.

Grief is a form of carrying, protecting, loving, preserving. Mourning allows us to express our emotions, recognizing our humanity and others.

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My work is about devotion and care—that each life is worthy of joy, beauty, love. Phrases like “the vulnerable will fall by the wayside” or comments about how some are a small percentage of our population are horrific to me—when we are asked to see someone as disposable, we must resist.

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In moments like these, we are asked to treat others as expendable, ready sacrifices that will supposedly protect against additional harm. That has never, historically, been the case—they will continue to devour, over and over, until there is either no one left or they are stopped.

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