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What a clever strategy. F&ck ICE.
“The goal of the protests, Newcomb explains, is twofold: to pressure hotels to stop housing ICE agents and disrupt agents’ ability to operate efficiently. She adds that organizers verify through several sources before targeting a hotel where ICE agents are staying.”
“The goal of the protests, Newcomb explains, is twofold: to pressure hotels to stop housing ICE agents and disrupt agents’ ability to operate efficiently. She adds that organizers verify through several sources before targeting a hotel where ICE agents are staying.”
Inside the Protest Movement Keeping Immigration Agents Awake
'Immigrant families aren’t sleeping well right now either,' says Megan Newcomb, an organizer of a hotel demonstration.
time.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:55 AM
What a clever strategy. F&ck ICE.
“The goal of the protests, Newcomb explains, is twofold: to pressure hotels to stop housing ICE agents and disrupt agents’ ability to operate efficiently. She adds that organizers verify through several sources before targeting a hotel where ICE agents are staying.”
“The goal of the protests, Newcomb explains, is twofold: to pressure hotels to stop housing ICE agents and disrupt agents’ ability to operate efficiently. She adds that organizers verify through several sources before targeting a hotel where ICE agents are staying.”
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This is possible. Today.
December 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
This is possible. Today.
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Before Covid began, I’d just accept that I was gonna get sick for two weeks or more if I shared space with literally anyone who was sick! No more! Even if they made the perfect vaccine for Covid tomorrow masking will always be a regular practice for me. What an amazing thing!
December 14, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Before Covid began, I’d just accept that I was gonna get sick for two weeks or more if I shared space with literally anyone who was sick! No more! Even if they made the perfect vaccine for Covid tomorrow masking will always be a regular practice for me. What an amazing thing!
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‼️SMALL URGENT GOAL of $50/$450‼️
I have debt/bills and medical needs. I want PC stuff for my birthday as a fun thing but I do have needs that require attention first (URGENT debt, medical, & bills).
Please donate or buy my Art (preferred) if you can! www.zisshit.com
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I have debt/bills and medical needs. I want PC stuff for my birthday as a fun thing but I do have needs that require attention first (URGENT debt, medical, & bills).
Please donate or buy my Art (preferred) if you can! www.zisshit.com
V: @zzz22
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TYSM
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December 14, 2025 at 2:38 AM
‼️SMALL URGENT GOAL of $50/$450‼️
I have debt/bills and medical needs. I want PC stuff for my birthday as a fun thing but I do have needs that require attention first (URGENT debt, medical, & bills).
Please donate or buy my Art (preferred) if you can! www.zisshit.com
V: @zzz22
CA: $ziizzzii
TYSM
💜
I have debt/bills and medical needs. I want PC stuff for my birthday as a fun thing but I do have needs that require attention first (URGENT debt, medical, & bills).
Please donate or buy my Art (preferred) if you can! www.zisshit.com
V: @zzz22
CA: $ziizzzii
TYSM
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Psychedelic treatments show promise for OCD while cannabis doesn’t, review finds
Psychedelic treatments show promise for OCD while cannabis doesn’t, review finds
Psychiatry professor theorizes that the difference is related to how the substances interact with areas of the brain
A recent review of alternative treatments for obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) indicates that psychedelic treatments show promise for the disorder while cannabis does not.
Dr Michael Van Ameringen, a psychiatry professor at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada and lead author of the review published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research, said that 40-60 % of OCD patients get either partial or no relief with available treatments, including SSRIs and exposure and response prevention therapy. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Psychedelic treatments show promise for OCD while cannabis doesn’t, review finds
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Please please support if you can. This site does vital work.
We’re over halfway through our end-of-year fundraiser, and we’re not where we need to be to keep our vital work going. We have three weeks left to hit our goals of $60,000 and 200 monthly supporters.
The #LongCOVID community needs us — we need you! the-sick-times.fundjournalism.org/donate/
The #LongCOVID community needs us — we need you! the-sick-times.fundjournalism.org/donate/
December 14, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Please please support if you can. This site does vital work.
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More than 80% of immigrants arrested in the DC surge had no criminal records.
So why are they being grabbed? For being the wrong colour.
The National Guard has been deployed to DC to assist with “violent criminals” and yet their own data show that most people have done absolutely nothing wrong
So why are they being grabbed? For being the wrong colour.
The National Guard has been deployed to DC to assist with “violent criminals” and yet their own data show that most people have done absolutely nothing wrong
Most immigrants arrested in Trump’s D.C. crackdown had no criminal records
A Post analysis of federal data shows that the arrests of immigrants with no prior criminal record shot up sixfold during the Trump administration’s crackdown.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:43 PM
More than 80% of immigrants arrested in the DC surge had no criminal records.
So why are they being grabbed? For being the wrong colour.
The National Guard has been deployed to DC to assist with “violent criminals” and yet their own data show that most people have done absolutely nothing wrong
So why are they being grabbed? For being the wrong colour.
The National Guard has been deployed to DC to assist with “violent criminals” and yet their own data show that most people have done absolutely nothing wrong
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Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.
The exit economy is here. Black Women are paying the highest price | Fortune
This isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. And it's not a recovery, it's a redistribution of opportunity.
fortune.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.
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We lost Roe because they wanted to give the power back to the states.
We’re about to lose the department of education for the exact same reason.
But when it comes to AI, which enriches Trump’s billionaire friends, they want an EO to block state’s from creating AI regulations.
We’re about to lose the department of education for the exact same reason.
But when it comes to AI, which enriches Trump’s billionaire friends, they want an EO to block state’s from creating AI regulations.
White House crafting executive order to thwart state AI laws
The draft surfaced after President Donald Trump called for a single federal standard on AI "instead of a patchwork of 50 State Regulatory Regimes."
www.cnbc.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:10 AM
We lost Roe because they wanted to give the power back to the states.
We’re about to lose the department of education for the exact same reason.
But when it comes to AI, which enriches Trump’s billionaire friends, they want an EO to block state’s from creating AI regulations.
We’re about to lose the department of education for the exact same reason.
But when it comes to AI, which enriches Trump’s billionaire friends, they want an EO to block state’s from creating AI regulations.
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Think about this from the perspective of the musicians who create the music & who the monopoly power of the major labels renders relatively powerless. You will be furious.
All three major record labels — Universal Music, Sony Music and Warner Music — have reportedly licensed their works to a music AI streaming service
Major Music Labels Strike Deals With New AI Streaming Service
The world’s largest music companies have licensed their works to a music startup called Klay, which is building a streaming service that will allow users to remake songs using artificial intelligence ...
www.bloomberg.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Think about this from the perspective of the musicians who create the music & who the monopoly power of the major labels renders relatively powerless. You will be furious.
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The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
![Excerpt from a BBC article: ""We usually work, 10, 11 or 12 hours a day," says a 49-year-old woman from Jiangxi unwilling to give her name. "On Sundays we work around three hours less."
She is in an alleyway, where a dozen people are huddled around a row of bulletin boards.
They are reading the job ads on the board, while examining the stitching on a pair of chinos draped over it.
This is Shein's supply chain. The factories are contracted to make clothes on order - some small, some big. If the chinos are a hit, orders will ramp up and so must production. Factories then hire temporary workers to meet the demand their permanent staff cannot fulfil.
The migrant worker from Jiangxi is looking for a short-term contract - and the chinos are an option.
"We earn so little. The cost of living is now so high," she says, adding that she hopes to make enough to send back to her two children who are living with their grandparents.
"We get paid per piece," she explains. "It depends how difficult the item is. Something simple like a t-shirt is one-two yuan [less than a dollar] per piece and I can make around a dozen in an hour.""](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreiber7g4o5pujmzmjjzsp5dkz7blfexburuwjispfpv6dki7akjb7a@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
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This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
November 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
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I’m still stuck at $95 / I spent $55 of that to get photos taken of my art but I CANNOT afford prints right now.
I am so beyond upset and almost feeling defeated that you REALLY NEED MONEY IN ORDER TO MAKE MONEY.
Please share and donate if you can!!!
I am so beyond upset and almost feeling defeated that you REALLY NEED MONEY IN ORDER TO MAKE MONEY.
Please share and donate if you can!!!
Hii I am at $95/$400 for my goal to get PRINTS of my ART! I need to LEAVE this toxic place and *heal*! I currently live with people who have abused me. I need to leave for my health and sanity.
Please donate!!
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Please share! Please donate! ANYTHING HELPS!! Even $5! 💜
Please donate!!
Venmo: @zzz22
CA: $ziizzzii
Please share! Please donate! ANYTHING HELPS!! Even $5! 💜
November 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I’m still stuck at $95 / I spent $55 of that to get photos taken of my art but I CANNOT afford prints right now.
I am so beyond upset and almost feeling defeated that you REALLY NEED MONEY IN ORDER TO MAKE MONEY.
Please share and donate if you can!!!
I am so beyond upset and almost feeling defeated that you REALLY NEED MONEY IN ORDER TO MAKE MONEY.
Please share and donate if you can!!!
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I haven’t been this excited for a bubble to burst since I was a toddler.
MIT’s NANDA initiative found that 95% of generative AI deployments fail after interviewing 150 execs, surveying 350 workers, and analyzing 300 projects. The real “productivity gains” seem to come from layoffs and squeezing more work from fewer people not AI.
MIT report: 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing
There’s a stark difference in success rates between companies that purchase AI tools from vendors and those that build them internally.
fortune.com
August 20, 2025 at 6:17 AM
I haven’t been this excited for a bubble to burst since I was a toddler.
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Important to know that the secret police are a bunch of fucking cowards and you can effectively bully them into running away. Join your local ICE watch, and if you don’t have one, start one!
November 16, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Important to know that the secret police are a bunch of fucking cowards and you can effectively bully them into running away. Join your local ICE watch, and if you don’t have one, start one!
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CREATIVES! A gang of us are organising an auction raising funds for mutual aid groups in Sudan, amid the war on civilians. Can YOU contribute to the auction? Perhaps a piece of art or music? Signed books? Embroidery? Half an hour of creative mentoring? Sign up here! www.sudancoup.com/auction
Creatives4Sudan Fundraising Auction — Keep Eyes On Sudan
Creatives coming together to raise life-saving funds for the people escaping genocide in El-Fasher, Sudan
www.sudancoup.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:09 AM
CREATIVES! A gang of us are organising an auction raising funds for mutual aid groups in Sudan, amid the war on civilians. Can YOU contribute to the auction? Perhaps a piece of art or music? Signed books? Embroidery? Half an hour of creative mentoring? Sign up here! www.sudancoup.com/auction
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something I'm surprised gen AI discourse didn't hit yet is the attitude "I asked for it to be done, so I made it" has always been how rich people view using workers who have trained skills and do the technical side. they see themselves as creators for having an idea, we were just a means to that end
April 13, 2024 at 3:40 PM
something I'm surprised gen AI discourse didn't hit yet is the attitude "I asked for it to be done, so I made it" has always been how rich people view using workers who have trained skills and do the technical side. they see themselves as creators for having an idea, we were just a means to that end
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After our GFM stalled out last week, we received $535 in the last 3 days.
I’d like to have enough to cover October rent before court on Thursday.
We’re $1861 (plus fees) away from meeting that goal.
Can you like, comment, share and donate?
I provided an update vid on IG. 💓
gofund.me/1395745ca
I’d like to have enough to cover October rent before court on Thursday.
We’re $1861 (plus fees) away from meeting that goal.
Can you like, comment, share and donate?
I provided an update vid on IG. 💓
gofund.me/1395745ca
November 11, 2025 at 11:12 PM
After our GFM stalled out last week, we received $535 in the last 3 days.
I’d like to have enough to cover October rent before court on Thursday.
We’re $1861 (plus fees) away from meeting that goal.
Can you like, comment, share and donate?
I provided an update vid on IG. 💓
gofund.me/1395745ca
I’d like to have enough to cover October rent before court on Thursday.
We’re $1861 (plus fees) away from meeting that goal.
Can you like, comment, share and donate?
I provided an update vid on IG. 💓
gofund.me/1395745ca
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For the evening crowd! Support the people doing queer- and trans-led sex ed for ALL! I don't know if you know this but the pay in sex ed is SHIT and the government is very mad at us right now!!
I'm supporting @scarleteen.org with their annual fundraising appeal. This year, we're funding health benefits for staff and volunteers and I have GREAT NEWS: We've got some matching donors in the house! Donations through my fundraising page are doubled up to $1,000...
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November 12, 2025 at 3:12 AM
For the evening crowd! Support the people doing queer- and trans-led sex ed for ALL! I don't know if you know this but the pay in sex ed is SHIT and the government is very mad at us right now!!
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It is so important that care and support for Palestinian people continues. Jamal's family are rebuilding their lives after everything that has been done to Gaza--if you're able to give a donation, you can help them in that effort. ❤️
I survived gaza gencide, but I came out to find that everything I knew my home, my work, my city is gone.
Starting again feels impossible, but I’m trying.
If you can, please help me rebuild my life even the smallest support means the world to me.
repost = rebuild
chuffed.org/project/1389...
Starting again feels impossible, but I’m trying.
If you can, please help me rebuild my life even the smallest support means the world to me.
repost = rebuild
chuffed.org/project/1389...
Help Jamal’s family leave the war zone and rebuild their life!
Hi my loves! My name is Caroline, and I created this fundraiser to help Jamal support his family as they fight to survive the genocide in Gaza, evacuate to safety, and eventually rebuild their lives f...
chuffed.org
November 8, 2025 at 9:34 PM
It is so important that care and support for Palestinian people continues. Jamal's family are rebuilding their lives after everything that has been done to Gaza--if you're able to give a donation, you can help them in that effort. ❤️
A friend of my cousin's runs a thrift store in JA and is hoping to donate her stock in a meaningful way after Hurricane Melissa. Please consider supporting her in this effort by donating and sharing 🇯🇲
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November 8, 2025 at 9:12 PM
A friend of my cousin's runs a thrift store in JA and is hoping to donate her stock in a meaningful way after Hurricane Melissa. Please consider supporting her in this effort by donating and sharing 🇯🇲
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And I just keep thinking of our government officials on VACATION while their constituents' stomachs burn.
November 8, 2025 at 3:49 AM
And I just keep thinking of our government officials on VACATION while their constituents' stomachs burn.
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In central MD alone, ICE is rapidly contracting:
- AI skip tracing
- AI face recognition
- Cell tower spoofing vehicles
- Signal exploitation equipment
- 6 months of MREs for detainees
- Detainee transport vans
- Device cracking & data exploit firms
- AI skip tracing
- AI face recognition
- Cell tower spoofing vehicles
- Signal exploitation equipment
- 6 months of MREs for detainees
- Detainee transport vans
- Device cracking & data exploit firms
I have been actively watching contracts and surge funding over the last few days and what I would say to my friends in Baltimore is “be absolutely ready, right now.”
ICE poised to ramp up raids in Baltimore by Thanksgiving
The Trump administration has rush-ordered infrastructure to conduct raids, abduct residents, and detain people for months.
open.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:58 AM
In central MD alone, ICE is rapidly contracting:
- AI skip tracing
- AI face recognition
- Cell tower spoofing vehicles
- Signal exploitation equipment
- 6 months of MREs for detainees
- Detainee transport vans
- Device cracking & data exploit firms
- AI skip tracing
- AI face recognition
- Cell tower spoofing vehicles
- Signal exploitation equipment
- 6 months of MREs for detainees
- Detainee transport vans
- Device cracking & data exploit firms
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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The world continues to ignore Sudan and every day, things get worse. So much suffering met with silence.
Staggering atrocities in Sudan.
Following the mass slaughter of nearly 500 men, women, and children at a maternity hospital, UN officials say: "The situation is simply horrifying... El Fasher, already the scene of catastrophic levels of human suffering, has descended into an even darker hell."
Following the mass slaughter of nearly 500 men, women, and children at a maternity hospital, UN officials say: "The situation is simply horrifying... El Fasher, already the scene of catastrophic levels of human suffering, has descended into an even darker hell."
UN leaders condemn ‘horrifying’ mass killings in Sudan
Emergency security council session criticises killings of civilians in El Fasher and external supply of arms to RSF
www.theguardian.com
November 2, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The world continues to ignore Sudan and every day, things get worse. So much suffering met with silence.