Mo Thu Lu
@mothulu.bsky.social
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Painism posthumanist (a.k.a. an animist)
Follow me for international leftist news retweets (and the occasional anarchistic rant)
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Follow me for international leftist news retweets (and the occasional anarchistic rant)
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Mo Thu Lu
@mothulu.bsky.social
· Jun 15
while trump had an empty party and everyone rolled out to the protests, 3 different incidents of right wing violence occurred.
2 shootings of democratic senators and one car drove into a protest
i want everyone in america whos left wing to sign up for first aid, self defense, and carry a kit
1/4
2 shootings of democratic senators and one car drove into a protest
i want everyone in america whos left wing to sign up for first aid, self defense, and carry a kit
1/4
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Just a few things I'd like to say about this @hausfath.bsky.social piece.
The first is that every 10th of a degree of heating over 2C raises risks for multiple irreversible catastrophes MORE than every 10th of a degree of heating under 2C.
That's why the 2C target exists. It's not random.
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The first is that every 10th of a degree of heating over 2C raises risks for multiple irreversible catastrophes MORE than every 10th of a degree of heating under 2C.
That's why the 2C target exists. It's not random.
🧵
January 5, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Just a few things I'd like to say about this @hausfath.bsky.social piece.
The first is that every 10th of a degree of heating over 2C raises risks for multiple irreversible catastrophes MORE than every 10th of a degree of heating under 2C.
That's why the 2C target exists. It's not random.
🧵
The first is that every 10th of a degree of heating over 2C raises risks for multiple irreversible catastrophes MORE than every 10th of a degree of heating under 2C.
That's why the 2C target exists. It's not random.
🧵
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This is so terrible @psabortionfund.bsky.social
Dr. Janell Green Smith, a midwife who advocated for Black maternal health, dies of childbirth complications
Dr. Janell Green Smith, a midwife who advocated for Black maternal health, dies of childbirth complications
Dr. Janell Green Smith, a South Carolina midwife and advocate for Black maternal health, has died due to complications during childbirth.
thegrio.com
January 5, 2026 at 9:41 PM
This is so terrible @psabortionfund.bsky.social
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US strikes on militants in north-western Nigeria spark debate, as citizens weigh hopes for security against concerns over national sovereignty.
theconversation.com/us-air-strik...
#Politics
theconversation.com/us-air-strik...
#Politics
US air strikes in northern Nigeria: possible windfalls, as well as dangers
US military intervention could strengthen Nigeria’s fight against insurgency in the short term but also risks unintended consequences.
theconversation.com
January 5, 2026 at 7:17 PM
US strikes on militants in north-western Nigeria spark debate, as citizens weigh hopes for security against concerns over national sovereignty.
theconversation.com/us-air-strik...
#Politics
theconversation.com/us-air-strik...
#Politics
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The Supreme Court in Guinea on Sunday upheld the election victory of Gen. Mamadi Doumbouya, cementing the junta leader's transition to a democratically elected president four years after staging a coup in the West African nation.
https://to.pbs.org/494OugE
https://to.pbs.org/494OugE
Guinea's junta leader wins presidency in first election since 2021 coup
The election has been held under a new constitution that revokes a ban on military leaders running for office. The change also extends the presidential mandate from five years to seven years.
www.pbs.org
January 5, 2026 at 8:01 PM
The Supreme Court in Guinea on Sunday upheld the election victory of Gen. Mamadi Doumbouya, cementing the junta leader's transition to a democratically elected president four years after staging a coup in the West African nation.
https://to.pbs.org/494OugE
https://to.pbs.org/494OugE
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When Earth warmed rapidly 56 million years ago, plants didn’t disappear.
But their ability to store carbon weakened for a very long time.
Survival and stability are not the same thing.
#SciComm 🧪
buff.ly/0UIRJnb
But their ability to store carbon weakened for a very long time.
Survival and stability are not the same thing.
#SciComm 🧪
buff.ly/0UIRJnb
What a 56-Million-Year-Old Warming Event Reveals About Climate Stability
The role of plants when Earth’s climate changed faster than ecosystems could adapt
climateages.substack.com
January 5, 2026 at 9:09 PM
When Earth warmed rapidly 56 million years ago, plants didn’t disappear.
But their ability to store carbon weakened for a very long time.
Survival and stability are not the same thing.
#SciComm 🧪
buff.ly/0UIRJnb
But their ability to store carbon weakened for a very long time.
Survival and stability are not the same thing.
#SciComm 🧪
buff.ly/0UIRJnb
i had a cat named hilton after joke about stealing hotel towels. now my cat is retroactively named after this badass move
January 5, 2026 at 9:56 PM
i had a cat named hilton after joke about stealing hotel towels. now my cat is retroactively named after this badass move
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New event!
📆18th Jan
🕦11:30am Taiwan Time
Taiwan Alliance for a Free Palestine hold "Solidarity Across Borders - Taiwan & Australia in Conversation" w/ organisers from both contexts sharing about their work organising Palestine solidarity
At @newbloommag.net Taipei
www.instagram.com/p/DTGvOTojRX_
📆18th Jan
🕦11:30am Taiwan Time
Taiwan Alliance for a Free Palestine hold "Solidarity Across Borders - Taiwan & Australia in Conversation" w/ organisers from both contexts sharing about their work organising Palestine solidarity
At @newbloommag.net Taipei
www.instagram.com/p/DTGvOTojRX_
January 5, 2026 at 9:03 PM
New event!
📆18th Jan
🕦11:30am Taiwan Time
Taiwan Alliance for a Free Palestine hold "Solidarity Across Borders - Taiwan & Australia in Conversation" w/ organisers from both contexts sharing about their work organising Palestine solidarity
At @newbloommag.net Taipei
www.instagram.com/p/DTGvOTojRX_
📆18th Jan
🕦11:30am Taiwan Time
Taiwan Alliance for a Free Palestine hold "Solidarity Across Borders - Taiwan & Australia in Conversation" w/ organisers from both contexts sharing about their work organising Palestine solidarity
At @newbloommag.net Taipei
www.instagram.com/p/DTGvOTojRX_
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![[pic of emts working on woman on gurney in ambulance] accident victim regains consciousness just long enough to fend off paramedica b4 they ruin her financially - mybodyistryingtokillme.com](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dbzmdmsaz6lkhb4tv3culzme/bafkreic5f2uodctfh2dih2av54hxv2pgtqyr7k27o65viwflr64ewrzbfy@jpeg)
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Venezuelans are flooding the streets against Trump’s bombing and Maduro’s kidnapping, with Caracas-based reporter Andreína Chávez warning that “people fear that there’s going to be more bombings.”
Venezuelans Are Protesting US Bombing and Maduro’s Kidnapping
“People fear that there’s going to be more bombings,” said Andreína Chávez, a Venezuelan reporter based in Caracas.
buff.ly
January 5, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Venezuelans are flooding the streets against Trump’s bombing and Maduro’s kidnapping, with Caracas-based reporter Andreína Chávez warning that “people fear that there’s going to be more bombings.”
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Both of these images are from the US lol
The U.S. operation has divided Venezuelans, some condemning what appears to be a violation of international law, others celebrating Maduro’s ouster. wapo.st/4qYyHWX
January 5, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Both of these images are from the US lol
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If you've ever thought "I would have hidden Anne Frank", build bunks NOW, before you need them. This is an image from the free plans (with a cut list) at www.morelikehome.net/2021/07/trip... It can sleep five people in minimal space with cheap lumber.
Build the proverbial ark before the storm.
Build the proverbial ark before the storm.
January 2, 2026 at 6:39 AM
If you've ever thought "I would have hidden Anne Frank", build bunks NOW, before you need them. This is an image from the free plans (with a cut list) at www.morelikehome.net/2021/07/trip... It can sleep five people in minimal space with cheap lumber.
Build the proverbial ark before the storm.
Build the proverbial ark before the storm.
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this shits completely done soon they're exponentially inflating their own costs, no profit in sight, it just cant go longer than another couple years, theres no money for it
Silicon Valley isn’t just polluting our cultural and information systems with AI slop and destroying the environment in the process.
They’re also poised to force consumer electronics to shoot up in price because they’re buying up so much hardware for data centers.
They’re also poised to force consumer electronics to shoot up in price because they’re buying up so much hardware for data centers.
Chip shortages threaten 20% rise in consumer electronics prices
Manufacturers and analysts warn AI data centre build-out is crowding out market for semiconductors
www.ft.com
January 2, 2026 at 7:00 AM
this shits completely done soon they're exponentially inflating their own costs, no profit in sight, it just cant go longer than another couple years, theres no money for it
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The aggressive policing approach generated predictable friction, resulting in minor injuries and two arrests, both reportedly released in the early hours of 1 January.
freedomnews.org.uk/2026/01/02/e...
freedomnews.org.uk/2026/01/02/e...
Hundreds at New Year's Eve London prison protest - Freedom News
Excessive policing of Pentonville demo in solidarity with Palestine Action hunger strikers ~ Blade Runner ~ The traditional anarchist New Year’s …
freedomnews.org.uk
January 2, 2026 at 8:33 AM
The aggressive policing approach generated predictable friction, resulting in minor injuries and two arrests, both reportedly released in the early hours of 1 January.
freedomnews.org.uk/2026/01/02/e...
freedomnews.org.uk/2026/01/02/e...
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In Calabria, a social hostel aims to restore dignity to migrant workers #Refugees
In Calabria, a social hostel aims to restore dignity to migrant workers
www.infomigrants.net
January 2, 2026 at 9:39 AM
In Calabria, a social hostel aims to restore dignity to migrant workers #Refugees
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The best of 2025 : Accountabiility.
January 1, 2026 at 6:54 PM
The best of 2025 : Accountabiility.
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1 week to go! Index is conducting a short survey exploring Gen Z attitudes to free speech and social media. If you were born between 1997 and 2012, we’d value your insight!
📅 Survey closes Friday 9 January 2026: www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/12/gen-...
📅 Survey closes Friday 9 January 2026: www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/12/gen-...
Gen Z attitudes: An Index on Censorship survey - Index on Censorship
Take part in our survey of the views of people born between 1997 and 2012 on freedom of expression both on and offline
www.indexoncensorship.org
January 2, 2026 at 10:00 AM
1 week to go! Index is conducting a short survey exploring Gen Z attitudes to free speech and social media. If you were born between 1997 and 2012, we’d value your insight!
📅 Survey closes Friday 9 January 2026: www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/12/gen-...
📅 Survey closes Friday 9 January 2026: www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/12/gen-...
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They gentrified the tinfoil hat
January 1, 2026 at 8:57 PM
They gentrified the tinfoil hat
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For your holiday ambiance, I've made a hypnotic yule log fireplace with ultra slow motion macro footage of flames stretching & warping like liquid as fire reacts with calcium chloride & barium. This is real fire I filmed, not CGI or AI.
10hrs, 4K, crackling sounds, no music, no ads. Happy holidays!
10hrs, 4K, crackling sounds, no music, no ads. Happy holidays!
10 Hours Hypnotic Fireplace Ambiance – 4K Macro Slow-Motion Color Flames, Crackling Fire (No Music)
YouTube video by Rob Sheridan
youtu.be
December 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM
For your holiday ambiance, I've made a hypnotic yule log fireplace with ultra slow motion macro footage of flames stretching & warping like liquid as fire reacts with calcium chloride & barium. This is real fire I filmed, not CGI or AI.
10hrs, 4K, crackling sounds, no music, no ads. Happy holidays!
10hrs, 4K, crackling sounds, no music, no ads. Happy holidays!
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“Healthcare decisions should be made by doctors and patients – not by politicians in Washington threatening to destroy providers’ careers and spreading fear among transgender youth and their families.”
19 States and DC Are Suing to Protect Gender-Affirming Care for Youth
The lawsuit challenges a Health and Human Services declaration last week that bars providers from Medicare and Medicaid.
buff.ly
December 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
“Healthcare decisions should be made by doctors and patients – not by politicians in Washington threatening to destroy providers’ careers and spreading fear among transgender youth and their families.”
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The issue of online safety is not solved through technology alone, and young people deserve a more intentional approach to protecting their safety and privacy online—not the lazy age verification strategies we’ve seen implemented this year that cause more harm than they solve. eff.org/deeplinks/2...
December 25, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The issue of online safety is not solved through technology alone, and young people deserve a more intentional approach to protecting their safety and privacy online—not the lazy age verification strategies we’ve seen implemented this year that cause more harm than they solve. eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Sharing all the good news I can find:
polar bear mothers sometimes adopt a cub.
polar bear mothers sometimes adopt a cub.
As researchers watched polar bears making their way towards Churchill in mid-November, they took note that the mother, who they had observed with a single cub in the spring, had added a second to her travelling party.
Heartwarming rarity cuts through the cold: polar bear mom ‘adopts’ baby cub
As researchers watched polar bears making their way towards Churchill in mid-November, they took note that the mother, who they had observed with a single cub in the spring, had added a second to her travelling party.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Sharing all the good news I can find:
polar bear mothers sometimes adopt a cub.
polar bear mothers sometimes adopt a cub.
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NEW: Without USAID funding to help buy food for refugees, the World Food Program rushed to prioritize families based on need, determining that only half the population would get food.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: Without USAID funding to help buy food for refugees, the World Food Program rushed to prioritize families based on need, determining that only half the population would get food.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
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Days after the Netflix deal, Paramount announced it was launching a hostile takeover bid, appealing directly to Warner Bros. shareholders to overturn the decision. That bid would put CNN in the hands of David Ellison, who has spent the last several months remaking CBS News in Trump’s image.
Billionaires Are Encroaching on the Free Press. Let’s Act to Defend It in 2026.
Independent grassroots journalism committed to the pursuit of liberation is an antidote to billionaire-dictated media.
truthout.org
December 17, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Days after the Netflix deal, Paramount announced it was launching a hostile takeover bid, appealing directly to Warner Bros. shareholders to overturn the decision. That bid would put CNN in the hands of David Ellison, who has spent the last several months remaking CBS News in Trump’s image.
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