Tina McKim
@sticksandwheels.bsky.social
Birchwood Food Desert Fighter, disabled semi-hermit, artist,writer, snacker and abolitionist.
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Israel signals another imminent round of mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza
Israel says it will “respond accordingly” after citing an alleged IED explosion it claims wounded an Israeli officer, signaling plans to resume large-scale bombing of Gaza. No evidence of the incident has been...
Israel says it will “respond accordingly” after citing an alleged IED explosion it claims wounded an Israeli officer, signaling plans to resume large-scale bombing of Gaza. No evidence of the incident has been...
December 25, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Israel signals another imminent round of mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza
Israel says it will “respond accordingly” after citing an alleged IED explosion it claims wounded an Israeli officer, signaling plans to resume large-scale bombing of Gaza. No evidence of the incident has been...
Israel says it will “respond accordingly” after citing an alleged IED explosion it claims wounded an Israeli officer, signaling plans to resume large-scale bombing of Gaza. No evidence of the incident has been...
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Cat Clinging To Side Of Christmas Tree Admits That Was Extent Of Plan https://theonion.com/cat-clinging-to-side-of-christmas-tree-admits-that-was-1849899567/
December 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Cat Clinging To Side Of Christmas Tree Admits That Was Extent Of Plan https://theonion.com/cat-clinging-to-side-of-christmas-tree-admits-that-was-1849899567/
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I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Abed. Abed is a dentist who managed a practice. It was destroyed as well as his home. He has been displaced 13 times along with his children Sabreen, 8, Salah, 7 and Ahmed, 5. Sabreen and Salah both have facial injuries that need treatment.
December 26, 2025 at 10:01 AM
I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Abed. Abed is a dentist who managed a practice. It was destroyed as well as his home. He has been displaced 13 times along with his children Sabreen, 8, Salah, 7 and Ahmed, 5. Sabreen and Salah both have facial injuries that need treatment.
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These weren’t just 'staffers' these were lawyers. 200 civil rights lawyers.
"We left because this Administration turned the Division’s core mission upside down, largely abandoning its duty to protect civil rights,” the letter says. 1/3
"We left because this Administration turned the Division’s core mission upside down, largely abandoning its duty to protect civil rights,” the letter says. 1/3
Over 200 ex-staffers decry destruction of DoJ civil rights arm: ‘America deserves better’
Former employees from justice department’s civil rights division accuse Trump administration of purging experts
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 12:41 PM
These weren’t just 'staffers' these were lawyers. 200 civil rights lawyers.
"We left because this Administration turned the Division’s core mission upside down, largely abandoning its duty to protect civil rights,” the letter says. 1/3
"We left because this Administration turned the Division’s core mission upside down, largely abandoning its duty to protect civil rights,” the letter says. 1/3
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Walmart has long been a facilitator of fraud on a mass scale, a ProPublica investigation found.
More than $1 billion in fraud losses were routed through the company’s financial services between 2013 and 2022.
(Published Jan. 2024)
More than $1 billion in fraud losses were routed through the company’s financial services between 2013 and 2022.
(Published Jan. 2024)
How Walmart’s Financial Services Became a Fraud Magnet
Scammers have duped consumers out of more than $1 billion by exploiting Walmart’s lax security. The company has resisted taking responsibility while breaking promises to regulators and skimping on tra...
www.propublica.org
December 26, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Walmart has long been a facilitator of fraud on a mass scale, a ProPublica investigation found.
More than $1 billion in fraud losses were routed through the company’s financial services between 2013 and 2022.
(Published Jan. 2024)
More than $1 billion in fraud losses were routed through the company’s financial services between 2013 and 2022.
(Published Jan. 2024)
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Trump bombed Nigeria on Christmas Day claiming he’s “fighting ISIS and stopping Christian genocide.”
Nigerian Christians attest that the violence seen is real but not based on religious discrimination, & Trump’s framing as such makes Nigerian Christians less safe
www.qasimrashid.com/p/nigeria-ch...
Nigerian Christians attest that the violence seen is real but not based on religious discrimination, & Trump’s framing as such makes Nigerian Christians less safe
www.qasimrashid.com/p/nigeria-ch...
Nigeria, "Christian Genocide" and the Right Wing Attempt To Create More War
Addressing the MAGA claim that Christians are suffering genocide in Nigeria
www.qasimrashid.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Trump bombed Nigeria on Christmas Day claiming he’s “fighting ISIS and stopping Christian genocide.”
Nigerian Christians attest that the violence seen is real but not based on religious discrimination, & Trump’s framing as such makes Nigerian Christians less safe
www.qasimrashid.com/p/nigeria-ch...
Nigerian Christians attest that the violence seen is real but not based on religious discrimination, & Trump’s framing as such makes Nigerian Christians less safe
www.qasimrashid.com/p/nigeria-ch...
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A reminder to artists to self-host and just share the links to your portfolio.
Get free web hosting if paying for a domain isn’t feasible, use a gallery or portfolio template.
Get free web hosting if paying for a domain isn’t feasible, use a gallery or portfolio template.
Users are noticing Twitter/X has added a Grok-powered AI image editor that lets anyone edit any image on the platform, including other people’s artwork using text prompts.
Artists warn there’s no opt-out or consent, raising concerns over unauthorized edits and misuse.
Artists warn there’s no opt-out or consent, raising concerns over unauthorized edits and misuse.
December 25, 2025 at 12:43 AM
A reminder to artists to self-host and just share the links to your portfolio.
Get free web hosting if paying for a domain isn’t feasible, use a gallery or portfolio template.
Get free web hosting if paying for a domain isn’t feasible, use a gallery or portfolio template.
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I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Majda. Majda is 58 and a mother of 6- Kamel, 33, Mayada, 29, Mohammed, 26, Madeline, 21, Zanaib, 18 and Layali, 15. They all lost their homes. Majda had surgery last week to improve her vision but it was unsuccessful and she lost 80% of it.
December 24, 2025 at 9:51 AM
I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Majda. Majda is 58 and a mother of 6- Kamel, 33, Mayada, 29, Mohammed, 26, Madeline, 21, Zanaib, 18 and Layali, 15. They all lost their homes. Majda had surgery last week to improve her vision but it was unsuccessful and she lost 80% of it.
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Rahm Emanuel was mayor most of my life growing up in Chicago and his mayoralty was the longest sustained assault on working class communities and communities of color since the era of Boss Daley in the 50s and 60s
watched part of a pod save interview with rahm emanuel and that guy is genuinely delusional if he thinks he is going to go anywhere in a democratic presidential primary
December 23, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Rahm Emanuel was mayor most of my life growing up in Chicago and his mayoralty was the longest sustained assault on working class communities and communities of color since the era of Boss Daley in the 50s and 60s
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Me, from April. [insert any job Rahm says he wants here]
December 23, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Me, from April. [insert any job Rahm says he wants here]
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I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
December 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
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Our last episode of the year is a conversation about what resisting ICE has looked like in Chicago, what we've learned, what it's cost, and where we go from here. I'm so grateful to Gabe Gonzalez, Rey Wences, and Jocelyn Walsh for this convo. This one is special to me. Audio + transcript:
How We’ve Resisted ICE: Street Lessons From Chicago
“I cannot imagine doing anything else in this moment,” says community defense organizer Gabe Gonzalez.
truthout.org
December 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Our last episode of the year is a conversation about what resisting ICE has looked like in Chicago, what we've learned, what it's cost, and where we go from here. I'm so grateful to Gabe Gonzalez, Rey Wences, and Jocelyn Walsh for this convo. This one is special to me. Audio + transcript:
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Critically important.
Rare survey done in IDOC shows at least 2/3 of incarcerated people experienced homelessness or housing instability in 3 years prior to entering prison. Illinois needs a statewide reentry housing strategy to ensure effective reentry into society, advocates say.
chicago.suntimes.com/public-safet...
chicago.suntimes.com/public-safet...
Thousands leaving Illinois prisons face high risk of housing instability, new study finds
A first-of-its-kind statewide survey shows many reentering society may face difficulty finding housing. Advocates say the data underscores the need for major investment in reentry housing and services...
chicago.suntimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Critically important.
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Australia will start a gun buyback program to take surplus, newly-banned and illegal firearms off the street, following the terror attack in Bondi Beach which left 15 people dead
Australia to Buy Back Guns After Bondi Beach Terror Attack
Australia will start a gun buyback program to take surplus, newly-banned and illegal firearms off the street, following the terror attack in Bondi Beach which left 15 people dead.
www.bloomberg.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Australia will start a gun buyback program to take surplus, newly-banned and illegal firearms off the street, following the terror attack in Bondi Beach which left 15 people dead
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This action by HHS and RFK Jr is unprecedented in scope. Never before has the fed. gov. usurped the authority of medical professionals to set a separate standard of care in an attempt to ban evidence based lifesaving care. The man who thinks getting measles is good wants trans kids to suffer.
December 24, 2025 at 4:04 AM
This action by HHS and RFK Jr is unprecedented in scope. Never before has the fed. gov. usurped the authority of medical professionals to set a separate standard of care in an attempt to ban evidence based lifesaving care. The man who thinks getting measles is good wants trans kids to suffer.
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A coalition of 19 states and DC have filed a lawsuit challenging the Kennedy declaration seeking to ban gender affirming care for trans youth by fiat by creating a federal "standard of care" based on pure pseudoscience.
ag.ny.gov/press-releas...
ag.ny.gov/press-releas...
Attorney General James Leads Lawsuit Challenging Federal Attack on Gender-Affirming Care
NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today led a coalition of 18 other states and the District of Columbia in filing a lawsuit to stop the U.S
ag.ny.gov
December 24, 2025 at 4:01 AM
A coalition of 19 states and DC have filed a lawsuit challenging the Kennedy declaration seeking to ban gender affirming care for trans youth by fiat by creating a federal "standard of care" based on pure pseudoscience.
ag.ny.gov/press-releas...
ag.ny.gov/press-releas...
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Not surprising but important for Rep. McIver’s defense.
Holy shit!
On the morning of the Delaney Hall confrontation, an ICE thug who would shove @replamonica.bsky.social later in the day used a racial slur.
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On the morning of the Delaney Hall confrontation, an ICE thug who would shove @replamonica.bsky.social later in the day used a racial slur.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 24, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Not surprising but important for Rep. McIver’s defense.
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Just want to point out that this man was leading the whole Turning Point USA crowd in prayer last week.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
Russell Brand charged with further counts of rape and sexual assault
The alleged offences took place in 2009, the Crown Protection Service said
www.independent.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Just want to point out that this man was leading the whole Turning Point USA crowd in prayer last week.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
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Breaking News: The Supreme Court refused to immediately allow President Trump to deploy the National Guard in Chicago, casting doubt on deployments elsewhere.
Supreme Court Refuses to Allow Trump to Deploy National Guard in Chicago
President Trump ordered state-based troops to Portland, Ore.; Los Angeles; Washington; and Chicago over the objections of state and local officials.
nyti.ms
December 23, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Breaking News: The Supreme Court refused to immediately allow President Trump to deploy the National Guard in Chicago, casting doubt on deployments elsewhere.
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Politico's report that Amazon was stonewalling the Epstein investigation is one of the more interesting details to come out from the dumps.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
December 23, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Politico's report that Amazon was stonewalling the Epstein investigation is one of the more interesting details to come out from the dumps.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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🚨Urgent🚨
We are in northern Gaza. Our tent was flooded & destroyed by the storm🥶
We are now homeless & without a tent😭
📍 We appeal to you to donate & support us so we can buy a tent that costs $100 Your donation will save us🤲
Plz Help urgently⬇️
chuffed.org/project/1580...
@mommunism.bsky.social ✅
We are in northern Gaza. Our tent was flooded & destroyed by the storm🥶
We are now homeless & without a tent😭
📍 We appeal to you to donate & support us so we can buy a tent that costs $100 Your donation will save us🤲
Plz Help urgently⬇️
chuffed.org/project/1580...
@mommunism.bsky.social ✅
December 23, 2025 at 7:23 PM
🚨Urgent🚨
We are in northern Gaza. Our tent was flooded & destroyed by the storm🥶
We are now homeless & without a tent😭
📍 We appeal to you to donate & support us so we can buy a tent that costs $100 Your donation will save us🤲
Plz Help urgently⬇️
chuffed.org/project/1580...
@mommunism.bsky.social ✅
We are in northern Gaza. Our tent was flooded & destroyed by the storm🥶
We are now homeless & without a tent😭
📍 We appeal to you to donate & support us so we can buy a tent that costs $100 Your donation will save us🤲
Plz Help urgently⬇️
chuffed.org/project/1580...
@mommunism.bsky.social ✅
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Fascism is so appealing to these guys because it states very explicitly the lies they tell themselves. That they are special people who are inherently superior to others and that their privilege/power is a function of nature asserting itself.
December 23, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Fascism is so appealing to these guys because it states very explicitly the lies they tell themselves. That they are special people who are inherently superior to others and that their privilege/power is a function of nature asserting itself.
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I kept seeing people use the word samizdat to refer to the Canadian sourcing of the 60 Minutes report on CECOT pulled by Bari Weiss. Here's the definition from Merriam-Webster:
December 23, 2025 at 2:41 AM
I kept seeing people use the word samizdat to refer to the Canadian sourcing of the 60 Minutes report on CECOT pulled by Bari Weiss. Here's the definition from Merriam-Webster: