"No one I've met has seen me yet at my best." Robert Forster
December 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
"No one I've met has seen me yet at my best." Robert Forster
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Exclusive: Federal documents reveal border officials are pressuring unaccompanied children to agree to return to their countries of origin, even if they express fear for their safety there
Unaccompanied children being pressed to return to their countries by US border officials
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Exclusive: Federal documents reveal border officials are pressuring unaccompanied children to agree to return to their countries of origin, even if they express fear for their safety there
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"History is not a distraction. It is a critical source of information. The patterns revealed in our historical experiences can help us face the truth of what we are confronting. History urges us to move quickly, and to resist with greater intensity." [Why we must defend people's history teachers!]
December 18, 2025 at 11:17 PM
"History is not a distraction. It is a critical source of information. The patterns revealed in our historical experiences can help us face the truth of what we are confronting. History urges us to move quickly, and to resist with greater intensity." [Why we must defend people's history teachers!]
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"After each of the three State law enforcement witnesses got caught lying... the fourth State witness was immediately excused, and the fifth officer wasn’t even called up. Shortly after, the State rested their case."
#ACAB
#ACAB
A Portland jury acquitted Indigenous community member Tracy Molina, also known as Cozca, of every charge submitted to them after a two-day trial centered on washable chalk messages written on a police precinct window, and police testimony riddled with lies the jury ultimately rejected.
Jury Acquits Indigenous Activist of All Charges in Politically Charged Chalk Trial
A Portland jury acquitted Indigenous community member Tracy Molina, also known as Cozca, of every charge submitted to them after a two-day trial centered on washable chalk messages written on a police...
www.wewillfreeus.org
December 18, 2025 at 10:53 PM
"After each of the three State law enforcement witnesses got caught lying... the fourth State witness was immediately excused, and the fifth officer wasn’t even called up. Shortly after, the State rested their case."
#ACAB
#ACAB
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Their very obvious claim is that it’s racist discrimination to *have a policy to address racial disparities* but it’s fine to have a system that simply creates massive racial disparities. The correction attempt is the outrage. Not the disparities. Because they are white supremacists.
December 18, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Their very obvious claim is that it’s racist discrimination to *have a policy to address racial disparities* but it’s fine to have a system that simply creates massive racial disparities. The correction attempt is the outrage. Not the disparities. Because they are white supremacists.
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Advance Base played a tender set of brutal holiday-adjacent songs for a rapt Farewell audience. Here's "Christmas in Oakland." I'll have my recap of the show on Too Much Rock soon if you care to like and subscribe.
Advance Base - Christmas in Oakland (live 2025)
Recorded live Sun Dec 7, 2025 at Farewell in Kansas City.
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December 19, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Advance Base played a tender set of brutal holiday-adjacent songs for a rapt Farewell audience. Here's "Christmas in Oakland." I'll have my recap of the show on Too Much Rock soon if you care to like and subscribe.
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My favorite tyrant joke: a man comes every day and peers at the front page of the newspaper without buying it.
The newspaper vendor says, "what are you looking for?"
"An obituary."
"Obituaries aren't on the front page."
"This one will be."
The newspaper vendor says, "what are you looking for?"
"An obituary."
"Obituaries aren't on the front page."
"This one will be."
December 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
My favorite tyrant joke: a man comes every day and peers at the front page of the newspaper without buying it.
The newspaper vendor says, "what are you looking for?"
"An obituary."
"Obituaries aren't on the front page."
"This one will be."
The newspaper vendor says, "what are you looking for?"
"An obituary."
"Obituaries aren't on the front page."
"This one will be."
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📣"The normalization and acceptance of Islamophobia in our politics is disgusting."
"We must absolutely condemn Islamophobia loudly and hold those perpetuating it accountable."
We must not accept the scapegoating of our Muslim neighbors.
@ocasio-cortez.house.gov
"We must absolutely condemn Islamophobia loudly and hold those perpetuating it accountable."
We must not accept the scapegoating of our Muslim neighbors.
@ocasio-cortez.house.gov
December 16, 2025 at 5:12 PM
📣"The normalization and acceptance of Islamophobia in our politics is disgusting."
"We must absolutely condemn Islamophobia loudly and hold those perpetuating it accountable."
We must not accept the scapegoating of our Muslim neighbors.
@ocasio-cortez.house.gov
"We must absolutely condemn Islamophobia loudly and hold those perpetuating it accountable."
We must not accept the scapegoating of our Muslim neighbors.
@ocasio-cortez.house.gov
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#OtD 14 Dec 1951 bagel bakers in New York City went on strike, shutting 32 out of 34 bakeries causing what the New York Times described as a "bagel famine". Bakers won concessions in January, and drivers who joined the strike won later stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8555...
December 14, 2025 at 10:55 PM
#OtD 14 Dec 1951 bagel bakers in New York City went on strike, shutting 32 out of 34 bakeries causing what the New York Times described as a "bagel famine". Bakers won concessions in January, and drivers who joined the strike won later stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8555...
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December 14, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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Happy birthday to Mike Scott. Here's a joyous video of him singing his Waterboys classic The Whole of the Moon with a bunch of very excited schoolchildren in Clifden, County Galway, Ireland in 1987 youtu.be/pLAPOxpXGkU
The Waterboys - Whole of the Moon
YouTube video by The Waterboys
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December 14, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Happy birthday to Mike Scott. Here's a joyous video of him singing his Waterboys classic The Whole of the Moon with a bunch of very excited schoolchildren in Clifden, County Galway, Ireland in 1987 youtu.be/pLAPOxpXGkU
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The House is expected to vote this week on Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene's bill to make providing trans youth with gender-affirming care punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
Life-saving health care is on the line. Tell your members of Congress to reject this bill NOW.
Life-saving health care is on the line. Tell your members of Congress to reject this bill NOW.
Protect Trans Care Now
As wave after wave of extreme measures to criminalize and strip trans people of rights and safety continue, tell Congress to act.
action.aclu.org
December 14, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The House is expected to vote this week on Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene's bill to make providing trans youth with gender-affirming care punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
Life-saving health care is on the line. Tell your members of Congress to reject this bill NOW.
Life-saving health care is on the line. Tell your members of Congress to reject this bill NOW.
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idk why people think it's big-brained to look at cases of clear cut, *seething* racism and be like 'of course this is horrible but what about the person doing the racism? what protections do they have?' if poc weren't being thrown in pain boxes and in front of trains i guess i'd be more open but,
December 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
idk why people think it's big-brained to look at cases of clear cut, *seething* racism and be like 'of course this is horrible but what about the person doing the racism? what protections do they have?' if poc weren't being thrown in pain boxes and in front of trains i guess i'd be more open but,
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people who watch that kind of thing for fun are a separate issue
December 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
people who watch that kind of thing for fun are a separate issue
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@smillermcdonald.bsky.social considers Black liberation, the abolition of slavery, and the myth of progress.
Can We Really Claim That Civilization is on the Steady Path of Progress?
One of the most common contemporary arguments for the idea of human progress is in the arena of social justice: the belief that there have been steady improvements in fairness, equality, and opport…
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December 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
@smillermcdonald.bsky.social considers Black liberation, the abolition of slavery, and the myth of progress.
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The words of the profits are written on BART walls: www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org/surveilling-...
Surveilling the Seen
I'm kind of glad that the people who made these ads know they don't want you to know they're surveilling you, that they know you won't like it.
www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org
December 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The words of the profits are written on BART walls: www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org/surveilling-...
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haven’t even read that atlantic cinnabon piece and i’m already convinced it’s a psyop
December 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
haven’t even read that atlantic cinnabon piece and i’m already convinced it’s a psyop
H E X the patriarchy, now more than ever. Capitalism is rooted in white supremacy and patriarchal conditioning. To tear it down you must dig it out from the roots.
Honesty in relationships isn't always comfortable. Avoidance is easier sometimes. Challenge yourself to be more honest. See ya.
Honesty in relationships isn't always comfortable. Avoidance is easier sometimes. Challenge yourself to be more honest. See ya.
December 12, 2025 at 5:17 PM
H E X the patriarchy, now more than ever. Capitalism is rooted in white supremacy and patriarchal conditioning. To tear it down you must dig it out from the roots.
Honesty in relationships isn't always comfortable. Avoidance is easier sometimes. Challenge yourself to be more honest. See ya.
Honesty in relationships isn't always comfortable. Avoidance is easier sometimes. Challenge yourself to be more honest. See ya.
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your intuition trusted
your joy replenished
your purpose remembered
your silence respected
your tenderness protected
your patience rewarded
your boundaries honored
your truth embodied
your discernment sharpened
your timing blessed
your offerings accepted
your joy replenished
your purpose remembered
your silence respected
your tenderness protected
your patience rewarded
your boundaries honored
your truth embodied
your discernment sharpened
your timing blessed
your offerings accepted
December 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
your intuition trusted
your joy replenished
your purpose remembered
your silence respected
your tenderness protected
your patience rewarded
your boundaries honored
your truth embodied
your discernment sharpened
your timing blessed
your offerings accepted
your joy replenished
your purpose remembered
your silence respected
your tenderness protected
your patience rewarded
your boundaries honored
your truth embodied
your discernment sharpened
your timing blessed
your offerings accepted
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“If I live long enough, I’ll be able to do shit like watch my nephew have children, watch the rise and fall and rise and fall of the right wing, but mostly find a way to be at peace with every bad thing that has ever happened in my life.” —Brontez Purnell
You Might Live Longer Than You Think, by Brontez Purnell
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December 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
“If I live long enough, I’ll be able to do shit like watch my nephew have children, watch the rise and fall and rise and fall of the right wing, but mostly find a way to be at peace with every bad thing that has ever happened in my life.” —Brontez Purnell
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As Canada's housing crisis worsens, co-ops and Community Land Trusts have become attractive alternatives. Writer Ludovic Viger highlights how these models promote affordability, resilience, and democratic participation within communities. thewalrus.ca/why-co-ops-are-t...
December 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM
As Canada's housing crisis worsens, co-ops and Community Land Trusts have become attractive alternatives. Writer Ludovic Viger highlights how these models promote affordability, resilience, and democratic participation within communities. thewalrus.ca/why-co-ops-are-t...
"Tim" era Westerberg ❤️🔥.
Courtesy of my public library.
Courtesy of my public library.
December 7, 2025 at 12:02 AM
"Tim" era Westerberg ❤️🔥.
Courtesy of my public library.
Courtesy of my public library.
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May Fred Hampton and all murdered liberators rest in power.
December 4, 2025 at 5:38 PM
May Fred Hampton and all murdered liberators rest in power.
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The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
November 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...