Werner Gerbli
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Werner Gerbli
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· Oct 16
There is nothing more annoying than a white woman (me) who has just read Braiding Sweetgrass, but dear god this book could change everything.
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Kristof: 700,000 lives lost because Trump White House treated aid as a game
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Kristof: 700,000 lives lost because Trump White House treated aid as a game
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December 17, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Kristof: 700,000 lives lost because Trump White House treated aid as a game
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I think white people tell each other racist lies to get out of telling each other hard truths, and that's a problem. I could easily have developed a racial grievance in that moment, and I think many racial grievances come out of that kind of experience.
December 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I think white people tell each other racist lies to get out of telling each other hard truths, and that's a problem. I could easily have developed a racial grievance in that moment, and I think many racial grievances come out of that kind of experience.
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Reading Mandy Patinkin’s tribute to Rob Reiner has gutted me. He said everything I’m feeling.
I truly hope Rob is able to see the monumental impact he’s had on society and that people are willing to continue his work to defend democracy and decency.
I truly hope Rob is able to see the monumental impact he’s had on society and that people are willing to continue his work to defend democracy and decency.
December 16, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Reading Mandy Patinkin’s tribute to Rob Reiner has gutted me. He said everything I’m feeling.
I truly hope Rob is able to see the monumental impact he’s had on society and that people are willing to continue his work to defend democracy and decency.
I truly hope Rob is able to see the monumental impact he’s had on society and that people are willing to continue his work to defend democracy and decency.
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I think the fundamental gap here is that non-creative people think that creative people make things for the end product, when in fact it’s the act of creation and not the end point that makes it worthwhile.
I have grown to believe that excessive wealth does something to your brain that is analogous to a serious head injury
December 15, 2025 at 6:26 AM
I think the fundamental gap here is that non-creative people think that creative people make things for the end product, when in fact it’s the act of creation and not the end point that makes it worthwhile.
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12 dead at a mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach.💔
A 43-year-old father of two, Ahmed al Ahmed, snuck up & tackled a gunman to disarm him. Ahmed was shot twice.
Both Jewish & Muslim faiths teach that “to save one life is to save all humanity.” Let us hold fast to our humanity.❤️
A 43-year-old father of two, Ahmed al Ahmed, snuck up & tackled a gunman to disarm him. Ahmed was shot twice.
Both Jewish & Muslim faiths teach that “to save one life is to save all humanity.” Let us hold fast to our humanity.❤️
December 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
12 dead at a mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach.💔
A 43-year-old father of two, Ahmed al Ahmed, snuck up & tackled a gunman to disarm him. Ahmed was shot twice.
Both Jewish & Muslim faiths teach that “to save one life is to save all humanity.” Let us hold fast to our humanity.❤️
A 43-year-old father of two, Ahmed al Ahmed, snuck up & tackled a gunman to disarm him. Ahmed was shot twice.
Both Jewish & Muslim faiths teach that “to save one life is to save all humanity.” Let us hold fast to our humanity.❤️
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A deeply sad morning, with heartbreaking mass killings in Providence & Sydney.
Innocent students killed in a classroom. At least 11 people by gunmen at a Hanukkah celebration.
Too many guns here. Frightening levels of antisemitism globally. So much senseless violence & hate.
Innocent students killed in a classroom. At least 11 people by gunmen at a Hanukkah celebration.
Too many guns here. Frightening levels of antisemitism globally. So much senseless violence & hate.
December 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM
A deeply sad morning, with heartbreaking mass killings in Providence & Sydney.
Innocent students killed in a classroom. At least 11 people by gunmen at a Hanukkah celebration.
Too many guns here. Frightening levels of antisemitism globally. So much senseless violence & hate.
Innocent students killed in a classroom. At least 11 people by gunmen at a Hanukkah celebration.
Too many guns here. Frightening levels of antisemitism globally. So much senseless violence & hate.
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MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
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The UAE is the biggest and most consistent funder of the RSF's genocidal campaign in Sudan. That’s why we need to use our significant leverage and pass my Stand up for Sudan Act to block U.S. weapons sales to the UAE until they stop arming the RSF.
Sudan's bloody civil war is worsening a major humanitarian crisis
Aid delivery remains extremely difficult in violence-ridden areas, where clashes continue between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.
www.nbcnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:04 AM
The UAE is the biggest and most consistent funder of the RSF's genocidal campaign in Sudan. That’s why we need to use our significant leverage and pass my Stand up for Sudan Act to block U.S. weapons sales to the UAE until they stop arming the RSF.
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I’m running for Congress because we need leaders who will fight, not fold. I recognize this moment, and I’m ready to meet it. #FightDontFold #LanderForNYC #LanderForCongress
December 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM
I’m running for Congress because we need leaders who will fight, not fold. I recognize this moment, and I’m ready to meet it. #FightDontFold #LanderForNYC #LanderForCongress
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
The world is a terrible place full of monsters but today on the walk to school my daughter stopped to pick up a rock she liked and then a minute later stopped again to get another one so the first rock would have a friend.
December 8, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The world is a terrible place full of monsters but today on the walk to school my daughter stopped to pick up a rock she liked and then a minute later stopped again to get another one so the first rock would have a friend.
So I bought what looked like a cool painting print on Etsy. I get it in the mail, it’s clearly AI and looks like shit in person. I want to replace it but now I’m suspicious of all art on Etsy - how do I know they’re not all AI shit too? Just another way AI is hurting real artists…
December 8, 2025 at 3:09 PM
So I bought what looked like a cool painting print on Etsy. I get it in the mail, it’s clearly AI and looks like shit in person. I want to replace it but now I’m suspicious of all art on Etsy - how do I know they’re not all AI shit too? Just another way AI is hurting real artists…
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Who has made this 🤣
December 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Who has made this 🤣
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The RSF just attacked a kindergarten, killing at least 33 children in Sudan.
Meanwhile, the Trump Admin. continues to sell arms to the UAE, who are aiding these atrocities.
Imagine if Trump spent as much time trying to stop the killing, as he did getting the UAE to invest in his crypto coin.
Meanwhile, the Trump Admin. continues to sell arms to the UAE, who are aiding these atrocities.
Imagine if Trump spent as much time trying to stop the killing, as he did getting the UAE to invest in his crypto coin.
Sudanese paramilitary drone attack kills 50, including 33 children in Kordofan, doctor group says
A drone attack by Sudanese paramilitary forces has hit a kindergarten in south-central Sudan, killing 50 people, including 33 children, according to a doctors’ group
www.washingtonpost.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The RSF just attacked a kindergarten, killing at least 33 children in Sudan.
Meanwhile, the Trump Admin. continues to sell arms to the UAE, who are aiding these atrocities.
Imagine if Trump spent as much time trying to stop the killing, as he did getting the UAE to invest in his crypto coin.
Meanwhile, the Trump Admin. continues to sell arms to the UAE, who are aiding these atrocities.
Imagine if Trump spent as much time trying to stop the killing, as he did getting the UAE to invest in his crypto coin.
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You can hear Jose scream in excruciating pain as an ICE vehicle runs over his foot while he's being detained.
His family says Jose is a good man, with no criminal record, who works in roofing.
He needs to be released from detention to receive appropriate medical care.
His family says Jose is a good man, with no criminal record, who works in roofing.
He needs to be released from detention to receive appropriate medical care.
December 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
You can hear Jose scream in excruciating pain as an ICE vehicle runs over his foot while he's being detained.
His family says Jose is a good man, with no criminal record, who works in roofing.
He needs to be released from detention to receive appropriate medical care.
His family says Jose is a good man, with no criminal record, who works in roofing.
He needs to be released from detention to receive appropriate medical care.
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This was just sent to me by an LAUSD parent. A 4th grader was assigned to design a book cover for Pippi Longstocking using Adobe for Education. Here is what the AI tool generated:
December 5, 2025 at 9:49 PM
This was just sent to me by an LAUSD parent. A 4th grader was assigned to design a book cover for Pippi Longstocking using Adobe for Education. Here is what the AI tool generated:
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They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
December 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
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Social media is full of people sharing their Spotify Wrapped results — while Spotify is full of ICE recruitment ads.
As long as Spotify is willing to take money from ICE, they don’t need (and don’t deserve) free advertising on our social feeds.
As long as Spotify is willing to take money from ICE, they don’t need (and don’t deserve) free advertising on our social feeds.
December 3, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Social media is full of people sharing their Spotify Wrapped results — while Spotify is full of ICE recruitment ads.
As long as Spotify is willing to take money from ICE, they don’t need (and don’t deserve) free advertising on our social feeds.
As long as Spotify is willing to take money from ICE, they don’t need (and don’t deserve) free advertising on our social feeds.
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Attacking pre-school teachers because they don’t think Palestinian kids should be bombed to death? Declaring NYC’s first Muslim mayor “our enemy?” Fomenting hatred, even within the Jewish community?
You’re not making anyone safer.🧵
You’re not making anyone safer.🧵
December 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Attacking pre-school teachers because they don’t think Palestinian kids should be bombed to death? Declaring NYC’s first Muslim mayor “our enemy?” Fomenting hatred, even within the Jewish community?
You’re not making anyone safer.🧵
You’re not making anyone safer.🧵
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DAILY MEMO: Border Patrol Is Back And Targeted Southeast Los Angeles, Ripping Parents From Their Children and More
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December 3, 2025 at 6:36 AM
DAILY MEMO: Border Patrol Is Back And Targeted Southeast Los Angeles, Ripping Parents From Their Children and More
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The family of a Colombian man believed to have been killed in a US strike in the Caribbean has filed what’s believed to be the first complaint against such attacks with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).
Colombian family files first known formal complaint over deadly US strike in Caribbean | CNN
The family of a Colombian man believed to have been killed in a US strike in the Caribbean has filed what’s believed to be the first complaint against such attacks with the Inter-American Commission o...
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December 3, 2025 at 4:31 AM
The family of a Colombian man believed to have been killed in a US strike in the Caribbean has filed what’s believed to be the first complaint against such attacks with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).
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STILL MISSING!!
The first grader has been separated from his dad for almost a week, following ICE abducting them for the third time this year! ICE refuses to disclose the 6 yr old’s location.
WHERE IS YUANXIN?
Call your Reps & ask them to pressure ICE/DHS to reunite Fei & Yuanxin & release them!
The first grader has been separated from his dad for almost a week, following ICE abducting them for the third time this year! ICE refuses to disclose the 6 yr old’s location.
WHERE IS YUANXIN?
Call your Reps & ask them to pressure ICE/DHS to reunite Fei & Yuanxin & release them!
December 3, 2025 at 4:53 AM
STILL MISSING!!
The first grader has been separated from his dad for almost a week, following ICE abducting them for the third time this year! ICE refuses to disclose the 6 yr old’s location.
WHERE IS YUANXIN?
Call your Reps & ask them to pressure ICE/DHS to reunite Fei & Yuanxin & release them!
The first grader has been separated from his dad for almost a week, following ICE abducting them for the third time this year! ICE refuses to disclose the 6 yr old’s location.
WHERE IS YUANXIN?
Call your Reps & ask them to pressure ICE/DHS to reunite Fei & Yuanxin & release them!
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"I believe that to have interfered as I have done — as I have always freely admitted I have done — in behalf of His despised poor, was not wrong, but right." -- abolitionist John Brown, executed #tdih 1859
Read about Brown + the other Harpers Ferry Raiders ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/jo...
Read about Brown + the other Harpers Ferry Raiders ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/jo...
Dec. 2, 1859: John Brown Executed
Abolitionist John Brown was executed by the state of Virginia for leading the infamous Harpers Ferry Raid.
www.zinnedproject.org
December 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
"I believe that to have interfered as I have done — as I have always freely admitted I have done — in behalf of His despised poor, was not wrong, but right." -- abolitionist John Brown, executed #tdih 1859
Read about Brown + the other Harpers Ferry Raiders ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/jo...
Read about Brown + the other Harpers Ferry Raiders ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/jo...
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Melissa was part of the “Be Here for the Cure” campaign in 1993. She was 21 yo. She’s still here, more than three decades later. Sometimes, when the present makes me sad or scared, I think about the courage that those young people had to stand up and fight — for their lives — against the stigma.
December 2, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Melissa was part of the “Be Here for the Cure” campaign in 1993. She was 21 yo. She’s still here, more than three decades later. Sometimes, when the present makes me sad or scared, I think about the courage that those young people had to stand up and fight — for their lives — against the stigma.