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Observer of #polycrisis; excursions into history, nature, oddments. Degrees: philosophy, history of science. Former teacher, writer, editor, spokesperson, contract researcher, journalist. Occasional fictioneer. NB. No LLMs/other AI need apply. :-)

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The US World Cup is facing two crises: a financial mess – and ICE | Nellie Pou Fewer than 100 days out, host cities haven’t received promised funding, and fears about ICE’s presence are widespread

Everything Trump touches dies

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

11.03.2026 01:05 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Alexander brothers, high-profile US real estate brokers, guilty of sex trafficking Oren, Alon and Tal Alexander convicted in New York after being accused of raping dozens of women

Sex Trafficking, Real Estate and The Trump Family interconnections. Brothers Oren, Alon and Tal Alexander were just convicted of raping dozens of women in New York. They are also friends of Trump and were present on election night when he was elected #Complicit

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

11.03.2026 00:04 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

BREAKING: A judge refused to block a Kansas law that invalidates the driver’s licenses of transgender people and allows trans people to be sued for using public restrooms.

This isn't the final say, and we will keep fighting in court to stop this discriminatory law.

10.03.2026 22:47 👍 1478 🔁 391 💬 31 📌 37

Sun Tzu (D-NY) - “When your enemy is making a mistake, fix it for him at great cost to yourself.”

11.03.2026 00:40 👍 8049 🔁 2044 💬 151 📌 47
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11.03.2026 00:43 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

A must-read 🧵👇 & the media needs to do more reporting on what's happening in Cuba. Wth are F47 & Lindsay Graham talking about going to war on Cuba next? For what reason?
They are in dire straits there already: barely any electricity, food, clean drinking water, fuel, people are barely surviving!

10.03.2026 19:58 👍 10 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0

Damn, I am so sorry.

11.03.2026 00:50 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Graham says he is asking South Carolina to send its 'sons and daughters' to Mid-East As President Donald Trump has offered mixed messages on when America may see an end to its war with Iran, U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham remains in complete support o

Graham says he is asking South Carolina to send its 'sons and daughters' to Mid-East abcnews4.com/news/local/g...

10.03.2026 15:44 👍 33 🔁 27 💬 29 📌 21

Also, the main SXSW venue is the convention center which is also covered by the bathroom ban. Trans people cannot safely attend this conference or event. But because 20 states have done this, people stopped giving a shit. It's just normal for them, not even an afterthought.

11.03.2026 00:27 👍 306 🔁 35 💬 7 📌 1

I love how cis people are throwing parties in states where trans people can be arrested for using the bathroom at the airport if they tried to go.

11.03.2026 00:24 👍 414 🔁 88 💬 19 📌 1
Fresco painting of a woman wearing a wreath of leaves. Herculaneum, 1st century BCE.

Fresco painting of a woman wearing a wreath of leaves. Herculaneum, 1st century BCE.

This week's Tuesday Coffee Hour post is about a women's protest that occurred in Rome in 42 BCE.
#women #feminist #history #Rome
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

10.03.2026 21:25 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

A U.S. intelligence assessment completed shortly before the United States and Israel launched a war in Iran had determined that American military intervention was not likely to lead to regime change in the Islamic Republic, according to two people familiar with the finding.

09.03.2026 19:57 👍 9 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 0

"Capital punishment" is entirely obscene.

11.03.2026 00:31 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Chaos waging war on a foreign religious theocracy. Meanwhile consulting with America’s biggest adversary. Where is Marco? Nope👎🏻

10.03.2026 23:55 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

#ResistICE

11.03.2026 00:28 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Removing race from kidney function algorithm helped more Black patients access transplants Removing race from the eGFR had a big impact, resulting in 5.3 more kidney transplants per 1000 Black candidates.

Amazing to see the change that can be possible to reduce longstanding racial health disparities. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽Story by @aniloza.bsky.social Comments from @thenephrologist.bsky.social whttps://www.statnews.com/2026/03/10/kidney-transplants-black-americans-race-based-test-discarded/ via @statnews.com

11.03.2026 00:15 👍 46 🔁 13 💬 0 📌 0
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The Summer of Starvation: Amid Trump’s Foreign Aid Cuts, a Mother Struggles to Keep Her Sons Alive After the Trump administration cut off food from the third-largest refugee camp in the world, thousands of families faced impossible choices as their children starved.

The State Dept. painted humanitarian aid cuts as a necessary “disruption.”

For the World Food Program, that disruption meant telling 300,000 refugees half of them would receive a meager portion of rice, lentils and oil.

The rest would get nothing.

(Published Dec. 2025)

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Judges lose it over ICE's brazen and 'unremorseful' defiance of court orders Federal judges remain enraged that Immigration and Customs Enforcement leadership are habitually blowing off court orders, Politico reported — and it's a huge focal point of the strain building betwee...

www.rawstory.com/ice-26760178...

11.03.2026 00:24 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It is NOT okay. But in all past government shutdowns, certain "essential" employees have been required to work w/o paychecks. So far at least, these employees always received back pay once the shutdown was resolved.

11.03.2026 00:14 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Bottom of a dumpster? Eeeew. ;)

10.03.2026 23:10 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
BBC Persian - Wikipedia

We need to be careful. Wikipedia:

"BBC Persian has been long criticized and accused of promoting the Iranian regime's propaganda...
and misinformation...."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Per...

10.03.2026 22:49 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Black and white photo of Marie Curie.

Black and white photo of Marie Curie.

#WomensHistoryMonth Day 10 - Chemist and physicist Marie Curie is the only person to win Nobel Prizes in two different scientific fields.

Where in the World...was she born?
Click to guess and find out on this #map: www.whereintheworldgame.com?id=51&type=q

#History #Science

10.03.2026 11:49 👍 669 🔁 168 💬 25 📌 6

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse: When Donald Trump uses “hoax,” it’s a “tell word for something we know is definitely true.“

10.03.2026 22:34 👍 21 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 1
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Chris Murphy: "I Just came from a two hour, closed door classified briefing on the war. It just confirmed to me it's totally incoherent. We are not gonna be able to achieve any of our stated objectives ... this is a disaster of epic proportions, a 10 day debacle"

10.03.2026 20:30 👍 18062 🔁 6415 💬 762 📌 394

He is intent taking us all with him in his malignant narcissist dementia death spiral.

10.03.2026 22:06 👍 9 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
A candid color photograph of Nadia Murad taken around 2019 (likely at an event hosted by or related to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs), showing her seated at a table in what appears to be a formal or diplomatic setting. She is a woman in her mid-20s with long dark hair parted in the center, wearing subtle makeup, small earrings, and a black top under a blue-and-red plaid blazer or jacket. A thin gold necklace is visible. Her expression is warm and slightly amused, with a gentle smile and eyes looking slightly off-camera, conveying poise, intelligence, and approachability amid a backdrop of ornate historical painting or tapestry on the wall featuring figures in period clothing. A white napkin and glass are partially visible on the table in the foreground. The image captures her as a leading global advocate for survivors of genocide and conflict-related sexual violence, emphasizing her dignified presence in international advocacy spaces.

A candid color photograph of Nadia Murad taken around 2019 (likely at an event hosted by or related to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs), showing her seated at a table in what appears to be a formal or diplomatic setting. She is a woman in her mid-20s with long dark hair parted in the center, wearing subtle makeup, small earrings, and a black top under a blue-and-red plaid blazer or jacket. A thin gold necklace is visible. Her expression is warm and slightly amused, with a gentle smile and eyes looking slightly off-camera, conveying poise, intelligence, and approachability amid a backdrop of ornate historical painting or tapestry on the wall featuring figures in period clothing. A white napkin and glass are partially visible on the table in the foreground. The image captures her as a leading global advocate for survivors of genocide and conflict-related sexual violence, emphasizing her dignified presence in international advocacy spaces.

Nadia Murad won the 2018 #Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war & armed conflict. She was born #OTD in 1993.

www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace...

#VAWG #EndVAWG #WomensHistoryMonth #WHM

10.03.2026 22:11 👍 89 🔁 23 💬 1 📌 1
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Look familiar?

10.03.2026 22:11 👍 19 🔁 14 💬 0 📌 0

This seems....bad.

10.03.2026 22:08 👍 211 🔁 64 💬 12 📌 4

An account titled Resist (antizionistjew dot bsky dot social) has posted a number of fragmentary videos, also maps, claiming Israel is suffering under heavy bombardment.

• ZERO corroboration by legit media or independent on-ground reports
• Strong sense of AI from videos

No credibility

10.03.2026 22:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Trump nominee who pushed white supremacist propaganda backs out of consideration A controversial Trump administration nominee who promoted white supremacist propaganda has announced he's withdrawing from consideration.Jeremy Carl, Trump's pick to serve as assistant secretary of st...

One down

www.rawstory.com/jeremy-carl-...

10.03.2026 22:14 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0