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Charles "Sonny" Burton did not pull the trigger nor see the fatal 1991 shooting he was convicted of and sentenced to death for. This week, Alabama plans to execute him, exposing the arbitrariness of the state's death penalty.
IWD: somehow her name is less familiar, and yet, she actually received the Nobel: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy...
#IWD started as a social movement, it came from international working women's struggle so while you send around fancy gifts and whatnot spare a thought for the migrant female worker in the Gulf states, already precarious and now bomb fodder.
A beautiful collaborative film for International Women's Day made by poet Hanan Issa, Eleeza Khan and some inspiring women from Cardiff to support Athika Ahmed and voice collective rage and rejection of hatred and violence against women.
Hello! One month from today Iβm releasing a new book about our majestic universe that thinks with poetry, quantum mechanics, relativity, Zhou Kingdom philosophy, Akan aphorisms, Black feminism, Star Trek so much Star Trek, and is meant to be accessible for all readers. ππ
Please preorder it! π§΅
#OtD 7 Mar 1942 Lucy Parsons, African-American anarchist, founding member of the Industrial Workers of the World (@IWW), and powerful orator for women, working people, and political prisoners died in a house fire. More about IWW women in our podcast: workingclasshistory.com/2018/12/02/e...
While the McDonaldβs CEO gets roasted for his awkward burger taste test...
McDonaldβs is among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
And McDonald's CEO recently raked in $18.2M β over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
That should leave a bad taste in your mouth.
If you want to know more about the complicity in trans-Atlantic slavery that motivates the Church of Englandβs reparative Project Spire scheme, and the arguments that are being wielded against it, do come along tomorrow:
www.chichester.anglican.org/events/2026/...
Social media is also war infrastructure!
You are reading this. You're a part of it.
Color portrait photograph of Mary-Claire King, the renowned American geneticist who discovered the BRCA1 gene linked to hereditary breast and ovarian cancer. She has short, neatly styled blonde hair in a bob cut, warm green eyes, and a gentle, confident smile. She wears a vibrant blue textured jacket or top with a patterned multicolored scarf or collar underneath, accented by a gold chain necklace. The softly lit background is neutral dark gray, highlighting her approachable and accomplished expression. #genetics #WomenInScience #breastcancer #ScienceSky
Geneticist Mary-Claire King was born #OTD in 1946. Her pivotal contributions to medical science & #humanrights include:
+ Discovered the BRCA1 gene locus, proving breast cancer can be hereditary
+ Deployed DNA strategies that reunite missing persons or their remains with their families #WomenInSTEM
My father in law calls them 'co-respondent' shoes
Ethel Carnie Holdsworth (1 January 1886 β 28 December 1962)
Ethel was the first working-class woman in Britain to publish a novel and she was outselling HG Wells.
Ethel had worked in the Lancashire cotton mills from the age of 11 until her early 20s. #History #HistoryMatters
A portrait of Ethel Carnie Holdsworth circa 1913-1917. A reproduction of a black and white photograph of a woman in her 30s wearing a pale blouse covered by a darker jacket. She is wearing a black hat decorated by a ribbon with an abstract design tied in a bow towards the rear. Copyright by Helen Brown.
'Helen of the Four Gates' was published in 2016 by Kennedy and Boyd, it's a melodrama that doesn't shy away from psychological and physical abuse. Thanks for the reminder to get hold of more books in the collection.
Pencil drawing of two crows in a tree with heavy snow fall. One crow is pulling a PRIVATE PROPERTY sign off of the tree. The crows are now on the snowy ground. One says "Hold on tight!" the other replies "To what?" looking down at the sign it is standing on. The first crow pushed the second and it slides down a hill screaming AAAAAHHHH. Perspective from between the legs of the crow going down the hill. Snow streams by as it continues to scream AAAAAAHHHHHHHH. The first crow watches from the top of the hill as the second screams "I'll never forgive youuuuuuu". The second crow's scream continues "uuuuuβoh I've stopped. That was thrilling!" It is covered in snow, face is plastered with the stuff. In the distance at the top of the hill, the first crow is crying "my turn! my turn!"
Hold On Tight
The Home Office just released data on the police use of protest restrictions, specifically Section 12 and Section 14 of the Public Order Act 1986. These powers allow police to place restrictions on protests (such as restricting the location, number of people, or duration) and then arrest people if they break these conditions. We read this stuff so you donβt have to.
The Home Office just released data on police use of protest restrictions, specifically Sections 12 & 14 of the Public Order Act 1986.
These powers allow police to place restrictions on protests (restricting the location, numbers or duration) and then arrest people if they break these conditions.
Artists and photographers of Blacksky, Bluesky, and all of the fediverse: I implore you to use alt text!
Here's how, courtesy of @manningkrull.bsky.social: manningkrull.com/digital-phil...
I want to share your art and photography! Let's accommodate our friends and comrades who use screen readers!
Iβm just gonna mute that βexpertβ in concentration who keeps βforgettingβ that planatations, Rez schools, early farms etc were concentration camps
It doesnβt fucking matter anymore white supremacist shock is always more important
#OtD 11 Feb 1916, Lithuanian-born Jewish anarchist Emma Goldman was arrested in New York City on charges of violating the Comstock Act, for distributing information about birth control. We've made available some of her work and merch here: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
Swedenβs experience with midwives providing abortion care offers lessons for other countries. Swedism midwives have long led care for healthy women during pregnancy and birth, with doctors supporting when complications arise. Applying the same model to abortion care is both logical and effective.
Today's Black Fact:
Jane Bolin was the first Black woman to attend Yale Law School in 1931 and became the first Black female judge in the United States. Thanks to her leadership employers were moved to hire people based on their skills, as opposed to discriminating against them because of race!
Find yourself someone who loves you as much as the Bluesky Discover feed loves food posts.
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Sabs will be out in force today doing our best to save our local wildlife from the bloodsports sickos!
All this couldnβt happen without your support! We need you! Sign up to us today, and help sabs to help our wildlife!
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Trying to understand the threats your group faces from police, far right groups and others and make effective plans to protect yourselves, without getting paranoid? Find out more at our free webinar with the Digital Self Defence Collective on 19 February digitalselfdefence.net/events/threa...
Palestine Action are found not guilty for the offence that our government claimed as grounds for proscribing them.
