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Rev. Jesse Jackson once backed a rent strike against a corporate landlord accused of letting toxic mold run rampant.

In 2024, @thomasbirm.bsky.social reported on the tenants whose kids landed in the ER—and a city system that kept failing to enforce repairs.

inthesetimes.com/article/mold...

Annual reminder that the correct unit of analysis for municipal budgets is not dollars, but "Cost of Policing (CoP)" hours/days

This would translate to 5.75 million per day. So a city department with a budget of 5 million gets a little less than 1 CoP day

This confirms what academics and students told me in this piece: it seemed clear to them, months ago, that the government was using Canary Mission.

between nuking clean energy subsidies and eviscerating rural hospitals this is class warfare on the most loyal Republican voters on a scale no Democrat could ever conceive

Please help Ruaa and her family

The Feminist's Salmon An excerpt from Feminism In The Wild on what it means to queer the animals -- and why doing so is just good science

Sneaky salmon? Gay frogs? Scientists studying animal behavior have long projected specific cultural norms and values onto animals — and that, Ambika Kamath and Melina Packer argue, can lead us badly astray.

HEAT DEATH is proud to publish an extended excerpt of their new book, FEMINISM IN THE WILD!

a lot of cis people seem to respond by saying "well just don't look at the news" or "well stop doomscrolling" as if we share the luxury of being able to put our heads in the sand when our friends and loved ones are forced to make impossible choices.

we're going to win though. cat's out of the bag.

Couple things I learned today:
- Seniors are extremely fired up about this
- "Fuck ICE" is a normie position now
- People are MASSIVELY pissed off about Sen. Padilla being wrestled to the ground in LA
- We all we got, we all we need

the story today is of a profoundly low energy military parade being met with millions of americans in nationwide protests denouncing the dictatorial pretensions of the president

never kill yourself you must outlive the terrorist state of israel

The Los Angeles Protests Are an Act of Self-Defense Residents of L.A. aren’t merely protesting ICE; they’re attempting to protect their communities from ICE’s raids.

My friend @melissagiragrant.com reports the truth about how this all unfolded. But Keane would rather bring counterinsurgency (back) home.

BREAKING: The enforcement chief at America’s consumer watchdog is quitting, ProPublica has learned.

Cara Petersen writes in her sign-off letter that it’s “clear that the Bureau’s current leadership has no intention to enforce the law in any meaningful way.” 🧵 1/

Looting resources that could towards feeding, housing, and taking care of people and funneling it towards brutalizing, punishing, and killing people has been a fully bipartisan effort. The police are the ones defunding us, and this has all been made possible by Democrats and Republicans alike.

UPDATE: David Huerta was just released from custody!

Ruaa my dear I’m praying for your safety and your families safety always. I will continue supporting in every way I can

25 arrested while protesting GOP Medicaid cuts "You will kill me."

New blog from me at @motherjones.com: 25 people were arrested today during a Congressional hearing while protesting Medicaid cuts. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The cost of Grok: "I can't breathe at home, it smells like gas outside. How come I can't breathe at home and y'all get to breathe at home?"

DOJ Dumps 1,785 Pages of Evidence Against Eric Adams The purge occurred the same day Adams and President Donald Trump met. "He came in to thank me," Trump said.

DOJ Dumps 1,785 Pages of Evidence Against Eric Adams

The trove was released the same day Adams and President Donald Trump met. "He came in to thank me," Trump said.

Tufts student detained by ICE in viral video is released, thanks supporters Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk was released from ICE detention on Friday, offering brief words of thanks to supporters gathered outside the Louisiana facility.

Rümeysa Öztürk has been freed!!