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Retired ESL teacher at Utoledo, still world music dj on WXUT migrated from Musics of the World, @pfk_worldmusics on X mixes from radio show at mixcloud.com/pfktoledo

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14.03.2026 21:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 1781 ๐Ÿ” 805 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 70 ๐Ÿ“Œ 51
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This Week in Palestine: Israeli Settlers Kill With Impunity, Israeli Soldiers Rape With Impunity Zeteo's new weekly round-up of the stories you may have missed out of occupied Gaza and the West Bank, as Israel continues its genocidal war and apartheid policies.

"This Week in Palestine: Israeli Settlers Kill With Impunity, Israeli Soldiers Rape With Impunity"

Zeteo's new weekly round-up of the stories you may have missed out of occupied Gaza and the West Bank, as Israel continues its genocidal war and apartheid policies.

14.03.2026 20:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 673 ๐Ÿ” 292 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 19 ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

Trump has shredded the Constitution. He's taken an axe to checks and balances. He's using the presidency to line his own pockets. This is why we need to make sure that on March 28 โ€” two weeks from todayโ€” we march across America in the largest demonstration in the nationโ€™s history. NoKings.org

14.03.2026 19:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 3036 ๐Ÿ” 1032 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 120 ๐Ÿ“Œ 43
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TRUMP: โ€œDrain the swamp!โ€

REALITY: The Swamp has never been more full. He is the Swampiest Swamp Monster who ever did Swamp.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/u...

14.03.2026 14:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 1377 ๐Ÿ” 496 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 62 ๐Ÿ“Œ 28
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Grandma jailed after AI error linked her to crime in state she never visited: lawyer The charges were later dismissed after bank records showed she was in Tennessee at the time

If only a college professor could condescendingly yell at her that AI is useful, I bet sheโ€™d feel so much better about all this

14.03.2026 03:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 4614 ๐Ÿ” 1069 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 97 ๐Ÿ“Œ 186
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โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹Cost of Net Zero by 2050ย lessย than a single fossil fuel price shockโ€‹ย โ€“ย CCCย  - Climate Change Committee The independent, statutory bodyย tested its cost and energy security conclusionsย againstย differentย scenarios.ย It found thatย the totalย additionalย cost ofย a single fossil fuel price spike of 2022ย magnitu...

The additional cost of ONE fossil fuel price spike on the scale of 2022 = the ENTIRE COST of Net Zero by 2050. We get precisely nothing in return for the first cost, and a whole new, more secure and cheaper energy system from the second one.
#NoBrainer
www.theccc.org.uk/2026/03/11/c...

13.03.2026 11:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 1109 ๐Ÿ” 536 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 21 ๐Ÿ“Œ 19

The entire profession needs to stand united against this.

13.03.2026 17:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 474 ๐Ÿ” 200 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Former Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant: "We need to strike and eliminate everything in Dahiya, Baalbek, Tyre, Sidon, Nabatieh, everywhereโ€ฆ for every bomb Israel drops, the Americans drop 2-3โ€ฆโ€

13.03.2026 01:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 262 ๐Ÿ” 84 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 82 ๐Ÿ“Œ 22

We cannot stop mass deportations without seriously reckoning with the American obsession with arrests and prosecutions.

12.03.2026 18:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 1015 ๐Ÿ” 316 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Trump is spending $1 billion a day waging war on Iran. Meanwhile...

Trump's sons are investing in a drone company that could soon receive Pentagon contracts.

And of course Trump's Big Oil donors stand to gain windfall profits as the price of oil skyrockets.

War is a racket.

10.03.2026 16:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 2809 ๐Ÿ” 1031 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 133 ๐Ÿ“Œ 49

And who just gave this corporation a pardon?

Donald Trump.

12.03.2026 14:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 1196 ๐Ÿ” 578 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 52 ๐Ÿ“Œ 15
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Easy-to-use solar panels are coming, but utilities are trying to delay them Utilities are convincing lawmakers around the U.S. to delay bills that would allow people to buy solar panels, plug them into an outlet and begin generating electricity.

Utility safety concerns about plug-in solar panels prompted 5 states to delay votes on enabling legislation. Germany has 1.2 million balcony solar panels registered with no safety problems reported. Here's my @npr.org story: www.npr.org/2026/03/12/n...

12.03.2026 12:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 352 ๐Ÿ” 146 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15 ๐Ÿ“Œ 13

Damn. That is an impressive amount of will.

12.03.2026 00:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 45 ๐Ÿ” 11 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Tweet by Aaron Rupar quoting House Speaker Mike Johnson saying Republicans had a โ€œhiccupโ€ with Latino and Hispanic voters due to immigration enforcement being seen as overzealous, adding they are in โ€œcourse-correction mode.โ€ The image shows Johnson speaking at an event with a C-SPAN broadcast graphic.

Tweet by Aaron Rupar quoting House Speaker Mike Johnson saying Republicans had a โ€œhiccupโ€ with Latino and Hispanic voters due to immigration enforcement being seen as overzealous, adding they are in โ€œcourse-correction mode.โ€ The image shows Johnson speaking at an event with a C-SPAN broadcast graphic.

I'm sorry, did he call the last 14 months of ICE abuses and murders a โ€œlittle hiccupโ€?

12.03.2026 00:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 1708 ๐Ÿ” 386 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 132 ๐Ÿ“Œ 19

substack.com/@sherrilyn/n...

11.03.2026 10:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 348 ๐Ÿ” 153 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 10

And on the pedestal, these words appear:
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.

11.03.2026 03:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 63 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Must-read thread from Sen. @chrismurphyct.bsky.social

11.03.2026 01:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 939 ๐Ÿ” 228 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Can someone help Pinocchiogles understand how immigration works pls

11.03.2026 00:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 3631 ๐Ÿ” 847 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 283 ๐Ÿ“Œ 57
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Out of work and with 2 teens, this mom may lose food stamps under Trump's changes Policy experts say new SNAP changes don't address the challenges faced by single parents. They also argue that losing food assistance will only create more barriers for struggling families.

Policy experts say new SNAP changes don't address the challenges faced by single parents. They also argue that losing food assistance will only create more barriers for struggling families. n.pr/40Zw63G

10.03.2026 11:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 291 ๐Ÿ” 102 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17 ๐Ÿ“Œ 11
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'The Military-Industrial Complex Is Winning': While Bombing Iran, Trump Says Weapons Contractors to Boost Production | Common Dreams After meeting with CEOs at the White House, US President Donald Trump said that top military contractors "have agreed t

After slashing SNAP & Medicaid, Trump is using his Iran War to line the pockets of military contractors.

I'm reminded of the words of MLK:

"A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom."

09.03.2026 20:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 1745 ๐Ÿ” 564 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 87 ๐Ÿ“Œ 16
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Three news reports over the weekend show we are nowhere near the end of what the Epstein files still can reveal. Key details from a victim corroborated, a cover-up in plain sight, and sketchy cash payments all raise big questions. My write-up in the replies.

09.03.2026 18:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 539 ๐Ÿ” 101 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

If you REALLY want to understand this crazy, just understand that the man in the oval office is a prosperity gospel evangelist.. always ready to take your money and sell you fake miracles.

09.03.2026 19:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 291 ๐Ÿ” 43 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

I feel like it has fallen off the collective radar too because the radar is clogged with 280,000 other dots.

But weโ€™re still here. Weโ€™re following the court cases and federal rules and state legislatures. The number of us who follow repro issues exclusively is small but mighty.

09.03.2026 14:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 26 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Inside the latest, and scariest, iteration of Americaโ€™s endless abortion wars After Trumpโ€™s mass pardons of anti-abortion activists, threats and harassment at clinics have surged.

Iโ€™ve been covering abortion access since 2015, and Iโ€™ve never experienced the kind of fervor that I witnessed outside a clinic in North Carolina: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

09.03.2026 03:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 229 ๐Ÿ” 105 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8 ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
Tweet by Senator Patty Murray criticizing Trumpโ€™s Iran war, saying the narrative has shifted from โ€œthis isnโ€™t a warโ€ to fighting until unconditional surrender while Americans die and prices rise, arguing Congress must stop it.

Tweet by Senator Patty Murray criticizing Trumpโ€™s Iran war, saying the narrative has shifted from โ€œthis isnโ€™t a warโ€ to fighting until unconditional surrender while Americans die and prices rise, arguing Congress must stop it.

Vote in the midterms like your childrenโ€™s and grandchildrenโ€™s lives depend on it. Because they do.

09.03.2026 14:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 2298 ๐Ÿ” 551 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 94 ๐Ÿ“Œ 20
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We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.
-Ursula K. Le Guin

09.03.2026 12:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 106 ๐Ÿ” 30 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
Is AI pop star Sienna Rose really a singer? And is she really Black? By Kadish Morris. Pictured: AI creation Sienna Rose, in black and white

Is AI pop star Sienna Rose really a singer? And is she really Black? By Kadish Morris. Pictured: AI creation Sienna Rose, in black and white

AI pop star Sienna Rose โ€“ the artificial โ€˜African Americanโ€™ soul sensation who started off as a white redhead โ€“ is taking music born of authenticity and community and reducing it to code

And sheโ€™s not the only one, writes Kadish Morris

www.thenerve.news/p/kadish-mor...

09.03.2026 12:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 40 ๐Ÿ” 14 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Vance, 9/28/24:

09.03.2026 10:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 288 ๐Ÿ” 135 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 28 ๐Ÿ“Œ 9
Screenshot of an X post by HasanAbi commenting on how to discuss trans issues with median voters. The post quotes Marco Foster, who says the anti-trans campaign in Maine is funded by an out-of-state billionaire to distract from tax discussions and notes that very few trans kids compete in high school sports there. Below is a podcast-style video still of a man speaking into a microphone.

Screenshot of an X post by HasanAbi commenting on how to discuss trans issues with median voters. The post quotes Marco Foster, who says the anti-trans campaign in Maine is funded by an out-of-state billionaire to distract from tax discussions and notes that very few trans kids compete in high school sports there. Below is a podcast-style video still of a man speaking into a microphone.

When you hear them target any vulnerable communityโ€”immigrants, trans people, refugeesโ€”ask first why they're trying to distract and divide us. Don't fall for it.

09.03.2026 00:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 3223 ๐Ÿ” 757 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 113 ๐Ÿ“Œ 41
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Americans Are Now a Target in Trumpโ€™s Immigration Crackdown A WSJ investigation tracked the U.S. citizens caught in the crosshairs of an aggressive federal campaign to detain and demonize dissenters.

Gift link:

www.wsj.com/us-news/immi...

08.03.2026 09:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 557 ๐Ÿ” 345 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16 ๐Ÿ“Œ 24