At least 61 Palestinians, including 19 aid seekers, have been killed in Israeli attacks since dawn on Thursday, as the UN chief warned of a ‘new and dangerous phase’ with Israeli forces targeting eastern and southern Gaza City aje.io/5ywvrt
“In the first three months, the Trump family has become $3 billion wealthier, so that’s a billion dollars a month.”
I feel like we need to keep saying this because it’s so insane: This is a legal U.S. resident who has been detained for over a month now for his political opinions.
The Lyrids meteor shower has been active since April 15 and is forecast to continue until April 30. The shower reaches its peak April 21 to 22, or Monday night into Tuesday morning.
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WAYS TO PUSH BACK THIS WEEKEND:
- more than 100 #TeslaTakedown protests nationwide, find one near you at teslatakedown.com
- @lettercarriers.bsky.social' Hands Off USPS Day of Action Sunday, find one near you at nalc.org/news/fight-like-hell
- turn out voters to win the Wisconsin Supreme Court:
Why is DSA's national convention SUCH a big deal? This is the first in a series of calls to get us started together on the road to August!
We’ll cover some basics—and what’s new this time. Whether you're a first-timer or long-timer, any interested DSA member can join!
act.dsausa.org/signup/what-...
With its measles outbreak spreading to two additional states, Texas is on track to becoming the cause of a national epidemic if it doesn’t start vaccinating more people, according to public health experts.
Keep thinking today about how, because I write about art, I've paid literally thousands of dollars in image permission fees for the multiple books & articles by me that appear in the LibGen database - and how these tech companies then turned around and used my work for no compensation whatsoever
This shit is so grim. These guys are grifting like they're stripping the copper wires out of a slowly collapsing building.
Ken Sim wants to relocate Indigenous neighbours from the DTES. Trump wants to relocate Palestinians from Gaza. Same blueprint: displace vulnerable people to make way for luxury development.
vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/03/10/v...
There are approximately 6,000 unionized workers at Columbia, including 3,000 grad/undergrad student workers. The university’s repression of anti-genocide protests has directly led to the Trump regime’s seizure of Mahmoud Khalil.
It cannot be business as usual.
It’s time to strike.
This is why we must fight for everyone. Whether they’ve been incarcerated or have had contact with the criminal legal system or are merely undocumented. When you accept that some people are deserving of detention and deportation the scope of who is eligible is always under threat of expanding.
Enjoying the woke wars? I was on @thedigradio.bsky.social with @danieldenvir.bsky.social, @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social, and @keeanga.bsky.social to think on MAGA racism, identity politics, liberalism, and the anti-woke left. We aren’t really having any of it.
www.thedigradio.com/podcast/woke...
This convo was incredibly helpful and much needed, thank you!
Another absolute banger from @thedigradio.bsky.social and @danieldenvir.bsky.social
I disagree with @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social though - even if this episode isn't for you, it actually is for you.
These folks have never *ever* believed in freedom of speech, or freedom of any kind but the freedom to amass levels of wealth that are cataclysmic to organized society.
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particularly rich given that Tesla's largest factory by far is in China, it has collected billions in subsidies and tax breaks from the CCP, and Musk has personally intervened to block US restrictions on investment in China prospect.org/world/2025-0...
USDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is trying to rehire them
In a statement, an Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
Fantastic (long-overdue, imho) interview on history of psychiatry and "mental health" industrial complex, etc etc etc with brilliant and effervescent @daniellecarr.bsky.social on @thedigradio.bsky.social - thank you @danieldenvir.bsky.social
My long-planned interview w @daniellecarr.bsky.social is out on @thedigradio.bsky.social! On history and present state of American unwellness; how it’s been shaped by psychiatry, prescription drugs, neuroscience, popular culture, smartphones, social media—and more www.thedigradio.com/podcast/psyc...
So much about someone’s political sensibilities can be deduced from whether they think the primary antagonist of the 20thc -present is fascism or neoliberalism
Image from NOAA SPC depicting location of "extremely critical" and "critical" fire risk on Monday, Jan 20, 2025.
Here we go again. Another round of very strong & locally damaging offshore winds is imminent across SoCal. Due to now record-dry vegetation, this will result in another "extremely critical" wildfire risk period, esp. across parts of LA & Ventura counties Mon-Tue. #CAwx #CAfire
These teenagers and young men — 95% of whom are Black, Latinx, or Filipino — earn between $2.20 and $4 per hour, plus an additional $1 an hour when they’re actively fighting fires, according to the DJJ. ⤵️
A street is orange from flames and you can see the high winds in the palm trees. Sparks fly down the street
A fire truck is engulfed in parks and flames are seen on the hill. The entire photo is red and orange from the fire
A fireman with a hose runs across the front of a house in flames in the background
The inside of a house is a ball of flames. The only visible thing inside is a burning Christmas tree
These extraordinary photos of the LA fires have been shared widely on social media, often without crediting the photographer.
These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP.
You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇
www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...
Completely unhinged
