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UN says 3.2 million people now displaced in Iran as a result of US-Israeli war Humanitarian needs look set to increase as the war continues, jeopardising millions of already vulnerable refugees

UN says 3.2 million people now displaced in Iran as a result of US-Israeli war - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/iran-32-million-people-displaced-un-says

What Was Lost: A Queer Accounting of the NY Times Book Review, 2013-2022 “Goodbye, Pamela Paul,” was the headline of Andrea Long Chu’s now-iconic, recently ASME-nominated New York Magazine farewell to the former NY Times Book Review editor, when Paul left the paper two …

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After months of work, a project i've been coordinating for @literaryhub.bsky.social in conjunction with @maris.bsky.social is now live ...

We've commissioned 13 reviews of books by LGBTQ folks not covered by the NYTBR under Pamela Paul ...

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US responsible for deadly missile strike on Iran school, preliminary inquiry says Strike that killed at least 175 people, most of them children, reportedly the result of a targeting mistake by US military planners

They hit it, waited, then hit it again.

Evil.

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The temperature in Gaza has plunged today, leaving Sama'a and her family shivering in the cold. Please give what you can.

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Please help Mohammed's son Jamal survive Israel's genocide, which has left him starving & in critical condition. Jamal has diabetes, asthma, and injuries from an IDF attack. He urgently needs insulin & treatment:

under-loved trans rights readathon recs: novella edition under the titles are the cover images for six books. they are: Pluralities by Avi Silver Tentacle by Rita Indiana Sordidez by E.G. Condê Queens of Noise by Leigh Harlen These Fragile Graces, This Fugitive Heart by Izzy Wasserstein The Transitive Properties of Cheese by Ann LeBlanc

Day two of my under-loved #TransRightsReadathon recommendations is OBVIOUSLY about small press novellas! Because what could be more satisfying during a readathon than a stack of novellas?

Gotta say that this is some extremely creepy language. And the argument basically is... that if the prevent people from treating gender dysphoria (adults, in this case), that they'll just... stop having it? That's not at all how any of this works.

Reynolds signs Iowa law barring local trans civil rights protections City and county civil rights commissions may no longer protect Iowans from gender identity-based discrimination under a law signed by Gov. Reynolds.

The first state in the US to remove statutory protections for an entire class, gender identity, has just enacted a bill preventing local municipalities from having their own protections for trans people.

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U.S. court allows state bans on gender-affirming care for adults in unprecedented ruling While bans on trans youth’s care have been numerous in recent years, this is the first to restrict care for transgender adults.

NEWS: It was never about the children.

Transgender adults now face care restrictions after the ruling of the federal appeals court in Richmond, Virginia.

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18 Senate Dems just voted to confirm Trump's NSA director:

Baldwin
Coons
Cortez Masto
Fetterman
Gillibrand
Hassan
Heinrich
Hirono
Kelly
King
Peters
Reed
Rosen
Schiff
Shaheen
Slotkin
Warner
Whitehouse

The Invaders • EQUATOR The war on Iran reveals that America and Israel have never been so close

Marco Rubio’s claim that Israel dragged Washington into war have prompted familiar questions about the US-Israeli relationship. But the truth, @seamus-malekafzali.com writes, is that the two rogue states are now full partners in impunity: www.equator.org/articles/the...

NYC $30 minimum wage proposal headed to City Council Mayor Mamdani campaigned for the nation-leading increase, which would land at a time of of heightened economic uncertainty.

BREAKING: A bill is being introduced in the NYC City Council to raise the minimum wage to $30/hr by 2030.

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I keep seeing journo-types say the best use case for AI is to sift through huge Epstein-drop-style data dumps but I haven't seen any of them talk about the fact that the Venn diagram of AI-pushers and the types of fuckos who are IN Epstein-style data dumps is a circle

If they keep pushing AI in schools I worry we’ll be the last generation to even be able to identify what is AI writing and what’s not, let alone prefer writing from humans

the last few times iran has accepted a ceasefire, the US and israel have taken the opportunity to restock their weapons and then surprise attack iran again. "there's zero point in engaging in diplomacy with us any more" is what that strategy teaches

Video appears to show U.S. cruise missile striking Iranian school compound The seven-second video was released by Iranian state media and directly contradicts statements made by President Trump, who said Iran was responsible for the strike.

The Iranian girls’ school was hit by a US tomahawk cruise missile. NPR has confirmed the footage.

“Evangelicals are missing from the halls of power. That’s a problem. The lack of evangelical Christians at America’s most prestigious institutions fuels mistrust.” Excerpt From “Opinion | Evangelicals are missing from the halls of power. That’s a problem.” Aaron M. Renn The Washington Post https://apple.news/ATJF-eGWhQMuuXvLnrj0ugQ This material may be protected by copyright.

Congratulations, WaPo, you did it, you published the worst take

For the first time, we now know how many Black-owned bookstores exist in the U.S. The National Association of Black Bookstores has released the “first comprehensive national report” on the state of America’s Black-owned bookstores.

There has never been an official, comprehensive record of Black-owned bookstores across the United States — until now

Here are 4 districts the TX GOP gerrymandered to gain seats in November, with the Dem and GOP primary vote. Dems outvoted GOPs in every one of them.

Tennessee Wants to Let Schools Ban Immigrant Kids, Threatening to “End Public Education as We Know It” A Tennessee bill would take the right to education away from undocumented children. The Heritage Foundation is pushing it in other states.

A Tennessee bill would take the right to education away from undocumented children. The Heritage Foundation is pushing it in other states.

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schools are never valid military targets, on or off base

if someone bombed a DoD school in Okinawa and killed a bunch of American 4th graders, that would be a war crime.

The murder of Iranian schoolchildren is a war crime.

Yeah, not a great sign that they're just going to be experimenting on trans inmates like this and it's not a big story.

BLM Announces Plan to Fell Oregon's Last Great Forests One billion board feet per year... 30 days to make your voice heard.

You only have a short time to comment. They are trying to destroy our forests to enrich a few logging company executives and the politicians they’ve paid off.
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NYT out here passive voicing like its a cop killing a minority for backtalking at a traffic stop

evergreen

world-altering decisions are being made by a cabal of gambling addicts hell bent on self enrichment no matter the cost to humanity, we should look into that.