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"If a fire occurs in the cabin, if we land on water, don't check on the immigrants. Just make sure that ... the guards and the people that work for the government get off."

It's been a while since I've checked in with my friends back home. Does anyone have any questions for me about my life in Taiwan or anything to share about life back in Cville? I've read most of the bad news so anything positive (more housing?) would be lovely to hear. And I wanna share my life too.

🚨 Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago answers this question brilliantly. 1/2

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

“Epithets like “f----t,” “retarded” and “n--ga” appeared more than 251 times combined”

If you ever had any doubt that the youth wing of the GOP is fully radicalized and proudly racist these days:

As Some Dems Run From Trans People, Zohran Mamdani's Latest Ad Shows Real Support The 2 minute ad features Sylvia Rivera's story, Mamdani's commitment to transgender people, and even music from the legendary late trans artist SOPHIE.

1. As some Democrats have run from transgender rights, Zohran Mamdani is showing what so many others have lacked: courage to lead with his values over pandering to focus groups.

The ad is one of the best things I've seen from a politician on transgender people.

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The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/

I left the US in July and I was holding my breath until my plane pushed back in San Fransisco. My third flight of the day. 12 hours of travel up to that point.

I can't describe the relief I felt as the Bay disappeared from sight.

Resolution of the University of Virginia Faculty Senate (thus not institutional policy and entirely non-binding, but still inspirational): Resolution Opposing the "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education" WHEREAS the United States Secretary of Education has requested that the University of Virginia enter into a "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education", and WHEREAS the Compact contains provisions antithetical to the mission and traditions of the University, and WHEREAS the Compact contains provisions which endanger the independence and integrity of the University, and WHEREAS the compact likely violates state and federal law, and infringes upon the constitutional rights of members of the University community, and WHEREAS the University of Virginia exemplifies American academic values of the highest standard, including universal right to free speech and the cultivation of academic freedom; therefore BE IT RESOLVED that the Faculty Senate of the University of Virginia firmly opposes this Compact as written and calls upon Interim President Mahoney and the Board of Visitors to also reject this Compact outright as well as any similar proposal compromising the mission, values, and independence of the University. Feature Date: Friday, October 3, 2025

The occupation is terrified of Greta because she is a white woman using her white privilege and her white body to stand up for Palestinians.

Her whiteness makes other white people listen and understand the horrors being committed by the occupation. This is why they hate her.

YouTube video by Seth Staton Watkins Raise Your Voice (Original Song) by Seth Staton Watkins

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVxi...

YouTube video by Global Sumud Flotilla 24/7 LIVESTREAM OF GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA

I'm watching the Global Sumud Flotilla livestream as they prepare to be intercepted by the Israeli Navy. This is so evil. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2...

If seeing men with big guns is necessary for you to feel safe on the metro, you have serious problems.

How Eric Adams Has Backed a Secretive NYPD Unit Ridden With Abuses After NYPD officials warned about a unit’s aggressive policing, the mayor boosted the team led by his allies. “The unit effectively reported directly to City Hall,” a former police official said.

Ya know, I'm reminded today of a story I did re Eric Adams controlling a secretive, abusive NYPD unit

The connex was so tight, the mayor had access to a *live-feed* of the unit's body-cams

“The unit effectively reported directly to City Hall," a source told me

www.propublica.org/article/eric...

Returning to a subject I was discussing this morning on X, I think a single video like this does more to radicalize people against ICE than any loaded rhetoric any politician has ever used, and DHS should think very hard about the consequences of supporting this kind of behavior from its agents.

The tell tale signs of where things were going was when they arrested Ras Baraka and indicted LaMonica McIver. [those of you who have followed me for a while know that I was harping on this when it happened]

I hear the President has decreed that it is possibly a crime to refer to Americans as "fascists," but "fascism" is a word that has a relatively clear meaning that's worth understanding. Here's how an official publication of the US Army defined "fascism" in 1945.

I was in high school during the pandemic in a family that was dirt poor and we were better off financially during the pandemic than I could ever remember. It was incredible to not have to worry about having enough food or anything like that.

I have no idea who shot at the ICE facility or why, & hard to trust this FBI director. Murder is always inexcusable.

Now, the idea that people are mad at ICE because of ‘Democrats’ rhetoric’ & not because of daily videos of masked ICE agents assaulting people, including citizens, is for the birds.

This feels like textbook compromising of an investigation

that really should be changed

Hundreds of self-proclaimed white nationalists holding lit tiki torches gather around the statue of Thomas Jefferson in front of the Rotunda at the University of Virginia. August 11, 2017.

Police in riot gear hold riot shields in formation between the Rotunda and Chapel at the University of Virginia as they prepare to push anti-genocide protesters into the street after University President Jim Ryan authorized the Virginia State Police to beat and arrest UVa students, faculty, and staff who were protesting Israel's ongoing genocide of Palestine in an encampment on the Grounds of the University of Virginia.

August 11, 2017 - white nationalists march the lawn with tiki torches, no police intervention

May 4, 2024 - students protest israel's ongoing genocide of palestine, riot police beat and arrest protesters

it's not about the protesting, it's what we're protesting

A paper train ticket from xinzhuang to liujia held intye air while standing on a train platform in Hsinchu Taiwan

On my way to meet a friend so we can go see a movie 👀

Bothers me when people discuss Left movements in the U.S. w/out underscoring the GENERATIONS of repression, surveillance, violence directed at movements. The "Left" is so disorganized is used as a joke but I hardly ever see those same people saying 'THE LEFT WAS TARGETED & DISORGANIZED by the STATE'

It will definitely be well received by the people who matter to him. There are few things MAGA loves more than performative dickishness.

I'm just gonna keep reposting this inane BS from Justice Kavanaugh's concurrence on the roving immigration patrol case from LA.

President of Indonesia starting strong with how everyone is entitled to "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness".

While then commending a series of revolutions across the globe. I'm so glad there are competent people speaking again even if they're problematic.

We understand and share the community’s concerns about costs; by reducing the number of SROs from 4 to 2, the Charlottesville Police Department will be able to staff these officers from their currently budgeted positions with no budgetary impact aside from the training of the officers (which can be absorbed in the professional learning budget of the police).

our local police department--which was previously planning to ask for an extra $800k to police our kids--has magically discovered that actually they have enough money internally. wow! really makes you feel like these numbers are very real and not made up at all!

Trump just gave an exceedingly embarrassing speech at the UNGA.

Pritzker: "MAGA Republicans in Congress may be in control now, but in 2026 they will not be unless Donald Trump does something to change this country fundamentally. And that is what he's trying to do ... we Democrats are going to win in 2026, but not if Donald Trump is allowed to cheat."