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Thanks @detritusbooks.bsky.social for recently reminding me to revisit Frederick Douglass. bsky.app/profile/detr...

Algorithms have failed artists, so once again I am appealing to the wealthy to go back to the practice of patronising artists so you can brag that your sicko is better than your rival’s sicko

The media and Dems are out to pacify people while the Fascists have not slowed down. Withdrawing 700 of thousands is a ploy and shuffle, as is “ending” the operation on paper.

How a Black fossil digger became a superstar in the very white world of paleontology In South Africa, paleontology has been dominated by white people. Lazarus Kgasi is changing that dynamic — and coloring in the picture of the world our distant ancestors once inhabited.

Paleontology is very, very white; lovely profile of a Black paleontologist changing the face of the field.

we have to bring this back

As The Washington Post goes dark, today is a good day to give your money to nonprofit newsrooms like @mississippifreepress.org.

Far from laying people off, we're hiring *more* journalists and growing vital, democracy-building work.

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In October, @dgraham.bsky.social explored how the president could interfere—and already was interfering—with the midterm elections. Since then, the reasons for worry have become more urgent, he writes in The Atlantic Daily: theatln.tc/LxUqVgcw

"but doctor, I AM a librarian of darkness/landlocked sea witch"

This was such a great convo!

AI literacy class or podcast 💯 Huge need

Seriously. My tiny city is the last place I’d expect this much passion and community from.

I’m so so proud of Surprise, Arizona

whoever figures out a way to bundle independent journalism subscriptions will be a hero

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Reupping this. Inquilinxs Unidxs Por Justicia is pushing for an eviction moratorium in Minneapolis. Maybe worth some of your extra bucks if you have them.

This or just dumping people *in the woods* AND sending folks out w/o their phone or I.D.

Volunteers w/ Safe Haven wait at the gate & do sweeps of the woods, with warm clothes, a burner, and a ride home, "so no one is left alone at the gate."

I donated; pls join me if you can: gofund.me/7d506a3d0

As soon as the spotlight is off an area, the horrors continue unabated and unchallenged. (This is still happening in Los Angeles, too.)

You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.

His final act was to help someone else. To be brave, to be kind.

May we all be willing to help others, no matter what the potential outcome could be.

Rest in peace, Alex Pretti.

🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!

ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.

Kid in a hat and backpack, maybe 5, getting detained

This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.

Freedom Now!: a starter pack of 24 films about the Civil Rights Movement and Black liberation • Journal • A Letterboxd Magazine In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Robert Daniels recommends 24 films that shed light on the Civil Rights Movement and the ongoing fight for Black liberation in America.

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In one of the greatest betrayals United States History,
@schumer.senate.gov and his Quisling Caucus are collaborating with fascists to pass a DHS spending bill WITHOUT language to Abolish ICE. They're content with the ethnic cleansing and the murder of US. citizens.

www.foxnews.com/politics/174...

Stop Normalizing Fascism If not now, then when?

My latest on failure in both the US & UK to acknowledge what we are seeing with our eyes & hearing with our ears.

The old world is over. And we have to act fast.

open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

A man squatting down in wet sand

Diseases are spreading in Gaza and medicine prices are extremely high. We urgently need $400 to survive. The situation is dire and unbearable. We are exhausted by illness and fear. Please help us and do not ignore our cries. Every minute matters. Please act now!!!!

gofund.me/78acabc1

You need to read this article about a U.S. citizen and veteran being kidnapped off a cruise ship in the middle of the night: archive.ph/WLHhe

You will not regret scrolling up for the rest of this thread about the sheer audacity of cats to walk into houses they don't live in and swan around like they own the place

Honestly, excellent cat behaviour 💯

You Can Defund ICE In Two Weeks The January 30th appropriations bill is a chance to reform the agency (or cut its budget).

Sharing is caring. Click through and read for action items. bensheehan.substack.com/p/you-can-de...

21 Secret ICE Programs Revealed Leaked documents detail the dizzying scope of ICE operations

🚨Border Patrol whistleblower outraged by ICE's conduct exposes over a dozen secret ICE programs in documents leaked to me:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/21-secret-...