What struck the Gaza Aid Flotilla? After we published the story, the Tunisian Ministry of Interior issued a statement describing the incident “that took place yesterday” as a “premeditated attack” stating that an investigation had been launched.”

Wildfires are reaching areas that never worried before. Here’s how to protect your home A few fixes can help protect your home and neighborhood, and buy firefighters precious time.

Climate change means more places are at risk from wildfires. A few fixes can help protect your home and neighborhood, and buy firefighters precious time. (via @coloradopublic.bsky.social)

The fact that they kool aid man’d out of the detention center is pretty funny. But clearly this place is dangerously not up to code or in compliance with basic human rights and that’s part of why they’ve been reluctant to allow inspections. Geo group makes billions and still cuts these corners.

it couldn't be more obvious they are preparing for eruptions this summer and a subsequent crackdown

Outside RI Hospital where activists believe ICE has brought a person they tasered and needs medical attention

Screenshot of the front cover of the digital zine "DIY web archiving", which has large-sized text stating: "Things disappear from the internet. Care about stuff on the web? You need to act to archive it. Anyone can do it—this zine shows you how."

#ICYMI folks w/deep experience re:crisis web archiving (@sucho-org.bsky.social)+building tools for it (@webrecorder.net) made a free zine teaching how anyone can archive the things you love on the web before they go away: zinebakery.com/homemade-zin... & why you shouldn't expect others will do so

Il there's one in your area, a Unitarian Universalist congregation often can act as a switchboard connecting to local social justice organizations. It can also serve as a community to join with zero pressure to subscribe to a particular religion.

we're in legit first they came for territory and a lot of people have been failing at this test they cite all the time

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also shit like this is a reminder why flight attendant's unions have the power to collapse this country. they are critical first responders. nothing moves without them and when shit goes wrong they save so many lives.

I'm a different person, but did you get a chance to ask about this?

#PVDlocal & RI local: Alliance to Mobilize Our Resistance has an ICE Watch Defense Line now. Put it in your phone:

401-675-1414

They'll want to know where you're seeing activity, and info about how many officers & vehicles there are, what they're doing, etc. can be helpful.

Unreal. The US government is dumping Asian and African families and children in random countries that they have no connection to. Dumping, not "deporting." Deportation implies the return of a person to their home country. This is treating people like toxic waste.
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The Black Antifascist Book Bundle With the far right on the rise around the world and US conservatives continuing their repressive war on anti-racist teaching, learning, and activism, the links between fascism, white su...

The Black Antifascist Book Bundle

JUST IN:

Federal judges orders HHS, CDC, and FDA to restore “by no later than 11:59 pm” today their websites and datasets to pre-January 30th status.

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The Boomerang Comes Back - Boston Review How the U.S.-backed war on Palestine is expanding authoritarianism at home—from Project Esther to violence at the border.

Trump’s second coming can’t be understood without turning our gaze outward, toward a broader geography of U.S. state violence.

How to protect democracies from falsehoods? By empowering the young with open-source investigation skills “If anyone with a smartphone can publish, they should also be able to verify,” argue Bellingcat’s founder Eliot Higgins and Dr Natalie Martin in this piece.

How to protect democracies from falsehoods?

By empowering the young with open-source investigation skills, argue @bellingcat.com founder @eliothiggins.bsky.social and @drnataliemartin.bsky.social from @cmpcr.bsky.social in this new piece
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Anti-ICE protesters are blocking both sides of the 101 Freeway near the Alameda Street exit in DTLA. The CHP has since closed that portion of the freeway.

Students Shut Down Pro-ICE Neo-Nazi Demonstration on ASU Campus On Friday, January 31st, up to a thousand students and community members mobilized against four neo-Nazis involved in College Republicans United, a group known for sponsoring numerous events featuring...

On Friday, up to a thousand students at #Arizona State University (ASU) marched on an attempted rally by neo-Nazis who were calling on students to report undocumented people to #ICE. The crowd surrounded the Nazis + flipped their table. itsgoingdown.org/students-shu...

if you, for whatever reason, decided to start some basic home preparedness today, and can only get to a few stores, here's what I'd tell you to get:

-walkie talkies for everyone in your family
-little portable power packs, one per phone
-a print road atlas
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Read the whole thread it's great, BUT ALSO if your library is in RI, in order to serve book recommendations online, Ocean State Libraries DOES track borrowing history by default at the moment. Turn that off via the website. You don't need algorithmic recommendations that bad

Get Yourself a Go Bag It’s the go bag!

hey just for no reason here's an article I wrote awhile back about go bags and why you should have one and what might go in one.

margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/get-yourse...

The new “Don’t Just Do Nothing: 20 Things You Can Do to Counter Fascism—Yes, You! Yes, Now!” zine makes a great gift for your liberal fam, friends, neighbors & coworkers!

Read, print & distro freely!

Full text & PDFs on @igd.bsky.social:

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A tweet by Joe poliseno saying “I am using eminent domain to take all 31 acres of land on the site of the proposed 252 unit low-income housing project. Instead, we will be constructing a new public safety complex. There will be a special council meeting tomorrow at 5:30pm to give me the authorization to do so.”

I don’t know how this has sneaked under the radar, but he’s seizing an area that was designated for affordable housing to turn it into cop city. Democrats continue to amaze me with their ability to find new ways to render themselves unpopular.

Mad at Meta? Don't Let Them Collect and Monetize Your Personal Data If you’re fed up with Meta right now, you’re not alone. Meta tracks you across millions of websites and apps and its business model relies on your data. If you want to limit Meta’s ability to collect ...

Meta tracks your activity across millions of websites and apps, regardless of whether you use its platforms, and profits from that data through targeted ads. Here’s what you need to know if you want to limit the company’s ability to harvest and profit from your personal data.

U.S. Navy orders suspension of social media posts with one big exception: content about "operations defending our southern border," per Navy directive I obtained:

Fox News ‘embedded' with federal agents for Boston area immigrant raids Fox News said it "embedded" with ICE immigration officials in the Boston area Wednesday and witnessed eight arrests.

There are two primary functions of "embedding" reporters. The first is to create the idea in people's minds that they know what happened. The second is to build enthusiasm by showcasing what the agency being filmed sees as its best work most fit for public consumption.
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