Melanie Richter-Montpetit

Why the military’s impact on climate change can no longer be ignored www.tni.org/en/publicati...

Report claims almost 100 Palestinian prisoners have died in Israeli jails since October 2023 The highest number of deaths are alleged to have happened at the Sde Teiman detention centre.

Systematic torture and murder, with no consequences.

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CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.

A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.

www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...

Germany lifts curbs on arms exports to Israel, citing Gaza ceasefire Berlin says Gaza has now 'stabilised' despite daily Israeli attacks and continuing restrictions on humanitarian aid.

Berlin says Gaza has now 'stabilised' despite daily Israeli attacks and continuing restrictions on humanitarian aid.

I cannot express how important it is for anyone going through a secured checkpoint like TSA to make sure thier phone is in BFU (Before First Unlock) mode. To enter this state: reboot your phone and don't unlock it.

In BFU mode all data is encrypted and your phone requires a passcode to unlock.

"In 1992 New York tried to create a review board for NYPD officers accused of misconduct.

Thousands of off duty cops responded by chanting racial slurs, breaking through barricades outside of city hall, smashing car windows, attacking pedestrians and blocking traffic across the Brooklyn Bridge."

No Opinion for Gaza: Why we are boycotting the New York Times Sophie Lewis explains why she & 200+ former New York Times contributors are boycotting the outlet until it addresses its anti-Palestinian bias.

“This courage to withstand, as feminists, the reformulated myth of the black rapist at the core of Zionism’s femonationalist gambit is also a profound antifascist commitment. We are, quite simply, drawing a line and then holding it, until our … demands are met.”
www.newarab.com/opinion/no-o...

ARMS EMBARGO ON THE UAE NOW

British weapons are fuelling Sudan’s genocide through arms exports to the UAE! End the massacres and forced starvation of the Sudanese people now!

✍️ SIGN THE PETITION:
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Why the military’s impact on climate change can no longer be ignored www.tni.org/en/publicati...

In Al-Aqsa's shadow, Palestinian neighborhood faces mass evictions Backed by the Israeli state and courts, settlers are taking over multi-story homes in East Jerusalem’s Batan Al-Hawa — with 700 more residents targeted.

“Soon you won’t see an Arab here. This is their plan.”

In a Palestinian neighborhood of East Jerusalem, some 700 families are facing eviction by Israeli settlers with the backing of the state.

www.972mag.com/batan-al-haw...

Disaster imperialism in full effect in Jamaica according to family there who tell me there is now a strong US military presence under the guise of aid including military planes, drones and helicopters.

Please continue to support grassroots & mutual aid hurricane recovery efforts as you are able.

Why Palestinian Liberation Is Disability Justice Why Palestinian Liberation Is Disability Justice   Alice Wong      Several years ago I organized an event at a local Jewish organization and planned another collaboration when some c…

'I’m no expert but I know what it means to be dehumanized, rendered disposable, and oppressed,' Alice wrote of the imperative to be in solidarity with Palestine. 'I know that all people deserve freedom. I know that genocide is a mass disabling event and a form of eugenics.'

Peter Thiel dumps entire Nvidia stake, slashes Tesla holdings amid bubble fears By Investing.com Peter Thiel dumps entire Nvidia stake, slashes Tesla holdings amid bubble fears

Peter Thiel and another major investor dump entire Nvidia stake amid AI-fuelled bubble fears ca.investing.com/news/stock-m...

The AI bubble may be about to bust.

Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.

We all need to say this very clearly:

NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!

Expropriate their asses instead.

They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.

They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3

NEW from Ipsos

Satisfaction with the PM remains unchanged since September, continuing to be the worst ever recorded by Ipsos for a Prime Minister, going back to 1977…

Emergency Appeal: Save Families Fleeing Alfashir | LaunchGood | LaunchGood Thousands are escaping El Fasher with nothing but the clothes on their backs — help us raise $50,000 to keep them alive.

"Thousands are escaping El Fasher with nothing but the clothes on their backs — help us raise $50,000 to keep them alive."

#KeepEyesOnSudan

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Kristi Noem-Tied Firm Secretly Got Piece of $220 Million DHS Campaign The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for the taxpayer-funded campaign.

NEW: DHS invoked the “national emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for a $220 million taxpayer-funded ad campaign.

We found that a firm with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly benefited from the deal.

From the former President of Harvard University who at the time shared with the public his view that women were biologically less apt than men to do science and math

Struck this morning by how the win wasn’t from the UC system itself pushing back—it was its worker power through *unions* and aligned groups like @aaup.org defending UC interests, even though admin itself wasn’t.
There’s some kind of lesson here

Alice is the gold standard of what Twitter was when it was great - how you could just find these brilliant, remarkable people with the kind of voices that rarely get platformed or taken seriously, and hear about their lives in their own words without intruding on them or demanding emotional labor

‘We don’t even know all of what we have.’ Howard fights to preserve Black newspapers. Across the United States, scholars are working to preserve the history of the Black press before the brittle pages are lost forever. In a basement at Howard University, uncovered treasures have includ...

‘We don’t even know all of what we have.’ Howard University fights to preserve Black newspapers. www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/... Last year, during a move, workers found two whole boxes of Frederick Douglass’s’ The North Star’s first year of publication.

Jeffrey Epstein Was a Warlord. We Have to Talk About It. Mainstream media is ignoring the fact that the late sex trafficker was a power broker who shaped global policy.

“ Jeffrey Epstein story makes no sense unless you realize that he was deeply entrenched in the foreign policy elite, a fact that gave him much of the impunity he enjoyed for most of his life”

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‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong

One way I have found to mourn someone is to set up a monthly sustaining donation to a mutual aid effort they cared about. If you can join me in honoring Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social with a sustaining donation today, please do. Thank you Alice, and I will not let the bastards grind me down.

“With so many marginalized communities, we’re basically the oracles…we’re the ones who see shit before it happens.” In June 2020, I interviewed Alice Wong for TVU before she lost her ability to speak. I asked her how she’d first learned of SARS-CoV-2. She began with the 2016 election of Trump:

“Many of the women say that they were pressured to have unwanted or unnecessary gynecological procedures while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement”

What usually gets lost in the focus on what an evil racist James Watson was is just how colossal of a dumbass he was and just how far he set the field back.

But @sramach.bsky.social and @cbo.bsky.social kept their eye on the ball.

In Zohran Mamadani text, the words "Don't Let the Bastards Grind You Down—Alice Wong" in orange font over a blue background

Remember: "Don't let the bastards grind you down!"

Steven and Alice smiling and holding each other’s books

Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated

Vacancies | Researcher — Transition Security Project UK (London, Manchester, Scottish Central Belt, Belfast)

FT researcher job on the economic, climate & geopolitical impacts of militarisation. Exact research focus will depend on the applicant and may also include work on alternative security strategies & military industrial conversion. UK-based. www.common-wealth.org/vacancies/re...