NYT:
Reactions to the Conflict in the U.S.
Jewish Americans: For many American Jews, there have been too many emotions to process. Young people spoke of fear, shock, solidarity and helplessness, while some progressives said they were feeling abandoned by their left-wing allies.
Palestinian Americans: Palestinians in the United States are dismayed by the violence, but some said that politicians and news outlets were overlooking historical context.
Harvard University: A coalition of more than 30 student groups posted an open letter blaming Israel for the Hamas attacks. Within days, students affiliated with those groups found themselves at the center of a free speech controversy.
no mention of nationwide protests calling for a ceasefire but an entire bullet point for harvard.
22.10.2023 21:40 — 👍 1421 🔁 302 💬 30 📌 16
I think you meant ‘Homeless’, nyt 🙄 This is not a cool new trend, this is a sign of collapse
23.10.2023 14:58 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Hey, right wing ghouls! Hands off the Scholastic book fair!
So much for "parents rights" — now they're preventing parents from buying books for their kids
Book banners successfully bullied Scholastic into censoring books about people of color and LGBTQ people.
This one hits home, because I was (no surprise) a Book Kid, as I imagine many readers are.
It also shows how this is not about "parents rights."
www.salon.com/2023/10/23/h...
23.10.2023 10:25 — 👍 196 🔁 63 💬 4 📌 2
there are very few things that fill my heart with joy as much as when some smug white bitch is being rude to the dunkin's employees and looks around for support and lands on me, and instead i look at her like she is lower than a worm to me. i am not the one. you will get nothing from me but scorn
23.10.2023 11:55 — 👍 280 🔁 9 💬 5 📌 3
in 1975, 90% of women in iceland went on strike.
tomorrow they're doing it again, this time the strike to close the pay gap and end gender-based violence includes both women and non-binary people.
the strike applies to both paid and unpaid work.
i say make it global. no work tomorrow!
23.10.2023 10:06 — 👍 21 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
dril tweet
the middle east is complicated because its bad to support smothering orphans in hell fire but I also really want to graduate Harvard
banger
23.10.2023 13:20 — 👍 240 🔁 53 💬 0 📌 4
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Many of the people calling for Israel to keep bombing Palastine will boycott anyone who puts a menorah on a coffee cup or says Happy Holidays instead of Merry Christmas so maybe don't take that flavor of vigor as anything other than convenient Islamophobia.
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UGH…
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Fire-Breathing Lesbians & Satan-Worshipping S.O.Bs: The Private Chat Logs of a Christian Conservative School District Group
by
Heidi Beedle
posted on
October 11, 2023
Idk who convinced the least technologically savvy conservatives to all use Discord in 2023, but whoever you are, I feel like we all owe you a drink.
coloradotimesrecorder.com/2023/10/fire...
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I cannot express How Much I agree.
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Page 9 of Ways of Being by James Bridle. The highlighted quote from Charles Stross reads:
"Corporations do not share our priorities. They are hive organisms constructed out of teeming workers who join or leave the collective: those who participate within it subordinate their goals to that of the collective, which pursues the three corporate objectives of growth, profitability, and pain avoidance. We are now living in a global state that has been structured for the benefit of non-human entities with non-human goals."
This quote has kind of rewired the way I see stuff happening
16.10.2023 19:01 — 👍 1441 🔁 488 💬 32 📌 38
We Have to stand against hate and violence in ALL areas.
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He said that some staff had been reduced to drinking from IV solution bags because Israel had cut off water supplies to the enclave.
The lack of water in Gaza is so serious that some hospital staff are resorting to drinking from IV bags according to a new report from the Washington Post.
17.10.2023 02:46 — 👍 472 🔁 220 💬 9 📌 12
Photo of an orrery made of hand-etched brass gears, a polished wooden base, and hand-blown glass planets.
My husband is an artist who makes orreries (clockwork planetary models) out of metal and glass. When I was struggling to finish my novel, he made me a deal: if I finished the book, he'd make me an orrery based on the world of my novel.
It's freaking BEAUTIFUL.
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These allegations are … pretty much saying the Minneapolis police ran something akin to mob-like protection rackets.
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GOP, 2016: LGBTQ people should support us because we will protect you from the scary Muslims!
GOP, June 2023: Muslims should support us because we will protect you from LGBTQ people!
GOP, October 2023: We've actually hated both groups all along! Mwahaha
17.10.2023 14:25 — 👍 461 🔁 84 💬 4 📌 3
Matthew Yglesias
@mattyglesias • 4h
And yet Hamas' views on gender identity...
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Parker Molloy @ParkerMolloy
…are identical to yours.
The attempt to connect opposing the slaughter of innocent civilians with being "pro-Hamas" is such an on obnoxious lie. And the attempt to then go, "Yeah, well, Hamas hates LGBTQ people!" as a sort of dunk is extra irritating, especially when they come from people who also hate LGBTQ people.
17.10.2023 14:12 — 👍 1271 🔁 186 💬 30 📌 10
People are dying in Palestine. Civilian families, children, entire bloodlines.
We have to be getting angry about this and calling our government to provide humanitarian aid for Palestine and political pressures to stop Israel from continuing this genocide.
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Sigh
13.10.2023 14:49 — 👍 11 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Too many people use the logic, "If someone commits an atrocity against you, you've earned the right to an atrocity against them." But you can't earn the right to atrocities. It's not a thing you can deserve to do.
13.10.2023 11:57 — 👍 856 🔁 214 💬 16 📌 20
I don't see enough Black voices on this platform -- maybe I haven't found them yet? Let's try something together, if y'all feel like it:
- If you're a Black scientist on Bluesky, feel free to respond here and I'll follow you
- If you're not, please share the responses (and/or this post) to amplify
13.10.2023 11:03 — 👍 569 🔁 676 💬 35 📌 10
It's me, ya girl, in my DIY San outfit with the mask on. I chose to base my furs using a black wolf instead of a white wolf like the character in the movie.
The San mask is similar in structure and design except I've added additional African inspired markings.
Instead of a white tunic and blue dress I've got a black dress on.
It's me, ya girl, in my DIY San outfit and I'm holding up the mask on top of my head looking fierce af. I chose to base my furs using a black wolf instead of a white wolf like the character in the movie.
Instead of a white tunic and blue dress I've got a black dress on.
It's me, ya girl, in my DIY San outfit crouching on a rock looking cute holding the mask off, but in front of me showing it off. You can see the white upside down triangle markings I've painted on my face.
It's me, ya girl, in my DIY San outfit crouched on a rock with a 3/4 body angle holding the mask in my hand in front of my body and I'm looking like a FIERRRRCE wolf princess.
"I'm not afraid to die. I'd do anything to get you humans out of my forest."
Made this outfit last year inspired by my interpretation of San from Princess Mononoke if she were Black. 🐺🔥✨
13.10.2023 15:01 — 👍 694 🔁 108 💬 15 📌 2
small dryer full of clothes with a smiling cat laying on the, paws out
oh to be a happy kitty lying on warm clothes in a tiny dryer
13.10.2023 16:09 — 👍 1507 🔁 266 💬 15 📌 9
The Coronavirus Still Doesn’t Care About Your Feelings
The Covid-19 pandemic is not a state of mind—and telling us not to panic isn’t healthcare.
Despite the end of the Public Health Emergency, C*vid remains a pandemic by definition. Yet the media has uncritically advanced the idea that if the public appears to be tired, bored, or noncompliant w public health measures, then the pandemic must be over
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
13.10.2023 17:40 — 👍 432 🔁 171 💬 13 📌 4
Half Price Books, Pay Workers a Living Wage!
Join me in telling @halfpricebooks to pay their booksellers a living wage!
Half Price Books workers union is negotiating their first contract and the company will only give them 1% raises, not enough for the cost of living. The company has stated that it can afford to pay higher wages, but it just won't. You can support the workers union here: p2a.co/ua5jyxr
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Not gonna lie, the first thing my brain did when I submitted my ballot was go WHERE IS MY STICKER
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