This is terrible.

You don't actually know what will or will not make a difference which is why it matters to try to do things.

Curate your own newspaper with RSS Escape newsletter inbox chaos and algorithmic surveillance by building your own enshittification-proof newspaper from the writers you already read

Newsletter: In a media landscape dominated by algorithmic feeds that aim to manipulate and extract, sometimes the most radical thing you can do is choose to read what you want, when you want, without anyone watching over your shoulder.

Here’s how to use RSS.
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After three hundred days of war, the unrwa issued an analysis describing Gaza’s trauma as “chronic and unrelenting”—a collective embodiment of continuous traumatic stress disorder (C.T.S.D.), a condition that stems from living under relentless trauma. Unlike post-traumatic stress disorder, which sets in after a difficult experience, C.T.S.D. is what occurs when there is no end in sight. Gazans have adapted to chronic danger, living in a state of hypervigilance, emotional numbness, and dissociation amid the slow erasure of any imagined future

Essentially everyone in Gaza is experiencing continuous traumatic stress disorder because their trauma is “chronic and unrelenting.”

This means “living in a state of hypervigilance, emotional numbness and dissociation amid the slow erasure of any imagined future.”

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Opinion | How Israel's Gaza genocide is happening in broad daylight with U.S. support The case for calling Gaza a genocide is simpler than critics claim.

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The United States and Israeli governments bear responsibility for the acceleration of mass death across Gaza.

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Everybody Hates Trump Now Six months after Trump bragged about a “historic” realignment, voters from across the political spectrum have soured on the president.

Voters still hate Democrats: 63% of voters had an unfavorable view of the party, the lowest figure on record.

But, increasingly, voters hate Trump too. A lot.
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Regular reminder that U.S. law already imposes restrictions on arms sales based on whether the weapons will be used consistent with the law of war.

Problem is that both the Biden and Trump administrations refuse to enforce the law.

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Truly, it’s the racism.

Exactly. They want to keep their kids from encountering the humanity in the very same people they’ve taught them to dehumanize.

I thought that most of the institutions would go along with authoritarianism because they support some fascism. But I didn't think it would be so fast.

Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose and

This is all lies, and I don’t know what else I can add: Human beings are being dehumanized as “disorder” to be managed, punished, or disappeared.

Israel’s digital siege of Gaza is another effort to wipe out proof of our existence In June, the internet vanished without warning, cutting us off from the world and each other

“When the internet disappears, it’s more than a lost connection. It erases our presence and voice—the proof of our existence... This is not just missing updates. It is being buried alive in silence.”

-Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi in @prismreports.org

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"In my entire career, I have never witnessed the level of brutality and use of indiscriminate, unnecessary force against a civilian population—an unarmed, starving population ... until I was in Gaza, at the hands of the IDF and U.S. contractors."

I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It. Podcast Episode · The Opinions · 23/07/2025 · 27m

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Fern Press to publish Omer Bartov’s 'urgent and incisive' new book on Israel Fern Press has acquired Israel: What Went Wrong?, Omer Bartov’s "urgent and incisive" new book.

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At Philly’s Independence National Historical Park, a display depicting the brutality of slavery was flagged for disparaging’ Americans

A row of people holding signs on a suburban street corner. Each person holds one big letter, spelling “VOTE OUT HATE.” Trees are visible behind them.

Drove by the metro just now and saw groups of folks scattered a mile or more—at the metro station itself, then along the road at stoplights and with a banner over I-66. All with signs and cheers.

As we approach 80 years since the catastrophic atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, we are called to reflect on the past and recommit to our peace testimony.
Join us for an evening of art, stories and personal testimonies.
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Israeli Settlers Attack CNN Journalists Investigating Killing of Palestinian American Sayfollah Musallet Masked settlers followed the journalists’ car and smashed the windshield.

Israeli settlers attacked and chased away CNN journalists in the occupied West Bank who were reporting on the Israeli killing of 20-year-old Palestinian American Sayfollah Musallet and speaking to his family, the journalists have reported.

Good to see from @vanhollen.senate.gov.

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Bee meet up

House GOP Accused of 'Waging War on America's Wildlife' With Proposed Spending Cuts | Common Dreams Conservationists and congressional Democrats warn that House Republicans' FY26 Interior bill jeopardizes wildlife, public health, and national parks.

⚠️ House Republicans’ new FY26 bill would slash EPA & Fish & Wildlife funding and gut the Endangered Species Act, stripping protections from gray wolves, grizzlies, wolverines & more.

This is a direct attack on wildlife, ecosystems, and public health. We must speak out.

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‘Magic Tree House’ Author, ‘Calvin and Hobbes’ among hundreds of Tennessee book bans - PEN America The removals in Tennessee are the result of a growing political movement to control information through book banning.

They banned George Takei's "They Called Us Enemy" for telling the truth about our history. @georgetakei.bsky.social
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"If these cuts go through, facilities will be forced to close, care will decline, and families like mine will be broken trying to keep our parents safe."

Imagine needing to make this kind of promise about your product.

The U.S. Defense Department will reportedly begin using Elon Musk’s AI chatbot, Grok, less than a week after Grok made headlines for spreading antisemitism on X, which included several posts praising Hitler and referring to itself as “MechaHitler.”

Pentagon to start using Grok as part of a $200 million contract with Elon Musk's xAI The announcement comes just days after Grok generated antisemitic responses and praised Hitler, which were later deleted.

Last week, we saw just how fast a technology like Grok can mainstream antisemitism and disguise it as fact.

Now, the Pentagon has committed to using that very same tool.

Let's all read this book. I actually have it already on my to read pile. So gotta pull it out.

Backlash Politics and the Dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education In March, Donald Trump signed an executive order to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education (USED).  Thousands of employees were fired without notice and billions of dollars in grants and research ...

Social movements for democracy and justice must fight from below through the wreckage of this dying and dangerous system and create a new one. We are just beginning to learn what this means and requires, but we know that teachers and schools will necessarily be at the center of such efforts.