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The Liberal Abandonment Of Greta Thunberg The Swedish activist Greta Thunberg has been detained by Israel and reportedly maltreated by her Israeli captors after she was kidnapped, along with hundreds of other activists, from Gaza’s territoria...

“Because to confront Israel isn’t the sort of strength the liberal class lauds. To put your body on the line against a genocide backed by the west isn’t the sort of courage they applaud.” @natebear1.bsky.social www.donotpanic.news/p/the-libera...

I’m horrified by Trump’s order to send 300 National Guard troops to Chicago. We’re only nine months into a four year term and already the president is trying to invade an American city. If you’re in the Guard, you can and should refuse these orders.

257. The Commission recommends that all Member States: (a) Employ all means reasonably available to them to prevent the commission of genocide in the Gaza Strip; (b) Cease the transfer of arms and other equipment or items, including jet fuel, to the State of Israel or third States where there is reason to suspect their use in military operations that have involved or could involve the commission of genocide; (c) Ensure individuals and corporations in their territories and within their jurisdiction are not involved in the commission of genocide, aiding and assisting the commission of genocide or incitement to commit genocide and investigate and prosecute those who may be implicated in these crimes under international law; (d) Facilitate the investigations and domestic proceedings and take action (including imposing sanctions) against the State of Israel and against individuals or corporations that are involved in or facilitating the commission of genocide or incitement to commit genocide; (e) Cooperate with the investigation of the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. 258. The Commission recommends that the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court: (a) Examine, within its continuing investigation in the Situation in the State of Palestine, the crime of genocide for amendment to existing arrest warrants and addition to future application for arrest warrants; (b) Examine the involvement of officials mentioned in this report for inclusion as those most responsible for international crimes committed in the occupied Palestinian territory.

Today, the UN officially designated Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide.

As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire.

End the genocide. Ceasefire now.

On social media we now trade time for numbness The casino, slop, and touching grass

“Our future depends on finding each other, on building something better together, overcoming the lure of passivity and consumption.” @jphillll.bsky.social

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If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people:

1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long

All lies.

During the pandemic, the US implemented the most effective social welfare policies in our history -- programs that worked because they were big enough, simple, and universal. And then we withdrew them. This remains imo the central economic-policy story of our times. davisvanguard.org/2025/05/3hou...

Orion Magazine (@orionmagazine.bsky.social) Inviting readers into a community of caring for the planet—justly, sustainably, and joyously. orionmagazine.org

“If I keep lilacs close, might the faeries see through this mask? Might they recognize the wild, untamed part in me, loosen my bindings, and set me free?” Kristi Marciano @orionmagazine.bsky.social

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Can someone please explain why journalists have stopped pointing out that the executive branch has no constitutional authority to end these programs?

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#TransDayOfVisibility

Portait of a woman covered in sludge. Only her arms are uncovered. But within the sludge, her face and body are partially visible, revealing a floral pattern on her face and body, pink and white flowers on blue background. This is a repaint of an illustration I did a decade ago. In the original there in equal sign superimposed at the bottom of the canvas. The equal sign is still there, but it is empty now.

A world without Trans people has never existed, and it never will. More than visibility, we need safety 🏳️‍⚧️

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Ozturk is apparently being detained because she wrote an opinion essay. Fulbright is a program of the US Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. They have a duty to speak up for the rights and safety of international students participating in Fulbright exchanges in the US.

friends, please help the quoted post circulate, we need to flood Governor Healey’s office with calls today

Her crime was writing an op/ed. Her visa was valid, but she wrote an op/ed

Another student kidnapped and disappeared by masked ICE agents for voicing an opinion.

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Only Count In One | matchbook

“Because when you love something, you plan. Then, from the one in the denim vest and jean jacket: ‘I just thought he would live forever.’” @mossyair.bsky.social @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social

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Thank you so much, Dan ❤️

“One thing we all share: we begin and, inevitably, we cease.”
Lovely artwork by Angela Mihm @astrolabe.ooo

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interlude • fiction from Robin Steve one out of season morning, we went out looking for a name. We did not know where names make their lairs, whether they favour rock, dirt, twigs, or wires.

“Inside, we found: flakes, ridges, cliffs, dales, meat, oil, smell, sound.” Robin Steve @astrolabe.ooo

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The Day of the Great Release • fiction from Jessica Richardson Sometimes this terrified love swooped inches from your face, and you wondered if it would peck your eyes out. Who kept these birds? Why did they?

“The whole sky was filled with squealing and feathers and what my brother called ‘a terrified love.’”
Jessica Richardson @astrolabe.ooo

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Skyberries • non-fiction from Geoffrey Wessel If Erd can translate either “Earth” or “ground,” does German also have one single word for English “sky” and “Heaven”?

“On the other hand, raspberries do grow, I suppose, up in the air, to some extent—in comparison, at least, to the Erdbeeren sweetly ripening down there amongst the summer straw.” @l42r.bsky.social @astrolabe.ooo

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Goatboy • fiction from Devan Murphy We’re mooing and braying with laughter, moving in slo-mo, such fun. His little jeans, his striped t-shirt over his drumlike child’s tummy.

“I am spraying him back, the little womanwoman, with knucklesknuckles and hairless fingers upon a purple trigger.”
Devan Murphy @astrolabe.ooo

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I Threw the Warthog Away • non-fiction from Mary Lou Buschi She found it in the trash next to a table covered with cards. “You are so mean,” she said.

“Her clutter, too much. I’d be sifting through it soon. ‘Three months,’ she said.” @maryloubuchi.bsky.social @astrolabe.ooo

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