Byron C Clark

just thinking about how USAID was dismantled under the rationale of cost savings but there's an unlimited budget for war

Emmanuel Damas in a patterned dress shirt and striped tie leaning against a metal railing on a sunny residential street with red brick rowhouses and flowering trees in the background.

Emmanuel Damas, 56, died in ICE custody on Monday.

Damas came to the U.S. from Haiti seeking asylum. After six months in ICE custody—the last four at CoreCivic's Florence Correctional Center—he died from complications from a tooth infection.

A tooth infection.

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New Zealanders support more taxes on ultra-rich, new poll shows | RNZ News Half of New Zealanders also agreed that billionaires shouldn't exist while people still struggled with basic necessities like housing, food and healthcare.

Half of NZers agreed billionaires shouldn't exist while people struggle with basic necessities

68% supported billionaires being taxed more

37% were in favour of introducing a billion-dollar wealth cap to minimise the amount of wealth any person could legally hold

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Me and the friends I'm watching it with were just talking about how great this would be to see live on stage

The majority of UK academic institutions now no longer post on X - LSE Impact For the first time, more UK universities and associated organisations are inactive on X than active.

💥New post | The majority of UK academic institutions now no longer post on X

✍️ @andytattersall.bsky.social

#AcademicSky #X #AcademicSocialMedia

Poster for Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Tonight's watch is 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch'

I can't imagine the demand for train travel from Springfield and Darfield being that big but so much of Rolleston commutes to the city for work every day, this could be viable

Selwyn-Christchurch train trial to test demand for service | Star News A commuter rail service between Selwyn townships and Christchurch is being investigated by a community board, with planning under way for a one-off...

I hope the trial shows a demand for rail. The buses to the commuter towns are great but get stuck in traffic just like cars do, a train could bypass the traffic and get someone to the city faster than driving

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So many of us have spent years warning about the dangers of Christian dominionists in the U.S. government...

Talking about cultural appropriation and Orientalism are still important parts of that discussion, but talking about the decline of American cultural imperialism and the increasingly global outlook of younger generations is also important

Why gen Zs on social media are having 'a very Chinese time in my life' - ABC News Some Chinese Australians have mixed feelings about the sudden global embrace of Chinese culture after the trend emerged late last year.

As an out of touch middle age person, I've found reading about this trend fascinating

I feel like a decade ago, white westerners doing this would have been "cancelled" in the online spaces popular with young people, today there's a lot more nuance in the discussion

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Reform win a seat: The true Volk have spoken and we all must listen.

Greens win a seat: Early reports that Muslims may have ‘voted’ (an ancient Islamic practice designed to steal elections). How severely should the franchise be limited in response?

Oof. I just read your post in the most uncharitable, pedantic way possible, and I gotta tell ya: it's not looking good for you.

Khalil needs to buy bread for his children; he urgently needs $50.

He hasn't any food to break their fast and is desperate, because he'll be fasting again soon 😭

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NZ First in particular will be working hard to make you mad about "wokeness", gender neutral bathrooms, te reo, and so forth, all while your rent goes up and your wages stagnate

This election year remember the political science concept “the conservative dilemma”

A party that represents the interests of the wealthy and powerful cannot win a democratic election on economic issues, so they create culture wars

In some parts of the world, a rich person using their wealth to undermine a media outlet for ideological reasons would be considered a bad thing, but here it is a “masterstroke” archive.ph/kBPiZ

False information spreads quicky at times like this, check for quality sources before sharing, and remember that people are more likely to believe false information if it aligns with their existing worldview- you are not immune to propaganda

About 20% of all LNG travels through the Strait of Hormuz. This is the energy source the NZ Govt wants to use instead of expanding renewables. A new LNG import terminal would be paid for by a new tax on our electricity bills (electricity which is mostly renewable). Nuts.

I was born in an Iranian prison. My parents were held in their jails. My uncles lie in their mass graves. Nothing you can tell me about the crimes of the Iranian regime that I haven't lived in blood and bone. That doesn't mean I want my people bombed, maimed, killed, their homes in ruins. If your vision of liberation comes only through the destruction of innocent lives, then it's not freedom you're after. Sahar Delijani, Iranian author

I am pro Iranian people. I stand with them against their own government’s repression AND against the imperial violence in the form of bombs dropped from the sky from Israel & the US who have already killed hundreds.

I support neither imperialism or dictatorship.

Sahar Delijani said it best:

Sama’a with her two daughters, three year old Julia and 5 month old Talia, standing on a dirt road surrounded by destroyed buildings and rubble and a few other people walking by. Sama’a is wearing a beige hijab, a black shirt, and a red coat. She is holding Talia, who is wrapped in a white knitted blanket and wearing a white headband with a bow. Julia is standing in front of her. She is wearing a denim dress with an embroidered bib, a light blue puffy coat, and her dark brown hair is in pigtails.

Baby Talia lies on a brown mattress with her head on a blue pillow. She is wearing a fuzzy white zip up pajamas with a hood and has a white headband with a bow. She is looking at her sister three-year-old Julia, who is sitting next to her looking at the camera. Julia is wearing a green and blue plaid dress with a white collar, white stockings, and her dark brown hair is pulled back into two pigtails.

Baby Talia lays on a Brown mattress wearing a fuzzy white onesie pajamas, with a hood. Her sister three year-old Julia is leaned over giving her a kiss. Julia is wearing a blue and green plaid dress with a white collar and white stockings. her dark hair is pulled back into two pigtails

The crossings are closed — we are trapped without food or medicine…my kids fall asleep to fear and wake up to hunger.

I’m not asking for comfort, only a small meal to ease their hunger and protect their dignity.

Your donation helps a family trying to survive 🤍

- Sama’a

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I think we're interpreting it differently, surrounding yourself online with people who think a better world is not possible is a bad idea, muting the word "Iran" or "Trump" to avoid reading about world events is also a bad idea

As I've said before, we should maintain a basic level of situational awareness regarding the doom

You know; light-hearted, fancy-free. "Mothers, lock up your daughters, Smithers is on the town!"

Screenshot of a group chat with messages Well summer is over we but we can still have fun times It's Pride month now so we can get up something gay if folks are keen

Updating the 'summer fun' group chat I made to plan activities with friends

Homer Simpson in winterwear looking at a misprinted calendar captioned 'oh lousy Smarch weather'

How I feel when the first day of March is cold and wet instead of bonus summer

Civilians across the region facing bombs and destruction and death because some men free of the consequences decided to open hell.

I just blocked two people who were like “we need to see the bodies of blown up children for people to get how serious this is,” and as a former human rights lawyer I cannot tell you how wrong that is.

Do not inflict bystander trauma on people. It will make them shut down and go numb, not wake up.