Sam Diener

Source: Interesting Engineering

Visible from space, bloody sands expose the slaughter of tens of thousands in Sudan

Billboards outside US Southern Command urge troops not to 'break the law’ in Caribbean strikes “Don’t let them make you break the law,” reads a billboard along the road to U.S. Southern Command, one of several set up by veterans.

"The new billboards are designed to inform troops of legal resources … 'The [Southern Command] strikes … represent the most blatantly illegal act that this administration has had the military carry out.'"

taskandpurpose.com/news/vet-group-billboards-caribbean-strikes/

His school didn’t call the cops after a transphobic bully attacked him. Now it’s paying the price.

@girightshotline for info on your right and responsibility, even under the UCMJ, to resist and disobey unlawful orders

Staff Sgt. Demi Palecek and Capt. Dylan Blaha, of the Illinois National Guard, said they will defy orders if sent to Chicago to federalized against citizens.

Guardsmen: Your oath is to the Constitution, not to a wanna-be king. If federalized you too can follow the law.

#NoKings
#ImpeachTrump

Refusing to obey illegal orders is an obligation of the oath.

Dylan Blaha, the Illinois National Guard Captain who urged all military members to disobey illegal orders, has had his security clearance suspended by the Department of Defense.

And he's running for Congress: www.dylanforillinois.com

👍👍Yes, I fully support Captain Dylan Blaha!!!

Karoline Leavitt officially announced the "Launch of a large-scale investigation to find the people behind 'No Kings.'"

I've saved her some time.

Former senior DHS official Miles Taylor launches new web tool to plan protests against Trump administration The new site is intended to "help Americans push back peacefully, lawfully, and defiantly against presidential abuses of power."

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Sounds good. Solidarity for democracy. www.defiance.org

Mass Call: Showed up? Keep it up! What's next after No Kings Day · Showing Up for Racial Justice While times are very intense and wild, the growing signs of mass resistance are impactful and huge. The No Kings Day protest was the largest single-day political protest ever in the U.S. Just last mon...

I'm attending Showing Up for Racial Justice's event, “Mass Call: Showed up? Keep it up! What's next after No Kings Day” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/surj/event/8...

Source: ABC News

Burlington Bastion of Democracy: Saturday, October 11 from 5 am to 7pm. Protest rally outside of the ICE facility in Burlington, MA. Organized by Mass50501 and a coalition of partners.

Calling all #Patriots! On Saturday morning we #RideAtDawn to the
Burlington I.C.E. to rally in support of our immigrant neighbors and the US Constitution.

Join us anytime between 5 am and 7 pm to peacefully express your disapproval of #ICE and the Trump Regime.

#Unite and #Resist

4 in 5 US troops surveyed understand duty to disobey illegal orders As National Guard troops head to DC, a new survey reveals service members’ understanding of the distinction between legal and illegal orders.

Trump's hatred threatens us all. Trump’s trial balloons for a military coup. He’s telling us that’s what he wants. He’s practicing on LA, DC, Portland, Memphis. But Article 92 of UCMJ outlines duty to disobey unlawful orders www.militarytimes.com/opinion/comm.... See also girightshotline.org

Kennedy Fires N.I.H. Scientist Who Filed Whistle-Blower Complaint

Kennedy Fires N.I.H. Scientist Who Filed Whistle-Blower Complaint www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/h....

Having a hard time keeping up with things in your daily life?

World outside seems upside down?

No longer enjoying the same things you once did?

Future feels dark and scary?

You may be experiencing fascism. Fortunately, there’s a cure!

#GeneralStrike #Protest #Resist #CommunityDefense #MutualAid

Source: Canary Media

Ignoring Court Ruling, Trump Sends Troops to Portland to Break Imagined Antifa “Siege”

Trump Justice Dept. Closed Investigation Into Tom Homan for Accepting Bag of Cash

Trump Justice Dept. Closed Investigation Into Tom Homan for Accepting Bag of Cash www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...

YouTube video by C-SPAN Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) on Resolution Honoring Charlie Kirk

The link didn’t post: youtu.be/bFa7xcbj3JM

AOC condemns political violence and Kirk’s murder and calls out Kirk’s racism and antisemitism.

SPOILER FOR HANDMAID’S TALE NOVEL: Thinking a lot lately about the importance of the conclusion, where the framing device is revealed. That idea, that Gilead ended, is so much more important than I realized when I first read the book.

The union representing the musicians from Jimmy Kimmel’s band releases a statement calling the FCC’s pressure on Disney “state censorship.”

Startup to test closed-loop geothermal drilling to tap Earth’s heat A geothermal company has landed a USD 38 million investment to deploy its new giant underground heat pump to harvest clean energy.

Source: Interesting Engineering share.google/ozuSwXnuEe35...
A very different approach. I don’t understand how it’s possible without drilling, but exciting if workable. #GeothermalRocks

How some Texas teachers are fighting the Ten Commandments law in classrooms
#firstamendment ⁦‪@ACLU‬⁩ ⁦‪@ZinnEdProject‬⁩ ⁦‪@SSChatNetwork‬⁩

Source: Reuters. #GeothermalRocks

When Historians Rediscovered These Frederick Douglass Letters, They Were Surprised by His Candid Opinions About Abraham Lincoln
#teachinghistory ⁦‪@SSChatNetwork‬⁩ ⁦‪@Gilder_Lehrman‬⁩ ⁦‪@ZinnEdProject‬⁩ ⁦‪@splcenter‬⁩

Opinion | Vax Quack Lacks Facts

Vax Quack Lacks Facts www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/o...

Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health

We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

'Wake up, that is a red flag': CDC official who resigned levels new accusation at RFK Jr. The former director of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Disease raised a “red flag” on Saturday morning, accusing Health and Human Services head Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promoti...

www.rawstory.com/rfk-new-accu... RFK’s belief in debunked eugenic benefits of epidemics is ableist & racist & could kill millions. We need to teach the awful history of Eugenics. ⁦‪@NAACP‬⁩ ⁦‪⁦‪@HealthGAP‬⁩ ⁦‪@ZinnEdProject‬⁩ ⁦‪@SSChatNetwork‬⁩ ⁦‪@RockefellerFdn‬⁩