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counterpoint: best imaginable location to purchase a god-tier white elephant gift

I absolutely won that year

Trump + Tesla Takedown Donald Trump and Elon Musk are conducting a hostile government takeover. We're exercising our first amendment rights to resist Trump and hit Elon where it hurts - his wallet. Join us every Saturday...

We’re back to our regularly scheduled program of #TeslaTakedown this Saturday at noon in front of the Prudential center!!!

#MuskMustFall

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Does anyone know if there's an account or site that keeps track of land defense/anti-fossil fuel infrastructure efforts around the world, or even just the US/Canada, and how people can support them?

If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Reproductive Freedom Summer 2025. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. Hear activists from across the country speak on the crucial fights they are waging to control their own bodies and lives. Learn how others can help. June 15 - Bodily Autonomy! Trans and Reproductive...

On Sunday, Aug 17 at 6 PM EST the National Mobilization for Reproductive Justice will host a discussion with activists from places where repro health care has been virtually eliminated due to state and federal legal assaults + funding cuts. Learn how you can help

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New Economy Roundup: Funding Takya, LA Eviction Moratorium, and Building Movement Infrastructure - New Economy Coalition This month, we’re talking about boycotts for Palestine, supporting Sudanese tekya, an eviction moratorium in LA and Cincinnati’s emerging cooperative economy, and Vanuatu’s win for global climate repa...

Did you know the ICJ just set a legal precedent that could support climate reparations cases against governments? Read how communities from Guam to Vanuatu made it happen in this month's New Economy Roundup 🚀 bit.ly/4mmVXLQ

When people ask “why is there famine in Gaza now?”
Here’s why:
•Gaza’s farmland has been bulldozed.
•Fishermen are shot at sea.
•Bakeries are bombed.
•Aid trucks are blocked.
•Water systems destroyed.
•Relief workers assassinated.
This isn’t new, it’s escalated.

Back in 2007, when Israel tightened its blockade on Gaza, an Israeli official openly said:
“The idea is to put the Palestinians on a diet, but not to make them die of hunger.”

They literally calculated how many calories Gazans needed to survive and restricted aid accordingly.

I’m confused why people are just now speaking up about the starvation of Palestinians like it’s something new.
This isn’t some tragic accident, it’s the intended result of decades of siege and blockade. Starving Palestinians has ALWAYS been Israeli policy.
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I've posted about this book already but just want to add on: in addition to preordering (or in lieu of if you can't), request it at your libraries!

We’re definitely still looking and if you’re an experienced frontend dev who wants to contribute to an open-source tech project that supports a small but impactful humanitarian aid org, then you should most certainly shoot us a message!

Truly love Queer & Trans Mutual Aid PVD. Does what it says on the label! They started during deep COVID & are now back. Links to request aid or donate funds are here linktr.ee/qtmapvd

I've only been able to start working on Abolitionist Toyery in earnest since this past weekend. Stop by on Sunday. Open to people aged 5 and up. Spread the word far and wide! www.eventbrite.com/e/1467839370...

This is your reminder that 36% of the entire queer and trans population of the country lives in the South. That's more, by a significant margin, than any other region of the u.s.

Worth remembering next time anyone feels the need to abandon or write us off.

A copy of the book Driven by the Movement: Reports from the Black Power Era sits atop a box full of the same book.

🔥 OUT TODAY 🔥 JoNina Abron-Ervin's 𝘋𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 collects the stories of twenty ordinary people who did extraordinary things for the Black liberation struggle. As @williamcson.bsky.social says: "Do this book justice by reading it carefully." www.akpress.org/driven-by-th...

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He's 10!

Me: Bailey is a perfect angel - he's never done anything wrong in his life.

Bailey: *attempts to murder a mouse while taking a nature walk*

an photo of police throwing a person to the ground, against a red background with the words "Cambridge police arrest 3, pepper spray more to protect Capital One." there is also an emoji of a spray bottle and the BDS Boston logo

Photos of the police assaulting a group of protesters, and police standing around earlier in the protest. Red background with black and white text boxes that say: On August 3rd at around 1:30 pm, Cambridge Police (CPD) carried out an unprovoked attack against protesters demanding that Capital One end its loan to zionist weapons corporation Elbit Systems. CPD arrested 3 protesters and injured many others with their indiscriminate violence, including the use of pepper spray and metal batons. This comes during the same weekend that Cambridge police attacked a man having a mental health crisis and deployed chemical weapons in a residential apartment building without informing residents causing many of those residents to become ill.

More photos of cops holding metal batons and grabbing people in a crowd. Text says: CPD had vans and pepper spray ready when the protest began and appeared eager to begin assaulting demonstrators. CPD resorting to these increasingly desperate forms of repression means that Capital One is struggling to handle the pressure we are putting on them. The unprovoked violence and arrests aim to scare us into submission. But we are not afraid and we will not back down.

A photo of a hand holding a sign that says, "Capital One Bank enables genocide by funding Israel's largest weapons manufacturer, Elbit Systems." in the background is a Palestinian flag and a Capital One cafe. There is a red background with black and white text that says: Say it loud and say it clear: war profiteers aren't welcome here."

🚨🚨Cambridge/Boston folks, please spread the word about this unprovoked police attack on people taking direct action against the genocide in Palestine in Harvard Square yesterday, and stay tuned for more updates!🚨🚨

From @bdsboston.bsky.social's Instagram: www.instagram.com/bdsboston/p/...

Boooo! It ended up getting bad here too - the AQI is about 130 now, which means I won't go to the water fitness class I was really looking forward to tonight. 😭

I was really looking forward to an aqua fitness class tonight, but if the AQI stays above 100, I don't want to risk going outdoors without a mask, and I obviously can't wear a mask in the pool. 😭

This was a very good point: "Because if there’s no limit to suffering, then all of the suffering that isn’t happening right now is because of the incredible amounts of effort put in by literally billions of people to make sure that the suffering isn’t worse."

Crochet collage of leaves, vines, flowers, and pea pods full of eyeballs. In greens and blues.

Awake. 🧶

Harris ran an incredibly incompetent campaign, kicked Palestinian and trans people to the curb in the middle of escalating genocides, cozied up to conservatives and lost a winnable race to fascists. Badly.

The fact she's not regarded as a disgraced failure is a testament to how unserious Dems are.

Literally no one deserves to be starved, period.

Food is a human right, including for armed combatants.

Habitats Volume 2 (Optimistic Science Fiction & Fantasy) The second issue of a brand-new optimistic science-fiction and fantasy magazine. Published by Habitats Press.

We're almost £6,000 funded with 10 days to go! Thank you to everyone who backed today — this was our best day of the campaign yet! ☀️ But we still have a way to go until we're fully funded.

Please repost and help us get there!

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#solarpunk #scifi #fantasy

The Death of Mountains Check out The Death of Mountains - <p>The latest novella by Nebula finalist Jordan Kurella is a moving allegorical tale. As mankind continues to hurt the planet, leaving us with scarred lands, stories...

i write stuff!
like this one about a middling hill in the Appalachians who doesn't want to die. when the Death of Mountains comes for her, they trade story for story to stave off the inevitable. it's been called "good as hell" and "hopeful."

THE DEATH OF MOUNTAINS out from @lethepress.bsky.social

Bojagi: The Art of Korean Textiles The Art of Korean Textiles

super cool:

Youngmin Lee (who has written some fantastic articles in Threads and other sewing and textiles magazines) has a book on bojagi - traditional Korean textiles, their history, and how to make them.
bookshop.org/p/books/boja...

This is going on the wishlist for now.

A very cute golden retriever lying on a door mat, with his head on his paws

The same very cute golden retriever wading in a lake, with his tongue out, looking happy. Behind him are trees.

Hanging out with my favorite dog in the world! 💖

For a Student Who Used AI to Write a Paper Now I let it fall back in the grasses. I hear you. I know this life is hard now. I know your days are precious on this earth. But what are you trying to be free of? The living? The miraculous task of it? Love is for the ones who love the work. —Joseph Fasano

For a Student Who Used AI to Write a Paper