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A Day for Gaza Today, The Nation is turning over its website exclusively to stories from Gaza and its people. This is why.

You can find all of the pieces in our "A Day for Gaza" package here.

We're doing this to reaffirm our commitment to cover Gaza and to let its people tell their own stories. And we urge our media colleagues to make the same commitment. This story is not over.

www.thenation.com/article/worl...

03.02.2026 15:11 β€” πŸ‘ 56    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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A Day for Gaza Today, The Nation is turning over its website exclusively to stories from Gaza and its people. This is why.

Media coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation.com, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza.

We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...

03.02.2026 14:54 β€” πŸ‘ 4748    πŸ” 2569    πŸ’¬ 41    πŸ“Œ 31

an unnecessary introduction to the real thing I wanted to tw*et which is that I love being tired at night it’s such a good feeling to be sleepy, what a real delight and unsung pleasure

09.12.2025 06:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

every now and again I consider returning to a life of posting text based naval gazey social media updates and it’s like staring into the abyss and feeling it stare back

09.12.2025 06:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Books Not Bars 2025 Holiday Campaign BOOKS NOT BARS FOR THE HOLIDAYS Haymarket Books is committed to making our books available for free to people who are incarcerated. In an effort to support those inside who are dealing with the imm...

Help us send 2,000 books to readers who are incarcerated this winter through our Books Not Bars program

23.11.2025 22:11 β€” πŸ‘ 718    πŸ” 593    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 11

Once you read the story, go over to the gofundme for teen vogue's laid off workers and throw them a donation. bsky.app/profile/lexi...

09.11.2025 01:29 β€” πŸ‘ 307    πŸ” 113    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

I think a major factor in so many people being kind of blasΓ© or in denial about ~all this~ is that they’ve been waiting to be given some sort of paternal-ish permission to start freaking out.

So, here ya go. Here’s the permission.

25.08.2025 20:38 β€” πŸ‘ 439    πŸ” 106    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3
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PRX Podcast Creator Summit in Austin June 16-18, 2025 | Join us for a free 3-day event in Austin for early-stage podcasters seeking a supportive creative community. There will be workshops, seminars, panels, and networking opportunities...

Hellloooo Austin, I’m attending the PRX Podcast Creator Summit this week β€” please reach out if you’re attending and want to connect!

www.eventbrite.com/cc/prx-podca...

17.06.2025 15:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hello. Is your pet a member of the LGBTQ+ community? If so, please get in touch: jack @ discourseblog dot com. It's for a blog....

04.06.2025 21:14 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 7

PLEASE get in touch… ❀️

04.06.2025 21:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fascism Got You Down? Shave Your Head! An appeal about all the brain space you'd have to tackle life's problems if you didn't have to worry about the state of your hair.

Fascism got you down? Feeling low about yourself, the world, and human existence in general? @samjgrasso.bsky.social has a great solution for your woes: shave your head!!! www.discourseblog.com/p/fascism-go...

09.05.2025 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Does it take so long for the conclave to begin because they’re giving the marching bands time to rehearse

08.05.2025 16:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

not to slander a band I enjoy but it is sus that empire of the sun’s singles from walking on a dream went tiktok/reels viral just a year ahead of their big tour/festival comeback

08.05.2025 00:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
An image of many birds fighting each other and kicking up a dust cloud and in the middle of the dust cloud are the words FOWL HYSTERIA 2025 because it's FOWL HYSTERIA, the world's first-ever bird-based bracket tournament and you should participate!!!

An image of many birds fighting each other and kicking up a dust cloud and in the middle of the dust cloud are the words FOWL HYSTERIA 2025 because it's FOWL HYSTERIA, the world's first-ever bird-based bracket tournament and you should participate!!!

one of the reasons Discourse Blog's annual Fowl Hysteria bird competition is so good is because @samjgrasso.bsky.social makes some of the most deranged art of all time for it. i mean look at this!!! (then click the link and vote for your fave birds.) www.discourseblog.com/p/fowl-hyste...

09.03.2025 14:32 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve got that dog in me (a love of fried rice despite having to pick out every pea to avoid moderate anaphylaxis)

19.02.2025 20:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

can’t believe I’ve done this again (had coffee before I started a task)

18.02.2025 20:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We Have to Watch the Democrats Like Hawks They are eager to collaborate with Trump. We can't let them get away with it.

Democrats are eager to collaborate with Trump. We can't let them get away with it. www.discourseblog.com/p/we-have-to...

27.01.2025 15:32 β€” πŸ‘ 139    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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You Can't Be Ambushed If You're the President The greatest propaganda this country has ever spun is that we need to treat these people as if they're both children and divine rulers.

"People erupted in a way that would make you think Budde put a gun to Trump’s head and made him beg for his life."

You can't be ambushed if you're the president!!!

www.discourseblog.com/p/you-cant-b...

23.01.2025 16:48 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It's Time to Trust Our Own Eyes They want us to doubt what is plainly obvious. We can't let them.

"I count myself lucky to have been there at the exact moment when some of the most credulous fuckers around decided to defend Elon Musk for making an enthusiastic Nazi salute at Donald Trump’s inauguration rally." β€” @therafischwartz.bsky.social www.discourseblog.com/p/its-time-t...

21.01.2025 20:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1289    πŸ” 193    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3
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Never Again On 15 months of genocide.

Never again to genocide. Never again to apartheid. Never again to Netanyahu and Biden and Blinken. Never again to genocide denial and apology. Never again to treating Palestine as a minor issue.

Never again to all of it. www.discourseblog.com/p/never-again

16.01.2025 00:15 β€” πŸ‘ 118    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
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Never Again On 15 months of genocide.

"Never again." That’s what you’re supposed to say about genocide. So I wrote for @discourseblog.com about all the things we should say "never again" to after 15 months of genocide in Gaza.

www.discourseblog.com/p/never-again

16.01.2025 00:13 β€” πŸ‘ 175    πŸ” 46    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 4
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L.A. County courts tried to maintain business as usual during firestorm. It was anything but While wildfires displaced dozens of judges, prosecutors, attorneys, defendants and jurors, L.A. county officials kept the nation's largest nonfederal court system open. Some say it led to health risks...

Prosecutors got sick and had to leave. Jurors panicked about missing evacuation notices while in court. Some defendants who lost their homes faced the threat of arrest for missing court.

As L.A. burned, the courts stayed open. www.latimes.com/california/s...

16.01.2025 19:56 β€” πŸ‘ 262    πŸ” 95    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 12
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The World We Once Knew Is Gone I thought my neighborhood in Los Angeles was a haven. Last week obliterated that illusion.

Today on @discourseblog.com: a beautiful, humane, heartbreaking piece from @caitschneider.bsky.social about the fires tearing the world around her apart www.discourseblog.com/p/the-world-...

13.01.2025 20:47 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
Graphic with a white background with text that reads, Receive a signed copy of Disability Intimacy, Donate $100 @MaskBlocLA Venmo, Email receipt to DisabilityVisibilityProject@gmail.com. In the center is a book cover for Disability Intimacy, a graphic with a purple background with a floral print. In the center with a light beige background with a red flower on top, green leaves on both sides, underneath that flower is a purple one and right next to the purple is an orange flower. Under the purple and orange flowers are stems. Overlaid on top of the flowers in black bold letters: Disability Intimacy Essays on Love, Care, and Desire Edited by Alice Wong, Editor of Disability Visibility. Book cover by Madeline Partner.

Graphic with a white background with text that reads, Receive a signed copy of Disability Intimacy, Donate $100 @MaskBlocLA Venmo, Email receipt to DisabilityVisibilityProject@gmail.com. In the center is a book cover for Disability Intimacy, a graphic with a purple background with a floral print. In the center with a light beige background with a red flower on top, green leaves on both sides, underneath that flower is a purple one and right next to the purple is an orange flower. Under the purple and orange flowers are stems. Overlaid on top of the flowers in black bold letters: Disability Intimacy Essays on Love, Care, and Desire Edited by Alice Wong, Editor of Disability Visibility. Book cover by Madeline Partner.

πŸ”₯ Sending solidarity to all the seniors & disabled folks trying to survive #LAFires #LAFirestorm2025

πŸ“–Receive a signed copy of Disability Intimacy for every $100 donation to @MaskBlocLA

πŸ’°Venmo account.venmo.com/u/MaskBlocLA

πŸ“©Email receipt: DisabilityVisibilityProject@gmail.com

10.01.2025 04:14 β€” πŸ‘ 353    πŸ” 219    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 15
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Look At This Loser Mark Zuckerberg's kowtowing to Trump is noxious and ugly. But most of all, it's pathetic.

Mark Zuckerberg's kowtowing to Trump is noxious and ugly. But most of all, it's pathetic. www.discourseblog.com/p/look-at-th...

08.01.2025 19:08 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Look At This Loser Mark Zuckerberg's kowtowing to Trump is noxious and ugly. But most of all, it's pathetic.

Two things:

1. Mark Zuckerberg looks like a clown.
2. His Trump standom is gross and ugly and all of thatβ€”but mostly it is pathetic. This is loser behavior! These tech giants are LOSERS and we should say so.

www.discourseblog.com/p/look-at-th...

08.01.2025 19:11 β€” πŸ‘ 57    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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I Honestly Forgot How Dumb This Is Going to Be Cruel reminders of our stupid, stupid Trump world.

The past 24 hours have been a good reminder that the next few years are gonna be immeasurably stupid in both quality AND quantity

www.discourseblog.com/p/i-honestly...

07.01.2025 22:21 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

the org I work for is now on bluesky! check out and give @hiporg.bsky.social a follow to stay up to date on our work, including announcements about our abolitionist student network, latest research releases, advocacy opportunities, and webinars!

07.01.2025 20:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We'll Never Bend the Knee And four other reasons to support Discourse Blog in 2025.

We'll never bend the knee to Trump or anyone else.

We got 2024 right.

And three more reasons to support Discourse Blog in 2025. www.discourseblog.com/p/well-never...

06.01.2025 18:33 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

asking that we agree to adopt the phrase β€œdeath and texas” over β€œdeath and taxes”

01.01.2025 22:23 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0