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The world needs more Jane Goodalls

The Nineteenth Amendment Yesterday, I intended to write about the Nineteenth Amendment prohibiting states from denying women the right to vote because today is the anniversary of the amendment’s certification in 1920.

The Nineteenth Amendment
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So perfect, I had to share

Corporation for Public Broadcasting to close after US funding cut Closure of public broadcasting group follows House Republicans’ decision to strip $1.1bn in funding over two years

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025.... Can this really be not the worst thing I read in the news? Sadly , yes. #pbs #nokings. #republicanssuck. Etc

There’s renewable energy ads and there’s mother**cking wind farm ads. This, blissfully, is the latter.

‘We faced hunger before, but never like this’: skeletal children fill hospital wards as starvation grips Gaza For months Israel kept food shipments to Gaza far below starvation rations. Now the death toll is rising rapidly

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Gaza is a massive concentration camp and the world stands by

“Do not get lost in a sea of despair,” Lewis tweeted a year before his death. “Do not become bitter or hostile. Be hopeful, be optimistic. Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble. We will find a way to make a way out of no way.” Rep. John Lewis

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Thank you, Canada!💕

Israeli forces kill 11 Palestinians awaiting food trucks, say Gaza officials IDF ‘looking into’ incident in central Gaza, as over a hundred die in recent days near or along routes to distribution sites

Distraction from the ongoing genocide with the ‘legitimate hunt for the bad guys’ who are the real bad guys here? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

American Spring? How nonviolent protest in the US is accelerating Contrary to conventional wisdom, anti-Trump protests this year have dwarfed 2017 in size, and they have been extraordinarily peaceful.

This one is important. Share it widely. "Contrary to conventional wisdom, the size and scale of anti-Trump protests this year have dwarfed those in 2017, and they have been extraordinarily peaceful." wagingnonviolence.org/2025/06/amer...

Fun fact: in the 1960s, Civil Rights protestors were given literal classes on nonviolent protest; they didn't all just spontaneously know what to do.

So, if you're planning on showing up, this weekend: read this comic. And if you're staying home, signal-boost it/link it around.

Sen Alex Padilla dragged out of Noem immigration briefing in LA California senator Alex Padilla was pushed out of the news conference by authorities after he interrupted Noem.

www.bbc.com/news/article... inappropriate??? It’s a press conference bitch, you’re supposed to ask questions. Seriously, a police state. 1984

Israel launches fresh wave of strikes on Iran after hitting nuclear and military sites overnight - live updates Iranian state media report more explosions, with blasts heard in Tehran, as Israel says its air force is hitting military targets.

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Interesting how an aggressor can keep claiming to be a victim and the world just stands by

Four people killed after starving Palestinians burst into UN food warehouse in Gaza Deaths from crushing and gunshot wounds come a day after Israeli forces opened fire at a food distribution point

Four people killed after starving Palestinians burst into UN food warehouse in Gaza. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Other countries must take action. Real action. The world must, needs to respond powerfully. This must stop.

Four people killed after starving Palestinians burst into UN food warehouse in Gaza Deaths from crushing and gunshot wounds come a day after Israeli forces opened fire at a food distribution point

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This may be fake but it expresses my sentiments so well

Michele Burton on Substack You must be really be a pos, and a hypocrite, for the Pope to call you out!! Pope Leo XIV has my respect!! 💙

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The Most Dangerous Animal in the World was a 1963 exhibit at the Bronx Zoo in the Bronx, a borough of New York City. It featured a mirror and text describing the dangers humans pose to life on earth. In 1968 the exhibit was duplicated at Brookfield Zoo in Chicago.

The best!

My next great read. Just arrived by sister-delivery service!! So excited @laminda.bsky.social

Despair in Gaza as Israeli aid blockade creates crisis ‘unmatched in severity’ Palestinians pushed into new misery as supplies of food, fuel and medicine run out in seven-week siege

No argument, no history, can justify this evil. So much can’t even begin to list the atrocities. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

So excited. Can’t wait to read the fascinating stories by amazing writer, Mindy Weisberger!!!!!

Starting off a new week, and the emotional support team has arrived, for those moments that you need them 🖤

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“The Trump administration has purged certain books from U.S. Naval Academy’s library: “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou is gone, while “Mein Kampf” remains”

We know where this is going. Actually already there

#ripValKilmer “I have behaved poorly. I have behaved bravely. I have behaved bizarrely to some. I deny none of this and have no regrets because I have lost and found parts of myself that I never knew existed,” Kilmer said in Val, the 2021 documentary about his life and career. “And I am blessed.”

April 1, 2025 Today Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) made history.

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Cory Booker, from NJ, taking action. Fighting for democracy. Proud to be from NJ. Keep fighting for our country. @corybooker.com #savedemocracy #freedomofspeech

@corybooker.com thank you. Thank you for stepping up. I was losing faith in our party and NJ.

#defendfreespeech #stopdeportations #notoice

Sign the Petition Colleagues speak out: Free Rümeysa Öztürk!

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