Sharon Arnold

These guys get a full meteorological report before they so much as go to the grocery store. The idea they'd pilot a 300,000 ton vessel FULL OF OIL directly into the middle of a hot war zone because the US government asks them to is laughable

I know it's not a new point, but the US committing overseas war crimes using a missile name stolen from people they warcrimed internally is too much

To my Palestinian sister in ICE detention – I will carry you until you are free | Mahmoud Khalil One year ago, ICE arrested me for protesting for Palestine. Leqaa Kordia is still caged – also for daring to speak the truth

FREE LEQAA

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film people! for teaching purposes, one single good academic article or book chapter exploring the wave of 90s indie cinema as it became industrialized?

Local Physical Media Producers Defy the Algorithmic Overlords In 1984, American science fiction writer William Gibson defined “cyberspace” (a term he coined) as “a consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators” in the near-future...

The revitalization of actual things continues apace.

"If you were to promote something on the internet, you world have to block out certain words so the post doesn't get buried. I don't want to think about any of that shit. Just do your own thing."

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I lost it at "Edmund Burke"

Iranian voices in Seattle may not be unified, but we still must listen People of Iranian descent in the Seattle area do not speak with one voice about the war in Iran. But their voices should be at the forefront, even when they disagree.

Today's column: "Aria Fani said the U.S. and Israel are carrying out a “monumentally lawless, criminal and reckless war” that is an “act of imperial thuggery meant to demoralize and force every nation and the global south to fall in line or face consequences.”

Trumpeter swan in NYC

The first trumpeter swan ever seen in NYC. It’s incredible and sweet. This swan has joined a mute swan on the Brooklyn waterfront.

unfortunately my secret third thing is just that I can't seem to not

Just walked by a colleague's classroom after my class finished and he was talking about Elvis, getting blank stares and so he had to ask "Does anyone know who Elvis Presley is?"

It's rough out here on these teaching streets.

I feel this in my bones. which are admittedly not young bones, so they feel things

A man sits outside the door of a movie studio stuffed into a stiff tree costume that leaves him unable to properly sit.

We are all Brendan Fraser stuffed into a tree suit in "Rental Family."

I wish these journalists would be a little more explicit about what's happening over there so maybe @brianstelter.bsky.social can stop pushing the "CBS hasn't been captured" nonsense.

"For the next phase of my career, I look forward to some independence and finding new spaces to share my work in line with my personal goals."

Another CBS News journalist leaving and talking about independence. Bit of a not-so-subtle hint at what's happening over there.

I really, really don't like "oh trans people are just a tiny powerless population with no impact on anything, all these laws are just a distraction" tack and believe it's detrimental to the fight for our liberation, for several reasons.

So...🧵

Fish-Ins & Black/Native Solidarity in the 1960s Mariame Kaba's publication about Dick Gregory and Black/Native Solidarity in Civil Rights organizing in the 1960s.

After an ambitious print run of 2,000 copies, we are down to our last 70 copies of Mariame Kaba's Fish-Ins & Black/Native Solidarity in the 1960s, with illustrations by Jon Bailiff. Don't miss out! It's a beautiful booklet. @prisonculture.bsky.social. Just $7.00 from: halfletterpress.com/fish-ins/

WA ‘millionaires tax’ gains ground as Ferguson pledges signature Gov. Bob Ferguson and legislative Democrats reached a deal on a proposed income tax on people earning more than $1 million, clearing the way for a final vote.

Washington State looks set to tax millionaires, as the governor says he’ll sign legislation creating a new state income tax of 9.9% on people earning of over $1 million a year.

Washington currently doesn’t have a personal income tax.

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When Massachusetts passed a "millionaires tax" in 2023, conservatives claimed the rich would flee.

But two years later, they haven't — and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education.

A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.

Anthony Blinken says Israel tried to pressure Obama to bomb Iran, warning they’d do it with or without the U.S. Obama refused. Trump caved to the same tactic. Also worth noting: Obama’s name doesn’t appear in the Epstein tapes.

Iran’s people were facing a horrible shortage of water before the war began. If we are destroying desalination plants and setting fire to Teheran we are committing unfathomable crimes.

"hey girl!" change that shit back now or i'm going to shoot this computer with a gun

here's another thing i hate: when companies change their AI computer voice to be more "human". under no circumstances do I want that. i want every computer in my life to sound stilted and weird because it's a computer, not a person, and it is a violation of natural law for it to speak in our voice

$50,000, 1947, terra, it's all connected

lmao as if the congressional hearings for the Iran–Contra affair weren't being aired on every available television in the US at the time. ffs I was a little kid, and even I remember that

Me: "Are you aware of the intersection of Taco Bell and Literature?"

Writer: "Yes, I met you in Seattle, you offered me drugs, and you were the first person I told I was pregnant."

This is the way.

That the removal of a corporate tax break which would have cost the state $550M survives in this final income tax proposal is great news for everyday people of our state. As more Washingtonians make use of popular programs, we must continue pressing the issue of taxing corporate and personal wealth.

I've been having this conversation with friends and family for at least a year. America and our relationship with the world is about to be fundamentally changed, and I don't think most (white) Americans are going to be ready to not be centered the way we were before.

Trump is adding anti-trans provisions to SAVE America Act Trump appears to be using culture-war issues, which are popular among Republican voters, to increase the pressure on Republican lawmakers to back the bill.

🚨BREAKING: The White House confirmed Friday that President Donald Trump is pressing Congress to add new provisions targeting transgender people to the SAVE America Act — a sweeping anti-voting bill that could disenfranchise millions. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

"No, officer, it wasn't a fistfight, it was a kinetic conflict."