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‘Our children are wasting away before our eyes’: starvation deaths on the rise in Gaza as famine continues As aid trickles into Gaza, famine-related deaths keep rising. The Gaza Health Ministry warns that “mass death” will soon be seen among infants, as mothers feed them “water instead of baby formula.”

As aid trickles into Gaza, famine-related deaths keep rising. The Gaza Health Ministry warns that “mass death” will soon be seen among infants, as mothers feed them “water instead of baby formula.”

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#Palestine #Israel

I cannot believe that some of y'all are still stammering "but that's illegal".

I. Factual Background The facts presented below are drawn from the testimonies of four survivors: Mario, Monica, Kenia, and Jane Doe. These facts demonstrate systemic abuse at SLIPC. Forced Labor Targeting Transgender and LGBTQ+ People Assistant Warden Mr. Manuel Reyes ("AW Reyes") ran an unsanctioned 'night shift cleaning crew' between 8:00 pm and 6:00 am. This program was not reported in official records and targeted transgender and LGBTQ+ detained people. Mario, Monica, and Kenia were forced into hard manual labor without protective equipment. Tasks included stripping floors, painting, and exposure to industrial-strength chemicals, causing burns, respiratory distress, and lasting injuries. Sexual Assault, Harassment and Exploitation AW Reyes stalked, harassed, and assaulted detained people in camera 'blind spots.' Mario and Monica witnessed AW Reyes coercing sexual acts from others. Monica was groped and assaulted multiple times. AW Reyes also told him that he watched him shower on cameras. Kenia was harassed and threatened with retaliation when refusing to cooperate. Jane Doe was repeatedly stalked, groped, and coerced into performing oral sex under threat to her and her family.

The survivors' individual stories are detailed below: Monica (he/him); Transgender Man; Detained Since May 9, 2023 Monica has been detained by ICE continuously since on or about May 9, 2023. In late September 2023, AW Reyes approached Monica about joining a "cleaning crew" to work an "off the books night shift program," alongside another transgender man detained at SLIPC. That month, Monica began to perform hard manual labor at the instruction of AW Reyes. The "shifts" occurred late at night, between the hours of 8:00 pm and 6:00 am. Unlike the other work programs at SLIPC, these work shifts were not recorded in a formal log book or shift schedule. AW Reyes approached transgender people and masculine-presenting LGBTQ+ people to participate in this "program." Each person targeted by AW Reyes identified as transgender or LGBTQ+. AW Reyes would enter the housing units and wake up Monica and the others and bring them to do hard manual labor in various locations inside SLIPC. The "shifts" were randomized and Monica and the others did not have a designated schedule. AW Reyes would compensate them for their labor at times by adding $1/day into their commissary accounts. Other times, he would bring a trash bag full of commissary items and give them to Monica and the others. AW Reyes routinely entered the housing unit late at night, between two and three o'clock in the morning, while detained people were sleeping. He would walk around the unit while people were sleeping and take people's used underwear and sanitary pads from the housing unit. Monica witnessed him say to a detained woman walking to her bunk in her nightshirt, "Is that how your breasts bounce when you are fucking?" AW Reyes required Monica and others to perform hard manual labor without any personal protective equipment, resulting in significant health risks and physical injuries. Despite repeated requests, Monica and others were denied access to gloves, face shields, and steel-toed boots. In response to these…

A new complaint from ACLU and other human rights groups details how the warden at a Lousiana ICE facility created an unofficial “work program” of manual labor and sexual humiliation for trans men at the facility. This is very hard to read.

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The primary antidote to despair that I've found is getting engaged in local organizing and volunteering.

Find a group doing work you care about in your area - homeless advocacy and outreach, immigrant support, queer rights - and volunteer with them.

It's a tremendous counter to helpless despair.

While TERFs claim that men will pretend to be trans in order to assault women, men are pretending to be ICE agents in order to assault women.

(Real ICE agents also assault women)

Violence in the name of female purity, with zero concern for women's actual well-being are hallmarks of white supremacy

kamala harris jumping out a hole in the ground like bugs bunny "hey remember me? I'm transphobic too! I'M SPEAKING"

Signing up for the vaccine on the CVS website you just click a button near the end confirming you are eligible. OTOH this is a small thing but the amount of political capital it cost them to fuck w/ vaccine availability, and the largest corp in the business basically refuses to enforce

Sahar and her daughter sitting in front of a tray of sweets with a stick planted in the middle on fire, being used as a candle

Today is Sahars birthday. She didn't have any candles so she had to use a piece of wood. Im giving $20 for her birthday, can you match me? Can we give her something to celebrate? www.gofundme.com/f/donate-to-...

if people don't want to be remembered for their actions after their death, they should probably act better. hope this helps :)

Opinion: The RENTAL Act Guts Tenant Protections in D.C. Tenant rights are not expendable. The D.C. Council should protect TOPA and reject the RENTAL Act.

"But in the eyes of Mayor Muriel Bowser and the D.C. Council, TOPA is a burden on developers and delays the timeline of transactions. In other words, tenant rights are always expendable in the name of landlord profits."
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some friends and I did a little table read of the first couple chapters for wine eleven and are continuing next week

There is not one path to fascism and dictatorship. There are many. I'm begging you to learn about any history of fascism beyond Germany, and even if not willing to do that, to at least try and understand and analyze the current political moment more through its immediate USIAN conetxt

Apropos of nothing, here's a thread of some Charlie Kirk highlights

Newly Revealed FBI Document Confirms Collaboration Between DC Police and Discredited Far-Right Group Project Veritas - UNICORN RIOT Federal Prosecutor Jennifer Kerkhoff Muyskens and DC Police Detective Greggory Pemberton Conspired to Alter Key Video Evidence From Project Veritas Used to Prosecute More Than 200 Inauguration Day Pro...

MPD collaborating with right-wing groups? Who could have guessed?

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IRL anarchist culture beats social media anarchist culture any day.

A title page in handwriting-looking font saying: "A Letter To The Trans Teens Thinking About Giving Up // <3 // by Andy Izenson // #44 -- August 2025"

A screenshot of text reading: "Dear friend, Throughout all of human history, three things have always been true: 1. There are trans people. 2. There are boring assholes who try to make there not be trans people anymore. 3. They fail."

A screenshot of text reading: "I want you to know that whatever happens, there is a future for you, because there is a future for us. I don't know what that future is going to look like, but I know that you're not going to face any of it alone."

OK nerds, I have a challenge for you.

@tangledwilderness.bsky.social has just published my Letter to the Trans Teens Thinking About Giving Up as a zine. I want to see how many copies of it we can get into the hands of the people who need to read it, and I need YOUR help.

Here’s how to share sensitive leaks with the press Thinking about securely leaking information to news organizations? This guide will show you how.

this guide describes basic steps for minimizing potential risk when sharing sensitive information with a news organization.

“Don’t tell anyone about your leaking activities”

read about Tactics for minimizing risk here:

Decriminalization of sex work does not equal Decriminalization of sex trafficking.

That's like arguing that legalization of Marijuana also makes it legal to coerce someone into smuggling drugs.

Trafficking is trafficking

Sex work is sex work.

Star Trek The Next Generation scene and we're on 'da bridge, down near the laid back chairs where one would navigate the ship. But the bridge is EMPTY OF OTHERS except for Dr Crusher. Where is everyone? We'll never know. Back to Bev, she's standing in the first picture and then in the second frame sits in the chair looking puzzled and stressed, while red alert lights shine all around. Closed caption reads, "If there's nothing wrong with me... maybe there's something wrong with the universe."

Alt in picture one!

NEW—Earlier this evening agents from ICE/other fed agencies were outside Rhode Island Ave metro in DC asking people exiting the station for their IDs, per someone who experienced it. When the person presented their Real ID license, an agent said that wasn't sufficient. Luckily they had secondary ID.

Simply knowing about "jury nullification" is not enough. Prosecutors and judges will try to weed you out. Often you will be questioned or made to swear an oath.

It's not enough to tell people about jury nullification, you need to convey how to do so effectively. How to be prepared! 🧵

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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

Anyone who's tempted to cheer the state going after porn sites like XVideos should think twice. Uthmeier made a name for himself forcing the censorship of LGBTQ+ library books by calling them "patently pornographic" and "harmful to minors."

If he's coming after us, he's coming after you.

Title: Gender Census 2025. Text: If you can't easily put yourself into just one of these two boxes, you are invited to take part. Illustration: Two boxes, each with photos of relevant dictionary pages.

The 12th annual international Gender Census 2025 is now open until at least 30th August 2025!

survey.gendercensus.com

It's for anyone whose gender (or lack thereof) isn't described by the M/F binary. It's short and easy, and results are useful in academia, business and self-advocacy.

Please help an absolutely amazing girl out with affording FFS!!!

MOREOVER, ICE MUST BE DESTROYED

Israel’s military says airdrops of aid will begin in Gaza as hunger grows Israel's military says airdrops of aid will begin in Gaza, and humanitarian corridors will be established for United Nations convoys.

Today because of you your voices, your words, your cries in the streets, your protests and demonstrations you shattered the wall of silence. You broke the siege. You broke the hunger.

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this is getting next to no media attention and it’s horrifying. transphobes weren’t going to stop at bathrooms, no hormones for minors, they are going to keep pushing until it’s entirely illegal and no one is standing up for us other than trans people

Please help Mohammed's family! They need money to afford flour!