HawtCocao

Abolish ICE

We’re only two months in, & they’re cancelling research into pediatric brain cancer. They’re deporting US kids with brain cancer. They’re putting millions at risk of malaria, TB, & polio.

I for one will never forgive or forget those who said ‘it won’t be that bad’.

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Trump Invokes Alien Enemies Act, Ignores Judicial Order to Stop Deportation Flights President Trump has invoked a controversial 18th-century law last used to justify the arrest and internment of 30,000 Japanese, German and Italian nationals during World War II, as part of his ongoing...

Trump Invokes Wartime Alien Enemies Act, Then Ignores Judicial Order to Turn Around Deportation Flights

Israel continues to block food and critical aid from entering Gaza.

Netanyahu’s intention is to “change the terms of the ceasefire negotiations” by starving the people of Gaza, says former executive director of Human Rights Watch @KenRoth.

Federal technology staffers resign rather than help Musk and DOGE More than 20 civil service employees resigned Tuesday from billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, saying they were refusing to use their technical expertise to “dis...

Federal technology staffers resign rather than help Musk and DOGE

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What you can do Revised and expanded

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One way misinformation spreads is innocent repetition. An example: what was the first antibiotic discovered? 🤔 If you answered penicillin...wrong. The first antibiotic was Salvarsan, or "arsphenamine", deployed for syphilis in the 1910s. Penicillin wasn't deployed for clinical use until 1941!🤯

Trump Threatens to Deport Pro-Palestinian International Student Protesters An executive order that purports to combat antisemitism on university campuses is likely to chill free speech and target students for pro-Palestine, antiwar and anti-racist views. The order, signed by...

"Fascism Is at the Door": Trump Threatens to Deport Pro-Palestinian International Student Protesters

Human Altitude xkcd.com/3039

Trump Inauguration to Bring in Record-Breaking $250M from Billionaires & Corporations The ultra-rich have donated a record-shattering amount of funds to the 2025 Trump-Vance Presidential Inaugural Committee, with contributions from major corporations like Apple, Chevron, Citigroup, Bank...

Breaking All Records, Trump's Inauguration Set to Bring in $250M from Billionaires & Corporations

Ground News - Supreme Court upholds law banning TikTok if it’s not sold by its Chinese parent company The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law requiring TikTok’s China-based parent company to divest from the app, teeing up a ban set to take effect on Sunday.

Supreme Court upholds law banning TikTok if it’s not sold by its Chinese parent company

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Well, it's official. Once again the U.S. government has decided that your personal freedoms are less important than "protecting" you(U.S. corporations) from foreign competition.

My deepest take, a rather new one, is that the specialization of modern society both creates and requires ignorance of... a lot.

It is impossible to know all the things, which means there's value in individuals knowing a lot about some things, and those individuals exploit knowledge gaps.

Vampirovibrio (arrow) is a predatory bacteria that preys on its food by attaching to the exterior (Chlorella algae here), puncturing the cell membrane and sucking out the contents, much like a vampire 🧛🏻‍♀️🩸

Wow, that really sucks...

Israel, Hamas ceasefire accord followed by airstrikes on Gaza, residents say Israel intensified strikes on Gaza hours after a ceasefire and hostage release deal was announced, residents and authorities in the Palestinian enclave said, and mediators sought to quell fighting ahead of the truce's start on Sunday.

Israeli cabinet delay approval of Gaza ceasefire deal, as strikes on enclave kill 77 - www.reuters.com/world/middle...