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Republican. Democrat.
Liberal. Conservative.

These terms feel useless in describing the current state of affairs.

The GOP has opposed gun control for decades. But Dems just ran for president on “the most lethal military in the world.”

Violence isn’t anomalous to our culture. It is the culture.

Most of my colleagues, too, follow the data and report what their findings indicate or show, however politically incorrect. A few examples: Race has some biological reality. Marriage reduces crime. So does hot-spot policing. Racism has been in decline. Phonics is essential to reading instruction. Trigger warnings can do more harm than good. Africans were active in the slave trade. Educational attainment is partly in the genes. Cracking down on drugs has benefits, and legalizing them has harms. Markets can make people fairer and more generous. For all the headlines, day-to-day life at Harvard consists of publishing ideas without fear or favor.

amazingly fucked up that the NYT is uncritically publishing the claim, “Race has some biological reality.”

that is, definitionally, racism. textbook.

YouTube video by fionaappleVEVO Fiona Apple - Pretrial (Let Her Go Home) (Official Music Video)

This Mother’s Day weekend, focus some of your attention on the mothers that so often get erased and forgotten by the system. Fiona Apple hit me hard with this one.

Trump is not the only threat to our lives. The duopoly that runs this country must be stopped. The democratic wing of that infamous group must also be stopped and exposed as the enemies of the people that they are.

YouTube video by 4a4b "Bella Ciao" - Italian Anti-Fascist Song (Rare Version)

Doing a May Day thread of various songs of liberation and resistance against tyranny. Will add to it throughout the day.

Let's start with an antifascist classic: youtu.be/cUAP-fE81zs?...

If you see value in making your events accessible—for disability justice, to resist fascist agendas, etc—but need masks, info, guidance, etc, look up your local mask bloc.

They provide free masks & tests, educate the public, exist worldwide, and anyone can join or start one. Give/get mutual aid:

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I think we should start doing things to rich people

Donate to Urgent Plea: 11 Lives, Help My Family Escape Gaza’s Horror, organized by Sanaa Abdalrahim Hello, my name is Sanaa Abdalrahim, and I live in Belgium alo… Sanaa Abdalrahim needs your support for Urgent Plea: 11 Lives, Help My Family Escape Gaza’s Horror

We’re just 329 away from reaching 11,000
Every cent you give is sent immediately to buy food, to keep my family alive another day.

Please, don’t scroll past this.
They haven’t eaten properly in days. Prices are insane. Aid is blocked.

It’s about survival.

Please donate or share.

Indeed I’m fearful. We aren’t testing much any more. We’re firing everyone in govt who can help and stripping funding from academic & industry scientists who can fill the gaps. H5N1 is a real threat & US policy puts us all at risk. Me & colleagues Kay Russo, Kamran Khan, & Keith Poulsen discuss👇🏻

This man is a eugenicist. His unhinged attacks and cockamamie theories on autistic people are incredibly dangerous.

A diverging bar chart showing that Democrats’ support for government restrictions on false info online has fallen since 2023.

Democrats are more likely than Republicans to support government restrictions on false information online, but the gap has narrowed since 2023. www.pewresearch.org/...

Hey, all, this is Palestinian embroidery, a counted-thread type similar to embroidery in Spain and Scandanavia. I’m at the limit of what I can donate, but if you show you donated at least $10 to @sharifabedullah.bsky.social ‘s awesome kids, I’ll send you a small (not this big!) embroidered keychain!

Air pollution graphics for central Paris between 2007 and 2023.

Air pollution has dropped significantly in #Paris in the last 15 years as a result of a deliberate strategy. Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social’s leadership has traded car space for green space, safe bike space, kid space.. and traded pollution for people.

Good trade.

Y'all, there are more options than brittle "just in time" capitalism built on massive exploitation and hyper-fascist closed border serf capitalism built on rabid nationalism. They're both really evil even if one's a lot louder about it.

It's important to remember that, especially right now.

Andrew Chen, co-founder of one of my favorite denim brands, 3sixteen, breaks down how the tariffs affect his company

IG 3sixteen

Many Children Among the 112+ Palestinians Killed over Past Day in Israel’s Escalating Gaza Attacks Israel has killed at least 112 Palestinians over the past day, including dozens of children and elders in three separate attacks on schools where hundreds of displaced families took shelter. In the de...

Israel has killed at least 112 Palestinians over the past day, including dozens of children and elders in three separate attacks on schools where hundreds of displaced families took shelter.

www.democracynow.org/2025/4/4/hea...

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights warns Israel’s total blockade of Gaza — now in its second month — has once again created famine conditions for some 2 million Palestinians relying on food aid.

DOJ directs prosecutors to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione 1 hour ago CAH CNN Gunman who killed 23 in racist attack at Texas Walmart offered plea deal to avoid death penalty

Huh, weird

It’s a Monty Python quote!

YouTube video by Manufacturing Intellect Edward Said interview (1994)

Listen to this 1994 interview with Edward Said and see how little has changed. If anything, what he warns about has come to pass and only gotten worse. He even said that the Israelis will seek to have all of southern Syria demilitarized.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAu-...

Revolutionary theory is the body of knowledge, analysis, and strategy that guides the struggle for liberation from systems of oppression and exploitation.
Part 3

Full Video:
www.youtube.com/live/h3Edf1e...

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MLS huggin Nwaneri to give him the energy of Pele for the rest of the game knowing he was going to play recklessly but poorly drawn.

Arsenal win 7-1 in the first leg against PSV

Israeli forces persist in conducting raids on the city of Nablus.

Are you bored tonight? Send your five accomplishments, maybe your shopping list, or your five thoughts on Elon from the past week to OPM at HR@opm.gov.

Israel Pushes New Atrocity Narrative Just As Ceasefire Deadline Approaches Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):

A new narrative is being aggressively pushed by Israel and its apologists to justify resuming the Gaza genocide, conveniently just as an important deadline for ceasefire negotiations draws near.

www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/israel-pus...

Useful Project 2025 tracker

www.project2025.observer