connease (sounds like connie+deniece)

Gaza Gov’t Media Office Says Israel Systematically Destroys Water Infrastructure The office says Israeli forces have destroyed 720 water wells, depriving more than 1.25 million people of clean water.

Israeli forces have deliberately destroyed 720 water wells, putting them out of service and depriving more than 1.25 million people of access to clean water.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Acting IRS commissioner to resign over deal to share immigrants’ tax data with ICE to help deport them, AP sources say.

Cover image of The Day God Saw Me As Black along with the TL Logo.

Our April book selection is The Day God Saw Me As Black by D. Danyelle Thomas. Read more from @connease.bsky.social about the book at our site and read along with us this month!

www.towardliberation.com/p/april-2025...

Thanks for sharing!

An Owl Named Ona Plus: Join Us Tonight with Andrea J. Ritchie!

Fun read from @connease.bsky.social about Ona the Owl and Ona Judge. www.towardliberation.com/p/an-owl-nam...

We’re excited to be welcoming @dreanyc123.bsky.social to our monthly book club discussion! Join us!

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There’s an owl outside my window at work. 🥰

Join us on Thursday, March 27th for a keynote lecture by University of Houston (@uh.edu) Professor Alan J. Dettlaff (@alandettlaff.bsky.social).

📅 Thursday, 27 March
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📍 Doelenzaal, University Library | Singel 425, Amsterdam
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THREAD. A little good news about the importance of civil rights lawyers, especially in times of rising authoritarianism.

THIS. This is the energy!!!!

"The left is losing because it is too left" motherfuckers, y'all been crawling to the right on your hands and knees for decades and all it got you is rug burns.

Thrilled to hear she has passed such a significant step on the road to freedom. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

And it’s Free Mechie until she comes home!

The latest from @connease.bsky.social is out now at Toward Liberation:

"What a Difference a Day Makes: On Boycotts, Word to Dinah Washington" (Link ⬇️)

What a Difference a Day Makes On Boycotts, Word to Dinah Washington

"What did we accomplish with the 24-hour boycott? Disruption. And that is no trifle. Admittedly, I haven't looked at any analysis. But crunching the numbers isn't the most crucial point. Not by far. What we disrupted was our default."

www.towardliberation.com/p/what-a-dif...

No, 150-Year-Olds Aren’t Collecting Social Security Benefits Elon Musk claims to have found rampant fraud in the Social Security Administration. There’s a much simpler explanation.

We'll say it again: No, 150-year-olds are not collecting Social Security benefits. #SOTU www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

Thinking Trump is stupid is the same as thinking the criminal legal system is broken.

47 knows exactly what he’s doing (mainly stealing) just like the system is DESIGNED to imprison poor Black & Brown people to maintain a permanent underclass for the racial capitalist project that is the US of A.

Donate to Support Black Women Organizers: Fund Spaces For Grace, organized by Leslie Mac How can you support Black Women organizers right now? Fund their heal… Leslie Mac needs your support for Support Black Women Organizers: Fund Spaces For Grace

As promised, I'm here with a direct effort to support Black Women Organizers. #SpacesForGrace is a Salon Series I have developed to provide much-needed support, rest, and respite for Black Women organizers. The GoFundMe Campaign has launched. We need your donations and support: gofund.me/aee6e784

There’s a major shift in U.S. cybersecurity policy. A recent CISA memo removed Russia from its list of priorities, focusing instead on China and local systems. Analysts were told not to track Russian cyber threats.

Praying the soul of this precious baby finds eternal peace and rest.

🥺😍🥰

I don’t have an opinion on this action but I do know that terminally online people who critique a given action w/o proposing some kind of alternative of where people should focus their energy do more harm than good. It’s cynical and dispiriting and it encourages people new to activism to disengage.

Palestinians Released by Israel Show Evidence of “Shocking” Torture, Neglect Israel is releasing prisoners with clothing printed with calls for Palestinians to be “destroyed,” reports say.

Prisoners were released wearing clothing printed with a biblical passage that calls for Palestinians to be “destroyed,” in what is a clear incitement of genocide, Euro-Med Monitor said.

Cover image of "Practicing New Worlds" along with the logo for Toward Liberation.

In my latest piece, I reflected on how the responses I received last year after sharing some thoughts on Palestinian liberation led me to delve deeper into Emergent Strategy.

www.towardliberation.com/p/on-fractal...

How To Be a Fighter When You Feel Like a Punching Bag Many of us are suffering from a kind of social atrophy.

My latest: "The more often we have experienced true helplessness, the more likely we are to feel powerless in situations where action is possible. And the more we freeze or flail in response to threats, the more deeply ingrained those responses become."

❤️ Viva bibliothèques!

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