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Protesting Gaza War, Massive Crowds Shut down Tel Aviv, Storm TV Station, Call for General Strike Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Rubaie Sawaid, writing for the Israeli newspaper Arab 48, reports that on Saturday enormous crows demonstrated in Israel against the government’s plan to take over all of Gaza, demanding that the release of the remaining over two dozen Israeli hostages in the Strip be prioritized. He writes that the families […]

Protesting Gaza War, Massive Crowds Shut down Tel Aviv, Storm TV Station, Call for General Strike

russia's occupation of Ukrainian territory violates international law, but it's not just about land, it's also about people.

That is why Ukraine is fighting for freedom, justice and sovereignty.

#Ukraine #StandWithUkraine

Mo Salah is asking the right questions

Sign the petition: Stop all UK support for the Israeli military in Gaza I've signed a petition calling for Keir Starmer to end all UK military support in Israel.

We're launching an emergency petition to demand the UK stops arms sales, RAF flights, and military backing immediately.

For every 1,000 signatures, we’ll send a message straight to Keir Starmer. Let’s show him the public won’t stay silent while Gaza burns.

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There is just no precedent in recent world history of an advanced industrialized country sabotaging its own scientific establishment, and destroying the base of scientific knowledge necessary for basic policymaking. An avowedly, actively anti-knowledge regime.

Pete Hegseth shares a clip saying women shouldn’t have the right to vote, the 19th Amendment should be “repealed,” and women should “submit” to their husbands: “All of Christ for All of Life”

🇱🇻🇱🇹🇪🇪 The Baltic states warned they could be Putin’s next target and strongly opposed any pressure on Ukraine to give up land.

What if everyone had masked up? Analysis of app data has an answer Modelling study based on almost 250,000 positive COVID-19 tests in the United Kingdom shows that universal masking could have cut transmission markedly.

UK: What if everyone had masked up? Analysis of app data has the answer:
"Respirators would have dropped the rate of COVID transmission by an estimated factor of 9, compared with 0.6 for surgical masks. A factor of 9 is enough to put SARS-COV-2 into exponential decay!
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

A deadly shooting at the CDC shook its scientists. Now they want answers from RFK Jr. CDC Director Susan Monarez convened an online all-hands meeting of the agency division that focuses on vaccines, and employees called out Kennedy’s rhetoric specifically.

Exclusive: CDC Director Susan Monarez met with its vaccine-focused center to talk about yesterday’s shooting. I listened to a recording. Scientists and officials are shaken & pointing fingers at RFK Jr. Many said his vilification and misinfo turned them into targets. www.msnbc.com/opinion/anal...

the roads to hell are paved with individuals who thought they were doing the right thing

astronaut meme dot gif

*always has been*

The CEO of a a multi-trillion dollar company went to the White House, openly handed the US president a gift made of gold, and his company got a special exemption to tariffs the president has illegally imposed.

Also, the Founders took bribery so seriously the Constitution bans it 3 separate times.

Israel is to call up tens of thousands of reserve soldiers, Channel 13 reports.

The IRS Says Churches Can Now Endorse Candidates. That Could Give Texas Pastors More Power Than Ever. While the IRS move applies across the country, Texas — with more than 200 megachurches — will be the epicenter for pastors and congregations to test out their new influence, one expert said.

Texas is expected to be where IRS’ new stance on religious leaders endorsing candidates will matter most, one expert said. More than 200 megachurches call Texas home.
“Texas will be the epicenter for testing all these ideas out,” the expert said. propub.li/4op7E6F

Disney fears public backlash, copyright issues over AI ‘Moana’, ‘Tron’ Like all the movie studios, Disney is extremely into its live-action remakes of cartoons, ’cos god forbid they do something original. They’re doing a live-action version of the 2016 film Moana, sta…

Why Disney is worried about using AI to generate its Disney-branded products, also called films.

pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/05/d...

Advocates, tribal leaders fight to shut down Alligator Alcatraz - ICT Miccosukee people say the site in the Everglades where the detention center will be built was a historic campsite for their people and is just a few miles from their tribal citizens

"[T]he environmental impact that Alligator Alcatraz has is not going to just affect our generation, but all future generations."

The Miccosukee Tribe is "here to make sure that we protect South Florida for all future generations."
#Florida #USA #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing

Russian state media says that agreeing to meet with Trump in Alaska (which they call “Russian America”) is Putin’s goodwill gesture. In reality, the US president welcoming a genocidal authoritarian is an unwarranted freebie and encourages future attacks and invasions.

Wheelchair users are finally winning the right to repair State laws are forcing private equity–backed firms—which can make buyers wait months—to allow DIY fixes.

A growing number of states are passing laws that require companies to sell wheelchair parts to wheelchair users so they can fix it themselves or bring it to a mechanic to fix it for them.

My latest for @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

🔴 Russia carried out another wave of strikes across Ukraine, targeting Dnipro and Kharkiv region.

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IRS, White House clashed over immigrants’ data before tax chief was ousted The Trump administration’s move to push out IRS Commissioner Billy Long came after the agency said it couldn’t release some information on taxpayers suspected of being here illegally.

IRS clashed with the White House over using tax data to help locate suspected undocumented immigrants hours before Trump administration officials forced IRS Commissioner Billy Long from his post Friday, says @washingtonpost.com wapo.st/41C6QkP

Trump Plans to Send Immigrant Detainees to Notorious Louisiana Prison Once known as the bloodiest prison in the country, Angola is a maximum security facility with a dark history—and a popular prison rodeo.

Every racist & brutal system has been “laying about like a loaded weapon” (Korematsu, Justice Jackson) for a moment like this. Racism & inequality is the gateway. And it is the infrastructure that will hold up the worst of this authoritarian regime. GIFT LINK

www.wsj.com/us-news/ango...

New executive order puts all grants under political control All new funding on hold until Trump administration can cancel any previously funded grants.

New Trump rule for science funding: Individual grants "must, where applicable, demonstrably advance the President’s policy priorities." 🧪

#academicsky

arstechnica.com/science/2025...

really enjoy using OpenAI for the lolz and also the extra dopamine kick of likes but mostly i really enjoy that it’s a thirsty blood-beast that helps hasten the apocalypse

email from ChoiceLunch “Be the first to try Choicelunch AI Join the Beta”

got this today

like wtf need a machine to summarize and help select your kids meals for you …

goodness forbid anyone actually talk to each other or attempt to think for ourselves

2/ The surrender of the rest of Donetsk Oblast as the prerequisite of a ceasefire with no commitment to a final peace settlement ending the war would position Russian forces extremely well to renew their attacks on much more favorable terms...

Like seriously I haven’t seen ONE WORD about it on the internet in the months that’s been happenin and it kinda feels like it should be a big deal that the US gov is hijacking foreign TV networks to run racist propaganda?

Are we Mexicans really that invisible in the international space? Lol

Are Americans aware that down here in Mexico we’ve been getting bombarded for months with ads of Kristi Noem telling us to our face that we’re out welcome in the US, and that these ads even found their way into our national TV broadcasts

Because I feel like I have seen nobody mention it

but aren’t those colas?

one or two might be pop …

mattresses full of cash

As the piece notes, the PragerU propaganda is being used in schools in Louisiana, Florida, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Montana, Arizona, South Carolina and Idaho.

Check with your district to see if they're using this garbage to brainwash your kids.