Peter Schurman

These settlements are part of an organized decades-long Israeli government land-theft policy. Mamdani is right to note that they violate international law, and that people in NYC are entitled to peacefully protest against these policies. 3/

Thank you

Crimes against peace: namely, planning, preparation, initiation or waging of a war of aggression, or a war in violation of international treaties, agreements or assurances, or participation in a common plan or conspiracy for the accomplishment of any of the foregoing;

it's common to think about the nuremberg tribunal as focused on war crimes & crimes against humanity. but especially when trump is using force on the seas & threatening it against venenzuela, it's worth remembering this: the first crime was aggressive use of force. www.un.org/en/genocidep...

Part 1: My Life Is a Lie How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America

Interesting piece, argues true poverty line is $140k. Worth a read.

“We have created a system where the only way to survive is to be destitute enough to qualify for aid, or rich enough to ignore the cost. Everyone in the middle is being cannibalized.”

www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...

The Structural Collapse: How Google’s Integrated Stack Is Dismantling the OpenAI Thesis A leaked internal memo reveals the tectonic shift reshaping artificial intelligence, where platform economics are defeating venture-backed innovation at the exact moment markets assumed the opposite.

Insightful

open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...

In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.

Partly because “settler” is such a disingenuously benign sounding word.

Some people seem to be under the impression that there is such a thing as nonviolent settlement of occupied territories and there is not

Sign at the US Military Academy at West Point:

Iconic photo from the DC rally yesterday. A lone soldier steps forward, draped in duty and defiance, carrying a flag that’s weathered, but not defeated.
We are the Resistance, we will not go quietly, we will not obey, we will not bow down to a dictator.

📸 @johnnypalmadessa

Sign for a "Friend" ad defaced with graffiti reading "AI doesn't care if you live or die."

Sign for a "Friend" ad defaced with graffiti reading "talk to humans"

Sign for a "Friend" ad defaced with graffiti reading "Fuck this!"

Sign for a "Friend" ad defaced with graffiti reading "you don't have to accept this future."

Yesterday my partner and I counted all the ads along Chicago's Brown Line for "Friend," a company selling an AI chatbot pendant, and tallied how many of those ads were defaced.

Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.

Hopefully unrelated, but there’s an amazing musician named Emancipator.

Ecocide. Gaza is overflowing with uncollected garbage as resources run out. Among the piles are missile fragments and shells from ongoing Israeli strikes, posing danger to residents, especially children. Families face destruction, neglect, and worsening conditions as they struggle to survive.

Lol

Oakland’s culture of apathy is costing us all City’s lack of responsiveness to its citizens – and apathy toward doing its job – has cost it and Oakland residents dearly.

Oakland is not alone in this: “lacks a city government that can consistently demonstrate the basic functions of responsible governance”

www.oaklandreport.org/p/20251122-o...

The stronger the narrative control needs to be, the more ethically indefensible the reality it is masking.

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New Jersey may stop paying federal taxes under new governor Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill said on a podcast with Jon Stewart it's a "great idea."

““If they’re not gonna run the programs, then what are we paying them for?” she said. “It’s like, you know, you’re paying us for a service and they’re not delivering. So let’s stop paying for it.”

👀 @mikiesherrill.bsky.social goes there …

Under Biden, General Erik Kurilla was closer to Israel than almost anyone else in government.
Under Trump, he delivered on Israeli + US hardliners' dream of joint US-Isr attacks on Iran.
Now he's joining the hawkish Washington Institute for Near East Policy to continue shaping US discourse & choices

"Gen X may be the first to need a universal basic income after late-career job loss... due to AI," per the Hill

What Epstein Reveals About Women's Inner Lives The initiation no one wants, and what could replace it

I want you to understand that the women around you are not okay. They are experiencing low-level ongoing stress and, for many, trauma triggers every day that Epstein is in the news. thegoldenhour.substack.com/p/what-epste...

Not wrong. Wish there was an alternative.

What Epstein Reveals About Women's Inner Lives The initiation no one wants, and what could replace it

And here’s a great post on similar & related points from @anya1anya.bsky.social

thegoldenhour.substack.com/p/what-epste...

Insightful. Especially the point on privilege and the importance of housecleaning across the board.

open.spotify.com/episode/7m7D...

Gaza’s Open Casket Disfigured by 200,000 tons of American bombs, the mountain of rubble called Gaza represents the open casket of Emmett Till, whose funeral forced the world

Just as Emmett Till’s open casket led to the Civil Rights Movement, Gaza’s open casket must sustain a Global Human Rights Movement to ensure laws against war crimes and genocide protect every human on this planet. Not doing so will disfigure humanity.
www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/20/g...

@buffywicks.bsky.social how about it?