Rob

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ICE enforcement action leads to standoff, protester response at South Burlington house Dozens of protesters amassed at the Dorset Street scene, and state police said a federal judge had signed off on a criminal warrant for immigration authorities to enter the house.

"Roughly 100 protesters...have blocked the doors and are refusing leave...A growing crowd linked arms and formed a human chain around the building. People blew whistles, chanted “ICE out,” and directly confronted the ICE telling them to “get off the property.” www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2...

Nearly 4,000 US meatpacking workers to strike at plant run by top Trump donor Workers at JBS USA to strike Monday in what will be the first labor strike in the meatpacking industry in decades

Meatpacking plant workers in Colorado are set to strike on Monday in what would be the first and largest labor action to hit the industry in decades
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The Boys They Are A-Back in Town

The "Vern" to whom Ernest P. Worrell is speaking is Werner Herzog

Must read: xAI is poisoning Mississippi, captured via thermal imaging.

I know it feels like the day-to-day intensity of the ICE occupation in Minnesota has calmed down, but there are so many lagging problems that need solving, right as people’s attention goes elsewhere. Financial assistance, like help with rent, and legal help for the detained. These horrors persist.

mandating equality in public accommodations is so woke 1.0. woke 2.0 means mandating that every building accessible to the public have a John Waters Restroom (all gender)

Found this at work, think I'm going to keep it

Thinking about Walt Simonson's title card for the ALIEN comics adaptation

Key Details of 13-Year-Old Trump Accuser’s Accounts Are Verified The newly corroborated details suggest the woman was truthful about numerous aspects of her life.

There is apparently credible evidence that the president of the United States is a pedophile. The comforting phrase “accused him without evidence” no longer fits this situation, and journalists must resort to the more perfunctory “hasn’t been formally charged.” www.thedailybeast.com/key-details-...

How Montana tribes are using sovereignty to restore their waterways - High Country News The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribe’s approach to water management is helping to integrate sovereignty and conservation into water policy in Montana.

The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribe’s approach to water management is helping to integrate sovereignty and conservation into water policy in Montana.

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Fuzzy memories and hard facts: An SC accuser's claims against Epstein, Trump examined An alleged victim of Jeffrey Epstein gave FBI agents true accounts of her time growing up in SC. Claims she made about Donald Trump remain unsubstantiated.

Breaking: SC newspaper verifies portions of Trump accuser's story. Textbook journalism. Local journalism. Support your local news outlets. www.postandcourier.com/news/epstein...

In first, CIA acknowledges 1953 coup it backed to overthrow leader of Iran was undemocratic While other American officials have made similar remarks in the past, the acknowledgment by the CIA in a podcast about the agency’s history comes as much of its official history of the coup still rema...

I wonder what percentage of Americans knows that the CIA helped overthrow a democracy in Iran in 1953, installing a brutal dictator who tortured and murdered people. Republicans keep citing the 1979 Islamic Revolution as if that was the start of U.S.-Iran hostilities. Go back 26 years earlier.

Sally Rooney: "By standing in solidarity with Palestine, we are learning how to fight for life on earth"

Sally Rooney: "I would like to ask my fellow writers & artists.. not to dwell too exclusively on what we stand to lose. There is another more important side to the story. To join in something greater than ourselves, to participate in.. a struggle for human liberation"

international women’s day

I just like to remind folks every so often I've got a blog where I post pictures of paperbacks that I find (and even scans from my collection!). It's my side hobby to also find the names of artists for uncredited covers and share more neat art with others :)

paperbackpictures.tumblr.com

I think this deserves at least as much sustained attention from US media as Claudine Gay's dissertation

Happy international women's day

This is what young men need, this kind of attitude. Happy international women's day btw

Beshear: We are building affordable housing in rural America. It looks like the average utility bill for each of those houses is going to be about $50 a month because we’re using solar panels. We’re embracing different parts of green energy in Appalachia.

put trees everywhere I am no longer asking

It's been really nice crawling around inside the ventilation system and seeing you all through the vents at AWP

ART IS THE PROJECTION OF THAT IN US WHICH DOES GO ON RESPONDING

Adrienne Rich (all caps mine)

Rebecca Solnit Says the Left’s Next Hero Is Already Here

This happened. The print interview was edited in ways that feel very jumpy, but I got to say some things. Like: Maybe changing the world is more like caregiving than it is like war. Too many people still expect it to look like war. [and then there's a crazy jump-cut w/out transition.]

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez: “A country that always defends human rights and international law, like Spain, earns the respect of the entire world, as has happened in recent weeks.”

Sánchez: “You may have heard that Spain is alone. They’re the same people who said that when we recognized the State of Palestine, and then others followed.

“We are not alone — we are the first. Those who will end up alone are the ones defending the indefensible.”