Joyful Aroha

What has lightened my mood this Monday is also imagining Musk repeatedly coming back to that Oates post; reading and re-reading it, and knowing that he is just exactly who she describes: an amorphous lump of wealthy flesh, incapable of joy, connection or meaning

Amazon just sued one of the largest power companies in Oregon after it failed to power up two data center (one without enough power and one with no power at all) campuses that were meant to be ready *in 2021*. Sure hope this isn't an industry wide problem!
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Car blast near New Delhi's historic Red Fort kills at least 8 people, India's police say Police in India's capital say that a car explosion near New Delhi's historic Red Fort has killed at least eight people and injured 19 others.

Police in India's capital say that a car explosion near New Delhi's historic Red Fort has killed at least eight people and injured 19 others.

BBC reporting on transsexual issues had been captured by an interventionist specialist LGBTQ desk with extreme views that had led to a "constant drip-feed" of features "celebrating the trans experience without adequate balance or objectivity".

Says a lot of The Australian's world view that "celebrating trans experience" is "extreme" and needs a counterpoint apparently.

Chief of Police Response to Preliminary Injunction Involving Media at Protests Los Angeles: The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) remains firmly committed to upholding the most vital principle of our democracy: the right to a free press and an informed public. Protections for members of the media during First Amendment assemblies constitute a vital component of our policies and training and are a critical focus in our crowd management, intervention, and control strategies. The LAPD's policies and procedures are consistent with both state and federal law and have been modified since the protests in 2020 in a continued effort to improve the LAPD's efficiency in crowd management, protect all peaceful demonstrators, and ensure their ability to demonstrate lawfully are preserved and protected. However, when a peaceful demonstration is threatened by people intent on unlawful and violent behavior, the risk of harm to everyone involved increases substantially. In these moments, the LAPD must declare an unlawful assembly, and issue dispersal orders, to ensure the safety of the public and restore order. Recently, a preliminary injunction was issued that negatively affected the LAPD's ability to manage the complexities of unlawful assemblies and unruly crowds. These events are often volatile and can escalate rapidly. Individuals frequently carry dangerous weapons and use violent tactics to obstruct law enforcement operations. Amid these emotionally charged and hazardous conditions, our officers trained to the highest standards make every effort to identify duly authorized members of the media and support their constitutional right to report safely and freely. The LAPD has several key concerns with the injunction, including: • Ambiguity in defining "duly authorized" media personnel, which may allow individuals with ill intent who are not duly authorized media personnel to gain access to areas behind the officers' skirmish lines, increasin

• Uncertainty surrounding mutual aid operations, including the LAPD's potential liability for actions taken by partnering agencies that may operate under different protocols and tactical guidelines. • Setting an impossible standard for LAPD officers, and potentially holding the City in contempt and liable for financial sanctions for actions of LAPD officers that are lawful under both state and federal law, and appropriate for all other law enforcement agencies except the LAPD. While we remain committed to fostering professional and respectful relationships with our medi partners, and will comply with the injunction as required, its broad scope and ambiguous provisions may compromise officer safety, hinder effective crowd management, and negatively impact the wider community. For this reason, the LAPD fully supports the City Attorney's efforts to correct the problems created by the injunction. The LAPD remains committed to upholding the safety and constitutional rights of all Angelenos residents, demonstrators, officers, and legitimate members of the press without exception.

LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell released a statement about the dept’s opposition to the injunction that protects journalists at protests. Their biggest hang-up is not being able to freely use less-lethals on people to “de-escalate” protests.

Any psychiatrist/psychologist out here with a background or interest in EMDR?

These 8 useless Democratic Senators are all wealthy and have feathered themselves a lovely retirement nest.

They don't need to be in these positions anymore.

They can amble away into the privileged nothingness that defines their spinelessness and lack of courage.

Demand more and better, folks.

The fact these 8 went above Schumer means this Dem leader has no leadership any more.

Former Israeli military prosecutor Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, who resigned after leaking a video showing Israeli reservists raping a Palestinian detainee, attempted suicide early Sunday, Police Commissioner Danny Levy said. She was hospitalized after swallowing about 20 sleeping pills, amid growing political and media backlash, Times of Israel reported. Tomer-Yerushalmi, formerly the IDF’s top legal officer, admitted leaking footage from the Sde Teiman detention camp that appeared to show the beating and sexual assault of a detainee. She said she acted to expose the crimes under her office’s watch. The video’s release sparked national outrage, global condemnation, and criminal charges against the soldiers involved.

Former Israeli military prosecutor Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, who resigned after leaking a video showing Israeli reservists raping a Palestinian detainee, attempted suicide early Sunday, Police Commissioner Danny Levy said. She was hospitalized after swallowing about 20 sleeping pills, amid growing...

⭕️ Haaretz: Israel pours millions into AI-hasbara, conservative/church targeting, and U.S. influence ops

Haaretz has uncovered a network of multimillion-dollar contracts showing that Israel is attempting to rehabilitate its image among American conservatives through a vast propaganda campaign...

‘Calvin and Hobbes’ was prescient.

They really had ONE JOB

Democrats won't create the lasting change or tap into the rage of the majority with Schumer and Jeffries in the lead. Centrists won't get it done, no matter how the establishment wills it. The country has radically shifted. The last 10 years is your evidence.

good morning

I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time. Every day my phone buzzes. It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore. A friend a mile away sends a Slack message: she was at the scene when masked men assaulted and abducted two people on the street. A plumber working on my pipes is distraught, and I find out that two of his employees were kidnapped that morning. A week later it happens again. An email arrives. Agents with guns have chased a teacher into the school where she works. They did not have a warrant. They dragged her away, ignoring her and her colleagues’ pleas to show proof of her documentation. That evening I stand a few feet from the parents of Rayito de Sol and listen to them describe, with anguish, how good Ms. Diana was to their children. What it is like to have strangers with guns traumatize your kids. For a teacher to hide a three-year-old child for fear they might be killed. How their relatives will no longer leave the house. I hear the pain and fury in their voices, and I wonder who will be next. Understand what it is to pray in Chicago.

“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”

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suitcase was 4.5 pounds too heavy but I refuse to pay even one extraneous cent on bullshit like this so I spent fifteen minutes rejigging everything between my case, my carry-on and my own person, result was a case that weighs PRECISELY 22 pounds, eat SHIT, airline rules

Flying at 8000 feet today News Captain says flying at 8000 feet (!) Newark to Savannah today instead of 34000 because of air traffic control restrictions. Everyone has to say seated including flight attendants. Never in my 40 years in flying has this happened … wondering what the view will be 😀

Things are fine.

Claim: My uncle says Mamdani will abolish the entire NYPD. True: Your uncle does say that.

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Walking to the pool and look who l came across…

Parody of Times headline "Did Humans Going to Work Ruin Everything?" Dek: That wasn't enough wet food, I'm STARVING

Look I get publishing a broad spectrum of opinions but I already fed them this morning

yet another unsurprising person giving into the pull of unlimited saudi money lol

look at her face. make ellie happy, people

A cat is hiding on the closet, only his little cat head can be seen

he's lurking in the dark spaces of your closet. waiting. planning.

I had a run in with ICE snatching a man out of his car while walking my children to school this morning in NW DC

I asked a neighbor to continue walking my kids to school and I turned back to document and confront the ICE agents.

I am in contact with @dcmigrantmutualaid.org with the full video.

YouTube video by CNN Trump talks about unease at the sight of blood

Found it. Thanks.

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Trump standing looking indifferent while a man possibly dies next to him. A few bald men hold his legs up in the air as if he’s going to take a giant shit or give birth. Sure, maybe it’s to help the blood flow to his head faster. Either way, graphic reads “Trump care, concepts of a plan since 2015.”

New ad dropped:

What a queen

Dick Cheney's afterlife.