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It is Too Late to Feign Surprise For decades the world was warned about Gaza. It chose to wait until it was too late.

“For more than seventy-five years, credible voices have warned what would happen if these conditions endured. … the denial of justice will not produce peace. But it will produce despair, resistance, and, eventually it would lead us here, to mass atrocity.”

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Nearly a decade after Ottawa pledged safe drinking water for all First Nations, promise remains unfulfilled Despite massive spending, new water issues seem to be arising faster than they can be addressed with a total of 35 advisories currently in place

"Nearly a decade after Justin Trudeau promised safe drinking water for all First Nations, empty plastic bottles continue to pile up so high in Neskantaga First Nation that the community doesn’t know where to put them all." www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... #elxn45

The Long Emergency Guantánamo, Trump, and the System That Enabled Them

Responding to @ezraklein’s recent podcast situating the current crisis within a trajectory of institutional erosion. Drawing on Ackerman and Mishra, it argues that the Trump’s actions are logical outcomes of a system shaped by the War on Terror.
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What kind of mad fool sends out a survey asking I enjoyed my visit to the dentist?? 😬

The idea that the West “lost credibility” by not bombing Assad after the chemical attacks is absurd. Whatever credibility existed evaporated with the Iraq invasion, endless hypocrisy on Israel/Palestine, and abandoning Libya to chaos after Gaddafi’s fall etc etc. Selective memory is a real problem.

a cartoon character says tell them i hate them in front of a building ALT: a cartoon character says tell them i hate them in front of a building

I hope history remembers: this was how ****ed up we became BEFORE Trump took power for the second time.

These are the peak liberal elite institutions.

This is the American LEFT!

Just as I migrate to Bluesky, it's a great time to remind everyone to register for this exciting event!

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I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget

How Universities Cracked Down on Pro-Palestinian Activism Stricter rules and punishments over campus protests seem to be working. Universities have seen just under 950 protest events this semester, compared to 3,000 in the spring.

US universities: we love critical thinking and free expression…

Also US universities: you better not think *that* or express it!!

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"We are in the middle of a very violent decade."

@comfortero.bsky.social in @economist.com.

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Voices in Exile

A slightly updated version of the video explainer for our project, Voices in Exile. Learn more at voicesinexile.ca