#OtD 3 Aug 2019 the El Paso mass shooting took place when an anti-immigrant gunman murdered 22 people and injured dozens more at a Walmart store in the predominantly Latine city, later telling police he wanted to kill as many "Mexicans" as possible.

Timeline cleanse: Insta video of Allen Dershowitz being told by Martha's Vineyard police to stop harassing vendors or be charged with trespassing after three different sellers refused him service. 1/3

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#OtD 2 Aug 1924 James Baldwin, gay African-American author and social critic was born. During the civil rights movement he played an active role in fighting racism, encouraging civil disobedience and taking part in demonstrations stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9166...

#OtD 2 Aug 1944 4000 Roma people in Auschwitz resisted being taken to the gas chambers. They armed themselves with sticks and crowbars, and barricaded the doors, women in particular fighting the SS with hands and nails. They were overcome and murdered stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9169...

“Both of them.”

i think the correct way to think about the lonely boy question is not "how do we reach out to incels?" but "how do we make sure that a teenage boy looking for romantic advice isn't flooded with right-wing propaganda?"

MEN AND BOYS! REVOLUTION BEGINS IN THE SINK! ONLY WHEN MEN TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR SHARE OF THE COOKING, THE CLEANING AND THE WASHING UP... ONLY THEN CAN THEY JOIN WITH WOMEN, AND TOGETHER BUILD A NEW WORLD!!!

end the male lonliness epidemic with this one weird trick!

#OtD 1 Aug 1917 Frank Little, a biracial white and Cherokee organiser for the @IWW was brutally murdered during a miners' strike in Butte, Montana. He was kidnapped from his boarding house, tied to the back of a car and dragged to death workingclasshistory.com/2018/05/23/w...

The Repressive, Authoritarian Soul of “Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends” Wilbert Awdry, who created Thomas the Tank Engine, disliked change, venerated order, and craved the administration of punishment.

Wilbert Awdry, who created Thomas the Tank Engine, disliked change, venerated order, and craved the administration of punishment.

Screenshot of a webpage showing books for $2.00 & under -- books pictured are The Hundred Secret Senses, "Don't Fall Off the Mountain", and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

Screenshot of a webpage showing books for $2.00 & under -- books pictured are Lost Boys, The God Project, Othello, The Girlfriend Project, The Great Snake Escape, and To Kill a Mockingbird

Screenshot of a webpage showing books for $2.00 & under -- books pictured are The Scorch Trials, BUZZ!, Ellie's Story, Deryni Checkmate, Blood and Gold, and Star Trek: Stargazer Book 2 - Progenitor.

Did you know we have SO MANY books listed on our website for $2.00 or less? Unlike other websites *cough cough* rhymes with Glamazon *cough* *cough*, our bargain books are NOT falling apart. Most of them are in G condition and will have some flaws, but nothing too serious -- and some are even VG.

For some reason, the thing that has me down is the news about the Bureau of Labor Statistics. I mean, today, anyway. I’m imagining Studs Terkel dusting off a notepad and putting his shoes on, to go back and do all this shit all over again.

I don’t even care if they’re bad for you at this point—just let me have them occasionally at the table, with the coffee. Please?

1/ Ever received a random text or DM from a stranger looking to befriend you?

Here's how a simple message could be a small piece of a global fraud machine that exploits some of the world's largest banks. THREAD 🧵

Federal agents handcuff and detain New York City mayoral candidate Brad Lander was taken into custody at an immigration court in Lower Manhattan.

Zohran Mamdani, who recently cross-endorsed with Lander, called for the comptroller’s immediate release. “This is fascism and all New Yorkers must speak in one voice,” said Mamdani.

THEM: how can you joke about Kristi Noem being hospitalized for having an allergic reaction

ME: easily

Can’t wait to read this!

Bleak. P

If you missed the northern lights, here's your chance: This time-lapse video shows how streaks of colorful light painted the night sky across parts of the U.S. as a geomagnetic storm made the aurora borealis visible. trib.al/uQhTWXE

San Diego neighborhood makes ICE agents retreat

I love her work so very much.

I didn’t know she had a new story! Finally, some good news.

#OtD 26 May 1970 Black auto worker Gary Thompson was killed at the Eldon Chrysler plant in Detroit due to inadequate safety. Workers went on wildcat strike the next day, partly organised by the League of Revolutionary Black Workers workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e61-...

I think a lot of people might think *both* of those are gross.

Mixed flowers on Mt Washburn

Somebody somewhere
Needs flowers tonight

His use of commas continues to baffle.

Pulitzer Prizes Public Service Winner: ProPublica. Image (right) displays headline that reads: Their States Banned Abortion. Doctors Now Say They Can't Give Women Potentially Lifesaving Care.

JUST IN: ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, which exposes the fatal consequences of abortion bans, has won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.

This is the second consecutive year we’ve been awarded this distinction and our eighth Pulitzer: www.propublica.org/series/life-...

#OtD 5 May 2024 the Israeli govt raided news organisation Al Jazeera and ordered them to shut down amidst a brutal invasion of Gaza. ‌Israeli forces had killed dozens of journalists in what the CPJ called “the deadliest period for journalists". More: stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1275...

Private equity behind 70% of large U.S. bankruptcies in the first quarter of 2025 The first quarter of 2025 saw a disproportionate number of large private equity bankruptcies. 7 out of 10 bankruptcies at companies with over $1 billion in liabilities were at companies owned by a…

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An illustration of an anthropomorphized cartoon version of the state of Michigan that is somehow also a book (the upper peninsula appears to be part of its bookmark). 'Hoppy' is striding purposefully to the right, presumably on his way to check out some of Michigan's fantastic indie bookstores.

We're also continuing two of our favorite traditions: we're part of the MI Book Hop again this year, and we're holding our annual $50 gift card raffle. No purchase is necessary to participate in the raffle. Info on the Book Hop is here: mibookhop.com