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In case you've missed our multiple RTs lately: This is the @aftynbehn.bsky.social race. Election Day is December 2.

Many many ways to volunteer & donate through DCDP, TNDP, AftynForCongress.com.

This includes the contractors which I very much hope get absolutely deluged with people contacting them to express their opinion about this.

During the government shutdown, President Trump:
 
- Raised $250 million from billionaires for a ballroom
- Gave Qatar an Air Force facility in Idaho
- Doubled Argentina's bailout to $40 billion
 
What happened to America First?

Your reminder that "less-lethals" can still be quite lethal and the way ICE is repeatedly using them constitute human rights violations.

U.S. Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters | Climate Central Explore U.S. billion-dollar weather and climate disasters since 1980, including total costs, trends, and impacts.

Today, the U.S. faces one billion+ dollar climate/weather disaster on average every 2w. That's a massive increase from one every 4m in the 1980s.

This is 'global weirding' and people are taking notice!

The government told NOAA to stop tracking these events: but @climatecentral.org is on the job.

"Destruction of federal property is a federal crime-18 U.S. Code § 1361 defines it as willfully injuring or committing any depredation of U.S. gov't property-Damage exceeding $1k is a felony w/ a fine-up to 10 yrs in prison or both"

Meanwhile-took me forever to get permits to repaint my mailbox.

Things like this keep happening.

Oregonians, we need your help.

ICE activity is increasing in our communities. If you see something, report it to PIRC's hotline (1-888-622-1510) and get your phone out to record it.

BREAKING: UN inquiry finds Israel’s war on Gaza to be genocide aje.io/2h84g2

Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, says UN inquiry Commission’s 72-page legal analysis cites examples including scale of killings, aid blockages and forced displacement * Middle East crisis – live updates A UN commission of inquiry concluded on Tuesday that Israel had committed genocide in Gaza and that top Israeli officials including the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, had incited these acts. It cited examples of the scale of the killings, aid blockages, forced displacement and the destruction of a fertility clinic to back up its genocide finding, adding its voice to rights groups and others that have reached the same conclusion. Continue reading...

Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, says UN inquiry

Is this so Trump doesn’t have to pay Giuliani what he owes him?

Exclusive: Fistful of dollars and rice for Vietnam farmers displaced for $1.5 billion Trump golf club Vietnamese farmer Nguyen Thi Huong has slept poorly since authorities told her to vacate her farm for a Trump family-backed golf resort, offering just $3,200 and rice provisions in return.

www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

It uses 43.8 l/kWh and up to 9 l/kWh is lost to evaporation. So like a 20% loss.

Inside Elon Musk’s plan to rain SpaceX’s rocket debris over Hawaii’s pristine waters Texas has long been under threat from the launches and explosions of SpaceX rockets. Now Hawaii is emerging as another possible victim

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

I can think of 2 times when leading U.S. officials fled Washington in a panic:
August 1814:
British forces briefly capture the capital and set fire to government buildings.
July 2025:
Republicans fear they'll have to vote on the Epstein files, so they adjourn early and run for the hills.

How famine and starvation can affect Gazans for generations to come Research on WWII's Dutch “Hunger Winter” has terrifying implications for the region's children—and for their children.

Malnutrition during pregnancy can have lasting consequences not only for the future health of the child but for subsequent generations, research shows.

BREAKING Cambodia, Thailand exchange fire in fresh border clashes, says Cambodian ministry

'Slap in the face': Vet fumes as Afghan interpreter who saved his life faces deportation A former military officer who worked with a young Afghan interpreter in Afghanistan spoke out Wednesday about the Trump administration's immigration policies. Dewey Yopp, who is a retired Army Special Forces officer, told CBS News on Wednesday that he considers Amir, the interpreter he worked with, ...

A former military officer who worked with a young Afghan interpreter in Afghanistan spoke out Wednesday about the Trump administration's immigration policies.

Swiss People Volunteer Now and Timebank Lets Them Access Seniors Care Later They say time is currency and the Swiss have developed a creative way of incentivizing seniors care while addressing the shortage in seniors housing.

www.cbre.ca/insights/art...

Under the water with #infrared. I used my full spectrum camera in #Ikelite housing with a 720nm filter. Infrared light only penetrates a couple feet under water so I had to stay close to the surface. #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #fullspectrum #720hm #underwaterphotography #springs #bnw

Breaking news: The lawsuit against rightwing influencer Candace Owens is a rare case of a serving world leader personally suing an online influencer over their content. https://on.ft.com/3IGgi06

Trump’s Epstein Fiasco Takes Darker Turn as Dem Senator Drops New Bomb Ron Wyden has some ideas for Pam Bondi to pursue—if, that is, she’s genuinely interested in getting to the bottom of the Epstein scandal.

NEWS --> Sen Ron Wyden writes to Pam Bondi, urging DOJ to probe $1.5 billion in Epstein financial transactions that banks flagged for Treasury Dept. He lays out roadmap for DOJ to examine money flow related to sex trafficking. Challenges Bondi in new way.

Read here:
newrepublic.com/article/1982...

They are screaming our birth rate is down and now want a 72 hour work week. Having done 12 hours shifts, no way I would have kids with this work schedule.

File photo shows AFP journalist Youssef Hassouna posing for a picture in the Gaza Strip on January 8, 2024

With fuel prices exorbitant and road travel treacherous in war-battered Gaza, AFP video journalist Youssef Hassouna has to walk for hours in the searing heat every day to document the news: "This morning, I walked about a 25-kilometre round trip in search of information." ➡️ u.afp.com/Sgin

The plot against vaccines Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his allies have hit on a way to undermine immunization.

How exactly will RFK Jr. and his allies wreck the US's vaccine infrastructure? From sabotaging the federal vaccine court to attacking the supply system, this is the plot to make Kennedy's anti-vaccine crusade our national nightmare.

"If he gets what he asks for, I hope he lives to regret it.”

Calls to strip Zohran Mamdani's citizenship spark alarm about Trump weaponizing denaturalization Past administrations, including Obama's, have sought to denaturalize U.S. citizens, such as terrorists and Nazis. But advocates worry he could target political opponents.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

Republicans want to rename Kennedy Center’s opera house after Melania Trump House appropriators voted to make most of the Kennedy Center’s funding contingent on the name change in their markup of the fiscal 2026 Interior-Environment spending bill.

Republicans want to rename Kennedy Center’s opera house after Melania Trump.

The Eleanor Roosevelt Banned Book Awards. 2025 Bravery in Literature Award Honorees. October 11 at the Bardavon, Poughkeepsie, New York. Photos of recipients: Margaret Atwood, Malinda Lo, Becky Calzada, Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson, Matthew A Cherry and Vashti Harrison, John Green, and Juno Dawson. Keynote speaker: Jennifer Finney Boylan

Congratualtions to the recipients of the 2025 Eleanor Roosevelt Bannd Book Awards! 😍 Join the celebration on 10/11/25, during #BannedBooksWeek! w/ @penamerica.bsky.social @ftrf.bsky.social @ncacensorship.bsky.social @ncte.org @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social

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UN chief describes Gaza starvation as widespread 'horror show' ***

"United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said malnourishment is soaring and starvation is knocking on every door in Gaza, calling the enclave a 'horror show'.

72 people were killed [in Gaza] and 376 were wounded in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours."

🎁🔗 www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

A week after an Israeli bomb killed them, 12 members of a Gazan family lie under rubble ***

"A girl named Haya Arafat has been in Gaza City's Shifa Hospital since last Mon. Her face is swollen & covered in burns & she has a broken leg.

Her parents
all 3 brothers
grandfather
grandmother
aunt
uncle
&
4 cousins
were killed.

Aside from her aunt, all are still buried under the rubble."