"Genocide by spreadsheet, the architecture of racial capitalism." @drstaceypatton.bsky.social

Still think those massive detention centers trump is building are only for non-documented people?

Yes, still very much a presence in DC. They diligently guard the Starbucks line at Union Station every day.

"As of mid-March, as many as 1 in 5 people in Lebanon have been displaced by Israeli military operations."

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People with a public platform who decry authoritarianism, make a living selling books and public appearances, but who remain silent on genocide are fraudsters. There's nothing more antidemocratic than genocide. Right, @timothysnyder.bsky.social? #NoKings

Statehood now. Freedcproject.org

50,000 children in Gaza have lost at least 1 limb. Israel and the US are responsible.

Hypocrisy of #vadems @kaine.senate.gov & @markwarner.bsky.social yet again wishing Eid al-Fitr while having ceaselessly funded US weapons to murder Palestinians for past 30 months is... no words

For the first time in 60 years, Palestinians are being barred from praying at Al Aqsa mosque, one of the holiest sites in Islam. This morning, Palestinians tried to pray Eid right outside and were brutally attacked by the Israeli Occupation Forces.

BREAKING: The White House is out with a new National Policy framework for AI. The proposal says: "States should not be permitted to regulate AI development." It also says that states shouldn't be able to penalize AI companies when people break the law with their models.

Passport, birth certificate, and any other ID fees are POLL TAXES if these docs are required for voter ID

Zionism and American hubris did this. Now beyond Gaza.

Flock "effectively ignored their request, while at the same time a sales team contacted them to try and sell them a new contract."

In 2.5 weeks weeks we-with Israel's help-have killed 1000 people in Lebanon. Formal numbers from Lebanese Health Ministry say that includes 79 women, 118 children, & at least 40 healthcare workers. Amnesty Int'l tells IOF stop targeting hospitals & ambulances. US media looks away, just like in Gaza

"To walk away from this system, is to speak the only language the system will ever understand." Omar El Akkad

Royer Perez-Jimenez was 19 years old. He died by suicide at 3am on March 16 at Glades County Detention Center in Florida. He is the 2nd person to die in ICE custody this week, the 13th this year, and the 42nd under Trump. 🧵

#vadems @beyer.house.gov @kaine.senate.gov @markwarner.bsky.social: Listen to the pope! No supplemental $2b for war. Universal healthcare now!

We're flooded but need to be more outraged by this.

Awful. A teenager, dead by suicide in an ICE detention center. There is now a crisis of suicide inside the detention system; I have never seen anything like it. Suicide has happened before, but they were very rare. This is the third or fourth this year.

ICE detention deaths are now occurring at a rate of roughly one every four days. Three weeks ago that rate was one every six days. The pace is accelerating, and Congress has not launched a single investigation.

Early voting on the redistricting referendum is open now! Vote YES at the Rockingham County Administration Building, 20 East Gay Street, Harrisonburg. Curbside voting is also available there for folks with disabilities.

Fragrant prunus mume blooming on a cold day in #Alexandria VA

The US is no longer a liberal democracy, according to the top global watchdog on freedom and democracy. We're falling fast, and are now classed the same as Guatemala, Colombia, and Peru www.v-dem.net/documents/75...

The war is burning through roughly $11,500 to $23,000 per second. per second! PER SECOND!

Ok. We faculty and grads lost the @vademocrats.bsky.social vote on Collective Bargaining, but their error (paid for by Univ Presidents) can be remedied by Gov. @abigailspanberger.com. Time to make more phone calls! @aaup.org @aaupmason.bsky.social @ucwva.bsky.social www.wvtf.org/news/2026-03...

Mulching. Notice a bare spot I am sure wasn't there yesterday. A big mound next to the bare spot. I smooth it out and unearth a fox's treasure buried last night, soaking wet from the brief monsoon-but-not-a-tornado #dmv #spring #foxes

"He had no criminal record, and ICE hadn’t put a warrant out for his arrest. The interaction was the first he’d had with any law enforcement group during his 13 years living in the US. Still, the ICE agents snapped his driver’s license in half and told him he wasn’t allowed to be in the country."

At a press conference in Havana, Dr. Carlos Martinez reports that cancer is the leading cause of death for Cuban children five and under. Due to the U.S. blockade, Cuba is denied access to life-saving medicine and resources produced by the U.S., despite its proximity to the island

National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent resigned effective 15 minutes ago, citing the decision to attack Iran as the reason.

#knitsky what's your favorite heel for toe-up socks? #socks #knitting

This week, four Milwaukee alders warned that a system like Flock—capable of “tracking movement patterns, identifying vehicles, and storing sensitive location data”—can be “weaponized against residents, including survivors of domestic violence, journalists, advocates, and everyday community members.”

DMV it's so jarring that spring peepers still peep under fascism, magnolias still bloom while we commit genocide

Protests erupt in Cuba as US restrictions spark food, energy shortages https://aje.news/g4ytuo

It was revealed last week that Trump got a $10 billion bribe for helping steal TikTok and give it to his right wing billionaire friends under the pretense of national security and it barely enjoyed a two hour news cycle

The National Weather Service issued a hazardous weather outlook for much of Central Maryland. Wind gusts could reach 80 mph and isolated tornadoes are possible. Severe weather will likely hit the state midafternoon. www.thebanner.com/community/cl...

🚨🚨🚨 Tornado Watch issued March 16 at 10:58AM EDT until March 16 at 7:00PM EDT by NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC 🚨🚨🚨 Additional Details Here.

Gas prices have spiked 27%, rising to $3.72 per gallon. This is the largest increase in 30 years.

EXCLUSIVE: Surveillance video obtained by an activist shows Liam Conejo Ramos and his father being taken to a detention center in Texas via a Delta Airlines flight, the morning after ICE allegedly used the boy as bait. gillianbrockell.com/video-proves...

"If this project is approved, the door of transparency that opened last month will most likely slam shut again, as data centers in an industrial site like this one are generally considered “by-right” developments not requiring public hearings or processes. So, this is likely our only opportunity"

so important to have local media coverage like this as communities work to DeFlock! But all the positive education on the issue is hurt by such misleading headlines. Can you spot it? Get @equalityalec.bsky.social's book Copaganda to brush up & spot it quickly #copaganda #deFlock #Harrisonburg

Why are some of the wealthiest technology companies in the world receiving Virginia’s largest tax break? The program began in 2009 as a small incentive expected to cost $1.5 million annually. It has since ballooned into a multi-billion-dollar giveaway.

Lord have mercy. Pray for war to cease & for peace 🙏🏼 “Death toll: More than 1,348 civilians in Iran have been killed since the start of the war, Iran’s representative to the UN told the Security Council on Wednesday... In Lebanon, officials said that nearly 800 people had been killed.” @nytimes.com

"Several local environmental groups are raising concerns about a possible land sale in Fairfax County they suspect could result in data center construction in Chantilly, Virginia."

STILL WARM! #dmvlife #lunch #Alexandria

Guns caused the loss of 40,150 souls in the US last year.

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