when did soldiers start being referred to as "war fighters" non stop?

@zackpolanski.bsky.social restoring faith in humanity as he capably bats down panicked partisan & media attacks over Green’s sensible & pragmatic approach to addressing the public health crisis resulting from the prohibition of toxic street drugs. Legalize & regulate. Harm Reduction Works.

"We've got all the evidence about how to address homelessness & substance use... the studies we need now are why do politicians not listen to evidence" - Dr Wiwcharuk paraphrasing Dr Urbanoski (2 smart cookies) @uviccisur.bsky.social @jodypaterson.bsky.social @dsdp.ca www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

Please spend 40 minutes listening to my brilliant friend and immigration rights attorney Jessica Zweng break down how the immigration and criminal justice system worked to kill Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a blind Rohingya refugee who was left to die in the cold. thelefthook.substack.com/p/how-the-sy...

The UK press & permanent political class are covering themselves in disgrace over the Greens by-election win. Since when is talking directly to minority communities in their own language & considering their priorities in politics somehow sinister? Failing to do so is political malpractice.

systemic assault of seniors in care facilities in canada. this is elder abuse. our system. cc @nolore.bsky.social

We went from the "peacekeeping nation" to the "defense industrial strategy nation" creating 150,000 military jobs and pretending it's an investment in our collective future? Like maybe it's just a more honest name but come onnnnnn there are 13 canadians who want this & they're politicians.

Everybody needs to know how to organize themselves, not just “the people.” Or, at least know everybody, including you and me, are part of “the people.”

seems obvs to me that mamdani gets far because of his charm. why do "male self improvement" types always focus on things like looksmaxxing instead of personalitymaxxing or charmmaxxing?

“A Political Philosophy of Self-Defense” www.bostonreview.net/articles/cha...

There aught to be more Cabralists

Amilcar Cabral said, “To have ideology is to know what you want in your own condition… We are not preoccupied with labels you see. We are occupied in the content of the thing, what we are doing, how we are doing it, what chances are we creating for realizing this aim.”

today's fun historical detail: Lemon's famous "What is to be Done" essay was named after a (then) 40 year old smash hit novel by Nikolay Chernyshevsky. imagine Luigi releasing an earth shattering political manifesto and calling it "Top Gun"

I think we protected our peace into widespread apathy and ignorance.

This is truly some of the meanest shit I’ve ever heard of and I firmly believe the intended this to end with his death The Rohingya have already survived one genocide, one driven by lies spread on Facebook. The horror show is now continuing here.

I guarantee you in two years you're going to hear about Larry Summers working at some prestigious institution and if you say anything about it they will be like HASN'T HE BEEN PUNISHED ENOUGH??????

"Today, the Brazilian Supreme Court announced that they had convicted the masterminds behind the assassination of socialist Rio de Janeiro City Councilwoman Marielle Franco guilty on all counts." massive news in Brazil today, writeup by @mikeelk.bsky.social paydayreport.com/rio-police-c...

Breaking: Former Harvard President Larry Summers will resign from his academic and faculty appointments at Harvard at the end of the academic year over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein He will also relinquish his University Professorship — Harvard's highest faculty distinction.

Republican Lawmakers' Bid to Execute Tennessee Abortion Patients Slammed as 'Christofascism' www.commondreams.org/news/tenness...

We were NOT being "hysterical" when we said for DECADES that banning abortion was the goal. I heard many people [white women in particular] tell me that this was "unlikely" and others were like "over my dead body." But here we are now. Roe which was insufficient is what died.

A whole $8M going to Cuba, the day after Canada upped its 4-year contribution to Ukraine to $25B.

The New York Rangers expect me, a woman, to come back and watch the rest of the season after I watched the people who run the organization and two of its players laugh at female athletes. I think I’m good on hockey for the rest of the season. It’s been, like, really ruined.

bring back shame (with material penalties)

In competitive authoritarianism (US right now) there's often a "loyal opposition" that's essential to the regime. They are so wedded to "decorum," they go along with rites & rituals that help regime prop up veneer of normalcy, undermining clear view of regimes actions & aims.

Today in #LaborHistory 2/24/1912: #police beat up #women & #children during #IWW led #BreadAndRoses textile #strike in Lawrence, #Massachusetts. 3 people died. 300 arrested. 2 IWW organizers framed for murder. #workingclass #massacre #policebrutality #murder #prison #union #solidarity

The President boasts of "no tax on tips", but this expires in 2028. He boasts of "no tax on overtime," but it is taxed, and the break expires in 2028. He boasts of "no tax on social security," but it is taxed, and his break expires in 2028. He also passed tax cuts for the rich. They're permanent.

Limiting healthcare to refugee claimants? The proposed Poilievre Typhoid Mary policy is a catastrophic own goal.

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Some of the most leftist people are formerly enlisted, because in a country where you sign up at 18 *because* you have limited other options for a decent life, only to be treated as disposable, neglected when you return traumatized, that shit is radicalizing. War is bad for everyone.

Let's anger some people. I say this as someone who's been called racial slurs all my life. A man with Tourette's Syndrome shouting racial slurs uncontrollably is NOT racist. It's not hate coming from his subconscious. It's his brain spitting out connections from media and culture. [1/5]

Yeah that really would be terrible if America were ever to become like Russia by invading & occupying another country. Thankfully America has always been a democracy, until now, so it has no history of invading & occupying other countries like Iraq, Vietnam, the Native territories of the Americas...

“According to the family, Bruno has a valid work authorization, SSN, and license—and a little girl undergoing cancer treatment,” Mr. Deluzio said. “Once again, we need answers to basic questions about why the Trump Administration is trying to remove him from the country.”

You should vaccinate your children.

You can list Keir Starmer's modest achievements all you like. But as he has actively alienated his own voters - on Gaza, protest rights, benefits, green policies, cruelty to immigrants etc - it makes no difference. It's not a mystery. When you tell people you hate them, they will hate you back.

this is an absolutely astonishing feat of independent journalism, top to bottom, and proves that the only way to truly fight billionaires is not being funded by them. just…read the whole thing.

is everyone ready for the eternal panopticon

"Francesca Albanese is a powerful voice for justice, which is why the Israel lobby is trying to silence her Israel lobby groups have spread doctored quotes by UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights Francesca Albanese to defame her.

If you’re interested in learning how disingenuous this is, read Reign of Terror by Spencer Ackerman and Fort Bragg Cartel by Seth Harp. Obama worked for 8 years to entrench and obscure the worst elements of the GWOT and DHS. He gave amnesty to torturers, deported millions, and promoted Tom Homan.

AM I SUPPOSED TO BE SUPRISED? IS THERE ANYONE OUT THERE WITH HALF A FUNCTIONING BRAINCELL AND A PULSE THAT'S SUPRISED?? fortune.com/2026/02/24/d...

and that, my fellow academics, is one reason not to hire war criminals: so they can't show up years post (their) war arguing in favor of the scaffolding behind their own atrocities with the imprimatur and status of your university

this is an amazing story and I strongly suggest that you read it

Brainwashing, 2026 edition. This paper shows how X's algorithmic feed shifts people's views rightwards. It's a sophisticated, highly effective form of reorientation. And it is utterly chilling. If you're still on that platform, unhook yourself now. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

For years we've seen an ongoing genocide. It's been backed by right wing papers, the US President and by this Labour Government.

essay by a guy whose entire media career has been built on hippie punching wondering why more people aren't helping the hippies topple the fascists

Winning applies a finish line, a conclusion. Does one ever really ‘win’ when playing an infinite game?

I will take the brave middle ground here and say (1) That's not really a traumatizing event (2) We probably should not encourage public urination in shared spaces (3) I don't think trash_panda97 is a good representative of "American leftism"

Toni Morrison said, "I have to sort of work it up to understand what people are talking about when they complain about what this person did or that person shouldn’t do... I only compete with myself, with my standards. How to do better the next time, how to work well.” Healthy self-absorption.