ICE will get him. (( rhetorical question ))

It turns out that Russia occupying Ukrainian land is perfectly fine with Israel, who buys the stolen grain that Russia ships to them Difficult to get Israel to think it's wrong to cooperate with a violent and forced occupation when they do it themselves and it hasn't let to any serious consequences

The scientists will have to come up with some explanation. *PS: click through and you will find that the title actually includes "...even when disguised." The story was updated.

i just learned Ode To Joy is the Europe anthem also up until now i always thought it was just music not lyrics

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happy mothers day

Gotta love these little scripted vignettes that the Parliamentary politbureau issues periodically for public consumption.

A lot of the stuff in society is very hollowed out from any culture or history. Remember that "Mother's Day" was a lot about ending wars, but today how many people do you see saying anything about that? Commercialization and pop culture don't go well with actually having depth, meaning, continuity

gotta reach them before they go pro because how many soccer players are gonna boycott playing in USA for World Cup" and how many pro football players are ready to be the next Colin Kaepernick?

Too many people kept saying "I don't understand why anyone would vote for Trump" and then he won twice and it is a very big problem because people didn't figure it out. Oh and some of the people are still holding on to Kamala Harris "told-you-so" as unhealthy coping mechanisms; it doesn't help much

Everyone in the comments agrees with the faulty premise of the QT. I wonder why?

Reminder... Their idea is to tilt the elections. Their idea may work. If you want to discriminate against ideas because you don't think the ideas are legitimate, you sure aren't thinking outside of the box. Many people were left in the dust of history because their paradigms didn't work anymore.

@blacktivist aka "Woke Black" was a Russian psyop? Say it ain't so, Joe. How will we ever win against the disinfo when they use such appealing nomenclature? *Apparently "United Muslims of America" -who promoted Hillary Clinton supporting Sharia Law- was also Russian psyop, as were their opponents.

Vladimir Yarotsky, 41, has reportedly killed himself in prison after complaining of grueling night shifts, making him at least the 7th Russian political prisoner to die behind bars so far this year. His crime was "desecrating military symbols" by posting this Putin-penis joke on social media.

All the people that just want business as usual to not be up-ended by someone acting weird and making a scene. You need to see the background (the environment, as McLuhan would say), not just the centre of the story.

Another danger is how easily people think it isn't happening because they see lots of social media posts from people who are speaking out (primarily on social media, primarily to be heard by people who already agree with them) against the harms.

Application deadline for workshops and tables is tomorrow!

"But as the cost‑of‑living crisis worsens due to inflation and the chaos of capitalism, ... Liberals, social‑democrats and others, yet again, will have no interest in influencing events as they unfold. Their hands‑off approach has already contributed greatly to the growth of fascism."

Protest in Ottawa this Friday against the Canadian far-right fascist lean. "Canada Strong & Far-right Network" even has a speaker from Breitbart as part of their conference. The one they did in Vancouver previously had other fash media outlets sharing their strategies and work. Who will stop them?

#MustRead listening to, encouraging, & amplifying the voice of a generation growing up in the toxic atmosphere of 🍊💩👿. genX & millennials, we gotta do this & i'm grateful for @leahsottile.bsky.social & @sethcotlar.bsky.social work in the article below.

Protest in Ottawa this Friday against the Canadian far-right fascist lean. "Canada Strong & Far-right Network" even has a speaker from Breitbart as part of their conference. The one they did in Vancouver previously had other fash media outlets sharing their strategies and work. Who will stop them?

Grade 6-7 teacher got fired for doing a presentation to her class in support of the 'Freedom Convoy' and just got her job back 4 years later after an appeal. But if kids that old are "undisputedly emotionally overwhelmed" by such things, think of what they're exposed to on the internet on the daily

Released today in Canada: "Pizza Before We Die: An Eyewitness Account in Gaza" by Hassan Kanafani with Yasuko Thanh, published by @arsenalpulp.bsky.social Story of how it came to be: quillandquire.com/omni/a-chanc... @quillandquire.bsky.social

I did some querying of Grok back when I was on Twitter/X asking bout the expected deaths from cutting USAID, to second-check what I was reading, and it was clear it could result in over 1 million deaths a year. I think the quote below could accurately add in an "at least" in case it is more to date

My LSO Complaint: A Case for the Disbarment and Criminal Prosecution of Caryma Sa’d Complaint to the Law Society of Ontario regarding Caryma Sa’d #71430C elisahategan.substack.com/p/lso-compla...

Today is the 44th anniversary of the death of Bobby Sands. He was a hunger striker when the British refused to recognize the right to be treated as political prisoners. He was elected Member of Parliament for Fermanagh while in the Maze Prison. It should have shocked more of us.

May 5, 1981 – Bobby Sands dies in the Long Kesh prison hospital after 66 days of hunger-striking, aged 27.

"Tucker Carlson has spent his entire career running the same rhetorical move. He identifies a real, legitimate problem. He builds the reader’s trust through the diagnosis. Then he uses that trust to deliver an extremist payload," @parkermolloy.com writes on Tucker. www.readtpa.com/p/dont-fall-...

Do you know know Savanna? Has she positively impacted your life? If so, Savanna asks that you write a character letter on her behalf. Savanna needs as many letters as possible that testify to her character that can be submitted to the judge at sentencing.

In 2008, my spouse and I bought a house in Colorado through a program run through the USDA for low-income, first time buyers. We didn't have to make a down payment and our interest rate was 1%. The way that government program catapulted us into the middle class was ridiculous.

This is a CW story. Two Indigenous boys put in foster care under a couple of women, and basically tortured and starved until one died.

I'm not on Instagram but happened to see the "Favorite Users" summary this morning... IG sure seems to be a commercially-captured space.

Van Gogh's sunflowers, p2

Maybe the political project can be to acknowledge the grief of the person losing their farm and not immediately think it needs to be exploited for the Democratic Party*. *I assume that's where ‪@clarajeffery.bsky.social‬ wants to direct support, but maybe I'm mistaken. Dems are a con job too FWIW.

"Canada Strong & Free Network" is hosting a big gathering in Ottawa this week. With Canadian conservatives like Pierre Poilievre, Danielle Smith, Mike Harris, Heather Stefanson, Jason Kenney... From USA: Mike Pompeo, Pete Hoekstra, Matt Boyle (Breitbart), Americans for Tax Reform, etc(!) #cdnpoli

Anarchist trans prisoner Marius Mason is finally being released after seventeen of a twenty-two year sentence! To celebrate his release and help him land on his feet, we will give Marius $2 for every item sold at akpress.org in the month of May. You can also donate directly at supportmariusmason.org

I heard all his ballroom-advocates got caught for corruption and to resign; true story. Zelensky also has postponed elections.

We are at a train station for the town with the longest name in Wales.

HAPPY ANARCHY DAY! While you take time for yourself and celebrate surviving another year, let us remember all those who didn't survive or who otherwise faced the boot of state repression this last year... (art by @nobonzo.bsky.social)

Warning from early March: "A declaration of Israeli sovereignty in Judea and Samaria is justified and imminent, and Israelis will proudly defy any wicked censure that ensues." - CIJA's Israel Office Director, quite in tune with Israel government plans. He's also with two top Israeli thinktanks.

Just hit on the actual strategy of Trump, Bannon et al: flood the zone with bullshit so much that people will believe anything - or believe nothing, is the other option. Either way then they won't be much of an obstacle to implementing further agenda. And it seems to be at least partially successful

it would be funny if thousands of Irish people changed their email signoff today to ‘You know yourself what's at stake’ with no explanation

My brother shared this in the family whatsapp so coming to a work place near you the best email ever

"There was at least one incident where US soldiers looked away as two prisoners beat a German guard to death with a shovel. Another witnessed an inmate stomping on an SS trooper's face until "there wasn't much left." When the soldier said, "You've got a lot of hate in your heart," he simply nodded"

Going after disabled people seems quite fascist-adjacent. In Nazi Germany, the policy was to get rid of the "useless eaters."

In Ireland, we don’t say “I love you”, we say “Mo ghrá go deo” which means “I will love you for as long as it takes them to finish building the Children’s Hospital” and i think that’s beautiful

The Books From Below Collective has four days left to raise funds to open a radical bookshop and community space in Newcastle! We are so grateful to everyone who has supported but still have some way to go. Share or donate if you can! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/booksfromb...

I’ve shared this before (and donated myself, ofc) but I have lots of academic followers, including lots in the north east. Wouldn’t it be great to have a radical bookshop in Newcastle?

And while we're thinking, let's not only idealize the geniuses and the potential things they could be doing, but look at how many people aren't able to meaningfully participate in 'democracy' (even in so-called democratic societies) because of material conditions that keep them otherwise occupied.