I’ve just reinstalled Bluesky after a long pause. I uninstalled it because I was incessantly doomscrolling for days. I’ve put a time limit on it this time, hopefully it’ll be easier to engage in a healthy manner. So, who’s still talking about Gaza?

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I made my comment on the AI study from the US Copyright Office, and I kept it short. See reply

Today, I am pleased to announce I have a story in Rolling Stone! The piece is also cross-published with Important Context. SCOOP: America's largest charitable funds have been funneling money to anti-vaccine groups throughout the pandemic while claiming the donations do not represent their values.

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All, the U.S. just vetoed today's UN security resolution calling for a ceasefire: usun.usmission.gov/explanation-... So, here's what I want to encourage everyone to do. 1. Call your reps. Everyone. As much as possible, try and make it a call. Make the phones ring so much, the office can't operate.

While the war we are witnessing is between Hamas and Israel, the fight itself is far deeper than most people realize. This is why the far right pretending to be pro-Palestinian. Why pro-Israel liberals are watching Fox News. And on and on. My latest piece, an attempt to go deeper.

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I wrote about the a-la-carte-ification of news for DAME this month, and about how today's newslettering model mostly rewards pontification, aggregation, and right-wing outrage.

“Bombing hospitals is against international law. It is a war crime. It undermines medical neutrality and the 150 years old Geneva Conventions, and deprives a distressed local Palestinian community from access to healthcare…sending the message that nowhere is safe, not even inside a hospital.”

Cops in Minnesota are running a straight-up mafia protection racket targeting immigrant-owned businesses

The lack of water in Gaza is so serious that some hospital staff are resorting to drinking from IV bags according to a new report from the Washington Post.

When @beccastevens.bsky.social plays The Sims 4, she *means* it. She’ll yell at her computer and everything. Do partners of sports people live like this too?

i tried my hand at antipropaganda. a shopping list of impossible things: peace, safety, to live inside a loaf of bread, a wise goldfinch companion, for prayers to be answered. https://open.substack.com/pub/theswordandthesandwich/p/all-the-things-i-want?r=9ow&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

This is one of the most fascinating things I’ve learned in a long time

Palestinians living in Gaza are running out of clean water and will die from severe dehydration soon. - Gazans are barely urinating due to a lack of hydration. - Gazans are drinking water that is mixed with untreated wastewater and seawater. Read More:

If your employer has discouraged you from talking about Israel/Palestine, text me at 202-510-1268 (signal preferred). My DM is also open. I will protect your anonymity

MSF says that Gaza’s Al Awda Hospital has been given just two hours to evacuate. https://x.com/msf/status/1712886892885061811?s=46&t=149J1IumBWEOvfkiIau0_A

this is fascinating and terrifying https://time.com/6323387/misinformation-israel-hamas-war-essay/

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I mean, who didn't see this coming?

This week, I started paying attention to my feelings more. I thought it would be a gentle awakening to small movements of emotions. Then I became aware of what’s happening in Gaza, and how complicit the USA government is. The only words I can think of to put here is “rude awakening”

I just got this text. If you have the spoons, please show up.

Work today was an all day team building bottle episode. The news is full of Naxis and genocide. And I wonder why I’m exhausted…

This is genocide and it’s unacceptable. Palestinians and Israelis are being massacred because of an extremist Israeli government and a terrorist group funded by countries who won’t open their borders to save the very people they claim to fight for.

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There is no justification for this. None.

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Just finished Star Gate SG1. The last episode was garbage

I keep reading skeets from Jewish folks I follow about the hate they’ve received online following the atrocities happening in Gaza. Including from the left. It makes me feel terrible. I wish there was more I could do to directly help.

I think it's because the very core of science is to prove itself wrong. So it's not actually revisionist, it's evolutionary. And people don't think of history that way, which they probably should.

It is possible to think that the Israeli apartheid must end now, and that the bombing of Gaza is a war crime, and also think that Hamas indiscriminately murdering civilians is a war crime. It's not even a paradox or a logic puzzle, it's a basic consistent moral position.

About to get thrown out of here for obvious reasons

After lunch, we visited the STL Zoo, and saw lots of animals. It was a good time. Also, everyone should congratulate @beccastevens.bsky.social for going into the building with snakes.

"Trump and Trumpism dominate the Republican Party because he represents what the Republican Party wants to be. There is no “normal” for the party to return to." www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

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@beccastevens.bsky.social tried to be sneaky with a photo but I looked up in time

Scholastic asks, "Do you want to opt out of 'diverse' books at your school's next book fair?" Your participation in white supremacy has never been easier, just uncheck the 'diverse' books box– poof, no problems. 🙄

Here we go… I turned 37 today. I’ve got a lot of feelings about it — not about getting older, but about deserving good things. I currently don’t have a blog so I’m going to post here. More in a thread…