Theodor Meron survived the Holocaust, found refuge in Israel, helped set up the ICC, then aged 93 indicted Benjamin Netanyahu for war crimes. He stands by his decision. www.thetimes.com/world/middle...

We call for a deescalation of tensions from both sides, the murderers and the people being murdered

Yup. Their agenda is 100% transphobia and manufacturing consent for endless covid infections and ableism

imagine if all that money had gone to teachers instead

Two Thursdays ago, when i was teaching Alice Wong's "Disabled Oracle Society," i taught this new crop of student about the myth of Cassandra, and how Apollo's curse wasn't just that no one listened to her, but that the more she tried to make people listen, the more hostile they got. So.

As someone who has spent over 35 years trying to explain that violence is inherent to policing only to have most people be OK with this, I could be excused if I decided to just give up. But I'm not. I knew we would be where we are today. I still think that we do not have to live like this.

At the end of the day, the Black Lives Matter era was about whether people should be killed in the street, and lots of people decided yeah and put those little blue flags on their cars. It spread to everyone because it stopped for no one.

Can people just fucking use their brains for one second. Getting benefits is so hard, pals. Being out of work is will put you unambiguously into poverty. The entire capitalist apparatus is geared towards punishing unemployed people and yet THEY STILL CAN'T WORK. I'm SO SICK of these ghouls

inescapable conclusion is we have no laws, just cops

i’ve had both cancer and ME. ME is far worse, mostly because there’s zero treatments and you’re doing it all on your own i would trade cancer for ME any day, in a heartbeat, without a second thought

This something I want people to understand. If you don’t get their names, they’re just gone. There’s no arrest record and the snatch-and-grabs can last seconds. People simply disappear and we can’t find out who they are or what happened to them.

Guys the people currently grabbing up power in the USA are part of a network that openly believes in "passive eugenics" so yes they are trying to kill everybody. They think the planet is overpopulated with "the wrong kinds of people"

Not surprising (but still shocking, horrifying) — he was a co-author of the Great Barrington Declaration to end Covid protections in pursuit of 'herd immunity'. There's a direct line between these people and deaths of millions. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_B...

Tell me again how this is inevitable. Say it to my face.

"Work with your hands" in what industry? Where?

no this can't be true because if it were we'd be seeing unprecedented levels of anxiety and depression and absenteeism in school kids

IMO the average CEO could be replaced by the word-salad machine and this does not change my mind

Man, I fucking love social media. I do. My feeds are full of people I love, people I admire, people doing interesting things, making art, making the world better, being funny, being kind. So many people, millions of people, creating new things every day, just for the joy of it. Amazing.

Oh we're doing threats now lmao

People don't really think through how the Nazis actively made it harder for Jews to leave The idea that all Americans are guaranteed any kind of freedom of movement, including boarding a flight, is quite the presumption at this point.

The future of work is changing. And we have to evolve with it or fall behind. That's why we're proud to introduce: Serfdom dot AI. Our platform allows SERFs (solo entrepreneur revenue facilitators) to rent affordable housing that they can subsidize by picking up work with Baron, our AI assistant

We are going into our 7th year of remote work and there are still people who don't consider hybrid options for trainings and get togethers. I genuinely don't understand what is happening in their brains.

Stay strong my friends, we can do this

Profits go down: We regret to announce that we have to destroy the world. Profits go up: We're delighted to announce that we have to destroy the world.

*frantically googling* moral arc bent wrong how to fix wikihow diy moral arc fix moral arc technician near me

A lot of people refer to 2020 as a time when a better world was glimpsed. The way people pulled together and supported each other, kept each other safe and fought for justice. People who still mask today are, in many ways, holding onto that vision. To call them doomers or dead-enders is just wrong

I would have sincerely reconsidered buying a flat if someone had sat me down and explained the sheer volume of physical mail it would entail. I am drowning in communications from the council. I am being harangued by letters. And it's never anything fun. It is always "we will be taking more money 🤗"

Brianna Ghey was targeted by classmates who knew her offline. Online, she made friends and a community, and was making content to help other trans kids like her. This is a grieving mother pushing for legislation that would have further isolated her trans child, that is supported by transphobes.

I never understand why people who tout their moderate and centrist credentials aren't directly asked about this.

Maybe Trump has a UTI, has anyone checked?

Thinking about the ICE detention centres brought to mind this poem, written by anti-apartheid poet Chris Van Wyk. poetscorner.blog/2022/07/19/i...

A group of queer people descended on me in the street outside a club after my ex-boyfriend had spent five minutes screaming at me. They gave me hugs and told me I was gorgeous and he looked like a clown and I shouldn't cry. They bought me a drink and we danced all night.

It should click for you how many who ask for mutual aid online are disabled. Disabled people are likely to be in poverty & isolation. Disability makes life under capitalism precarious. That’s why disability justice is intertwined with getting rid of capitalism & why mutual aid is disability justice.

‘It’s the continued existence of the normative state that lulls a population to sleep. It makes you discount the warnings of others. “Surely,” you say to yourself, “things aren’t that bad. My life is pretty much what it was.”’ www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o...

Maybe the most important thing I’ve learned over the past few years is that the solution to what looks like a collective action problem is to just start solving it. People will show up.

pulling this reflection on white silence/fear over here, too:

The Lebkuchen have disappeared from my local Tesco and taken my will to live with them

People with long covid are really suffering and need support. I’m so glad my friend could help her but folks, please understand how sick someone must be if they feel they must relinquish a pet.

A "piece" of broccoli, a "piece" of chicken and a tortilla. That "one other thing" better be the actual meal

I’m seeing lots of people on here misunderstand the purpose of ICE watch. It’s de-escalation. And it’s grounded in the social science of violence. 🧵

Right now, the wellness industry is largely accepted and surprisingly trusted. It thrives off of our broken healthcare system. You don’t get this kind of acceptance of junk science without deep, deep structural problems. But it’s chock full of grift.

Well!

There are lots of reasons to compare what is happening now to Nazi Germany and there are also lots of reasons to compare what is happening now to the post-1850 Fugitive Slave Act U.S. and it's *weird* how people respond with interest to the former but total confusion to the latter

If you watch the panorama tonight about pet owners paying extortionate amounts for healthcare for their furry loved ones, do bear in mind that it’s basically the American healthcare system but for animals and that it’s what our nhs would be replaced with if certain right wingers had their way.

White supremacist dating site profiles linked to Tory and Reform councillors: observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Do people see now? Do they see how the both-sidesing actually works? There is no middle ground, there never *was* middle ground. It starts off sounding "civil" and "reasonable" but if the underlying philosophy is one of power and domination it will ALWAYS lead to this.

@amyhupe.bsky.social further to your question about life advice: bsky.app/profile/baba...

if you are a woman with a chronic illness stop waiting for doctors to believe you and start fuckin lying. march right into that office and tell those assholes you've been trying to have a baby for 18 months but it isnt working , see if that doesn't change their tune