🇺🇳 UN vs Trump’s “Board of Peace” UN Deputy Spokesperson said, “The Board of Peace has been authorized by the Security Council for its work on Gaza — strictly for that. We’re not talking about the wider operations or any of the aspects that have been in the media for the last several days...

I have not. Again, I highly discourage people from doing this. Try to imagine a scenario where pulling that trigger does not result in the destruction of many of your neighbors' lives: observers, residents, bystanders. You can't. As good as you might feel what comes after will be 100 times worse

An Inuit message of solidarity and support for our 🇬🇱 relatives from Inuit of Alaska and Canada ❤️ You are not alone. We love you and stand for your right to self-determine the future of your nunaat ✨️ #InuitNunaat #InuitNunangat #Greenland #KalaallitNunaat #KalaallitPigaat youtu.be/MeE8PHbLgfo?...

Nick Anderson @andertoon.bsky.social Support Nick at nickanderson.substack.com

Was es auch gab: Überschriften wie „Ausgerechnet Minneapolis wird nun erneut zum Symbol für ein zerrissenes Amerika“ („Welt“ mit Bezug darauf, dass auch George Floyd dort ermordet wurde) oder „Tödliche Schüsse, entzweites Land“ („Süddeutsche Zeitung“). (1/x) www.mdr.de/altpapier/da...

Bitte an alle Journos hierzulande, von der ARD-Hörfunk-Korrespondentin, die davon spricht, der Schütze solle im Krankenhaus behandelt worden sein, bis hin zu denen, die Trump und andere aus seinem Team zitieren - schaut Euch dieses Video/diese Analyse an und überlegt, wie Ihr formuliert.

For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies

🧵In my expert opinion as a researcher of vehicle ramming attacks, what has been publicly described in the video evidence does not support the claim that Renee Nicole Good was attempting a deliberate ramming attack when she was shot in Minneapolis on January 7, 2026. 1/7

We've analysed this video of the shooting of Renee Nicole Good yesterday in Minneapolis frame-by-frame to highlight the positioning of the gun and phone in the ICE agent's hands. Video: @minnesotareformer.com with annotations by Bellingcat

Given all of the activity around Russia and Ukraine, I’m re-posting my 2022 backgrounder titled “What’s All the Fuss About Ukraine?” Paywall removed. jennycohn1.medium.com/whats-all-th...

Published on January 7, 2021: "There is no way to overstate the significance of this moment, no way to ignore the power of the message that these events send to both the friends and the enemies of democracy, everywhere." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

President Trump wants more U.S. oil companies to "go in" to Venezuela. But there are economic, historical, and climate reasons that may not be easy. Here's what you need to know about oil in Venezuela. n.pr/4sp63PX

In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.

#BestOf2025, from @candicebernd.bsky.social: Approximately 40 crypto-mines are operating in the state in 2025, together consuming about 3,200 MWs, enough to power 800,000 homes. The 15 largest operations each consume more than 75 MWs of energy.

Nur noch 16 Tage. Es sind gerade mal knapp unter 7000 Unterschriften für die Petition gegen ein Register von Trans- und nichtbinären Personen. Das Quorum liegt bei 30.000. Bitte unterschreibt. Bitte Rehpost🦌💌! #trans #queer #register epetitionen.bundestag.de/petitionen/_...

Ausgebrannt ist der Bus der Stadtmission - hier könnt Ihr für einen neuen Bus spenden. Bitte RT www.berliner-stadtmission.de/spenden/onli...

Trans youth healthcare is based in decades of research and supported by every major medical organization in the US. Under RFK Jr, a handpicked panel produced a dodgy report claiming otherwise. It's a clear example of Kennedy's war on science. So why aren't news organizations treating it that way?

Zwischen Ungezogenheiten und würdeloser Kriecherei gibt es einen dritten Weg. Den der Menschlichkeit." Gute Nacht mit einem Zitat von Tucholsky, das nichts von seiner Wertigkeit verloren hat.

"Babies in the randomized, controlled trial will or will not receive the vaccine at birth... "It is a breach of scientific ethics to withhold an intervention that has been proven safe and effective." www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

A thoughtful piece on the Girl Guiding trans ban with some comments by me. tfn.scot/news/long-re...

There's not much left of the rule of law if organisations can be financially bullied into not asserting their legal rights. goodlaw.social/sb50

[trans people fired from all federal jobs] [trans people fired from all military jobs] [trans people fired from jobs everywhere] [cis people fired for being accused of being trans] [cis professors fired for mentioning trans people exist] [trans teacher fired for giving a bad grade to Nazi] liberal:

9. For more scientific and culturally competent ways of covering trans issues, reporters can consult the Trans Journalists Association’s Stylebook and Coverage Guide—a tool for newsrooms to bolster their coverage of trans people and the stories that affect them. styleguide.transjournalists.org

2. Following a contentious newsroom battle at the BBC over allegations of political bias, it seems the media empire has given way to transphobic rhetoric—canonizing anti-trans talking points in one of the world’s most influential news outlets.

1. It would appear that in recent reporting, the BBC is now using the phrase "biological male who identifies as a woman" when they mean to talk about a transgender woman. This is an incredibly demeaning way to talk about transgender women in news pieces. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid!

Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays: Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink. If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business. Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.

So I was invited to accept an award for "imagination in service to society." This forced me to think a bit about what "imagination," "service" and "society" mean to me. Here's the speech I delivered last night: buttondown.com/charliejane/...

"Dominiert werden die Aufmärsche nach wie vor von gewaltbereiten sehr jungen rechtsextremen Teilnehmenden, die sich in volatilen digitalen Gruppenstrukturen miteinander vernetzen und radikalisieren."

Giving Jane the final word here. She got it!

Today is #LGBTQinSTEMDay 🌈 ESA proudly joins the STEM community in celebrating the unique contributions of LGBTQ+ individuals. The Pride Flag will fly across ESA sites as a reminder of how far we’ve come, and how much more there is to do. #SpaceForAll

This piece was greenlit and then killed by a British newspaper, so I’ve decided to publish myself instead. Trans People Deserve Better. "Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right open.substack.com/pub/wellread...

British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo #ShareGoodNewsToo

From last year, but evergreen, our package of essays from prominent trans people on why they're not giving up. www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

In China hat man erkannt / anerkannt / beschlossen, dass Klimaschutz einen positiven Business Case hat. Also wird's gemacht ...

Now, give the man his mouth harp back. (Wonder about "The Band".) Anyway - Like.

Never forget: At breakneck speed we are leaving the stable Holocene climate in which human society developed and thrived. Weather extremes are outside historical experience. Sea-level rise is accelerating. Dangerous tipping points are ahead. Graph: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...

In der kommenden Woche treffen sich in Berlin die Regierungschefs von Deutschland & Frankreich mit der EU-Kommission zu einem Souveränitätsgipfel. Ein zivilgesellschaftliches Bündnis stellt 4 Forderungen auf, um mit offenen sozialen Netzwerken unabhängiger zu werden. netzpolitik.org/2025/digital...

Nun, auch wenn es in Deutschland einige dieser Rechte gibt, so wird doch gerne dran geknabbert. (Siehe kürzlich die Schaffung von neuen "Listen", die erst via Bundesrat gekippt wurde.) Die DIskussion und Sichtbarkeit in der Diskussion ist auch bei uns wichtig. Blick in die Schweiz: Cool!

Critical thinking skills are essential for resisting harmful disinformation and countering hate and bias. #RefuseHate It's on us all to introduce media literacy concepts to children and young people. Revisit #LearningForJustice's resource to learn how you can help 🔗: https://bit.ly/3SmUzfg

Friend and colleague Ryan McGrady has an excellent piece in Tech Policy Press on Grokipedia. Rather than excoriating the new project for Elon worship (true, but hardly interesting), he looks into how Grokipedia redefines sources for encyclopedic knowledge: www.techpolicy.press/with-grokipe...

The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Finally, some politicians dare to punch through the mist and lay out real world consequences beyond harming trans people. It's becoming recognised as a money issue -domestically and in international competition - and as an issue of intra-company peace (i.e. danger to productivity) Listen, anybody?

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning: www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion. As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

Why has Dominion Voting Systems been settling defamation lawsuits with Trump allies who falsely claimed the company stole the 2020 election? Because Dominion has just been bought by a company run by a former GOP election official. Be warned.

Rutgers Professor @mark-bray.bsky.social, who studies & writes about Antifascism,Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats By the time he & his family reached the gate, their tickets were cancelled. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n... flagrantly & appallingly lawless. Hope he & his family are ok.

7/ 🔗 Read the full UN experts’ statement on ‘Reaffirming the Centrality of Gender as a Tool for Advancing Equality and All Human Rights’: www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...

🧵 🌍❗ #Humanrights beyond binaries 📝 In a #jointstatement, 47 United Nations Special Procedures mandate holders reaffirm the universality of human rights by reminding us that gender equality measures must include the experiences of #trans and gender diverse people.

Very well put. Worth a share or two. m.youtube.com/watch?v=MclD...