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Guardian reporter in Los Angeles.
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https://www.theguardian.com/profile/lois-beckett
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Charlottesville finally took down its Confederate monuments in 2021. The statue of Robert E. Lee was melted down. The statue of Stonewall Jackson was given to artist Kara Walker. This is what she did with it:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Breathtaking, unsettling, healing: a new exhibit by Black US artists transforms Confederate monuments
The sweeping exhibition Monuments opens in Los Angeles on 23 October and is on view through May
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/17/los-angeles-confederate-monuments
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Andrea Pitzer
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Still thinking about "Unmanned Drone" by Kara Walker, made out of a decommissioned statue of Stonewall Jackson. Going to be thinking about it for years. My god.
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Breathtaking, unsettling, healing: how US artist Kara Walker transformed a Confederate monument
The sweeping exhibition Monuments, which features 19 contemporary artists, opens in LA on 23 October
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/17/los-angeles-confederate-monuments
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Jon Passantino
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The first look at the scale of Disney backlash after it suspended Kimmel. Wow>> āAntenna estimated a total of 3 million cancellations for Disney+ and 4.1 million for Hulu in September. Both of those figures far exceeded the trailing three-month averages for the servicesā
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Customers Ditched Disney+, Hulu After Kimmel Suspension
Cancellation rates for both Disneyās streaming services doubled in September from a month earlier.
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/customers-ditched-disney-hulu-after-kimmel-suspension-9887d648?st=nSaHd7&reflink=article_copyURL_share
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Kahlil Robert Irving's meticulous bronze replica of the streets of Ferguson. A beclowned statute of a Confederal naval commander, Matthew Fontaine Maury:
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MONUMENTS, an exhibit featuring decommissioned Confederate monuments paired with work by contemporary Black artists, opens in Los Angeles next week. This is Karon Davis' Descendants (2025), showing her son, Moses, holding a squirming replica Confederate general
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In 2021, a violently contested statue of Robert E. Lee was finally taken down from its pedestal in Charlottesville. In 2023, it was melted down into bronze ingots. Its remnants are now are on display in Los Angeles, in a new exhibit called MONUMENTS:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Tsenacommacah Chamber of Commerce
20 days ago
The one of Jeff Davis is exhibited exactly as it lay after being toppled by Richmonders in the summer of 2020, paint and all. Personally, itās one of the most impactful exhibits at the Valentine and Iām glad more people get to experience it.
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In 2021, a violently contested statue of Robert E. Lee was finally taken down from its pedestal in Charlottesville. In 2023, it was melted down into bronze ingots. Its remnants are now are on display in Los Angeles, in a new exhibit called MONUMENTS:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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MONUMENTS, an exhibit featuring decommissioned Confederate monuments paired with work by contemporary Black artists, opens in Los Angeles next week. This is Karon Davis' Descendants (2025), showing her son, Moses, holding a squirming replica Confederate general
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Nicole Foy
20 days ago
Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents. I did it because the government isnāt. This is what I found.
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My Fatherās Daughter
20 days ago
ā āWho heals a wound that continually opens itself?ā- Kara Walker
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Breathtaking, unsettling, healing: how US artist Kara Walker transformed a Confederate monument
The sweeping exhibition Monuments, which features 19 contemporary artists, opens in LA on 23 October
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/17/los-angeles-confederate-monuments
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Kevin M. Levin
21 days ago
"Artist Karon Davis used her son, Moses, as the model for this sculpture of a young Black man holding a statue of a Confederate general by his horseās tail. Descendants (2025)"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Charlottesville finally took down its Confederate monuments in 2021. The statue of Robert E. Lee was melted down. The statue of Stonewall Jackson was given to artist Kara Walker. This is what she did with it:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Breathtaking, unsettling, healing: a new exhibit by Black US artists transforms Confederate monuments
The sweeping exhibition Monuments opens in Los Angeles on 23 October and is on view through May
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/17/los-angeles-confederate-monuments
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Charlottesvilleās monuments, transformed, are on display in major LA exhibition. From
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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Breathtaking, unsettling, healing: a new exhibit by Black US artists transforms Confederate monuments
The sweeping exhibition Monuments opens in Los Angeles on 23 October and is on view through May
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/17/los-angeles-confederate-monuments?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Prisonculture
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My birthday is Sunday and for as long as I can remember I have used that occasion to raise needed funds for a project, organization or person. This year is no different. I have a goal of raising $5000 by 10/20 for EvLovesNYC
@evlovesnyc.bsky.social
- If you can & want to, please support this project
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EVLovesNYC - Non Profit Helping New Yorkers in Need
EVLovesNYC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit providing food & resources in NYC. Over 340,000 Meals provided & working with 75+ partner organizations.
https://www.evloves.nyc/
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There's plenty of complexity to the story of Ian Roberts, the Black Iowa superintendent arrested by ICE. But the way the
@nytimes.com
chose to frame this article is racist and shameful.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/u...
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The Superintendentās Bio Seemed Too Good to Be True. It Was.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/us/des-moines-iowa-superintendent-ian-roberts-immigration-ice.html
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"The contest has included levels of on-camera drama that surpass even those of the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City." I covered Fat Bear Week victor "32 Chunk"--a brutal villain from previous seasons who finally found his redemption arc:
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āDominant on the riverā: 32 Chunk crowned champion in ābiggest Fat Bear Week yetā
Brown bearās nearly 100,000 votes leads him to victory despite suffering for most of season with broken jaw
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/30/fat-bear-week-winner-32-chunk
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Signe Dean
about 1 month ago
My favourite genre of journalism is mainstream outlets writing measured, comprehensive reports in the same manner they would write any other report, but the subject is utterly whimsical
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āDominant on the riverā: 32 Chunk crowned champion in ābiggest Fat Bear Week yetā
Brown bearās nearly 100,000 votes leads him to victory despite suffering for most of season with broken jaw
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/30/fat-bear-week-winner-32-chunk
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Tyler Kingkade
about 2 months ago
NEW: I tracked three dozen teachers, professors and other school staff who've been forced from their job or stepped away due to their comments on Charlie Kirk and his killing Republican lawmakers are increasingly getting involved, pushing for firings
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Teachers' punishment for social media posts on Charlie Kirk's death prompts free speech debate
More than three dozen professors, teachers and school staffers have left or been removed over allegations they made disparaging or mocking comments about Charlie Kirk.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/charlie-kirk-teachers-fired-social-media-posts-punished-free-speech-rcna227968
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Shannon Bond
about 2 months ago
we wrote about this WH tactic recently. theyāre asking journalists for expert source names and then using them to look up political donations in FEC records to try to discredit those sources as biased.
www.npr.org/2025/08/18/n...
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"I wondered if, in person, a SeaWorld performance might feel more like a farce, or even a tragedy. What I did not expect was that Ginuwineās SeaWorld concert would turn out to be a masterclass in ageing gracefully."
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āRide it, my orcaā: my strange, sexy day at the Ginuwine SeaWorld concert
The R&B starās unlikely set during SeaWorldās āviralā summer shows became a stylish lesson in how to age as a performer with dignity
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/24/ginuwine-seaworld-performance
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RenƩe Reizman
2 months ago
Another hit by
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āRide it, my orcaā: my strange, sexy day at the Ginuwine SeaWorld concert
The R&B starās unlikely set during SeaWorldās āviralā summer shows became a stylish lesson in how to age as a performer with dignity
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/24/ginuwine-seaworld-performance
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Jeff Asher
3 months ago
This
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poll is why I'm going to become the Joker. The US murder rate in 2024 was likely down nearly 30 percent relative to 2020 and down nearly 50 percent relative to 1990.
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Debbie Moon
3 months ago
"He also called the diner āa shiny beacon of hope in an otherwise sort-of bleak urban landscapeā. (It is located on Santa Monica Boulevard, in a neighborhood full of high-end art galleries.)" Honestly...
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Elon Musk opened a diner in Hollywood. What could go wrong? I went to find out
The tech billionaireās āretro-futuristicā drive-in and Tesla charging station has long lines, plenty of glitches ā and adoring fans
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/26/elon-musk-tesla-diner-hollywood
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Anna Merlan
3 months ago
āThe generic-brand cola tasted cheap and was served with a woke bamboo straw.ā
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Elon Musk opened a diner in Hollywood. What could go wrong? I went to find out
The tech billionaireās āretro-futuristicā drive-in and Tesla charging station has long lines, plenty of glitches ā and adoring fans
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/26/elon-musk-tesla-diner-hollywood
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āRetro-futurismā, in this case, seemed to mean gorgeous, Tesla-inspired, mid-century modern architecture coupled with wait times that would shutter an ordinary McDonaldās. I visited Elon Musk's new Hollywood diner:
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Elon Musk opened a diner in Hollywood. What could go wrong? I went to find out
The tech billionaireās āretro-futuristicā drive-in and Tesla charging station has long lines, plenty of glitches ā and adoring fans
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/26/elon-musk-tesla-diner-hollywood
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Oliver Laughland
3 months ago
āA waffle, branded with the Tesla lightning bolt, was cold. The heap of kale was only partially dressed. The generic-brand cola tasted cheap. But the food came in elaborate Cybertruck boxes ā and they were, to be honest, delightful.
@loisbeckett.bsky.social
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Elon Musk opened a diner in Hollywood. What could go wrong? I went to find out
The tech billionaireās āretro-futuristicā drive-in and Tesla charging station has long lines, plenty of glitches ā and adoring fans
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/26/elon-musk-tesla-diner-hollywood?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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"Earth is being slowly dehydrated by the unmitigated mining of groundwater, which underlies vast proportions of every continent." Terrifying @propublica interactive by
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www.propublica.org/article/wate...
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āStaggeringā Water Loss Driven by Groundwater Mining Poses Global Threat
A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid āmegaā regions and causing sea levels to rise.
https://www.propublica.org/article/water-aquifers-groundwater-rising-ocean-levels
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"The majority of the earthās population lives in the 101 countries that the study identified as losing fresh water... This suggests the middle band of Earth is becoming less habitable."
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www.propublica.org/article/wate...
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āStaggeringā Water Loss Driven by Groundwater Mining Poses Global Threat
A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid āmegaā regions and causing sea levels to rise.
https://www.propublica.org/article/water-aquifers-groundwater-rising-ocean-levels
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"The majority of the earthās population lives in the 101 countries that the study identified as losing fresh water... This suggests the middle band of Earth is becoming less habitable."
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on the latest data:
www.propublica.org/article/wate...
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āStaggeringā Water Loss Driven by Groundwater Mining Poses Global Threat
A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid āmegaā regions and causing sea levels to rise.
https://www.propublica.org/article/water-aquifers-groundwater-rising-ocean-levels
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"Earth is being slowly dehydrated by the unmitigated mining of groundwater, which underlies vast proportions of every continent." Terrifying @propublica interactive by
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www.propublica.org/article/wate...
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āStaggeringā Water Loss Driven by Groundwater Mining Poses Global Threat
A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid āmegaā regions and causing sea levels to rise.
https://www.propublica.org/article/water-aquifers-groundwater-rising-ocean-levels
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The Guardian
4 months ago
Disneyland at 70: artists on the parkās five best rides ā and why they still captivate
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Disneyland at 70: artists on the parkās five best rides ā and why they still captivate
The California theme park is busier than ever. We asked artists, designers and historians to weigh in on the attractions that stand the test of time
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jul/19/disneyland-best-rides-70-years?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1752937883
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Jesper Enbom
4 months ago
Intressant i Guardian om en trend jag missat men helt stƤller mig bakom: Itās sexy! Itās Swedish! Itās everywhere! How princess cake conquered America
www.theguardian.com/food/ng-inte...
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Itās sexy! Itās Swedish! Itās everywhere! How princess cake conquered America
The retro Swedish dessert is popping up on US menus and TikTok feeds. The story of how we got here is as layered as the marzipan confection itself ā and surprisingly subversive
https://www.theguardian.com/food/ng-interactive/2025/jul/12/princess-cake-sweden-america
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Anna Merlan
4 months ago
You cannot imagine how fast I clicked on this
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Itās sexy! Itās Swedish! Itās everywhere! How princess cake conquered America
The retro Swedish dessert is popping up on US menus and TikTok feeds. The story of how we got here is as layered as the marzipan confection itself ā and surprisingly subversive
https://www.theguardian.com/food/ng-interactive/2025/jul/12/princess-cake-sweden-america
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"Princess Cake is more subversive than its smooth marzipan surface might suggest... Its green coating might conjure up a buxom extraterrestrial, but that doesnāt really change the fundamental impression: this cake is very, very sexy."
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Itās sexy! Itās Swedish! Itās everywhere! How princess cake conquered America
The retro Swedish dessert is popping up on US menus and TikTok feeds. The story of how we got here is as layered as the marzipan confection itself ā and surprisingly subversive
https://www.theguardian.com/food/ng-interactive/2025/jul/12/princess-cake-sweden-america
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"LACMA's Michael Govan noted that the sleek leather benches in the sunlit galleries were only there as temporary place-holders: architect Peter Zumthor had requested red-brown leather benches stuffed with duck feathers, which had yet to be installed."
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Modern marvel or concrete āblobā? Inside LAās divisive $700m art gallery
Los Angeles County Museum of Artās new building has been a decade in the making and has long vexed critics, but its CEO hopes to turn things around
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/jun/28/lacma-new-art-gallery-tour
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āIn this moment, while weāre seeing the worst of our federal administration, we are seeing the best here in the city of Los Angeles."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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āWeāre seeing the best of LAā: as Ice raids haunt the city, Angelenos show up for each other
With the largest undocumented population of any US city, much of LA locks in with fundraisers, mutual aid networks and grocery deliveries
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/26/los-angeles-residents-immigrants-ice-resistance
4 months ago
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Reo Eveleth
5 months ago
Also if I owe you an email now you know why I'm behind! Support
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now please and thank you!
givebutter.com/coyotemedia
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Launch Coyote Media Collective
A new alt-weekly-style publication is hitting the Bay Area
https://givebutter.com/coyotemedia
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Adam Rose
5 months ago
Can confirm. For reporters covering this, it's in PACER or give me your email and I can forward a copy.
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āIt is difficult to describe. It is a terrible fear,ā he said. āIt feels like a sandbag falling on your body. Your vision starts to darken ā because the American dream is escaping you at that moment.ā
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Ice raids target workers at Home Depots who build much of LA: āThis community has been here for decadesā
Chain has long maintained relationship with undocumented laborers who gather in parking lots, hoping to get hired for a day of painting or roofing
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/16/home-depot-ice-raids-los-angeles
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Mordenkainen's Salacious Skeet
5 months ago
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Agent Zo
5 months ago
Tolokonnikova was in Los Angeles to display a new performance piece called Police State, which includes a replica Russian prison cell like the ones in which she was incarcerated for nearly two years, including in the notorious penal colony IK-14 in Mordovia.
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Pussy Riotās founder built a āpolice stateā in an LA art gallery. Then the national guard arrived
Nadya Tolokonnikova tells the Guardian she felt she had āentered a wormholeā when her police state exhibition was shut down ā by the police state
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/jun/15/pussy-riot-nadya-tolokonnikova-police-state
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Tsushi Tanuki
5 months ago
This article is incredible, and if you're an artist you should read it.
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Khadijah M Silver (they/them), JD/MPH
5 months ago
āEvery single event I did in Russia was shut down by the cops,ā she posted on Instagram, āand now itās starting to feel a lot like Russia.ā
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š³ļøāā§ļø Josephine Riesman
5 months ago
Irony, by now long dead, somehow continues to be brutally murdered
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Dean Barker
5 months ago
Wormhole indeed. An incredible read. "I was thinking of dehumanization and scapegoating as a universal mechanism ā applied with heartbreaking ruthlessness both back home and here,ā
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Pussy Riotās founder built a āpolice stateā in an LA art gallery. Then the national guard arrived
Nadya Tolokonnikova tells the Guardian she felt she had āentered a wormholeā when her police state exhibition was shut down ā by the police state
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/jun/15/pussy-riot-nadya-tolokonnikova-police-state
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āWhat does violence prevention work look like without the federal government? These cuts are forcing us to come to terms with that."
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reports on Trump's elimination of funding for many gun violence prevention programs:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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āLike a slap in the faceā: Trump officials cut hundreds of millions to combat gun violence and opioid addiction
DoJ told over 350 groups that promised funding would be cut because it āno longer effectuatesā department priorities
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/24/trump-administration-funding-gun-violence-opioid-addiction
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