I no longer take offense to racism. Why would I get upset at someone making monkey noises to insult me? THEY have to act like a monkey to get their message across 🫡 a window into the distortions within the mind of the beholder. It's data.

Me rn 201AM

Organizers have collected 14 lotion bottles, two deodorant bottles, and one AA Battery that detainees have thrown over the fences with notes attached to them. The full story: lataco.com/captive-loti... By Aisha Wallace-Palomares

The Washington Post and CBS aren’t intended to succeed. They’re intended to fail and as they fail any sort of power or influence they have over public opinion will demonstrably wane until it disappears. It’ll happen over and over again until there are no impediments for the wealthy.

The greatest threat to white supremacy is unity

This happens with*everything* now. No matter how grave the crime or one-dimensional the injustice, after four days the hivemind of American punditry decides that the Real Story is how the people upset about it are the real villains.

AOC: We are going to have to reckon, as a country, with this time. And I hope that that reckoning includes prosecution of people who are involved with the lawbreaking and human rights violations they are knowingly engaging in right now.

Also in contrast to how some of the same people treated "college student said something annoying" stories. Just a completely bizarre idea of who has power and what is important.

“The bill would effectively expand the scope of crimes that could be punishable by death & eliminate judicial safeguards.” @minnahfarshad.bsky.social explains how an Israeli bill imposing a one-sided death penalty targeting Palestinians is a violation of international law: zeteo.com/p/entrenchin...

As of 2024, the U.S. Black population has grown to 49.2 million, up from 36.2 million in 2000. 📈 February is #BlackHistoryMonth. See key facts about Black Americans here:

Sometimes I post word combos that move me. I'll start a thread here: Institutional decay

You misspelled "In a major win for families and society..."

The constitution live on in the actions of everyday people

I cannot believe every Post photojournalist was laid off. I wrote this, in 2011, about how I love working with photographers. This passage is about the legendary Carol Guzy, who took a Style-section assignment as seriously as a war-zone trip. wapo.st/4kfOYEq

Yes! I just recruited two writing volunteers and it has made a world of difference to have a team to work with. Publishing a media package today!! Super proud of it!

Make America Aristocratic Again

The problem isn’t that these are bad ideas. The problem is they’re mostly existing law/policy. Want to get serious? At least mandate accountability. Ex: Revoke qualified immunity. Firings. Demotions. Suspensions. Loss of OT. Kicked back to basic training. Or a more mainstream idea: Abolish ICE.

Inclusive dignity

No innovation... just job cuts

Washington Post is shuttering its book section, part of the ongoing war against literacy & knowledge. We at Current Affairs want to pick up the slack by expanding book reviews. Writers: pitch us anytime! And if you subscribe/donate we'll use the funding to commission book coverage.

One of the most important aspects of American chattel slavery (to me!) is that it was illegal for slaves to read and write. As a Black journalist I think of this often. I was reading at a 12th grade level in grade school. Now the nation's young face a literacy crisis which fuels all fires

13,300 confined children in the U.S. are detained pretrial – aka, they’re legally innocent Locking kids up in deplorable conditions is traumatizing and counterproductive to public safety in the short & long term

What an absolutely dark day for journalism.

NEW: Abigail Spanberger this afternoon ordered that all state agencies leave ICE's 287(g) program. This means that the state police (and some other agencies) will no longer be empowered to detain and arrest people for ICE. Big, big move by the governor within weeks of coming into office.

Abusers do this thing where they'll announce impending punishment or unleash their wrath as a way to destabilize the target via anticipation. I think of this every time the Trump regime declares a destructive initiative

Some years ago, I was chatting with a Retropolis reader, a young history student, and I mentioned there were several dozen people enslaved in New Jersey up until the day the 13th Amendment kicked in in December 1865. Y’all. He identified every one of them. njs.libraries.rutgers.edu/index.php/nj...

one thing the trump era has made clear, i think, is that the american people themselves are far more committed to the values of our founding documents than our elites

In American journalism, one football field is an official standard of measure. Also Olympic size pool 😅🤓 Do other countries do this with their respective cultural objects?

I'd like to see articles about what it means if Mamdani is successful? Esp for establishment Dems

Has anyone ever considered the right to peace? Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. But what about peace? Maybe too much to ask a nation that has denied food as a right.

happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.

More attention here, please.

People keep calling for revolution... could we try evolution instead. Don't want to end up back where we started going in circles every generation

Remember the incident where DHS claimed officers shot a guy because he attacked them with a snow shovel? Yeah. It didn't happen. They shot him through the door of his own home. And then arrested him. And then lied about it. Again. And they almost shot some kids in the process.

🚨Our new paper led by Dr. @zialyle.bsky.social looked at how climate change poses risks to US drinking water utilities & if their bonds disclose these risks to investors. Utilities serving 67 million people have high risks, but 36% of their bonds don't mention climate: www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Abusive people are very predictable

climate change is already making things far more perilous around the world. we could be heading towards another world war. that means scarcity, disaster, and austerity. these circumstances can either be managed with compassion and solidarity or the same utter cruelty the nazis unleashed 90 years ago

In many of the first generation of modern concentration camp systems (near the turn of the twentieth century), the vast majority of deaths were caused by disease and malnutrition. Most of the victims were women and children.

Make sure you're following Jules, who literally wrote the book(s) on how brutal the Olympics are on marginalized people.

we said all along that they wanted Gawker dead not because we embarrassed a pro wrestler but because the Epstein story is one Gawker was covering a decade before most other people caught up & was just one of many stories exposing powerful people and their misdeeds

Wondering the ratio of hours of Grand Theft Auto played to hours of border enforcement training

Whether you cover sports, health, crime, or culture, climate change is shaping your beat. Join our free training on February 19 to learn how to make the climate connection in your reporting. No science background needed! Two time slots available. RSVP here:

This administration’s strategy is to divide working people and distract us from the rising cost of food and housing, medical debt, stagnant wages, and the daily struggle to survive with dignity. Our union’s strategy is to unite to win a better future for ALL.

Among the hundreds of thousands of Haitians at risk of being deported because of the end of Temporary Protected Status are homeowners and long-time Florida residents. Some even are raising U.S.-born children.

This is an extremely serious matter but... "LEMON peppered him" 🤭🤭🤭🤭

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