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Humanity Must Win @humanitymustwin.bsky.social · Jun 30

"As uncomfortable as it may be to many, Israel’s current apartheid policies took shape in the lead up to the Holocaust when Nazi Germany and a small group of influential Zionists formed an alliance to build their ethno-nationalist states."

teachagainstracism.bsky.social @teachagainstracism.bsky.social · Apr 29

The Treachery of the Nazi-Zionist Alliance multiracialunity.org/2025/04/27/t...

“In the end, collaboration with the Nazis by a small group of Zionists broke the global boycott against Germany, weakened anti-fascist resistance worldwide, and contributed to the genocide of Europe’s Jews.”

#Genocide

The Treachery of the Nazi-Zionist Alliance

Deportation of Hungarian Jews to Auschwitz by Stefan Moore This article was originally published on Consortiumnews.com in June, 2024. It describes the alliance of wealthy Jewish Zionists in Europe …

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Oliver Darkshire @deathbybadger.bsky.social · 1h

so I was going back through old files and I try not to jerk off in the mirror too much about my own work but I really was touched by the noodly hand of the muse here

its a one page RPG called Trapped in a Cabin with Lord Byron, and I'm not typing it all out because its very wordy and if you dob me in to the disability police I will come to your house and throw a lemon at you

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Adrianna McIntyre @adrianna.bsky.social · 1h

Ben Sommers and I have a new paper on Medicaid unwinding out in @jamahealthforum.com — this time, we aimed to characterize demographic and state variation, and help explain the disconnect between 25M+ Medicaid terminations and the largely-stable self-reported uninsured rate.

US Coverage Changes During Medicaid Unwinding in 2023

This cross-sectional study estimates variation in coverage losses during unwinding of the Medicaid continuous coverage provision by state and demographic groups and evaluates trends in new Medicaid ap...

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Its ruaa @itsmeio.bsky.social · 54m

To every traitor, remember what Ghassan Kanafani once said:

When you betray your homeland,
you will find no soil to show you mercy on the day you die
you will feel the cold, even in death.

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Natasha Bertrand @natashabertrand.bsky.social · 3h

Breaking: At least one US military strike in the Caribbean targeted Colombians on a boat leaving from Colombia, sources tell us.

The deliberate targeting of Colombians suggests the US military’s campaign is wider than previously believed www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/p...

At least one US military strike on alleged drug trafficking boat in Caribbean targeted Colombians | CNN Politics

At least one US military strike in the Caribbean over the last two months targeted Colombian nationals on a boat that had left from Colombia, according to two people briefed by the Pentagon about the ...

www.cnn.com

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Sam that was @sambrambling.bsky.social · 51m

Ocean news has been devastating this summer, and especially this last week. Just, wow. Feeling a lot of grief about it.

NPR @npr.org · 54m

Water temperatures several degrees above normal span thousands of miles in the Pacific Ocean. Underwater heat waves like this can disrupt disrupts the ocean’s food web and fisheries, and alter weather on land thousands of miles away.

Return of The Blob: Heat wave spans Pacific Ocean

A massive heat wave is hitting the Pacific Ocean from Kamchatka to California.

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 54m

To democrats at the national level Purity tests just mean “why do you have principles and stand by them? how do you make money off of principles?”

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 1h

Democrats bring up purity tests as a canned talking point to try and stop conversations about their complicity and appeasement of literal neo-Nazis and fascist engaged in war against America
booker is not willing to actually stop fascism because it would hurt his fundraising and his bottom line.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 17h

"What do you have to say about the capitulation that you participated in?"

Cory Booker clearly wasn't expecting the pushback he got from @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social

Full interview: youtu.be/HLfzsOVjlxc

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[LVL 35]Alsvid Wotansdottir🔵 @alsvid.bsky.social · 1h

Donate to the people of Myanmar here!

Xun-ling Au 歐迅灵 🏴 @xunlingau.bsky.social · Mar 28

Two fundraisers for the Earthquake emergency in Myanmar that I am certain won't funnel aid through the Junta are:

This one by Advance Myanmar:
www.advancemyanmar.org/myanmar-eart...
&
This one by @betterburma.bsky.social & @insightmyanmar.bsky.social

#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

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Lock Down Your Life @lockdownyourlife.com · 53m

Imma point out the obvious, that it's not covert if they're telling everyone and doing it openly. 🫠

Jordan Uhl @jordanuhl.com · 55m

“The new authority would allow the C.I.A. to carry out lethal operations in Venezuela and conduct a range of operations in the Caribbean.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela

www.nytimes.com

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Dr. Divya 🇵🇸🧿 (offline) @divyampersaud.com · 15h

What are these wacky hourly posts??

- Link was our daily sharer yall - join in!

- Six families & a camp are still starving in thin tents in the cold, their homes destroyed

- Each day we have a big goal because we’re sending rapidly for food & shelter

- We’ll match £250

19 hours left 🚨 61/1000

Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle

We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that…

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 19h

Hey look, Israel broke the cease-fire, twice, in two different ways, within 24 hours - again.

Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 1d

NEW: Israel informed the UN it will permit only 300 aid trucks into Gaza daily, not the 600 mandated by the ceasefire it just signed.

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Fat Al NYC @fatalnyc.bsky.social · 15h

I was mugged in the vestibule of my building in Brooklyn in the early 90s. The guys had a gun. Not mad about that. They took my 60 bucks but let me keep my wallet with ID. Not mad about that. They took my Walkman. So be it. BUT THE FUCKING TAPE IN THE WALKMAN WAS OF A RADIO SHOW AND I WANTED IT.

John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 16h

What meaningless thing/experience are you still mad about? Like it should not matter at all, DOES not matter at all. But you’re still MAD.

And how long has it been?

I bought some bagels at Hy-Vee four years ago. So bad. Too big. Hard. Bland. WORTHLESS.

I’m still FURIOUS.

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Glen 🇨🇦 part owner of Canada* @honestcanadian.bsky.social · 1d

This is huge news!
UBC has developed an enzyme that can convert donor organs to type O, making them universal.
Normally a using organs of the wrong blood type causes the recipient's immune system to attack the organ, leading to failure.
❤️🇨🇦⚕️
news.ubc.ca/2025/10/univ...

UBC enzyme technology clears first human test toward universal donor organs for transplantation - UBC News

UBC-developed enzymes successfully converted a kidney to universal type O for transplant, marking a major step toward faster, more compatible organ donations.

news.ubc.ca

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 20h

"unprecedented restructuring", wake up, guys, a new newspeak euphemism for the liquidation of article I powers just dropped

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 21h

President Trump is making this government shutdown unlike any the nation has ever seen, giving his budget office rare authority to pick who gets paid or fired, which programs are cut or survive — in an unprecedented restructuring across the federal workforce.

Trump and budget chief Vought are making this a government shutdown unlike any other

President Donald Trump is making this government shutdown unlike any the nation has ever seen. The White House's budget office headed by Russ Vought is deciding who gets paid or fired in an unprecedented restructuring across the federal workforce.

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Eric Feigl-Ding @drericding.bsky.social · 15h

Welp—CDC’s entire data team for its legendary national health and nutrition survey (NHANES)—our health census—has been laid off. Now we are flying blind to nutrition and chronic disease status in the U.S.—is this supposed to help us be MAHA? www.statnews.com/2025/10/14/c...

CDC team running top survey on health and nutrition is laid off

NHANES has collected data on eating patterns, diabetes, and other common diseases for decades. The CDC team that runs it has been fired.

www.statnews.com

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Project Gutenberg @gutenberg.org · 1d

TAROCH Coalition, led by Creative Commons, promotes equitable access to public domain heritage. Its Open Heritage Statement affirms shared values, removes barriers & urges a UNESCO framework to secure global cultural access & participation for a sustainable creative future

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Open Heritage Statement

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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 1d

“ALL of Florida lost its [interlibrary loan] services as of October 1. This, of course, most harms those in rural communities. That means those with the most to lose and with the weakest access to education and entertainment materials are now wholly dependent on what their own library owns…”

The Current State of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (October 2025 Edition)

Grant money that should be going to library projects is going to state-sponsored propaganda, among other IMLS updates.

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Dee Phunk @deephunk.bsky.social · 1d

He deserved to grow old. He deserved the space to be more creative and share more art w/ the world. He deserved to be adorned in praise while he was still able to receive it in the physical. Luckily, music and spirit is eternal.

RIP Michael Eugene Archer aka D'ANGELO. 🕊️

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Ace Pedr-AHHH!!-za 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇷 @candacepedraza.bsky.social · 1d

i remember reading this piece for a class in college, the exact reason why we read this escapes me right now (i believe it was a sociology course) and this hit me so hard.

Elana Levin @levin.bsky.social · 1d

D'Angelo speaking out about the physical and emotional burden of maintaining a nearly unobtainable physique and sexy image as a Black male artist should be taught in labor studies. It absolutely impacted how I analyze pop culture.

GQ Profile Of D'Angelo Explores The Perils Of Being Sexy

Visit the post for more.

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Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 22h

If I were a journalist, I would be trying to find the names of people in the chain of command.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 23h

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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Self Guided Adversarial Imagery Meditations @bankuei.bsky.social · 22h

Moved from Devil's Advocate to trying to take his job! 😩

Disrupting the Eschatology Industry!

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Dr. Emily Friedman @friede.bsky.social · 22h

5 blocks away most days a gaggle of little old Catholic ladies pray for me & y’all before opening their resale shop in the heart of H-town’s gayborhood, raising millions for women & children’s charities serving folks regardless of immigration status, as they have for half a century.

That’s my home.

Chron.com @chron.com · 22h

"This is the heartbeat of our LGBTQIA+ community in Houston."

‘Overreach at its worst’: Houston leaders rally for rainbow crosswalks

"This is the heartbeat of our LGBTQIA+ community in Houston."

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Evan Narcisse @evnarc.bsky.social · 23h

This is the D'Angelo performance that I've never forgotten. This song was already a huge hit but the way he took it from contemporary R&B to church revival illustrated how connected those idioms are. A revelation for those who didn't know, and an affirmation for those who did.

D'Angelo - Lady ft. Spanky, Saadiq, Ali Shaheed & ?uestlove

YouTube video by twinbreed

www.youtube.com

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[LVL 35]Alsvid Wotansdottir🔵 @alsvid.bsky.social · 22h

You can use this guide for donating to the people of Myanmar.

Xun-ling Au 歐迅灵 🏴 @xunlingau.bsky.social · Mar 28

Two fundraisers for the Earthquake emergency in Myanmar that I am certain won't funnel aid through the Junta are:

This one by Advance Myanmar:
www.advancemyanmar.org/myanmar-eart...
&
This one by @betterburma.bsky.social & @insightmyanmar.bsky.social

#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

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