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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 1h

Greta Thunberg: “Israeli soldiers hit, kicked, starved, and tortured me”

• They placed a flag next to me, and anytime the flag touched me, they kicked me
• Whenever I raised my head to look at Ben-Gvir, I was kicked
• She was filmed while stripped naked

Aftonbladet: tinyurl.com/a33vxatc

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 3h

I‘m staring at this post like I was a Black student in the 90s and 2000s and had to share a campus with racist Young Republicans

Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 8h

My parents' generation was super racist, but they took pains to hide it from us. So a lot of young conservatives in the 90s and early aughts were earnest small government and/or evangelical types.

As I said, the overt racists and radicals had to form their own orgs.

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Amy Earhart @aearhart.bsky.social · 1h

You still hear this argument in Texas….

Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 3h

I don’t know how to approach “Republicans weren’t racist in the early aughts” as someone who went to Texas during the early aughts and had to debate whether or not Black students were “stealing” people’s spots in class.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 3h

My first thought at the news was, “yeah this tracks.”

Eric Williams @geoliminal.bsky.social · 1d

the "protein powder has a zillion percent lead in it" story explains a LOT of the conversations i overhear while waiting for a bench to free up

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Amy Earhart @aearhart.bsky.social · 16h

So much to be grateful for. We are lucky to have you! Thanks for your leadership on here and in the world!

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Amy Earhart @aearhart.bsky.social · 17h

My dad died at 50 as well from a stroke, and I worried about what that meant for me. It’s amazing what proper medical treatment can do!

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

"a test"? you mean...a violation?

AP: Israel plans to halve aid into Gaza over slow return of dead hostages, a test for the Gaza ceasefire

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 1d

Not that anybody comes to me for Maine politics, but the fact that the Democrats successfully convinced a 77yo Governor to primary the 41yo progressive, is today's example of why the Democrats fucking stay failing.

Susan Collins is 72 and if Schumer gets his way, she'll be the YOUNGER choice!

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LSE Library @lselibrary.bsky.social · 1d

New online: The Gay Liberation Front (GLF) collection is now available on LSE Digital Library! We’ve digitised and published the GLF Diaries and the GLF newspaper Come Together. Further series from the archives will be added as digitisation continues.
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Cover image of the Gay Liberation Front (GLF) Diary, December 21-30, 1972. A purple and green poster-style image featuring text and a leafy plant design.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

The Regime's goal is to grind everyone down. Plain & simple. Our goal is to refuse this by taking turns to fight where and how we can. When one group needs to bow out, then another group needs to step in and so on. We don't all have to do everything. We can all do something though. Stay in the fight

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Amy Earhart @aearhart.bsky.social · 1d

Exactly. So many students find these fields later in their college career and are energized by what they learn. They are powerful tools for students to understand themselves and their worlds.

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Amy Earhart @aearhart.bsky.social · 1d

I am also guessing this is related to our new law sb 37 which says underperforming departments- only measured by numbers of majors- should be cut. We often have minors or double majors in these areas and the first major is the only one that “counts.” It’s a way to remove what they don’t want.

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Amy Earhart @aearhart.bsky.social · 1d

I am so afraid that this is now coming to our uni….. if ut folds it means we generally will follow along.

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Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social · 2d

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!!

The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/

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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 2d

You don't have to judge Columbus by the standards of today. His tenure as governor of Hispaniola was so horrific that he was dragged back to Spain in chains to answer for his many crimes.

Plus he never set foot on any land that would ever be a part of the United States of America.

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Amy Earhart @aearhart.bsky.social · 2d

We have bunch that seem to be young- maybe because we planted tons of milkweed to help the population. I’ve been enjoying watching them flit around the garden.

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Amy Earhart @aearhart.bsky.social · 3d

I thought early 2010s Roopsi was needed! It just was really hard on you when people didn’t want to hear truth.

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Amy Earhart @aearhart.bsky.social · 3d

Sympathies from this Texas academic…

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Sam Halpert @samhalpert.bsky.social · 3d

Dems floated a narrow bill to fund the military, which can’t move because the House isn’t in session. Meanwhile, DoD is now going to spend funds not appropriated by Congress to ensure military paychecks continue.

POTUS now both commands and provisions the military. Unconstitutional and SO dangerous

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.
A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC
News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 4d

I'm so proud of everyone from my old neighborhood of Rogers Park in Chicago. I see what you have been and are doing. I am so proud of how organized the community is and how much more so everyone is becoming. It is inspiring. Just one example... And this is something EVERYONE can do. Everyone.

Informational flyer about Rogers Park Whistle Protocols, explaining how to use whistles to alert neighbors of emergencies, with color-coded alerts, steps for use, and encouragement to form a crowd and stay loud for safety.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4d

I know Trump and his minions all have sneering contempt for kids with special needs, but trust me when I say that their parents will absolutely fucking destroy anyone who messes with the special education supports to which they are entitled by law.

Sara Partridge, PhD @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 4d

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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Amy Earhart @aearhart.bsky.social · 4d

Lancaster- and even more so Lebanon co- are their own strange things!

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Amy Earhart @aearhart.bsky.social · 4d

And this Christian Herr is my something great grandfather.

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Amy Earhart @aearhart.bsky.social · 4d

This is a good article on funeral pie- www.atlasobscura.com/articles/wha...

The Death of Pennsylvania’s Forgotten Funeral Pie

The sweet-yet-somber treat was the star of extravagant 19th-century funeral feasts.

www.atlasobscura.com

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Amy Earhart @aearhart.bsky.social · 4d

I love peanut butter pie too!!!

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