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Stephan Flores @floresspflores67.bsky.social · Feb 28

Excellent--with U.S.A. oligarchs' apparent resumption of expansionist-imperialist-racist neocolonial ambitions, The Soundtrack for a Coup d'Etat resonates all too well, including ongoing exploitation of peoples and resources that I rely upon, I expect, with each iPhone selfie. boxd.it/8Yt3xp

A ★★★★½ review of Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat (2024)

Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat (2024)* dir. Johan Grimonprez Chronicles the cusp-of-independence of the Congo from Belgium and its terrible, corrupt, genocidal aftermath and legacy with collusion of nati...

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Laura Mullen @afteriwasdead.bsky.social · 6d

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Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

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Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social · 14d

If you’re confused about the so-called peace deal Trump is offering for Palestine, I highly recommend today’s @democracynow.org segment with Dianna Buttu

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Laura Mullen @afteriwasdead.bsky.social · 14d

Always amazing these lectures.

Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 14d

Registration is open. Register for in-person and online.

www.yorku.ca/laps/the-alc...

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ACLU of Northern California @aclu-norcal.bsky.social · 14d

On this day in 1962, Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta founded the organization that would become the United Farm Workers. We’re proud to partner with @ufw.bsky.social in fighting back against the Trump administration's illegal, racially motivated immigration.

¡Si se puede!

Quote by United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero: "We will continue to fight together for the civil rights of every farm worker and every immigrant community. This agency and this administration will not keep terrorizing our union members, our coworkers or our neighbors unchecked. Not on our watch.” Along with a photo of a farm worker carrying a large bin of produce in a field.

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Laura Mullen @afteriwasdead.bsky.social · 14d

www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Study links greater inequality to structural changes in children’s brains

Researchers say findings show inequality creates toxic environment and reducing it is ‘a public health imperative’

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Laura Mullen @afteriwasdead.bsky.social · 15d

The peace deals promised by you know who are an illustration of Zeno’s paradox: look it up. “Beyond really really close”!

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · Apr 13

Will just leave this clip here of Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings talking about what’s wrong with America from a 1991 interview and it’s still all very true today

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Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · Sep 14

The Alchemy Lecture 2025

Sound—at the Interregnum

Glen Coulthard
Canisia Lubrin
Madeleine Thien
Immanuel Wilkins

Date: October 30, 2025
Time: 5 - 8 p.m. (Reception: 5 - 6 p.m.)
Venue: Tribute Communities Recital Hall, CIBC Lobby (Location) YorkU
Event type: Hybrid – in person and online

GLEN COULTHARD
(Yellowknives Dene/Canada), Scholar of Indigenous Studies)

IMMANUEL WILKINS
(US) Saxophonist, Composer, Arranger

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vijay iyer @vijayiyer.bsky.social · 18d

Please donate to the Palestinian Futures Fund!

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The Palestinian Futures Fund

By LEONARD EDUCATION ORGANIZATION INC

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helen, gender goblin @gendergoblinhelen.bsky.social · 16d

'out of the three mass shootings today'

Our Earth Affairs @ourearthaffairs.bsky.social · 16d

Iraq War veteran Thomas Sanford has been identified as the gunman who attacked Grand Blanc Mormon church, killing 2 people and setting it ablaze. Out of the three mass shootings today, two of them have been carried out by Iraq war veterans.

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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.bsky.social · 17d

Let that sink in

"Despite its extreme population density, Gaza was mostly self-sufficient in vegetables and poultry, and met much of the population’s demand for olives, fruit and milk. But last month the UN reported that just 1.5% of its agricultural land now remains both accessible and undamaged."

George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 17d

When you consider the *ecocide* alongside the genocide being perpetrated in Gaza, you begin to grasp the totality of the Israeli state’s attempt to eliminate both the Palestinians and their homeland.
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Israel’s ecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here | George Monbiot

Consider the annihilation of agricultural land alongside the genocide – and grasp the chilling totality of this attempt to eliminate all life, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Laura Mullen @afteriwasdead.bsky.social · 23d

Happiness doesn’t leave a scar

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Bugg @bugganeer.bsky.social · 26d

Statue of Liberty holding up sign that says "Release the Epstein Files"

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Laura Mullen @afteriwasdead.bsky.social · 26d

In the dictionary under “Gaslit”: you’re told you need to mourn someone you’re not allowed to quote.

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Hyperallergic @hyperallergic.com · 29d

Nearly every indie press at Printed Matter’s NY Art Book Fair echoes the subversive histories of printmaking and radical publishing. To browse here is to cross borders of geography, identity, and form.

Passports, Prints, and Protest at the NY Art Book Fair

The indie presses exhibiting at Printed Matter’s annual fair, now back at MoMA PS1, put an irreverent twist on the subversive histories of radical publishing.

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Laura Mullen @afteriwasdead.bsky.social · Sep 15

Extremely useful reminder

Clarence Okoh @clarenceokoh.bsky.social · Sep 14

Do you know what the NYTimes said after Malcolm was assassinated...

"The world he saw through those horn-rimmed glasses of his was distorted and dark. But he made it darker still with his exaltation of fanaticism. Yesterday someone came out of that darkness that he spawned, and killed him."

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Miles Howard @milesperhoward.bsky.social · Sep 12

A friend of mine was on Charlie Kirk's "watch list" of Black professors. She received so many death and rape threats that her university offered her a security detail for the walk to class.

This is Kirk's legacy.

You would never know it from reading all of these legacy newspaper op-eds about him.

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Laura Mullen @afteriwasdead.bsky.social · Sep 13

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Laura Mullen @afteriwasdead.bsky.social · Sep 13

Wrote to the alumni association to ask about the virtue of courage, which is important to me as the granddaughter of someone who stood up to HUAC, and as a UCB alum. I hope other alumni will contact the university to let them know how disappointing their cowardice is, how unexpected, & unacceptable.

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · Sep 12

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared on Thursday evening that “there will be no Palestinian state,” as he signed an agreement to push ahead with the controversial E1 settlement expansion plan that will cut across [the occupied] West Bank.

‘There will be no Palestinian state’: PM signs plan cementing E1 settlement expansion

Netanyahu declares 'this place belongs to us' during signing ceremony in Ma'ale Adumim, as Smotrich vows that the next step is annexation of the West Bank

www.timesofisrael.com

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Hyperallergic @hyperallergic.com · Sep 11

A beloved street vendor who has provided food to hungry crowds at Los Angeles art events over the past two years is at risk of deportation after his recent abduction by ICE.

Street Vendor Beloved by LA Art World Abducted by ICE

Advocates are rallying support for Jorge Cruz, a green card holder who sells frutas, elotes, and more at venues like Frieze LA and the Hammer Museum.

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mosababutoha @mosababutoha.bsky.social · Sep 11

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This is a photo from a few minutes ago in Tulkarem in the West Bank.
Today, Israel abducted over 1,500 Palestinians in the West Bank, the largest number since 2001.

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Wisconsin Resist @wisconsinresist.bsky.social · Sep 3

Call to action! At the end of the Epstein survivor's news conference this morning, Rep Thomas Massie made a call to action for all citizens: Call your reps and demand they sign the discharge petition to release the Epstein files! 5calls.org has guidance on this: 5calls.org/issue/releas...

Demand the Release of the Epstein Case Files (UPDATED 9/2) ⭑ 5 Calls

Updates September 2, 2025: Representatives Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Ro Khanna (D-CA) have filed a discharge petition to release the entirety of the …

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