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Kandist @kandistmallett.bsky.social · Jun 10

I saw multiple people bloodied by police munitions, heard a police helicopter antagonizing people after dispersal orders, and saw a level of engagement from protesters that reminded me of George Floyd & Hong Kong.

Here’s my latest about yesterday’s LA protests: kandist.substack.com/p/smoke-and-...

Smoke and Teargas Choke LA's Streets as Anti-ICE Protests Erupt

Mass protests continue in response to ICE raids and deployment of National Guard.

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Kandist @kandistmallett.bsky.social · 2h

I would really like to make the move to only publishing my writing in print.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 1d

Israeli forces kill several Palestinians in Gaza as the Israel-Hamas ceasefire comes under growing strain.

Israel imposes new Gaza aid restrictions as truce comes under strain

Israeli forces kill several Palestinians in Gaza as the Israel-Hamas ceasefire comes under growing strain.

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Kandist @kandistmallett.bsky.social · 2d

Dude there are soooo many in my neighborhood. And I was wondering the same thing if people are hoping it’ll protect them from ice/cops. Hopefully that’s it?

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Kandist @kandistmallett.bsky.social · 2d

I need Bluesky to have more sauce

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seshatnoir.bsky.social @seshatnoir.bsky.social · 2d

What is it with the reaper that it continues to pick flowers from our life’s garden, but leaves these damned weeds!
RIP D’Angelo🖤
#DAngelo

a man is giving a speech in front of a microphone in a dark room .

ALT: a man is giving a speech in front of a microphone in a dark room .

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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 2d

Breaking: Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, the legendary transgender activist and veteran of the Stonewall uprising who dedicated her life to the liberation of trans people, especially Black trans women, has died at 78.

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Kandist @kandistmallett.bsky.social · 8d

Funny story about globalization. I was thrifting in Paris trying to find a cool shirt in French but everything was in English and from America 🫠

Kandist @kandistmallett.bsky.social · 8d

I need Instagram to have a “do not suggest me” option.

Kandist @kandistmallett.bsky.social · 9d

My baby is going to be a force.

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 9d

The death followed months in immigration detention — and human rights groups’ condemnation of Belgium’s crackdown on protests.

Prominent Palestinian Protester in Brussels Dies in Custody

Mahmoud Farajalah took his life after months in immigration detention, as human rights groups’ condemned the crackdown on Brussels protests.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 12d

ICE officers stopped a family at gunpoint and smashed the car window on top of the newborn baby. “I was screaming that there was a baby,” cried the mother. “But they didn’t care,” and covered the baby with their bodies, fearing that the glass would hurt him.

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History is What's Happening @historyiswhat.bsky.social · 13d

Many blockades in Italy as part of the general strike in solidarity with Palestine. Reportedly more than 2 million people in the streets across the country.

Sciopero oggi per Flotilla e Gaza, diretta dei 100 cortei in Italia: già più di un milione in piazza

Si fermano i trasporti, la scuola e la sanità. Salvini avverte: “Se prevarrà il buon senso, ci comporteremo in una certa maniera. Se prevarrà la violenza sapre…

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Aarón Cantú @aaroncantu.bsky.social · 14d

NEW INVESTIGATION

California predicts data centers will consume as much power as adding another LA to grid by 2030

A utility anticipates additional emissions equal to 21 gas plants

Some environmentalists see reducing gas power as “a lot less likely” due to AI capitalandmain.com/the-insatiab...

The Insatiable Energy Demands of Data Centers Could Increase Fossil Fuel Emissions in California

By 2030, the centers could consume the equivalent of adding another city the size of L.A. to the state’s power grid.

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 15d

🚨 BREAKING: The Sirius-Haifa (carrying Drop Site editor Alex Colston) has been boarded by Israeli military...Contact with Colston has been lost; as part of security protocols, he and other...

🎥 “The Ship Sirius: A day in the life,” a video report from Alex Colston (@recolston.bsky.social)...

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Kandist @kandistmallett.bsky.social · 15d

What I think when I see someone has saved my skeet:

a man in a suit and tie is holding a bag with evidence on it

Alt: a man in a suit and tie is holding a bag with evidence on it. This is from xfiles.

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Kandist @kandistmallett.bsky.social · 15d

Anyone trying to primary the Dems. Here’s your ad:

Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 16d

Trump comments on the opposition: "I thought [I] would be met with fury on the left, but they're sort of giving up."

"I really thought that we were gonna have to sort of fight it through. There's been no fight."