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[94:5] So, surely with hardship comes ease.

Also, 2:148

—and while you’re scrolling, don’t forget 49:6
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The New School was founded by Columbia University professors who wanted a university run by the faculty with minimal administration. For over 100 years it has been a unique institution with progressive values and incredible students and faculty from Ai Weiwei to Hannah Arendt. We are devastated.
Last week, the New School issued voluntary separation & early retirement offers to 40% of the full-time faculty & the majority of non-union staff. These cuts to the bone are an ideological attempt to decimate historic spaces of critical inquiry & social justice. Share our statement tr.ee/qQBIDCpIuj
OFFICIAL Statement from AAUP-TNS on Cuts to Faculty and Staff 12-9-25
The New School - Austerity Cuts to the Bone A Statement from the Leadership Council of AAUP-TNS On December 3, 2025, New School President Joel Towers and Provost Richard Kessler issued voluntary sep...
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December 14, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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Us: Eat the rich

Islanders: Don’t mind if we do 🍽️
Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
December 14, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
December 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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December 14, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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Here's a link to the text (with more info) if anyone needs it www.wnyc.org/story/breaki...
The Breaking News Consumer's Handbook | On the Media | WNYC
Rampant misreporting following shootings and other breaking news events is so predictable that we unintentionally developed a formula for covering them.
www.wnyc.org
December 13, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Shopping freeze at Home Depot in Manhattan this afternoon in protest against the company allowing ICE to stage & target people seeking work at Home Depots across the country.

An estimated 300 activists purchased & returned ice scrapers, copying activists in Los Angeles. Ended with a rally outside.
December 14, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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so far tonight msnbc has interviewed two students from brown university that are also survivors of separate high school shootings.

insanity.
December 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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Resistance Revival Chorus joined our
ICE Out of Home Depot in New York.

Home Depot must immediately do all it can to prevent
ICE agents from swarming its properties. They must publicly condemn ICE raids on its properties. Silence its complicity.
December 14, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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How are we supposed to teach? How can they learn from us? When we are all literally terrified
December 13, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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AP confirms that at least 2 people were killed in the Brown University shooting. Press conference by authorities soon.
At least 2 killed and several more hurt in shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island
Police say multiple people have been shot in the area of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.
apnews.com
December 13, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Longer statement from Brown University:

"We are very sorry to share that we have confirmed reports of multiple shooting victims, but we are not able to share their condition. They have been transported to local hospitals."
December 13, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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For the sake of transparency, and since the Brown Daily Herald is leading with it: It went out over the scanner earlier that there might be 20 people injured—but it was expressed tentatively and hasn't been confirmed, so we really don't know.

Audio here: x.com/tatertotscon...
December 13, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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Brown University now says police do NOT have a shooting suspect in custody and that community members should continue to shelter in place.
December 13, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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Emergency scanner says 2 dead inside a Brown University building, and shooter has now been taken into custody, scene now secure.
December 13, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Brown University says there's an active shooter on campus. Emergency scanner says multiple victims, but unclear how many.

Video footage viewed by the Brown Daily Herald "depicted several individuals lying on the ground near the Sciences Library appearing to be assisted by police."
Active shooter on campus, Department of Public Safety reports
The alert and call was sent to students immediately by DPS following the incident, urging students to hide, run or evacuate until further notice. 
www.browndailyherald.com
December 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Saturday’s Weather Rating: 3/10

Another partly cloudy day with highs in the upper 30s. Clouds increase later and snow (!) moves in late tonight into tomorrow morning. The vibes are wintry out there!!
December 13, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Short term forecast models are trending a bit further north with tonight’s quick-hitting storm. This puts NYC closer to the bands of steady snowfall and raises the chances of light accumulations (1-3”) through Sunday morning. More updates coming soon!
December 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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This is the "lesser evil" crowd's fault. Democrats, liberals, so-called-progressives are responsible for this. Forget about purity tests, you don't have a bar. The only condition you have is "not Republican in name". You're brainwashed idiots and you're the reason we find ourselves in this world
December 13, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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In this supplemental piece, I go into detail into the three primary areas in which the US provides irreplaceable capabilities to the Israeli military, acting as a 2nd more powerful and more capable IDF at no cost to the Israeli taxpayer.
The Myth of Israeli Military Independence (Part 3.2)
Three specific illustrative examples
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December 13, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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How does that work? Well, look no further. Here, I explain why Israel CANNOT fill the gap left by a US withdrawal. Indeed, we provide irreplaceable capabilities that allow Israel to carry out its war without consequence.

Without the US military, the war ends.
The Myth of Israeli Military Independence (Part 3)
The Bottom Line
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December 13, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Looking for book recommendations about Palestine for a generalist audience. Ideally, a fictional page turner! I only read boring books very slowly so am of no use and I need to bring this book to a book exchange.

Any suggestions?
December 13, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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RYAN GRIM: How did people in Iran talk about the possibility of renewed Israeli strikes: as inevitable, like a weather event, or something that could still be prevented?

HIND HASSAN: When we spoke to the Iranian foreign minister, almost every answer he gave ended with, “There is only a...
December 13, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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It's clear from the article that ICE is *miserable* here. They're freezing their asses off and being harassed everywhere they go. Property managers aren't allowing them access to rental properties and people know their rights and aren't letting them in.

KEEP IT UP.
December 12, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Being a member of the CPC is basically meaningless— but if you want to make this sort of intra caucus appeal then maybe Goldman shouldn't have voted for a Republican resolution to censure the only Palestinian in Congress, who is literally also in the CPC.
December 13, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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Israel is still throttling the aid supply to Gaza. And Britain is still supplying Israel with arms and maintaining normal diplomatic relations. The genocide continues, as does British complicity. 26 months and counting.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
More than 9,000 children in Gaza hospitalised for acute malnutrition in October, UN says
Aid agencies say Israel is still restricting their aid shipments despite ceasefire announced two months ago
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM