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movement researcher, study partner, earthlover, learning from planetary movements and the Tree of Life. Imagining collective liberation, creating a culture of care.
Alas, to anyone out there hoping @harvard.edu will do anything about racist sex-pest Larry Summers, let’s remember that despite escalating pressure and years of protest, notable anthro sex pest John Comaroff was never fired—his big punishment was not receiving emeritus status when he retired
November 16, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Alas, to anyone out there hoping @harvard.edu will do anything about racist sex-pest Larry Summers, let’s remember that despite escalating pressure and years of protest, notable anthro sex pest John Comaroff was never fired—his big punishment was not receiving emeritus status when he retired
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very funny to read these emails and then remember summers wondering whether the leaky pipeline in stem was because women are inherently bad at math
The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
November 16, 2025 at 1:56 AM
very funny to read these emails and then remember summers wondering whether the leaky pipeline in stem was because women are inherently bad at math
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He is 100% correct
Nick Fuentes, who has praised Hitler and is openly antisemitic, says Republicans are hypocrites for “tolerating cruelty and abuse” toward Muslims, Black people, and other minorities while drawing the line at antisemitism. He argues his own politics are simply the logical end point of that bigotry...
November 16, 2025 at 3:11 AM
He is 100% correct
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We all know the NYTimes is a joke of a paper but refusing to report on the owner possibly being roped into a child sex ring makes them far closer to a crime syndicate.
November 16, 2025 at 3:11 AM
We all know the NYTimes is a joke of a paper but refusing to report on the owner possibly being roped into a child sex ring makes them far closer to a crime syndicate.
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These are the conditions in which our brothers and sisters in #Gaza are living. Many need funds to acquire tents and clothes suitable for this season. Please contribute to any campaign on lifeline4gaza.com and remember that sharing the appeals listed there is free and helps a lot.
November 15, 2025 at 9:46 PM
These are the conditions in which our brothers and sisters in #Gaza are living. Many need funds to acquire tents and clothes suitable for this season. Please contribute to any campaign on lifeline4gaza.com and remember that sharing the appeals listed there is free and helps a lot.
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Alice Wong taught us that disabled people don’t just leave memories behind—they leave infrastructure. Lineages of care. Methods of collectivity, survival. She named the connective tissue that holds our communities together, even across death, even across the losses that come too fast and too often.
November 16, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Alice Wong taught us that disabled people don’t just leave memories behind—they leave infrastructure. Lineages of care. Methods of collectivity, survival. She named the connective tissue that holds our communities together, even across death, even across the losses that come too fast and too often.
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"Alice supported and took many people with Long COVID under her wing — I was honored to call her a colleague and friend."
@mileswgriffis.bsky.social in @thesicktimes.org's obituary for the great Alice Wong: thesicktimes.org/2025/11/15/a...
@mileswgriffis.bsky.social in @thesicktimes.org's obituary for the great Alice Wong: thesicktimes.org/2025/11/15/a...
Alice Wong, disability activist and luminary, dies at 51 - The Sick Times
Alice Wong platformed and uplifted people with Long COVID in her final chapter as a lifelong disability advocate and storyteller.
thesicktimes.org
November 16, 2025 at 12:09 AM
"Alice supported and took many people with Long COVID under her wing — I was honored to call her a colleague and friend."
@mileswgriffis.bsky.social in @thesicktimes.org's obituary for the great Alice Wong: thesicktimes.org/2025/11/15/a...
@mileswgriffis.bsky.social in @thesicktimes.org's obituary for the great Alice Wong: thesicktimes.org/2025/11/15/a...
“Hochul enrages people who live on planet earth and hope to continue doing so”
Something centre-right journalists absolutely love is the "enrages environmentalists" framing
It presents climate / enviro folks as irrational, salivating and constantly infuriated idiots, whereas 'centrist' pro-fossil politicians are Very Serious, level-headed Adults In The Room
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It presents climate / enviro folks as irrational, salivating and constantly infuriated idiots, whereas 'centrist' pro-fossil politicians are Very Serious, level-headed Adults In The Room
archive.ph/0PsH4
November 16, 2025 at 12:03 AM
“Hochul enrages people who live on planet earth and hope to continue doing so”
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“there is a point on the graph where things get Worse, and there you will find Ronald Reagan” stays undefeated
it's fascinating that you can see when exactly the Reagan revolution happened
November 15, 2025 at 9:26 PM
“there is a point on the graph where things get Worse, and there you will find Ronald Reagan” stays undefeated
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Please stop using language that suggests that people with criminal records are appropriate targets for this administration's violence. One in three adults has a criminal record. Stop playing sacrifice games with fascists. Stop surrendering entire categories of people in your own mind.
November 15, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Please stop using language that suggests that people with criminal records are appropriate targets for this administration's violence. One in three adults has a criminal record. Stop playing sacrifice games with fascists. Stop surrendering entire categories of people in your own mind.
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Jonathan Chait has disparaged the NYT Contributor Boycott as an “insidiously illiberal maneuver” that abandons “faith in public reason.” He is right on this point. Antifascism undeniably involves—at least outside of dinner parties—a conscious measure of illiberalism. www.newarab.com/opinion/no-o...
No Opinion for Gaza: Why we are boycotting the New York Times
Sophie Lewis explains why she & 200+ former New York Times contributors are boycotting the outlet until it addresses its anti-Palestinian bias.
www.newarab.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Jonathan Chait has disparaged the NYT Contributor Boycott as an “insidiously illiberal maneuver” that abandons “faith in public reason.” He is right on this point. Antifascism undeniably involves—at least outside of dinner parties—a conscious measure of illiberalism. www.newarab.com/opinion/no-o...
Wow that’s a lot
New data shows that the CCRB retroactively doctored public data for more than 10,000 misconduct allegations against NYPD officers.
The NYPD’s Watchdog Whitewashed More Than 10,000 Misconduct Allegations in Public Data, New Evidence Shows
Allegations of lying, sexual misconduct, bigoted statements, and racist policing were among those quietly reclassified by the Civilian Complaint Review Board.
hellgatenyc.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Wow that’s a lot
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I hope nondisabled people are listening to disabled people as we’ve discussed the mass hemorrhaging of accessible jobs, layoffs over accommodations and spike of tools used to screen out disabled employees in the past few years (which ends survival possibilities for us)
November 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I hope nondisabled people are listening to disabled people as we’ve discussed the mass hemorrhaging of accessible jobs, layoffs over accommodations and spike of tools used to screen out disabled employees in the past few years (which ends survival possibilities for us)
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If you know anyone involved with infection control at @uhn.ca, ask them why the policy isn't to use N95s. Do they understand how sketchy the claim is that medical masks are good enough? Is this all "just following orders"? Do they still believe they have nothing to learn from non-MDs?
Just...why?
Just...why?
Here goes UHN in Toronto (👉including the cancer hospital👈), repeating the same mistakes as always, because doing the right thing is less important for hospital admin than covering up having constantly done the wrong thing since COVID hit.
MEDICAL MASKS ARE NOT AEROSOL PPE, YOU NEED AN N95!
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MEDICAL MASKS ARE NOT AEROSOL PPE, YOU NEED AN N95!
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Mask mandate returns to UHN facilities ahead of respiratory virus season
Masks must be worn in all UHN facilities, including Toronto General Hospital, Toronto Western Hospital and the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre as of Nov. 18
www.torontotoday.ca
November 15, 2025 at 6:18 PM
If you know anyone involved with infection control at @uhn.ca, ask them why the policy isn't to use N95s. Do they understand how sketchy the claim is that medical masks are good enough? Is this all "just following orders"? Do they still believe they have nothing to learn from non-MDs?
Just...why?
Just...why?
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Please believe me when I say that this meaningless, historically suspect slogan is being used to sell "AI." Here it is in the just-released November 2025 report on AI by Microsoft. www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...
November 15, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Please believe me when I say that this meaningless, historically suspect slogan is being used to sell "AI." Here it is in the just-released November 2025 report on AI by Microsoft. www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...
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Ways to honour her memory:
- Donate to her Crips 4 eSIMS for Gaza chuffed.org/project/crip...
- Support disability justice, which is liberatory, anti-capitalist, & Alice Wong *always reminded you of that
- Read her books, columns, old podcast transcripts, It All. disabilityvisibilityproject.com
- Donate to her Crips 4 eSIMS for Gaza chuffed.org/project/crip...
- Support disability justice, which is liberatory, anti-capitalist, & Alice Wong *always reminded you of that
- Read her books, columns, old podcast transcripts, It All. disabilityvisibilityproject.com
Disability Visibility Project
"Creating, sharing, and amplifying disability media and culture"
disabilityvisibilityproject.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Ways to honour her memory:
- Donate to her Crips 4 eSIMS for Gaza chuffed.org/project/crip...
- Support disability justice, which is liberatory, anti-capitalist, & Alice Wong *always reminded you of that
- Read her books, columns, old podcast transcripts, It All. disabilityvisibilityproject.com
- Donate to her Crips 4 eSIMS for Gaza chuffed.org/project/crip...
- Support disability justice, which is liberatory, anti-capitalist, & Alice Wong *always reminded you of that
- Read her books, columns, old podcast transcripts, It All. disabilityvisibilityproject.com
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Take Action in Loving Solidarity
You can also support Sameer directly - donate to any one of their campaigns. The one cited here is their South campaign for food disto: chuffed.org/project/1132...
South Gaza: Tents, Food & Water
**With Famine on the rise, we will significantly lower tent purchases and focus on food (rice and bread) and water over the next couple of weeks**
chuffed.org
November 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Take Action in Loving Solidarity
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Many of the weapons systems and vessels involved in the US’s Caribbean buildup come with steep price tags.
The US’s Top Military Contractors Are Cashing In on Caribbean Operations
The weapons industry is reaping the benefits as Trump amasses ships, drones, and missiles off the coast of Venezuela.
buff.ly
November 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Many of the weapons systems and vessels involved in the US’s Caribbean buildup come with steep price tags.
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The Jenin Freedom Theater, an embodiment of the “cultural resistance” genre of committed art, ceased operations after the Israeli army ethnically cleansed Jenin refugee camp's residents. The theater is now gathering stories of displacement.
mondoweiss.net/2025/11/what...
#Palestine #Israel
mondoweiss.net/2025/11/what...
#Palestine #Israel
What happened to the Jenin Freedom Theater?
The Jenin Freedom Theater, an embodiment of the “cultural resistance” genre of committed art, ceased operations after the Israeli army ethnically cleansed Jenin refugee camp’s residents. The theater...
mondoweiss.net
November 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The Jenin Freedom Theater, an embodiment of the “cultural resistance” genre of committed art, ceased operations after the Israeli army ethnically cleansed Jenin refugee camp's residents. The theater is now gathering stories of displacement.
mondoweiss.net/2025/11/what...
#Palestine #Israel
mondoweiss.net/2025/11/what...
#Palestine #Israel
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Want to honor Alice Wong and her work? Wear a damn mask!
November 15, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Want to honor Alice Wong and her work? Wear a damn mask!
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One way I have found to mourn someone is to set up a monthly sustaining donation to a mutual aid effort they cared about. If you can join me in honoring Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social with a sustaining donation today, please do. Thank you Alice, and I will not let the bastards grind me down.
November 15, 2025 at 12:34 PM
One way I have found to mourn someone is to set up a monthly sustaining donation to a mutual aid effort they cared about. If you can join me in honoring Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social with a sustaining donation today, please do. Thank you Alice, and I will not let the bastards grind me down.
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"What's happening here is evil."
I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
November 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
"What's happening here is evil."
Elon Musk and Donald Trump and all their disgusting cronies are mass murderers.
Hundreds of thousands of deaths have already occurred as a result of the Trump administration's dismantling of USAID.
Dr. Atul Gawande: Hundreds of Thousands Have Already Died Since Trump Closed USAID
“We had the cure for death from malnutrition, and we took it away.” We speak to surgeon and health policy expert Atul Gawande about the Trump administration’s near-total dismantling of USAID. Gawande,...
www.democracynow.org
November 15, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Elon Musk and Donald Trump and all their disgusting cronies are mass murderers.