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good morning specifically to the FBI agent who introduced Mamdani’s dad to Marx
guy said, “Do you like Marx?” I said, “I haven’t met him.” Guy said, “No, no, he’s dead.” “Wow, what happened?” “No, no, he died long ago.” I thought the guy Marx had just died. So then, “Why are you asking me if he died long ago?” “No, he wrote a lot. He wrote that poor people should not be poor.” I said, “Sounds amazing.” I’m giving you a sense of how naïve I was. After they left, I went to the library to look for Marx. So that was my introduction to Karl Marx. BS: The FBI. MM: The FBI. Then, of course, I took a class on Marx. Couldn’t just get Marx out of the library. But,
November 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Watch | Tens of thousands of anti-Zionist Jews have gathered in occupied Palestine, boldly raising their voices against Zionism.
November 21, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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deftestleftist.bsky.social
Was it because they lost their heads?
Headless bodies hint at why Europe’s first farmers vanished
Wave of mass brutality accompanied the collapse of the first pan-European culture
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November 21, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social
Time to reshare this piece on the pitfalls of following the road Denmark has taken on immigration: ukandeu.ac.uk/denmarks-mig...
November 8, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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moviessilently.bsky.social
Charlie Chaplin and Edna Purviance catch their first glimpse of America-- and the American way of immigration-- in his 1917 political comedy THE IMMIGRANT.
November 8, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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🧵 #BREAKING | Israel continues to violate the ceasefire in Gaza today, it committed yet another horrifying massacre.
An Israeli strike targeted a bus carrying two displaced families searching for shelter, killing them all.
October 17, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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rokksula.theremins.club
Bara í dag voru 11 palestínskir einstaklingar úr sömu fjölskyldunni myrt, þrjú börn og 7 konur.

Það var ekki Hamas sem myrti þau, heldur Ísraelsher. Ísraelskur dáti miðaði fallbyssu skriðdrekans síns á bíl fjölskyldunnar, og skaut.

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Hamas grunað um að skipuleggja atlögu að almennum borgurum - RÚV.is
Utanríkisráðuneyti Bandaríkjanna segir það alvarlegt brot á vopnahléssamkomulaginu ráðist Hamas á almenna borgara á Gaza. Marktækar heimildir séu fyrir skipulagningu árásar. Hamas hefur afhent lík tve...
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October 18, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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I wrote about this back when "The Verge" came out for Defector. Loved writing this essay. defector.com/christopher-...
Christopher Columbus And The Replacement-Level Historical Figure | Defector
It’s easy to tell Columbus’s story as one of a determined innovator, triumphing over the backwardness and ignorance of medieval Europe to usher in a new era of global exploration, trade, colonization,...
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October 13, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
October 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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timothysnyder.bsky.social
One of the lessons I discuss in "On Tyranny":
Listen for dangerous words.
Text card: Listen for dangerous words. Be alert to the use of the words extremism and terrorism. Be alive to the fatal notions of emergency and exception. Be angry about the treacherous use of patriotic vocabulary. #OnTyranny
October 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Happy Petrov Day to those who celebrate. On September 26, 1983, Stanislav Petrov made the correct decision to not trust a computer.

I've attached a short clip from a reenactment of the situation in the documentary The Man Who Saved the World.

1/11
September 26, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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Trump to the UN: "I'm really good at this stuff. Your countries are going to hell."
September 23, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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100 years of August sea surface temperature anomalies updated through 2025. There is a lot of variability from year-to-year (like El Niño/La Niña patterns) in addition to human-caused climate change evident through long-term warming.

Data from NOAA ERSSTv5 at psl.noaa.gov/data/gridded...
September 21, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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moviessilently.bsky.social
Ya know, I would watch the hell out of a song contest consisting of Spain, Slovenia, the Netherlands, Iceland and Ireland
September 19, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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katmabu.bsky.social
Today, the UN officially designated Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide.

As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire.

End the genocide. Ceasefire now.
257. The Commission recommends that all Member States: (a) Employ all means reasonably available to them to prevent the commission of genocide in the Gaza Strip; (b) Cease the transfer of arms and other equipment or items, including jet fuel, to the State of Israel or third States where there is reason to suspect their use in military operations that have involved or could involve the commission of genocide; (c) Ensure individuals and corporations in their territories and within their jurisdiction are not involved in the commission of genocide, aiding and assisting the commission of genocide or incitement to commit genocide and investigate and prosecute those who may be implicated in these crimes under international law; (d) Facilitate the investigations and domestic proceedings and take action (including imposing sanctions) against the State of Israel and against individuals or corporations that are involved in or facilitating the commission of genocide or incitement to commit genocide; (e) Cooperate with the investigation of the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. 258. The Commission recommends that the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court: (a) Examine, within its continuing investigation in the Situation in the State of Palestine, the crime of genocide for amendment to existing arrest warrants and addition to future application for arrest warrants; (b) Examine the involvement of officials mentioned in this report for inclusion as those most responsible for international crimes committed in the occupied Palestinian territory.
September 16, 2025 at 1:34 PM
asdisthor.bsky.social
Last night I watched Oedipus Rex. Had not seen it since 50 years ago.
September 15, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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September 15, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”
September 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Even the reporter is gob-smacked by the Nazist propagandas spouted by this US senator who clearly believes what he is saying
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US Senator: Palestine is a made-up fiction | Fault Lines #shorts
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
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September 11, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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During the night, Israeli drones attacked the Sumud Freedom Flotilla.
September 10, 2025 at 4:55 AM
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While you're on holiday, the EU is dismantling environmental protections 🏖️➡️💔 #HandsOffNature
You have until 10 September to tell the Commission what you think. Your voice matters: handsoffnature.eu?utm=.share.b...
Hands Off Nature – Defend Europe’s Forests, Rivers & Wildlife
Stop the dismantling of European environmental protections. Stand up for forests, wildlife, clean air, and safe water - our nature depends on it.
handsoffnature.eu
September 9, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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hourlycosmos.bsky.social
Hubble Watches Star Clusters on a Collision Course - From Goddard Space Flight Center - https://flic.kr/p/cSYVVf
Image release August 16, 2012 Astronomers using data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have caught two clusters full of massive stars that may be in the early stages of merging. The 30 Doradus Nebula is 170,000 light-years from Earth. What at first was thought to be only one cluster in the core of the massive star-forming region 30 Doradus has been found to be a composite of two clusters that differ in age by about one million years. The entire 30 Doradus complex has been an active star-forming region for 25 million years, and it is currently unknown how much longer this region can continue creating new stars. Smaller systems that merge into larger ones could help to explain the origin of some of the largest known star clusters. The Hubble observations, made with the Wide Field Camera 3, were taken Oct. 20-27, 2009. The blue color is light from the hottest, most massive stars; the green from the glow of oxygen; and the red from fluorescing hydrogen. To read more about this image go to: www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/science/cluster-collisi... Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and E. Sabbi (ESA/STScI) NASA image use policy. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center enables NASA’s mission through four scientific endeavors: Earth Science, Heliophysics, Solar System Exploration, and Astrophysics. Goddard plays a leading role in NASA’s accomplishments by contributing compelling scientific knowledge to advance the Agency’s mission. Follow us on Twitter Like us on Facebook Find us on ...
September 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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September 9, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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September 8, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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www.counterpunch.org/2025/09/02/f...
From the Rubble, They Built Three Incubators
While the world debates whether Palestinians deserve electricity, young people in Gaza are building tech incubators from the rubble. Not one. Three. Taqat
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September 5, 2025 at 5:50 AM