Eliza of Allium
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In Chicago, Palestinian-owned businesses have become platforms of cultural preservation, keeping alive the memory of a Palestine from previous generations. | ✍️ Malavika Ramakrishnan chicagoreader.com/city-life/pa...
Palestinian-owned businesses in Chicago keep culture alive
Local shops help carry on traditional Palestinian food, clothing, and art in the diaspora.
chicagoreader.com
February 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM
In Chicago, Palestinian-owned businesses have become platforms of cultural preservation, keeping alive the memory of a Palestine from previous generations. | ✍️ Malavika Ramakrishnan chicagoreader.com/city-life/pa...
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"These cuts should be a rallying cry for higher education to come together... Conflicts should be set aside to focus attention on this ruthless takedown of academia. All disciplines will be affected by these cuts, not just science. This is a moment to unite."
💯 agree with @holdenthorp.bsky.social!
💯 agree with @holdenthorp.bsky.social!
A direct hit
Late last week, the Trump administration set off a frenzy in the US scientific community when the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that indirect cost reimbursement for federally funded re...
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February 11, 2025 at 11:53 PM
"These cuts should be a rallying cry for higher education to come together... Conflicts should be set aside to focus attention on this ruthless takedown of academia. All disciplines will be affected by these cuts, not just science. This is a moment to unite."
💯 agree with @holdenthorp.bsky.social!
💯 agree with @holdenthorp.bsky.social!
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In a strongly-worded letter to Catholic bishops in the United States, Pope Francis is taking to task the Trump Administration's stance on migrants, and that he's following what he calls a "major crisis" with the initiation of mass deportation.
Pope rebukes Trump over migrant deportations and refutes VP Vance's theology
In a strongly-worded letter to Catholic bishops in the United States, Pope Francis is taking to task the Trump Administration's stance on migrants, and that he's following what he calls a "major crisi...
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February 11, 2025 at 7:11 PM
In a strongly-worded letter to Catholic bishops in the United States, Pope Francis is taking to task the Trump Administration's stance on migrants, and that he's following what he calls a "major crisis" with the initiation of mass deportation.
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BREAKING: In response to a lawsuit by Doctors of America, a federal judge ordered the Department of Health and Human Services to restore information on websites that the Trump admin had ordered agencies to remove.
The webpages must be restored to their Jan. 30 state by midnight Tue, Feb 11.
The webpages must be restored to their Jan. 30 state by midnight Tue, Feb 11.
February 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
BREAKING: In response to a lawsuit by Doctors of America, a federal judge ordered the Department of Health and Human Services to restore information on websites that the Trump admin had ordered agencies to remove.
The webpages must be restored to their Jan. 30 state by midnight Tue, Feb 11.
The webpages must be restored to their Jan. 30 state by midnight Tue, Feb 11.
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The Papua New Guinea Courier is in rare form.
February 6, 2025 at 12:31 PM
The Papua New Guinea Courier is in rare form.
To all civil servants of conscience who are sticking with their jobs despite you-know-who's attempt to buy them out with a Fork in the Road email, I hope you make the fascists' lives hell in a million tiny frustrating ways, like in the good ol' Simple Sabotage Field Manual. #shitshow #resist
February 6, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Carefully selected excerpts from this week's To-Do list:
virtue hoarders
meditate
make broth
never whistle at night
hydrate!!!
celery??
#todolist #existentialquestions #booksky
virtue hoarders
meditate
make broth
never whistle at night
hydrate!!!
celery??
#todolist #existentialquestions #booksky
January 27, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Carefully selected excerpts from this week's To-Do list:
virtue hoarders
meditate
make broth
never whistle at night
hydrate!!!
celery??
#todolist #existentialquestions #booksky
virtue hoarders
meditate
make broth
never whistle at night
hydrate!!!
celery??
#todolist #existentialquestions #booksky
My cottage has bunions on its feet and my mortar and pestle are in the shop, so it's time for a Baba Yaga winter walk to work. Listening to Monstrous Nights by Genoveva Dimova. #audiobooksarebooks #booksky #currentlyreading #genovevadimova #monstrousnights #babayagastyle
January 27, 2025 at 7:40 PM
My cottage has bunions on its feet and my mortar and pestle are in the shop, so it's time for a Baba Yaga winter walk to work. Listening to Monstrous Nights by Genoveva Dimova. #audiobooksarebooks #booksky #currentlyreading #genovevadimova #monstrousnights #babayagastyle
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Winter thoughts, 7:30am:
Whoa, what's that weird yellow light in the hallway?
Oh ya, the sun. Haven't seen THAT in a while.
Whoa, what's that weird yellow light in the hallway?
Oh ya, the sun. Haven't seen THAT in a while.
January 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Winter thoughts, 7:30am:
Whoa, what's that weird yellow light in the hallway?
Oh ya, the sun. Haven't seen THAT in a while.
Whoa, what's that weird yellow light in the hallway?
Oh ya, the sun. Haven't seen THAT in a while.
The old is new again. One of my college students on Zoom has the same Red Hot Chili Peppers poster on their wall as one of my friends had in college.
January 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The old is new again. One of my college students on Zoom has the same Red Hot Chili Peppers poster on their wall as one of my friends had in college.
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I am not watching one single thing produced by or orchestrated by that administration. That's their propaganda. Why would I make it easy on them?
Inviting everyone to join me on Jan 20th in doing one thing you love, and one thing they would hate.
Joy & spite, y'all. Joy and spite.
Inviting everyone to join me on Jan 20th in doing one thing you love, and one thing they would hate.
Joy & spite, y'all. Joy and spite.
January 14, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I am not watching one single thing produced by or orchestrated by that administration. That's their propaganda. Why would I make it easy on them?
Inviting everyone to join me on Jan 20th in doing one thing you love, and one thing they would hate.
Joy & spite, y'all. Joy and spite.
Inviting everyone to join me on Jan 20th in doing one thing you love, and one thing they would hate.
Joy & spite, y'all. Joy and spite.
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found on r/me_irlgbt, seemed relevant. stay strong. i love you all.
January 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
found on r/me_irlgbt, seemed relevant. stay strong. i love you all.
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It will be easy to fall into a pattern of dunking & reacting in these times. Performing disapproval can be a consuming pastime & it is not enough. Refuse to abandon vulnerable people. Build a rebellious culture of care. If you need help, @prisonculture.bsky.social and I wrote a book to assist you.
Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care a book by Kelly Hayes, Mariame Kaba, Harsha Walia, et al.
What fuels and sustains activism and organizing when it feels like our worlds are collapsing? Let This Radicalize You is a practical and imaginative resource for activists and organizers building powe...
bookshop.org
January 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
It will be easy to fall into a pattern of dunking & reacting in these times. Performing disapproval can be a consuming pastime & it is not enough. Refuse to abandon vulnerable people. Build a rebellious culture of care. If you need help, @prisonculture.bsky.social and I wrote a book to assist you.
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Consider this if you're thinking of going back to TikTok.
An update on the TikTok situation from our monitoring on Reddit. Now you get TOS'ed for saying negative comments about meta and Zuckerberg, left-wing politics get flagged as misinformation, and you can't tag #fucktrump #fuckelon or #fuckmeta but you CAN tag #fuckbiden and #fuckkamala
January 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Consider this if you're thinking of going back to TikTok.
It's rare to read a collection of stories without a dud that kinda makes you go, "meh." This one was amazing from beginning to end. Delightfully creepy. A Sunny Place for Shady People, by Mariana Enriquez.
#asunnyplaceforshadypeople #marianaenriquez #booksky #currentlyreading #bookreview
#asunnyplaceforshadypeople #marianaenriquez #booksky #currentlyreading #bookreview
January 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
It's rare to read a collection of stories without a dud that kinda makes you go, "meh." This one was amazing from beginning to end. Delightfully creepy. A Sunny Place for Shady People, by Mariana Enriquez.
#asunnyplaceforshadypeople #marianaenriquez #booksky #currentlyreading #bookreview
#asunnyplaceforshadypeople #marianaenriquez #booksky #currentlyreading #bookreview
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Even if it is postponed or reversed, the precedent this has already set is a sample of what is to come and how we need to prepare.
January 19, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Even if it is postponed or reversed, the precedent this has already set is a sample of what is to come and how we need to prepare.
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“I don’t consider myself COVID cautious. I consider myself COVID competent,” Zebrowski said. “Cautious would imply that I have an unreasonable fear of something. I do not have an unreasonable fear of this disease.”
Nailed it 🔥
Nailed it 🔥
Meet the Americans who still take COVID-19 precautions seriously
People with immune system health problems continue to take precautions against COVID-19 five years into the pandemic.
apnews.com
January 17, 2025 at 10:35 PM
“I don’t consider myself COVID cautious. I consider myself COVID competent,” Zebrowski said. “Cautious would imply that I have an unreasonable fear of something. I do not have an unreasonable fear of this disease.”
Nailed it 🔥
Nailed it 🔥
I have stumbled upon a perfect book pairing due to the vagaries of library hold times: The Universe in 100 Colors by Thrasher and Mudge, and Chromophobia by Batchelor. #booksky #colors #chromophobia #chromophilia #artandscience #whatimreading @tylerthrasherart.bsky.social
January 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I have stumbled upon a perfect book pairing due to the vagaries of library hold times: The Universe in 100 Colors by Thrasher and Mudge, and Chromophobia by Batchelor. #booksky #colors #chromophobia #chromophilia #artandscience #whatimreading @tylerthrasherart.bsky.social
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Chicago Lyric Opera
January 18, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Chicago Lyric Opera
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Nice people are struggling over the revelations on Gaiman, and something I keep hearing is, 'His work had a big influence on how I shaped my own identity.' So here's something to remember:
You did that. He didn't do it for you. 1/
You did that. He didn't do it for you. 1/
January 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Nice people are struggling over the revelations on Gaiman, and something I keep hearing is, 'His work had a big influence on how I shaped my own identity.' So here's something to remember:
You did that. He didn't do it for you. 1/
You did that. He didn't do it for you. 1/
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They only ever seem to want to use robots to replace workers who are at risk of organizing some sort of job action: teachers. Animators. Grocery store clerks. Retail workers. Writers. Illustrators. Never stock market analysts or real estate agents.
December 19, 2024 at 2:07 PM
They only ever seem to want to use robots to replace workers who are at risk of organizing some sort of job action: teachers. Animators. Grocery store clerks. Retail workers. Writers. Illustrators. Never stock market analysts or real estate agents.
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Superman, but Clark Kent is in a newsroom with six other people trying to cover three different beats and can’t save anyone’s lives because the private equity company keeps threatening to close his newspaper if he doesn’t keep producing enough content.
December 19, 2024 at 3:50 PM
Superman, but Clark Kent is in a newsroom with six other people trying to cover three different beats and can’t save anyone’s lives because the private equity company keeps threatening to close his newspaper if he doesn’t keep producing enough content.