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Calls for civility are often weaponized by abusers, by bigots, by those who would oppress you. If it is considered impolite to speak out against dishonor, then it is time for a true warrior to be rude.
January 13, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Calls for civility are often weaponized by abusers, by bigots, by those who would oppress you. If it is considered impolite to speak out against dishonor, then it is time for a true warrior to be rude.
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Patty, a woman observer in Minneapolis, was abducted from a car by federal agents today. She was released and talked about her experience in custody.
An agent said, "You guys gotta stop obstructing us. That's why that lesbian bitch is dead."
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An agent said, "You guys gotta stop obstructing us. That's why that lesbian bitch is dead."
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January 12, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Patty, a woman observer in Minneapolis, was abducted from a car by federal agents today. She was released and talked about her experience in custody.
An agent said, "You guys gotta stop obstructing us. That's why that lesbian bitch is dead."
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An agent said, "You guys gotta stop obstructing us. That's why that lesbian bitch is dead."
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Saw more of these today, seen on Lake Street in Uptown Minneapolis.
Person walks past large wheat pasted posters of Renee Good that read:
"Renee Nicole Good"
"American Mom"
"Murdered by ICE"
Person walks past large wheat pasted posters of Renee Good that read:
"Renee Nicole Good"
"American Mom"
"Murdered by ICE"
January 12, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Saw more of these today, seen on Lake Street in Uptown Minneapolis.
Person walks past large wheat pasted posters of Renee Good that read:
"Renee Nicole Good"
"American Mom"
"Murdered by ICE"
Person walks past large wheat pasted posters of Renee Good that read:
"Renee Nicole Good"
"American Mom"
"Murdered by ICE"
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Residents worry that the administration’s rhetoric and deployment of agents to cities with large Black and migrant populations raises the risk of violence. https://capitalbnews.org/ice-shooting-minneapolis-renee-good/
Calls for Justice Grow After ICE Shooting of Minneapolis Mom
Residents worry that the administration’s rhetoric and deployment of agents to cities with large Black and migrant populations raises the risk of violence.
capitalbnews.org
January 9, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Residents worry that the administration’s rhetoric and deployment of agents to cities with large Black and migrant populations raises the risk of violence. https://capitalbnews.org/ice-shooting-minneapolis-renee-good/
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She's one of several people I've seen on tiktok lately who have said that their passports suddenly stopped working. Not expired. Some had to get emergency passports. Some had to return back to the US.
January 9, 2026 at 11:07 PM
She's one of several people I've seen on tiktok lately who have said that their passports suddenly stopped working. Not expired. Some had to get emergency passports. Some had to return back to the US.
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Greg and I were pretty close while at Morehouse. One of the sweetest people I’ve ever met. He truly doesn’t deserve this treatment. Please support if you are able to.
The resident dean who was fired was given only ten days to vacate his housing. @harvard.edu is putting a Black family — with a newborn baby — out on the street because of comments opposing white supremacy.
Please donate to their gofundme:
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January 8, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Greg and I were pretty close while at Morehouse. One of the sweetest people I’ve ever met. He truly doesn’t deserve this treatment. Please support if you are able to.
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We’re hosting a national rapid response call tomorrow night to go over concrete next steps. Please circulate - we need a national response. More details to come. www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
Rapid Response Call: ICE Killing and Lawlessness in Minneapolis · Indivisible
Join us tomorrow, Thursday, January 8th, at 8:00 pm ET / 5:00 pm PT to discuss the killing and lawlessness by ICE in Minneapolis.
We will talk with leaders and provide concrete next steps on how you...
www.mobilize.us
January 7, 2026 at 11:54 PM
We’re hosting a national rapid response call tomorrow night to go over concrete next steps. Please circulate - we need a national response. More details to come. www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
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Investing in renewable energy is an act of peace.
January 4, 2026 at 8:12 AM
Investing in renewable energy is an act of peace.
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When they try to prevent trans children from expressing themselves as trans people, they are trying to snuff out the possibility that they will grow up into trans adults
That is literally genocidal logic
That is literally genocidal logic
December 30, 2025 at 6:28 PM
When they try to prevent trans children from expressing themselves as trans people, they are trying to snuff out the possibility that they will grow up into trans adults
That is literally genocidal logic
That is literally genocidal logic
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People not in the US routinely downplay the degree to which law enforcement in this country is willing to kill us.
In grad school I referenced this analysis that found that cops in the US kill more people than "criminals" do in other countries. And that's routine.
In grad school I referenced this analysis that found that cops in the US kill more people than "criminals" do in other countries. And that's routine.
December 28, 2025 at 4:28 AM
People not in the US routinely downplay the degree to which law enforcement in this country is willing to kill us.
In grad school I referenced this analysis that found that cops in the US kill more people than "criminals" do in other countries. And that's routine.
In grad school I referenced this analysis that found that cops in the US kill more people than "criminals" do in other countries. And that's routine.
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In 2026 let’s normalize masking for public health.
If we could admit that with healthcare being gutted, vaccine access restricted and previously eradicated diseases coming back… having an extra layer like a respirator makes good sense.
Let’s also normalize not mocking people who mask!
If we could admit that with healthcare being gutted, vaccine access restricted and previously eradicated diseases coming back… having an extra layer like a respirator makes good sense.
Let’s also normalize not mocking people who mask!
December 28, 2025 at 5:18 AM
In 2026 let’s normalize masking for public health.
If we could admit that with healthcare being gutted, vaccine access restricted and previously eradicated diseases coming back… having an extra layer like a respirator makes good sense.
Let’s also normalize not mocking people who mask!
If we could admit that with healthcare being gutted, vaccine access restricted and previously eradicated diseases coming back… having an extra layer like a respirator makes good sense.
Let’s also normalize not mocking people who mask!
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What a clever strategy. F&ck ICE.
“The goal of the protests, Newcomb explains, is twofold: to pressure hotels to stop housing ICE agents and disrupt agents’ ability to operate efficiently. She adds that organizers verify through several sources before targeting a hotel where ICE agents are staying.”
“The goal of the protests, Newcomb explains, is twofold: to pressure hotels to stop housing ICE agents and disrupt agents’ ability to operate efficiently. She adds that organizers verify through several sources before targeting a hotel where ICE agents are staying.”
Inside the Protest Movement Keeping Immigration Agents Awake
'Immigrant families aren’t sleeping well right now either,' says Megan Newcomb, an organizer of a hotel demonstration.
time.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:55 AM
What a clever strategy. F&ck ICE.
“The goal of the protests, Newcomb explains, is twofold: to pressure hotels to stop housing ICE agents and disrupt agents’ ability to operate efficiently. She adds that organizers verify through several sources before targeting a hotel where ICE agents are staying.”
“The goal of the protests, Newcomb explains, is twofold: to pressure hotels to stop housing ICE agents and disrupt agents’ ability to operate efficiently. She adds that organizers verify through several sources before targeting a hotel where ICE agents are staying.”
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This is possible. Today.
December 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
This is possible. Today.
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Before Covid began, I’d just accept that I was gonna get sick for two weeks or more if I shared space with literally anyone who was sick! No more! Even if they made the perfect vaccine for Covid tomorrow masking will always be a regular practice for me. What an amazing thing!
December 14, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Before Covid began, I’d just accept that I was gonna get sick for two weeks or more if I shared space with literally anyone who was sick! No more! Even if they made the perfect vaccine for Covid tomorrow masking will always be a regular practice for me. What an amazing thing!
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December 14, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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Psychedelic treatments show promise for OCD while cannabis doesn’t, review finds
Psychedelic treatments show promise for OCD while cannabis doesn’t, review finds
Psychiatry professor theorizes that the difference is related to how the substances interact with areas of the brain
A recent review of alternative treatments for obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) indicates that psychedelic treatments show promise for the disorder while cannabis does not.
Dr Michael Van Ameringen, a psychiatry professor at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada and lead author of the review published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research, said that 40-60 % of OCD patients get either partial or no relief with available treatments, including SSRIs and exposure and response prevention therapy. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Psychedelic treatments show promise for OCD while cannabis doesn’t, review finds
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Please please support if you can. This site does vital work.
We’re over halfway through our end-of-year fundraiser, and we’re not where we need to be to keep our vital work going. We have three weeks left to hit our goals of $60,000 and 200 monthly supporters.
The #LongCOVID community needs us — we need you! the-sick-times.fundjournalism.org/donate/
The #LongCOVID community needs us — we need you! the-sick-times.fundjournalism.org/donate/
December 14, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Please please support if you can. This site does vital work.
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More than 80% of immigrants arrested in the DC surge had no criminal records.
So why are they being grabbed? For being the wrong colour.
The National Guard has been deployed to DC to assist with “violent criminals” and yet their own data show that most people have done absolutely nothing wrong
So why are they being grabbed? For being the wrong colour.
The National Guard has been deployed to DC to assist with “violent criminals” and yet their own data show that most people have done absolutely nothing wrong
Most immigrants arrested in Trump’s D.C. crackdown had no criminal records
A Post analysis of federal data shows that the arrests of immigrants with no prior criminal record shot up sixfold during the Trump administration’s crackdown.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:43 PM
More than 80% of immigrants arrested in the DC surge had no criminal records.
So why are they being grabbed? For being the wrong colour.
The National Guard has been deployed to DC to assist with “violent criminals” and yet their own data show that most people have done absolutely nothing wrong
So why are they being grabbed? For being the wrong colour.
The National Guard has been deployed to DC to assist with “violent criminals” and yet their own data show that most people have done absolutely nothing wrong
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Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.
The exit economy is here. Black Women are paying the highest price | Fortune
This isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. And it's not a recovery, it's a redistribution of opportunity.
fortune.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.
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We lost Roe because they wanted to give the power back to the states.
We’re about to lose the department of education for the exact same reason.
But when it comes to AI, which enriches Trump’s billionaire friends, they want an EO to block state’s from creating AI regulations.
We’re about to lose the department of education for the exact same reason.
But when it comes to AI, which enriches Trump’s billionaire friends, they want an EO to block state’s from creating AI regulations.
White House crafting executive order to thwart state AI laws
The draft surfaced after President Donald Trump called for a single federal standard on AI "instead of a patchwork of 50 State Regulatory Regimes."
www.cnbc.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:10 AM
We lost Roe because they wanted to give the power back to the states.
We’re about to lose the department of education for the exact same reason.
But when it comes to AI, which enriches Trump’s billionaire friends, they want an EO to block state’s from creating AI regulations.
We’re about to lose the department of education for the exact same reason.
But when it comes to AI, which enriches Trump’s billionaire friends, they want an EO to block state’s from creating AI regulations.
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Think about this from the perspective of the musicians who create the music & who the monopoly power of the major labels renders relatively powerless. You will be furious.
All three major record labels — Universal Music, Sony Music and Warner Music — have reportedly licensed their works to a music AI streaming service
Major Music Labels Strike Deals With New AI Streaming Service
The world’s largest music companies have licensed their works to a music startup called Klay, which is building a streaming service that will allow users to remake songs using artificial intelligence ...
www.bloomberg.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Think about this from the perspective of the musicians who create the music & who the monopoly power of the major labels renders relatively powerless. You will be furious.
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The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
![Excerpt from a BBC article: ""We usually work, 10, 11 or 12 hours a day," says a 49-year-old woman from Jiangxi unwilling to give her name. "On Sundays we work around three hours less."
She is in an alleyway, where a dozen people are huddled around a row of bulletin boards.
They are reading the job ads on the board, while examining the stitching on a pair of chinos draped over it.
This is Shein's supply chain. The factories are contracted to make clothes on order - some small, some big. If the chinos are a hit, orders will ramp up and so must production. Factories then hire temporary workers to meet the demand their permanent staff cannot fulfil.
The migrant worker from Jiangxi is looking for a short-term contract - and the chinos are an option.
"We earn so little. The cost of living is now so high," she says, adding that she hopes to make enough to send back to her two children who are living with their grandparents.
"We get paid per piece," she explains. "It depends how difficult the item is. Something simple like a t-shirt is one-two yuan [less than a dollar] per piece and I can make around a dozen in an hour.""](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreiber7g4o5pujmzmjjzsp5dkz7blfexburuwjispfpv6dki7akjb7a@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
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This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
November 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.