JN
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"Despite Trump officially activating FEMA on Sunday, FEMA has just 86 total staff deployed at this point [to Texas], according to figures shared with staff Monday evening...In the past it would normally be in the several hundreds at this point in the disaster recovery process."
My latest:
My latest:
FEMA response to deadly Texas floods delayed & deficient with Noem in charge
Staffers sound the alarm.
www.thehandbasket.co
July 8, 2025 at 1:25 PM
"Despite Trump officially activating FEMA on Sunday, FEMA has just 86 total staff deployed at this point [to Texas], according to figures shared with staff Monday evening...In the past it would normally be in the several hundreds at this point in the disaster recovery process."
My latest:
My latest:
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July 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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If you put googly eyes on the Pillars of Creation you get muppets 😄😄
July 7, 2025 at 11:24 PM
If you put googly eyes on the Pillars of Creation you get muppets 😄😄
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I think Zohran is an early sign
a big part of the reaction to Trump 1 was “we need to go back to normal, we gotta nominate the most conventional people imaginable” which is how we got Biden
that comprehensively failed, and a lot more people are open to real alternatives this time around
a big part of the reaction to Trump 1 was “we need to go back to normal, we gotta nominate the most conventional people imaginable” which is how we got Biden
that comprehensively failed, and a lot more people are open to real alternatives this time around
i do think the kind of backlash we see to this administration is not gonna be like what we saw to trump 1
July 8, 2025 at 1:46 AM
I think Zohran is an early sign
a big part of the reaction to Trump 1 was “we need to go back to normal, we gotta nominate the most conventional people imaginable” which is how we got Biden
that comprehensively failed, and a lot more people are open to real alternatives this time around
a big part of the reaction to Trump 1 was “we need to go back to normal, we gotta nominate the most conventional people imaginable” which is how we got Biden
that comprehensively failed, and a lot more people are open to real alternatives this time around
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BREAKING: as Thomas Gürber, Swiss Deputy State Secretary of Foreign Affairs, spoke, two actionists — one of whom is my colleague @crimew.gay — walked on stage with a sign that said "no tech for genocide."
they chanted: "no tech for genocide / you are all complicit" and "free, free Palestine."
they chanted: "no tech for genocide / you are all complicit" and "free, free Palestine."
July 8, 2025 at 8:41 AM
BREAKING: as Thomas Gürber, Swiss Deputy State Secretary of Foreign Affairs, spoke, two actionists — one of whom is my colleague @crimew.gay — walked on stage with a sign that said "no tech for genocide."
they chanted: "no tech for genocide / you are all complicit" and "free, free Palestine."
they chanted: "no tech for genocide / you are all complicit" and "free, free Palestine."
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No tech for genocide protestors took the stage at the #AIForGood conference. “No Tech For Genocide: you are all complicit. Free, free, Palestine.” “The first AI powered genocide.”
I don’t really think that the hosts of the event were prepared for this, (which does surprise me).
I don’t really think that the hosts of the event were prepared for this, (which does surprise me).
July 8, 2025 at 8:17 AM
No tech for genocide protestors took the stage at the #AIForGood conference. “No Tech For Genocide: you are all complicit. Free, free, Palestine.” “The first AI powered genocide.”
I don’t really think that the hosts of the event were prepared for this, (which does surprise me).
I don’t really think that the hosts of the event were prepared for this, (which does surprise me).
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a couple of hours before my keynote, I went through an intense negotiation with the organisers (for over a hour) where we went through my slides and had to remove anything that mentions 'Palestine' 'Israel' and replace 'genocide' with 'war crimes'
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my keynote happening in a few mins. registration here to stream it
aiforgood.itu.int/summit25/reg...
aiforgood.itu.int/summit25/reg...
July 8, 2025 at 9:58 AM
a couple of hours before my keynote, I went through an intense negotiation with the organisers (for over a hour) where we went through my slides and had to remove anything that mentions 'Palestine' 'Israel' and replace 'genocide' with 'war crimes'
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again: regular people showing 10x more bravery than almost every single elected representative in congress
After Bass spoke with what I assume is a DHS rep, they packed shit up and headed out. The whole neighborhood turned out to chase them out of the park. Some fruit was thrown, alot of yelling
July 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
again: regular people showing 10x more bravery than almost every single elected representative in congress
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“not seen in generations” isn’t quite accurate. this is a level and scope of federal policing that has no precedent in american history
July 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
“not seen in generations” isn’t quite accurate. this is a level and scope of federal policing that has no precedent in american history
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combine the operating budgets of america’s ten biggest city PDs (new york, chicago, los angeles, houston, philadelphia, DC, las vegas, dallas, phoenix, and detroit)… and then double it. that puts you at $30B
ICE's average annual budget through FY 2029 is now going to be $27.6 billion, which makes it a higher-funded agency than the FBI, ATF, DEA, U.S. Marshals Service, and Bureau of Prisons combined.
We are looking at a level of federal law enforcement in communities not seen in generations.
We are looking at a level of federal law enforcement in communities not seen in generations.
Republicans just took away your healthcare so they can fund their secret police: newrepublic.com/post/197612/...
July 7, 2025 at 3:33 PM
combine the operating budgets of america’s ten biggest city PDs (new york, chicago, los angeles, houston, philadelphia, DC, las vegas, dallas, phoenix, and detroit)… and then double it. that puts you at $30B
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And just think how many more innocents they can kidnap and traffic with the budget the Republicans just handed them.
TnT
www.npr.org/2025/07/03/n...
TnT
www.npr.org/2025/07/03/n...
Immigrants with no criminal convictions represent sharpest growth in ICE detention population
The number of people in ICE detention without criminal convictions nearly doubled in the last month — a significant increase compared to detainees who have been convicted of crimes.
www.npr.org
July 7, 2025 at 2:36 PM
And just think how many more innocents they can kidnap and traffic with the budget the Republicans just handed them.
TnT
www.npr.org/2025/07/03/n...
TnT
www.npr.org/2025/07/03/n...
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This country now has concentration camps.
Much like the regime has done and beta tested in places like Florida, they just don't use the verbiage 'concentration camp'. Then, they gaslight the shit out of anyone who calls it like it is, deny it, overtalk any media q's and move on.
Know that.
Much like the regime has done and beta tested in places like Florida, they just don't use the verbiage 'concentration camp'. Then, they gaslight the shit out of anyone who calls it like it is, deny it, overtalk any media q's and move on.
Know that.
And just think how many more innocents they can kidnap and traffic with the budget the Republicans just handed them.
TnT
www.npr.org/2025/07/03/n...
TnT
www.npr.org/2025/07/03/n...
Immigrants with no criminal convictions represent sharpest growth in ICE detention population
The number of people in ICE detention without criminal convictions nearly doubled in the last month — a significant increase compared to detainees who have been convicted of crimes.
www.npr.org
July 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
This country now has concentration camps.
Much like the regime has done and beta tested in places like Florida, they just don't use the verbiage 'concentration camp'. Then, they gaslight the shit out of anyone who calls it like it is, deny it, overtalk any media q's and move on.
Know that.
Much like the regime has done and beta tested in places like Florida, they just don't use the verbiage 'concentration camp'. Then, they gaslight the shit out of anyone who calls it like it is, deny it, overtalk any media q's and move on.
Know that.
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Reports that a Canadian citizen who has resided in the US since age 10 was abducted at a green card interview.
Her husband is begging ICE to let him fly her back to Canada and they refuse to release her.
Her husband is begging ICE to let him fly her back to Canada and they refuse to release her.
July 7, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Reports that a Canadian citizen who has resided in the US since age 10 was abducted at a green card interview.
Her husband is begging ICE to let him fly her back to Canada and they refuse to release her.
Her husband is begging ICE to let him fly her back to Canada and they refuse to release her.
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Just sit with this for a moment. Israel perpetrated what is certainly the largest single mass killing of trans people in history. And it's basically a footnote in an article in the NYT covered weeks after it happened.
Israel bombed an Evin, an Iranian prison that housed dissidents and political prisoners. They ended up destroying the trans wing and murdering over 100 trans people incarcerated there, many for simply being queer in Iran.
This is unspeakable evil.
archive.ph/PA2n5
This is unspeakable evil.
archive.ph/PA2n5
July 7, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Just sit with this for a moment. Israel perpetrated what is certainly the largest single mass killing of trans people in history. And it's basically a footnote in an article in the NYT covered weeks after it happened.
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People need to realize trans misogyny isn’t just blatant bigotry like “trans women aren’t women.” It’s also the refusal to extend empathy toward or desire to understand trans women’s perspectives which builds & curdles into hostility. And I’m seeing that kind more and more in leftist spaces.
To paraphrase a friend - the transmisogyny lately is rank - even in leftist space.
July 6, 2025 at 7:49 PM
People need to realize trans misogyny isn’t just blatant bigotry like “trans women aren’t women.” It’s also the refusal to extend empathy toward or desire to understand trans women’s perspectives which builds & curdles into hostility. And I’m seeing that kind more and more in leftist spaces.
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Iran arrests people purely for being LGBT. Israel bombed the prison as an act of "liberation", killing all trans inmates. What a grim world we live in
My god - Around *100* trans prisoners who were in Iran’s Evin prison are missing after the Israeli strike flattened their section of the prison. 100.
The current death toll is 79. The 100 trans people are presumed dead, which would more than double the death toll.
archive.is/2025.07.06-2...
The current death toll is 79. The 100 trans people are presumed dead, which would more than double the death toll.
archive.is/2025.07.06-2...
July 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Iran arrests people purely for being LGBT. Israel bombed the prison as an act of "liberation", killing all trans inmates. What a grim world we live in
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talking a lot about race-science shit, like IQ or “human biodiversity” or how bad affirmative action is, *should* be totally discrediting, a sign of lazy and shallow thinking that undermines anything else someone says
but there’s so much internalized racism among American elites that it’s not
but there’s so much internalized racism among American elites that it’s not
internalizing american notions of race and ethnic division as timeless truths about the world is a shortcut to smoothing out your brain
July 6, 2025 at 10:23 PM
talking a lot about race-science shit, like IQ or “human biodiversity” or how bad affirmative action is, *should* be totally discrediting, a sign of lazy and shallow thinking that undermines anything else someone says
but there’s so much internalized racism among American elites that it’s not
but there’s so much internalized racism among American elites that it’s not
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Without exaggeration, the last 50+ years of biological research completely discredits every race science claim. It is the single biggest indicator of being a malicious dullard and a reactionary ideologue. The fact I’ve had to dedicate a single minute of my career to addressing it is absurd
talking a lot about race-science shit, like IQ or “human biodiversity” or how bad affirmative action is, *should* be totally discrediting, a sign of lazy and shallow thinking that undermines anything else someone says
but there’s so much internalized racism among American elites that it’s not
but there’s so much internalized racism among American elites that it’s not
internalizing american notions of race and ethnic division as timeless truths about the world is a shortcut to smoothing out your brain
July 6, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Without exaggeration, the last 50+ years of biological research completely discredits every race science claim. It is the single biggest indicator of being a malicious dullard and a reactionary ideologue. The fact I’ve had to dedicate a single minute of my career to addressing it is absurd
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“still punk as fuck” i sob quietly as i chew a melatonin gummy and put an ice pack on my knee
July 7, 2025 at 12:49 AM
“still punk as fuck” i sob quietly as i chew a melatonin gummy and put an ice pack on my knee
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Sorry to add to the current list of worries, but this is terrifying www.icm.csic.es/en/news/majo...
Major reversal in ocean circulation detected in the Southern Ocean, with key climate implications | Institut de Ciències del Mar
www.icm.csic.es
July 6, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Sorry to add to the current list of worries, but this is terrifying www.icm.csic.es/en/news/majo...
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Just take it slow! If you are just getting started transitioning you are gonna be a whirlwind of emotions and maybe also hormones and it's very easy to get caught up in that and make a mess of things.
Be honest, be kind, be yourself and be patient. With yourself as much as anyone.
Be honest, be kind, be yourself and be patient. With yourself as much as anyone.
July 6, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Just take it slow! If you are just getting started transitioning you are gonna be a whirlwind of emotions and maybe also hormones and it's very easy to get caught up in that and make a mess of things.
Be honest, be kind, be yourself and be patient. With yourself as much as anyone.
Be honest, be kind, be yourself and be patient. With yourself as much as anyone.
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Sylvia Rivera on the corporatization of the queer movement in 2001, through nonprofits.
"This movement has become so capitalist...
I see this movement becoming a straight gay movement that only believes in that almighty dollar...
I have them their pride but they have not given me mine"
"This movement has become so capitalist...
I see this movement becoming a straight gay movement that only believes in that almighty dollar...
I have them their pride but they have not given me mine"
July 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Sylvia Rivera on the corporatization of the queer movement in 2001, through nonprofits.
"This movement has become so capitalist...
I see this movement becoming a straight gay movement that only believes in that almighty dollar...
I have them their pride but they have not given me mine"
"This movement has become so capitalist...
I see this movement becoming a straight gay movement that only believes in that almighty dollar...
I have them their pride but they have not given me mine"
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There was an elite consensus against transphobia so strong Texas’ Republican Speaker of the House Joe Straus refused to pass a transphobic law, the public broadly agreed, and then a few elite liberals took it upon themselves to make transphobia popular and more or less succeeded.
July 5, 2025 at 8:12 AM
There was an elite consensus against transphobia so strong Texas’ Republican Speaker of the House Joe Straus refused to pass a transphobic law, the public broadly agreed, and then a few elite liberals took it upon themselves to make transphobia popular and more or less succeeded.
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it is wild how many non-trans people seem to be taking an issue with this extremely correct thread: transphobia was an extreme minority position that was isolated to fringe reactionary christian conservatives, but through "liberal" publications laundering bigoted talking points it became accepted
There was an elite consensus against transphobia so strong Texas’ Republican Speaker of the House Joe Straus refused to pass a transphobic law, the public broadly agreed, and then a few elite liberals took it upon themselves to make transphobia popular and more or less succeeded.
July 6, 2025 at 5:59 AM
it is wild how many non-trans people seem to be taking an issue with this extremely correct thread: transphobia was an extreme minority position that was isolated to fringe reactionary christian conservatives, but through "liberal" publications laundering bigoted talking points it became accepted