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Assigned to a prison job paying $0.13 per hour, Abron Arrington refused to work, figuring his time could be better spent learning physics.
The Colorado DOC punished him with bouts of solitary confinement.
The Colorado DOC punished him with bouts of solitary confinement.
Forced Labor Continues in Colorado, Years After Vote to End Prison Slavery
Coloradans voted in 2018 to amend their state constitution to ban forced labor in prison. Years later, incarcerated people are still being punished for refusing work assignments.
boltsmag.org
December 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Assigned to a prison job paying $0.13 per hour, Abron Arrington refused to work, figuring his time could be better spent learning physics.
The Colorado DOC punished him with bouts of solitary confinement.
The Colorado DOC punished him with bouts of solitary confinement.
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One of the ways you can see this is driven by an industry looking for some way to make itself profitable? No one has shown any concern that students demonstrate basic competency with computers before enrolling (or graduating)—and, many do lack that.
It’s been fun while it lasted: “Purdue University will begin requiring that all of its undergraduate students demonstrate basic competency in artificial intelligence starting with freshmen who enter the university in 2026.”
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
Purdue University Approves New AI Requirement For All Undergrads
Purdue University will begin requiring that all of its undergraduate students meet an AI competency requirement starting with freshmen who enter the university in 2026.
www.forbes.com
December 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
One of the ways you can see this is driven by an industry looking for some way to make itself profitable? No one has shown any concern that students demonstrate basic competency with computers before enrolling (or graduating)—and, many do lack that.
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Always wait for the NPR "but" and then switch it the fuck off. Nothing better than Mammon-worshipers and ICE contractors telling a Catholic priest in a poor diocese what's sacrilegious and (perhaps the worst sin imaginable) POLITICALLY DIVISIVE.
Supporters of the displays say the Bible is on their side, but critics call the scenes sacrilegious and politically divisive, accusing the churches of abusing sacred imagery. n.pr/4rTabaD
Church Nativity scenes add zip ties and gas masks to protest immigration raids
Supporters of the displays say the Bible is on their side, but critics call the scenes sacrilegious and politically divisive, accusing the churches of abusing sacred imagery.
n.pr
December 14, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Always wait for the NPR "but" and then switch it the fuck off. Nothing better than Mammon-worshipers and ICE contractors telling a Catholic priest in a poor diocese what's sacrilegious and (perhaps the worst sin imaginable) POLITICALLY DIVISIVE.
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The anti-Semitic mass shooting in Australia will cause a national conversation and policy change. We know this because the 1996 Port Arthur massacre led to significant restrictions on guns.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
‘I heard 40, 50 shots’: Witnesses fled Bondi Beach as gunmen targeted Jewish event
‘I heard 40, 50 shots’: Witnesses fled Bondi Beach as gunmen targeted Jewish event
Gunshots ripped through a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, killing at least 12 people
www.irishtimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The anti-Semitic mass shooting in Australia will cause a national conversation and policy change. We know this because the 1996 Port Arthur massacre led to significant restrictions on guns.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
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ICE snatched a human rights hero.
Guan Heng risked his life to capture video of Uyghur concentration camps. After escaping to the U.S., Guan was in hiding for years, not knowing his work had been crucial to substantiating China's mass detention practices.
On Monday, he has an asylum hearing in NY.
Guan Heng risked his life to capture video of Uyghur concentration camps. After escaping to the U.S., Guan was in hiding for years, not knowing his work had been crucial to substantiating China's mass detention practices.
On Monday, he has an asylum hearing in NY.
Our ex-BuzzFeed team has provided a testimonial to the immigration court about the value of Guan's work and his incredible bravery. I hope that this man - who I am in absolute awe of - is granted the asylum he needs and deserves. You can read more here: hrichina.substack.com/p/man-who-fi...
Man who filmed Uyghur concentration camps now fights for his own freedom in the United States
In 2020, Guan Heng embarked on a risky mission to prove the existence of concentration camp facilities used to imprison Uyghurs. Now, he faces the threat of deportation back to China, where he would f...
hrichina.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 2:29 AM
ICE snatched a human rights hero.
Guan Heng risked his life to capture video of Uyghur concentration camps. After escaping to the U.S., Guan was in hiding for years, not knowing his work had been crucial to substantiating China's mass detention practices.
On Monday, he has an asylum hearing in NY.
Guan Heng risked his life to capture video of Uyghur concentration camps. After escaping to the U.S., Guan was in hiding for years, not knowing his work had been crucial to substantiating China's mass detention practices.
On Monday, he has an asylum hearing in NY.
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Damn that’s crazy
Decades of research shows that low-level troops involved in lethal strikes like the Trump administration's in the Caribbean may suffer deep psychological harm. The Department of Veterans Affairs has even given the problem a name: “Moral injury.”
Troops Involved in Boat Strikes Face a ‘Moral Injury’ Risk, Experts Say
Troops who play a part in deadly missions that they see as wrong or unjustified may suffer deep psychological harm as a result, research has shown.
nyti.ms
December 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Damn that’s crazy
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Your reminder that Lichtenstein never gave a dime during his lifetime to the comics artists whose work he shamelessly stole. Nor does his Lichtenstein Foundation which continues to profit greatly from those plagiarized images.
It's unforgivable. Lichtenstein was an immoral parasite.
It's unforgivable. Lichtenstein was an immoral parasite.
December 14, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Your reminder that Lichtenstein never gave a dime during his lifetime to the comics artists whose work he shamelessly stole. Nor does his Lichtenstein Foundation which continues to profit greatly from those plagiarized images.
It's unforgivable. Lichtenstein was an immoral parasite.
It's unforgivable. Lichtenstein was an immoral parasite.
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Brown has canceled all remaining classes and exams for the Fall semester.
December 14, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Brown has canceled all remaining classes and exams for the Fall semester.
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The fact that the gov is overriding medical decisions made doctors parents and their children makes my blood boil. I thought the gop was for small gov not this big brother shit
December 14, 2025 at 1:16 PM
The fact that the gov is overriding medical decisions made doctors parents and their children makes my blood boil. I thought the gop was for small gov not this big brother shit
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Remember when DOGE stole all of our data and gave it to Palantir?
December 13, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Remember when DOGE stole all of our data and gave it to Palantir?
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If you've never commented on a public policy before, you can literally just write, "This is the stupidest shit I've ever seen and whoever wrote this is clearly a basement dwelling pendejo who thinks he can only get what he wants by stealing from other people" Just register you feeling.
December 14, 2025 at 1:22 PM
If you've never commented on a public policy before, you can literally just write, "This is the stupidest shit I've ever seen and whoever wrote this is clearly a basement dwelling pendejo who thinks he can only get what he wants by stealing from other people" Just register you feeling.
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They want banks to be able to go back to openly discriminating against women and POC. They want women to need to have a man to cosign a credit card or a bank loan like before this rule was passed.
US consumer watchdog to narrow civil rights era lending law, sources say
The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau plans to propose in the coming days narrowing a key part of civil-rights era fair-lending regulations as Republican President Donald Trump's administratio...
www.reuters.com
December 14, 2025 at 1:11 PM
They want banks to be able to go back to openly discriminating against women and POC. They want women to need to have a man to cosign a credit card or a bank loan like before this rule was passed.
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Is this why the last great tech invention for normies was arguably the robot vacuum and now we're just getting plagiarism machines and refrigerators with screens?
I have a theory about this. Regular people want tech to reduce our real-life burdens: cooking, errands, dishes, and definitely laundry. Rich tech bros already have "staff" to take care of all that for them, so they don't care. 1/
December 14, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Is this why the last great tech invention for normies was arguably the robot vacuum and now we're just getting plagiarism machines and refrigerators with screens?
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“I will only process the world in terms of good guys and non-human enemies” is perfect shit from war professor radio tom
December 14, 2025 at 3:09 AM
“I will only process the world in terms of good guys and non-human enemies” is perfect shit from war professor radio tom
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You’re telling me we could just vaccinate the fucking birds and be done with this???
To combat bird flu spread, other countries have authorized poultry vaccines, but the U.S. has held off amid political and economic opposition.
Read our full investigation:
Read our full investigation:
What the U.S. Government Is Dismissing That Could Seed a Bird Flu Pandemic
Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed.…
www.propublica.org
December 14, 2025 at 2:51 AM
You’re telling me we could just vaccinate the fucking birds and be done with this???
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14 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- 100s current and ex members, leaders, & parents turn out protest at Girlguiding HQ in England over its new ban of trans girls. The group had previously announced itself “proudly trans inclusive.”
Hundreds gather outside Girlguiding HQ to demand trans ban is reversed: 'Adults debate, children bleed'
Hundreds of current and ex members, leaders, parents and allies turned out in joyful force to oppose Girlguiding's ban on trans girls.
www.thepinknews.com
December 14, 2025 at 10:31 AM
14 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- 100s current and ex members, leaders, & parents turn out protest at Girlguiding HQ in England over its new ban of trans girls. The group had previously announced itself “proudly trans inclusive.”
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Rehire experts now! Fund them! There will be another pandemic and we need to think for our future health!
"The virus can lead to brain swelling, which can cause lasting damage, including blindness, deafness and intellectual disabilities..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/w...
December 14, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Rehire experts now! Fund them! There will be another pandemic and we need to think for our future health!
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there's mainstream unanimity that trans people are deluded freaks. the political divide is just how much surface politeness they should bestow on us, as a treat
Mary-Ann Stephenson refused to say trans women are women, but insisted she would avoid misgendering people “in normal social situations”.
December 14, 2025 at 11:20 AM
there's mainstream unanimity that trans people are deluded freaks. the political divide is just how much surface politeness they should bestow on us, as a treat
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Noticing that Democrats are passing “right to die” laws before passing “right to housing” or “right to healthcare” laws www.nprillinois.org/government-p...
Gov. JB Pritzker signs 'right-to-die' legislation for terminally ill people to end their lives in Illinois
The new law, which takes effect next September, opens the door for people 18 or older with a terminal diagnosis to be prescribed a fatal drug.
www.nprillinois.org
December 14, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Noticing that Democrats are passing “right to die” laws before passing “right to housing” or “right to healthcare” laws www.nprillinois.org/government-p...
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It’s very simple. Genuinely very simple. Until Section 230, it was the case that any website that allowed a user to publish any content of any kind could be sued if they said *anything* libelous or bad. That includes web hosts, blogging platforms, social media etc.
December 14, 2025 at 5:39 AM
It’s very simple. Genuinely very simple. Until Section 230, it was the case that any website that allowed a user to publish any content of any kind could be sued if they said *anything* libelous or bad. That includes web hosts, blogging platforms, social media etc.
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what is extra frustrating about the continued efforts to kill it is that none of them understand this
everyone attacking it is convinced that killing section 230 will allow them to remove some part of the internet that they don't like, be it content moderation or sex predators, but it's much worse
everyone attacking it is convinced that killing section 230 will allow them to remove some part of the internet that they don't like, be it content moderation or sex predators, but it's much worse
Bluntly, Section 230 is almost literally the law that the entire internet rests upon, it makes it possible for user generated content to exist on the internet, it’s incredibly important, and genuinely we must defend it at all costs. This place literally would not exist without it.
December 14, 2025 at 6:45 AM
what is extra frustrating about the continued efforts to kill it is that none of them understand this
everyone attacking it is convinced that killing section 230 will allow them to remove some part of the internet that they don't like, be it content moderation or sex predators, but it's much worse
everyone attacking it is convinced that killing section 230 will allow them to remove some part of the internet that they don't like, be it content moderation or sex predators, but it's much worse
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MAGA anti-Chinese drone laws will force huge numbers of groups who have come to rely on drones for vital and often life-saving work - like firefighters and disaster responders - to stop using them entirely.
It’s stupid and self-harming, but that’s the USA in 2025 for you.
It’s stupid and self-harming, but that’s the USA in 2025 for you.
December 13, 2025 at 2:49 PM
MAGA anti-Chinese drone laws will force huge numbers of groups who have come to rely on drones for vital and often life-saving work - like firefighters and disaster responders - to stop using them entirely.
It’s stupid and self-harming, but that’s the USA in 2025 for you.
It’s stupid and self-harming, but that’s the USA in 2025 for you.
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MORNING BOSTON! Sunrise still from Bunkerhill!
December 14, 2025 at 12:14 PM
MORNING BOSTON! Sunrise still from Bunkerhill!
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Wow. Democrats just flipped the Whoville Mayor's office, which has been held by republicans since 2003. This is in a Trump plus +30 area too.
December 14, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Wow. Democrats just flipped the Whoville Mayor's office, which has been held by republicans since 2003. This is in a Trump plus +30 area too.
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The New School was founded by Columbia University professors who wanted a university run by the faculty with minimal administration. For over 100 years it has been a unique institution with progressive values and incredible students and faculty from Ai Weiwei to Hannah Arendt. We are devastated.
Last week, the New School issued voluntary separation & early retirement offers to 40% of the full-time faculty & the majority of non-union staff. These cuts to the bone are an ideological attempt to decimate historic spaces of critical inquiry & social justice. Share our statement tr.ee/qQBIDCpIuj
OFFICIAL Statement from AAUP-TNS on Cuts to Faculty and Staff 12-9-25
The New School - Austerity Cuts to the Bone A Statement from the Leadership Council of AAUP-TNS On December 3, 2025, New School President Joel Towers and Provost Richard Kessler issued voluntary sep...
tr.ee
December 14, 2025 at 3:05 AM
The New School was founded by Columbia University professors who wanted a university run by the faculty with minimal administration. For over 100 years it has been a unique institution with progressive values and incredible students and faculty from Ai Weiwei to Hannah Arendt. We are devastated.