“The complaints came from more than 40 different units spread across at least 30 military installations, the MRFF told me Monday night.”
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“From Saturday morning through Monday night, more than 110 similar complaints about commanders in every branch of the military had been logged by the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF).”
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“A combat-unit commander told non-commissioned officers at a briefing Monday that the Iran war is part of God’s plan and that Pres. Donald Trump was ‘anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth’”
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Was wondering why this thread was picking up today, then saw @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social's generous boost. Just want to say:
1️⃣ Thanks for making time to read it; and
2️⃣ If you find it useful but aren't active in an org, please (re)join one, for that's where (y)our takes will matter most. 🙏
You, an individual, cannot "fix" the whole world. You can act at the scale of your life. You should act at the scale of your life.
More ads like this, please
Thanks @detritusbooks.bsky.social for recently reminding me to revisit Frederick Douglass. bsky.app/profile/detr...
Algorithms have failed artists, so once again I am appealing to the wealthy to go back to the practice of patronising artists so you can brag that your sicko is better than your rival’s sicko
The media and Dems are out to pacify people while the Fascists have not slowed down. Withdrawing 700 of thousands is a ploy and shuffle, as is “ending” the operation on paper.
Paleontology is very, very white; lovely profile of a Black paleontologist changing the face of the field.
we have to bring this back
As The Washington Post goes dark, today is a good day to give your money to nonprofit newsrooms like @mississippifreepress.org.
Far from laying people off, we're hiring *more* journalists and growing vital, democracy-building work.
And we have no paywalls!
Give here: givebutter.com/mfpdonate
In October, @dgraham.bsky.social explored how the president could interfere—and already was interfering—with the midterm elections. Since then, the reasons for worry have become more urgent, he writes in The Atlantic Daily: theatln.tc/LxUqVgcw
"but doctor, I AM a librarian of darkness/landlocked sea witch"
This was such a great convo!
AI literacy class or podcast 💯 Huge need
Seriously. My tiny city is the last place I’d expect this much passion and community from.
I’m so so proud of Surprise, Arizona
whoever figures out a way to bundle independent journalism subscriptions will be a hero
6/ The Post has lost over 375,000 subscribers in just over a year. If 10% of those readers subscribed to The 51st instead, we could hire 10 reporters and five editors, dramatically scaling our coverage of the city at this critical time. 51st.news/signup
Reupping this. Inquilinxs Unidxs Por Justicia is pushing for an eviction moratorium in Minneapolis. Maybe worth some of your extra bucks if you have them.
This or just dumping people *in the woods* AND sending folks out w/o their phone or I.D.
Volunteers w/ Safe Haven wait at the gate & do sweeps of the woods, with warm clothes, a burner, and a ride home, "so no one is left alone at the gate."
I donated; pls join me if you can: gofund.me/7d506a3d0
As soon as the spotlight is off an area, the horrors continue unabated and unchallenged. (This is still happening in Los Angeles, too.)
You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
His final act was to help someone else. To be brave, to be kind.
May we all be willing to help others, no matter what the potential outcome could be.
Rest in peace, Alex Pretti.
🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
Kid in a hat and backpack, maybe 5, getting detained
This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
In one of the greatest betrayals United States History,
@schumer.senate.gov and his Quisling Caucus are collaborating with fascists to pass a DHS spending bill WITHOUT language to Abolish ICE. They're content with the ethnic cleansing and the murder of US. citizens.
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My latest on failure in both the US & UK to acknowledge what we are seeing with our eyes & hearing with our ears.
The old world is over. And we have to act fast.
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