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"We must love one another or die" Education: University of Oxford, U.K.; Stella Maris, Chennai. Work: English-WGSS Professor, Guardian ad Litem, Poetry Editor (most days). Being Human: https://www.pocobrat.net/

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We don't have a resource problem, we have an allocation problem.

20.07.2025 21:18 πŸ‘ 331 πŸ” 103 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 2
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Marine Le Pen Found Guilty of Embezzlement, Banned From Next Elections Judges convicted the far-right leader of misusing EU funds and barred her from running in the 2027 French presidential elections.

*gazes wistfully out a window*

31.03.2025 14:56 πŸ‘ 42136 πŸ” 5521 πŸ’¬ 1230 πŸ“Œ 591
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BREAKING: DHS Detains Palestinian Student from Columbia Encampment, Advocates Say Agents told him his student visa was revoked. But he had a green card. Agents then said that was revoked too.

Breaking: ICE arrests a Palestinian student at Columbia, Mahmoud Khalil, whose wife is 8 months pregnant. They revoked his student visa and his green card.

BOYCOTT COLUMBIA. WRITE & Demand answers.

This is fucking sickening.

zeteo.com/p/breaking-d...

09.03.2025 14:53 πŸ‘ 1258 πŸ” 625 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 51
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All I'm saying is, if you ran a campaign on democracy being at stake and democracy lost, isn't it time to be massively freaking out instead of doing this

07.03.2025 15:02 πŸ‘ 33775 πŸ” 4174 πŸ’¬ 232 πŸ“Œ 260

This is NOT what I had in mind when I voted for the man who pretended to work at McDonald's for a day and then drove around in a dump truck. I thought he would continue doing those things, thereby providing valuable services in my community

06.03.2025 19:10 πŸ‘ 24812 πŸ” 2259 πŸ’¬ 298 πŸ“Œ 113
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Ya-Nehisi Coates and our spineless Democratic Party!

21.02.2025 07:10 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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WSJ sub: β€œIndian Partition went smoothly enough, right? Will try to remember to check this before publishing.”

13.02.2025 11:15 πŸ‘ 7875 πŸ” 1540 πŸ’¬ 464 πŸ“Œ 680

a good part of me thinks that in addition to everything else, the reason they are scrubbing these stories is they do not want disadvantaged kids to believe they can aspire to anything other than their designated β€œblack” or β€œhispanic” or β€œwoman” job

08.02.2025 17:16 πŸ‘ 45146 πŸ” 11111 πŸ’¬ 822 πŸ“Œ 311
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Tesla Paid Zero Federal Income Tax in 2024, Despite $2.3 Billion in Income This brings Tesla’s average tax rate over the past three years to 0.4 percent.

Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024.

You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?

Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.

You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.

07.02.2025 23:00 πŸ‘ 47665 πŸ” 20296 πŸ’¬ 1457 πŸ“Œ 1115
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You can take the boy out of apartheid but can you take apartheid out of the boy?

03.02.2025 21:16 πŸ‘ 13502 πŸ” 2518 πŸ’¬ 789 πŸ“Œ 148

Let me emphasize: Elon Musk has not been confirmed by Congress. His β€œdepartment” was never actually enacted. No one other than Trump has given him any authority.

Democrats and any Republicans with a spine need to step in and stop this madness.

Call your rep now (202) 224-3121

03.02.2025 16:45 πŸ‘ 11138 πŸ” 3440 πŸ’¬ 389 πŸ“Œ 180

Happy Black History Month! Here is my favorite story about a Black American you may not know about: Robert Smalls. He commandeered a confederate ship and sailed himself, his family, and the other enslaved crew and their families to freedom. THROUGH waters controlled by the Confederacy.

01.02.2025 13:00 πŸ‘ 26869 πŸ” 4668 πŸ’¬ 622 πŸ“Œ 218
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Declassified CIA Guide to Sabotaging Fascism Is Suddenly Viral The World War II-era "Simple Sabotage Field Manual" is full of steps that office workers can take to resist leadership.

Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet:

www.404media.co/declassified...

29.01.2025 20:53 πŸ‘ 67084 πŸ” 27496 πŸ’¬ 1217 πŸ“Œ 1881
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Google Maps to rename 'Gulf of Mexico' to 'Gulf of America' for US users Google Maps will change the name of "Gulf of Mexico" to "Gulf of America" once it is officially updated in the U.S. Geographic Names System, it said in an X post on Monday.

I will be continuing to call it the Gulf of Mexico because I don't cater to the whims of a ridiculous felon

www.reuters.com/world/us/goo...

28.01.2025 16:32 πŸ‘ 47081 πŸ” 5189 πŸ’¬ 3344 πŸ“Œ 821

Do you know why a president would do all the most evil and heinous shit via Executive Order? Because his party can't easily make it law. And if they can't make it law, they can't make it last.

Don't let anyone make you feel like this is The End. Do not let them demoralize you. Live to see them die.

29.01.2025 00:01 πŸ‘ 67677 πŸ” 16278 πŸ’¬ 969 πŸ“Œ 783
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This is my favorite picture of Stonewall.

They knew they were getting arrested just for being LGBTQ+.

Yet... they're still here, standing outside of the boarded up Stonewall Inn, smiling as the world was at a fever pitch of hatred against them.

I think about it a lot in moments like this.

29.01.2025 03:18 πŸ‘ 37568 πŸ” 6532 πŸ’¬ 370 πŸ“Œ 217

I'm so sorry, Kate!

20.01.2025 04:37 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Legendary saxophonist Marshall Allen announces debut solo album at age 100 Marshall Allen, the legendary saxophonist, composer, and Sun Ra Arkestra member, is set to share his debut solo album, New Dawn, on February 14th.

At 100 years old, legendary saxophonist and Sun Ra leader Marshall Allen is releasing his debut solo album

16.01.2025 17:22 πŸ‘ 2689 πŸ” 584 πŸ’¬ 52 πŸ“Œ 101
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The Militia and the Mole Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was a ProPublica reporter.

Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias.

He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.

propub.li/3DGXECO

04.01.2025 12:00 πŸ‘ 14033 πŸ” 5150 πŸ’¬ 443 πŸ“Œ 572
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Save Dr. Hussam Email To Whom It May Concern I'm writing to you concerning the deeply troubling abduction and abuse of a medical doctor and director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, in North Gaza by the Isra...

Translating Falasteen (Palestine)
@translatingpal
⚠️IMPORTANT: Save Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya and the medical staff of Kamal Adwan Hospital:

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

30.12.2024 15:56 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Dozens of Black women in Philly gather weekly to sew reusable period pads for girls in Africa and beyond A group of retired Black women in Philly, many already skilled quilters and artists, gather weekly to sew period pads for girls in Africa. Along the way, they've also built a community here.

A group of retired Black women in Philly gather weekly to sew period pads for girls in Africa. Along the way, they've also built a community here

"We believe in each other and have faith in ourselves, and we have faith others are going to support us”

30.12.2024 00:40 πŸ‘ 5995 πŸ” 1444 πŸ’¬ 73 πŸ“Œ 85

I would love to see a bunch of musical artists and celebrities put on a nationally televised tribute concert for Pres. Jimmy Carter on inauguration day with all proceeds going to Habitat for Humanity.

30.12.2024 00:19 πŸ‘ 53946 πŸ” 10058 πŸ’¬ 2015 πŸ“Œ 1301
The abducted Dr Hussam Abu Safiya walks towards the colonisers' tanks amidst the destruction of North Gaza

The abducted Dr Hussam Abu Safiya walks towards the colonisers' tanks amidst the destruction of North Gaza

#FreeDrHussamAbuSafiya #FreePalestine

29.12.2024 08:09 πŸ‘ 38 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

It’s weird how scrolling on this app you wouldn’t know that Israel burned down a hospital yesterday in Northern Gaza, or it murdered 103 Palestinians, or that that 4 children froze to death…

28.12.2024 11:43 πŸ‘ 523 πŸ” 229 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 10

🚨Union baristas are calling on EVERYONE to NOT buy from ANY Starbucks store during the duration of our ULP strikes. 🧡

bsky.app/profile/sbwo...

22.12.2024 00:44 πŸ‘ 5299 πŸ” 3473 πŸ’¬ 101 πŸ“Œ 196
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"Stop asking why schools don’t have bullet proof glass & metal detectors at all the doors. Ask why schools HAVE to. That’s the question that needs to be asked”

16.12.2024 21:38 πŸ‘ 26706 πŸ” 6524 πŸ’¬ 584 πŸ“Œ 285

Hey corporate media,

Thou shalt not spend thousands of hours on one CEO’s shooting and only one hour on a classroom of children.

16.12.2024 22:57 πŸ‘ 44939 πŸ” 10656 πŸ’¬ 648 πŸ“Œ 378

Josh Shapiro called the McDonald’s employee who reported Luigi Mangione a β€œhero.”

She will NOT get the $10,000 reward money because she called 911 instead of the tip line.

By the way, Josh Shapiro got $15,000 in donations from United Healthcare last year.

Numbers are fun.

16.12.2024 00:41 πŸ‘ 26178 πŸ” 5171 πŸ’¬ 832 πŸ“Œ 246