@mahoniaaquifolium
Juneberry enthusiast. Oregon grape apologist. Garlic mustard hater. Maker of plain language resources. Studies/disrupts white nationalism in disability communities. Founder of Disability Communities Defending Democracy
Marco Rubio hanging out with Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio at the "Shield of the Americas" event
Marco Rubio hanging out with Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio at the "Shield of the Americas" event, in case you were still thinking it had some sort of legitimate purpose
“This is a crime against humanity… no longer just a human rights violation. It is truly anti-human behaviour.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
Synagogue in Belgian city of Liege damaged in explosion, VRT reports reut.rs/4aYhBmH
maybe I'm focusing on the wrong thing here but this is the wildest shit I've ever heard a white South African say and I study racism for a living
Tweet from Jacob N. Kornbluh: "Jewish People Policy Institute survey of 692 American Jews with relatively strong ties to the Jewish community, Jewish identity, or Israel: 68% support the U.S. decision to go to war against Iran, while 26% oppose it."
If you dig into this poll, reputedly the first poll of American Jews on the Iran War, it is not intended to represent all American Jews, but "connected" Jews, defined in the way this organization wants to define them. It's a poll intended to produce a certain result.
Yet even the IACC—compromised as it is—has three autistics on board. Yes, they are associated with anti-vaxxers &/or promote cures, but at least there are 3 autistic reps. Singer's I-ACC has exactly one autistic person. One. This is NOT representation. This is NOT "nothing about us without us." 2/
It would also be cool if we could stop talking about Israelis as these like parasitic monsters draining the life out of Hardworking Americans. Completely misunderstands the relationship between the State of Israel and the U.S. as well as just being blatantly fascist (esp. producerist) rhetoric.
Really wish we could have a popular left movement against the war that doesn't center the feelings or wallets of Americans but rather the lives of the people we're attacking, killing and traumatizing: Iranians, Palestinians, Lebanese people, Yemenis, etc.
The highest gas price you'll see in the U.S. is, like, $6 a gallon. And you really only see that in some very expensive parts of California. In USD, Israeli gas prices are generally between $8-9/gallon, a normal price for much of the western world.
Saw a vaguely lefty meme page complain about American gas prices (consistently one of the cheapest in the world, though certainly unaffordable for many workers!) and speculate that Israeli gas prices must be super cheap and insulated from the war. Just completely out of touch with googling.
The video also shows Herrera goose-stepping to the Nazi marching song "Erika."
His schtick can be seen as a dog whistle to antisemites.
In a 2022 video, Herrera tested the MP-40 submachine gun, widely used by Nazi soldiers, which he refers to as "Hitler's street sweeper" and "the original ghetto blaster," an allusion to Jews being murdered in ghettos under Nazi occupation.
With Tony Gonzales dropping out of the TX-23 primary, the path is wide open for Brandon Herrera to take the GOP nomination.
Herrera is a YouTuber and firearms manufacturer who has an unhealthy fascination with Hitler and Nazis and a total disregard for those who suffered during the Holocaust.
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Let’s talk about Graham Platner’s Big Lie, finally. In 2009, at the height of the Gulf War, the Marines barred him from active duty. Platner claims it was his forearm tattoos. But his one forbidden tattoo was the Nazi symbol on his chest. He knew - and he left the Marines rather than give it up. 1/
Kristi Noem Reassigned To Scarecrow Role At USDA
Kristi Noem Reassigned To Scarecrow Role At USDA https://theonion.com/kristi-noem-reassigned-to-scarecrow-role-at-usda/
genuinely astonishing that epik is like, “i can excuse genocidal manifestos by mass shooters, but i draw the line at animal cruelty”
We're at war in Iran, the president is already talking about another war with Cuba, and the White House and secretary of state are spending their time doing a roundtable on Name, Image, and Likeness rights in college sports?
‘yo brother, legal team confirmed that we can’t work with minors rn’
ABC News: “Subway service disrupted on many lines due to various issues during evening rush hour”
I don’t know why but I really like this headline
"Deliberately attacking a school or hospital or any other civilian structure would likely be a war crime... If a U.S. role were to be confirmed, the strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of U.S. conflicts in the Middle East." www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Interesting interview in Playboy with transgender adult content creators. People often point to Pornhub stats showing trans content is more popular than ever as a contradiction, as if political and sexual objectification were ever mutually exclusive
NEW: U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for the strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children but have not yet reached a final conclusion, two U.S. officials tell Reuters
You should be able to criticize your government anonymously online.
Full stop.
"Age verification" legislation is just a pretty name for "forced online ID checks," meaning everything you post is associated with your government name
We have to stop this.
theintercept.com/2026/03/05/k...
The fed govt has approved an energy megaproject on a site sacred 2 Yakama Nation near the Columbia River. It’s been used by the Yakama people for centuries in ceremonies and for fishing and root gathering–rights the Yakama Nation were promised in treaties.
The Bens Shapiro and Lauras Loomer are making a bet that they can ride the nationalist tiger and this just has not worked out for Jews historically.
Here’s Hegseth buddy Benny Johnson saying earlier this week that we need mass denaturalization and deportations of those with “ideologies that are incompatible with Western civilization.”
They want to start with Muslims. Very unclear they’ll stop there. www.mediamatters.org/us-iran-rela...
It implies that we are visitors in someone else’s country.
🧵 So why still consider Proton?
Reason 1: The content of your emails and docs CANNOT be handed over. It's end-to-end encrypted. For many people, the goal isn't full anonymity (which is hard anyway). It's keeping communications private. Which Proton still does. They have never handed over content.
🧵 Today’s news: Proton turned over payment info for a Stop Cop City account. Not good — it's state repression in action.
Controversial opinion: We don't think this means all activists should abandon Proton for docs/email.
It depends on your threat model. Let's explore.
(Long thread incoming 👇)
