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Gov. Kathy Hochul and NY Attorney General Letitia James are slow-walking the lawsuits of almost 1,600 women who say they were sexually abused in New York prisons. For Sierra Johnson, that cynical delay means she will almost certainly die before she sees justice. hellgatenyc.com/sexual-assau...

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Breaker reports that the New York Times editorial board's quasi-endorsement of Andrew Cuomo was written by NYT opinion editorial director David Leonhardt: www.breakermedia.com/p/murdoch-s-...

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"Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic, because that means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice, and a third, a fourth, and then what happens?’ - Judith Butler

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I'll just say this before heading out. If you're a young person in NYC, THIS IS YOUR TIME. The next couple of decades in this city are going to be shaped by what happens on Tuesday. Be part of the team that is turning the page on politicians like Cuomo. There are better choices.

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Iran’s Health Ministry says over 400 Iranians — mostly civilians — have been killed amid Israel’s recent strikes. At least 3,056 people have been wounded in Iran. truthout.org/articles/isr...

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What’s playing out in Los Angeles shows why it’s important for school leaders across the US to stay in contact with families this summer – via @chalkbeat.org truthout.org/articles/whe...

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For some coal miners, pausing the black lung programs at the National Institute For Occupational Safety and Health created an immediate problem. truthout.org/articles/a-c...

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thank goodness. there’s a lot to still be concerned about but celebrating the victories is vital.

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Mahmoud Kahlil is out!

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Compton, CA: A masked, heavily-armed man wearing body armor jumped out of a SUV today to kidnap a local resident. He forgot to put the vehicle in park, causing it to roll down the street damaging other cars. He jumped in the vehicle (which had no platess) and drove off without identifying himself.

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Job Garcia’s kidnapping by the Trump administration is the top story on the LA Times website right now. www.latimes.com/california/s...

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More than 1 in 3 people in state prisons were first arrested before their 16th birthday. The criminalization of youth has life-altering consequences. Shouldn't the US be investing in youth instead of locking them up?

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“Our freedoms are now up for “fierce debate,” subject to the “sincere concerns” of those who want to do us harm.”

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The Appeal to Heaven Flag is flying over the SBA. Guess who popularized that flag? Dutch Sheets. The man who did more than anyone to mobilize Christians to J6 and used to teach at the Bible school where Vance Boelter attended. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

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Millions across the US are under a sweltering heat wave. And for those behind bars, this is especially deadly. Prisons are not equipped to handle these environmental emergencies – which will only get worse because of climate change. www.cbsnews.com/news/heat-wa...

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Microsoft plans to lay off several thousand more workers in the next month, after eliminating 6,000 jobs in May. The job cuts come as Microsoft invests an estimated $80 billion into building its AI infrastructure.

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ok ok i will be done being mad for now. it is all just so irritating

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did that podcaster ever walk back using person first language and centering allistic voices in episodes about anti autistic ableism

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not that you need ANOTHER reason to never ever trust betterhelp, but they were also just exposed for their therapists using AI to generate responses in chat-based therapy with clients 🙃

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it is so annoying that podcasts keep promoting better help

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We demand more asbestos. More asbestos! More asbestos!

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i don’t love the misuse of psychotic there but

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A sincere question: what’s the other option to “self-ID” for a trans person? Someone else decides you’re trans? Could someone decide I’m trans even I don’t think I am? Or “self-ID” more a description of what gatekeepers fear, that someone self-IDs and that their identity has to be taken seriously?

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I couldn't let that Confessore piece slide. It was such a disgusting hit piece on a vulnerable community in a moment of crisis. I dissected the article and why its framings are dishonest at best and outright lies of ommission at worst. www.thedissident.news/anatomy-of-a...

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i really hope he’ll be back with his family soon, it’s awful that he’s been kept away from his wife and newborn baby

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More than 5,000 children were diagnosed with acute malnutrition in May. “Every one of these cases is preventable,” said UNICEF Regional Director. “The food, water and nutrition treatments they desperately need are being blocked from reaching them.”

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What message does it send, especially to women, that the democrats will pull out all the stops to rally around a disgraced fucking rapist rather than let a socialist win a single mayoral election? I’m so tired of this shit dude

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As a trans CSA survivor, I cannot emphasize enough how infuriating, dehumanizing, and devastating it is to watch the majority of society around me get so agitated about the hypothetical bogeyman of the "pedophile" (aka queer person) while intentionally ignoring the actual pedophiles in their midst.

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Israel has attacked over 25 hospitals in Gaza since Oct 7, 2023. Facilities like Al-Ahli, Indonesian, Al-Amal, Al-Awda, Kamal Adwan, Al-Quds, Al-Aqsa, Nasser & more have been bombed, raided, or destroyed. The destruction of Gaza’s health system is systemic and strategic.

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Protests against ICE agents staying at hotels is spreading. "Over 150 people opposed to the Trump administration's immigration crackdown protested for hours Wednesday night at an Indio hotel, as a similar but smaller protest occurred in Palm Springs." www.desertsun.com/story/news/p...

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liberals will see a marginalized group and say is anyone else going to throw them under the bus to appease fascists and not wait for an answer

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The NAACP intends to sue Musk over the pollution caused by his xAI turbines in South Memphis.

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isn’t it interesting how when disabilities make it hard or impossible to obtain less physically demanding work people may turn to physically demanding work and get more disabled from it. and then it’s even harder to get jobs. isn’t it fun

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the openai department of defense contract is so fucking bleak 😭

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if you’re disabled at a young age/from birth they just want you to die pretty much

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wild that twelve an hour is still the highest rate i’ve ever been paid. still not a liveable wage at part time here, even with ssdi

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A bill creating a minimum wage for farmworkers in Maine has been signed into law. Starting next year, farmworkers' minimum rate will rise to $14.65 an hour. Currently, their minimum wage is only $7.25/hr.

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and various hozier stuff and also other songs by other artists

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is this how it is, is this how it’s always been- to exist in the face of suffering and death and some how still keep singing?

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Opinion | A deranged Republican shot two lawmakers and their spouses over the weekend. But my colleague who I assume is a Democrat wrote the word "womxn" in a Slack thread. I have never felt more politically homeless.

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Opinion | The Iranians will greet us as liberators

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i’m so scared i’ll never get to transition

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NEW: A far-right ‘Appeal to Heaven’ flag was flown above the Small Business Administration's headquarters in DC. The flag, a popular symbol for Christian nationalists, was waved by January 6 rioters and spotted at Justice Samuel Alito's vacation home. from me and @telliotter.bsky.social:

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