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There's an amazing snapshot of the era that you should watch if you've got an hour: a 1966 CBS special report called "Black Power, White Backlash." You will be shocked* by how completely reasonable the folks fighting for civil rights sound, and how utterly vile the "normal" folks are. *maybe not

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Just think of all the cancer, HIV, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and other public health research this money could’ve been spent on instead—and weep. “The deployment of 700 Marines and thousands of National Guard troops to Los Angeles — estimated to last 60 days — will cost about $134 million”

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For non-scientists: the funding rate is somewhere between 7% to ~25% (rare) for NIH or NSF grants, depending on where you are applying. Grants are reviewed by a panel of peers who read the grants, score them, then debate the ratings for 1-2 days to rank them. It is INCREDIBLY competitive already.

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Just clarifying, though this is not difficult to grasp: Anyone working on an industry project with a notorious transphobic bigot is OK with transphobic bigotry. The end.

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So much money to cause so much harm. It’s the Trump way.

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So-called “less-lethal” weapons like those that have been used against demonstrators in Los Angeles can cause severe, lasting harm like nerve or brain damage or blindness. They can also kill. www.wired.com/story/what-t...

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Using a tactic made popular by pro-democracy protestors in Hong Kong, an anti-ICE protestor neutralizes a tear gas round using a traffic cone and water. #3janeTVOnX @iwriteok.bsky.social @jamesstout.bsky.social

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Wong has spent over 1,600 days in detention since November 23, 2020. He could face a maximum life imprisonment with the foreign collusion charge.

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Unbelievable. The supposedly progressive state of MA, where I reside, is sharing teenagers' biometric data with FBI and ICE. Multiple students have recently been detained by ICE in Chelsea, MA. We have a bill to stop this: H.1657 / S.1058. Please send letters: actionnetwork.org/letters/emai...

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why is the president the only person testing the limits of his power? everyone should see what they can get away with. what if zookeepers gave helicopters to gorillas? nobody has tried this

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Look, I'm a well-off middle-age cis white guy with four law degrees, three in commercial law fields. At this point, even I can see that key institutions have failed at the moment they were most needed because we have permitted the development of a largely unregulated and untaxed oligarch class.

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LAPD once again completely unhinged and shooting people in the streets of downtown Los Angeles. @mayor.lacity.gov has declared war on her constituents.

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Oh goddammit, I reskeeted this earlier. Sorry about that.

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BREAKING: LA solidarity protesters in Austin are occupying JJ Pickle Federal Building, which houses local ICE processing center

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every once in a while i remember alba flores as nairobi 👁️👄👁️ that’s it. send tweet

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Were Aime Césaire alive to conduct a structural analysis of the advancing militarization of American law enforcement since 9/11, I suspect he would have understood DHS as a template for how Imperial Boomerangs operate in the 21st century. Me for @zeteo.com on LA, and what led to it.

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Honestly, I think this is an angle that more people should examine. This country failed its service members, and I’m not talking some “stabbed in the back, ROE was too tight” bullshit excuse for GWOT’s failings. We’ve paid lip service to their sacrifice while destroying our country from within.

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skinner absolutely trying to sell that one

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that is a lot more cheering in the rink than i would have expected for an Edmonton goal, tbh

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I will allow myself one armchair protest tactics take re: LA this rules

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I agree that nuance is needed but the specifics of 404’s reporting is that they absolutely have gotten footage from Waymos (with a warrant) and police have begun to use them to source footage. www.404media.co/waymo-pauses...

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God protect Doechi. bsky.app/profile/phil...

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real contender for the defining quote of american christianity here

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gee, i'm totally surprised to see a panther cheap shot an opponent and get away with it.

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Hell is empty, And all the devils are here.

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Yup.

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The video of the protestor being trampled by mounted police and then shot in the head from a couple feet away with a "less lethal" munition by one of the unmounted officers will haunt me forever. It should haunt them. May there be not a single restful sleep for any of these assholes ever again.

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Head's up for LA protestors

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The thing is there is no funding for this. That's why the Guard soldiers are sleeping on the floor and there are no toilets. The unit hasn't gotten funds to book port-a-johns. And once these units hit 30 days activated, every soldier is owed a ton more money because BAH benefits kick in.

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that's a dive

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i'm still struggling to actually root for the Panthers, but fuck yes Marchand!

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Yep. Democrats should be out there saying that Trump and the hysterical right are lying. Instead, we get Dems conceding the immigration issue because that’s the easy thing to do.

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IT’S TIME!! This book is going to be so fucking good you have no idea how stoked I am

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Alt text: sign dating hello new Yorkers!!! If cuomo gets elected, we will double our prices. No joke. When cuomo was governor, nyc rents went up 52%, he tried to cut 5.2 billion from Medicaid, he cut 840 million from nyc public schools, Homelessness went up by 41%

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Growing up in Ireland in the 70s and 80s, there were constant reports of injuries caused by 'rubber bullets', baton rounds used by the British. Seeing them being used in the US is chilling. The belief that they are non-lethal means soldiers are more likely to use them. news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news...

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The threat to astronomy - image of the sky from Mongolia showing dozens of trails from Starlink and other NEO satellites. Image credit: Xin Wang, Mongolia 🧪🔭

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Them: “LA is a full on insurrection” Us at the protest:

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LAPD when they think nobody is watching

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June 9, 68 CE: Nero flees to the house of his libertus, Phaon, is declared an enemy of the Senate, & commits suicide w/ aid from his enslaved secretary, Epaphroditus (Suet. Nero 48-9). Many coins would be counter-marked 'SPQR' as memory sanctions & to reclaim the coins for the Senate & Roman people.

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this is just a masterclass in why you shouldn’t believe news outlets reporting on police violence. just literally ignoring the most clear video evidence you could ask for. the only thing missing is the guy yelling “shooting specifically that woman now.”

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I've got my eye on Relooted, an afro-futurist themed heist game where you plan to steal back real African artifacts from Western Museums, and escape with parkour based abilities. Honestly there's not a single word in this that I didn't like. ⚡ store.steampowered.com/app/3255890/...

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don’t forget: waymos and other robotaxis are surveillance devices on wheels that police are increasingly tapping for footage

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"My name is Greta Thunberg and I am from Sweden. If you see this video, we have been intercepted and kidnapped in international waters by the Israeli occupational forces, or forces that support Israel."

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BREAKING: Israeli Forces Board Gaza Aid Flotilla and Detain 12 Crew Members Zeteo contributor Greta Thunberg was on board the ship.

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Gaza waters are not Israeli waters and this was an illegal act of piracy, and Rima Hassan and Greta Thunberg have been kidnapped

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for context here’s a map of greater Los Angeles and the protest is the roughly the red circle

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