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not the main issue here but i'd really appreciate it if democratic politicians spoke out in support of big-city life and culture with the same energy and reverence that all politicians have for small towns los angeles is "real america" and so are all the other big cities the president hates

submitted 8 hours ago • 247 comments

Also point this out to anyone you can. These were not planned protests. These were normies getting the supplies for their weekend projects or at a restaurant and saw their servers getting hauled off and were like this is some bullshit.

submitted 8 hours ago • 9 comments

Everything that’s happened over the past six months has been a response to an imaginary crisis. There is no immigrant invasion. No trade crisis. No scientific or governance crisis. Just people completely high off their own supply trying to fundamentally reorder society. None of this had to happen.

submitted 6 hours ago • 438 comments

Listen to the street medics for more detailed info but one thing I can tell you for sure for sure is that COLD WATER is your first response to tear gas, pepper spray, and other chemical agents / pepper balls etc. just blast your face (and your whole body ASAP) with as much cold water as you can

submitted 4 hours ago • 25 comments

Just want to shout out the reporters and photojournalists of the @latimes.com. They have a shitty owner, and as a result there are far fewer of them than a few years before, but on this story, as with the fires, they are giving it their all.

submitted 8 hours ago • 19 comments

"Israeli forces intercept the Madleen, cut off comms Contact has been lost with the Madleen after Israeli commandos intercepted it in international waters. They demanded that everyone on board turn off their phones, and we have lost contact with Al Jazeera Mubasher journalist Omar Faiad as well..."

submitted 7 hours ago • 1 comment

More Updates from @franceskalbs.bsky.social (Via Twitter/X)

submitted 7 hours ago • 2 comments

"🚨🚨🚨The Madleen is currently under assault in international waters. Quadcopters are surrounding the ship, spraying it with a white irritant substance. Communications are jammed, and disturbing sounds are being played over the radio."

submitted 7 hours ago • 3 comments

Please, oh please do it.

submitted 7 hours ago • 0 comments

Protect your lungs! Wear a mask and if you can't contain or diffuse tear gas, get away from it so you can catch your breath and hopefully link up with a medic. Try to avoid touching your eyes and clothes. Flush your eyes with water when you can, and wash your clothes ASAP, bc the irritants transfer.

submitted 7 hours ago • 0 comments

HEY IF YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING PAY SHERYL TO BE ABLE TO DO PRO BONO LEGAL DEFENSE

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

There's actually an extremely large scholarly literature about this. With some regularity, dictators order their troops to shoot protestors, the troops are like "wtf no," and then the dictator falls. I'll dig ho and dump some cites below in a second

submitted 18 hours ago • 60 comments

not sure there's a more embarrassing profession than ICE agent. Oh, you dress like a soldier to abduct sous chefs and throw flashbangs at protesters? Get a real job you loser

submitted 1 day ago • 86 comments

Mona is keeping us updated and encouraging us to keep our eyes on the Flotilla ⬇️ While you’re here, consider donating to Mona’s campaign too: chuffed.org/project/mona...

submitted 20 hours ago • 1 comment

Fuck ICE Victory to the rebels And remember that the only people "doing what the state hopes we do" are the people trying to discredit a diversity of tactics.

submitted 1 day ago • 30 comments

Right now, Muslims in Gaza are supposed to be celebrating Eid al-Adha. Instead of feasting, they are starving. Instead of gathering with their loved ones, they are burying their children. Netanyahu and the IDF can end this misery ANY time by agreeing to a ceasefire and allowing aid into Gaza.

submitted 1 day ago • 268 comments

Wrote this in the summer of 2020, definitely a good sign to be dusting it off now. "Less lethal" weapons are tools of colonial occupation marketed to police, and tools of police marketed to colonial soldiers. Anti-civilian weapons more than "less-lethal" www.scientificamerican.com/article/what...

submitted 1 day ago • 13 comments

The first!

submitted 20 hours ago • 2 comments

Repeated 1A violations can and will hit the press, too. If you are doing anything in service of democracy the fascists are your enemy.

submitted 20 hours ago • 0 comments

We should do this as well for those at high risk, and allow everyone else to get boosters every 3-6 months.

submitted 1 day ago • 8 comments

I have been pondering the fact that there are people so fearful of chaos that they would rather accede to fascism or imperialism than even criticize it — let alone resist it. This isn’t a subskeet. Just the result of a few recent conversations and observing a certain kind of protest critique. +

submitted 20 hours ago • 2 comments

Air Quality Alert here in Minnesota for tomorrow. (Sigh.) www.pca.state.mn.us/air-water-la...

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Incredible case study in community resistance: a Virgina town fought back against a THREE POINT FIVE GIGAWATT (!!!) gas-fired power station (would've been the 2nd biggest gas plant in the US) and connected data centre Say no to an Abundance of PM2.5 air pollution www.selc.org/news/a-rural...

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

to the tune of "this girl is on fire" 🎙️🎶 This girl is a GOOFBAAAALLLLLL #Caturday #Soundtrack

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NO MINING IN THE BOUNDARY WATERS. "If approved as currently written, the provision could lease in perpetuity land near Minnesota’s Boundary Waters wilderness, an enormous complex of pristine lakes and untrammeled forests, to Twin Metals Minnesota..." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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The Financial Times editorial board calls on all members of the European Union to -Ban trade with Israeli settlements -Sanction settlers and settler organizations -Suspend offensive weapon exports to Israel -Sanction Smotrich and Ben-Gvir -Recognize the State of Palestine

submitted 2 days ago • 33 comments

We spent so long treating Americans data like a profit center and not a right that no one is terrified enough at this gross attack on our civil liberties www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/u...

submitted 2 days ago • 8 comments

The long-term goal here is they want to shift government data from free to the public to behind a private paywall operated by one of their major donors like Thiel.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

This guy consistently posts songs with incredible lyrics mere hours after events unfurl. This was a good one.

submitted 2 days ago • 184 comments