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@prisonculture.bsky.social and I have been encouraging people to read chapter six of our book, Let This Radicalize You, which deals with the question of "violence" in social movements. We have decided to share the chapter publicly, to offer some context and grounding for the current conversation.

submitted 3 days ago • 27 comments

The U.S. Capitol Police are so scared of 80+ year old veterans who need to use walkers that they're cuffing hands behind backs

submitted 3 days ago • 13 comments

PEPFAR and the Global Fund save millions of lives, and only cost the US $20 per American a year. Our representatives need to hear that global health spending is a bargain RIGHT NOW! Join a bonus advocacy session with @pih.org expert Rosie today at 1pm ET/10am PT! meet.google.com/mqh-...

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Israel can take out an Iranian commander 1000km away with a drone missile through a single bedroom wall, without any other damage. But to target a Hamas leader a few kilometres away, they need to raze whole neighborhoods to the ground. Is it obvious yet?

submitted 3 days ago • 57 comments

I get that people are deeply annoyed by iNat right now, but despite its deep flaws, I hope people can see that a better iNat, both the site functionality and the community, is worth fighting for. Here's my personal perspective.

submitted 5 days ago • 4 comments

the anti-protest arguments don’t exist to persuade protestors to change their behavior; they exist to be had, over and over again, costing as many sympathetic bystanders as possible their conviction and their gumption

submitted 5 days ago • 5 comments

I joined Twitter to follow this account about nine years ago. This is disturbing.

submitted 7 days ago • 105 comments

New opportunity to help sustain global health research re-fund-global-health.vercel.app

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

One of the coolest features of the Agami Heron is its gorgeous, flowing crest that flutters as it poses and preens. But I've never seen it up close before with the details and textures. #CostaRica #herons #nature #birds

submitted 7 days ago • 383 comments

Important result from CDC research team: H5N1 flu virus from a dairy farm worker transmitted by direct contact in ferrets with 100% efficiency (6/6 animals infected) and by droplets/aerosols in ferrets, physically separated, with 50% efficiency (3/6 animals infected). wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...

submitted 7 days ago • 4 comments

A long-dormant fluorite mine is being reopened in northern Thailand, but the ethnically Karen communities that live in Mae Hong Son province’s Mae La Noi district are staunchly resisting the return of the mining company.

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

🌋 Important volcanology tip: the respirators we use for protection from acid gases on volcanoes are effective against inhaling tear gas, and available at your local Home Depot. 💪

submitted 8 days ago • 17 comments

"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."

submitted 8 days ago • 243 comments

#madleen #gaza #flotilla #reva #alleyesondeck #breakthesiege

submitted 8 days ago • 5 comments

Law enforcement is violently targeting press at protests around Los Angeles, from easily recognizable "mainstream" outlets to freelancers and independents. ALL press have explicit legal protections in California. #JournalismIsNotACrime. This evidence thread may get graphic. 🧵👇

submitted 8 days ago • 56 comments

Three months ago today, plain-clothes ICE agents abducted Mahmoud Khalil in his apartment building lobby after they'd followed him home. Free Mahmoud.

submitted 8 days ago • 38 comments

ICE arrested 36 Chinese & Taiwanese immigrants after raiding an LA nightclub. That's them, ziptied on the sidewalk. Yo Asians—if you weren't already outraged and mobilizing on behalf of others, guess what? That "First they came for the..." poem has gotten up to us. www.latimes.com/california/s...

submitted 8 days ago • 166 comments

Regular reminder that it doesn't have to be like this and you can deactivate AI overviews in your Google searches!

submitted 9 days ago • 16 comments

ICE is a criminal organization willfully carrying out illegal orders and the people of California are right to resist this. respect to the fighters and power to the people

submitted 9 days ago • 164 comments

There's a genuinely fascinating aspect to this post, which is on display all throughout the quotes and replies: Why is this person asking HISTORIANS???? Using maps is within living memory, so why not just ask the saddest, grey-est person they can find? Well... 🧵🧵🧵

submitted 12 days ago • 12 comments