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“I’m a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will.” Antonio Gramsci he/him
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It's difficult to overstate just how much professional journalists have been trained to fear defamation lawsuits and how much it has impacted the ability to tell the truth

submitted 34 days ago • 87 comments

The judge presiding over the Luigi Mangione case is married to a former Pfizer executive. More about the judge here:

submitted 62 days ago • 635 comments

submitted 62 days ago • 9 comments

Does Schumer have a theory as to why the White House, the US Air Force, NASA, and the Department of Homeland security are all conspiring to cover up a massive sinister drone plot?

submitted 69 days ago • 9 comments

Is there any other article arguing to tear down this fascist monument or has that position solely fallen on me, a journalist with barely a shred of an audience that our legacy outlets have?

submitted 73 days ago • 1 comment

Look, I get it, Biden can have a little corruption as a treat or whatever, but liberals do realize he is personally responsible for putting tens of thousands of poor people in jail for drugs right? And that pardoning his son specifically is blatant, open, textbook corruption? I mean...come on guys.

submitted 83 days ago • 23 comments

Following the ICC's arrest warrants, how can the continued sale of arms to Israel possibly be justified?

submitted 90 days ago • 52 comments

There is a very simple reason why the UK government refuses to acknowledge the genocide in Gaza. If they did, they would be admitting their own complicity in one of the greatest crimes of our time. End all arms sales to Israel, now.

submitted 95 days ago • 71 comments

Why are half my new followers Nazi creeps? (I just block them) I thought this was supposed to be different

submitted 97 days ago • 0 comments

This is happening now in Beirut. X, as horrific as it got, is a loudspeaker for the silenced. I am still there because of it. We must get intentional about circulating the horrors in Palestine, Lebanon, Sudan if we intend to make this the just alternative.

submitted 98 days ago • 8 comments

Please don’t turn a blind eye to this.

submitted 99 days ago • 1 comment

If you've ever seen the scene in Mystery Men where Ben Stillers character furiously fails to disassemble an abandoned armored vehicle, you've basically seen Paul vs Tyson.

submitted 99 days ago • 0 comments

"Israel has the world record for the violation of UN conventions ... it has killed more UN staff than any party in history," says @CraigMokhiber. x.com/i/status/185...

submitted 100 days ago • 0 comments

We wanted to keep the casting for our film on Mandela to be authentic so Winnie will be played by a genuine South African, Charlize Theron.

submitted 100 days ago • 0 comments

I guess there a little looser about 'satirical' account requirements over here.

submitted 100 days ago • 0 comments

My latest -- how Israel's genocide is giving cover to Canadian racists to go full racist. open.substack.com/pub/noralore...

submitted 101 days ago • 3 comments