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jnil.es
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Things are bleak, but there’s also good news: 1) Montana refused to ban mRNA vaccines! tinyurl.com/bdftjezm 2) CA is fighting trans healthcare bans! tinyurl.com/yyadcnsv 3) Public outcry scared ‘em off firing parks employees! tinyurl.com/yck9yb7s Stay loud. Demand more from your local leaders.

submitted 22 hours ago • 5 comments

If you’re going to force me to look at Nazi salutes by using them as the images for the articles you publish, have the fucking decency to call it what it is. Provocative gesture? Literally what the fuck is wrong with you.

submitted 1 day ago • 57 comments

Elon musk is apartheid’s chest burster

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

When ordered by Nazis to give lists of disabled people by disability severity, some doctors sent back exaggerated data to protect patients from forced work They didn't know that the "most disabled" were to be killed first The moral here isn't to tell the truth It's to never co-operate with Nazis

submitted 4 days ago • 21 comments

hanlon's razor corrupted a lot of minds. the math does not math. Do not attribute to stupidity which is more accurately modeled by malice. — Amy's More Accurate Razor

submitted 4 days ago • 4 comments

Hey when dealing with Nazi disinformation, remember that repeating it only cements it in people’s heads, even if you actively debunk it. RFK: antivax brainworm word salad! You: RFK is pro mass death. Don’t repeat any of their messaging even to prove it wrong.

submitted 5 days ago • 16 comments

"I called it ethnic cleansing. But when I saw the images of starving babies in Gaza I had to upgrade my language." By Art Spiegelman (Maus) and Joe Sacco www.theguardian.com/world/pictur...

submitted 7 days ago • 25 comments

the FT is the only one really reporting in any meaningful way that these guys are all nazis

submitted 9 days ago • 32 comments

BREAKING: We are suing DOGE and the Office of Personnel Management to stop the brazen and illegal data sharing of federal employee data with the “government efficiency” group.

submitted 11 days ago • 64 comments

I never thought that I would see CNN advocating for privacy tools like @signal.org and Tor network… but here we are. Just as alarming as an upside down flag imo. Friends, if you’re not doing the bare minimum yet, it’s time. www.cnn.com/2025/02/09/t...

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

If you also can't stop doomscrolling and are vulnerable to Internet Consumption Disorder, I strongly recommend: -signing out of social media platforms -turning off news notifications -eat a high-protein meal -make a list of three important tasks for today -put your phone in a box in a different room

submitted 19 days ago • 13 comments

You can be disappointed in the small number of people who withheld their vote over genocide AND disappointed in the politicians for making a series of arrogant and immoral decisions that everyone with a brain told them would lose them the election and usher in an age of global fascism, David.

submitted 20 days ago • 10 comments

In my self-defense classes I focus on how most people are socially conditioned to follow the norms of a civilized, polite society — and there is a MENTAL SHIFT required to use violence to defend from violence. I'm reminded of this while watching our elected officials dithering and delaying. 1/

submitted 21 days ago • 129 comments

When the Patriot Act was passed, libraries got requests for patrons’ borrowing history. We were prohibited from disclosing those requests. We deleted and shredded those records and stopped tracking reading history for that reason. ALSO.

submitted 24 days ago • 132 comments

Two things can be true: 1. We yet don't know why this happened or if initial Trump changes played any role 2. The deconstruction of the administrative state that Trump is attempting will make all kinds of bad outcomes like this more likely

submitted 23 days ago • 18 comments