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We all need to tell and tell until all our stories of death and near-death and gratuitous life are standing with us to face the challenges of the present. Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing, On the possibility of life in capitalist ruins
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submitted 6 days ago • 648 comments

Since we’re on the topic of government waste, Donald Trump’s joyride around the Daytona 500 cost American taxpayers around $5,000,000. 🤡 Here’s the breakdown: Air Force One Costs: estimated $800,000 – $1,000,000. Presidential Motorcade & Transport: estimated $200,000 – $500,000

submitted 8 days ago • 640 comments

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submitted 7 days ago • 724 comments

2025 is coming at us hard and fast! 🤯

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Encyclopædia Britannica will continue to use ‘Gulf of Mexico’ for a few reasons: -We serve an international audience, a majority of which is outside the U.S. -The Gulf of Mexico is an international body of water, and the U.S.’s authority to rename it is ambiguous. 🧵⬇️

submitted 12 days ago • 598 comments

This statement by Trump's Press Secretary is literal fascism. It's already here. Meanwhile, most Americans appear absolutely apathetic about it.

submitted 12 days ago • 2 comments

The big takeaway here is that Reuters won this case against the AI company on grounds they violated fair use—the judge found the AI company was guilty because, in using copyrighted works to generate its output, it “meant to compete... by developing a market substitute.” Huge.

submitted 13 days ago • 56 comments

Israel is escalating its attacks on Jenin in the occupied West Bank. "Israel is trying to turn it into a clone of Gaza — ethnic cleansing, pushing people out and destroying homes systematically," says Palestinian analyst Muhammad Shehada.

submitted 22 days ago • 27 comments

Elon Musk does Nazi salute at Trump inauguration.

submitted 35 days ago • 58 comments

Legit candidates for the three worst Canadians.

submitted 43 days ago • 27 comments

South Korea Impeaches President as Demands Grow for Democratic Reforms

submitted 70 days ago • 1 comment

Israeli forces detonated remote-controlled robots rigged with explosives in places “alarmingly close” to the hospital, destroying the little water supplies the hospital has left and blowing out windows and doors in the facility.

submitted 73 days ago • 11 comments

We need to break the billionaires’ grip on our democracy — and that starts with loosening their hold over local media.

submitted 72 days ago • 8 comments

From 2020 to 2022, U.S. nonprofits that deny basic climate science received $5.8 billion in tax-deductible donations. By one estimate, for every dollar a billionaire gives to charity, taxpayers chip in up to 74 cents in lost tax revenue.

submitted 73 days ago • 3 comments

Israel’s former defense chief Yoav Gallant met with Biden’s Middle East envoy, Brett McGurk, at the White House on Tuesday. Their meeting came just weeks after the ICC issued an arrest warrant against Gallant for crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in Gaza. https://buff.ly/3ZvVJYT

submitted 75 days ago • 25 comments

I thought hard about how to express what needs to be said. The climate crisis is accelerating as is energy transition. 🇨🇦 is blessed with natural & human resources to build the future. But the oil sands are taking us for fools. Time to be on the right side of history. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

submitted 80 days ago • 53 comments

"The global fire-hose market is expected to grow at an average annual rate of 6.85% from 2022 to 2028, while the fire-nozzle market alone is estimated at 5.68% growth during that period in North America, according to Arizton."

submitted 78 days ago • 3 comments

In February, the West African country appeared to be on the cusp of chaos as its president tried to seize power for himself. Senegal became one of 2024’s biggest democratic success stories. www.journalofdemocra...

submitted 84 days ago • 0 comments

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submitted 84 days ago • 1 comment