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It's pretty cool that Eater put together resources for restaurants about how to handle ICE raids

submitted 6 days ago • 42 comments

I think it was Amy Siskind who wrote about this the other day: that what we are being reminded of is that institutions are really just people. And if the people don't hold the line, the institution will not be able to hold the line.

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country

submitted 28 days ago • 2305 comments

‘We were raided regularly’: with Assad gone, banned books return to Syria’s shelves

submitted 32 days ago • 23 comments

Jan 6 was investigated and largely prosecuted as domestic terrorism. The pardons should be reported and spoken of accordingly. An endorsement of terrorism. Trump sprung his terrorist network - including, by extension, himself.

submitted 37 days ago • 55 comments

Remember when they did the Lex Luthor becomes president storyline in Superman? Seemed so far fetched at the time.

submitted 37 days ago • 3 comments

Bellingcat is currently working with universities to develop open source investigation courses in various fields and creating student-led investigative hubs at those universities, which seems well timed.

submitted 39 days ago • 30 comments

Bryan MacCormack, the executive director of a New York-based immigrant rights group, was pulled over by CBP with two undocumented passengers in the vehicle. He knew his rights, refused to acknowledge their "warrant", and despite CBP threatening him, the agents eventually were forced to let him go.

submitted 41 days ago • 101 comments

Fed up with Meta? Not ready to cancel your account there? Just avoiding Instagram or Facebook isn’t enough to stop Meta from harvesting and profiting from your private information. Here’s how to limit Meta’s ability to monetize your personal data. www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

submitted 41 days ago • 35 comments

Just FYI, administrative warrants (like the ones used by ICE) are not judicial warrants (used by cops, signed by a judge). You do NOT legally have to open the door for an ICE officer with an administrative warrant no matter what the ICE officer says.

submitted 41 days ago • 281 comments

breaking a 103-year silence "by rigorous examination and a full accounting of one of the darkest episodes of our nation’s past. This report lays bare new information and shows that the massacre was the result not of uncontrolled mob violence, but of a coordinated, military-style attack on Greenwood”

submitted 48 days ago • 8 comments

It’s a Christmas miracle!

submitted 73 days ago • 1 comment

I’m not sure how a university can convince anyone it’s seriously committed to environmental sustainability while simultaneously trying to insert generative AI into everything.

submitted 80 days ago • 5 comments

"I don’t think there’s a trend towards actual conservatism in the Valley — there’s a trend towards monopoly and corruption, and that’s led a bunch of VCs directly to Trump." www.status.news/p/nilay-pate...

submitted 101 days ago • 63 comments

We are having a full on tropical downpour right now and it is honestly the best atmosphere for Sunday afternoon.

submitted 96 days ago • 0 comments

Cis women! Call your rep Sign this petition, and share with your cis lady friends

submitted 98 days ago • 0 comments

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submitted 98 days ago • 1 comment

Macaques are the raccoons of SEA. Truly a menace. But also cute.

submitted 102 days ago • 0 comments