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I really hate how accurate this is

Blackness is the big elephant in the room the liberals don’t want to address. Sure, they can react in shock when they see Trump return Jim Crow, but can they examine the ways they themselves are daily participating in antiblackness by their actual deed?

I love this publication. Now out of print!

If you're represented by a Republican and you care about the post office, how about flyering outside your local post office. Tell folks about the administration's plan to dismantle USPS and tell them to contact their GOP reps. Include local telephone numbers on the fliers. bsky.app/profile/sylv...

I want to say again to academics who are interested in public writing. Look locally. Sure national outlets are good and I do that too, but this kind of visibility in your community can have a real impact.

@biella.bsky.social moderates this talk about tech & culture. (online) culture leads to political change. if you spread mis/dis-information, you get politics that reflect that. cyber.harvard.edu/events/book-...

lol nobody at my company would even see this shit if it fails dmarc (which is basically dkim + spf and is the very basic 'im not spam' signifier in 2025)

Now that I think about it Oprah's media personality reminds me a lot of MrBeast, someone who deliberately capitalized on toxic people, trends, and exploitation but punctuated it with acts of charity to throw off critics.

What would the MSM do if this was Hitler? Hitler wants to make us great again. We can't wait to see how Mr Musk, a White South African pro-apartheid industrial leader, makes our nation greater by firing all the under-qualified Jews & Blacks. He shows his respect by 'saluting' our efforts. (parody)

Such a burden for people who may not have access to transportation or local facilities.

"Vaccines have allowed us to live longer. The only reason frankly that we now question them is because at some level vaccines have been a victim of their own success." Watch Dr. Paul Offit in VIRULENT: THE VACCINE WAR this weekend! watch.eventive.org/virulentmovi...

This clip on the "Green Book" showcases how racism is still here. If a racist today or 58 years ago read it, they would deny it was needed, look to target those businesses, deny the racism that is enacted daily. The story of the 'hat' is unforgettable. www.youtube.com/watch?v=83pA...

How can you read this article and not get absolutely furious at the lack of gun control since 1999!?!? TWENTY SIX YEARS have passed. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...

Please read and share. But especially share with folks that might not realize how critical Section 504 is to so many people. I tried to write a simple clear explanation at the break. Gift link here: www.startribune.com/why-are-repu...

The NY AG was unable to take my complaint about helping me recover my Facebook acct and suggested I speak to a lawyer. Their division is the Bureau of Internet & Technology. I have no idea why this isn't related to their area.

The Next Target: People With Disabilities Trump has unleashed a government-wide attack on people with disabilities, from proposed special-education rollbacks to threats to slash Medicaid. These actions will have catastrophic consequences for millions of people with disabilities across the country

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m... a new mad studies book

FYI, Amazon will no longer enable the downloading of ebooks to exterior devices starting February 26th. Here’s a tutorial on how to download your ebooks off of Amazon. You can use Calibre (free software) to reformat the kindle books to be used on other devices. www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2DQuRqn/

The Truth About the Section 504 Lawsuit: Separating Facts from Fiction open.substack.com/pub/mindramp...

FBI cancels community outreach programs for seniors

Muhsin Hendricks, world’s ‘first openly gay imam’, shot dead in South Africa

learn about the Black Panther Party free breakfast program learn about the Zapatista uprising learn about Jane learn about the Kensington Welfare Rights Union learn about STAR learn about Act Up learn about the Battle of Blair Mountain learn about the Spanish Civil War we are not the first

‼️Tomorrow 10am SHOW UP, New York City!‼️

Here’s a follow up to my previous video. (It is a link but it’s because it’s longer than 59 seconds. www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2UGD5YH/

Musk is firing the people who operate the Veterans Crisis Line. People will die. It's crazy to me how the Republicans have managed to convince their base they "support the troops" when all they do is cut their benefits & piss on their service. 22 veterans die of suicide every day.

"Christine Quinn, the former City Council speaker, said this was the first time she had ever heard of a speaker calling for the resignation of a mayor." Whoa!!!

BLACK HISTORY is here to stay. This February, purchase a copy of the special history edition of our zine, The TRiiBE Guide. It’s a deep dive into Chicago’s Black and Indigenous histories, uplifting our forgotten and buried narratives. Buy your copy today: www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2337-t...

We need Pete Buttigieg as a clear messenger, more than ever.

I do like the idea of getting back to good old fashioned political postering

Here's another FACT - Ontario! That $1/Beer, MTO Sticker, & $200 bouncy cheque YES, the one that FORD sent you! Allowed him to SELL the LCBO ($B) so his Corporate buddies could take the profits!! Register to VOTE Show Up➡️ ➡️ *Our lives depend on it! VOTE FORD OUT *Over 80k homeless Ontarians!

stop normalizing

This is very good, and gave me a lot of very specific facts to cite as he went through the parallels in sequence. I’m going to use them as argument ammunition. Recommended Sunday longread

Bloomberg is reporting that federal workers tasked with approving medical devices for Medicare have reportedly received termination notices. As a wheelchair user who also uses some other assistive devices (canes, shower chairs, that sort of thing) I want to add some context to this.

A recent US presidential EO "refers to autism and other disabilities as 'a dire threat to the American people & our way of life.' This is fundamentally inaccurate. Autistic people have always been here, including before America existed. We aren’t new." autisticadvocacy.org/2025/02/asan... 1/2

Let's be very clear about Trump's "Make America Healthy Again" executive order and proposed commission: This is very very close to the Nazis declaring my son and his disabled community members to be "useless eaters"—and we know where that led. Please, PLEASE push back with everything you have.

The measles outbreak in Texas is reminding me of the public letter Roald Dahl wrote about losing his daughter to measles in 1962, just before the vaccine was publicly available.

TW: transgender crime

"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...

We won’t disappear just because you change a website.