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And yet Joe Rogan puts guests on who say "Vaccines aren't actually responsible for the reduction in infectious diseases.”

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Just once, can somebody in the press please point out that the President does not actually have the legal authority to annex Greenland?

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JD Vance and wife are not welcome in Greenland. Here's a large demonstration at the US consulate. Their trip has also been massively scaled back and they will only visit the U.S. Space Force outpost.

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So here's the thing about these small grants. They actually do a lot to make sure we're not competing with, you know, slave labor. And promoting gender equity in the workplace means helping women get into decent jobs so they can support their families and not feel the need to migrate here!

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Bibliotherapy for me is reading as widely and deeply as possible. Because books don't let me down. #Booksky

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psssst unions are so scary they took down our website with worker organizing resources sure would be a shame if we all shared this

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being an indie bookseller in the helltimes has felt both very stable and very stabilizing, and part of me wishes everyone could be on my side of the counter for a little while, because I think it would help some of you be a little less cynical and doomy right now. so here is my VERY anecdotal data:

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What do you call humans being kidnapped and sent to another country to be imprisoned in shackles and forced to perform intense physical labor while living in horrid conditions under the threat of daily physical violence and rape? Open a history book. You can do it. I believe in you.

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Hello? Is this thing on?! 🎙️ A French scientist flew to the USA. Border Patrol seized his phone, read his social media comments, denied him entry, sent him back to France They did not like his THOUGHTS and WORDS. They refused him entry to the USA. Because of his thoughts. Orwellian Thought Police

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Iconic feminist graffiti (UK) 1979, photographed by Jill Posener, British photographer /activist #womensart #WomensHistoryMonth

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We do this, because we love our country.

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Brad Schimel let 6,000 rape kits sit untested for over two years—and then lied about it. He's as corrupt as they come. www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/p...

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From @mbrrray.bsky.social's book Grief, The Ground. Published by @boa-editions.bsky.social. Get it here: bit.ly/raygoodgrief #poetry #books #writing

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Dust storm conditions resulted in a pileup on Interstate 70 last week in western Kansas involving dozens of cars and trucks that left eight people dead.

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Hard to explain how many profitable technological “solutions” are just tools that displace labor from the vendor onto the consumer.

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p e r s e c u t i o n

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Global #waronwomen

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Simply by my steady volume, my refusal to nurture falsehoods, my insistence on calling out hypocrisy, and my intolerance to discrimination—I am probably forever altering the connection between us. I am willing to risk this. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-bridge...

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Unmmm….good job North Dakota?? Wow.

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"Extremist's have shown what frightens them most, a girl with a book. Malala Yousafzai

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UPDATE: From the original poster of the letter on FB:

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I truely believe this is the way

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Immigration growth has happened as U.S. birth rates have fallen, the Migration Policy Institute reported. U.S. birth rates reached a historic low in 2023, according to the CDC. 73% of immigrants in the U.S. are legally present and almost half are naturalized citizens, MPI said. nbcnews.to/3XPmcR5

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Today was Tim’s birthday. Thanks to everyone who’s read and shared this.

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Suffragette-defaced Edward VII penny, defaced with subversive political graffiti for the women's suffrage cause - early twentieth century, from the UK (with thanks to @ JoDQC for the images of her coin) #womensart

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there’s this very american idea that everything we do to fight facism must be “productive” and “results-driven” in order for it to be meaningful as if the act of calling out injustice is not worthwhile on its own.

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Well, look at what can be done to fight global fascism: #Romania's Constitutional Court confirmed the country's election bureau's decision that Georgescu's candidacy did not "meet the conditions of legality", as he "violated the very obligation to defend democracy". www.bbc.com/news/article...

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In 1942, the American President opposed censorship because books were weapons in the fight against tyranny.

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Costa Rica has massively rewilded over recent decades. Has this led to the collapse of farming, rural society, or national wellbeing? Totally the opposite, and we in Ireland have SO much to learn from their example. My piece for the @irishexaminer.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...

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Apparently, you can't say or write "cancer moonshot" or "peanut allergy" without permission if you work at the National Cancer Institute. 🤷‍♂️ www.propublica.org/article/nati...

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Anyone thinking we "just have to get through the next four years" isn't paying attention. We are already long-past the point of any conventional remedies to this fascist takeover. Nov 5th, 2024 was the closing of that window. But there is good news... johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/it-doesnt-...

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People nowadays.

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This week in class: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., "Where Do We Go from Here?" (1967). 🗃️ Seems quite, relevant, doesn't it?

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“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist” James Baldwin Subscribe my youtube channel youtube.com/@literarypea...

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Some Canadian poetry for today. From Margaret Atwood's book, Morning in the Burned House. #poem #books #writing

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I was getting tired of being told what to do. Self-determination was a pain in the ass sometimes but it beat the alternative by a lot.

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A reminder for these times.

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From Ukrainian-born poet Ilya Kaminsky. Photo courtesy of Poetry Foundation. Don't have this one in a book, so making a rare exception to my only posting own photos rule given the circumstances. #poem #writing #ukraine

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I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F. 18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it. We made this website to tell our story: 18f.org

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Indeed she did.

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