Every time you use genAI, you're supporting an ongoing genocide in Congo. Earlier this year, the US and UAE (which is, with our help, also committing genocide in Sudan) created a paramilitary force to ensure the flow of cobalt and rare earth minerals extracted by child slaves to create GPUs.

Congo Plans Paramilitary Unit for Mines with US, UAE Funding

The Democratic Republic of Congo will create a paramilitary unit to police its mines with funding from the US and the United Arab Emirates, the country’s General Inspectorate of Mines said.

bloomberg.com

Forests are more than just wood and are important for the water balance. The groundwater beneath a forest is clean, oxygen-rich and excellent for producing drinking water. That is why forests are particularly often also water protection areas. 💚🌿☘️🌱🌲🌳🍀💚

Many pregnant Texas residents now fear losing their lives during pregnancy, after four young women died in the state when they were unable to access medically necessary abortions.

‘I Don’t Want To Die’: Texas Patients Are Afraid To Get Pregnant

The fear of losing their lives is precisely what many pregnant Texas residents say they’ve experienced after four young women died in the state when they were unable to access medically necessary abor...

msmagazine.com

The Plantichrist @ The Gay Plant Store, Seattle WA. 🤭😈

The mainstream media is a club of mostly straight white men who protect each other, minimize issues relating to women and ethnic minorities and who come from privileged backgrounds that blind them to low/middle income issues. It’s a disaster.

Oliver Willis@owillis.bsky.social · 4w ago

Related story I wrote in 2018 7th man who controlled Clinton media coverage ousted for predatory behavior americanjournalnews.com/7th-man-who-...

if centrist mush had a winning track record and the public has shown that they would prefer it over liberal/progressive positioning, i would grumble but mostly go along with democrats in supporting it. but the record shows -- it clearly shows -- this stuff suppresses the vote among the base.

for the first time in almost a thousand years, the universe has called upon Norway to crush the English

open.substack.com/pub/morethan...

Forest Service to Remove Your Voice from Public Lands Decisions

A new proposal would shrink the public’s right to comment on the rulebooks that govern grazing, logging, and permits across the national forests. Comment now.

open.substack.com

I can’t say it better than this.

ElieNYC@elienyc.bsky.social · last mo.

I said the world should boycott THIS VERY TOURNAMENT because we are a rogue state starting illegal wars and kidnapping sovereign leaders. But, naaahhh. Y’all wanted football. So… you got it. And I really don’t have time for you bitching now that the US is acting LIKE THE US.

I assumed everyone knew this was predicted to occur when they sacked 50% of the NOAA staff and started canceling weather balloons that collect data last year; but if not. 👇

Here's Why Weather Forecasts Have Seemed So Inaccurate Lately

Meteorologists simply aren't able to gather as much data as they used to, and you're suffering for it.

gizmodo.com

Me: [telling mom about Zuckerberg sending hundreds of Meta employees to interact with and bait competitors' chatbots while posing as minors] Mom: Was he doing it to protect the kids? Me: Mom. MOM. 😐 Boomers absolutely REFUSING to acknowledge evil people as evil is killing us all.

Good riddance Dan Goldman and congratulations @bradlander.bsky.social! Turns out opposing genocide is good for your electoral prospects. It also turns out people will line up behind a Jewish candidate who does so. 🤔

🚨BREAKING: Postmaster General David Steiner told senators that, under a new proposed rule, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) will not deliver mail ballots unless states hand over their voter lists to the Trump administration www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Postmaster general says USPS won't deliver mail ballots if states don’t give Trump admin voter rolls

“You are going to make a decision that people cannot vote by mail. That’s unacceptable," one senator told the postmaster general.

democracydocket.com

I woke up needing to say just this: I don't think people understand how expansive the plan for this indictment is.

Will Bunch@willbunch.bsky.social · 2mo ago

It kinda got lost in the madness, but the federal conspiracy case against anti-ICE activists in Minnesota - the Minneapolis 15 - is a big deal It's not just the 1st Amendment abuse. It's part of their plan to crush dissent ahead of a stolen election My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...

We need to start talking about Minnesota-ING our entire country.We've got to work very hard to begin getting people on board w taking shifts for protesting hugely. Every day.All night.Every weekend.We have to go towards everyday until we have the people elected that are for we the people.Let's roll.

This is the legal defense fund for the 15 anti-ICE organizers who were recently arrested in Minneapolis. Please contribute generously. They are going to have millions of dollars worth of needs. chuffed.org/project/1865...

Legal Defense Fund for MN Anti-ICE Organizers

On the morning of June 16th 2026 fifteen anti-ICE organizers were indicted on federal conspiracy charges in Minnesota, 12 of whom were arrested in aggressive raids across the Twin Cities. This fundrai...

chuffed.org

I really don't appreciate cis white male lawyers telling me how much I'm overreacting to the FTC lawsuit against WPATH because it's not a novel theory. Seriously, guys, the rule of law is collapsing around us and you're saying everything is fine.

To be very clear, I don’t hate working but I hate the concept of working 7-8 hours a day and then going home to only about 5 hours to yourself, which includes catching the bus, cooking, and getting ready for the next day. This is not life. Explore this: squeezes.vercel.app

Have a piece coming momentarily (now being edited) which explains why it's critical to begin a process to bring sanctions agst the prosecutors and US Attys who bring these cases which make war on the US constitution, or failing that make them radioactive for future legal employment.

When you see the story about how the world now has its first trillionaire, and when you see the story about how laboratories in Congo have run out of supplies to test for Ebola, it is important to understand that in many ways these are the same story.

The first trillionaire is a reminder that the ultra rich need to be taxed more and that we can actually afford a better society.

The private jets, yachts, and conspicuous consumption of the super rich are bad for the environment, but it’s how they spend their money by owning companies from oil producers to property developers that’s really fucking things up.

Super-rich’s assets cause outsized amount of climate harm, study says

Greenpeace calculates that wealthiest contribute nearly $1tn of damage a year with ownership-based emissions

theguardian.com

Stop pretending things are okay and the establishment will save you. Get radicalized or get fucked.

Let us be clear. Artificial intelligence was not created out of thin air. The data and language used by generative A.I. tools didn’t just pop into Sam Altman’s head or Elon Musk’s imagination. A.I. is built on our collective intelligence: our books, songs, artwork, journalism, computer code,

Bernie Sanders: The public should own half of the big A.I. companies

Bernie Sanders: The public should own half of the big A.I. companies

sltrib.com

“We’re not focused on crime at the moment, said the guy hired to run the police force”

CNBC@cnbc.com · 2mo ago

Jeffries: Democrats aren't focused on Trump impeachment 'at this moment'

NEW: lots of you have sent me this article asking for my thoughts. I’ve been able to confirm it. Just as she says, Trump’s administration is staging vote.gov on a non-government cloudflare account under the EOP where there’s no oversight or accounting. 1/ open.substack.com/pub/thedreyd...

I found a second vote.gov — and it's registered to the White House

There is a moment in every investigation where the thing you have been looking for finds you instead.

open.substack.com

The Supreme Court didn’t give gays the right to marry. Trans women of color throwing bricks at the cops did. Happy Pride Month. Power to the People. Pictured: Ms. Marsha P. Johnson

Announcer: we noticed. Male dominated newsrooms not so much

NPR@npr.org · 2mo ago

Misogyny is an increasing factor in far-right attacks, but it often goes unnoticed.

me: changes the light fixtures in my house to energy efficient LED lightbulbs Jeff Bezos: