Peter James Hudson
@darkfinance.bsky.social
Writer, historian, associate professor of geography. Author Bankers and Empire: How Wall Street Colonized the Caribbean. Working on histories of Pan-Africanism and racial capitalism. https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/B/bo26032761.html
ICE detains Hopkins public health researcher as agency expands airport arrests
ICE detains Hopkins public health researcher as agency expands airport arrests
A Johns Hopkins public health researcher and former Fulbright scholar was detained by immigration agents while boarding a domestic flight this week, the university confirmed, as the Trump administration...
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When asked why British police screwed up the Andrew Tate case so badly, a "detective blamed the malfeasance on 'overworked, overstretched' officers who failed to take the women’s allegations seriously, partly because two of them were sex workers."
Andrew Tate’s Empire of Abuse
How the defining figure of the manosphere built a fortune—and became a political force—by systematically exploiting women.
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A U.S. government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a state department presentation at a global conference www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
"As Japanese financial newspaper Nikkei Asia found in a recent investigation, just five US tech giants — Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Oracle — are hiding an estimated $1.65 trillion in debt that doesn’t appear on balance sheets. futurism.com/artificial-i...
AI Companies Are Trying to Hide a Staggering Amount of Debt
AI companies are pouring tens of billions of dollars into enormous data centers. They're being built on top of a mountain of hidden debt.
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My Haitian friend was just fired from his job. "They said I don't have a legal status now." This is likely happening to hundreds of thousands of people across this country today. Sick.
I just returned from the BC Summer Games in Kelowna. It is said it brought a nice economic boost to the city. Compare that to the FIFA World Cup in Vancouver which cost a lot and had near zero economic benefits.
I can honestly say that Im glad that grotesque spectacle of fascist sportswashing and superbranded hyper capitalism is over. Sure, there were some good moments, but can we now permanently ban Infantino, Trump, David Beckham, and the Argentina national team from football? The whole package is greasy.
BREAKING UEFA getting serious on oppossing FIFA. No more diplomatic speech. UEFA now accuses FIFA of "enrich themselves and their friends." We are reaching endgame now. www.uefa.com/news-media/n...
Further UEFA statement on FIFA plans
Europe's football website, UEFA.com, is the official site of UEFA, the Union of European Football Associations, and the governing body of football in Europe. UEFA organises some of the most famous and...
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Today I learned about both Chaotic Good and the AI book burnings. We are fucked.
All those cool Craft Recordings re-pressings are released by a company owned by Concord which just merged with BMG and all of it is owned by Bertelsmann. So your shopping at that underground record store is basically supporting genocide.
Media reports have indicated that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is planning for aggressive enforcement of Haitian immigrants who lose their legal status this week, starting with the large population in Springfield, Ohio ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/07/28/r...
Haitian immigrants brace for end of protected status • Ohio Capital Journal
Hundreds of thousands of Haitian immigrants could lose their legal status as early as Tuesday, subjecting them to deportation after the U.S. Supreme Court last month allowed the Trump administration…
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If the Scopes Monkey Trial met the Red Scare in a used car lot.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.Moreno to Fauci: "Who the fuck did you think you were?"
Morocco names new highway in occupied Western Sahara after Donald Trump - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/morocco-names-new-highway-occupied-western-sahara-after-donald-trump
Morocco names new highway in occupied Western Sahara after Donald Trump
US president says it is a 'great honor' to give his name to the road in occupied territory
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A Free Online Archive Lets You Explore 5.8 Million Works of Art Spanning 5,000 Years of History
A Free Online Archive Lets You Explore 5.8 Million Works of Art Spanning 5,000 Years of History
Though it's traditionally meant 'last in a progression or series,' as Merriam-Webster puts it, the word ultimate has been more often used in recent decades to mean 'the best or most extreme of its kin...
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At libraries around the country, "Avoiding AI" workshops have elicited unprecedented demand.
Librarians are hosting viral 'Avoiding AI' workshops for people who are fed up with Big Tech | TechCrunch
At libraries around the country, "Avoiding AI" workshops have elicited unprecedented demand.
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Fantastic! More data centres!
AFP News Agency@en.afp.com · 2w agoCanada faces one of its most intense fire seasons. With nearly 1,000 active fires and an area as large as Belgium already burned, Prime Minister Carney says his country is facing one of the "most intense" wildfire seasons in its history u.afp.com/SrNH
NEW: DHS plans to pay Thomson Reuters $125 million for access to its databases which includes peoples’ names, addresses, Social Security numbers, ethnicity, social media posts, and geolocation information — to help ICE investigate “voter fraud”, according to documents reviewed by 404 Media.
ICE to Pay Thomson Reuters $125 Million to Find ‘Voter Fraud’
A new procurement record says ICE wants access to personal data, including names, Social Security numbers, and ethnicity, to investigate in part what the agency calls “voters fraud.” It also plans to ...
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Paredes red card rescinded after Milei texts Trump, Trump calls Infantino.
Btw, the kids equate "Argentina" with "Netanyahu."
I can honestly say that Im glad that grotesque spectacle of fascist sportswashing and superbranded hyper capitalism is over. Sure, there were some good moments, but can we now permanently ban Infantino, Trump, David Beckham, and the Argentina national team from football? The whole package is greasy.
Throwback: Amilcar Cabral, front right, and his teammates from the Lisbon Institute of Agronomy football team. (Credit: Cabral Foundation).
Soon come: Extensive reporting has established Alexi Lalas as abrasive and Thierry Henry as charismatic. The familiar contrast between the suave Frenchman and the "ugly American" only scratches the surface. What's been overlooked is the source of Henry's unique appeal.
Whatever, Zippy.
PEIPolitical 🇨🇦@peipolitical.bsky.social · 3w agoMiller: "It's not a coincidence that when you look at these violent Antifa demonstrations not one of the people that is demonstrating looks like a normal person. Not one looks normal. They're all deformed in some way in their appearance, in their dress, in their mannerism." #cdnpoli
The UCI chancellor decided the sanction should include taking away her health care as well as suspending employment.
Ordinary Notes@hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 3w agoThe retaliation against professor Tiffany Willoughby-Herard is disgusting. Please support her during these draconian sanctions imposed by the UCI Chancellor. chuffed.org/project/1562...
