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Ryan Grim@ryangrim.bsky.social · 6mo ago

A journalist in Cuba caught US embassy staff hoovering up insane amounts of gasoline while the island is blocked by the U.S. from importing oil. The U.S. responded by sanctioning the journalist. We are doing all this for freedom, of course.

El Necio @ElNecio_Cuba Translated from Spanish STATEMENT #1 ✍️ According to Miami media outlets, the US is imposing a sanction on me for practicing journalism. I am an ordinary young Cuban. Five years ago, I began doing my work through social media and collaborating with press outlets. I have no employment ties whatsoever to the Cuban government: currently, I do not work in press media or state institutions. In their report, they refer to my latest journalistic investigation as "harassment," in which I demonstrate the purchase of fuel (gasoline) by US diplomats in Havana: the very same fuel that they block from Cuba, only to consume it themselves afterward. The sanction is irrelevant to me. I have never had, nor have I ever requested, a visa to enter the US. It has never even crossed my mind to visit that country, with so much beauty in Latin America and so much humanism in the neighborhoods of my own country. But we do need to denounce this serious violation of press freedom. Because this is not a personal attack, but a precedent for censorship and coercion against every young Cuban who speaks out against the blockade on Cuba or who practices journalism that does not please the Trump administration. It is a clear attack on the practice of free and independent journalism that I carry out, guided by ethical principles, with source triangulation and verifications. My work is to spread the truth, not to please the power that sanctions me. From José Martí, I learned that "journalism is a sword, and its hilt is reason. Only the good should wield it, and it should not be for the extermination of men, but for the necessary triumph over those who oppose freedom and progress." Here I will remain, in Cuba, telling the truth of my circumstances, the harshness of these trying times, making the necessary critiques, and fighting for a better world. ✍️ Pedro Jorge Velázquez, Havana, February 14, 2026 Bild
c0nc0rdance@c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Franzi Schimmer captured this Grizzly bear in Brooks Falls, Alaska just floating along, tippy-tapping down the river, browsing the salmon. Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.

Rep. Summer Lee@repsummerlee.bsky.social · 7mo ago

It's always been abolish ICE. For the first time, more Americans support abolishing ICE than oppose it. But Republicans are proposing hundreds of millions in funding for this lawless agency. I'll oppose this bill. We cannot give more money to an agency responsible for terrorizing our communities.

White text on a black background has the words "Reform, retrain, defund" crossed out. Below, white text reads "Abolish ICE."
Mike Elk@mikeelk.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Minneapolis AFL-CIO and several Minnesota labor bodies have called for a General Strike on Friday to protest ICE's occupation of the city. Solidarity actions are planned in several cities as the movement could go national. paydayreport.com/minneapolis-...

Minneapolis AFL-CIO Calls for General Strike on Friday as Movement Spreads to Other Cities

This weekend, the Minneapolis AFL-CIO endorsed a measure calling for a general strike in response to ICE’s continued operations and raids in Minneapolis on Friday, January 23.

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Rude1 Haunted Badness. ⁂@rude1.blacksky.team · 7mo ago

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Senator Chris Van Hollen@vanhollen.senate.gov · last yr.

We should all be disgusted by the flood of anti-Muslim remarks spewed in the aftermath of Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the NYC mayoral primary — some blatant, others latent. Shame on the members of Congress who have engaged in such bigotry and anyone who doesn’t challenge it.

Attacks on Muslims flood mainstream after Mamdani win

Openly racist rhetoric has become normalized at the highest levels of American politics.

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