"Every Flock license plate reader camera operated by the Winona Police Department has been sawed off and stolen in what investigators believe was a coordinated [act of civic duty]." Blinding the cyclops, wrecking the panopticon. crimethinc.com/blindingthec...

All of Winona Police Department’s Flock cameras cut down and stolen

Lost cameras valued at about $24,000

valleynewslive.com

Good Israelis don't tolerate the IDF.

Palestinian trade unionists have long called on workers worldwide to refuse arms shipments to Israel. Dockworkers answered—from Belgium and Sweden to Italy. Now unions in six countries are organizing for October 30.

Dockworkers Unions in Six Countries Announce Day of Strikes and Protests Against War and Genocide

Unions representing workers at 40 ports in Europe and the Mediterranean are calling for an international day of action on October 30.

inthesetimes.com

A months-long thread of things people put on their dating profiles because - presumably - they think it will attract the right person, when actually it explains why exactly they’re alone. Some are jaw-dropping. Sympathies and hat-tip to Sarah.

Sarah Manvel@cairdiul.bsky.social · 7d ago

"What am I doing with my life? Masturbating like a safari park monkey" The internet was a mistake

Host the anti-world cup in Avignon, you cowards.

Sky News@news.sky.com · 6d ago

European nations agree to boycott World Cup if FIFA goes ahead with World Cup sell-off

... each is victim to the ‘catastrophic convergence’, in Christian Parenti’s provocative turn of phrase, of capitalist underdevelopment and capital’s destabilisation of earth systems.

Kai Heron@kaiheron.bsky.social · 6d ago

I've started a Substack where I'll write occasional, free-form, essays and notes about my work. The blog is meant as a way for me to organise my thoughts as I start a new project, but I hope others will find it useful. open.substack.com/pub/thesecon...

The Palestinian-led BDS movement calls for forming broad intersectional coalitions to lead contract exclusion campaigns, peaceful disruptions, and other creative forms of pressure on institutions contracting Palantir around the world.

Abolition feminism addresses issues of the carceral state in a wider conversation around its industrial scale. The critical discussions emanating from abolition feminism require larger dissemination. It’s not a niche concept-topic; it’s a critical reimagination of the social fabric instead.

A.R. Moxon@juliusgoat.bsky.social · last wk.

Abolishing our carceral state and our prison system would not preclude the need for some form of involuntary constraint. All abolitionist literature addresses this practically. Abolition involves reimagining our systems. The present system does not keep us safe; it poses a threat to us all.

minnesota state rep jess hanson rides elon musk for filth for trying to defend his pervy app: "when the richest man in the world hangs out with the epstein class... we cannot act surprised when he's trying to protect the number one tool used to make child sexual abuse material"

Oliver Willis@owillis.bsky.social · last wk.

minnesota state senator directly taking on musk and his big pockets PRECISELY HOW DEMOCRATS SHOULD BE DOING IT

#OtD 29 Jul 1996 four women anti-war activists were acquitted in Liverpool, UK of all charges related to extensively damaging a fighter jet. They were found not guilty on the basis of preventing a greater crime: the genocidal occupation of East Timor stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1010...

‘Its narrative structure is gimmicky. The writing is abysmal. None of the characters has convincing motivation for their actions or words. There are no sex scenes, and all the food looks horrible.’ @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social reviews Christopher Nolan’s 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘥𝘺𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘺. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Emily Wilson · An Uncomplicated Man

As they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my...

lrb.co.uk

Local plumbers two steps ahead of every university administrator in america 👏

Metin Seven (Moon Child's dad 🌝)@seven.eurosky.social · 2w ago

Where is the university ethics committee that has stepped up to the plate and said "There's no ethical way to use Generative AI"?

People are talking about what colour Helen of Troy's skin was? My dear dudes and dudettes. Helen of Troy was a fictional character. Her skin was not any colour. youtu.be/k0JUKmfXETk?...

John Cale - helen of troy (album version)

YouTube video by Dylan H

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If you want to check out @moneyontheleft.bsky.social public banking adjacent podcast regarding a Seattle based project. Check out “In the Loop: Revolutionizing Public Finance” streaming on all major podcast platforms and on our main podcast page. moneyontheleft.org/in-the-loop/

In the Loop

Visit the post for more.

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Last year, Louise Haigh said Israel's actions in Gaza were "nothing less than a genocide." Now she's in the Cabinet, will she stand by those words and help end the UK's complicity in it?

Petition against the defence universities alliance peopleandplanet.org/petitions/st...

You want to know what's going on and the only responses left? @hallymk1.bsky.social can tell you. See the opening words on page 19: "Shit is fucked-up". The Dissolution of the Universities continues.

Reminder, if any were needed, that no amount of social democracy lite - rent controls, renationalisations, devolutions - can morally offset Mahmood’s border policies.

Politics UK@politicsuk.com · 2w ago

🚨 BREAKING: Shabana Mahmood will remain as Home Secretary

The online system we use for appraisals is called "Thrive." It's like a name for a vitamin you would give to elderly people, or a cat food.

‘Behind Palantir’s bombastic self-image, we found there was a much more prosaic reality: problems with software and staff resistance, but also an unrivalled level of political access.’ @petergeoghegan.bsky.social and @lucasamin.bsky.social on Palantir’s NHS contract. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Peter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin · ‘This looks absolutely rubbish’: Palantir and the NHS

A decade ago Palantir was largely unknown in the UK. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds...

lrb.co.uk

Hegseth wants the US military to be more Spartan, which does unfortunately involve being beaten up by the Persians

Setting up illegal settlements, erasing cities and obstructing aid serve goal of forcing Palestinians out, analysts say.

From settlements to stalled recovery: Israeli strategy taking shape in Gaza

Setting up illegal settlements, erasing cities and obstructing aid serve goal of forcing Palestinians out, analysts say.

aljazeera.com

Read full details: www.newarab.com/news/iran-cr...

Iran ’cracking down of free speech under cover of US conflict’

The ongoing US war on Iran is diverting attention away from the Iranian government’s ongoing crackdown on free speech in the country, an NGO warns

newarab.com

Please, it's vitally important you snitch on your neighbour

The Irish Times@irishtimes.com · 3w ago

Uisce Éireann defends hotline for people to report ‘non-essential’ use of water

This @bylinetimes.bsky.social article on how right-wing US tech billionaire Peter Thiel is using Cambridge to bring the "dark enlightenment" to the UK is deeply worrying. Our society, our liberal democracy, should not be up for sale to those who seek to destroy it. bylinetimes.com/2026/07/09/p...

Palantir Co-Founder Peter Thiel and Reform UK's Cambridge University Recruitment Pipeline Project Revealed

The world-renowned academic institution has nothing to say in response to a six-month investigation by Byline Times raising serious concerns about the safeguarding of students and foreign influence at...

bylinetimes.com

NEW 🚨 Liberty Investigates and @aljazeera.com have uncovered at least 26 students at King's College London have faced disciplinary investigations after engaging in pro-Palestine protest activity since October 2023 - the highest number among most British universities. Read the full story 👇

Inside a UK university’s ‘disturbing’ crackdown on pro-Palestine students

King's College London, which has ties to the defence industry, has disciplined at least 26 students in two years.

aljazeera.com

FYI - You (I mean all of you) can submit a police report to Police Scotland to record an offence. This is both a crime under voyeurism (2007) and the more recent sharing of intimate materials laws. www.scotland.police.uk/secureforms/...

Gretchen Felker-Martin PRE ORDER CHIMERA 2.16.27 🍉@scumbelievable.bsky.social · 3w ago

J. K. Rowling posting an upskirt photo of a trans woman and then claiming she was "asking for it" because of the way she was dressed... you'd get laughed out of the writer's room if you tried to do it in an Armando Ianucci show.