Activists put pressure on the city, questioning why a business often at the center of ICE raids and accused of mass surveillance sponsored the official celebration of Mexican Independence Day being held today at City Hall. The full story: lataco.com/home-depot-m... By Izzy Ramirez

"we must name the cause.. an economy organised around extraction, exploitation & endless accumulation" Part of a great speech by @danielkebedeneu.bsky.social from the @neunion.bsky.social at #TUC26 on the climate crisis

*I'm currently in Amsterdam airport, so this marks the first time I've been in a city during a gray-war attack. #GrayWar #sabotage *Luckily I wasn't taking a train, as I would commonly do in the Netherlands

Dutch News Feed@featurez.bsky.social · yesterday

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Oliver Willis@owillis.bsky.social · yesterday

Democratic leaders and the media aren’t mad about Trump’s abuses because they honestly don’t care. I believe in Occams Razor and this is the most rational explanation for the last decade.

Democratic leaders and the media aren’t mad about Trump’s abuses because they honestly don’t care. I believe in Occams Razor and this is the most rational explanation for the last decade.

America 2030

Lee Zeldin can only block future EPAs from climate regulation if those EPAs are part of administrations that either refuse to or lack the power to take steps necessary to reconstruct American democracy

‘Tidal wave’ of Pfas being launched to satisfy AI industry. Big manufacturers planning to produce more of the forever chemicals to meet demand from datacentres. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Tidal wave’ of Pfas being launched to satisfy AI industry, campaigners warn

Big manufacturers planning to produce more of the forever chemicals to meet demand from datacentres

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When they talk about school choice, this is what they mean. This guy went on to run a $440M Ponzi scheme of Montessori schools. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/b...

I fear this is true. I fear it’ll be 2021 all over again which makes us destined to have 2025 all over again, too. Dems haven’t shown me any indication they’re ready to stop collaborating.

David Kaib@davidkaib.bsky.social · 4d ago

I’m sorry but the idea that Democrats will prosecute people later over actions they won’t even loudly criticize now is absurd.

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Pete Sikora@petesikora.bsky.social · 4d ago

NYC gov’t and now Mamdani have much to brag on b/c the city has the most-advanced climate/jobs policies nationwide. BUT ALSO even as the leader, NYC is FAR SHORT of the desperate need to cut pollution, create good jobs & reduce energy bills. Plus Mamdani inherited the policy. He should advance!🧵

What do you do when your media org is captured? You start your own. Introducing....The Nerve!!! @thenerve-news.bsky.social We're all-female, journalist-owned & launching next week. Please help us build a truly independent, progressive new media!👊👊👊

Press Gazette@pressgazette.co.uk · 12mo ago

Former Observer big-hitters inc @carolecadwalla.bsky.social launch new title The Nerve with redundancy payouts After Observer sale: "We decided to launch a title that the journalists themselves would own, that would be truly independent" pressgazette.co.uk/news/former-...

“We are paying the ultimate price for a global crisis we did not create … Support for Nepal should not be seen from an angle of aid or charity, but should be seen from the perspective of climate justice,” Nepal’s Foreign Minister Shishir Khanal said.

Nepal Leaders Call for $20M Climate Justice Payment After Deadly Glacial Floods

Initial observations of the floods found they were caused by glacial collapse, likely a result of the climate crisis.

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Widespread uptake of doorbell cameras paved the way for this. People really struggle to grasp that they are laying down the foundations of privately owned mass surveillance with every “personal” decision to buy this crap.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 6d ago

“Although the buyers of this kind of technology, whether it be smart glasses or watches, may consent to their every move being monitored, the innocent bystanders that they record don’t necessarily give their blessing.”

A great essay - well supported by its engagement with the inimitable 'Dictionary of Untranslatables' (edited by Barbara Cassin).

Boston Review@bostonreview.bsky.social · last wk.

“Mathematics only makes sense as a gift economy. It has no trade secrets. Substituting a monetizable ersatz culture for the one evolved through historical experience is a particularly insidious form of knowledge collapse.” Mathematician Michael Harris on the AI companies coming for math:

Every single person who spent more than a few hours in American concentration camps will be owed restitution. I think a concentration camp stay conferring automatic permanent legal status is a good starting point, and the least of what these people deserve.

Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · last wk.

If we get to the justice and reparations phase and I hand over all my data and y’all decide we’re only gonna bring the people with no convictions back, I’m gonna be so fucking pissed, I cannot even tell you. If you respect my work, respect my view that we need to invite EVERYONE back.

The whole trans girls in sports discussion is absolutely being used to propagandize people into being transphobic bellends. In K-12, the number of trans girls in sports is five. In college the number is fewer than ten, according to the NCAA President. You're being manipulated. Please stop.

Imani Gandy@angryblacklady.blacksky.app · last yr.

What amuses me is that Gavin Newsome could have probably ridden this shit all the way to the White House if he’d kept his yap close about trans girls in sports. Now no matter what he does in response to this Trump manufactured crisis, all I’ll ever think is “you raised a kid who likes Charlie Kirk.”

Use your noggin and stop allowing yourselves to be propagandized into transphobia—and maybe examine why you're pretending to care about something that affects fewer than 100 athletes in the country directly, but which has devastating affects for trans people generally as hate against them mounts.

Fact Sheet on Federal Efforts to End HIV/AIDS in the U.S. and Globally

This year, we mark the 36th commemoration of World AIDS Day, observed on December 1 of every year since 1988 and serves as a reminder of the global struggle to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic and HIV stigma...

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Chris Pappas just won the Democratic nomination for New Hampshire’s Senate seat after campaigning on cleaning up big money in politics and touting his refusal to take corporate PAC cash. But Pappas has received more than $600,000 in contributions connected to AIPAC over his congressional career.

The Battle of Holbeck Moor took place in Leeds on 27 September 1936, when Oswald Mosley’s British Union of Fascists attempted a march through the city. Their original route through the Jewish quarter was blocked, but they regrouped and headed for Holbeck Moor, daubing swastikas in the Leylands 1/3

For NYC friends who were detained by Central Booking during the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020: There is a class action settlement moving forward for all eligible claimants that opt-in by October 19, 2026. Link is below: centralbookingsettlement.com

Happy Labor Day!

The City Reporter@thecityreporter.nyc · last wk.

On Labor Day, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a new executive order to create the new Office of Worker Power, which will help workers connect with union organizers and educational resources to learn about their rights and, if they choose, to organize their workplaces.

ProPublica spoke to dozens of people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.” We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words. ➡️ This is what they wrote:

#Falmouth #Maine get yer beach plums.

Edgewood Nursery@edgewood.bsky.social · last wk.

Beach Plums (Prunus maritima) are popping off this year. This native shrub is typically seed propagated and produces fruit of a highly variable character. I was lucky several years ago to receive some scions of 4 named cultivars from my friend Jesse Stevens. This first to ripen is “Early Purple”.

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Friendly Neighborhood Mouse@missmouse.bsky.social · last wk.

Friday morning, I was gardening when I checked my phone. A request had gone out for help. For 25+ hours, ICE had been laying siege to a quiet neighborhood in Frederick, MD. Community members were afraid, some didn’t want to leave their homes. ICE vehicles seemed to be lurking on every corner.

A couple updates: Sanofi (Novavax) has begun shipping, and Walgreens will stop requiring prescriptions in Oregon after state officials took action. (I haven't heard back from CVS yet, but very possible they will do the same.) My article will be updated soon with this information.

New Covid Vaccines Are Available. Here’s How to Get One. (Gift Article)

The shots have been approved for people 65 and older, and for younger people with underlying conditions. Others may be able to get them off label.

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Politico's headlines about her always seem to be designed to erode her base of support, but the articles always seem to show she's maintaining her progressive values.

Doug Lindner@douglindner.bsky.social · 2w ago

Clicking through reveals she’s looking for allies to [checks notes] ban toxic chemicals like PFAS and hold big businesses accountable. I’m supposed to be mad about that?

“Relying on AI to do the ‘thinking’ necessary to draft and refine a brief—even what is intended to be only a first draft—is an abdication of the lawyer’s duty and a breach of the client’s (and the public’s) trust.” Thank you, Senior Judge Glickman. This is also true far beyond the legal realm.

Eric Goldman@ericgoldman.bsky.social · 2w ago

DC Ct of App strikes Deutsche Bank's appellee brief entirely because its counsel used Generative AI & the brief contained hallucinated citations 🤖😵 I assume a malpractice suit/settlement will follow www.dccourts.gov/sites/defaul...

Who did this particular evil? "The letters were signed by Eric West, acting chief grants officer at the HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, & Mahyar Mofidi, deputy assistant secretary for minority health." Ppl participate in this shittery if they think it gets them $ or power.

The Washington Sun@washingtonsun.bsky.social · 2w ago

HHS is canceling infant mortality and postpartum grants to focus instead on research related to what the department says are “root causes” like sperm counts and erectile dysfunction. https://www.notus.org/health-science/hhs-cancels-infant-mortality-postpartum-grants-focus-infertility

HHS is canceling infant mortality and postpartum grants to focus instead on research related to what the department says are “root causes” like sperm counts and erectile dysfunction. https://www.notus.org/health-science/hhs-cancels-infant-mortality-postpartum-grants-focus-infertility

HHS Cancels Infant Mortality, Postpartum Grants to Focus on Sperm Counts, ED

Officials at the Office of Minority Health told grantees that they’re prioritizing “root causes” of infertility and promoting exercise.

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