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Several US allies call to 'defend' and 'protect' the ICC following Washington's decision to sanction the judiciary body.
European states, Canada, Japan and UN back ICC against US sanctions
Several US allies call to 'defend' and 'protect' the ICC following Washington's decision to sanction the judiciary body.
aljazeera.com
Currently reading. @megiddings.bsky.social is one of those writers I always read. Because her books are always brilliant. bookshop.org/p/books/meet...
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Canadian authors, we are looking for a horror novella for 2027. If you have a complete ms in the ~18-40k range that is deliciously creepy, with carefully crafted prose and a strong eco focus, we'd love to read it. See our sub guidelines and submit to submissionsStelliform Press Please share!
For people still wondering what fascism is, Hegseth’s proposal to livestream an execution and Trump’s “love me” ad are useful introductions. (2/3)
I've been thinking and talking and writing about the death penalty for my whole adult life and the past week+ has been truly surreal and exhausting, not only because of the onslaught of horrors but because there seems to be so little historical memory of what this system is and always has been.
Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE.
Navi Pillay — the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize laureate and a former International Criminal Court judge — happened to be at the Nuremberg Court in Germany when she learned that she had won the Nobel.
Human beings process information through narrative, through story. We think in stories, remember in stories, plan for the future in stories, worry in stories, dream in stories and connect with one another through stories. When we read to children we embody our deeply human birthright as storytellers
Just the fact that many infrastructures --domestic violence shelters, for ex.-- exist because of the pervasiveness of violence against women: I hope that someday we have become a society that looks back in shock at how normal it was.
Today is the first day of the Supreme Court's term. My yearly print preview of all the things the Republicans will take away from us this time, is now avaialble on Al Gore's Internet in @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/soci...
The People vs. the Supreme Court
This term the Supreme Court has plans to trampleeven more of our rights. But we, the people, are not powerlessin the face of their power grab.
thenation.com
Trump's 2018 "zero tolerance" policy was denounced on both sides of the political aisle as inhumane, and a federal court ruled it illegal. Now the Trump administration is separating families again, only this time more quietly, and away from the border.
“You kidnapped my son”
ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
motherjones.com
Deepak Karra (deepak_karra on IG) captured this shot of a pink robin, native to the forests of South Australia & Tasmania. In technical terms, this is a bird shaped like an orb, or 'BORB'. 🐦🟣 Reminder that this little guy is a direct descendant of theropod dinosaurs like T. rex. (📷: Deepak Karra)
Wilber was finally able to undergo surgery on Thursday—11 days after he was shot. “When ICE can shoot a man in the back and then barely give him any medical treatment and let him suffer, there’s a reason for that because we have gotten to a point where we see people as less than human.”
Austin man has surgery 11 days after being shot by ICE agent
The surgery on the Venezuelan national, who has been in custody since his Sept. 20 run-in with an immigration officer, removed the bullet lodged in his back.
texastribune.org
Gabe Ortíz@tusk81.bsky.social · 6d agoFollowing the brutal killings of Houston dad Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and Maine dad Johan Sebastián this past summer, ICE’s acting director claimed all officers would be equipped with body cams by the end of August. The recruit who shot Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez in the back wasn’t using one:
Don’t mind me wandering across the soccer field after the fire drill into the neighborhoods and parks and pools and restaurants and bookstores where free people roam under bright blue autumn skies
The election is now. Nearly 1 million votes have already been cast nationwide. Early voting is beginning in states across the country this week, with more states joining every day. Don’t wait for Election Day. Vote as soon as you can. Find out where vote411.org @lwv.org @lwvva.bsky.social
This book had me sleeping with the lights on when i was six bsky.app/profile/slee...
Sleepy Hollow Reviews 🎃🐎@sleepingvillage.bsky.social · 7d agoIn honor of scary media month: what is the first piece of media you remember truly frightening you as a child?
PFAS can be passed from mother to child in breastfeeding. In Thornton-Cleveleys, people are warned not to eat home grown veg or garden-reared eggs. Forever chemical pollution can turn health-giving acts into something potentially harmful. Our report on @theworld.org theworld.org/segments/202...
Thank you @hcrichardson.bsky.social for covering this! @voteriders.bsky.social
The Associated Press@apnews.com · 7d agoBruce Springsteen and other music legends delivered a powerful message at the “Power to the People” protest festival in Maryland. Organized by Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello, the event celebrated peace, justice and community action while promoting voter turnout.
There is no moral equivalence between bullies and the bullied, between tyranny and democracy, or between brutality and decency. No individual can be free in a society devoid of justice. There can be no liberty where brutality reigns.
“I wish there were people from the other party here. I just, I beg them I plead with them to support humane immigration policy,” he said. “It breaks my heart that some of them claim to be followers of Jesus, and what they're doing goes directly against the gospel…" religionnews.com/2026/09/30/a...
As Springfield prepares to bury Haitian student, sympathy surges and deportations continue
(RNS) — From US senators to John Legend, many are voicing support for the city’s Haitian community, even as neo-Nazis marched downtown Saturday.
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Last year not a single refugee fleeing religious persecution was admitted to the US.
Austin Kocher, PhD@austinkocher.com · last wk.When Matthew Soerens of World Relief tells Christians the Trump administration has banned persecuted Christians, many don't believe him. We talked about why. Listen to the whole conversation: austinkocher.substack.com/p/president-... @matthewsoerens.bsky.social
Each time I see an announcement of the banning of THE BLUEST EYE, I pick up the book from its pride of place on my desk, open it to a random page, and read a passage aloud, relishing its lyricism. "So when I think of autumn, I think of somebody with hands who does not want me to die."
New bro code: "Protect women. Respect women. Believe women." The code is accountability, human decency, human kindness, respect. It has to be.
We're looking for a Senior News Editor to shape NHPR's journalism strategy, both online and on air — with a focus on By Degrees, our climate change reporting project. Learn more and apply here: https://bit.ly/4yZtXE8
460 people. 39 nationalities. Sent to a country they've never known. Our new report documents the stories of third country nationals forcibly transferred by the U.S. to Costa Rica and calls on the Costa Rican government and IOM to take immediate action. www.refugeesinternational.org/reports-brie...
Left in Limbo: Emerging Challenges for Third Country Nationals Forcibly Transferred by the United States to Costa Rica - Refugees International
The Costa Rican government and IOM must undertake concrete measures to protect the rights of individuals forcibly transferred to Costa Rica.
refugeesinternational.org
