Elon Musk asked for a name of a person he has killed. He got a list.
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Writer, editor, human rights researcher and advocate. Author of "We Have Tired of Violence," one of The Economist's Best Books of 2022, at tinyurl.com/mzcphxnn
The @finucanecentre.bsky.social fundraising campaign to expand its Legacy of Colonialism exhibition examines how practices developed across the British Empire influenced events in the north of Ireland while exploring colonialism's continuing legacy today. Donate 👇 chuffed.org/project/patf...
Truth, Justice and the Legacy of Colonialism
Hidden Histories of Empire: The Legacy of Colonialism
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The Trump admin's latest strategy to mass generate removal orders is diabolical: - Take a huge group of people with hearings scheduled in late 2026, 2027, or 2028. - Send them a physical letter rescheduling all of their cases to next week. - Those who inevitably miss court get ordered deported.
Deportation Orders Soar in NYC as Trump 'Mega Master' Hearings Accelerate
A new report finds removal orders for people who missed hearings more than doubled in New York City in June, as a new tactic of hastily scheduled court dates rolled out.
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Yet again, these grants are not surprising, but they are shocking. “It’s laughable to suggest that on the African continent, the prime issue of human rights concern is whites in South Africa,” a former official told ProPublica.
Sharon Lerner@fastlerner.bsky.social · 3w agoThe latest from me and @annamaria.bsky.social on the proposed grants from the State Department to advocates for white South Africans and groups aligned with conservative and anti-immigration movements in Europe www.propublica.org/article/huma...
Did you know actor & activist @markruffalo.bsky.social has joined forces with @hrw.org, @nowheremedia.bsky.social & @weareagog.bsky.social as narrator of Solwata? This new documentary shows the human consequences of the climate crisis in the Solomon Islands. Want to know more?⤵️ www.solwata.com
Fishers are the backbone of Cabo Verde’s economy and identity. Through the Guardians of the Sea program, 190 volunteers act as a deterrent against illegal activities and monitor marine life, driving long-term conservation efforts across seven islands. Alice Pistolesi and Monica Pelliccia report.
Cabo Verde program and its fishers have been protecting the sea for 10 years
FOGO, Cabo Verde — Alberto Martius had just returned to shore in his white and blue wooden boat with his 18-year-old son, Leandro. The pair had been fishing off their home island of Fogo in the Cabo…
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Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts
❗ The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders strongly condemns the arbitrary detention and judicial harassment against Uladzimir Tselyapun, and urges the Belarusian authorities to immediately put an end to all acts of persecution against him. spring96.org/en/news/120490
NEW — I wanted to know if ICE’s newly uncovered plan to offload seven of the 11 concentration camp warehouses was actually a big deal, so I went straight to the expert: Michael Wriston of @projectsaltbox.com, which has been tracking these warehouses every step of the way. Our full convo here:
ICE is offloading seven concentration camp warehouses. What does it really mean?
A Q+A with Michael Wriston of Project Salt Box
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“Instead of discussing how Elon Musk is now the world's first trillionaire, we should talk about how he killed hundreds of thousands of people through his dismantling of food and medical aid to poor countries.” | Current Affairs www.currentaffairs.org/news/how-elo...
How Elon Musk Killed Hundreds of Thousands of People
Former USAID global health official Nicholas Enrich explains the catastrophic human toll of DOGE's cuts to the agency.
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People who lost family members in the fight for the Voting Rights Act tell @talkingpointsmemo.com how they feel about the Supreme Court’s decision demolishing it. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/their-l...
Their Loved Ones Died for the Voting Rights Act. The Supreme Court’s Ruling Is a New Injustice.
Dennis Dahmer was 12 years old in January 1966 when Klansmen stormed...
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Women Human Rights Defenders in #Ukraine are evacuating civilians, delivering aid, and sustaining communities on frontlines. Our new report highlights their life-saving work, the risks they face, and the gap in support. They must be backed with real resources and power in Ukraine’s future.
Risk and Response: Women Human Rights Defenders on Ukraine’s Frontline - Human Rights First
Women human rights defenders (WHRDS) are taking enormous daily risks to help vulnerable people living on the frontline of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Some deliver humanitarian aid to those in desperate need of food and clothes, while others evacuate elderly and infirm re1sidents from communities under fire. Some do this work full-time, others join these […]
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"There is no documented example, in the United States or anywhere in the world, where sulfide ore copper mining has operated without pollution over time," writes Ward Brehm in Community Voices. www.minnpost.com/community-vo...
The Boundary Waters is not a place to experiment with mining
Proposed copper mining near the Boundary Waters: Has this ever actually been done without pollution? The answer is no.
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The Garden of Earthly Delights (detail), by Hieronymus Bosch, 1480-1505, 📸 by @alexbrandon
“Every story has to be discovered twice, first in the world, and then in the author’s study. One discovers a story the second time by constructing it.” — Tracy Kidder (1945-2026)
20 writing and editing tips from Tracy Kidder + Richard Todd - Nieman Storyboard
In the book Good Prose: The Art of Nonfiction, memorably instructive lines for writers and editors appear on almost every page. The authors, the Pulitzer-winning nonfiction writer Tracy Kidder and…
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Yes!! @matteaston.bsky.social 's book is an absolute must! I learnt so so much from it. Excellently written too, so a great one if you're dipping a toe in Indonesia's labour and human rights recent-ish history. Truly can't recommend it enough!
ginevra-m (they/she)@ginevra-m.bsky.social · 4mo agoI've started #WeHaveTiredOfViolence by Easton, thanks to @erincook.bsky.social Got to Prabowo's 1st mention. Double checked it's not just a common name. Oh. I knew of allegations about East Timor & Kopassus' reputation but I didn't know this part: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997%E2... #BookSky #AmReading
Forgot to mention: Among the faith leaders who visited the offices of Speaker Johnson and Rep. Ogles yesterday — urging Johnson to censure Ogles for his anti-Muslim remarks, and Ogles to recant* — was Rabbi David Saperstein. Saperstein is the former U.S. Ambassador-at-large for Religious Freedom.
Jack Jenkins@jackjenkins.me · 5mo agoHappening now: Christian, Muslim and Jewish leaders just tried to meet w/Speaker Johnson, calling on him to censure fellow Republicans such as Rep. Andy Ogles for recent anti-Muslim rhetoric — such as Ogles tweeting "Muslims don't belong in American society." No meeting — they prayed in his office.
“In 2021 more than fifty environmental defenders were assassinated in Mexico—more than in any other country.” —Anjan Sundaram
‘We Think They’ll Kill Someone’ | Anjan Sundaram
Indigenous communities in Mexico who oppose the construction of megaprojects on their lands do so at great risk.
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A nice thing about music is that it typically doesn't respect borders. Spending some time with Eishan Ensemble today, who blend Persian and Western traditions into songs that are beautiful and tender and, considering *all this*, ultimately quite hopeful. eishanensemble.bandcamp.com/album/aftern...
Afternoon Tea at Six, by Eishan Ensemble
7 track album
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"the largest act of mass murder of this decade, and of this century so far, was not perpetrated by militaries or militias, but by the world's richest man in Washington D.C.'s Eisenhower Executive Office Building." www.liberalcurrents.com/what-elon-ha...
What Elon Has Done
Elon Musk's destruction of USAID has faded from public consciousness in America, despite leaving death and destruction in its wake.
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One tab that I found particularly interesting, on Trump's soft approvers: www.cnn.com/2026/02/23/p...
In honor of Lunar New Year, one of my all-time favorite maps: How dumplings spread around the world (tl;dr: It was largely, though not exclusively, the Mongol invasions!)
I think it’s time for Democratic leaders to start saying “if you’re a pilot or ground crew involved in a deportation that was stayed by a judge, you’ll be held criminally liable for human trafficking.” Everyone involved in these flights should have that fear in the back of their minds.
Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · 6mo agoOvernight, this probable ICE flight landed in Benin and is now returning to Senegal, likely for a crew layover.
After being jailed as a resistance organizer for the Tamil minority in his native Sri Lanka, T. Kumar studied law, moved to Washington DC, and spoke out against governmental repression worldwide www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/w...
T. Kumar, Rights Activist Who Was Shaped by Time in Prison, Dies at 76
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You cannot "train" murderous, violent ICE agents not to be murderous and violent. Bodycams will do nothing to stop this. The agent who killed Good PROUDLY RECORDED THE KILLING. The entire agency must be defunded and abolished. cc @schumer.senate.gov @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social
Standing outside 26 Federal Plaza this morning to call out a quiet injustice: asylum seekers facing pretermission without a fair hearing. This is the federal government denying due process. We must organize and pursue legal avenues to stop it.
Mongabay founder @rhettayersbutler.bsky.social has written 70+ obituaries this year for people who spent their lives defending the natural world. These portraits show ordinary people standing between ecosystems and erosion, proving protection happens through imperfect, sustained effort.
Environmental defenders & conservationists who died in 2025
I write short obituaries for people who spent their lives protecting parts of the natural world. I work on them in the margins of other responsibilities, yet they have become a constant. In 2025, I…
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