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she/her, old, black, currently on diy house project number eleventy five, profile pic is a placeholder until I find my jigglypuff, multifannish and unwilling to separate any of that, you get what you get

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The New York Times@nytimes.com · 17h ago

The police chief in Senatobia, Mississippi, appointed last fall before the fatal shooting of a 1-year-old Black toddler, routinely used racist slurs in private text conversations with a colleague, reporters for Mississippi Today, Verite News and The New York Times have learned.

Police Chief in Mississippi Regularly Used Racist Slurs, Private Text Messages Reveal

Text exchanges obtained by reporters show troubling messages sent by the chief of a Mississippi police department facing an uproar over the fatal shooting of a 1-year-old boy in June.

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Shecky@shecky.bsky.social · 22h ago

UPDATE: Yes, their owner passed away Thursday. We're taking them in today, but as I said, that CAN'T be permanent; they NEED a HOME NOW. We're willing to drive pretty much anywhere in the Northeast for the right adopter. We're begging.

Shecky@shecky.bsky.social · yesterday

Morning people: yep, looks like the ONE nibble is now ghosting. Going to Kevin's apartment today to start cleanout & get the cats, then we're bringing them here. They HAVE to stay closed in our bedroom, so they're safe for now, but one room is NO way to live the rest of their life. Please. SOMEONE.

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · yesterday

I don’t consider myself particularly adept at spotting AI-generated text but this statement from Paramount about Mark Ruffalo was so clearly written with AI. “…aren't just wrong — they're a bridge too far…”

Brian Stelter: Paramount just issued a lengthy statement responding to @MarkRuffalo: "We are, as always, troubled when antisemitic tropes are invoked in purported service of a business dispute. Words like 'genocide' and 'apartheid, applied to a corporate transaction, aren't just wrong — they're a bridge too far, and they cheapen the very real suffering those words are meant to describe. This doesn't deserve a response in kind — and to be clear, we don't tolerate prejudice of any kind, against anyone. This brings us to a moment to lower the temperature, not raise it. We'd rather build than further engage in such rhetoric. This simply exposes the true motivation of some who have advocated opposition to this transaction. On the other hand, our commitment to great content is matched by our commitment to acceptance - to every story, every storyteller, and no blacklists, no exceptions, for anyone.We understand people feel strongly about this merger and are hopeful and expect that it will be judged based on the legal merits, not underlying bias. We're asking for the same good faith we're extending: less rhetoric, more understanding. Paramount's future is being written for everyone who wants to make and watch great stories." V Variety @ @Variety.5h Mark Ruffalo Goes Scorched Earth on Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger, Calling Out the Ellison Family's Complicity in Palestinian 'Genocide' variety.com/ 2026/film/news... 4:39 PM • 8/21/26 • 27K Views
Grouchomancer@samthielman.com · 2d ago

Again the fact that this guy is getting published in the Wall Street Journal indicates a kind of institutional derangement redolent of the the backlash to the Reconstruction and the fact that he’s using his position to characterize himself as a fearless truth-teller is less laughable than obscene

How I Became the Scapegoat in the Jason Arday Affair I have been smeared as a racist and threatened with violence. My university suspended me. All I did was tell the truth. By Nathan Conas Aug. 21, 2026 6:21 am ET Save Aa 20 IS RESPONSIBLE FOR JASON ARDAY'S DEATH UNALIVED BY A WITCH HUNT The scene in London on Aug. 17. PHOTO: LAB MO/SOPA IMAGES/ZUMA PRESS
Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · 3d ago

I've never seen such an effort to censor a document as I have the Amnesty International report on gender critical groups because of JK Rowling. They removed the report from the Wayback Machine and now I got a DMCA strike on my Google Drive for having it. It was deleted and removed from my account.

A screenshot of an email viewed in dark mode with the subject line "Google DMCA Violation." The email from Google informs the recipient that they have received a notification under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) that some of their materials allegedly infringe on copyrights. It explains the removal process, mentions that notice details will be posted on Lumen, warns against repeated violations, and lists one affected Google Drive URL at the bottomA nearly identical mobile browser screenshot of the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. It shows a search for the same Amnesty International UK resources URL, resulting in the same message: "This URL has been excluded from the Wayback Machine."A mobile browser screenshot of the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. A URL for an Amnesty International UK resources page is entered in the search bar, but the page displays the message: "This URL has been excluded from the Wayback Machine."
Tony - Pod Guy - Groves@tonygroves.bsky.social · 3d ago

BBC invited Palestinian writer, researcher and analyst Muhammad Shehada on to talk about Israel’s decision to investigate the killing of Hind Rajab. Below is Muhammad’s account of what happened next. Full disclosure: I know him years and he’s a regular on the pod. So naturally I believe him 100%.

@muhammadshehad2 Disappointed the BBC cancelled my interview on Israel's killing of Hind Rajab 2 producers eagerly reached out. They confirmed the time & one called to prepare a brief for the anchor She asked me whether Israel's announcement is positive, I explained in detail it was a cover up. The IDF is blaming the killing of Hind, her uncle, aunt & 4 cousins on the family itself for trying to flee by car & on the ambulance sent to rescue her for "failures in the co-ordination of the movement." None of this is remotely true! The Red Cross immediately informed the IDF about 5-year-old Hind who was hiding in that motionless car, & they requested permission from Israel to allow an ambulance to rescue them. After multiple long hours, Israel granted greenlight to the ambulance & provided them with a designated route on a GPS to drive on.soon as the ambulance reached Hind's car, the IDF ambushed & bombed them immediately with an American made anti-tank missile then opened fire on Hind's car. The car was hit with 355 bullets. Israel then kept that area under lockdown for 12 days, & prevented anyone from approaching. Hind's mom went daily to the Ahli baptist hospital hoping to find her daughter, until her lifeless body was brought in along with the charred remains of the ambulance men. Israel then claimed after an "initial investigation" that its troops were NEVER in that area to begin with. They maintained that claim for 2 years despite ample recordings & satellite images debunking this lie. The only reason Israel is now making this new announcement of a deeper investigation is to shield its soldiers & generals from the International Criminal Court by invoking the principle of "complementarity;" that the ICC cannot investigate a state that is already investigating itself in good faith.I told the BBC producer Israel today also quietly shut down the investigation into the triple tap killing of American, Canadian, British, Australian & Polish citizens in the WCK massacre. Israel blamed the massacre on the aid workers themselves for "deviating from the predesignated route" & for hiring an armed security guard "without informing the IDF" (both claims where debunked by WCK themselves, who had coordinates their every step with the IDF). I told the producer the Israeli commander responsible for this massacre, Nochi Mendel, is a fanatical settler who had signed a petition calling for starving Gaza & that he was celebrated by settler leaders & supported by Israeli government leaders after what he did. Mendel even received a box of chocolate from the settler council's leader & a letter of support for what he did. Mendel was initially dismissed by the IDF & blamed for the massacre, but was quickly & quietly reinstated & promoted in the Defence Ministry as the head of the settlements and notionol infroctrunturo unitIt's abundantly clear Israel is NOT serious about prosecuting any of the atrocities committed in Gaza. Since the genocide began, only two soldiers were punished by the IDF; one for microwaving a living frog & another for cooking sausages in the army kitchen on Shabbat. The producer asked me: What about the 150 cases the IDF said are pending review? I answered: it's just a number designed to give the appearance of seriousness, but it's essentially meaningless. If it took the IDF two whole years to admit the simplest of facts that the entire world had already known, which is that their troops were the ones who fired on Hind Rajab's car, how do you expect them to do with the remaining cases that are not as high profile? Five minutes after the call, the producer wrote me that they decided to cancel the interview & will not even host anyone else to comment on the issue, & instead they'll play archival footage!
Rachel Figueroa@jewyorican.bsky.social · 3d ago

literally the only Chanukah item in the whole store was an ornament of a shirtless rabbi holding a menorah in one hand & an upside down dreidel in the other hand oh & also he has a mermaid tail. I mean mermaids have fins and scales so are therefore technically kosher so there’s that 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

A shirtless rabbi wearing a blue yarmulke, a tallis, and a Magen David necklace. He is holding a menorah in one hand and an upside down dreidel in the other. Also he has a fucking blue mermaid tail.
Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · 4d ago

Glad to see some reporting on this. When I first posted on July 17 about these incidents where an airline worker is asked or tricked into helping ICE, person who told me was too afraid of being identifiable for me to report it out. Bottom line: If you are not a citizen, do not use US air travel rn.

Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com I saw video this week from another major airport of a woman being taken by plainclothes ICE after an airline worker paged them to the ticket counter. Worker clearly didn't know it was ICE asking them to page and was upset. They follow, asking ICE for a warrant & woman who they can call for her.
JJ in DC@jjindc.bsky.social · 4d ago

“I know this is going to sound extremely radical, or crazy,” she recounted telling the woman, “but ICE is there at the gate, and they're looking for you."

soundslikeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa@soundslikeaa.bsky.social · 3d ago

should i bake some of this cookie dough and take it with me friday? i dont really get an appetite, uh ever, these days but i did restock 3 kinds of cookie dough in my freezer and that test bake of the lemon blueberry crumble cookie i thought id fucked up was outrageous

#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 4d ago

Good time to note that Israel has at least 40 Syrian citizens in what is called "administrative detention" aka illegal arrest in a military prison without charge or any guarantee that they'll ever even have a trial. For some reason, these people are never called hostages.

Fared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول@faredalmahlool.bsky.social · 4d ago

BIG — Southern Syria: Israeli occupation forces entered the village of Jabata al-Khashab at dawn with more than 100 soldiers and 15 military vehicles, detaining two people and searching several homes.