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JD, PhD. Author of Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts 2021 Best Book NPR, Washington Post.https://rebhallphd.org. She/Her Contact: info@rebhallphd.org SANKOFA “The revolution is in your spirit or it is nowhere.”
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This is another way we live in rape culture; we live in a culture where we have to hear about monstrosity all the time. Sometimes I look at those top stories lists and wonder if I'm the only one who notices that two or three or four of the ten are about violence against women.
Trump’s meme coin soared, then crashed 94%…erasing billions. Now Senators Warren and Blumenthal want an SEC probe into this blatant scam! The grift never stops. #USDemocracy #RisingBlue apple.news/A7pGbdTcdRdS...
Trump’s Memecoin Grift Hit With Calls for ‘Scam’ Probe — The Daily Beast
Two Democratic senators want answers about the president’s doomed crypto venture.
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Israeli artillery targets eastern Gaza City.
One of the things I find so off-putting about AI generated imagery is just how overgreebled it is, it always adds too much detail, and when it comes to trying to depict food, it ends up looking like it's crawling with insects or triggering trypophobia, it's extremely off-putting.
Hey man, maybe just make the sandwiches and take a pic of them.
Outright theft by ICE. Ice personnel seize property but they don't account for it. It goes in the agent's pockets.
DO NOT bring anything of value, on your person, if you may be involved in an ICE ENCOUNTER youtu.be/LE5NE8MlZBI?...
Im excited about this! I was on book tour for 2.5 years on 2 continents and I have never talked about this. At The Sanctuary in Oakland, August 23.
World war just to spice things up. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
Jerusalem’s most important Muslim religious site facing ‘imminent’ threat of Israeli takeover, says Jordan
Country convenes emergency meeting of ministers from Arab and Islamic world, fearing such a move could ‘trigger a religious conflict’
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New: Police are being told to hide the fact that they're using Flock to pull people over and arrest them in both encounters with citizens but ALSO in their official police reports: www.404media.co/do-not-menti...
‘DO NOT MENTION ALPR USAGE’: How Cops Are Trying to Hide Their Use of Flock
“DO NOT MENTION ALPR USAGE TO THE OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE. DO NOT MENTION ALPR USAGE IN YOUR REPORT OR COMPLAINT."
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Didn’t British Patroleum get their start installing the Shaw of Iran? www.theguardian.com/business/202...
BP profits more than double as Iran war sends oil prices soaring
Energy company’s $5.73bn quarterly profits come after Shell posted second highest quarterly earnings on record
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Mother Says ICE 'Negligence' Killed Second Man to Die at Notorious NJ Lockup | Common Dreams
"I don't want my son's death to go unanswered. If justice isn't served, they'll just keep doing this, and there's no telling how many more people in this country we might lose."
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Massive Attack has been banned from Singapore after they held up a Palestinian flag during their concert here last week. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Massive Attack banned from Singapore after pro-Palestine display at show
The UK band is told not to return to the city-state after shouting "free Palestine" at a gig on Wednesday.
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were you aware of the amount of valuable copper and gold contained in a flock camera?
chat can anyone verify that every single Flock camera has about 2-3 Ibs of copper and about 1-2 grams of gold
I remember this. What a nightmare. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
ICE agents descended on a cannabis farm. The lives of an army vet, a farm worker and professor changed for ever
Raids on Glass House Farms in California became a ‘litmus test’ for how much violence agents could inflict during Trump’s deportation campaign
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Question: is there a way to sell merch (tote bags, t-shirts, mugs) using materials that are ethically sourced? I.e. no slave labor? And still make money?
I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.
Spokane, Washington. In 2024 governments gave $725,000,000,000 of taxpayer money directly to the fossil fuel industry. We’ve PAID to inflict these horrors on our world. Our children are going to pay a great deal more. We are nowhere near angry enough.🤬🤬🤬 Climate Dad
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Trump climbs down on Iran strikes in expectation of ‘rapidly’ reaching a deal
US president claims delay is also in response to requests from Iran and other countries in the region
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Circumference of a deal Hypoteneuse of a deal Vector of a deal Trajectory of a deal Punctuation of a deal Air quotes of a deal
what's the difference between a "complete" vs "total" opening of the Strait? "Complete" actually sounds slightly more open.
Circumference of a deal Hypoteneuse of a deal Vector of a deal Trajectory of a deal Punctuation of a deal Air quotes of a deal
perimeters of a deal, penumbras of a deal, the axis of agreement, weapons of mass-destruction-related perimeter activities
“The perimeters of a deal.”
I haven't seen it anywhere today, so I guess ill bring it up. It was 10 years ago today that Baltimore police murdered 23yr old Korryn Gaines and also shot her young son, who survived. Names like Korryn Gaines are why the #SayHerName movement began, as Black women's names are often forgotten
Never buying another Taylor or Earthbound Organics product again
The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.