Nadia refused a prison kitchen shift in Colorado. So she was locked in solitary for 30 days. Colorado voters banned prison slavery in 2018. But it continued. This year, a judge ordered the state to stop locking people in solitary for refusing to work.
“about 13,000 Ohioans are discharged from a nursing home each month…
it is as cruel as it sounds”
A groundbreaking expedition off Chile has filmed the elusive Type D orcas for the first time, revealing their unique features and confirming a potential new species.
Photo I took of these wonderful people (the faces of whom I’ve blacked out) singing happy Birthday to their lovely old dog at a bar I was at tonight in Portland
I was at a dog-friendly bar in NW Portland tonight and a table behind me started singing Happy Birthday and then I realized it wasn’t for a person but a really old dog who was wearing a crown and he was old and fucking adorable and I love this city
Everyone, not just our Indigenous brothers and sisters, should be ripping the mf! This isn't like something that can easily be restored, the Arctic is already losing tons of sea ice, endangers the fragile ecosystems that keeps the earth balanced.
www.commondreams.org/news/arctic-...
You may know that library staff can help you find the most authoritative evidence-based information about matters of personal health.
action.everylibrary.org/get_healthie...
The desperate campaign to push AI down our throats is just what Nestlé did with baby formula, or Monsanto with patended seeds.
Manufactured Intermediation—inserting a corporate tollbooth into a process that used to be self-sustaining, using a low initial barrier to entry to destroy the alternative.
When Google force a lookup of their LLM into every search query now, that's got some depressing implications.
bsky.app/profile/cath...
I was once catching up with a few people whose careers I respect to get some thoughts about what to do next and one of them said
"You know, your next thing doesn't have to be bigger than your last thing."
And it remains one of the most creatively freeing things I've ever heard.
1) Re-reading some ME/CFS history: in the late 1990s the CDC diverted millions of dollars budgeted for
ME/CFS into work on other diseases.
The CDC presented misleading data to Congress, a whistleblower was needed to uncover the misuse of funds.
Donia needs you.
She need your encouragement, and your compassion.
She's severely disabled, and homeless. She's vulnerable, and needs someone to call community.
Please, be there for her. Share and donate now to help save her and her disabled kitty.
linktr.ee/ethyricalartist
#MutualAid #HelpSky
"I know it's about the character, but when it's your face and it's things you've experienced in your own life, it becomes harder to separate. Some people have really stayed hating her. I used to give a lot of grace. If you're still this critical of her and not critical of Langdon, I think you're just a misogynist." - Isa Briones, on the reactions to Dr. Santos in The Pitt season 2
Isa Briones lobbing this out when The Pitt fandom is one of the most toxic around is braver than the Marines
I’m not saying all cops who use Flock cameras are perverts but what I *am* saying is all perverts convicted after abusing Flock cameras are cops. www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/n...
A VCR never sold my private info to a nazi
Buster, a long-haired tuxedo cat, and Theda, a short-haired black cat, on a psychedelic print fitted sheet, spodged out and mirroring each other so their heads and forepaws are making a sort of heart.
Buster and Theda - you’ll never nap alone, #BusterAndTheda #Cats #BlackCat #TuxedoCat
📍 Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States, Michigan, US
#GrainSocial grain.social/profile/did:plc:wibx7sb6...
i think we should probably stop going to madison square garden
Yesterday, Israel used a triple tap attack to kill paramedics in Lebanon. This means that they first bombed, waited for paramedics to come, bombed again, waited, and then bombed again. It was all caught on camera.
There is no peace possible with this.
www.instagram.com/reel/DXMzlFy...
Hey so we gotta tear all this down, like it's a moral duty
Sometimes you really do have to put on your “I know you fucking lying” eyes.
A tweet @AmandaDannielle: One of the women that accused (Justin) Fairfax of sexual assault said he told her he raped her because she was raped before and Duke didn't do anything about it, so he felt like she'd be less likely to speak up. They were FRIENDS. This is who folks are defending.
TW: SA, sexual assault, DV, IPV, abuse apologists.
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A very curious piece of Teotihuacan is the crazy hen, 250-350CE. Pieces of red spondylus shell are used as feathers. Its body is made of ceramic, eyes are made of green stone. It seems to be a representation of a quail. The most interesting thing is that it breaks the Teotihuacan aesthetic canons.
Today is Palestinian Prisoners’ Day. Since 1974, day is not merely commemorative but definitive in Palestinian consciousness.
This year the occupation’s government has passed a law legalizing execution of Palestinian prisoners.
Understand the struggle snd its demands:
www.addameer.ps/media/5732
Did you know that ~70% of first-year medical students use Anki flashcards to study for their medical exams?
We created an Anki flashcard deck for infection-associated chronic illnesses, including #MECFS, #LongCOVID, #POTS, #MCAS, #hEDS, & more.
Great convo & links! - www.reddit.com/r/medicalsch...
It shocks me how many businesses still don’t seem to get that Trump’s cultural revolution did not actually happen
a city council approved a data center despite resident objections. in response, the town voted all of them out, is suing to stop the data center, and are moving to oust the mayor next.
Festus, I salute you 🫡
Two chickadees sit on a branch, one says: "Whoa! Look!" indicating a light in the sky over the horizon. The other one says: "Pretty!" The first one says "Do you think that's Venus or just a bright star?". The second one looks nervous, stumbling "Oh... uh... yeah it's probably Bemus"
Venus
A dragon inspired from a resurrection plant blooming as a rain dragon kisses it / touches snouts. This too shall pass!
The flower of stone and the rain dragon
