Anyone should be allowed to speak out, whoever he may be, so long as he is not a hostile element and does not make malicious attacks, and it does not matter if he says something wrong. Leaders at all levels have the duty to listen to others.
Media needs to stop with "critics say" and just quote the actual language of the bill.
HB 249 creates a new category of "seminudity" which can be used to arrest women who aren't nude, but are wearing clothing — leggings, t-shirts without bras — that religious groups feel is too provocative.
Parliament speaker Ghalibaf adviser Mohammadi rejects Trump’s ceasefire extension, saying it “means nothing” and that the losing side cannot dictate terms.
It appears that the F-35 was hit by a missile fired by an Iranian Dezful air defense system, which is a locally manufactured version of the Soviet/Russian Tor M1 system. The Dezful has electro-optical targeting and guidance systems added, along with updated digital systems.
Israeli soldier photographed beheading a statue of Jesus with a hammer: IDF immediately posts multiple English-language condemnations and "we will investigate" "this is not who we are" etc
Israeli soldiers videotaped throwing a tied up and blindfolded Palestinian prisoner off a roof: 🦗🦗🦗🦗
Workers & Migrants Unite May 1 - May DAy 12pm - Community Fair 1pm - Rally 3:30pm - March
Over 70 groups are joining together to uplift #WorkersandMigrantsUnite and #WorkersOverBillionaires this May Day! 📢✊
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Revived another long-dead basedpad for someone who needs it
There are myriad ways that law enforcement can access the content or other metadata of push notifications. Let’s fix that. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
My life a movie (A Serious Man - 2009)
BREAKING: A jury has found Live Nation and Ticketmaster to be an illegal monopoly that overcharges fans, per MorePerfectUnion
remember that thing that microsoft word could do on a windows 95 computer that required 8 megabytes of ram? yeah, we got claude to do it instead. and guess what? now it takes longer and sucks
1/2-Hezbollah military media publishes Israeli casualty tally
Hezbollah’s military media in Lebanon released what it says is the toll of Israeli casualties acknowledged by the Israeli side since the start of the war on Lebanon on March 2, 2026, under the title:
In a first, the U.S. Energy Information Agency said it will require data centers to disclose details of their energy use.
INBOX: Amid rising tendons between Trump and Pope Leo, the administration has abruptly canceled an $11 million contract with Catholic Charities to shelter and care for migrant children who enter the U.S. alone, ending a relationship dating back to the first arrivals of Cuban exiles in South Florida.
BREAKING: The Pentagon is reportedly planning for a potential Cuba operation, per USA Today.
Massive fire breaks out at warehouse in Compton, California.
The US is continuing to murder people on boats in the Caribbean.
Media isn't covering it widely.
#auspol
Study finds no link between fluoride in drinking water and lower IQ as 17 states consider bans
Adding fluoride to drinking water was not associated with lower IQ, a study found, as 17 states mull banning the practice. san.com/cc/study-fin...
An orange calendar with black writing reads, "Events this week. April 12 Labor Against Authoritarianism, 2:30-4pm at AFL-CIO. April 14 Sunrise Gen Meeting and Trainings, 6:30-8:30pm, sign up for location. April 15 No Work/Shop/School Meeting, 6:30-8:30pm at Open Signal Media Center. April 15 Digital Security Workshop, 6:30-7:45pm at Albina Library. April 16 Lessons from Minnesota, 6:00-8:00pm at Alberta House April 18 Train the Facilitator, 11:00-3:30pm, virtual (sign up for link) April 18 Community Power Up, 1-4pm, The Marie Eaui Center Visit bit.ly/maydaycalendar for more info"
You can find events in Portland leading up to May Day at bit.ly/maydaycalendar
@pdxprotestinfo.bsky.social
"Will you watch the last two episodes of my mk ultra comfort slop cartoon with me?"
Compatriots-NDFP, the revolutionary organization of Filipinos overseas, condemns the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for spewing lies in an attempt to slander the revolutionary movement.
fightbacknews.org/articles/phi...
This woman is a handpicked Trump supporter from Arkansas and she is less anti-trans than the median Atlantic columnist
Leadup events calendar. visit bit.ly/maydaycalendar for more info
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A worker died at an Amazon warehouse in Oregon last week.
For more than an hour, workers were instructed to continue working as the man lay dead.
One worker wanted to help, but a manager told them to “Just turn around and not look. Let’s get back to work," according to @thewesternedge.bsky.social.
‘I wished for death’: Sexual violence in Israel’s prisons is an ‘organised state policy’ Palestinian testimonies reveal how sexual violence, including rape using objects and dogs, is approved by 'highest levels' of Israeli leadership
The testimony here about sexual violence by Israel against Palestinian prisoners is so beyond the pale everyone must see it.
It is so bad I can’t in good conscience share a quote other than the headline, which somehow manages to understate the horror within.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/i-wishe...
through the process of going into their very midst and into the thick of practical struggles and through the process of studying Marxism and society. Only in this way can we have a literature and art that are truly for the workers, peasants and soldiers, a truly proletarian literature and art.
the Ayatollah should issue a statement in support of his partner in interreligious dialogue.
#BryonNoem told a dominatrix that he was trans even as #KristiNoem was signing anti-#transgender legislation into law as governor of #SouthDakota but she's refused to talk about this since #DonaldTrump kicked her out of #HomelandSecurity; hypocrisy...?
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
that we haven't even confronted spam phone calls, something everyone hates and we all know how to stop to me is most emblematic of a society too inert to address significant problems. The telephone revolutionized communication and connected us to everyone on the planet and now no one picks up calls
Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman says that while US authorities accuse Iran of lacking “good faith”, US policy and media space are recommending the assassination of the Iranian negotiators.
American Media is actively calling for the assassination of Iran's officials.
