With sorrow, we announce the passing of FOBAZI M. ETTARH 1989 - 2026. Fobazi changed so many lives with her friendship, love, and brilliance. She was so loved, and leaves behind a powerful legacy. We thank Fobazi's community for their support over the last several months of her illness. A private burial will be held for family. We will be in touch with further information about a future Celebration of Life event, as well as ways to support Fobazi's family and legacy.

There are so many unmet needs on this site for Black trans and nonbinary folks.

Please share at minimum.

White folks, stop talking and dig in your pockets.

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The River Cherwell feeds into the River Thames. The River Thames fills up Farmoor reservoir. Farmoor reservoir supplies water to approx 600,000 people. Including my house.

As well as letting it kill our wildlife, we are drinking this stuff.

Re-upping this for the Monday morning crowd!

This Day in Labor History: November 14, 1903. Leading unionists and female reformers met in Boston to create the Women’s Trade Union League. This was an effort to support unions for women workers and to fight the plague of sweatshops that defined the lives of so many women in the years!!!

You Can't Refuse To Be Scanned by ICE's Facial Recognition App, DHS Document Says Photos captured by Mobile Fortify will be stored for 15 years, regardless of immigration or citizenship status, the document says.

Mobile Fortify

Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.

Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...

Liberals say communism is a fantasy because of the immutably greedy and vicious human nature, then say "Our institutions will be fine actually because they rely entirely on the grand character, integrity, and judgment of a handful of very rich men directly beholden to the status quo"

if anyone knows of any toiletry giveaways in dc, please let me know.

was talking to a furloughed friend today & she brought it up as a need amongst her convos w/coworkers.

toilet paper, menstrual supplies, dish washing liquid, etc...

Unless you’ve been on SNAP or had to be a cashier in a grocery store while someone discovers the insane restrictions placed on SNAP food choices, I simply think you should shut the hell up about food access.

Amazon secures tax break for $3bn data center campus in Sidney, Ohio Cloud giant continues to expand holdings in Ohio

Local governments: U must pay your local taxes

The people: Oh okay

Corporations: Well what if we're moving to town to enrich & build infrastructure for ourselves

The people: We don't even want you here

Local governments: Hey now settle down they are welcome here and here's a 10-yr tax abatement

F. Scott Fitzgerald: In my book I invented Gatsby lifestyle as a cautionary tale

The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby

Note: while not unprecedented, it’s actually pretty rare for a sitting Catholic bishop to participate in a demonstration. It’s just not generally what Catholic bishops do.

Thus: Getting the hierarchy involved in this protest outside an ICE facility is no small thing.

The onboarding process for benefits like SNAP can take several months. There are a lot folks who are months behind on benefits kicking in. My friend Indi is one.

If you can help keep food on the table for Indi and Shay, I’d be grateful. If your GA adjacent and have ideas to cut red tape, poke me

“Yes to Peace! No to violence!”

In Tel Aviv tonight: Mass rally to mark 30 years since the assassination of Rabin and protest the government destroying both Israeli and Palestinian lives and future.

Trump deported Iranian Christians with open asylum claims for religious persecution four weeks ago.

He expelled other Iranian Christians, including children, to Panama in February.

Mon Dieu! How shameful!

Everyone knows you pair white with a fall off a cliff.

Tangentially.

I'd be curious to see an audit of which American universities straight up sold or enabled big tech vendor reps access to student data.

I'm curious how much time the contingency funds would buy us.

Mithqal just found out that his home has been destroyed, as a friend of his returned to the area & sent him a picture. His family's homeless & starving--please help by sharing & donating to help them survive Israel's continuing genocide & the coming winter. No donations for 3 days:

Help Jamal’s family leave the war zone and rebuild their life! Hi my loves! My name is Caroline, and I created this fundraiser to help Jamal support his family as they fight to survive the genocide in Gaza, evacuate to safety, and eventually rebuild their lives f...

I survived gaza gencide, but I came out to find that everything I knew my home, my work, my city is gone.

Starting again feels impossible, but I’m trying, support and share will give me a new start ❤️‍🩹🫂

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Love to see it!

"In achieving this resolution, the MFA recognizes that David Drake (also known as Dave the Potter) was deprived of his creations involuntarily and without compensation."

Exhibit they had few years ago featuring his work, esp. inclusion of works by Simone Leigh, was amazing.

Between this and the Louvre prosecutor describing the suspects’ statements as “minimalist” while bragging that they had worked on the case over a weekend it’s an absolutely incredible week for Frenchness

Exclusive: Germany Coordinated ICJ Testimony on Arms Exports With Israel As Germany faces accusations of "complicity in genocide" at the International Court of Justice, documents from its own defense ministry suggest Berlin may have provided incomplete testimony. KARIM NATOUR OCT 31, 2025

🚨Exclusive from Drop Site: Germany Coordinated ICJ Testimony on Arms Exports With Israel

As Germany faces accusations of "complicity in genocide" at the Int'l Court of Justice, docs from its own defense ministry suggest Berlin may have provided incomplete testimony.

By Karim Natour

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