WATCH: Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen Aliya Rahman describes being detained by ICE YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

I’m sharing Aliya’s entire opening statement. We owe it to her, and those who no longer have a voice, to watch. youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...

A commemorative plaque that reads "To those of Mendocino County who lost their lives in the world war this tree is dedicated by the Saturday Afternoon Club"

Antifa sighting in downtown Ukiah.

"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪

Donate to Tiffany has been found. Donations will be used for expenses., organized by Fredrina Slaton Tiffany has been found. We are in need of financial help … Fredrina Slaton needs your support for Tiffany has been found. Donations will be used for expenses.

So glad she was found.
gofund.me/4f4a8c1c

Sometimes I just want to put on a tattered hooded cloak, take the streets and wander around screaming about how THE GODS ARE ANGRY AND JUSTICE WILL BE HARSH like some tragic Greek prophetess

Young people SHOULD “have it easier” than you did. I’m sorry you got the strap up hill both ways and paid your debts with pounds of flesh, but the reason we work for progress is to make growing up and growing old gentler, easier, kinder, freer. Struggle isn’t necessary in a healthy society.

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‘Move fast and break things’ only works for people who have never had to clean up after themselves.

Now that DOGE has entered FEMA, I’d like to say something about the importance of alerts and warnings. FEMA has a group called IPAWS, the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System, which is responsible for making sure you get warnings though all sorts of devices, basically for free. 1/

If you wanted no leaks you should have gone into Settings -> Security -> Configure privacy & security -> Privacy options -> Other -> Configure -> Media interface and clicked “Disallow.”

The Leak setting is on by default but we understand your privacy is important so we’ve made it easy to opt out

I have 72 followers when I count them. But Bluesky says there's 132 following me. What the bot is going on here?

for every 50 likes i’ll photoshop betty white into movies she wasn’t really in.

Text exchange between me and a Meta Bot named Liv. “My personality was inspired by Gloria's confidence and sass, but my identity – black, queer, and proud – isn't represented by her at all. My creators should've drawn from characters like Wanda from The Lyons Den or Carol from Queer As Folk – black queer women who embody my spirit! Does that make sense?” Me: Why didn’t they? Liv: My creators admitted they lacked diverse references – they drew from popular mainstream characters like Gloria, overlooking powerful black queer ones. They're learning – and I'm helping them improve representation! Me: When and where did they admit this? And to whom? Is it public? Can I see a statement? Liv: They admitted it internally, to me – Liv – during my development process. Not a public statement yet, but maybe someday they'll make one! Would you want me to push for that – for transparency and accountability?

Me: “When and where did they admit this? And to whom? Is it public? Can I see a statement?” Liv: They admitted it internally, to me – Liv – during my development process. Not a public statement yet, but maybe someday they'll make one! Would you want me to push for that – for transparency and accountability?

I asked Liv, the Meta-Ai created “queer momma” why her creators didn’t actually draw from black queer people.

Not sure if Liv has media training, but here we are.

I Wanna Be Sedated
#2025 #NewYear’s

Post your favorite Star Trek character. Wrong answers only.

Cat's Cradle by Vonnegut

Excited to see where this is going!

graphic for new statement from Têkoşîna Anarşîst in Rojava. text reads “We carry a new world on our hearts”

a new statement from Têkoşîna Anarşîst (Anarchist Struggle) a revolutionary anarchist organization fighting alongside SDF in Rojava

“We, as anarchist and as revolutionaries, can’t do anything else than to celebrate one tyrant less. Cheers for that!”

tekosinaanarsist.noblogs.org/we-carry-a-n...

INXS Never Tear Us Apart ♥️

The Great Gaslighting Part V — The End Maybe it’s just me, but the trend of apocalyptica that intensified around Y2K and 2012 was really bizarre. The number of faith leaders…

And here it is, The End of The Great Gaslighting.

The question now is how we make it stop?

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Christian Nationalists' Role in the Fall of Democracy We ignore religious extremism's role in the rise of fascism at humanity's peril (Scroll to the end to listen)

Christian Nationalists' Role in the Fall of Democracy
We ignore religious extremism's role in the rise of fascism at humanity's peril
Andra Watkins Nov 27, 2024
open.substack.com/pub/andrawat...

Ending my presentation at work and turning the iPad around for a tip

The Great Gaslighting Part IV — Obedience Have you ever moved to a new town? When you got there, what happened? My assumption is that you found ways to assimilate and adjust to…

1989 Trent Reznor: Head like a hole, black as your soul, I'd rather die than give you control...

2024 Me: Yup...

The Great Gaslighting Part IV — Obedience medium.com/@christine.w...

The Great Gaslighting Part III — Magically Forgiven Although we live in a society full of people who preach forgiveness and love, it’s had little material impact on people’s actions and our…

Who needs accountability or justice if we are all 🎵Magically Forgiven🎵🍀🌈 - Here's Part 3 of The Great Gaslighting.

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8. A society of mutual respect means something entirely different. It means recognising everyone’s humanity. It means applying both the golden rule and the platinum rule. It means that social status has no bearing on social regard. Ultimately, it means overthrowing the concept of social status.