Jun 20, 2025
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All Out on June 28, International Day Of Resistance Against War On Palestine, Iran And West Asia This action is called by Global Resistance
June 28th!!!
Today's word of the day: kakistocracy
It means government by the least qualified and worst people.
Just heard "nauseously optimistic" to describe the US election results on CNN and yeah. Yeah.
For the 2024 US election, join 2,300+ (and counting) voters swapping their votes to defeat Trump in swing states AND protest the system in s
Matches people in swing states who don't want to vote for Harris due to the Biden admin's stance on Palestine (or for other reasons) with people in "safe blue" states who are willing to protest vote for a 3rd party candidate in their place.
I signed up, it's pretty easy to do. All they do is collect your email (and phone number, to send a verification code) and give it to your match so you can come up with a voting strategy together. No money changes hands so this isn't vote buying which makes it 100 times more legal than what Elon Musk is trying to do...
It's frustrating knowing there's nothing I can really do from my state to influence the outcome of the election, so I'm really happy to try this instead of wallowing in those feelings of dread and helplessness. Maybe it will help!!!!! Certainly can't hurt!!!!!!!!!!
Here's a statement from a group of Palestinian, Arab, Muslim, progressive Democrats and community leaders in Arizona endorsing this strategy:
We know that many in our communities are resistant to vote for Kamala Harris because of the Biden administration’s complicity in the genocide. We understand this sentiment. Many of us have felt that way ourselves, even until very recently. Some of us have lost many family members in Gaza and Lebanon. We respect those who feel they simply can’t vote for a member of the administration that sent the bombs that may have killed their loved ones….
In our view, it is crystal clear that allowing the fascist Donald Trump to become President again would be the worst possible outcome for the Palestinian people. A Trump win would be an extreme danger to Muslims in our country, all immigrants, and the American pro-Palestine movement. It would be an existential threat to our democracy and our whole planet….
Read the whole statement here:
And speaking of complacency and wanting to maintain a standard of living even if it means another person is suffering...my old job is organizing this:
Join our mass demonstration in New York City calling for Biden to #EndFossilFuels
https://www.endfossilfuels.us/
It's this Sunday. September 17th in NYC. More details at the link.
“People like me are inferior sales tools,” Shupe tells me in an email. “Although some people will sympathize with narratives like the one that Laura Ingraham peddled, that I’m mentally ill, and instead of giving me therapy, the VA gave me hormones, etc., it’s not as good of a seller as a damaged young woman.”
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An article that connects TERFs to the Christian right and names names in both movements; talks about the quest for "detrans" narratives that will be saleable to the public; and is just a really sad story of a "useful idiot" (their words) who "burned bridges on both sides" -
In her career as a “detransitioner,” there was one thing Elisa Rae Shupe had not yet done: detransition.
The latest in COVID policy research, from
What actions to end the global threat to public health have global experts agreed to? This thread highlights the main recommendations from
Tldr better to do multiple things at once, better to have government involved, the risk is that the more times you get re-infected with COVID (even mildly) the more chances you have to develop Long COVID, private sector and individual measures arent enough, prevention will pay for itself in reduced health care costs down the line, COVID is not getting "more mild" on a population level.
As for the measures gov't can take that don't increase the burden on individuals, the top recommendations are improving indoor air quality with better ventilation, clear communication to the public about vaccines, vaccine sharing between rich and poor nations, and moving vaccinations and contact tracing to primary care. In addition to paying/reimbursing for tests and masks like we already do (in the US).
It's never easy to go on strike, but the winter holidays are an especially tough time to fight the bosses. UMWA coal miners in Alabama have
Happy almost Christmas, here's a roundup of some of the ongoing workers' strikes in the US and UK