Kathy Slage

This is a lie. Measles has a well established mortality and morbidity rate among unvaccinated children. Once measles enters the bloodstream and causes viremia there’s not much to be done other than supportive measures. It’s the antivaccine activists killing America’s children

The Pope understands the reality of geopolitics (and imperialism) much better than most of the "experts" in the Western corporate media.

In a world wounded by arrogance, people hunger and thirst for justice. We must encourage those who believe in peace and dare to engage in “countercurrent” politics, which focus on the common good. What is urgently needed is the courage of new visions and an educational pact that gives young people space and trust. #ApostolicJourney #EquatorialGuinea vatican.va/content/leo-xi…

I turned down a 4th round job interview and 3 people called me to ask why. I told them their interview process is too long and it required me to take time off work each time.

NEW: 🇮🇱 🇵🇸 NBA Star Kyrie Irving has changed his 20M follower Instagram profile pic to a photo of Palestinian children defiantly studying in front of the razor wire and Israeli soldiers that prevent them from going to school. Legend. 👏🏼 [Photo taken by @the_andrey_x]

🔸Haaretz journalist Gideon Levy (@gideonle): “An army who is preoccupied in a brutal occupation for decades now cannot behave otherwise. You cannot maintain such an occupation for so many years and remain human. Doesn’t work. Didn’t work in any other occupation in the world. What will make people realize that we are growing monsters in front of our eyes? What will make them be convinced that we crossed any possible line? You know there are six million uprooted people now in the Middle East wandering around from here to there. part of them lost their homes forever in Gaza, in Lebanon, in Iran. Are we really proud to be a country which creates such a reality for 6 million human beings? Isn’t it the time once to look at the truth and say yes, we went too far. our megalomanic dreams, our belief that only by force and only by military force without any restraints will solve the problems. I was today in the West Bank. I’m there every week. There is no exceptions anymore. The pogroms of the settlers, together with the soldiers, together. Planned together, committed together. This is not an exception. This is an army of occupation who cannot operate otherwise but to become more and more and more brutal.” (via @PiersUncensored)

The CEO of Palantir, Alex Karp, who is pushing for a national draft because his company profits off endless war is as psychotic as you’d expect him to be.

“We have to sell weapons to shred toddlers in Gaza and Lebanon because it creates a relatively small amount of jobs compared to healthcare, education and infrastructure investment” is actually not a very compelling argument, politically or morally.

Guess who survived a genocide, succeeded in his high school exams, is now studying medicine, and is on his way to becoming a doctor.

Repeat after me. A habitable planet is more important than the profits of a few fossil fuel companies. Pass it on. #ActOnClimate

My Families town was on fire last night and for good reason! We're rationing water while they're handing it away. Raleigh is on restrictions through June. Families are being told to skip car washes and limit showers... yet Vance County just voted 6-1 to give a new data center millions of gallons DAILY. 150+ neighbors showed up to say NO. They were ignored. 'Shame on ALL of you' is an understatement.

The people kidnapped by ICE are not "expelled". They're being trafficked to countries not of their birth and heritage. People born in Latin America and Asia are being sent to Affican nations like Congo in exchange for mineral rights i.e. THE US GOV'T IS SELLING AND TRADING HUMANS

El manifiesto tecnofascista de Palantir que se publicó hace unos días hay que leerlo en tres claves esencialmente. Las cuales comparto brevemente: 1. La ultraderecha no es realmente la principal amenaza a la democracia hoy. Tampoco sus principales figuras. La mayoría de referentes del ultraderechismo no dejan de ser personajes vulgares de paso. Agitadores con poder temporal como el actual presidente estadounidense y el desquiciado que regenta el ejecutivo argentino. El peligro real para la democracia son los tecnoligarcas. Porque estos tienen un proyecto claro y no dependen de elecciones para estar en el centro. A su vez, con las desmesuradas fortunas que han acumulado pueden penetrar profundamente las instituciones. Son parte del proceso de toma de decisiones en los centros de poder globales. Sin nunca haber sido elegidos por nadie. Con un proyecto que los neonazis dueños de Palantir hicieron ya explícito: la mitad de la humanidad, debido a sus "culturas deficientes" que no aportarían nada a la civilización, se puede eliminar. Como la gente de Gaza y los migrantes pobres del sur global. Por otro lado, entienden que la democracia, con sus procesos deliberativos y empoderamiento del ciudadano medio a través del voto, es un lastre. Entonces tienen claro que necesitan tanto normalizar que hay gente que no vale como que la democracia es un problema. 2. Lo que las ultraderechas les ofrecen a estos tecnoligarcas es la posibilidad de implementar su proyecto de deshumanización del otro "inferior" y destrucción del sentido común democrático con apoyo popular. El auge ultraderechista permite que millones aplaudan la entronización de un mundo bajo control de billonarios pertenecientes a las "razas correctas". Y que los líderes ultras que dirigen la parte política de este proceso se consideren "hombres de bien" que dicen las "cosas como son". Nótese que la antipolítica juega aquí un papel clave en lo que atañe a la manera en que vacía de contenido la discusión pública (convirtiendo el debate sobre lo común en una suerte de repositorio de quejas, cada vez más ásperas, contra los políticos). A su vez, el neoliberalismo completa el trabajo convirtiendo la política en mera cadena de transmisión de la economía. 3. La posesión más importante para estos tecnoligarcas son los datos y algoritmos. Porque mediante estos pueden controlar la discusión pública. Determinando de qué hablamos y qué nos interesa. Al mismo tiempo, moldeando comportamientos a través de lo que Shoshana Zuboff (2020) definió como la "economía de acción" a la que lleva el imperativo extractivo de las grandes tecnológicas. Esto quiere decir que, por primera vez en la historia humana, individuos tan peligrosos tienen un poder tan descomunal. Nunca antes hubo élites u oligarcas con semejante poder. Ni controlando casi por completo la discusión pública desde tales desvíos morales e intelectuales (plantear que Occidente sería el centro civilizacional de la historia evidencia una ignorancia e incultura absoluta). P.D. Esta semana me publicarán un artículo donde desarrollo más estas ideas. Les invito a estar atentos para cuando lo comparta por aquí.

“if you’re concerned about how much water data centers use, it’s way less than agriculture” YES BUT WE HAVE TO EAT. WE DONT HAVE TO USE AI

Howard Zinn: ‘It seems to me that it only takes a little bit of thought to realise that if wars came out of human nature, out of some spontaneous urge to kill, then why is it that governments have to go to such tremendous lengths to mobilise populations to go to war? It seems too obvious, doesn’t it? They really have to work at it.... Most humans don’t respond to appeals to go to war on the basis of Let’s go and kill. No, Let’s go and free somebody. Let’s go and establish democracy. Let’s go and topple this tyrant. Let’s do this so that wars will finally come to an end.’ medialens.substack.com/p/a-lefty-prog…

Russia eased vaccination standards when diphtheria seemed beaten. 157,000 infections. 5,000 dead. Japan dropped mandates after a trust collapse. Rubella came back. Babies born blind and deaf. Nigeria boycotted polio shots. The virus paralyzed 2,500 children and spread to 20 countries. That is the documented pattern. Kennedy has now dropped six vaccines from routine schedules and pulled $1.6 billion from global immunization. Measles is already in 46 states.

Essa imagem vai ter mais curtida do que a bandeira de Israel.

It's been my honor to have worked alongside Adam to create @CitationsPod for nearly a decade. He is endlessly curious, blisteringly brilliant, infuriatingly principled & bladder-bustingly hilarious. His book is incredible, enraging & essential. Really proud of this kid today.

“Palantir’s ‘manifesto’ sounds like the ramblings of a supervillain.” Palantir should be nowhere near our public services. It's time to kick Palantir out of our NHS. theguardian.com/technology/202…