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The first photo: The father, Odeh, welcoming his daughters, Aya and Qamar, into life. The second photo: Aya and Qamar bidding their father farewell from life. Fuck Israel, every morning and every night.

@JamesRenner This has been quite a hot topic at my office but we’ve come to no general consensus. 🤷‍♀️

Who was Sheep Detectives made for? What is the Venn diagram for that one?

@Chicago_History Damn, I remember that place. Didn’t know it closed. 😢

Im glad I was replaced!😇

The FBI cut the phone lines during the 1977 disability rights sit-in. Then they turned off the hot water. They locked the doors from the outside. One hundred and fifty people were trapped on the fourth floor. Half of them used wheelchairs. The government assumed they would leave. Kitty Cone was thirty-three. She had muscular dystrophy. Her muscles were failing, but her logistics were flawless. She knew how to organize people. The federal government had promised to sign regulations protecting disabled Americans from discrimination. The policy was known as Section 504. They printed the promise on paper. Then they stalled. Without a signature, it was just typography. The protesters entered the regional Health, Education, and Welfare building in San Francisco on a Tuesday morning. They took the elevators to the director's office. They brought sleeping bags and catheters. They informed the staff they were not leaving until the law was signed. By sunset, the police surrounded the exits. Kitty sat near the windows. She organized the floor plan. She assigned committees for security and sanitation. She kept her medication in a small cooler. According to federal memorandums released decades later, the strategy to end the occupation relied on medical attrition. The building was not equipped for long-term habitation. The FBI calculated that a population requiring ventilators, specialized diets, and daily medical aides would voluntarily evacuate if the environment became sufficiently hostile. They instituted a blockade. The blockade went into effect immediately. No food deliveries allowed. No medical supplies permitted through the lobby. Guards stood at the main doors checking identification. Kitty's muscles deteriorated faster under the physical strain. She couldn't walk. When the phone lines went dead, the fourth floor lost contact with the press. The government waited for the quiet. Kitty dropped to the floor. She realized the barricades were designed for standing adults. The police had blocked the hallways at waist height. They hadn't blocked the linoleum. The floors were covered in cigarette ash and spilled coffee. She dragged her body through it. She crawled under the barricades to reach the restricted elevator shafts and unguarded offices. She carried notes in her pockets. She found a single working payphone the FBI missed. She called the local news desks. She called the mayor's office. She crawled back. When her arms failed, someone pulled her by her ankles. The Black Panthers heard the news reports. They crossed the police lines with hot meals. The FBI could not stop them without a riot. They shut off the elevators, so she crawled. The occupation lasted twenty-five days. It remains the longest non-violent occupation of a federal building in American history. On April 28, the Secretary of HEW signed the regulations without a single alteration. The protesters left the building the next morning. They went back to their apartments. The Rehabilitation Act regulations laid the groundwork for every accessibility law that followed. The HEW building still stands on United Nations Plaza. The elevators run on a schedule. The doors are heavy glass. Kitty Cone: the woman who crawled under the barricades.

Look at the boyish agility! 💓💓💓

What the Artemis II astronauts did over the last 10 days was a testament to their bravery. And the fact that they traveled farther from Earth than anyone ever has, re-entered our atmosphere at more than 24,000 mph, and splashed down safely was a testament to human ingenuity. Thanks to everyone at @NASA for making this mission possible, and for taking us along for the ride.

@PulpLibrarian 100%

Hot take: Elizabeth I would have made a better FBI agent than Henry VIII. Her political skills were better and she spoke six languages. Henry VIII would just shoot up the neighbourhood and eat some chicken wings.

@HottyCouture @Acyn Agreed. I knew his Catholicism was performative but didn’t realize he was chasing an Oscar for it.

Reporter: There is reporting that Pentagon officials brought in Cardinal Christophe Pierre and told him the American military can do whatever they want and the church should get on its side Vance: I don’t know who Cardinal Christophe Pierre Is

Philefest returns in a big way in 2028! They will be celebrating the 35th anniversary of The X-Files and the event takes place in Vancouver! I think it's safe to say that there will be a bit of a Millennium presence there as well. philefest2028.com

Hey @cia, @USArmy , @USMC and @sealteam_6 — Go get Shelly Kittleson.

This is not ok. Invoke the 25th amendment. Impeach. Remove. This unhinged lunatic must be removed from office.

This is what Jesus woulda done btw not that evangelical going to hell bullshit

Jean Shrimpton in a spacesuit. Photograph by Richard Avedon for Harper's Bazaar (April 1965)

Does anyone still say 'Beatnik'? If not, can we bring it back?

@B1TuckerCarlson @etanthomas36 I think she is wearing shoes. Pasty, nasty skin colored flats.

@etanthomas36 Why doesn't she have shoes on? 👀

OK, not gonna lie, I thought this was another #Druski skit. This is Rep. Kat Cammack (FL) at the Young Republicans Convention in Dallas, TX. But this goes to show you he didn’t directly attack or even name #ErikaKirk he said “Conservative Women” and his depiction was spot on lol

This is what the internet was invented for In 1996, a King Penguin named Lala became a local celebrity in Shibushi, Japan. After being rescued from a fishing net by the Nishimoto family, he refused to return to the wild. He lived in an air-conditioned room in their home and was famous for walking alone to the fish market wearing a tiny backpack. The fishmonger would feed him a fresh fish and place another in his bag for the trip home.

happy 45th birthday to Michael Mann's Thief, contender for my all-time favorite movie

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