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The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention and Human Security is horrified and deeply saddened by the death of Rohingya refugee Nurul Amin Shah Alam in Buffalo, New York. Mr. Shah Alam was nearly blind, spoke little English, and had been missing since February 19, 2026, when U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents dropped him off at a coffee shop alone, in freezing weather, without shoes, and miles from his home after he was released from county jail. Five days later,  Mr. Shah Alam was found dead about four miles from the coffee shop.  The Lemkin Institute extends its deepest condolences to Mr. Shah Alam’s family and condemns the flagrant and criminal negligence and debased cruelty of CBP agents who abandoned him outside in freezing temperatures far from his home, resulting in his death. The death of Mr. Shah Alam is another example of the inhumane treatment and complete disregard for life exhibited by local, state, and federal agents who have carried out state-sanctioned violence and widespread terror and human rights abuses against Black and Brown communities across the United States.  The criminal disregard for the lives of noncitizens raises further red flags of an unfolding genocidal process targeting Black and Brown communities in the U.S. that will continue to escalate if left unchecked.  By virtue of his fundamental Constitutional and human rights, Nurul Amin Shah Alam deserved humane and compassionate treatment and should be alive today. His death was enabled by both long-term racist policing against people of color in the United States and the rapid moral deterioration and barbarization we have seen in local, state and especially federal security agencies since the start of President Trump’s second term. Federal agents must not be allowed to continue to endanger communities and act without oversight and with impunity. The intersection of abuses caused by Trump’s immigration crackdown and the U.S. racist policing system must be acknowledged and redressed. The Lemkin Institute continues to call for the dismantling of CBP in addition to ICE and the Department of Homeland Security. To read the full statement, visit: bit.ly/ShahAlamStatem… #JusticeForShahAlam

Instead of driving Mr. Shah Alam five more miles to his home they decided to drop him off in the freezing cold in the middle of nowhere to freeze to death. Buffalo police need to identify the agents responsible and charge them with murder.

If my diverted flight arrived at 2 am last night — @Delta, why would you decide to deliver my bags (with signature required) at 12:15 am the next night? Just want to sleep.

@A24 Loved seeing this @sundancefest! Funniest Move I’ve seen in a long time!

We got The Invite. Coming Soon.

Hey so the penalty for making a pretend cop mad isn't death

The defining legacy of DOGE will be deaths across the developing world without a penny saved at home

Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.

Warnock said it plainly: A nation that tolerates this level of violence year after year, in classrooms, on campuses, in random public spaces, isn’t just unsafe. It’s broken. And it’s in desperate need of moral repair.

Pope Leo: "Someone who says 'I'm against abortion', but is in favor of the death penalty, is not really pro-life. Someone who says 'I'm against abortion, but I'm in agreement with the inhuman treatment of immigrants who are in the United States', I don't know if that's pro-life."

@itsaramuat @Bloodylust____ Per ChatGPT…”the test lets them measure your eye’s refractive error directly and then use that to determine your prescription’

@Bloodylust____ In cycloplegic refraction, drops are administered to temporarily immobilize the ciliary muscles, preventing accommodation. This improves accuracy, after which the prescription is determined with a retinoscope.

How tf do doctors know babies prescription if they can’t tell them what they can & can’t see???

So let me get this straight … it’s not ok to use race as a factor in college applications and jobs, but it is ok to use race as a justification to arrest people? I’m just trying to figure it out.

If you want to see a glimpse of your future, come to DC and walk around. Tanks hitting cars People tackled to the ground Arrests without warrants Bags on heads Military everywhere Checkpoints everywhere Empty streets Everyone on edge You will not be unaffected.

America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.

@TheCinesthetic Two Cathedrals. The West Wing.

What is the single best episode of television you’ve ever seen?

What a cover. First 100 days.

“No government—regardless of which party is in power—should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue.” - President Alan Garber hrvd.me/GarberRespond3…

sometimes i dream of what we could have been yk.

I love my country with all my heart and I've never been more embarrassed for America than the spectacle I just witnessed in the Oval Office. Zelensky is fighting for the survival of his country, his people and their democracy. Trump and Vance appear to be completely aligned with Putin, the invader whose aim has been to conquer Ukraine. Zelensky should know that millions and millions of Americans still stand with him and his valiant people.

It's a privilege to learn about racism instead of experiencing it your whole life.