a very helpful poltergeist 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏴‍☠️

I am now on bluesky @ william-papsmear 😎✌️

🔴 Important: UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine Francesca Albanese has published a thread defending the recent New York Times report on sexual abuse of Palestinians in Israeli detention, compiling more than 20 reports and investigations published since October 2023 documenting sexualized torture, rape, sexual humiliation, and other abuses against Palestinian detainees, including children, medics, and journalists. Albanese says the NYT article “barely scratches the surface” of a much older and systemic pattern of abuse. She argues Israel’s outrage stems not from the allegations themselves, but from fear that mainstream Western audiences may finally confront evidence long documented by Palestinian groups, Israeli human rights organizations, UN bodies, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and other investigators.

honoring the Nakbah is honoring the memory of Jaffa, Haifa, Ashkalon, Safad, Ceaseria, Lod, Ramleh, Ber Sheba and every Palestinian city and town in what’s called ‘israel’ today. rewind the time, recite the memory, fight the narrative, reclaim history! Don’t ever forget!

I barely survived “telling writers they have to read is gatekeeping,” I don’t think I can live through “telling writers they have to write is gatekeeping”

On May 13th 1985, Philadelphia Police Dropped A Bomb On residential homes occupied by members of a Black Liberation Group. (MOVE Bombing)

Interesting how the world often treats the French Revolution as the only great symbol of freedom and rights, while the Haitian Revolution is treated like a footnote. Yet, Haiti did what many abolitionists elsewhere only preached, i.e., enslaved people rising up and defeating an empire, abolishing slavery, and claiming freedom by force. Haiti’s history deserves equal, and maybe greater, reverence. Brilliant documentary by @AJEnglish 👌🏽

I got my hands on 65 hours worth of live broadcast news coverage and special reports on the MOVE bombing which occurred 41 years ago today. I produced this piece using that archival footage. On May 13, 1985, Philadelphia police dropped a C4 explosive on the home of the @themoveorganization family at 62nd and Osage Avenue, after 500 police fired over 10,000 rounds into the home. City officials allowed the fire to burn, killing 11 people including five children, and destroying 61 homes. Eyewitness and forensic evidence indicates that several MOVE children attempted to flee the burning home through the rear but were either shot back inside or their bullet-ridden bodies were thrown back into fire by police waiting in the alleyway. In 2021, it was revealed UPenn and Princeton had stolen the remains of several of the children and not only conducted experiments on them but also wheeled them out on gurneys at fundraising events. John Africa's head has never been returned and saw marks on his neck indicate foul play during an unauthorized autopsy. No one has ever been held accountable for any of it. In 2023, @mikeafricajr bought the house back which was originally owned by his aunt Louise James, but was seized by the City through eminent domain after the bombing and turned into a police substation. He is barred from turning the home into a memorial until he pays off the $400K mortgage, support link below. Today we remember: Rhonda Africa Theresa Africa Frank Africa Raymond Africa Conrad Africa John Africa Tree Africa (14) Delisha Africa (13) Netta Africa (12) Phil Africa (12) Tomaso Africa (9) Ramona Africa (survivor) Birdie Africa (survivor) Support @moveactivistarchive linktr.ee/themoveactivis… Archival material accessed through Temple University's Digital Collections

I’ve never quite understood how I’ll get “left behind” if I don’t use AI. I’m perfectly capable of writing, researching, and thinking all on my own. What does it do that will leave me behind?

It's illegal for gay people to get married in Israel and they've killed more LGBTQ+ people in the last two years than every other nation combined

🚨 Viggo Mortensen defendiendo la educación y la sanidad pública. “Ni la sanidad, ni la educación, ni el cuidado de los mayores pueden ser tratados como si fueran una empresa, hay que invertir en lo público” EL REY QUE MERECEMOS. 👑

🚨 BREAKING: Epstein survivors just broke down in tears at the hearing. My name, phone number, address, workplace... everything released. I woke up to it mentioned 500+ times. The Trump regime dropped their info while shielding the clients. MAKE THIS GO VIRAL! Demand JUSTICE!

Josh Paul apparently misspoke here. The Palestinian child raped by Israeli prison guards here was 15, not 13. When Israeli authorities were made aware of the crime by the State Department, they attacked and banned the human rights org that made the report. No investigation into the rapist. The State Dept official resigned in protest.

they want us to believe it’s a national security emergency to fall behind china on Ai but falling behind china on high speed rail, renewable energy and childhood nutrition is a-OK.

One of the reasons that both Neoliberals and fascists hate people like Mamdani is because he proves they are all liars who have effectively sold out their constituents to billionaire interests. All of the pain we have been told to endure has been a choice to sate the wealthy

This relentless effort to replace “Israel” with “Jews” is disgraceful. Defend the state of Israel if you believe it can be defended, stop implicating millions of people who are not with you on this.

Al Jazeera has uncovered a horrifying scandal at USC. 'Bodies donated for scientific research were sold to the US Navy and ended up in the hands of Israeli military surgeons for IDF training'

I’ve always disliked AI stealing art but there’s far worse things it does. It’s literally a threat to this planet and all living things on it.

Medical workers are essential to a functioning civil society. There is no reason to target them for any other purpose than the destruction of a civilization. It only makes sense as an effort to make an area totally uninhabitable for Lebanese civilians.

"Gazans" Never trust anybody who can't say Palestinians. @AOC voted to fund Israel, she can go to hell

People who say making college free will decrease the significance of a degree are accidentally revealing a truth that college is prohibitively expensive as a means of class and status maintenance.

@C0WBOYLIKEME Alternatively...set fic in the future to have kids naturally out of the house....old man situations

the fact that now fics are gonna start sending chris and theo off to all ages work conferences on the other side of the country just so buddie can fuck. lord help us