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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

“[Mamdani’s] presence wasn’t performative. It was pastoral. In a city that so often divides its grief by identity, he crossed the invisible line and simply showed up.” i love this forward.com/opinion/7805...

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A few days later came another night I'll never forget - the Israelis for Peace vigil marking two years since the Hamas attack of Oct. 7, 2023.
Hundreds gathered - Israelis, Palestinians, Jews, Arabs, Americans - huddled together on folding chairs in Union Square in chilly weather, under an open sky. As part of a wide-ranging lineup, from the stage, I read a message from Liat Atzili, whose husband Aviv was killed that day; a short, piercing story by Etgar Keret; and a poem by Mahmoud Darwish that hung in the air like a spell.
And there was Mamdani again, sitting quietly in the front row next to Lander. He didn't take the microphone.
He didn't try to center the event on himself. He was just listening. Bearing witness.
His presence wasn't performative. It was pastoral. In a city that so often divides its grief by identity, he crossed the invisible line and simply showed up.
That's when it hit me: This is what safety looks like. Not fences or slogans, not solidarity-as-branding - but the radical act of standing with people in pain, without needing to own or edit it.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

I debated 20 far-far-far-right conservatives (racists? fascists?) on Jubilee's 'Surrounded.' Here are some of the highlights of them unable to answer my basic questions or rebut the simplest of points. Not sure whether to laugh or cry. Here's the full 'debate': www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S-W...

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Julie (Aakadewin-O Waawaashkeshi Kwe) Francella @juliefrancella.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

A stolen car, a 15-year-old girl, and a circle taught me more about justice than any courtroom ever could. If this resonates with you, please subscribe and share. My latest Substack: Justice as a Circle open.substack.com/pub/juliefra...

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Justice as a Circle

Rethinking justice through Indigenous wisdom, restorative practices, and the questions that could change everything.

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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 20/03/2025

A contagious, fatal illness in deer, elk and moose has slowly taken hold in the US and is now reaching other countries – with potentially devastating effects on human health.

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‘Don’t call it zombie deer disease’: scientists warn of ‘global crisis’ as infections spread across the US

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

The 100 lowest-paying major US corporations spent $522B on stock buybacks from 2019 to 2023. Buybacks artificially boost share prices and inflate CEO pay. The typical worker at these companies earned just $34k. Meanwhile, the average CEO was paid $14.7M. See the problem?

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

US farmers sold $2 billion of food to USAID. Not any more. - US farmers provided 41% of food delivered by USAID - $340M of purchases/shipments are now paused. Over 680,000 tonnes. - Food stranded in Houston - Aid stopped in transit. The world’s poor starving, food rotting & US farmers screwed.

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Gutting USAID threatens billions of dollars for U.S. farms, businesses

U.S. businesses that sold goods and services to USAID are in limbo, including American farms dealing in rice, wheat and soybeans.

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Jessica Luther @jessicawluther.com · 30/01/2025

Stop fucking saying he blamed “DEI,” which is some abstract, non-tangible idea. He is blaming people of color having jobs he thinks they aren’t qualified for. He’s blaming race. He’s being racist every time he says it. Journalists need to get fucking backbones, my word.

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Ralph Howes @ralphhowes.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

My first zipcar trip was in a Kia Soul. I find Some dents and lot of bird crap on a dirty exterior. The Interior is something special, a chocolate milkshake spilled into the passenger seat. I hope it's a milkshake but a bunch of way nastier possibilities come to mind. Very dirty floors too.

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