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Friday, April 30, 2021
NRA chief’s agonizing elephant hunt shows what’s wrong with trophy hunting · A Humane World
NRA chief’s agonizing elephant hunt shows what’s wrong with trophy hunting · A Humane World: The New Yorker broke a story yesterday about the head of the National Rifle Association, Wayne LaPierre, attempting to kill an endangered elephant in Botswana. The newly released footage exemplifies the blithe depravity of trophy
300,000 Deported in Biden’s First 100 Days – Consortiumnews
300,000 Deported in Biden’s First 100 Days – Consortiumnews: A rights group warns that the U.S. president is "well on track to repeat" Obama's failures.
By Jake Johnson
Common Dreams
Rights group United We Dream warned Tuesday that unless he takes immediate steps to improve his administration's treatment of immigrants, President Joe Biden is at seri
Thursday, April 29, 2021
The Pervasive Power of the Settler Mindset | Boston Review
The Pervasive Power of the Settler Mindset | Boston Review: The Pervasive Power of the Settler Mindset from Boston Review. More than simple racism or discrimination, the destructive premise at the core of the American settler narrative is that freedom is built upon violent elimination.
The Original Sin of America’s Broken Immigration Courts – Mother Jones
The Original Sin of America’s Broken Immigration Courts – Mother Jones: A new book reveals how this troubled system began with FDR and wartime paranoia.
The 12 Richest Lawyers in the World (2021) – Biglaw Investor
The 12 Richest Lawyers in the World (2021) – Biglaw Investor: Each year we review the list of the wealthiest lawyers, and in 2021, attorneys continue to make a strong contribution to the world's rich.
#theunarrestableclass
#theunarrestableclass
Opinion | Vaccines Must Be Treated as Public Goods—Before It's Too Late
Opinion | Vaccines Must Be Treated as Public Goods—Before It's Too Late: The consensus is that the current pandemic will be with us for a long time to come. We will enter a period of intermittent outbreaks of COVID-19, whose precise characteristics are yet to be defined. There are no clear rules governing the interplay between our immune system and the mutations of the virus. | By Boaventura de Sousa Santos
Tuesday, April 27, 2021
Hollaback! Together We Have the Power to End Harassment
Hollaback! Together We Have the Power to End Harassment: Hollaback! is a global, people-powered movement to end harassment. We work together to ensure equal access to public spaces.
Household aerosols now release more harmful smog chemicals than all UK vehicles
Household aerosols now release more harmful smog chemicals than all UK vehicles: Aerosol products used in the home now emit more harmful volatile organic compound (VOC) air pollution than all the vehicles in the UK, new research shows.
Don’t Buy Fossil Fuel Industry’s Spin on Biden’s Oil & Gas Leasing Pause - Public Citizen
Don’t Buy Fossil Fuel Industry’s Spin on Biden’s Oil & Gas Leasing Pause - Public Citizen: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, oil and gas executives are expected to testify before a U.S. Senate committee and criticize the…
NYT analysis confirms what we've known: ICE could have prevented COVID-19 disaster in its facilities
NYT analysis confirms what we've known: ICE could have prevented COVID-19 disaster in its facilities: The new analysis from The New York Times on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) handling of the novel coronavirus pandemic confirms what immigrant rights advocates and medical experts have been trying to tell anyone who would listen for over a...
April
... is the cruellest month.... April, 1986: Recurring equipment problems force an emergency shutdown of Boston Edison's Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant. A month later... Hamm-Uentrop, West Germany: A reactor releases amounts of fission products into the surrounding area. April 2003, Paks, Hungary. The collapse of fuel rods at the Paks Nuclear Power Plant leads to a radioactive gas leak.
Monday, April 26, 2021
Save the Redwoods
Save the Redwoods: Corporate logging has destroyed much of California’s once vast and majestic redwood forests. As environmental crises collide, the imperative to save the remaining trees is stronger than ever. That means challenging those who profit from the trees’ destruction.
Sunday, April 25, 2021
Abuse and Lack of Transparency Fuel Vaccine Mistrust in ICE Jails
Abuse and Lack of Transparency Fuel Vaccine Mistrust in ICE Jails: The vaccine rollout is being derailed by the fact that the people have no trust in the ICE jailers giving the shots.
Saturday, April 24, 2021
Greta Thunberg: ‘The climate crisis is a social crisis' | The Big Issue
Greta Thunberg: ‘The climate crisis is a social crisis' | The Big Issue: In an exclusive interview, figurehead of the environmental movement Greta Thunberg tells The Big Issue she remains positive.
Friday, April 23, 2021
David's Birthday 2021 - Featuring An Exclusive Premiere
Best of wishes for #GedgeDay2021 @weddingpresent ! Warms this Brighton Boi's heart to see the whole band happy and healthy. David's Birthday 2021 - Featuring An Exclusive Premiere https://youtu.be/MvvOOMg8ylY via @YouTube #Weddos
Thursday, April 22, 2021
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
Saturday, April 17, 2021
The Fossil Fuel Industry Is Racist
The Fossil Fuel Industry Is Racist: A new report from Greenpeace, the Movement for Black Lives, and Gulf Coast Center for Law and Policy analyzes more than 300 previous studies of fossil fuel impacts. The findings show how entangled fossil fuels and racism are—and how we interwoven solutions are, too.
Thursday, April 15, 2021
India’s monsoon rains 5% heavier for every 1C of global warming | The Independent
India’s monsoon rains 5% heavier for every 1C of global warming | The Independent
Climate change exacerbates existing inequities. The most vulnerable populations will suffer the earliest & most damaging setbacks, even though they have contributed the least to the problem. If you aren’t already a victim, the issue can feel far away... #ClimateEmergency
Climate change exacerbates existing inequities. The most vulnerable populations will suffer the earliest & most damaging setbacks, even though they have contributed the least to the problem. If you aren’t already a victim, the issue can feel far away... #ClimateEmergency
Wednesday, April 14, 2021
I Crochet • Ram Dass
I Crochet • Ram Dass: I think people awaken originally to a spiritual dimension in their life in an incredibly wide variety of ways. Some people seem to open up to it through traumatic experiences, when people describe a near death experience
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
Capitalism’s Covid Recovery Will Deepen Social Inequality
Capitalism’s Covid Recovery Will Deepen Social Inequality: Across the West, governments are plotting pandemic recoveries which will enrich asset-owners and squeeze workers – it's time to build coalitions that can fight back against the next phase of capitalist inequality.
Monday, April 12, 2021
Mapping Police Violence
Mapping Police Violence: America's most comprehensive database of killings by police. Learn the facts about police brutality and how to address it.
98.3% of killings by police from 2013-2020 have not resulted in officers being charged with a crime.
Sunday, April 11, 2021
Saturday, April 10, 2021
Friday, April 9, 2021
The US Is Waging Neoliberal Forever Wars
The US Is Waging Neoliberal Forever Wars: As the US military increasingly outsources the most important parts of war, American imperialism has evolved into something that can’t be measured merely by counting the number of boots on the ground. But it’s still highly profitable for corporate elites and spreads death and misery around the globe — and it still must be dismantled.
Wednesday, April 7, 2021
Banks pledge to fight climate crisis – but their boards have deep links with fossil fuels | Climate change | The Guardian
Banks pledge to fight climate crisis – but their boards have deep links with fossil fuels | Climate change | The Guardian: Analysis finds 77% of directors on boards of seven US banks have ties to ‘climate-conflicted’ groups
Watch Devils Line: Anytime Anywhere Episode 1 English Subbedat Gogoanime
Watch Devils Line: Anytime Anywhere Episode 1 English Subbedat Gogoanime: Devils Line: Anytime Anywhere Episode 1
This OVA/ epilogue isn’t especially easy to find and not available on some streaming sites like Hulu, so here ya go.
The Entire Trump Campaign Was a Scam - and It Is Not Over
The Entire Trump Campaign Was a Scam - and It Is Not Over: Parton writes: During the 2016 presidential campaign, candidate Donald Trump happened to be in the middle of a major federal class-action lawsuit spanning several states over an allegedly fraudulent operation called Trump University.
Tuesday, April 6, 2021
A list of some of the fires attributed to PG&E powerline equipment - Wildfire Today
A list of some of the fires attributed to PG&E powerline equipment - Wildfire Today: Charges were recently filed against the company for their role in starting the Kincade Fire in Northern California
In light of the charges recently filed against Pacific Gas and Electric for the role their equipment played in starting the 2019 Kincade Fire in Northern California, we dug through some records showing the significant part the company has played in starting numerous wildfires over the last decade.
The Wall Street Journal (subscription) reported that investigators attributed more than 1,500 fires to PG&E power lines and hardware between June 2014 and December 2017.
CAL FIRE attributed 12 fires that started in Northern California on October 8 and 9, 2017 to PG&E power equipment.
Below are some of the fires attributed to PG&E between 1999 and 2020. It is not a complete or comprehensive list.
Zogg Fire, September, 2020, 56,338 acres, destroyed 204 structures, and caused the deaths of four people.
Kincade Fire, October, 2019, 77,000 acres, and destroyed 374 structures.
Camp Fire, November , 2018, 154,000 acres, destroyed 18,000 structures, and caused the deaths of 84 people. The company pleaded guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter.
Cascade Fire, October 2017
Monday, April 5, 2021
Scotland Is the First Industrialized Country to Reach This Green Landmark
Scotland Is the First Industrialized Country to Reach This Green Landmark: Juan Cole unravels how the British country has completely overhauled its electric grid in less than ten years.
Birds Are Living Proof That ‘Forever Chemicals’ Pollute Our Water Supplies | Audubon
Birds Are Living Proof That ‘Forever Chemicals’ Pollute Our Water Supplies | Audubon: Decades of studies show avian eggs and tissues are chock-full of widely used PFAS. Now officials are finally taking action for public health.
#birding #cancer #ClimateEmergency #WaterIsLife
#birding #cancer #ClimateEmergency #WaterIsLife
Saturday, April 3, 2021
A Comprehensive Guide to Those Responsible for the January 6 Insurrection - Proof
A Comprehensive Guide to Those Responsible for the January 6 Insurrection - Proof: This primer also explains, in detail, how and why the attack on the Capitol occurred.
Friday, April 2, 2021
Ignore Corporations Whining About the Infrastructure Bill’s Costs. They Can Afford It.
Ignore Corporations Whining About the Infrastructure Bill’s Costs. They Can Afford It.: Whatever the size and shape of Joe Biden's proposed infrastructure bill, you can be sure to hear corporate weeping and gnashing of teeth about how they can't afford a tax hike. The truth: they’ve got the money — they just don’t want to share.
Thursday, April 1, 2021
“Let’s Take Back Knowledge, Let’s Take Back Life”: A Dialogue with Antonella Corsani - Viewpoint Magazine
“Let’s Take Back Knowledge, Let’s Take Back Life”: A Dialogue with Antonella Corsani - Viewpoint Magazine: In this perspective, the gray zones of labor, inside and outside capitalist enterprises, can be understood as zones of production of a divided subjectivity, a schizophrenic subjectivity. For me, it is not so much a question of identifying a subject as of understanding the processes of desubjectification: that is, the individual and collective processes that allow us to dispose of subjectivity as it is produced.
Heavy Action | Jim Shepard | ever/never records
Heavy Action | Jim Shepard | ever/never records: Heavy Action by Jim Shepard, releases 04 October 2019
1. Fuck The Clock(Ego Summit Outtake)
2. The Blonde and the Body Cast
3. Prom Is Coming
4. Devil's Editor Messages 1 & 2
5. Music for Instr., Voice, Machine #4
6. One Percent Of Nothing
7. Tabernacle Moneygun
8. Party At Fifteenth & Summit
9. Forever Low Man
10. Photograph Burns (V-3)
11. Seems So Long Ago, Nancy(Leonard Cohen)
12. Come Carry Me Down
13. White Trash & Dark Heroes
14. Star Power
15. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (Bob Dylan)
16. Rough God Goes Riding (Van Morrison)
17. Damage Control
18. Messages From Central Cocoon
19. from "Contact" Session (w/ Nudge Squidfish)
20. Music For Instr., Voice, Machine #6
21. Sanctuary (V-3 w/ Charles Cicirella)
22. Preaching The Blues(Gun Club)
This one's been getting heavy rotation on my turntables since i finally got around to opening it. A prime slice of Ohio rock to file next to yr Peter Laughner box set & GBV vinyl. Heavy Action | Jim Shepard | ever/never records https://evernever-records.bandcamp.com/album/heavy-action #Columbus #Ohio
This one's been getting heavy rotation on my turntables since i finally got around to opening it. A prime slice of Ohio rock to file next to yr Peter Laughner box set & GBV vinyl. Heavy Action | Jim Shepard | ever/never records https://evernever-records.bandcamp.com/album/heavy-action #Columbus #Ohio
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