In my labor history class today, I brought up the notorious Pinkertons and a couple students excitedly informed me of a video game called Red Dead Redemption 2 in which the Pinkertons are the villains. "I killed so many of those guys," one student said. I learn a lot from them.
For a full minute, police (unknown sector, maybe fed or DC) see him, say “May I help you sir?” and as he’s on fire scream at him to get on the ground but do not otherwise engage. One cop appears with a gun drawn on the man after he collapses, still consumed by flames.
the dalai lama on palestine:
“I’m very much impressed that in Jerusalem where the Jewish community there, their land is much greener and they use every technique, water, trees and grass is much greener. Whereas on the Palestinian side it still remains dry like the desert”
keep in mind that this isn’t an immediate tiktok ban; it’s a method of pressuring bytedance to sell. what they really want is a u.s. billionaire to acquire tiktok and overrun the app with neo-nazis like they did on here
The House passed a bill on Wednesday that would lead to a nationwide ban of the popular video app TikTok if its China-based owner doesn’t sell, as lawmakers acted on concerns that the company’s current ownership structure is a national security threat.
@janky_jane
i wore an orange rain poncho to an outdoor show at prospect park during a storm and some girl who was on the phone trying to find her friends said “Yeah I’m standing next to someone who looks like a fucking traffic cone”
moma isn’t allowing people with keffiyehs into the building. but check back in 30 years when they’re holding retrospectives on palestinian artists and finger-wagging about how anyone could possibly oppose their cause
Two visitors to the Museum of Modern Art in New York say they were denied entry because of carrying a keffiyeh in their bag.
The incident comes as Palestinian groups note an unprecedented rise in repression against pro-Palestine sentiments in the US
once again thinking about the killer whale that destroyed so many ships that a byzantine emperor was forced to intervene unsuccessfully for multiple decades
Today, we remembered the life of Cecilia Gentili on the House floor. Her journey from Argentina to NYC, her advocacy for trans & undocumented rights, & her artistic contributions touched countless lives. Together we'll continue her fight for equality — especially for trans youth.
liberals made fun of trump for calling himself the “law and order candidate” and are now clapping like seals for a former cop and the guy who sicced the national guard on protestors. great work everyone!
now is a good time to watch the “times of harvey milk” documentary to see how feinstein opposed him for his entire career until the very moment she could use his assassination to score political points :)
thinking about that one detroit auto worker in the ‘70s who shot and killed a foreman who was racist/abusive towards him and his union comrades backed him up so he never got arrested or charged. that’s history right there
@HamonBeatss
like earlier this summer when they told every new yorker to turn off their ac units on a 90-degree day while a bunch of empty office buildings remained climate-controlled
I have a new article out in
@hyperallergic
that explores the history of black cats in political artwork, from the IWW and Black Panthers to the current fight for prison abolition. Turns out black cats are only bad luck for cops and predatory capitalists!
There is one trans boxer at the Olympics, but it's not a trans woman (there are none good enough to have qualified), it's a trans man called Hergie Bacyadan
That doesn't fit the bigots narrative so they'll ignore it and lie instead
@deepimpactcrier
@the_unabummer
someone (i forget who) said recently that americans only understand artistic expression through the lens of consumerism and i am still reeling from it
I strongly oppose valorizing any form of suicide as a noble, principled, or legitimate form of political protest. People suffering mental illness deserve empathy and respect, but it is wildly irresponsible to praise them for using a political justification to take their own life.