one reason why there were no sustained campus protests against Russia after Russia invaded Ukraine is that the few universities that had financial ties to Russia quickly severed them. So these protests would be a non sequitur per the... logic of protesting insidehighered.com/news/2022/03/0…

Anarchist collective teach people how to make pirated versions of expensive pharma drugs using precursor ingredients. "A course of Solvadi, the drug by Gilead that cures Hepatitis C, costs $83,000. We made it for $70." 404media.co/right-to-repai…

The thing is that most countries are like this. If I could criticize pro-Palestinian movement on one thing, it is that they exceptionalize Israel's existence. What we are seeing Israel do is what almost every country on earth has done or is currently doing.

everyone needs to keep this in mind as yall make your little jokes, real people are in danger from the racist mad comments made!!

To the public, Microsoft uses its reputation as an AI & sustainability leader to tell a compelling story: AI will do wonders to help solve the climate crisis. To fossil-fuel firms, Microsoft has a different message: AI will help them drill, baby, drill. 1/ theatlantic.com/technology/arc…

while haiti is in the news so much this week maybe we should all take a moment to discuss the fact that their economic destitution is entirely due to being forced to spend ~80% of their federal budget every year for 150 years on reparations to france for freeing the slaves

Le Guin as always

john mulaney @ dreamforce set oh to be there. we should bully tech nerds much more often. they should get cop treatment at this point

nothing demonstrates just how little regard the state has for its citizens like hurricane season. every year the policy is basically “evacuate if you have the money or die!” no preventative measures, no improved infrastructure, just everyone fending for themselves

Ecologist speaking calmly: if you pump groundwater from a drinking water aquifer for cooling data center shit and it evaporates, becomes a cloud, drifts away, and rains into the sea, you have in effect USED UP WATER. Begging everyone to learn the water cycle taught in 7th grade.

I’ll never forget Mohammed Bhar, who had Down’s syndrome and autism and the first full sentence he spoke was of endearment to the dog Israeli forces used to tear him apart and kill him. “that’s enough my dear” he comforted the dog, patting its head, as it ripped him apart.

I have curly hair, I'm detangling it for probably 25 of those 30 minutes

CBP One mobile app raises major red flags for migrants + other people on the move. Almost two years since we submitted a FOIA request + after our lawsuit, the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) finally released a batch of info about the app. accessnow.org/press-release/…

Profiting from people’s suffering is vile, Big Tech must do better! Tech companies have a responsibility to uphold human rights, yet many failed to do so for over a year, contributing to human rights violations + atrocities in Gaza. 🧵

i do not respect you if you get carwashes more than every couple months or so. it's a car it's meant to have the outside on it and you certainly ain't offroading in the mud with your Kia

so if protesting doesn’t work and boycotting doesn’t work and fundraising doesn’t work and sabotaging factories doesn’t work and setting yourself on fire doesn’t work and bearing witness doesn’t work and not bearing witness doesn’t work then what the fuck are you supposed to do