Everyone is using this bird site to shine a light on work stolen from black creators but if you want to hear something crazy, here's a story that I've known about for years but paid no attention to. A (non-history) thread:

“Removing Trump will not remove the infrastructure of an entire party that embraced him; the dark money that funded him; the online radicalization that drummed his army; nor the racism he amplified and reanimated” -Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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It has not escaped my attention that the day social media companies decided there actually IS more they could do to police Trump’s destructive behavior was the same day they learned Democrats would chair all the congressional committees that oversee them.

I'm focusing on me right now.

Leaked laws reveal plan to kick Australians off the $22 billion NDIS smh.com.au/politics/feder…

In accepting an invitation from the military, CNN also engaged with the military as a legitimate governing power in Myanmar, something activists, CRPH, and other anti-coups have been advocating against.

Internet has been cut in Myanmar for the 51st consecutive night. Mobile data is out permanently and public WiFi is severely limited. It’s having a huge impact on information flow, especially to rural areas. Daily pamphlets like the one below and radio news have become vital.

Exclusive: Secret documents show department inserted chapter into NDIS review smh.com.au/politics/feder…

The Myanmar junta may have calculated that it could get away with the coup because Aung San Suu Kyi had so discredited herself by defending the military's atrocities against the Rohingya but the Myanmar people's commitment to democracy is deeper than that. foreignpolicy.com/2021/04/01/amn…

Scathing analysis from Aye Min Thant on CNN's recent reporting trip to #Myanmar. I'm also surprised by the claim of "no int'l media". What about the brave local journos also filing for int'l news? We can't do anything w/out them.

What's your most killjoy opinion? Mine (today) is that Disney shouldn't have started hiring A-list celebrities for voice work all the time because that's not their job and it shows

will i ever get used to being alive

Palestinians reclaiming their cities and towns during the Nakba week. In 1948, Israeli troops captured the town, expulsion of 70,000 Palestinians. Now, in Lydd the Israeli flag taken down+replaced by Palestinian one. #FreeLydd #FreePalestine

Even a man *literally living under a rock* got his shots. Do your part.

The challenge I’m doing this month is called October and it’s where I just try to get through every day of October

Challenge to all the good landlords: if you’re *just* charging rent to cover repairs and mortgage payments, and you’re not looking to profit or exploit anyone, will you repay your tenant the money they paid off your debt when you sell? Thought not.

Orthodontists give you a retainer when you’re 15 then say good luck and peace