An extraordinary case of police 'psychological torture' in Fontana, CA: When Thomas Perez reported his elderly father missing, cops brought him in for a 17-hour interrogation + coerced him to falsely confess killing his dad.

His dad was alive.

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Supersize Me was never a film about corporate greed or American industrialized food. It was about class and morality. It was about the dumb things the poors do to destroy themselves, and a cool hipster who walked through their fire but escaped alive because he had a cool mustache

i dream of a future where it's simply taiwan and not the ROC, where the KMT is a relic of the past and a reminder of the price taiwanese people have paid to embark on the path towards truth, reconciliation, and liberty

國民黨不倒，臺灣不會好

BREAKING: UCLA STUDENTS HAVE ESTABLISHED A NEW ENCAMPMENT!

A few weeks after being attacked by a Zionist mob and raided by the police the next night, UCLA STUDENTS ARENT BACKING DOWN!!!

WE NEED NUMBERS ASAP! LA SHOW UP! Come support at MOORE HALL/KERCHOFF PATIO NOW! 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

Chaka Khan’s daughter shares a comment under Diddy’s apology video:

“I'm glad this is happening to you, you got in my mothers face and publicly disrespected her yelling and screaming like a lunatic when my little brother tried to get you out of my mothers face your security

Two weeks ago I graduated with my doctorate. My dissertation is on the politics of tear gas use against social movements in the U.S.. I was also arrested by my university for protesting in support of Palestine, something I have won multiple awards for from the same institution.

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We're looking for any pics/vids of CHP officers at UCLA on night of the raid, May 1st. Particularly looking for CHP officers armed w/ a 'less-lethal' weapon at any point of night. Even better if it’s at beginning of raid

Reply w/ public posts or DM/ask for signal.

To be quite clear: it’s not certain there will be an offer from the other houses and if there isn’t — I’ll just leave books forever and that’s okay! Only stay where you are wanted. Nonprofits and films are GREAT. It’s mostly just good to know where one is welcome!

Today’s The New York Times The Daily goes deep on how privatizing Americans’ retirement savings via the 401K system has left the majority of seniors unable to save or without the ability to stop working at all. Our 401K system has roots in Reaganomics and bootstrap thinking, and has,

Not only did I recently sign with Pantheon … Lisa Lucas literally signed THE LeVar Burton to Pantheon Books just months ago!

I don’t understand how you restructure such a person out of a job. It’s illogical!!!!!

I’m looking to commission a personal essay in honor of Juneteenth for The Kitchn. The theme is food traditions/recipes famous among Black families. If you have a story you’d like to share, please pitch me at paulinaThe Kitchn.com. Rates start at $300. Writers of Color

UCLA Police Chief John Thomas told the Daily Bruin late Tuesday that he had been “temporarily reassigned” from his duties as chief. A spokesperson for UCLA declined to comment.

This is a developing story. dailybruin.com/2024/05/21/ucl…

This is an accurate way Cannes security treats folks, especially if you’re Black and Kelly Rowland responded the RIGHT way to the disrespect.

over 30,000 taiwanese came out to the legislative yuan today to protest the pan-blue camp (kmt, tpp) that is currently trying to pass changes granting new prosecutorial powers to legislators without due process

自己的國家自己救！

Nymphia Wind at the legislature protest in Taipei.

Almost midnight in Taipei outside the legislature. Protestors just sang “Island’s Sunrise”, anthem of the 2014 Sunflower Movement.

Over 100 Kundiman fellows have called for the board’s resignation.
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After 37 years as a solid American, I've left the U.S. My wife and I have been living in her home town of Melbourne, Australia since January, shortly before our baby was born.

We'd always talked about doing it someday, but something happened last year that forced our hand. 1/ 🧵

The idea for the ICC literally came out of the need to prosecute Nazi atrocities.

The Americans are going to go completely crazy over the ICC action. Brace yourselves for a spectacle for the ages. Finally, an amusing moment in this bloody tragedy