BREAKING — A group of four self-described elders have blocked the entrance of the construction site for the proposed training center known as Cop City by sitting in chairs draped with a large banner reading, “Stop the Construction, Let the People Decide”

I hate this guessing game. people need to just be masking to protect themselves from EVERYTHING on the rise right now. COVID or not, people need to be masking for their and their animals safety. society can't keep fucking around like this and expect to be healthy for long

This was a properly slow conversation, and after another long pause to digest that, I said "what if catching it repeatedly doesn't make it milder but causes extra damage with each infection? Or what if it evolves to be more dangerous?"

The new structures of Zapatista autonomy 🐌 🧵1/10

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In a press conference Atlanta Police dramatically displayed gardening tools taken from todays Block Cop City march and said they were meant to “do harm” but actually they were being used to plant sapling native trees along the route

A bright and shining example of the suicidal absurdity of technocapitalist society occurs every year at this time, all across the country. 1/n

1 in every 200 people in Gaza has been killed. In 40 days.

Fascism doesn't mean "things I don't like." It also doesn't mean "anything authoritarian" or "any attempt to limit free speech." It is a particular far-right, mass-based political phenomenon born in reaction to crises of liberal democracy and capitalism. 1/

THREAD 🧵Did you know that Gaza is home to hundreds of artists, both men and women? It is literally the city with the highest number of artists relative to its population. In this thread, I will introduce you to dozens of them. These Gazans are unbreakable, sensitive, and amazing

The biggest lie of the pandemic is that there are two groups of people: medically vulnerable people and healthy people that don't need to worry. This message is drilled constantly by the government and by the media. But it's a complete lie.

It should be obvious to people (somehow, it's not), but the most committed anti-capitalists are those of us who have managed to divest from restaurants, concerts, & movie theatres for like four years straight now. There is a meaningful life outside these things & we're finding it

On average, COVID infections could be more dangerous for healthy 30 year olds than they are for 75 year olds. There are big error bars here, and these percentages continue to shift over time, but I'll walk through the math based on 2020 data:

The government is offering another round of (4) free Covid tests. You can order them here: covid.gov/tests

BREAKING: America's largest egg producers and industry groups illegally rigged the market to drive up the price of eggs, a jury has found. Their price-fixing scheme included exporting millions of eggs overseas to drive up U.S. prices around Thanksgiving and Easter.

The pneumonia outbreak in China has led some of the usual suspects to wheel out the 'immunity debt' nonsense. We need a new story for the immune system. Here's one about snakes🧵

For those still unable to comprehend that people masked before 2020… a short story. I spend a lot of time in ERs due to my health conditions. In winter I would wear a mask & take extra precautions - even before Covid. I’m immune compromised & HCWs would mask around me. /1 🧵

Other outbreaks within the community and was a measure to keep ME safe. It’s only been since Covid that people have lost sight of this. Masking is no longer considered a kindness - it’s now viewed as a contentious political issue. This hurts patients. This hurts children. This /4

BREAKING: For the first time ever, all major federal construction projects will now require collective bargaining agreements with workers, per a new rule announced by President Biden. About 200,000 workers will gain collectively bargained wages and protections as a result.