Dj Ripley

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Scholar, Teacher, DJ, radical, junglist. can we manage this one?
Full info on me at http://larisa-mann.com
She/her.
I wrote a book: RUDE CITIZENSHIP https://uncpress.org/book/9781469667249/rude-citizenship/

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Ansel Adams took very good photos of our national parks if you need a visually arresting element for your Facebook post

“They want to eliminate national parks” is a very simple way to get just about anyone on the Stop Project 2025 train. Are there much more glaring and life-threatening goals of P25? Yes but even your most bigoted cousin does not want to see the parks system sold for parts.

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On Monday, Apple & I have Part 2 of civil 26f meet/confer. The first meet/confer I actually agreed to talk to them without a recording or witness. Then on Fri they starting accusing me of crap, so I told them now on Mon we need a recording or witness. Today they said: no witnesses or paper trail...

I really like that my federal civil Gjovik v Apple lawsuit docket is open to the public on PACER & people can easily follow along. However the US Dept of Labor hazardous waste whistleblower case doesn't use PACER. So today I created a public docket for that case here: www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/q94o8...

Dropboxwww.dropbox.com

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Phillip Anderson

It's just a (very marginal) pity when journalists don't always appear to possess any great historical knowledge or insight ... see caption.

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We! Never! Stopped! Getting! COVID!!!! What the actual SHIT is this headline?????? There has never been a time, in the last 4.5 godforsaken years, when we didn't have people getting COVID!!!

A seasonal wave of #Covid is sweeping across the U.S., driven by the FLiRT variants, a trio of the latest #SARSCoV2 mutants making the rounds. So no, it's not your imagination. People are getting Covid again www.seattletimes.com/nation-world...

Yep, people are getting COVID againwww.seattletimes.com A seasonal COVID-19 wave appears to be underway with cases growing or likely growing in 39 states.

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Notice France didn’t “reject identity” Didn’t bargain Didn’t deride concerns about imperialism Didn’t treat concerns about inequality as grudges didn’t say soft voice bullshit Protect immigrants Feed babies TAX THE RICH

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I think the first step on my path to anarchism: attending the ACLU national conf at 16 and asking RBG a question in a post keynote Q&A. Her being so dismissive of the idea that something could be happening when I was pretty sure I saw it from my little queer friend group was idolization shattering.

Something like: Me: I see the American flag claimed more and more by further right wing segments of the American people, do you worry that this could cloud its meaning as a symbol of justice and freedom (I know.)? RBG, in a voice of contempt that someone would even ask that: "Definitely not"

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186,000 dead. Just unconscionable destruction of human life in GAZA.

From an editor of the Israel Journal of Health Policy Research: Indirect deaths (starvation, disease, etc) claim 3–15x the lives as direct conflict. A conservative 4x estimate = 186,000 Gazans — about a tenth of the population — dead. Killed by Israel and the US. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Counting the dead in Gaza: difficult but essentialwww.thelancet.com By June 19, 2024, 37 396 people had been killed in the Gaza Strip since the attack by Hamas and the Israeli invasion in October, 2023, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, as reported by the UN Offi...

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After Patriot Front members vandalized an Arthur Ashe mural in Virginia in 2021, Unicorn Riot published a leaked video from PF that ID'd the perps as Nathaniel Noyce & Thomas Dail. We recently heard from the artist who designed the mural. Full story: unicornriot.ninja/2024/richmon...

Richmond Artist Reacts to Ashe Mural Vandalism as Suspect Arrested - UNICORN RIOTunicornriot.ninja Two members of the American neo-Nazi organization, Patriot Front filmed themselves vandalizing a mural of African-American

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Gonna check out this new Inside Out movie now I guess

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Hearing that Jane passed away this morning. An immense loss. Her teachings changed much of my life. If you've never read her work, you should make it a priority to do so today.

we all gotta cherish the time we have left with Jane McAlevey, but among the things that are great about her is how much time and effort she's spent making sure we will have more organizers like her

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Why would I blame workers when David Zaslav sucks and is in fact the cause of it all?

I just read an article that said "Why is it taking so long for your favorite movies and tv series to air? Blame the writers and actor strikes" No I won't. I'm blaming that ✨single✨ motherfucker at the studio who makes $250 million dollars a year who's one job is supposed to make this shit happen.

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The governors of a dozen Republican-led states — AL, AK, FL, GA, IA, MS, OK, SC, SD, TX, UT, WY — opted out of a new federal food assistance program, leaving about 9.5 million students without the aid this summer

Republican-led states are blocking summer food benefits for hungry familieswww.usatoday.com Money for food is especially tight for families in a dozen states where Republican lawmakers declined to accept federal food assistance.

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They would claim to be Christians.

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I did not know this, and looking at this history it makes me incredibly sad.

the ochs/sulzbergers have a long history of downplaying nazism out of fear of being seen as too jewish

The Sulzberger family: A complicated Jewish legacy at The New York Timeswww.timesofisrael.com Throughout the generations, the paper has maintained a veneer of objectivity -- even as it buried stories of WWII atrocities against Jews

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I for one am glad the Cybertruck exists bc what other vehicle is out there providing nonstop hits like this

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"As a platform for music, culture and the arts, we believe this commitment is a vital, necessary action and a moral duty. We believe true solidarity with Palestinian people requires both vocal support and concrete actions that challenge and seek to dismantle systems of oppression." Traunts

SLINK, an NYC based collective that organizers club nights and run a label have endorsed PACBI. DM me if ur collective, group, place of work, etc. (no matter how small) is interested in endorsing PACBI. read the short FAQ on our WAWOG page www.writersagainstthewarongaza.com/pacbi #FreePalestine

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Dr. Damien P. Williams: Magus, Werewolf, Cyborg, Bi

Because people seem to not understand how "AI" uses so much water, here's a quick+dirty breakdown: The more data centers you have & the more traditional power you use, the more water you 1a) use To cool & 1b) lose, because they arent perfectly sealed systems, & 2) will need to boil to run turbines.

Remember when some of y'all got real mad at me for doing some back-of-the-napkin math about how much water "AI" likely uses, in light of the fact that they refuse to release their actual numbers? Anyway.

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Saw this on mastodon and it is fantastic. AI in medicine

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Black trans folks, if you need some short-term therapy to take care of some things, The Okra Project may be a resource for you. They provide 3 months of free therapy to Black trans folks in the US. Check it out. www.theokraproject.com

The Okra Projectwww.theokraproject.com

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This is a very interesting— and somewhat sad— article about Shelley Duvall from 2021: www.hollywoodreporter.com/feature/sear...

Shelley Duvall, BOTD in 1949

Searching for Shelley Duvall: The Reclusive Icon on Fleeing Hollywood and the Scars of Making ‘The Shining’www.hollywoodreporter.com After leaving L.A. and making only one public appearance since — on a widely condemned mental illness episode of 'Dr. Phil' — the complicated star of 'The Shining' discusses her legacy and the trauma ...

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Google’s emissions are up 48% in 5 years. Microsoft’s are up 30% since 2020. Those soaring figures are being driven by mass investments in data centers to power AI tools. Generative AI is a climate disaster and data center expansion must be stopped.

Generative AI is a climate disasterdisconnect.blog Tech companies are abandoning emissions pledges to chase AI market share

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hi please buy my art so i can become financially independent and then leave this country because…i don’t want to be around for this. mentally/health wise i won’t be able to handle it actually. www.zisshit.com

For the people who don’t have time, here’s your Readers Digest version. You’re welcome.

Zi's Shitwww.zisshit.com Handmade Custom Art and Other Shit<3

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Read this, share this widely

I will bang this drum forever: in THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE FREE: THE GERMANS, 1933-45 Milton Mayer interviewed 10 ordinary Germans after WW2 to learn how fascism took hold. There was never a moment when everyone woke up:

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Over 160 calls for submissions of poetry, fiction, flash, nonfiction, art, photography & more - competitions, literary journals, residencies, bursaries etc - open or with deadlines in July 2024. Best of luck & pls share! www.thisiswordbox.com/wordbox-blog...

Writing and Poetry Competitions and Submissions in July 2024 — WORDBOXwww.thisiswordbox.com Over 160 calls for literary competitions and submissions including poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, art, photography, and more - contests, literary journals, residencies, bursaries etc - open o...

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From late last month: 21 Terrific Small Presses Open to Direct Submissions authorspublish.com/21-terrific-...

21 Terrific Small Presses Open to Direct Submissionsauthorspublish.com We review a lot of wonderful small presses here, and we also list even more here, here, and here (although some of these lists include large presses also). We also feature a lot of these presses in

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i just need to share with you all that the woman Keir Starmer chose to appoint to be in charge of the Department for Education (Brit equivalent of DOE), Jacqui Smith, was formerly the Home Secretary (= Secretary of State) in 2009 and had to resign because her husband used taxpayer money to buy porn

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The group is called "Arkansans for Limited Government," which is brilliant. I've been suggesting the Ds retool as the "Mind Your Own Fucking Business" party, but these folks in AR obviously know their communities and are nailing it.

Organizers got enough signatures to put a measure protecting abortion on the ballot in Arkansas. In *Arkansas*. They had *no national support*. Ignore the pundits melting down over not being treated as Very Special Boys. Dobbs has fundamentally changed elections. Everything they know is wrong.

Arkansas abortion rights groups collect enough signatures to advance ballot measurewww.nbcnews.com A measure to enshrine abortion rights in the ruby red state’s constitution is now one step closer to making the November ballot — but major obstacles remain.

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To all the abled folks that use the phrase “wheelchair bound” this is a beautiful example of why we in the disability community do not use those words. Accessibility devices are tools of freedom!!!

just took my new wheelchair for a spin around the block w/ my dog (something i could never even dream of doing before) & i am tearing up at how much joy it brought me. it's incredible how just by having access to the right mobility aids, i already feel so much less depressed.

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Iʻm also thinking about people who have been wounded, injured, maimed and otherwise disabled, and then forced to flee, however they can. Hungry. Thirsty. Exhausted. Including the old and very young. One of many mass disabling events that is being conducted and justified right now.

And maiming and disabling people, especially the young, is a strategy—an explicit goal— that did not start on Oct 7. Chapter 4 of Jasbir K. Puar's "Right to Maim" discusses shoot to cripple, "policy of injuries" to cause disability for life, etc. Read Free Here jasbirkpuar.com/the-right-to...

Facing life in the Gaza Strip with a new disabilitywww.unicef.org Ghazal, and thousands of children in the Gaza Strip, have lost limbs and their dreams. They also face an unknown future.

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“By using AI products we are directly inserting ourselves into the lives of workers dispersed across the globe.”

Meet Mercy and Anita – the African workers driving the AI revolution, for just over a dollar an hourwww.theguardian.com Social media content and AI training data are processed in outsource centres in the global south, where long hours, low pay and exposure to disturbing material are the norm