Estarianne

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Just your average middle aged mom but disabled and socialist. Anti-fascism, progressive politics, inclusive feminism, birds, psychology and neuroscience. Orange County, CA. pfp: @hayalah

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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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Could Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump in November's presidential race?

Could Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump in November's presidential race?www.reuters.com She worries Republican donors, has name recognition, and Democratic Party heavyweights are beginning to line up behind her.

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It's a great day to read about a (hacked) Facebook page that has racked up nearly 200K followers by posting AI-generated images of alleged barndominiums. (Also, I have now learned that the word "barndominium" exists thanks to Facebook spam.) conspirator0.substack.com/p/this-barnd...

This barndominium does not existconspirator0.substack.com The tale of a low-effort Facebook engagement bait farm

Echo chicken

SEIU and Gavin Newsom should take credit for this

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For folks who've appreciated my coverage of the French elections... @bolts.bsky.social is quite different—but we cover US politics with such attention to detail. So give us a follow if you've enjoyed this, and care about the US. And our newsletter is free! boltsmag.org/newsletter

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And don’t like notice at all how soon after Cory Doctorow publishes that shitty thread about needing AI to study Black vernacular They push it in Black schools But let’s all pretend it’s just “Big Tech” and “Rich”

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Le Pen's party (RN) got 143 seats. While a record, that's far (very far) from the 289 they hoped for to govern. How?! Hundreds of Left & Macronist candidates dropped out to help each other block the RN. And millions of voters then voted strategically to get that job done.

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Pics from a golden hour walk through Teufelsberg in Berlin, the remains of a former Cold War listening station now reclaimed by nature and art, with street artists from around the world turning every surface inside and out into their canvas. 17 photos: www.tumblr.com/robsheridan/...

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Haaretz reports that the Hannibal directive was used systematically on October 7th against at least three of Israel’s own military bases, civilians hiding in open areas between kibbutzim and the Gaza fence, and hostages being taken to Gaza. Use of armed drones, tank shelling, apaches. Gift link:

IDF ordered Hannibal directive on October 7 to prevent Hamas taking soldiers captivewww.haaretz.com ***

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Here we see a right wing Twitter account with 1.3 million followers being retweeted by an account with 2.5 million followers calling for conservatives to sabotage the upcoming American election. Musk, BTW, has interacted amicably with these accounts several times.

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Future Trump WH spokesman Catturd2 with the least predictable take on the French election results.

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RESULT: Aurélien Rousseau wins as left candidate. He is Macron's former health minister who resigned in protest in December, after Macron adopted an anti-immigration law with support of far-right MPs. Macron reportedly maneuvered to defeat him this week (as I posted earlier this week).

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An article in the peer-reviewed medical journal The Lancet, using the conservative estimate of 4 indirect deaths in Gaza for every one direct death (in other conflicts it’s been 3-15x), calculates that Israel has killed approximately 186,000 Palestinians. That is 8% of the population of Gaza.

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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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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Hours after British polls closed, David Lammy (Labour) warned, "If we do not deliver for working people, then we will be out and nationalists will be on our tail. That is the lesson that we see across the world." Lammy is now UK Foreign Secretary under Prime Minister Keir Starmer. (Source: SkyNews)

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mutual aid is about politicized survival. lots of people leave out the POLITICIZED part and that's a problem cuz without that part it's not mutual aid.

Can we talk about how the center holds on to power even when the left is more popular?

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Long billed curlew (autocorrect curler 😂) in the foam. 🪶

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Scammers are swiping billions from Americans every year. Worse, most crooks are getting away with itapnews.com Sophisticated overseas criminals are stealing tens of billions of dollars from Americans every year, a crime wave projected to get worse as the U.S. population ages and technology makes it easier to s...

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OH, a big result: Marine Le Pen's *sister* has LOST her bid to join Parliament. She led 40% to 26% in Round 1. Her left opponent won by 0.5%. (Macronist, who came in 3rd, initially said she wouldn't drop out but then changed her mind. Ended up blocking Le Pen.)

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NO PROSECUTIONS FOR THOSE WHO STOLE THE TAXPAYERS FUNDS and “Mississippi Today are facing a defamation lawsuit from the state’s former governor, Phil Bryant, and prison time if they don't end their careers by revealing sources.”

Mark Mullen (@[email protected])mastodon.sdf.org The biggest story you haven't heard about: Right after Anna Wolfe won a Pulitzer Prize for exposing how many millions in federal welfare funds for Mississippi went to athletes like Brett Favre, cron...

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So, Q now is: No one is close to 289. Now what...? Olivier Faure, head of socialist party (PS, most center-left party of Left coalition), just spoke to say he'd stay faithful to the New Popular Front platform. (Context: expect Macronists to pressure PS to join & drop LFI).

www.euronews.com/green/2023/0...

Climate change may force millions to migrate towards poleswww.euronews.com The climate crisis will displace millions of people. In her book, author Gaia Vince argues that we should embrace this migration.

www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

Where does the French left stand on immigration, Ukraine and climate?www.euronews.com France's left-wing parties struggled to find common ground ahead of the European elections but have struck an alliance for the snap legislative elections.

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Appears to be a serious win for the popular front strategy of countering the far right

JUST IN: Polls closed in France. Exit polls show surprise: —Left coalition (New Popular Front) projected first. (!) —Far-right (RN) has lost its bid to take power. Anti-RN front appears to have worked very well. —No bloc close to majority. Follow this 🧵 for results and more:

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Just this morning I brought up Project 2025 with a woman who is well-educated, fairly politically savvy, and a staunch Democrat. She had never heard of it. When I gave her a precis, she was HORRIFIED.

This is super important work. And it looks like it's actually having an effect. Normal people learn about Project 2025 and are scared as shitless as they should be. The Nation, The New Republic, Rolling Stone, Boston Review and others are doing the work that NYT and WaPo are neglecting.

If holding off the right means alliance between left and center the US is pretty screwed lol.

Breaking: A left-wing coalition is on course to win the most seats in France’s legislative election in a surprise blow to far-right leader Marine Le Pen’s hopes of forming the next government Read more: bloom.bg/frenchelection

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The 2nd leading pollster projects a similar result—if anything a higher range for the Left coalition. This wld be a much stronger result than expected for the Macron bloc. If confirmed, key takeaway: Left & Macronist voters transferred onto each other much more than expected. Clear anti-RN front.