Larissa

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She/her/elle. Alto, ADHDer. Interested in politics, stories, disability, food, knitting, geekery, cats. Unrepentant leftie.

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this absolutely blew my mind it's the coolest thing i've read in a minute www.smithsonianmag.com/history/hidd...

Fascinating site they’re excavating in Egypt on the Red Sea.

A Buried Ancient Egyptian Port Reveals the Hidden Connections Between Distant Civilizationswww.smithsonianmag.com At the site of Berenike, in the desert sands along the Red Sea, archaeologists are uncovering wondrous new finds that challenge old ideas about the makings of the modern world

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most people do not want the far right, the far right exploits fractures in other parties to make gains and attempt to seize power, and if what the left did here worked the lesson should be you can beat them with a unified front that says not today, assholes

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:

Thank you, French voters, for an unexpected ray of potential sunshine

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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.

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Tell me about it, walking app

Reporting by Deborah Dundas and Betsy Powell to accompany the piece: www.thestar.com/news/in-the-...

The Toronto Star has a piece today by Alice Munro’s daughter, Andrea Robin Skinner, that is very hard to read, but what bravery to speak out. CW: child sexual abuse www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

My stepfather sexually abused me when I was a child. My mother, Alice Munro, chose to stay with himwww.thestar.com In the shadow of my mother, a literary icon, my family and I have hidden a secret for decades. It’s time to tell my story.

In the home of Alice Munro, a dark secret lurked. Now, her children want the world to knowwww.thestar.com Alice Munro's husband sexually assaulted her youngest daughter. For nearly five decades, a conspiracy of silence haunted the family, and at times, tore them apart.

The Toronto Star has a piece today by Alice Munro’s daughter, Andrea Robin Skinner, that is very hard to read, but what bravery to speak out. CW: child sexual abuse www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

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Well this is grim

🎶Sunny days, sweeping the clouds awaaaay🎶 #Caturday

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Nearly 2 million people have been displaced in Gaza – almost the entire population – after the Israeli military last week ordered a further 80,000 people to evacuate parts of Gaza City amid a renewed ground operation, the latest UN figures show.

Almost entire population in Gaza now displaced amid fresh Israeli offensive | CNNwww.cnn.com Nearly 2 million people have been displaced in Gaza – almost the entire population – after the Israeli military this week ordered a further 80,000 people to evacuate parts of Gaza City amid a renewed ...

No thoughts, only vibes #Caturday

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One day after AI is abandoned they’re absolutely going to tout cutting their emissions by half/a third without acknowledging they were pumping out more than ever chasing a pump and dump plagiarism scheme

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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Doug Ford’s plan to privatize alcohol sales will cost Ontario taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars. Now it’s forcing LCBO workers to go on strike. Workers say Ford is helping billionaires and big business siphon profits from healthcare, education and public services

Doug Ford's Alcohol Privatization Plan Will Cost Ontario Taxpayers Hundreds of Millions of Dollars. Now It's Forcing LCBO Workers To Go On Strike.pressprogress.ca LCBO workers accuse Ford of working with billionaires and big business to siphon profits from healthcare, education and public services

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french knots on the prowl

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Everyone is angry about the world and scared about the future and defensive on account of being pretty sure (correctly or not) that someone else is blaming them for something terrible and I don’t know if any of that will help but it’s probably useful to acknowledge what’s happening and breathe a bit

“Even though it’s one year now … we’ve had 10 months to really think through a solution, and we have not acted on that, at least on the side of the government,” he said. “We’re still doing reactionary things.” #TOpoli #CDNpoli www.thestar.com/news/gta/one...

One year after a funding spat left asylum seekers sleeping on sidewalks, here’s what’s changed — and what hasn’twww.thestar.com Advocates say government efforts have fallen short, with a planned refugee welcome centre stalled and Black-led churches still shouldering much of the care for newcomers.

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"Nobody used to think men exploiting women was wrong" is up there with "Nobody used to think slavery was wrong" as a really impressive giveaway of who you think counts as "nobody".

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Doing things--finding your team, finding your community--is magical. The feeling of helplessness is there to remind you to find your tiny corner of the world where you have that, where you can pitch in and do something.

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The United States has always been a democracy for some and a brutal authoritarian regime for others, and the effort to expand it to democracy for all has led to a 70+ year backlash culminating in SCOTUS claiming that kings are totes cool and also judges are the ones to coronate them

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Respectfully: If you're on Bluesky right now screaming that Pride Month will be abolished, Trump will be declared king, America is forever ruined: Log off. You are entitled to your feelings, and it's better to let them out than not. But *Do Not Do Death Magic On The Emotional Contagion App.*

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Denethor using the Palantir to “stay informed” while not realizing the Palantir only showed him what its master wanted him to see is _almost_ too apt an analogy for online doomerism, huh

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THE sentence of the day: A Macronist incumbent in the Marseille region came in 3rd in her seat. She just dropped out to support the left. She said, about why she's maneuvering to block the far-right: "Defeats happen, but you can never recover from dishonor."

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Adam Bonin

Justice Jackson: the next time a President wants to fire his attorney general, he has options.

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Sotomayor points out why this distinction between absolute and presumptive immunity that the majority introduces is essentially meaningless.

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I think a thing that's poorly understood about American history is that a lot of the progress made through the New Deal was driven by the political elite's fear of the Russian Revolution happening here and not by them having a sudden turn of heart after being visited by multiple ghosts or something.

Not making any threats here, just thinking out loud as a historian — do they people brazenly pushing for impunity for the wealthy elites not know what traditionally comes next?

My husband randomly put on “Cromwell” last night, which now seems like a prescient choice

BREAKING: The Supreme Court holds, 6-3, that a former president is absolutely immune from prosecution for actions within their "conclusive and preclusive" authority and presumptively immune from prosecution for all official acts. More to come at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com

Law Dork | Chris Geidner | Substackwww.lawdork.com The Supreme Court, law, politics, and more. Click to read Law Dork, by Chris Geidner, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.

Welp

Law Dork | Chris Geidner | Substackwww.lawdork.com The Supreme Court, law, politics, and more. Click to read Law Dork, by Chris Geidner, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.

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Katharine Hayhoe

No matter where we live or who we are, climate change affects us all. And, as I often say, that means ….