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Happy #primeweek! I just want to let y’all know that the Amazon shipping warehouse where my husband works is denying workers fans during a nationally recognized heat emergency and everything you order during time week places workers’ lives at risk.

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Every since I read this ProPublica piece a few years ago, I use this "pretend we're talking about a guy named Bob" test all the time. (Here it's about antitrust, but it's useful everywhere.) www.propublica.org/article/yiel...

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I just got back from a transatlantic journalism program focused on understanding the European far-right. Wrote this for The Hill Times about how the far-right in both Europe and Canada are exploiting the cost-of-living crisis to attack and derail green policies:

Europe is in the middle of a ‘greenlash.’ If Canada doesn’t put workers first in its green transition, we could be nextwww.hilltimes.com The European far right’s pivot to attacking green policies shows why Canada needs a climate change approach that centres the interests of working people.

This is a really lovely essay.

whoooooooooo wants to read 2,000 words on crushing loneliness and unexpectedly getting really into art? youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/exactly-20...

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My friend Ossama Zaqqout is trying to get 36 of his family members out of Gaza and into safety in Canada. Please share this widely and contribute if you can. www.gofundme.com/f/help-my-fa...

Help My Family in Gaza Find Safety with Loved Ones, organized by Ossama Zaqqoutwww.gofundme.com Ask: In order to get 36 members (including 16 children) of my famil… Ossama Zaqqout needs your support for Help My Family in Gaza Find Safety with Loved Ones

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Poetry Magazine is pretending this isn't happening & rolling merrily along. lithub.com/over-2000-po...

Over 2000 poets and writers are boycotting the Poetry Foundation.lithub.com Over 2000 poets and writers—including Danez Smith, Franny Choi, Safiya Sinclair, Daniel José Older, Jamel Brinkley, Hala Alyan, and Javier Zamora—have pledged to boycott the Poetry Foundation (a...

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Huge international support for yesterday’s UN General Assembly resolution calling for #Gaza ceasefire, compliance with the laws of war, protection of civilians, release of hostages, and humanitarian access. 153 countries for. 10 against. 23 abstentions. 🧵

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New interview with me at Kelly Hayes’ newsletter! mskellymhayes.substack.com/p/nobody-is-...

Authoritarianism, Dehumanization, and the Fight Aheadmskellymhayes.substack.com "It's so important that folks stick together and recognize each other's struggles as a unified struggle," says author Sarah Kendzior.

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Canadians! We have a new suicide crisis helpline. You dial 988. That's it! Spread the word. www.cbc.ca/news/health/...

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Hooray!

SAG/AFTRA strike is finally over. The actors won. Unions rule: variety.com/2023/tv/news...

SAG-AFTRA Approves Deal to End Historic Strikevariety.com SAG-AFTRA has approved a tentative agreement that will end the longest actors strike against the major studios in Hollywood history.

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Bsky still feels sort of like a private room so here’s a sincere and personal ask: In the last few weeks I’ve spoken to a few other parents of Jewish-Palestinian children and it’s been moving and meaningful for me. If you know any other families like mine, I’d love to know them too.

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“The unsold Halloween candies did coldly furnish forth the Christmas store displays.”

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This is a piece from 1995 that I read this week and simply cannot stop thinking about:

The Last Time I Saw Yaakov - Boston Reviewwww.bostonreview.net No matter how political things seem, they are invariably personal.

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Amnesty International petition to demand a ceasefire

Demand a ceasefire by all parties to end civilian sufferingwww.amnesty.org Sign our petition and urge world leaders to call for an immediate ceasefire by all parties and put an end to the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza.

Happy Birthday Vegemite! ❤️ www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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I made a brief guide to the difference between the terms “genocide” and “ethnic cleansing”: www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8k5yetQ/

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Art galleries and museums of science and history are some of my most sacred spaces. I am overjoyed to discover this miraculous website where you can escape into virtual tours of amazing places all over the world. Check it out, Sky people:

Global Collection of Museums, Galleries & Exhibits | Matterport Discovermatterport.com

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A lot of people in the US aren’t aware that the way we’ve been taught to home test for COVID is outdated & that’s probably 1 reason why home tests are “negative” with positive symptoms I’m gonna paraphrase/streamline below instead of Alt text:

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