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The Obsolete Man

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It's probably not that complicated. Peaceful pirate. More profane than profound, but I have moments.

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The function, the very serious function of racism is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work. It keeps you explaining, over and over again, your reason for being. -Toni Morrison


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‼French Air Traffic Control Strikes‼ Latest update from Michael O’Leary:


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"Adan" proudly shows us huge boxes of strawberries he's harvested in Vista CA. He shares, "It's hard work harvesting strawberries since you're bent over all day long." #WeFeedYou

UFWupdates's tweet image. "Adan" proudly shows us huge boxes of strawberries he's harvested in Vista CA. He shares, "It's hard work harvesting strawberries since you're bent over all day long." #WeFeedYou

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A U.S. appeals court on Thursday allowed President Donald Trump to remove a Democratic member from the U.S. Federal Labor Relations Authority while his administration appeals a ruling that said her firing was illegal and had reinstated her.


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People are always repeating the "Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by ignorance" line. But lowkey, I'm starting to believe that a significant number of people are being malicious and hiding it behind feigned ignorance.


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Two years later, after much litigation, the Army finally discloses that another FIFTY-ONE soldiers died at Fort Bragg in 2023, far more than any other military base. How is that possible? The public is no longer authorized to know. All the circumstances of death are now redacted.

sethharpesq's tweet image. Two years later, after much litigation, the Army finally discloses that another FIFTY-ONE soldiers died at Fort Bragg in 2023, far more than any other military base. How is that possible? The public is no longer authorized to know. All the circumstances of death are now redacted.

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Jon Stewart really looked dead at the camera in spring 2024 and said “we will be fine no matter who wins”


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I’m with Bob Vylan. ✊

JimmyJ4thewin's tweet image. I’m with Bob Vylan. ✊

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for no particular reason i want to bring up the serial rapist in india who was continuously found not guilty of his crimes because of corruption and misogyny so 200 women beat him to death on the courthouse floor. just saying


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BREAKING: Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man who was mistakenly deported, says he was beaten, kicked and subjected to psychological torture in El Salvador jail. apnews.com/article/kilmar…


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The ones that Nazis took their cues from.


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For some politicians, slashing disability benefits is just an afternoon's political cut and thrust. For disabled people, it is the rest of their lives.


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Paramount will send $16 million to the Trump library to settle a flatly ludicrous claim of biased reporting by "60 Minutes." 1) Will this encourage politicians and others to file bogus lawsuits s a way. of intimidating news organizations. and their corporate boards? (1/2)


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They're doing a backdoor repeal of the ACA and it's barely getting any attention in the media, which is interesting b/c passage of the ACA was literally all you heard about for a roughly 18 month period in 2009-2010.

The Senate version of the Republican tax would wipe out many of the strides made by the Affordable Care Act in reducing the number of uninsured Americans — resulting in at least 17 million Americans losing their health coverage, according to nonpartisan estimates and experts.…



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“The African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS) is now accepting submissions for the 2026 C.L.R. James Research Fellowship to support research towards the completion of a dissertation or publication of a book.” - @AAIHS aaihs.org/accepting-subm…


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Right now across America, ICE agents are getting suited up in tactical combat gear and arming themselves to the teeth just to apprehend the guy who wants to patch your drywall.


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Forthcoming from Keisha Blain: Without Fear: Black Women and the Making of Human Rights wwnorton.com/books/97803938…

daniel_dsj2110's tweet image. Forthcoming from Keisha Blain: 
Without Fear: 
Black Women and the Making of Human Rights
wwnorton.com/books/97803938…

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The elimination of Gaza's healthcare and health workers, including the pillars of the medical system. x.com/translatingpal…

🚨BREAKING | Dr. Marwan Al-Sultan, director of the Indonesian Hospital, was martyred after Israeli warplanes targeted an area near the 17 Junction, west Gaza City. He was known for his tireless service to the wounded and sick throughout the genocide.

translatingpal's tweet image. 🚨BREAKING | Dr. Marwan Al-Sultan, director of the Indonesian Hospital, was martyred after Israeli warplanes targeted an area near the 17 Junction, west  Gaza City. He was known for his tireless service to the wounded and sick throughout the genocide.


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Buffalo - For nearly a week, immigration agents have targeted a block on the city’s West Side, seeking to detain an Iranian man living there. His neighbors aren’t having it. Dozens have organized themselves into rotating shifts to do "ICE watch" investigativepost.org/2025/07/01/ice…


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