Trump’s Golden Dome will cost 10 to 100 times more than the Manhattan Project
https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/09/trumps-golden-dome-will-cost-10-to-100-times-more-than-the-manhattan-project/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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"We have been lied to, manipulated, misled, gaslit. Shame on those Western journalists who have said not a word about the mass killing of their Palestinian counterparts. Shame on them.”
"Since October 7, 2023, Israel has killed 270 journalists in Gaza."
"The small strip of land, only 41km long & 10km wide, is now the deadliest place for journalists in history."
~Mehdi Hasan
https://zeteo.com/p/shame-on-them-listen-to-mehdis-powerful
#GazaGenocide #USPol #EuroPol #Racism #Press #News #BDS #palestineJournalists @palestine .
This isn't going to be contained to the US, this is bad for the entire world.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTcHzxLmJHc
UN: Opportunities to support starving people are systematically blocked... every week new restrictions are imposed... for example, some food items such as Peanut Butter which has been designated as "luxuries" that are not allowed in, leaving a large amount of procured aid outside Gaza:
https://youtu.be/1uZewxii2FU?si=_br9nOFRmxUgYdqX&t=240
I think the first inkling was probably when I was about 6 years old and saw The Sound of Music for the first time.
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It is being reported that two community members were kidnapped by ICE today in pdx, one who was on his way to work and another who was with their 13-year-old child outside of a school.
Here is some info on what to do and who to contact if you see anything, as most of the information I’m seeing is on other social media platforms:
If you see someone being kidnapped by ICE, or even hear about it, call the Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition (PIRC). If not first hand, it’s best to have the direct witness call. While it does have “Portland” in the name, this is a statewide rapid response network that can send local responders to the site anywhere in Oregon. PIRC’s number is 1-888-622-1510. PIRC can verify if it is/was ICE, a rumor, or other law enforcement. If it is ICE, they activate lawyers and other rapid response. If you see ICE trying to kidnap someone, the first thing to do is call the PIRC hotline as quickly as possible and film what you can.
If you are filming, the more context you can get the better. If there is a break in dialogue between ICE agents and the person they are kidnapping, you can narrate into the video recording what exactly happened before you started filming, etc.
SALUTE (Size, Activity, Location, Uniform, Time, Equipment) is good to remember what information you should collect:
SALUTE:
Size: Number of officers
Activity: What are they doing? How are they treating the person? Did they show a warrant? Are they using excessive force?
Location: Whereabouts of the activity? Be as specific as possible. (Ex: heading north on Sandy, NW corner of the Trader Joe’s parking lot)
Uniform: What are the agents wearing? Plain clothes? Federal or local police labels? Armor? Get as specific as possible if and when noting specific agencies.
Time: What date and time is it happening?
Equipment: Do they have handcuffs? Are they armed? What kind of vehicle are they driving? License plate number? How many vehicles? Were any munitions deployed?
Another thing you can do is to try to get more information from the person being kidnapped. Try to get the name and, if possible, the birth date of the person being detained. This information is helpful in two ways. First, attorneys need to know the name and birth date to activate a legal response to secure a person's release. Additionally, it is really helpful for people who are trying to locate a missing loved one. If you or someone with you is able to, get all the information to PIRC immediately. Other helpful information to get is the location of where they were born and contact info for a family member / loved one. With enough information, PIRC or family members can search the ICE detainee locator system to see if someone has been detained, which helps guide the response.
Reminder to NOT share unverified information. It creates panic and fear in the community and can distract from responding to where ICE actually is
What’s happening in northern Gaza right now is beyond horrifying.
Families are fleeing south with nothing—no shelter, no food, no safety.
They’re sleeping on sidewalks, on the streets, under the sun and under bombs.
Children are dying. Mothers are holding their lifeless babies in their arms.
The roads are full of people running for their lives, exhausted, terrified, and forgotten.
Gaza is dying. And the world is watching.
We are not numbers. We are human beings, being wiped out silently.
Some great sassy advice from Audrey in Paris about how to handle the mandated mourning that wants to dictate 1) that we mourn, 2) whom we mourn, and 3) how we mourn — in this case, Charlie Kirk.
And let's not pretend that the mandated mourning may be channeled by MAGA but emanates to a great extent from a white Christian nationalism that wants total control of all of us.
#CharlieKirk #MAGA #FauxMartyrdom #WhiteChristianNationalism
Important news today, so far. In rough order of significance.
1. Russia is still killing Ukrainians every day in its war of aggression, and now has sent a wave of drones with extra fuel tanks and Polish SIM cards into Poland.
2. Israel is still killing Palestinians every day.
3. Warlords in Sudan are still killing Sudanese civilians every day.
4, 5, ... approximately 100. Wars and governments and preventable deseases are still killing people.
@dymaxion @quinn Don't smear the witches, since they are the ones who successfully got Charlie Kirk shot.
https://www.jezebel.com/we-paid-some-etsy-witches-to-curse-charlie-kirk
“The attack on Charlie Kirk is disgusting, vile, and reprehensible,” Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom posted on X, in response to today's shooting of the fascist leader of Turning Point.
Ok. But let's also remember that Charlie Kirk's politics, his transphobia, racism, sexism and general bigotry, are also vile, disgusting and reprehensible. And they feed into the transphobic, misogynist and racist violence committed by other bigots.
Where Was Newsom's disgust and anger toward this?
Answer: he was actively embracing some of those same ideas when he cozied up to Kirk on his podcast last year.
Ironically, Kirk had said that gun deaths in America were worth it to protect the 2nd amendment.
https://apnews.com/live/utah-valley-university-charlie-kirk-shooting-updates