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Sun, 01/06/2025 - 13:00

Momentum is growing behind a campaign for Justice for Kumanjayi White, a 24-year-old Warlpiri man from Yuendumu killed by police in the Coles supermarket in Mparntwe-Alice Springs on Tuesday.

The post Demands for justice after another Aboriginal death at police hands in Alice Springs first appeared on Solidarity Online.

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Sun, 01/06/2025 - 03:53
Unemployed, I spent a week in April digging a small pond in our back yard. At the time, it was a distraction. Now it is… actually, a different sort of distraction. Because although it’s not a very big pond — about 3 meters by 2, maximum depth about 70 cm — it has very quickly […]
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Sat, 31/05/2025 - 19:16
Pluralism i alla ära. Debatten ska vara fri, inom de politiska partierna. Men reda borde ändå råda. Rena rama dumheter får gärna rangeras ut. Som när Adrian Pabst i tidskriften Tiden skriver att ”yttrandefriheten förutsätter möjligheten av en gemensam strävan efter objektiv moralisk och metafysisk sanning” … Eller när Socialdemokraterna lägger sig kloss inpå Tidöregeringens […]
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Sat, 31/05/2025 - 04:00

6:30 a.m. I awaken from sleep with the unparalleled energy of someone who has an entire school-sanctioned day to humiliate their offspring.

6:55 a.m. Peering into my closet, I select the skinniest jeans I own—seriously, I haven’t worn these since before my preteen was born. No matter. I squeeze my unforgiving middle-aged body into them while double-checking that I still have the breathing capacity for yelling at middle schoolers every ten seconds.

7:30 a.m. I bound to the kitchen to pack my child the smelliest lunch possible, ideally some combination of tuna salad and egg salad. Naturally, I make sure to tuck in a note including several giant drawn hearts and “I LOVE YOU!!!”s. I sign off using the name my child used to call me when they were three years old.

8:15 a.m. We arrive at the school parking lot and gather by the bus for head counts. I immediately announce myself to everyone as my child’s parent, being sure to enunciate their full (including middle) name.

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Sat, 31/05/2025 - 01:10

“The term ‘TACO,’ short for Trump Always Chickens Out, has been used to describe how markets tumble on the president’s tariff threats, then rebound when he gives way.”New York Times

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GRAPE - Gift Received, Announced Pardon Early

PORK - Presidential Order Rewarding Kleptocracy

CHEESE - Classic Hillbilly Elegy, Earning Stablecoin Emoluments

BACON - Barron Accepted, College Officially Normalized

EGG - Executive Grift-Golfing

MILK - Maliciously Ignorant, Like Kennedy

MACKEREL - Musk Around: Conceal Ketamine, Ecstasy, Ritalin, Ephedrine, LSD