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Otis Tanouye is a ninth-grader at Bethesda Chevy Chase High School in Maryland. He wrote this during his school’s second lockdown in less than a week. Fortunately, no one was hurt during either of the lockdowns.

’Twas the second damn lockdown, when all through the school
Several students were stirring, cuz lockdowns aren’t cool.
Two times in six days, wow, BCC.
Well, go off to “hide.” Yippee.

The kids were curled up by the side walls with care,
In hopes that no shooters would notice them there.
The children were nestled with back pain galore.
They collectively thought, “I’ve played these games before.”

Some kids wore hoodies, some wore a cap,
Some of them decided to just take a nap.
When the lockdown was called, there arose such a clatter,
The students checked Twitter to see what was the matter.

Taking out their AirPods and phones with a flash,
This is more boring than a middle school bash!
Some kids said, “You know what? Hell no,”
And into Bethesda those children did go.

The Government has accepted a skewed report authored by people with 'no skin in the game', argues Helen Belcher

Private correspondence reveals officials felt threatened by firms benefiting from "back-scratching" by Conservative ministers

Uncertainty and chaos are the final factors in Trump’s operation. The winners, broadly, will be financial speculators with fast fingers and (especially) inside knowledge. Those in position to move quickly in and out of stocks, bonds and real estate—and perhaps even in and out of the dollar from a base in crypto—could be the biggest winners. The […]

The stories of three quilters interweave to form an intimate portrait of women’s creativity and resilience in the American West

- by Psyche Film

Watch at Psyche

In the past few days, the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) have launched a new campaign, Don’t Buy Apartheid, which calls on all individuals, shops, restaurants, cafés and venues to take two actions in solidarity with Palestinians: boycotting Israeli produce, and boycotting Coca-Cola. Through these two simple steps, we aim to link millions across Britain to […]

Humans have a superpower that makes us uniquely capable of controlling the world: our ability to understand cause and effect

- by Mariel Goddu

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I ran in the “Affiliate district” in the 2025 election for Board of Directors of the Open Source Initiative (OSI) on a joint platform for OSI Reform with my colleague, Richard Fontana (who among other accomplishments, is currently Senior Commercial Counsel at IBM's Red Hat).

In his monthly column, John Mitchinson explores how the long slow history of lead poisoning teaches us a salutary lesson

The return of Donald Trump to the White House has exposed the need for major reform of the US political and constitutional system

The corporation behind Roundup herbicide has paid out nearly $11 billion in lawsuits. Now it’s backing an EPA rule that would stop the bleeding.

The post Trump EPA’s Next Move: Making It Harder to Sue for Getting Cancer from Roundup appeared first on The Intercept.

. Mycket sevärd — och gripande — film om den norska krigshjälten Gunnar Sønsteby.

Repeated promises to clean up the scandal of homes covered in highly dangerous flammable cladding are still not being met, warn MPs

Texas’s heavily Democratic 18th Congressional District has an empty seat. State law gives Greg Abbott the power to delay the election to fill it.

The post Texas’s GOP Governor Can Arbitrarily Deny Democrats a Seat in Congress Until Next Year appeared first on The Intercept.

Following is an unedited, automated transcript of the podcast episode titled “Trump‘s Friday Night Massacre.”

Donald Trump’s tariff war is creating economic chaos—and political trouble for Anthony Albanese as he heads to the federal election.

The post Albanese’s grovelling fails—time to stand up to Trump first appeared on Solidarity Online.

Labor has held onto power by another overwhelming margin in WA, with the rump of Liberal MPs failing to make significant ground.

The post Another election landslide in WA as Labor backs mining profits first appeared on Solidarity Online.

University managements are launching a McCarthyist offensive against the Palestine solidarity movement, with a new antisemitism definition that threatens academic freedom and freedom of speech.

The post Resistance builds to antisemitism definition shutting down protest first appeared on Solidarity Online.

Up to 150 staff and students rallied at UTS on 12 March against plans for cuts to jobs and courses.

The post Fightback underway as hundreds of jobs face the axe at UTS and ANU first appeared on Solidarity Online.

The combination of the imminent High Court decision on the challenge to administration and the looming federal election means the Victorian Building Industry Group of unions delegates’ meeting on 26 March comes at a critical moment.

The post Turning point for CFMEU as High Court decision looms first appeared on Solidarity Online.

Albanese promised his government would create “real jobs” for Indigenous people. Its new program offers only 700 jobs this year.

The post Labor’s Indigenous jobs program: where are the jobs? first appeared on Solidarity Online.

Livefire exercises by two Chinese warships off Australia’s east coast led to howls of outrage across the mainstream media in February.

The post Warmongering panic over Chinese warships first appeared on Solidarity Online.