This essay exactly. The president of wash u demanding that Richard Spencer be allowed to speak now having students and faculty arrested for speaking. It gives the lie so clearly.
"A strange paradox: in his freshman year, my former student ... was required by Martin to read a book insisting that free society tolerates Nazi protests. A year after [he] graduated, Martin had him arrested for pro-Palestinian protest."
These contradictory standards display what activists call “the Palestine exception.”
Excellent!
Fantastic public service work by @wandrme.paxex.aero bringing National Weather Service bots to Bluesky! Search through the starter pack for your local station. (info about how to find Canada bots is downthread)
Sobering account of Helene’s destruction 🧵
Welp, THAT'S a new fear unlocked Content warning: Body horror & parasites (I mean, it's Seanan McGuire, what did you expect?)
My city started doing free public transit during the height of COVID and has quietly kept extending it. It makes life easy for so many folks who would otherwise have limited options, eases strain for folks like me who can afford it but would prefer not to. Now if the buses would run on time...
time for my annual post on the matter: a big reason that many people don’t evacuate for hurricanes is because they can’t afford to. remember that when you report on people who died despite ‘mandatory’ evacuation orders.
