The Obsolete Man

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

[The Obsolete Man @DocYeargin]

@ElieNYC 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

[Justin Fenton @justin_fenton]

After ICE arrest, Baltimore courts tighten rules on law enforcement entering buildings, including requiring uniform and/or prominently displayed identification or badge, @Dylan_Segelbaum reports https://t.co/mER7DtvihE

[carol robinson @RobinsonCarol]

https://t.co/EjdB9156xz

[Ryanair @Ryanair]

‼French Air Traffic Control Strikes‼

Latest update from Michael O’Leary:

[United Farm Workers @UFWupdates]

"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

[AZ Intel @AZ_Intel_]

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.

[abby @abby4thepeople]

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.

[Seth Harp @sethharpesq]

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.

[Nerdy Bass @nerdy_bass]

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

[𝓙𝓲𝓶𝓶𝔂 𝓙 @JimmyJ4thewin]

I’m with Bob Vylan. ✊

[bug girl @buggirl]

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

[The Associated Press @AP]

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. https://t.co/9Gju7IqNRj

[Not Supporting This DNC-😥🤬 @blewis823]

@Needle_of_Arya The ones that Nazis took their cues from.

[Diane Abbott @HackneyAbbott]

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.

[scary lawyerguy @scarylawyerguy]

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 Caribbean Translation Project @CaribTranslate]

“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

https://t.co/LCj4Si7RXD

[Meacham @MeachamDr]

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.

[Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins @daniel_dsj2110]

Forthcoming from Keisha Blain:
Without Fear:
Black Women and the Making of Human Rights
https://t.co/oNFVQEcKlG

[Nicola Perugini @PeruginiNic]

The elimination of Gaza's healthcare and health workers, including the pillars of the medical system. https://t.co/jmKbABhWB3

[RootsAction @Roots_Action]

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"
https://t.co/pw5OoNNunt @Indiawaltonbflo