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[Ken Armstrong @bykenarmstrong]

Three police officers went to an *elementary* school in Tennessee & arrested four Black girls.

One girl fell to her knees. Another threw up. Police handcuffed the youngest, an 8 yo with pigtails.

Their supposed crime? Watching some boys fight — and not stopping them. (THREAD)

[Erin McGuire Olson @e_mcguire_]

The challenge I’m doing this month is called October and it’s where I just try to get through every day of October

[half-boy @half_boy_]

The policing and prison system in America is beyond reform.

[The Associated Press @AP]

New York City’s notorious Rikers Island jail complex, troubled by years of neglect, has spiraled into turmoil during the coronavirus pandemic. Inmates are dying, guards have gone AWOL, and food and medical care are in short supply. https://t.co/nCirBwnHkX

[Nick Pettigrew @Nick_Pettigrew]

Just say ‘white’, this is taking ages.

[Marie lastnamé @marieberd]

why own dusty books when you can rent them from corporations and get “updates” pushed to, uh, War and Peace. not hard to guess what happened here

[Dan Chiasson @dchiasso]

Sontag in @Newyorker after 9/11. The fearsome courage and clarity of this statement still amaze me.

[half-boy @half_boy_]

@ActualSamHarris I just can’t believe it’s not an Onion headline. Surely its been one before.

[half-boy @half_boy_]

New level of capitalist hellscape just dropped

[Keyne Enys Rowe @keyne_unable]

Firstly thank you to the @guardian for being so incompetent at censoring criticisms of transphobia that it has now a) gone viral and b) made headlines in other papers and c) drawn international attention to the issue and extremity of press transphobia even at 'liberal' papers.

[half-boy @half_boy_]

If you are cisgender please read this.

[Ari Drennen @AriDrennen]

I cannot believe that in 2021 the @nytimes would hire cis male concern-haver Jesse Singal to review a book by cis female concern-haver Helen Joyce about trans people but I assure you that none of the people involved have the faintest idea what the fuck they’re talking about. 🧵

[follow @bencollins on bluesky @oneunderscore__]

A quick thread:


A lot of people have asked me this week: Where did this ivermectin obsession come from? Who could possibly benefit from it?

Most importantly, why did my antivaxx aunt start eating horse goo from the tractor store?

It’s complicated, but here are some answers.

[half-boy @half_boy_]

@teastoasterone ❤️

[Don’t Boo…Revolt! @BreeNewsome]

So they are conscious that evictions are directly tied to covid surges but instead of keeping ppl housed, will vaccinate the deputies they send to put people out onto the street

[Rev. Poppy Haze 𓅋 @poppy_haze]

the streets in the middle of Manhattan are packed with miners who traveled to protest the owners of their mine, have you seen a whisper of this coordinated action from even local news?

[Dr. Deepti Gurdasani @dgurdasani1]

A very important thread. Consistent evidence from multiple lines that COVID-19 has persistent long term neuro-cognitive effects for many. Yet, our govt is happy to expose millions to this virus, including our young. The consequences of this will be felt for years to come.

[half-boy @half_boy_]

Are there any words more gut-wrenching to hear from a child than “It was my second shooting so I was kind of prepared”. What the hell are we doing. Call your fucking rep and demand an end to this shit.

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

Faris Nunn, 8, was sitting by third base in Nationals Park with her family when shots rang out: “It was my second shooting. So I was kind of prepared ... I always am expecting something to happen.”

We don’t have to live like this. Text ACT to 644-33.

[half-boy @half_boy_]

Throw some cash to help my dude Seb break free of the binder 💪🏻