Audre Lorde's "The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house." is not just a statement about a tool being tainted by its origin. It's about what kind of tool a "master" would create: Whips. Chains. Violent suppression.

That's the meaning: You cannot just take tools whose purpose and politics is dominance and violence and "make them liberatory". This goes deeper than "just" embedded politics or lofty talks about ethics, it comes down to what kind of relations you believe do and should and must not structure the world.

"But I never get colllddssssah"
Yeah, you do, buddy, as a child mostly.

Then you developed some immunity, which, as an adult, made it difficult for you to notice a reinfection by the same rhinovirus (=you now think you're magical; sorry, you're not).

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18248302/

An investigation by the Associated Press found that at least three flights since May have moved Palestinians from Gaza to countries including South Africa and Indonesia.

The operations were organized by the Israeli group Ad Kan, founded by former soldiers and intelligence officers, through a front company called Al-Majd to obscure Israeli involvement.

Its founder, Gilad Ach, has supported proposals by Donald Trump to resettle Palestinians from Gaza. Passengers said they were bused into Israel and allowed to board with only a few belongings.

#Israel #Palestine #Gaza #Trump #Palestinian

"People who were healthy and active just a few months ago are still arriving at USC’s clinic with cardiovascular and cognitive problems that have upended their lives.

“There has been a societal move to go past COVID as if it’s not around anymore — but it definitely is ... And people will bounce in and out of the ER, and they will potentially have a degree of disability [to] the point where they just lose their job, and no one really is addressing it.”

Thousands of people disabled by long COVID seek answers - Los Angeles Times
https://archive.md/2026.03.14-203506/https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2026-03-14/thousands-of-people-disabled-by-long-covid-seek-answers

#LongCovid #denial #CovidIsntOver

"Long COVID leaves thousands of L.A. County residents sick, broke and ignored"

“You’re not just becoming disabled,” said Elle Seibert, 31, who has dealt with debilitating fatigue and cardiac symptoms since 2020. “You’re realizing how easily society at large and people in your life will abandon you when you cannot offer them things.”

https://archive.md/z5oUp

A redditor (Ok_Lingonberry3296) traced $2 billion in nonprofit grants and lobbying records across 45 states to figure out who's behind the age verification bills.

The answer is Meta - a company that profits from your data writing laws that collect more of it.

Page: https://github.com/upper-up/meta-lobbying-and-other-findings?tab=readme-ov-file

Page backup: https://archive.ph/2026.03.13-193015/https://github.com/upper-up/meta-lobbying-and-other-findings?tab=readme-ov-file

Reddit discussion: https://web.archive.org/web/20260313143853/https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1rshc1f/i_traced_2_billion_in_nonprofit_grants_and_45/

#Meta #Facebook #AgeVerification #privacy #surveillance #dystopia #socialmedia #technology

Un atlante degli organi umani ad alta definizione che tutti possono consultare online, ecco la meraviglia dell'Human Organ Atlas
https://www.wired.it/article/atlante-organi-umani-alta-definizione-tutti-possono-consultare-online-human-organ-atlas/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Pubblicato su Wired Italia @wired-italia-WiredItalia

https://www.keshetonline.org/movetothrive/

I just discovered this program: interest-free loans up to $10,000 for any LGBTQIA+ person in the US who needs money to leave their current home

I thought I’d post about it in case anyone can make use of it