Bibliophiles may like the Neglected Books Page: https://neglectedbooks.com/

#neglectedbooks #books

In addition to warnings from Egypt, the Israeli government had a detailed plan of attack that closely followed what Hamas did on Yom Kippur 2023 over a year ago, but failed to act in preparation: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/30/world/middleeast/israel-hamas-attack-intelligence.html

#newyorktimes #israel #jerichowall #hamas #israelgazawar #israelhamaswar #ronenbergman #adamgoldman #nyt #incompetence

The Washington Post has published an opinion piece parroting right-wing talking points and telling women to just stop having opinions so they can get married: https://fair.org/home/wapo-tells-women-if-you-want-marriage-compromise-with-misogyny/

#washingtonpost #wapo #misogyny #culturewar #fair #fairnessandaccuracyinreporting #juliehollar #jimnaureckas #instituteforfamilystudies #nonsense #patriarchy #overtonwindow #badpolling

For anyone who cares about baseball, the East Bay, or just sticking it to greedy capitalists, the Oakland Ballers were announced a few hours ago: https://www.oaklandballers.com/

#oaklandballers

Tens of thousands of Louisiana students are in unapproved diploma programs that have no requirements:

#charleslussier #education #louisiana #associatedpress #ap #sharonlurye #homeschooling #scams #children

If you want to do _more_ than just Buy Nothing Day, you can also OptOutside, celebrate Native American heritage, and read a book: https://www.npr.org/2023/11/20/1213214810/black-friday-2023-alternatives-shopping

#buynothingday #blackfriday #optmist #npr #emilyolson #optoutside #hiking #library #libraries #museum #museums #learning #edification #culturejamming

I hope you will all join me in celebrating Buy Nothing Day today, as it is too easy to buy unnecessary things: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/it-s-too-easy-to-buy-stuff-you-don-t-want/ar-AA1ki3ma

#theatlantic #msn #msn.com #amandamull #buynothingday #commerce #capitalism #latestagecapitalism #consumerism #blackfriday #thanksgivingtide #ecommerce #onlineshopping #friction #risk

Conservative police officers are refusing to collaborate with progressive prosecutors: https://www.npr.org/2023/11/23/1214894247/disgusted-by-citys-top-prosecutor-a-police-officer-refuses-to-testify

#npr #propublica #sachapfeiffer #lawenforcement #legalsystem #justice #justicesystem #stlouis #rogermurphy #kimgardner #allthingsconsidered

In a surprise to no one paying attention, American law enforcement views left-wing politics as terrorism and sometimes overlooks far-right movements: https://unicornriot.ninja/2023/fbi-labels-anti-fascists-and-anti-racists-as-violent-extremists/

#unicornriot #leftwing #antifa #domesticterrorism #blm #blacklivesmatter #animalrights #alf #elf #earthliberationfront #animalliberationfront #anarchism #anticapitalism #fbi #dhs #federalbureauofinvestigation #departmentofhomelandsecurity #arturodominguez #police #policing

Disinformation and misinformation is rife about the current war in the Holy Land: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/11/israel-palestine-interview-series-gaza-viral-disinformation-social-media/

#megansquire #splc #southerpovertylawcenter #gaza #war #israelhamaswar #israelgazawar #palestine #israel #disinformation #misinformation #socialmedia #motherjones #henrycarnell #medialiteracy #criticalthinking

Diamonds suck: https://diamondssuck.com/

#diamond #diamonds #scams #moissanite

Jenny Hoffman has set a new record for running across the United States in 47.5 days, besting the old record by a week: https://www.npr.org/2023/11/10/1212383938/running-marathon-record-jenny-hoffman

#running #distancerunning #ultramarathon #ultramarathoning #npr #us #usa #unitedstates #unitedstatesofamerica #meganlim #jennyhoffman

Central Buck School District in Pennsylvania had culture warriors banning books and picking fights over minorities (and wasting taxpayer money), so local residents took back power by running for the school board: https://www.npr.org/2023/11/11/1212185489/election-pennsylvania-school-board

#centralbuckschooldistrict #cbsd #pennsylvania #npr #democracy #authoritarianism #protofascism #emilyrizzo #education #meghanbudden #heatherreynolds #fiscalresponsibility #democrats

All Maine residents have had their private information stolen in a ransomware attack security breach: https://www.maine.gov/moveit-global-data-security-incident/

Please direct this to any loved ones you have in Maine.

#security #privacy #ransomware #cybersecurity #cyberattack #hacking #maine

Mainland China has somewhere north of USD $1 trillion loaned out almost entirely to states in financial crisis and is imposing punishing terms on repayment: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/06/china-worlds-biggest-debt-collector-as-poorer-nations-struggle-with-its-loans

#china #prc #peoplesrepublicofchina #beltandroad #bri #beltandroadinitiative #debt #lending #money #finance #amyhawkins #guardian #theguardian #theguardiandotorg #debt

While the Burmese junta is still largely in control, it faces many challenges from pro-democracy groups and ethnic militias: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/07/myanmar-junta-facing-biggest-challenge-yet-after-new-offensive-by-armed-groups-analysts-say

#burma #guardian #theguardian #rebeccaratcliffe #myanmar #shanstate #democracy #conflict #war

A list of mass killings in the United States in 2023: https://apnews.com/article/mass-killings-united-states-list-8eea3427796229eb127e052b3c66c691

#assocaitedpress #masskillings #massshootings #gunculture #ap #us #usa #unitedstates #unitedstatesofamerica

An innovative program between a non-profit and Los Angeles County has a de facto real estate agency for the unhoused and it has a huge return on investment: https://www.npr.org/2023/10/24/1207461308/homelessness-housing-losangeles-la-real-estate-unhoused

#npr #losangeles #la #homelessness #unhoused #houselessness #jenniferludden #allthingsconsidered #publicradio

A fascinating, horrifying, perplexing look at Hamas strategy: https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/what-was-hamas-thinking

#israel #palestine #gaza #hamas #islamism #authoritarianism #occupation #warcrimes #newyorker #adamrasgon #daviddkirkpatrick #abumarzouk

Twitter/X is a waste of time sinkhole: https://niemanreports.org/articles/npr-twitter-musk/

(Also, Reddit sucks.)

#npr #neimanreports #gabebullard #twitter #x #x.com #socialmedia