Reverse Watergate @reversalawaters@qoto.org

These photographs show the forest defender who has been occupying the canopy of the Weelaunee forest since this morning, and an arborist brought in by the police, who are determined to destroy the forest.

Reportedly, in response to police bringing in heavy machinery, the defender has climbed up out of the tree sit that they were occupying to take a position higher in the tree.

The occupier is wearing a gas mask because police have been launching tear gas at them.

This takes place in a context in which the police have already shot and killed someone in the forest earlier today.

https://atlantapresscollective.com/2023/01/18/press-release-police-murder-protestor-in-atlanta-forest/

ProPublica used Blacklight (https://themarkup.org/blacklight) to show that nine online abortion pill providers are sharing sensitive data with Google: https://www.propublica.org/article/websites-selling-abortion-pills-share-sensitive-data-with-google

The off-the-shelf e-commerce tools aren't built for privacy, and patients face new legal risks since overturn of Roe v Wade.

In July, Dara Kerr and I found online abortion pill provider Hey Jane sending visitor data to Meta, Google and others (now stopped), and found a reviewer's personal information: https://themarkup.org/pixel-hunt/2022/07/01/online-abortion-pill-provider-hey-jane-used-tracking-tools-that-sent-visitor-data-to-meta-google-and-others

For those who do not wish to visit Twitter under any conditions, even to see monks or mud wizards face off with police, we include the footage from #Lutzerath here.

A big problem - latest monthly update for greenhouse gases: carbon dioxide, methane (*new record*), and nitrous oxide (*new record*) 🥴

+ Data available at https://gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/.

💥Here. It. Is. The unsealed deposition of Donald J. Trump in the E. Jean Carroll lawsuit(s)

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.590045/gov.uscourts.nysd.590045.16.2.pdf

This Saturday 14/1 I will join activists in Lützerath to defend the village and stop the coalmine. Join us at 12.00 to protect life, and put people over profit!

The science is clear, the most affected people are clear: no more fossil fuels!
#LütziBleibt #EndCoal

Kudos to Mitchell for rejecting the right's propagandistic slogan. All reporters who see themselves as neutral should follow suit.

"Andrea Mitchell cuts off reporter for using the term 'pro-life'"

https://www.rawstory.com/andrea-mitchell-pro-life-is-not-an-accurate-description-of-the-right-wing-movement/?utm_source=push_notifications

Jan 6, 2023.

I've been researching how ancient civilizations cleaned their butts after pooping (I'm writing a book!) and y'all, the Ancient Greeks were SUPER punk rock. They used bits of broken ceramic like a scoop (don't worry - the edges were smoothed out) and sometimes THE BITS OF POTTERY WERE INSCRIBED WITH THE NAMES OF THEIR ENEMIES.

They literally wiped their butts with their enemies' names. I am in awe.

https://daily.jstor.org/this-is-how-they-wiped-themselves-in-ancient-rome/#:~:text=Ancient%20Greeks%20exiled%20their%20enemies,%2C%E2%80%9D%20it%20was%20a%20curse.

Live coverage of Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s struggle to clinch the House speakership has translated into bigger-than-usual ratings for C-SPAN and cable news. https://nyti.ms/3GgaDc0

We'll beat the 9 ballots for Speaker in the 1923 Congress and tie the 10 they required in 1833 in the next round.

If they don't do it on that round, then next up would be 11 ballots in 1839.

#politics #housevote