Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi's killing made her into a symbol for a movement. But last night, Seattle remembered a baklava enthusiast, a fan of Arabic trap music, and a friend who changed the world in small, meaningful ways before she faced the Israeli military. thestranger.com/news/2024/09/1…

Jonathan Choe is in Springfield apparently, trying to “get to the bottom” of bullshit racist blood libels against Haitians

PLEASE CIRCULATE WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME

Salaries at The Stranger 🗞, Portland Mercury 🗞, Everout, and Bold Type Tickets are even lower than this. Most of our unit makes less than $65k. The workers at Cascade PBS Union deserve better, and so do we.

Died while pursuing a misdemeanor traffic violation. Pursuits kill cops too, folks!

With all the lies being spread about Haitians, I want to share some books for those genuinely searching to understand our past. How did we get here? Why is Haiti time & time again the scapegoat for politicians & the media. These books are helpful. Education is a cure for hate.🇭🇹

Far-right movements have been using Springfield, Ohio as a propaganda tool since early 2023. There aren’t 20,000 Haitian immigrants there in fact, there are barely 5,000 in the entire state. The level of cognitive dissonance required for this narrative is staggering. /🧵

Go write some speeding tickets

Clean needle/syringe programs have actually been shown repeatedly to increase rates of cessation (stopping using) and increasing rates of people entering recovery So if you oppose harm reduction you are actually keeping more people using drugs and preventing people from stopping

The Ministry of Health in Gaza has just published a 649-page document with the the name, age, gender, ID number of every Palestinian killed in Gaza from October 7 to August 31 that it has info for (over 34k out of 40k). The 1st 14 pages the age is listed as 0 (under 1 year old)

Eric Adams: First off, let me just say our officers are okay. They shot four people on the subway, but they’re fine.

HEADS UP: 100% match for Books for Prisoners thru Sept 28, let's make it go big (there are some great bookstores on that list too, good on em)