Public comments are open on the Proposal to Rescind the Regulatory Definition of 'Harm' Under the Endangered Species Act (Docket ID: FWS-HQ-ES-2025-0034-0001). This would allow bodies to not have to consider environmental/habitat factors when proposing developments.

There's a good model letter here: https://www.tumblr.com/bunjywunjy/781673871986311169?source=share

And you can leave your comment here: https://www.regulations.gov/document/FWS-HQ-ES-2025-0034-0001, which also has all the background and legalese under Document Details.

4/24 - EMERGENCY RALLY #SanDiego (#SanMarcosCA)

Darrell Issa’s coming to town to do a lunchtime stint at the to-go window at Chez Micky D’s (Aka McDonald’s) in San Marcos. Greeters needed at 570 West San Marcos Blvd., Noon-1pm. Chicken outfits encouraged!

The signage for this political stunt (what is it with the GOP and McDonald’s?) says free Freedom Fries with every order

Via Doug Porter’s event calendar

San Diego #Resistance and #Protest events

Update by Doug Porter:

https://open.substack.com/pub/dougporter/p/do-the-work-to-save-democracy

and

Change Begins with Me calendar:

https://changebeginswithmesite.wordpress.com/events/

And, as always, if your interest is holding the #SanDiego #Sheriff to account for jail deaths on her watch, DM me for info about joining local groups doing that work

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL34WpoETds

#WIRED #IncognitoMode

How Governments Spy on Protesters -- and How to Avoid It

#Tech #techsurveillance #imagerecognition #facialrecognition #ClearviewAI #pigs #ACAB #FuckAmazon #identificationtechnologies #datastorage #protest #socialmedia #activists #DataMiner

#Protest #Manif #manifestations #dissent

A #MustWatchVideo

Twelve people were arrested April 9 for blocking traffic to Travis Air Force Base, a large transport base in California. The activists, who had been called out by the Peoples Arms Embargo, wore the names and ages of some of the more than 15,000 Palestinian children killed in the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

https://www.workers.org/2025/04/85208/

'Washington, inundated with protests, had become a “besieged city,” wrote Henry Kissinger [...] In the moment, few activists could have imagined their resistance was having such dramatic effects. But time showed that their actions had set the stage for #Nixon’s eventual political downfall.'

https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/a-chorus-of-defiance/
#USpol #PeaceMovement #AntiwarMovement #stateRepression #VietnamWar #BombingOfCambodia #ThirdIndochinaWar #NixonTrumpParallels #PlusÇaChange #activism #protest

Taken at last weekend's "Hand Off" rally. The photographer in the background was everywhere that day. I would like to see her captures. Pentax K-70 Pentax 55-300mm APS-C #photography #streetphotography #art #BlueSkyArtShow #sombrero #handsoff #protest #rally #photographersofbluesky #Pentax

Why Protest?

Because it is easier than hiding a family in your attic.

I AM A REVOLUTIONARY

closing statements from April 19th Denver action.

It takes courage to speak against the Zionist state.
"Kneecap’s manager, Daniel Lambert, told Irish broadcaster RTÉ the band had received death threats following their performance at Coachella and described the threats as “too severe to get into”."
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/apr/24/kneecap-say-statements-arent-aggressive-after-denouncing-israel-at-coachella
@palestine

#Israel
#protest

Yale students relaunch their encampment on anniversary of 2024 encampment

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xUmYMxsXwdQ

Dozens of Yale students relaunched their encampment on Tuesday by setting up tents at the Beinecke Plaza to protest against far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir’s upcoming talk.

GORE IS NO BORE

Media Via: @couriernewsroom

Older story, still relevant and interesting. #protest #security

https://www.codastory.com/authoritarian-tech/london-facial-recognition-facepaint/

Pro-Palestine demonstrators protest Ben-Gvir’s New Haven visit

@palestine
#USA
#protest
#Israel