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If I were here on a green card, I could be arrested for posting this article. Or for anything at all. Or for nothing.

If I were Palestinian, I could be deported to the killing fields of Gaza for the crime of acknowledging that they exist. Or for the crime of being Palestinian.

theguardian.com

Gaza is a ‘killing field’ where people are being starved. How long will the world tolerate this? | Arwa Mahdawi

Claire the Catholic Feminist

20h

In 23 years, the share of teens who barely hung out with their friend nearly doubled. In the data collected during 2020 and 2021, the figure was exactly the same - 46%. Yes, there was a noticeable decrease in socialization due to the pandemic, but it was only five percentage points. I just don’t know how you can look at this graph and not think that this has a lot to do with the rise of the smartphone. It took 18 years to go from 22% to 32%. Then it took five years to go from 32% to 41%. What else could explain this increase? Anyone who says that social media has connected us more is just not facing the facts. Young people are not using all their messaging apps to arrange opportunities to hang out in real life, they are just seemingly content to digitally communicate.

Ryan Burge

Angela Sealana

Lord, free your people in Nicaragua. Strengthen them in this desert.

The Pillar

Nicaraguan priests must submit homilies for police inspection

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