Reina Sultan 🇱🇧
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editorial director @the_newsette // rep’d by @minahamedi
Brooklyn, NY
Joined March 2016
Please follow @gazafunds and boost its existence to your followers. They are fundraising for Gaza via existing funds, making sure there is still focus on these efforts as I’m sure you’ve noticed them appearing on your TLs less as content from the west is pushed up:.
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Oh they laid us off so our salaries could be the game show cash prize got it got it.
Breaking: #Netflix orders a #SquidGame reality show, the "biggest competition series ever," with a record $4.56 million cash prize
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As a person who lotions my whole body after every shower, I wish there was a way for me to just dip myself in my lotion and be done with it lmao.
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I need three day weekends every week bc I need a day of complete and utter rotting, a day of cleaning, and a day of activities.
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So, I'm getting the COVID-19 vaccine on Friday because I'm fat. I'm saying this because I think a lot of people are ashamed that they are qualified bc of this and a lot of other people are judging those who get a vaccine bc of this. 1/4.
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I did not know this part of Rachel Corrie's story. When her parents visited the home she was killed trying to save, the Israelis drove a fucking bulldozer over toward the home to taunt them.
21 years ago, Rachel Corrie was killed by an Israeli bulldozer while trying to stop the illegal demolition of a Palestinian family’s home in Gaza. Today, her parents are carrying on her work through the Rachel Corrie Foundation, organizing and lobbying for Palestinian rights.
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A woman just took a picture of me on the subway and didn’t realize her flash was on. She’s now avoiding making eye contact with me, but not to worry I got some selfies so the internet can see how ~weird~ I look.
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No one: . My OCD: you’re sart of like an evil porson.
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We fucking told you it’s all a fascist, colonial project that would never stop with Palestine.
First demonstration in Israel of the 'Movement for Settlement in South Lebanon'
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Each word more shocking than the last.
Kacey Musgraves has shared her rendition of Coldplay’s “Fix You” as part of Chipotle's stop-animation film titled A Future Begins: @KaceyMusgraves
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If I have to live in a world where my access to medical care is jeopardized because I'm fat, then yes, I am going to get this vaccine early. I don't know if a doctor would treat me the same as they treated a thin patient if I got COVID and so I am not risking that. 2/4.
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I just read an article that said more than 25% of people in NYC qualify for the vaccine based on ~BMI.~ I urge everyone who qualifies to go get it, not because BMI means anything, but because medical fatphobia is real. 3/4.
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What 2020 didn’t need but apparently now has is a Zoom to prison pipeline.
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I think these tweets will likely cause some vitriol, but I simply don't care because I think it's important to talk about it. 4/4.
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There are thousands of cops on the subway/ in subway stations already. They’re always fucking around on their phones, arresting people for jumping the turnstiles, or harassing women selling food. I can assure you more cops in the subway is not the solution you think it is.
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Being treated like a pariah bc I don’t want a deadly virus,,,some of you are very disturbed.
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The FLOUR massacre? Are you seeing this? Trying to outlive the starvation only to be shot dead while trying to receive the minimal food aid that’s actually gotten into Gaza. I cannot even fathom this level of cruelty. Glory to the martyrs.
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Yet another reminder that protest safety IS important. Evading state surveillance is about more than just avoiding doxxing (which is also important). But we exist in a world where the state is hostile toward protesters, particularly those on the left. 1/7.
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I am actually begging publications to commission abolitionists, not reformists to write your “defund the police” explainers.
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Last thing on earth id do is call the cops if I was the victim or some racially motivated harassment on the bus. What are they gonna do? Be like “Oh sorry that’s Steve he’s off duty.”.
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Something I'm noticing online (not from Alex) is a misunderstanding of why we measure CO2 and what to do if it's high. High CO2 suggests bad or low ventilation, meaning the air you're breathing in isn't new or fresh air, but rather air breathed out by those around you. 1/4.
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Things I would do with this information if I wasn’t already. 1. Upgrade to n95.2. Get an air purifier/ build CR box .3. Stop going to indoor activities without a mask.4. PCR test as often as possible, supplément rapids .5. Find out how to get paxlovid in advance
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We’re in a COVID surge that has been mainstream news sources decrying lack of resources and recommending mask wearing, so I’d say it’s prob way worse than we know and we should be very cautious.
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Direct deposit: $1400. Me at jiffylube: yeah give me all that stuff you recommended I’m not even gonna call my dad.
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We are in the 2nd worst surge of covid EVER. Even if you’re someone who doesn’t take precautions normally, you def should now (below). Don’t trust the government to guide you, trust the data. You were probably masking when it was not nearly as bad as it is now. Bring that back.
According to the latest CDC COVID-19 wastewater data, we are currently in the second-biggest surge of the pandemic. It will peak in the next week, with ~2 million infections per day. During this surge, ~100 million people total (~1 in 3 people in the US) will likely get COVID.
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This man couldn’t find money for more than 4 tests per household and schools have like half a teacher but you want mayors to give more money to cops….
.@POTUS to U.S. Conference of Mayors: "We shouldn't be cutting funding for police departments. I propose increasing funding."
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hey so can i interest you in being radicalized rather than led to despair?.
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Prison isn’t feminist, policing isn’t feminist, the carceral state isn’t feminist. Anything that drives money to these things isn’t a feminist win. We need to look beyond using state violence to “prevent” or “stop” violence against women bc it certainly isn’t.
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8 can't wait removed all the links out to abolitionist reading and instead now has a graphic showing how many cities enacted their useless use of force policy changes in the U.S.'s 100 biggest cities since their campaign launched. What happened to on the road to abolition?.
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A new CDC report says most foodborne illnesses are caused by restaurant workers being ill when preparing food. The same CDC that said it was fine for workers to return to work 5 days into COVID infection. Anyway paid sick leave for all!!!!.
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This judge is a good example of why abolition is not just literal cops in uniforms, but also the entire criminal punishment system.
“I don't know what you're up to.". Judge Schroeder reprimands lead prosecutor Thomas Binger amid cross examination of Kyle Rittenhouse.
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Celebrities flying to dc in the middle of a pandemic posing with the military/ cops and calling them heroes. Does it get any more clear.
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The fact that Angela Davis lifts Palestine up every time she speaks is so beautiful.
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Begging leftists to notice that politicians and pundits (not just in NYC) are beginning to repeat the “people who wear masks still are criminals” line. This is extremely important both from a disability justice perspective and an anti-surveillance perspective. Don’t look away.
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NY Politicians: you don’t have to wear a mask on the subway anymore . NY Politicians shortly after: Much easier for our cameras to surveil you that way 😘.
NEW: We will be installing security cameras in every single @NYCTSubway car. My top priority is keeping New Yorkers safe. As we continue welcoming riders back to the subway, we’re enhancing safety and security.
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This is so fucking embarrassing.
World leaders toss a coin at Trevi for good luck fighting the climate emergency
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Alt text: two pics of me, a Lebanese woman with pink hair wearing a white 3m aura n95 and holding a little air purifier at chest level. I have brown winged liner on and it looks good tbh.
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All eyes should be on Atlanta. What's happening there is a harbinger of what's to come elsewhere. Just like Ferguson was, just like Standing Rock was.
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Defund the police doesn’t mean defund the police it means make the police VP 💕.
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Fuck every single cop and bless every single looter and rioter.
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Also you cannot have ACAB all over your profile and be pro-incarceration 🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴.
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Ok the Sydney Sweeney thing doesn’t matter to me except for the fact that I’ve found that so many people think big boobs are a right wing trait?????.
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She said I’m not one of these pigs.
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Why are all the liberals confused about what defunding means? Didn’t y’all understand that word when it was about Planned Parenthood?.
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Kinda a joke to say that people who don’t like Kamala bc of her being a genocide supporter are ignoring domestic issues when her career highlights are like carceral truancy law, keeping ppl locked up for prison labor, and trying to deny gender affirming care to trans prisoners.
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It would be a really really good time to speak out firmly in support of the right to mask—even if you don’t mask yourself. There are people who can and will die if they are not allowed to protect themselves in public and it’s clear where this is going.
Here's the video of one of these incidents. Nassau County Legislators cut off someone speaking against the mask ban, and security officers are intimidating people wearing masks. #NoNYMaskBan
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Reformers be like “I know a spot” and take you to a ~new and improved~ jail.
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ok this made me lol but has anyone with POTS/hEDS noticed that going in the ocean makes them feel wildly better? like i get 2-3 days of feeling like i am not chronically ill when i swim in the ocean and idk if its the salt or the pressure or what but even my joints feel better.
Why can't I find a doctor who will prescribe "sea air" for my nerves so I can spend a summer in a picturesque costal town in England "for my health" only to be caught up in a local scandal and forced to solve a murder???.
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I can’t stop thinking about the people who say cops that kill people are just “one bad apple” in a department when the idiom is literally “one bad apple spoils the bunch”.
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It is perfectly reasonable and realistic to wear a mask anywhere people have no choice but to go like transport, doctors’ offices, pharmacies, grocery stores (at min). It is not a big ask, nor a scary one. This is also not a rare thing to see requested on the internet.
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I think something people really fail to understand is that those who are avoiding COVID aren’t having fun/ feeling gleeful at being locked out from normal society. We also want to experience a rich life, but are prevented from doing so bc of the dangers COVID poses.
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If a person is considering masking again and would in a kn95 (bifold) with ear loops but won’t in a mask with head straps, then we should give them a kn95 bc that’s better than nothing/ surgical. We want the most people taking precautions that they’re ACTUALLY GOING TO DO.
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“The policeman gives up, as he cannot overpower it.”.
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Then…why…would you end the health emergency???.
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Many of the people you can thank for rapid mobilization around mask distro and air quality education in the NE right now are the disabled and immunocompromised folks a lot of y'all were very quick to abandon during the still ongoing pandemic. 1/5.
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I wish I could go to the doctor and be like can you just test me for everything like every test ever.
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If the CO2 is high and you want to reduce it and introduce new air, you need to improve ventilation. This means opening windows/ doors/ updating or turning on HVAC, placing fans strategically to increase air flow from outside. 2/4.
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Thinking about the last sentence on the 8 to abolition homepage rn:. We believe in a world where there are zero police murders because there are zero police. That’s it. That’s the only way we’ll eliminate police violence—by eliminating police.
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Jordan Neely's murder was undoubtedly racist, but it was also ableist. I highly, highly suggest those of you who have been ignoring disabled people and refusing to learn about disability justice and implement it into your organizing begin to take it seriously.
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Both will make the air safer to breathe and the space safer to breathe in, but it's not the CO2 that is the necessarily harmful thing that's being measured (though at 3033, it is harmful lol), but rather the likelihood that the air you're breathing is clean and new. 4/4.
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Generational wealth and sw are not the same thing.
People on social media won't tell you their parents assist them with rent. They won't tell you they have an old man who sends them money monthly in exchange for sex. They won't tell you they started business with inherited money.
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It’s a joke to pretend you have the political will to fight our oppressors when you can’t even wear a mask to protect your comrades.
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Consider the RICO charges in Atlanta. This administration has made it clear that they are expanding the definitions of terrorism and extremism to criminalize even more people. While protesting, we should be aware of that and do what we can to be safe. 2/7.
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I have been trying to place a piece about abolishing the sex offender registry since May. I understand the idea of ending the registry sounds terrifying, but it is in fact a cruel extension of the PIC that doesn't keep us any safer. Are any editors interested in hearing more?.
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Wondering where these masks were before today but ok!!!.
Tomorrow morning, one million N95 masks will be made available at state facilities. 400,000 will be distributed to New Yorkers at @MTA stations, @PABusTerminal, @NYStateParks & @Javitscenter. 600,000 will be available from @NYSDHSES stockpiles for local governments to pick up.
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Something about me is I love sad white people music and there is no better time to listen to it than in the fall.
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If the CO2 is high, you can also improve filtration, which with a regular HEPA filter air purifier, will NOT reduce CO2. This will, however, filter particulate matter (including virus particles) out of the air and insert "clean" air into the space. 3/4.
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A lot of people treat me like I’m unhinged bc of Covid precautions but like wouldn’t you also be driven bananas if you knew a virus caused brain damage and major cardiac events in a ton of people but the majority of the population was like “yolo”.
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For me, that means I will be wearing a mask to cover my face AND to prevent Covid infection (can spread outdoors), wearing non descript clothing, and covering my tattoos. It’s not foolproof but it is important and better than nothing. 3/7.
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Palestine doesn’t have an army. Israel is sending an army into Gaza to fight a people who literally DO NOT HAVE AN ARMY TO FIGHT BACK WITH?? What war? This is genocide.
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Just got laid off from Netflix/Tudum, effective today. Email me with opportunities at reinasultan@gmail.com so I can pay my rent and help my parents survive! . A bunch of my incredible colleagues got laid off, too. You’d be incredibly lucky to work with any of them.
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stop recommending that people take walks while actively having covid. because 1. they could spread covid on their walk and 2. they could get long covid if they dont rest.
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Elections are a massive scam and waste of money. Imagine what this much money could do for people and instead it paid for commercials?.
Since June, Biden's campaign + DNC has raised $1.028 BILLION.
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COVID gave me medical issues and now I have to go to appts weekly to figure out/ treat what’s wrong. None of my providers’ offices require masking anymore, so I have to risk getting the virus that gave me the health problems in order to access treatment. #KeepMasksInHealthCare
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My roommate read a blessing for Palestine. Chag sameach ❤️
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There is a difference between justified rage and abject cruelty and I think many—especially white people contending with marginalization maybe for the first time—should learn that difference.
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Absolutely in awe of this art (by @/dan_nott on IG) inspired by Ruthie Wilson Gilmore’s reminder that abolition is not just about the absence of police and prisons, but also about the presence of life-giving systems of support. #8toabolition
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Below are some articles I’ve written that touch on protest safety and the surveillance state. 4/7.
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The writer of this piece spoke to zero (0) Muslims for this piece, but that didn't stop her from perpetuating Islamophobic talking points and burying the lede which is that sick Muslims NEVER HAVE TO FAST. This was true before COVID-19 and remains so now.
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Did you know some ivy leagues make you pass a swim test to graduate???? I just found this out lmaooo.
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