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[effex]

Dallas is completely shut down due to ICE APOCALYPSE. The schools, public transit, the airports, you name it. We're basically stuck in our apartment because no one's been out to salt the stairs.

Which is fine, no complaints here! We're gathered round the tv, watching the Al Jazeera English live feed. Which you should do if you have the chance, there are two million people protesting peacefully in Tahrir Square. The Jordan monarchy has fired it's cabinet in an attempt to ward off similar protests. Things in Syria are tense. There are fresh protests in Yemen. It' a good time to start paying attention to international news (*not* via US news networks).

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[zanzando]

It's a very vivid version of "watching history happen". It doesn't usually get this far-reaching.

[the_future_modernes]

TWO MILLION!!!?????????!!!!!

[effex]

That's what the feed was saying, though the articles they have up are just saying 'more than a million.' A lot of people either way!

[polarisnorth]

I've been following stuff in Egypt via the Guardian and Al Jazeera live blogs, mostly. It's pretty amazing, and so is the response from around the region. Especially the reports of agitation in Saudi Arabia.