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Man remember that time some tech startup put wifi hotspots on homeless people during sxsw as a publicity stunt
I hope I'm wrong but I've settled on the idea that unless the next Democratic president is a generational talent with a sharp focus and an iron will we can pack this whole thing up and go home
y'all should familiarize yourself with what the Average American is consuming entertainment-wise!
What the FUCKSHIT.
I was unaware how much tobacco marketers went on to influence our perceptions of climate change.
It's always eye-opening -- and inspiring -- to speak with atmospheric scientist and educator @katharinehayhoe.com:
Immediately disqualifying for the job for which he has been nominated. The 4th Amendment specifies it’s “the right of the people,” not of citizens.
We cannot allow someone who doesn’t understand the 4th Amendment to be the head of DHS.
The same company behind Alligator Alcatraz was just paid $313 million to build another one in Surprise, Arizona.
I’m fighting to get the answers the community deserves.
My husband got Covid like two years into the pandemic and it took him a solid six months or more working with a personal trainer to regain his cardio capacity and stamina.
"U.S. officials called London insurers and brokers, trying to figure out how the market operates, industry insiders said."
When applied to the current administration, I urge caution in using terms like "plans," "strategy," "policy," or "doctrine."
www.wsj.com/finance/u-s-...
"U.S. military investigation determined in its preliminary findings that the United States conducted an attack on an Iranian elementary school that killed at least 175 people, most of them children."
"[F]indings directly contradict assertions by [..] Trump."
#USA #Iran #Education #Military #Weapons
[Jimmy Stewart voice]
I'm going to share this story one more time, because I think the problem it describes -- being unable to determine what is true online or in the news, and just giving up entirely on trying -- is going to get more and more common. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
"non-diverse participants" is fucking crazy
The boycotts were preceded by years of people complaining about how unpleasantl shopping at Target has become. Target wounded itself, making it vulnerable to prolonged consumer boycotts
Every single oil executive in the entire world must be having the same slow, horrible realization that led Rex Tillerson to eventually snap and call Trump a "fucking moron".
1. Julia Angwin is awesome.
2. I checked Ohio's laws and if I am also in this "expert review" database (I can't go in and check, I don't have an account), Grammarly also violated my publicity rights under the laws of my state.
codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised...
You cannot tell voters (accurately) this is a fascist regime that is hell bent on destroying us - let alone rely on it (as Dems are) as your GOTV while also voting yourselves to enable the regime.
"No gods, no masters, no husbands, no parties"
"Your mother was abused too"
"You're being governed by rapists"
Seen in Buenos Aires following the #8M International Women's Day Protest
people joke about what experiencing even the banalities of modern society would do to a medieval peasant, but here's a German tourist from a small farming village who says some Times Square salsa verde physically incapacitated him gothamist.com/food/theres-...
I didn't have any natural talent at filling cavities but thank God AI has put a stop to dental gatekeeping.
NEW at Bolts: For years, Colorado has been ignoring a ballot initiative that was meant to eliminate forced labor in prisons.
A judge finally said enough, and ordered the state to stop punishing people for refusing to work (for a mere pennies).
On the big CO ruling:
boltsmag.org/colorado-rul...
People who "just want to ban one kind of kink art" ALWAYS have a longer list in mind and conceding in any way will just embolden them to go after more. They're fascists looking for the easiest target that will meet the least resistance.
Since this Politico piece on the SAVE act says Republicans will bring up "ballot harvesting" I hope Democrats will point out again and again and again that Trump engaged in ballot harvesting www.politico.com/live-updates...
In Minneapolis alone:
Last year there were 43 evictions filed from March 1-10.
This March: 123 filings.
Court order ordering work to cease at Williamsport ICE detention warehouse.
JUDGE GRANTS TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER, HALTING PROGRESS ON WILLIAMSPORT, MD. DETENTION WAREHOUSE.
For anyone outside of Minnesota who has been wondering why progressives & leftists absolutely despise Jacob Frey, here is a very clear cut example.
"[S]tate court has ruled that a defamation lawsuit can go forward against a group that made websites in Columbia students' names identifying each of them as 'Columbia's Leading Antisemite.'"
#NewYork #USA #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Education #Genocide #Courts
NEW: The politics of Waukesha County, the longtime GOP stronghold, are changing dramatically. Once deep red, it's becoming increasingly purple. Now, unabashed Democrats are running in mayoral races in Brookfield and Waukesha.
Let's recombobulate:
www.therecombobulationarea.news/p/a-certain-...
