Our local news coverage of the attack on the temple in West Bloomfield is light years ahead of national coverage.
Detroit, Dearborn, and SE Michigan is not utopia. However, there is a very long history of interfaith cooperation here. Many of us mourn for and with our Jewish and Muslim neighbors.
The Amazon model for newspaper subscription prices
Just put together a little introduction for someone who wanted to replicate this at their school and I thought I'd share it in case others are interested:
All Modern Warfare Is Chemical Warfare
What we witnessed on Saturday may be the largest release of toxins over a population since the Iran-Iraq War.
nymag.com/intelligence... we are poisoning everyone’s future
I read the “Save America Act,” so you don’t have to. Most of the media apparently *hasn’t* read it because, if they had, they would be sounding the alarm about the provision in Point 1, below, which almost none of them have even mentioned. I hope this summary helps raise awareness. 1/
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Nika & Madison is a Canadian feature film, shot and set in Ontario. It’s a crime thriller that takes on the all too common issue of authoritarian abuse against Indigenous women. It was co-written, produced, and directed by Eva Thomas. #EvaThomas #Nika&Madison #WFF #Whistler
https://hnmag.ca/?p=23869
• The vehicle is registered to a man in Dearborn Heights, Michigan, who was originally from Lebanon, law enforcement sources told CNN. Authorities are investigating reports that the man told people that he had family members who were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon in recent days, those officials said.
It is horrific what happened to this man’s family. But some Jewish American children worshipping at a synagogue in Michigan are not fucking responsible. This is another case of blaming all Jews for the actions of Israel. This is why we constantly beg you not to do that.
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People will soon be dying in Cuba:
“Hospitals face frequent power outages, shortages of essential medicines, inability to operate critical equipment & major disruptions in oncology care, dialysis, emergency services, infant & maternal care, cold chain systems, as well as chronic & non-urgent care."
Jesus. Fucking. Christ. This kid wants to get out of detention in time for his school spelling bee. What the fuck are we doing.
“Her daughter’s new student enrollment form was denied due to “license plate recognition software showing only Chicago addresses overnight” in July and August... “Although you are the owner on record of a house in our district, license plate recognition shows that is not the place where you reside.”
Now the fossil guys are going after Bay Area air regulations too. This AI astroturf is going to be a huge problem if these guys don't get the hammer dropped on them pretty fast. Tailor-made for a @robbonta.bsky.social investigation.
This is potentially huge. A whistleblower reported that OMB officials proposed transferring NCAR’s space weather program to a private, for-profit company, violating NSF’s public comment period and statutory limits.
Nearly every "beneficial" use case proposed for GenAI is simply offering up a techno-utopian solution to a structural problem.
Like, these folks would rather dump piles of money into AI boondoggles than address the structural issues that give rise to their supposed "beneficial" use case.
This is an example that I use in my chapter, of the inaccurate ways that a deficit framing on cognition can lead us to undermeasure human potential.
All this ingroup and outgroup "cognition" talk has a really dark tone to me, tbh.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
An honest confrontation with the current iteration of antisemitism involves real talk about neo-Nazis, white supremacist Christian Nationalists who would use us Jews as fodder, Zionist Jews who shake hands with those Christian Nationalists, and how they all lie about who Israel speaks for.
Scott Bessent got called away to the Situation Room mid-interview.
When he got back, he was asked what was happening. Bessent said Trump was in "great spirits."
He then randomly volunteered that he had a teen "considering military service" and would trust his child's life with Trump and Hegseth.
It’s upsetting and demoralizing realizing that it’s literally getting down to those of us who think it’s important to try to nurture and preserve life on Earth as long as we possibly can vs those who just don’t give a shit! We all need to work together on this!!
#ResistanceEarth
Deforestation has devastating impacts beyond the loss of carbon-storing trees. Industrial runoff. Habitat loss. Threats to rare species. A new study analyzed the harm to Indonesia's Weda Bay as huge areas of forest have been cleared for mining.
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A flyer taped to a utility pole It features John Fetterman’s face with the eyes and mouth replaced by elements from American printed money , under the words “call your senator” and “I love bombing children with your money while you can’t afford healthcare “ and “call me” with his office number I assume
Spotted this on a pole behind independence hall. I recently saw someone say they found collage to be the best way to work through things and I didn’t really see it at the time but
The New Tobacco: “Cities across the world are clearing their billboards of flight ads, SUVs, cruise ships and petrol cars in an attempt to cut emissions.” Via the BBC. #UrbanTruth www.bbc.com/future/artic...
Really glad to see @sammyroth.bsky.social covering what I agree is one of the most important under-the-radar climate stories of this year so far. LADWP is one of the most powerful decarbonization agencies in North America, and it's looking for a new GM
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/los-angele...
Lane is incredible at turning your writing into something elevated. Incredibly speedy. Highly recommend hiring!
absolutely, and conflating the two entities (the Israeli government, and our Jewish neighbors here) just increases the danger our fellow citizens face
every Jewish American I know feels obligated to bend over backwards to disavow the actions of a government they aren’t associated with at all
Just a reminder. You probably have multiple “mini” think tanks operating in your state. And they are being funded by The Heritage Foundation or the same people who fund The Heritage Foundation. Was just talking to a group of people in central Washington who didn’t know this. Be curious. Look local.
“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recently invited the controversial Christian nationalist pastor Doug Wilson to lead the Pentagon’s prayer service. Wilson has opposed Muslims holding public office and does not believe women should be allowed to vote.” -DemocracyNow! on Facebook
#Pinks #MomSky
SpaceX wants to launch a million satellites. Here's how that could impact the atmosphere and the night sky | CBC News
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