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Paul - Mr.Rogers was right: "look for the helpers"
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I'm usually correct when I read or hear something t_g says and think another lie or him just vomiting verbal garbage but here is the exception where he told us very concretely and specifically.... 1/2
Trump says he may withhold disaster funding from California if they don’t obey him as president: “I'm gonna say ‘either do this or we're not gonna give you a lot of different things.’ And they'll do it”
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The female Red-tailed Hawk of the local hawk pair perched over the nature trail. She did some people watching before heading off into the woods. She doesn't mind people while the male is a bit shy.
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Tulips, Mary Moser (1744-1819), English painter-one of the most celebrated women artists of 18thc Britain #WomensArt #April
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Trump said that he was “very angry” and “pissed off” over Putin’s approach to a ceasefire in Ukraine.
Trump indicated he would levy a 25% or 50% tariff that affect countries buying Russian oil.
He is trying to give the impression that he is pressuring Putin, but this little show is very transparent.
Trump ‘very angry’ with Putin approach to Ukraine ceasefire and threatens secondary tariffs on Russian oil – Russia-Ukraine war live
US president takes aim at Russian president’s criticism of Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s credibility
www.theguardian.com
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Ashamed to be a citizen of a country that arrests people for ‘dissent and protest’.

Recalling that the slogan ‘Speaking Truth to Power’ originated with the Quakers.
🚨 Outrage as 20 police officers break into Westminster Quaker Meeting House and arrest six. 🚨
This shocking violation of a place of worship is a direct result of crackdowns on protest and dissent - freedom of speech, assembly and democracy are at risk.🕊️
👉 www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Quakers condemn police raid on Westminster Meeting House
Police broke into a Quaker Meeting House last night (27 March) and arrested six young people holding a meeting over concerns for the climate and Gaza.
www.quaker.org.uk
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Excellent work by new NYT headline writer Werner Herzog
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Posting fed his need for attention but also trapped him in a loop that accelerated his derangement and exposed his ignorance and naivete. It's crazy to have a diagram of your descent into madness
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Has to be rough for Elon to know that his popularity is inversely correlated with his public exposure. People thought this guy was a genius before he started posting in earnest
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NW: Koyaanisqatsi (1982, dir. Godfrey Reggio) #Filmsky 📽️
Kari Lake is the definition of a waste of whatever space she is occupying and tbf, a vacuum is infinitely more valuable
Kari Lake sent me this reply to my request for comment on the lawsuit filed against her:

“Kari Lake does not grant interviews or interact with disreputable ‘news’ outlets like NPR.”
News: Suspended journalists sue Kari Lake and Trump administration over shutting down Voice of America

My story for NPR

www.npr.org/2025/03/21/n...
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Among individuals, as among nations, respect for the rights of others is peace.

— Benito Juárez
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The medical model ALSO has problems. Lots of them.

Call me a dirty hippie, but I feel like we should be able to handle difference and not have to have a basket to put folks in. Unfortunately that’s not the way it works, so I’m sticking to my people in our basket and swatting away erasure.
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I get it. We simplify things so that abled folks think about them differently.

But I think there’s a real risk in letting people believe that the social model is the be all and end all.

Life’s complex. Disability adds even more complexity. Further axes of oppression add even more.
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I really need people to stop acting like technology is gonna solve disability.

I have a pretty technologically advanced wheelchair. It still doesn’t make my back not broken, and it sure as shit doesn’t make ableds build more ramps.
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Once I got the DIRTIEST look during a conference panel when a facilities manager asked me if technology gave me hope for the future. I said ramps are older than old and we still can’t get those put in, so no, it doesn’t.

Tech is only as good as the people doling it out.
I really need people to stop acting like technology is gonna solve disability.

I have a pretty technologically advanced wheelchair. It still doesn’t make my back not broken, and it sure as shit doesn’t make ableds build more ramps.
So I sould have said Ukraine instead of California and my comment would have been perhaps more accurate. Where he demanded Ukraine give the USA the mineral rights in exchange for t_g only throwing 90% of Ukraine under the bus. Agree to the US terms for 'peace'.
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The UAW is Winning Good Contracts and Building Worker Power in Tennessee - TVLR 3/15/25
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They weren't making me any money (very saturated market) so I've decided to open-source my feet. MIT license, do whatever you want with them.
GitHub - dupontgu/my-feet: My feet.
My feet. Contribute to dupontgu/my-feet development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
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As with recent climate rollbacks by BP and Shell, it is absolutely wild how so many journalists and editors just accepted the spin that oil boss Al Jaber/UAE cares about tackling climate change.

Now he’s in the U.S. saying it’s time to “make energy great again”

👏

on.ft.com/43Q8vFj
Adnoc chief Sultan al-Jaber: ‘It’s time to make energy great again’
The oil boss and COP28 president on what the Trump era means for his industry — and being a ‘climate realist’
on.ft.com
yes elect a Nazi get Nazi shit but the inflation rate was ever so slightly worrisome
*Becky Burke- British tourist backpacking in US- held 2 weeks, since being denied entry at the US-Canada border.
*No legal issues
*Saw dr @ facility due to digestive problem- her father speculates "may be because she's vegan & the diet they have been giving her"

#MomSky
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Dad hopeful US detained tourist to be released
Becky Burke, from Monmouthshire, has been held in a US immigration centre for about two weeks.
www.bbc.com
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The Alien Enemies Act (AEA) hearing has concluded and the Trump Administration has been blocked NATIONWIDE for the next 14 days from using the AEA against “all non-citizens in US custody” subject to Trump’s Executive Order.
BOASBERG GRANTS A 14-DAY TRO AGAINST THE TRUMP ADMIN barring the use of the AEA against any person who falls within the following class definition.

"All noncitizens in US custody who are subject to the [AEA] Proclamation and its implementation"

Says fact flights are now departing requires urgency.