Derek O'Daniell
@dodaniell.bsky.social
Engineer, Philanthropist, Artist and Entrepreneur
It's AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH
So Be aware.
We could be anywhere
I could be in your house right now....
So Be aware.
We could be anywhere
I could be in your house right now....
April 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
It's AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH
So Be aware.
We could be anywhere
I could be in your house right now....
So Be aware.
We could be anywhere
I could be in your house right now....
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Reporters: Please stop calling things DEI that are not DEI. This is only cementing the propaganda being used to legitimize the dismantling of all types of initiatives that are not DEI as well as legitimize efforts to end civil rights enforcement. Be specific with your language. Be accurate.
January 29, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Reporters: Please stop calling things DEI that are not DEI. This is only cementing the propaganda being used to legitimize the dismantling of all types of initiatives that are not DEI as well as legitimize efforts to end civil rights enforcement. Be specific with your language. Be accurate.
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America has been emptying youth prisons for more than 20 years, and crime has dropped. It is a triumph of public policy, writes James Forman Jr.
What Happened When America Emptied Its Youth Prisons
Lessons from a radical 20-year experiment and a quiet triumph of public policy.
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2025 at 2:07 AM
America has been emptying youth prisons for more than 20 years, and crime has dropped. It is a triumph of public policy, writes James Forman Jr.
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The Anglican Catholic Church has now revoked Calvin Robinson's license. anglican.ink/2025/01/29/c...
January 30, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The Anglican Catholic Church has now revoked Calvin Robinson's license. anglican.ink/2025/01/29/c...
The entire nation and its peoples have somehow been trapped in a play by Eugéne Ionesco.
January 30, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The entire nation and its peoples have somehow been trapped in a play by Eugéne Ionesco.
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Wow RFK Jr. just perjured himself on live tv
January 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Wow RFK Jr. just perjured himself on live tv
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Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
January 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
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If you want to support climate activism, here's something simple you can do RIGHT NOW.
Follow the people in this starter pack, and amplify their voices by sharing their messages regularly!
go.bsky.app/Nn28kF3
Follow the people in this starter pack, and amplify their voices by sharing their messages regularly!
go.bsky.app/Nn28kF3
"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."
Not by Gandhi but still very appropriate in these times.
Not by Gandhi but still very appropriate in these times.
The U.S. is trying to unravel a hacking plot that targeted climate activists
The U.S. claims the hacking was commissioned by a lobbying firm working on behalf of one of the world's biggest oil companies.
www.npr.org
January 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
If you want to support climate activism, here's something simple you can do RIGHT NOW.
Follow the people in this starter pack, and amplify their voices by sharing their messages regularly!
go.bsky.app/Nn28kF3
Follow the people in this starter pack, and amplify their voices by sharing their messages regularly!
go.bsky.app/Nn28kF3
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Michael Fanone live on CNN: "This is what I'd say to Stewart Rhodes: Go fuck yourself"
January 22, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Michael Fanone live on CNN: "This is what I'd say to Stewart Rhodes: Go fuck yourself"
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Trump pardoned thugs who beat up cops and put a hiring freeze on the VA. I guess that’s the Republican brand under Trump.
January 23, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Trump pardoned thugs who beat up cops and put a hiring freeze on the VA. I guess that’s the Republican brand under Trump.
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One day after the White House environmental justice website went dark, please join me in welcoming the father of environmental justice to Bluesky. Yes, sociologist @drrobertbullard.bsky.social literally defined the concept in his 1990 book, Dumping in Dixie: Race, Class and Environmental Quality.
Dr. Robert D. Bullard (@drrobertbullard.bsky.social)
Scholar, author of 18 books, co-chair of @NBEJN1, @EJHBCU Climate Change Consortium, Director of @BullardCenter and father of environmental justice. #HBCU
drrobertbullard.bsky.social
January 23, 2025 at 4:30 AM
One day after the White House environmental justice website went dark, please join me in welcoming the father of environmental justice to Bluesky. Yes, sociologist @drrobertbullard.bsky.social literally defined the concept in his 1990 book, Dumping in Dixie: Race, Class and Environmental Quality.
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A Russian disinformation campaign is seeking to boost the far-right Alternative for Germany, undermine mainstream German parties and sow worries about the economy ahead of the country's Feb. 23 election, a think-tank has found reut.rs/3WpxDyi
Russian disinformation targets German election campaign, says think-tank
A Russian disinformation campaign is seeking to boost the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), undermine mainstream German parties and sow worries about the economy ahead of the country's Feb. 23 election, a think-tank has found.
reut.rs
January 20, 2025 at 8:39 AM
A Russian disinformation campaign is seeking to boost the far-right Alternative for Germany, undermine mainstream German parties and sow worries about the economy ahead of the country's Feb. 23 election, a think-tank has found reut.rs/3WpxDyi
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To all of those who have asked, I will not be acknowledging the Inauguration on January 20th.
January 18, 2025 at 9:55 PM
To all of those who have asked, I will not be acknowledging the Inauguration on January 20th.
RIP David Lynch - You were an absolute LEGEND - See you in the trees......
January 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
RIP David Lynch - You were an absolute LEGEND - See you in the trees......
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Meta is making big changes to hiring practices, sources told me and @mikeisaac.bsky.social
- no more teams devoted to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
- no diversity preference for working with outside minority owned supplier businesses
- no goals for hiring women and minorities
- no more teams devoted to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
- no diversity preference for working with outside minority owned supplier businesses
- no goals for hiring women and minorities
January 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Meta is making big changes to hiring practices, sources told me and @mikeisaac.bsky.social
- no more teams devoted to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
- no diversity preference for working with outside minority owned supplier businesses
- no goals for hiring women and minorities
- no more teams devoted to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
- no diversity preference for working with outside minority owned supplier businesses
- no goals for hiring women and minorities
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from today's post —
link is here: bit.ly/3C2lU1C
link is here: bit.ly/3C2lU1C
January 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
from today's post —
link is here: bit.ly/3C2lU1C
link is here: bit.ly/3C2lU1C
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A man in North Carolina who fired a rifle inside a Washington restaurant in 2016 because he wrongly believed an internet conspiracy known as Pizzagate was fatally shot by the police in North Carolina over the weekend when he pulled out a gun during a traffic stop, the authorities said.
Man Convicted in Pizzagate Shooting Is Killed in Confrontation With Police
Edgar Maddison Welch, 36, of Salisbury, N.C., who was sentenced to four years in prison for the 2016 shooting at a Washington restaurant, was fatally shot after he pointed a gun at an officer during a...
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2025 at 2:05 AM
A man in North Carolina who fired a rifle inside a Washington restaurant in 2016 because he wrongly believed an internet conspiracy known as Pizzagate was fatally shot by the police in North Carolina over the weekend when he pulled out a gun during a traffic stop, the authorities said.
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Donald Trump on Friday became the first U.S. president to be criminally sentenced. The judge in the hush-money case imposed an "unconditional discharge" of Trump's sentence, acknowledging the president-elect's inauguration in 10 days. nyti.ms/4ajRyo3
January 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Donald Trump on Friday became the first U.S. president to be criminally sentenced. The judge in the hush-money case imposed an "unconditional discharge" of Trump's sentence, acknowledging the president-elect's inauguration in 10 days. nyti.ms/4ajRyo3
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I truly didn’t think this guy could stoop any lower (who am I kidding? Of course I did), but his recent car video (meant to start a political firestorm, because that’s all this bloviating clown can do) is reprehensible. For your own sanity, I suggest nobody listen to it and share this out instead:
January 3, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I truly didn’t think this guy could stoop any lower (who am I kidding? Of course I did), but his recent car video (meant to start a political firestorm, because that’s all this bloviating clown can do) is reprehensible. For your own sanity, I suggest nobody listen to it and share this out instead:
Love and death are the two great hinges on which all human sympathies turn.
December 31, 2024 at 7:50 PM
Love and death are the two great hinges on which all human sympathies turn.
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Remember: Most billionaires are not “self-made.”
They’re made via a combination of inherited wealth, government subsidies, tax loopholes, labor exploitation, and policy failures.
Can we stop perpetuating a myth that blames wealth inequality on the choices of everyday Americans?
They’re made via a combination of inherited wealth, government subsidies, tax loopholes, labor exploitation, and policy failures.
Can we stop perpetuating a myth that blames wealth inequality on the choices of everyday Americans?
The Truth Behind “Self-Made” Billionaires | Robert Reich
Elon Musk’s father owned shares in an emerald mine in Africa.Bill Gates’ mom helped Microsoft get a deal with IBM.Jeff Bezos’ garage-based start was funded b...
buff.ly
November 21, 2024 at 9:30 PM
Remember: Most billionaires are not “self-made.”
They’re made via a combination of inherited wealth, government subsidies, tax loopholes, labor exploitation, and policy failures.
Can we stop perpetuating a myth that blames wealth inequality on the choices of everyday Americans?
They’re made via a combination of inherited wealth, government subsidies, tax loopholes, labor exploitation, and policy failures.
Can we stop perpetuating a myth that blames wealth inequality on the choices of everyday Americans?
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From 1989 to 2019, the richest 1% of families increased their share of total national wealth from 27% to 34%.
At the same time, families in the bottom 50% saw their share drop from 4% to 2%.
When we say trickle-down economics is a hoax, this is what we mean.
At the same time, families in the bottom 50% saw their share drop from 4% to 2%.
When we say trickle-down economics is a hoax, this is what we mean.
Trends in the Distribution of Family Wealth, 1989 to 2019
At a Glance Building on earlier work by the Congressional Budget Office, this report examines changes in the distribution of family wealth (a family’s assets minus its debts) from 1989 to 2019 and ana...
www.cbo.gov
November 18, 2024 at 7:34 PM
From 1989 to 2019, the richest 1% of families increased their share of total national wealth from 27% to 34%.
At the same time, families in the bottom 50% saw their share drop from 4% to 2%.
When we say trickle-down economics is a hoax, this is what we mean.
At the same time, families in the bottom 50% saw their share drop from 4% to 2%.
When we say trickle-down economics is a hoax, this is what we mean.