Henrylane Brown
@humble2024.bsky.social
A resolute fighter for the well-being of humanity.
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You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM
You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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How Jamaican #creditunions are responding to the devastation #HurricaneMelissa
Jamaican credit unions respond to Hurricane Melissa
Credit unions in Jamaica and around the world have swung into action to help those affected by Hurricane Melissa
www.thenews.coop
November 10, 2025 at 9:43 AM
How Jamaican #creditunions are responding to the devastation #HurricaneMelissa
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US senators introduce bipartisan bill to continue funding rural #coops development
US senators introduce bill to continue funding rural co-op development
A bipartisan bill that reauthorises funding for the Rural Cooperative Development Grant Program has been introduced to the US senate
www.thenews.coop
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
US senators introduce bipartisan bill to continue funding rural #coops development
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Australia’s Business Council of Co-operatives and Mutuals launches Power of Co, a storytelling campaign to celebrate the people and purpose behind the country’s #coops and #mutuals
Storytelling campaign launched to celebrate Australia's co-ops
Australia's Business Council of Co-operatives and Mutuals (BCCM) has launched a storytelling campaign to celebrate co-operatives and mutuals
www.thenews.coop
November 12, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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Our Co-operative and Mutual Economy report is the only one of its kind.
Here's a 1-minute highlight VT for a £179.2 million economic force for good, highlighting resilience, fairness, growth and more.
Full report here: www.uk.coop/economy
#CoopEconomy #IYC2025
Here's a 1-minute highlight VT for a £179.2 million economic force for good, highlighting resilience, fairness, growth and more.
Full report here: www.uk.coop/economy
#CoopEconomy #IYC2025
November 11, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Our Co-operative and Mutual Economy report is the only one of its kind.
Here's a 1-minute highlight VT for a £179.2 million economic force for good, highlighting resilience, fairness, growth and more.
Full report here: www.uk.coop/economy
#CoopEconomy #IYC2025
Here's a 1-minute highlight VT for a £179.2 million economic force for good, highlighting resilience, fairness, growth and more.
Full report here: www.uk.coop/economy
#CoopEconomy #IYC2025
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1/ We won't have a financially viable state (or a happier society!) until we end the profit extraction taking place in care. In @theguardian.com today, a new report uncovers the extent of this extraction and highlights viable alternatives including #coops
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Private care providers in three English regions make £250m in three years
More than third of profits analysed went to firms owned by private equity or based in tax havens, research finds
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:49 AM
1/ We won't have a financially viable state (or a happier society!) until we end the profit extraction taking place in care. In @theguardian.com today, a new report uncovers the extent of this extraction and highlights viable alternatives including #coops
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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“I hadn’t realised the extent of the problem… This report shows just how much money is siphoned away from the people who need it.” Ann Cleeves, Vera and Shetland series author, backs our call to end profit extraction from care.
See how much is lost (and where it's going): buff.ly/18p5nJV
See how much is lost (and where it's going): buff.ly/18p5nJV
November 12, 2025 at 12:04 PM
“I hadn’t realised the extent of the problem… This report shows just how much money is siphoned away from the people who need it.” Ann Cleeves, Vera and Shetland series author, backs our call to end profit extraction from care.
See how much is lost (and where it's going): buff.ly/18p5nJV
See how much is lost (and where it's going): buff.ly/18p5nJV
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November 12, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Japan has just opened its first osmotic power plant 🌊⚡
This works by mixing fresh & salt water across a membrane, creating pressure that drives a turbine to make electricity.
This site will generate 880,000 kWh a year...while helping run a desalination plant providing fresh water to the city 👏
This works by mixing fresh & salt water across a membrane, creating pressure that drives a turbine to make electricity.
This site will generate 880,000 kWh a year...while helping run a desalination plant providing fresh water to the city 👏
Japan has opened its first osmotic power plant – so what is it and how does it work?
The site in Fukuoka is only the second power plant of its type in the world, harnessing the power of osmosis to run a desalination plant in the city
www.theguardian.com
August 27, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Japan has just opened its first osmotic power plant 🌊⚡
This works by mixing fresh & salt water across a membrane, creating pressure that drives a turbine to make electricity.
This site will generate 880,000 kWh a year...while helping run a desalination plant providing fresh water to the city 👏
This works by mixing fresh & salt water across a membrane, creating pressure that drives a turbine to make electricity.
This site will generate 880,000 kWh a year...while helping run a desalination plant providing fresh water to the city 👏
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We are proud to present a Special Issue on Cancer Neuroscience, curated by editors Bennie Babayan & Ted Dobie. This issue offers a snapshot of the field through a collection of Perspectives, Reviews, and NeuroViews: cell.com/neuron/issue.... See below for details on the pieces:
September 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
We are proud to present a Special Issue on Cancer Neuroscience, curated by editors Bennie Babayan & Ted Dobie. This issue offers a snapshot of the field through a collection of Perspectives, Reviews, and NeuroViews: cell.com/neuron/issue.... See below for details on the pieces:
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Good morning Jaye and everyone. Great reminder to embrace the day! A reminder you are the captain of your soul; you get to choose how your day plays out. You have the power within to create a great reality. You got this. ☀️
November 12, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Good morning Jaye and everyone. Great reminder to embrace the day! A reminder you are the captain of your soul; you get to choose how your day plays out. You have the power within to create a great reality. You got this. ☀️
MAGA with Project 2025 is a virus that’s attacking our social organism violently to destroy our democracy. The cure is to build an organized resistance to booster our social immune system with enough antibodies to defend our democracy.
November 12, 2025 at 8:50 AM
MAGA with Project 2025 is a virus that’s attacking our social organism violently to destroy our democracy. The cure is to build an organized resistance to booster our social immune system with enough antibodies to defend our democracy.
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A startup called Preventive, backed by Sam Altman's family office and Brian Armstrong, is working toward a goal that has frightened and enthralled scientists for decades: Gene-editing an embryo to rid the child it becomes of disease.
w/ Emily Glazer and Amy Marcus www.wsj.com/tech/biotech...
w/ Emily Glazer and Amy Marcus www.wsj.com/tech/biotech...
Genetically Engineered Babies Are Banned. Tech Titans Are Trying to Make One Anyway.
Silicon Valley startups are pushing the boundaries of reproductive genetics, hoping to prevent diseases as well as improve chances for a high IQ and other traits.
www.wsj.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:22 PM
A startup called Preventive, backed by Sam Altman's family office and Brian Armstrong, is working toward a goal that has frightened and enthralled scientists for decades: Gene-editing an embryo to rid the child it becomes of disease.
w/ Emily Glazer and Amy Marcus www.wsj.com/tech/biotech...
w/ Emily Glazer and Amy Marcus www.wsj.com/tech/biotech...
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This NYT story about how Mamdani dealt with the opposition by the city's elites fails to mention one particular elite institution: The NYT editorial page, which last June railed against him as "uniquely unsuited to the city’s challenges... lacks political savvy"
How Zohran Mamdani Beat Back New York’s Elite and Was Elected Mayor
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This NYT story about how Mamdani dealt with the opposition by the city's elites fails to mention one particular elite institution: The NYT editorial page, which last June railed against him as "uniquely unsuited to the city’s challenges... lacks political savvy"
Let’s be clear: The “Make America Great Again” mantra means going back to the ugly, brutal, cruel, lynching, dark and inhumane slavery-like historical period in the United States.
November 12, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Let’s be clear: The “Make America Great Again” mantra means going back to the ugly, brutal, cruel, lynching, dark and inhumane slavery-like historical period in the United States.
We have an obligation to decode republican/conservative parlance for the past half century gaslighting us all along. For instance, “Fiscal Responsibility” means to republicans/conservatives, “the American People are disposable” when it comes to government expenses.
November 12, 2025 at 5:08 AM
We have an obligation to decode republican/conservative parlance for the past half century gaslighting us all along. For instance, “Fiscal Responsibility” means to republicans/conservatives, “the American People are disposable” when it comes to government expenses.
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This piece is as good as people say it is. Read it to appreciate that writing isn't just about content, but style. AI can't do this.
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 9, 2025 at 11:10 AM
This piece is as good as people say it is. Read it to appreciate that writing isn't just about content, but style. AI can't do this.
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Documenting the pioneering role that Black men drafted into the National Army during World War I played in the early civil rights movement, from Desmond Ang and Sahil Chinoy https://www.nber.org/papers/w33460
February 15, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Documenting the pioneering role that Black men drafted into the National Army during World War I played in the early civil rights movement, from Desmond Ang and Sahil Chinoy https://www.nber.org/papers/w33460
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“It’s a seductive trade: When democratic systems fail, simply replace them with algorithmic ones. But it’s the wrong reflex,” Eric Schmidt and Andrew Sorota write.
Opinion | Use A.I. to Reinvigorate Democracy — Not Replace It
Governments shouldn’t hand over decision-making to A.I.
nyti.ms
November 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
“It’s a seductive trade: When democratic systems fail, simply replace them with algorithmic ones. But it’s the wrong reflex,” Eric Schmidt and Andrew Sorota write.
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“Key elements of Mamdani’s campaign have enormous potential for a party badly beaten in 2024, one that continues to be held in disdain by much of the electorate, including by many of its own members,” Thomas Edsall writes.
Opinion | Young Voters Are the Holy Grail. Zohran Mamdani Just Showed Democrats How to Win Them.
Key elements of the mayor-elect’s campaign have enormous potential for a party that was badly beaten in 2024.
nyti.ms
November 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
“Key elements of Mamdani’s campaign have enormous potential for a party badly beaten in 2024, one that continues to be held in disdain by much of the electorate, including by many of its own members,” Thomas Edsall writes.
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Congress, Jamelle Bouie writes, “treats its power as a burden: something to avoid for fear of challenging the chief magistrate and risking his wrath in the form of an angry social media post or, more concretely, a primary challenge.”
Opinion | The Empty Promises of Trump’s Imperial Presidency
It may take an imperial Congress to correct its flaws.
nyti.ms
November 11, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Congress, Jamelle Bouie writes, “treats its power as a burden: something to avoid for fear of challenging the chief magistrate and risking his wrath in the form of an angry social media post or, more concretely, a primary challenge.”