Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.

We are paying dearly for the absence of civics education.

To save the global economy, kick the US out of the WTO

and these were the people who wanted to help us. imagine what the people who wanted to hurt us got up to

someday I'm going to tell you all about the three Christs of Ypsilanti (3 men with schizophrenia who were essentially tortured by researchers in the 50s-60s. feel free to Google) and some of you will be like wow that's so bad and I'll be like yes. it was consistently that way for most of our history

Spring, the music of
open windows...😍

A group of native title owners from South Australia's far north have welcomed a win over a small parcel of land near Oodnadatta.

“This highly unusual step of directing armed law enforcement officers to the home of a former DoJ employee who has engaged in no misconduct, let alone criminal conduct, simply to deliver a letter, is both unprecedented and completely inappropriate.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Data is the backbone of artificial intelligence, but where is it really coming from? The Data Providence Initiative, a group of over 50 researchers from both academia and industry, found that current data practices risk creating unrepresentative and inequitable AI systems.

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