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what did you expect? You were born in 1984 ;)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four
edit: added link to book
4·7 months agoUpdate: 19 of 21 people released from hospital; 2 remaining hospitalized passengers did not face life-threatening injuries.
2·7 months agohow it got to be (over the course of the last 50 years):
Jesus and John Wayne https://www.agathonlibrary.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/DuMez-Kristin-Kobes-Jesus_and_John_Wayne-oceanofpdf.pdf
A 1940s US sabotage manual goes viral
Simple Sabotage Field Manual https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26184/pg26184-images.html
Also asking ~ any other great app for 3-5 person video call/conferencing for making music together (in sync :)?
Jitsi is awesome jitsi.org
Speaking of which ~
5 Physics Equations Everyone Should Know
https://www.wired.com/story/5-physics-equations-everyone-should-know/
2·8 months agoMeanwhile, per the Jersusalem Post:
Israeli activist and acade>mic Shai Davidai wrote on Instagram “I don’t care who you are, doing a Nazi salute is never ok.”
“The issue isn’t whether or not you’re an antisemite,” he continued. “The issue is whether or not you’re normalizing that which shouldn’t be normalized.”
Spain has the correct response:
- Prime Minister Yolanda Diaz criticizes Musk’s behaviour at Trump’s inauguration events - Diaz cites algorithms promoting xenophobia and extreme right - Other Sumar party ministers to stop using X, she says
words from the Library of Congress “a naval officer, president, and global citizen and advocate for human dignity, racial and gender equality, and democratic values”
https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2024/12/jimmy-carter-nations-39th-president-passes-away-at-100/
If inclined to donate: Habitat for Humanity
The 3 conversations the USA needs to have are about: 1) healthcare, 2) energy, and 3) immigration. Don’t let media distract from the important things.
‘Sisters and brothers’ rock!
Would you give some examples of bonds that you’re talking about (rather than bond funds)? I’m thinking you mean something from Treasury Direct: Treasury bonds (T-bonds), Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) and/or I bonds.
https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/investing/how-to-buy-bonds
see War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine by Norman Solomon
4·1 year agoMeanwhile in the EU
Europe sets benchmark for rest of the world with landmark AI laws
"“With the AI Act, Europe emphasizes the importance of trust, transparency and accountability when dealing with new technologies while at the same time ensuring this fast-changing technology can flourish and boost European innovation,” he said.
The AI Act imposes strict transparency obligations on high-risk AI systems while such requirements for general-purpose AI models will be lighter.
It restricts governments’ use of real-time biometric surveillance in public spaces to cases of certain crimes, prevention of terrorist attacks and searches for people suspected of the most serious crimes."
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I recommend a good read: Poverty, by America - Matthew Desmond – Princeton (2023)
~~We imagine that their sufferings are one thing and our life another. – Leo Tolstoy
The passage of Proposition 13 inspired a nationwide revolt that led to Reagan’s 1981 cutting spree. It was a white-led revolt. Only 2 groups opposed Proposition 13: public sector employees and African Americans. Massive tax cuts fundamentally reshaped the agendas of the nation’s 2 major political parties and resulted in the rise of private fortunes alongside public poverty. This was a response to white people being ordered to share public goods with Black people. ~~
How to fix?
In the USA:
We just have to stop spending so much on the rich. Support policies that disrupt poverty, not accommodate it. In 2020, the gap separately everyone in America below the poverty line and the poverty line itself amounted to $177 billion. That’s less that 1% of our GDP.
I’m calling for the rich to pay their taxes. Rebalance our social net. Return to a time when America made bigger investments in the general welfare.
“We need to ask if our consciousness and imagination have been so assaulted and coopted that we have been robbed of the courage or power to think an alternative thought.” - theologian Walter Bruggemann
Make sure all women have access to the best contraception and healthcare, and more pregnancies become intentional and safer. Provide new mothers with paid parental leave and free childcare. A country as wealthy as ours could put our money where our mouth is and support life. But from the poor, we just seem to take and take.~~
Let’s choose businesses that are doing right by their workers and the planet.
Doing the right thing is often highly inconvenient, time-consuming, even costly. That’s the price for our restored humanity.
Prosperity without poverty carries a different feeling. We’d be more free. A nation invested in ending poverty is a nation that is truly committed to freedom.