The post is actually about the present day.
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Tedra Osell
Профиль Vively“The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.” James Baldwin, “Notes on the House of Bondage”
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It really irritates me that a fandom that has been open and welcoming to women of color and queer women has become a target for fascist activists. From political lobbying to staging harassment campaigns disguised as protests to even bankrolling a player riding the bench.
DefectorWNBA suspends Seattle Storm minority owner for being rude to transphobic shitheads:
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9th Cir., 2-1, joins the 2d, 6th, 10th, and 11th Cirs. in holding that DHS cannot detain unadmitted noncitizens found living inside the United States without the possibility of bond while their removal proceedings are pending. Circuits split with 5th and 8th. cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op...
If I ever visit the UK again and/or clear out enough stuff to be able to buy amazing ceramic art again, these are top of my list. I loff them.
Rose SchmitsOoh fresh batch of crawler pots online! Some very nice pink ones and a clutch of smaller white ones www.roseschmits.com Free UK shipping, worldwide available
So a thing you can do to combat ICE with zero risk is ATTEND CITY/COUNTY COUNCIL MEETINGS. Demand that (1) local cops not cooperate with ICE by sharing info about arrests/jail releases; (2) local prosecutors investigate, prosecute cases where ppl are kidnapped by unidentified ppl without warrants.
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwòagain saying the political response of local police depts probably worth following given Trump's efforts to federalize policing
Had to think about this one! My dad’s dad, I think I’d be doing some kind of manual labor or maybe auditing med classes at Stanford (or both). Dad’s mom, no idea. Mom’s dad or mom, working on a damn farm.
RevanEnough “what would you do on the commune questions” If you got sent back 100 years and were given your grandparent’s job, what are you doing?
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it's greatly underestimated, IMO, how the ferocious RW response to school closures and its sanewashing by legacy media led to those closures being seen as the primary failure of the pandemic response. The result has been a highly successful assault on public schools and public health.
This is the cutest thread you’ll read all week
Katharine HayhoeOvernight, a masked bandit broke into our kitchen. Armed with opposable thumbs, he proceeded to sample everything on offer. I’d just visited the farmers market, so the menu was extensive. I can now share a highly specific peer-reviewed list of what this particular raider did & did not enjoy. 🧵
One of the formative facts of my life was growing up in a city where whites weren’t the majority, & my parents’ decision not to pull me out of the existing school district for the newly formed white flight district. Often being the only white person in the room was so good for me.
Brian Keith JacksonDo white people ever think, "I wonder what it would be like if every book I read or TV or film only had Black people in them?" Just constantly inundated with images of Black people, in our vastness. Probably not, but, I dare say, it would change how they view everything. Representation matters.
Yeah. I really want one but I’m almost 60. Kids should absolutely have bikes! But kids also need exercise! Let them pedal!
Hypervisible“Our concern is specific to children and teens because the evidence increasingly suggests that we’ve created a perfect storm: powerful devices, widespread availability, and persuasive marketing targeted at brains that are not yet built for risk management.”