Jonathan R

@give-a-damn.bsky.social

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Activist working for peace, democracy and justice.
A less corrupt government would be nice, too.
Trustee: Metropolitan College of NY http://MCNY.edu
Organizer for http://MediaAndDemocracyProject.Org

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Unhoused person slain at national gathering of political party tied to Supreme Court justices who just criminalized living unhoused.

The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel confirms that a Columbus, Ohio, police officer detailed to the RNC shot and killed a homeless Black man (earlier reported to be in his early 20s) more than half a mile from the RNC arena. The man was known by the nickname Jehovah and took care of a pit bull named Isis.

Ohio police officer shoots, kills person in Milwaukee outside of RNC perimeter, sources saywww.jsonline.com The man killed by Ohio officers near the RNC on Tuesday was well-known in the neighborhood, several witnesses told the Journal Sentinel.

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Sergio Sarcagian, "The Desert Diva"

I wish they had all gone on strike this week.

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Kevin Reuning

It is the headline that's the problem, not the article. As the subhead more precisely notes, it is about "election-watching scientists" which those people are.

TRUMP versus United States: Supreme Court case that made presidents immune. A fitting label for Trump's campaign. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23p...

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stop the presses

yes

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Publius Maximus (He/Him)

This is the movie they are promoting: Bad Faith: Christian Nationalism's Unholy War on Democracy @anelsona.bsky.social

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Jonathan R

This WaPo article from last month is a bracing read for white liberals wapo.st/4c5s6ms%F0%9...

Here in 2018 is where Jon Haidt said it wouldn't be fair to black and latino kids to let more of them into NYCs elite magnet schools (where his kids go). www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2018...

Manhattan parents decry proposal designed to diversify city's most sought-after high schoolswww.chalkbeat.org At least 300 people attended District 2’s Community Education Council meeting, where Deputy Chancellor Josh Wallack formally presented the city’s plan to get rid of the test that middle school student...

70 years later, 1 in 3 Black people say integration didn’t help Black studentswapo.st Landmark Brown. v. Board Supreme Court decision is revered, but Post-Ipsos poll shows mixed feelings about how to address today’s school segregation

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This cartoon has not been improved upon. August 29, 2016

Happy Juneteeth! Today would be a *particularly* good day finally to abolish slavery, no exceptions. abcnews.go.com/US/us-consti... www.theatlantic.com/entertainmen... #slavery_abolition

US Constitution's exception for slavery faces renewed battle ahead of Juneteenthabcnews.go.com The U.S.Constitution's exception for slavery faces renewed battle from lawmakers ahead of Juneteenth.

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Jonathan R

Some dude in a Seattle suburb saw three teens about to commit an armed robbery so he stepped in to stop them. Only problem was, they weren't armed and weren't planning a robbery. They were returning a BB gun to Big 5. www.fox13seattle.com/news/teen-sh...

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Huh…

Sad but true. Here it is: wapo.st/3V80FAU

Why you should embrace using cold water, almost all the timewapo.st Heating water gobbles energy, leading to higher utility bills and more planet-warming emissions.

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Mick Ryan

A temple with few books, endowed by a private equity billionaire. This is more my kind of NY Public Library -- which is having its budget cut by Mayor Adams and is no longer open on Sundays. Harry Belafonte Library

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Jonathan R

And here’s how you can help by using paper straws and never washing your clothes

The ultra-wealthy will often take whole fleets of cars with them when they travel, loading vehicles, along with motorbikes and other toys, onto chartered cargo aircraft that follow their private jets. This is how they do it: cnn.it/3X8V14a

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Cooper Lund

Best news I've heard in a long time -- that Dems outside of New York are better. Why are we so lucky? What can we do about it?

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Jonathan R

"...it’s also a battle over the soul of our society, over the question of whether we can remain human, in the face of fear, in the face of trauma, whether we can make sure that we choose life over death, or we choose solidarity over hatred and starvation.” www.theguardian.com/world/articl...

‘Solidarity over hatred’: the small band of Israelis stopping settlers obstructing aid truckswww.theguardian.com Peace activists confronting settlers who want to stop aid getting to Gaza acknowledge they are ‘a minority within a minority’

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Helen Kennedy

Favor with Trump is my guess. Or getting the MAGA vote in 2028. Long shot for sure. She’s also just a cruel human being as well.

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Jonathan R

Nikki Haley at Israel’s southern border, writing “FINISH THEM” on an IDF shell. A giddy schoolgirl sending a note to the children she’s about to murder. Grotesque beyond imagining.

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NPR Codeswitch’s Gene Demby is from Philly and has a great series of pieces on this - will drop them in order here

#tdih [T]he Philadelphia Police Department dropped a C-4 bomb on the home of the MOVE organization, killing eleven people — including five children — and wiping out 61 homes in two city blocks. (The mayor of Philadelphia was Black.) www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/mo...

May 13, 1985: Philadelphia Police Bomb MOVEwww.zinnedproject.org The Philadelphia Police Department dropped a C-4 bomb on the home of the MOVE organization, killing eleven people (including five children) and wiping out half a city block.

I'm From Philly. 30 Years Later, I'm Still Trying To Make Sense Of The MOVE Bombingwww.npr.org Philadelphia native Gene Demby was 4 years old when city police dropped a bomb on a house of black activists in his hometown. Thirty years later, he's still trying to make sense of it all.

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Jonathan R

PSA: Don't grab a stranger's wheelchair. I was sitting in mine in the disabled section at the theater and other theatergoers kept grabbing my back handlebar en route to their own seats, like as public infrastructure. I am not a railing for strangers. I didn't expect how uncomfortable that'd be!

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The Media and Democracy Project

Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press also says "The PRESS Act remains the strongest federal shield legislation proposed to date, and the Reporters Committee continues to support its passage into law." www.rcfp.org/briefs-comme... Ask your senators to support S 2074. 2/2

RCFP urges US Senate to pass PRESS Actwww.rcfp.org The PRESS Act would shield journalists from the forced disclosure of newsgathering information.

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Reporters Committee announces 2024 Freedom of the Press Award honorees www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/repo... #PressFreedom #1A #Journalism #FreePress #Press 1/2

Reporters Committee announces 2024 Freedom of the Press Award honorees - Editor and Publisherwww.editorandpublisher.com The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press has announced the recipients of this year’s Freedom of the Press Awards, which recognize the accomplishments of leaders in the news media and legal fie...

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Pretty eye-opening new 'banking on climate chaos' report out today from the amazing team that does this analysis each year JP Morgan Chase, who were recently celebrated by carbon removal advocates for buying up tonnes, are #1 on the shitlist -->> www.bankingonclimatechaos.org?bank=JPMorga...

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A good piece: it doesn't matter whether projections of AI power demand are "catastrophic" or just "extremely high" - rising power demand raises a real and serious risk of missed climate goals and rising emissions www.nytimes.com/2024/05/13/o...

Opinion | Electricity Demand Is Surging. Let’s Not Fry the Planet in Response.www.nytimes.com We need utilities to succeed now more than ever before. But the definition of success needs to evolve.

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"Want to know why Republicans control so many U.S. States?" (Hint: Many Democrats vote for President only — neglecting to vote for State candidates on the same ballot! Who never does that? Republican men.) instagram.com/reel/C6FXKSI... #VoteSmart #TeamBlue #DownBallotIsKey #2024Election #Democracy

Jessica Craven on Instagram: "Want to know why Republicans control so many states? This. Will. Blow. Your. Mind. 🤯 #states #votedownballot #elections #news #politics #abortionrights"instagram.com 1,862 likes, 137 comments - jesscraven101 on April 22, 2024: "Want to know why Republicans control so many states? This. Will. Blow. Your. Mind. 🤯 #states #votedownballot #elections #news #politi..."...

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During an "fireside chat" with MSNBC's Jonathan Capeheart, Hochul said that "right now we have young Black kids growing up in the Bronx who don’t even know what the word 'computer' is." What? Kathy? hellgatenyc.com/hochul-black...

Governor Kathy Hochul Very Sorry She Said 'Young Black Kids Growing Up in the Bronx' Aren't Familiar With the Word 'Computer' - Hell Gatehellgatenyc.com At a white collar criminal convention, Hochul lets it fly, and other links to start your day.

And she plans to address this by spending a lot of money building a supercomputer youtube.com/clip/UgkxV5D...

✂️ Kathy Hochul: We have young Blacks kids growing up in the Bronx who don't know what a computer is.youtube.com 42 seconds · Clipped by Jonathan R · Original video "Milken Institute Fireside Chat" by Governor Kathy Hochul

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Hochul telling the world she is wildly ignorant and out of touch with reality. This is a shameful.

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Journalists are under attack. There's a bill in the U.S. Senate to strengthen shield laws. If you think that's a good thing, please contact your senators. You Can Help Protect Journalists open.substack.com/pub/mediaand...

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There Is a Risk of Extremist Violence Around the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election, Warns New CFR Report www.cfr.org/news-rel... The report is not that new, but we suspect that, like us, you have not seen it reported on. #Violence #Press #Democracy #Journalism @renewingamerica

There Is a Risk of Extremist Violence Around the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election, Warns New CFR Report www.cfr.org As the United States prepares for the 2024 presidential election, a new Contingency Planning Memo from the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) warns of the possibility of extremist violence throughout…

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Matt Seybold

But his editor scrapped it, telling him the paper could not afford to defend Chinamen or outrage the SFPD. Twain quit & became a freelancer, a position which left him dead broke, houseless, & suicidal, but allowed him to write whatever he pleased. He chose mostly to criticize the SFPD. 3/