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Reminder from a Pittsburgher who was at one point Mr. Rogers neighbor: “Look for the helpers” was intended to be advice for his usual audience, children. We’re grown ups now. We’re supposed to be the helpers.

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This looks like a really important story from the Spiegel www.spiegel.de/internationa...

Gaza City: Possible War Crime - Why Did Israel Bomb This Residential Building?www.spiegel.de At least 129 people died in the Burj al-Taj 3, a residential building in Gaza City, when Israeli warplanes struck in one of the deadliest strikes this war has seen. DER SPIEGEL has reconstructed what ...

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"Unfortunately, the abusiveness and impunity of policing are not some accident or oversight that can be corrected with a few tweaks to training and oversight. These are features, not bugs..."

indypendent.org/2024/07/why-...

Why Police Reform Failedindypendent.org And what we really need.

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. . . that jailing alibi witnesses on fake charges to stop them from testifying in a criminal trial is an "official act," and therefore protected by absolute immunity (a doctrine that the Supreme Court invented from whole cloth.)

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Reminded today of Shareef Cousin, who sued after he was convicted & sentenced to death, then exonerated. Cousin alleged that during his trial, the state arrested and jailed alibi witnesses on fake charges so they couldn't testify. 5C acknowledged that if true, that would be illegal. But also . . .

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What happens when you put business interests in charge, instead of educators.

“ai” edtech company collapses after taking six million dollars from the Los Angeles school district to develop an “educational friend” platform.

A.I. ‘Friend’ for Public School Students Falls Flatwww.nytimes.com Los Angeles schools hired a start-up to build an A.I. chatbot for parents and students. A few months later, the company collapsed.

This stuff can be such a trap for ed orgs right now... Boards chasing grant $$ still see a lot is earmarked for STEM-focus (the sheen is fading but not fast enough), they want the orgs to use new tech that isn't helpful or doesn't work, and $$ for boring-but-proven methods of programs is shrinking.

I don't believe anything will ultimately come of this, but this is a shocking development for Texas. (Let me be clear, I hope every one of those officers who left those children to die never sleeps a peaceful night again.)

Good. F**k qualified immunity. wapo.st/3VLhLFn (gift link)

Former Uvalde school police chief indicted in botched response to shootingwapo.st Uvalde County jail officials confirmed that Pedro “Pete” Arredondo was booked at the facility on 10 counts of abandoning or endangering a child.

Are they gonna challenge each other to a push up contest now

The Democrats did this to themselves, but my gawd is this painful to watch.

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“Currently, there are more than 30 bills pending in Congress and statehouses across the country that seek to limit the right to protest.” www.teenvogue.com/united-state...

Welcome to the United States of Suppressionwww.teenvogue.com Our new series documents the recent crackdown on dissent and protests in the U.S.

As someone who has struggled with my own chronic health issues over the years, I feel this. You never know what health struggles people are facing, don't be a jerk and assume. The things people will say to your face!

I meant to be more specific when I talked about my health issues the other day, but I got distracted by work, so. Warning: it's a LOT. This time last year, I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis. I had been doing Not Great in the GI department for a while, but I thought it was work/life stress.

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One of the individuals standing behind Mayor Bass yesterday at her press conference is Adam king- a podcaster for Alex Jones Infowars. King appeared on a podcast with Proud Boys and white nationalist Elijah Schaffer on his show. The second describes the behavior of these anti Semitic guests.

Anyone discussing the West LA synagogue protest without mentioning this ***very vital*** piece of info should not be taken seriously. They were auctioning Palestinian land to settlers.

For clarification. I see many people, including Mayor Bass, saying protesters were blocking the entrance to a house of worship. The event ad for the land sale is below. Particularly shocking is the “best Anglo neighborhoods”. Second screenshot from their site lists settlements in the West Bank.

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The best description of bitcoin I've ever seen is this one-liner

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"U.S. police departments have gotten smaller—and the violent crime rate is still plummeting. So what is going on?" What's ALWAYS gone on. Cops do not stop crime. They never have. Real "tough on crime" measures are well-funded schools, free daycare, and mental health services. Always have been.

Hey, look, it's The Minneapolis Reckoning at Slate! slate.com/news-and-pol...

Police Departments Have Shrunk. Crime Is Plummeting. Now What?slate.com New, surprising data has lessons for all sides of the “defund” debate.

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"Not Like Us" Meet the Georgia Mass Band youtu.be/DLkka5V3c0I?...

Not Like Us (Kendrick Lamar) - GAMB | 2024 Meet The Georgia Mass Band | Watch in 4K!!!!youtu.be Watch the 2024 edition of The Georgia Mass Band as they Play Kendrick Lamars " Not Like Us " during the 2024 Meet the Georgia Mass Band Presented in 4K and ...

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KnockLA reporter Ben Camacho prevails in lawsuit filed against him by the LAPD after Stop LAPD Spying published pictures of cops that Camacho secured in a public records request. City of LA will pay his legal fees. apnews.com/article/los-...

Los Angeles will pay $300,000 to settle a lawsuit against journalist over undercover police photosapnews.com The city of Los Angeles will pay $300,000 to settle a lawsuit it filed against a local journalist and a technology watchdog group last year for posting the photos and information of hundreds of underc...

everyone talks about the cowboy no one mentions Dracula has canonically a huge luxurious mustache

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I am once again asking you to consider that an entire information ecosystem established as the primary form of communication over a hundred years and allegedly regulated by the federal government was destroyed by scammers virtually overnight and we just don’t, like, ever talk about it

The first rule of avoiding scam calls is to never answer unknown numbers, and even some known ones. Curious? Bored? Worried it’s an emergency? Wait the extra minute it takes for the call to go to voice mail, then decide if it’s legitimate.

Sick of scams? Stop answering your phone.www.washingtonpost.com Phone scams are still hugely popular — and they depend entirely on people curious enough to answer.

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happy juneteenth

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Snake sculpture Thailand. 6th-11th century CE, Bangkok National Museum

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Texas DA wants an execution date for Robert Roberson, convicted with Shaken Baby Syndrome junk science. Between this and Marcellus Williams in Missouri, it seems we've reached the "I'm so pro-death penalty I'll execute the innocent" stage of the debate. innocenceproject.org/texas-seeks-...

Texas Seeks Execution Date for Robert Robersoninnocenceproject.org Mr. Robertson is an innocent man wrongly convicted under the debunked shaken baby hypothesis.

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Fair point. In my baby organizing years I thought things couldn't get worse than Rick Perry and hoo boy was I naive!

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Try living in Texas! *laugh/sob*

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Our top story: “As a border physician, I see firsthand the violence of Operation Lone Star, which has made America a key partner in a dangerous triad targeting refugees.”

Between the Concertina Wire and the Cartelwww.texasobserver.org As a border physician, I see firsthand the violence of Operation Lone Star, which has made America a key partner in a dangerous triad targeting refugees.

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maybe no one person should have enough money to destroy the ozone layer

so in addition to causing significant light pollution that harms astronomical research, the sheer volume of starlink low earth orbit satellites constantly burning up on re-entry could prevent the ozone layer from healing, scientists warn:

Elon Musk's Starlink satellites could burn up the ozone layer, scientists warnwww.yahoo.com A new study warned that internet satellites like Starlink's could send damaging chemicals into the ozone layer when they burn up on reentry.