Join me as I honor our fallen heroes at the 155th National Memorial Day Observance. https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1YqxoAdQAzXGv
By focusing on Confederate contributions, The United Daughters of the Confederacy obscured and downplayed the role of Black-Americans in establishing Decoration Day, which later evolved into Memorial Day. This intentional distortion of history reinforced the Confederate Lost Cause narrative and marginalized Black-Americans’ contributions to American history and remembrance.
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My partner and I desperately need #MentalHealth #therapy both individually and as a couple. This is yet another delightful #feature of #poverty; we're too #poor to get the help we need to function like normal adults, and we're not stable or #functional enough to maintain the kind of #income necessary to pay for thorough, effective #psychotherapy.
@leemeade @rose @Radical_EgoCom Trying to reform policing is like trying to reform slavery. You can’t reform an inherently unjust endeavor. You abolish it. Reform is resisted because the system isn’t broken- it’s working exactly as designed.
It's actually not that bad. White House stood firm on student loan debt relief and clean energy tax credits.
My advice to Target and every other company ahead of Pride Month: it is bad business to give into bigots.
https://charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/what-target-needs-to-understand
Project Gutenberg has joined the Fediverse!@gutenberg_org
"How is #Kissinger even a free man?" --#MehdiHassan, rightly skewering the media and political worlds for glossing over this monster's multiple, bloody crimes.
Or, as Epicurus might have said:
Is God willing to work, but needs a rest?
Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he rested, but not willing to work?
Then he is lazy.
Is he both rested and willing to work?
Then why take a day off?
Sunday 28th May – Project Q and Lightly Researched News
Gareth and Ted are back and as prepared as always to tackle the most cutting edge news. This weeks Sony's Project Q, Ticwatch Pro 5, Asus ZenScreen, One Plus Pad, Logitech G Cloud and the Steamdeck DeckHD are all discuss in varyi
https://garethmyles.com/sunday-28th-may-project-q-and-lightly-researched-news/
#Podcast #TechAddicts #AsusZenScreen #Chromebook #DeckHD #HTC #LogitechGCloud #OnePlus #ProjectQ #TicwatchPro5 #YouTube
Why do Republicans insist on referring to Social Security as an entitlement program?! It’s OUR money!!!
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/debt-ceiling-deal-highlights_n_64735771e4b045ce248393f2
Tally of covid-19 cases after CDC conference where many were unmasked climbs to 181
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2023/05/26/cdc-covid-outbreak/
Holy shit, he pulled it off. What an incredible amount of behind-the-scenes arm-twisting must've gone into this. This is why Biden was the right choice.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/27/us/politics/debt-limit-deal.html
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