#Amputees Run To Raise Money For Injured Children In #Lviv #Charity Race
Dozens of amputees took part in a charity half #marathon in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on Sept 3 to help raise money for children who have suffered traumatic injuries during the russian invasion of #Ukraine
The event was organized by the UNBROKEN foundation, which is providing treatment for hundreds of Ukrainian who suffered other traumatic injuries as a result of the war
Read more here🔗 https://www.rferl.org/a/ukrainian-amputees-charity-marathon/32577415.html
Ex-GOP Lawmaker Shreds Trump’s Latest Biden Spin With 1 Word https://www.huffpost.com/entry/david-jolly-donald-trump-biden-attacks_n_64f6cef5e4b04a65c3cba0d1?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Raw Story:
Book ban "zealots" were blasted by a Florida newspaper Monday for crippling the state's schools with crusades it said barely anybody supports.
The Tampa Bay Times editorial hit out after its own investigation showed just two people accounted for 600 of the 1,100 book removal requests made in the state...
Those two have been “wasting untold hours of school employee time and the taxpayer dollars..."
https://www.rawstory.com/book-ban-2664897222/
Matt Gaetz Promotes Marijuana Reform as Guest-Host on Newsmax https://www.mediaite.com/tv/matt-gaetz-promotes-marijuana-reform-as-guest-host-on-newsmax/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
The GENOCIDE of the YANOMAMI and the DEATH of NATURE for Gold and Diamond Merchandise – The ART of GREENWASHING by the MERCHANTS of GOLD – in their …
Cartier shops have been selling their signature luxury gold and diamond jewelry, watches and accessories since 1847 – photo: Cartier “Things have … The GENOCIDE of the YANOMAMI and the DEATH of NATURE for Gold and Diamond Merchandise – The ART of GREENWASHING by the MERCHANTS of GOLD – in their …
How Stalin Hid Ukraine's Famine From the World
In 1932 and 1933, millions died across the Soviet Union—and the foreign press corps helped cover up the catastrophe.
By Anne Applebaum https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/10/red-famine-anne-applebaum-ukraine-soviet-union/542610/
Hurricane Idalia's damage to Gulf Coast renews questions over rebuidling in vulnerable area | CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/03/us/gulf-coast-hurricanes-idalia-rebuilding-climate/index.html
A lot of innocent people plead guilty to crimes they didn't commit. They are charged with a serious crime, held in jail on a cash bond they can't post, and face decades in prison.
The prosecutor then makes a plea offer that will result in a felony conviction, probation, and immediate release from jail, which the innocent person then accepts to get out of the awful, overcrowded, violent jail.
The result is a life-ruining conviction that produces generational poverty and loss of opportunity.
Lenat was working on the core problem of ChatGPT and other LLMs decades before they even existed: A lack of a basic understanding of the world. He also inspired many other AGI and NLU researchers and hobbyists, including myself.
The New York Times: Douglas Lenat, Who Tried to Make A.I. More Human, Dies at 72
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/04/technology/douglas-lenat-dead.html
[thread] Ginni Thomas
Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power & the Supreme Court
https://persagen.com/docs/frontline-2023-05-09-clarence_and_ginni_thomas.html
https://persagen.com >> search: "ginni thomas"
"ginni thomas" AND "heritage foundation"
"ginni thomas" AND "leonard leo"
"ginni thomas" AND Groundswell
"ginni thomas" AND "tea party"
"ginni thomas" AND "liberty central"
"ginni thomas" AND "National Association of Scholars"
#GinniThomas #ClarenceThomas #neofascism #FarRight #PoliticalOperatives #HeritageFoundation #LibertyCentral
Addendum 1
[thread] Ginni Thomas
Filings Reveal Luxury Trips & Payments to Ginni Thomas
Amended disclosures reveal Ginni Thomas paid $700,000 (2003-2007) by The Heritage Foundation
https://truthout.org/articles/new-filings-reveal-more-luxury-trips-and-payments-to-ginni-thomas
Pacific Legal Foundation
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110929730282751177
National Association of Scholars
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110588912808816794
#GinniThomas #ClarenceThomas #neofascism #FarRight #lobbyists #PoliticalOperatives #Trumpism #DarkMoney #HeritageFoundation #LibertyCentral #Crowdsourcers #LeonardLeo #TeaParty
The Russian fascist invaders conducted unsuccessful offensive actions in the areas of Novoyehorivka and Bilohorivka in Luhansk region.
During the day, they carried out airstrikes on Bilohorivka in Luhansk region and Yampolivka and Spirne in Donetsk region.
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine operational information as of 18:00 on 4 September 2023 regarding the Russian invasion
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"Stop allowing zealots to waste Florida school districts’ time and money | Editorial
A very small number of people have made the vast majority of book challenges in Florida. "
(Editorial from the Tampa Bay Times Editorial Board)
GOP shutdown threat raises risk of 'inhumane' cuts - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/gop-shutdown-threat-raises-risk-of-inhumane-cuts/
Elon Musk Wildly Attacks The ADL As One Of 'The Biggest Generators Of Anti-Semitism'
(your anti-semiticism is showing loud and clear, Musk)
#PoliticalModerate #Independent, #SocialLiberal, #Agnostic, #Unions, #Veteran, retired airline pilot. Supports level playing fields, equal opportunity, and democracy, not how to twist it to my advantage; capitalism/corporation critic, 🚫Today’s GOP, 🚫MAGA. Human species pessimist, pondering the Great Filter and do we have the Right Stuff? 🇺🇸 Citizen residing in a blue enclave of Texas.