In 1859, Abolitionist John Brown was executed for “treason.” 1st American ever executed, for the crime of freeing the enslaved.
The 2nd American ever executed for treason was Aaron Dwight Stevens at 29yo, also an abolitionist. He served Brown during his failed raid on Harpers Ferry, VA.
Brown's raid lasted Oct 16 to 18, 1859. He initiated a slave revolt, now called the dress rehearsal to the Civil War.
A stark reminder that legality is not always a measure of justice & morality, but power.
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yeah I never really had much of an interest in biology until after I began transitioning, at which point I realized that I needed to cultivate a special interest in endocrinology, stat.
which, it is genuinely interesting! finding out that vitamin D, for example, is a hormone? that's neat.
Yes, if you take a vitamin D supplement of any kind, you're engaging in HRT.
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President Donald Trump Has Apparently Given Kei Cars the Green Light for the U.S.A.
Huh, we'll see if'n anything comes of this, Trump does have a habit of saying non-vetted things, but...
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President Donald Trump Has Apparently Given Kei Cars the Green Light for the U.S.A.
President Donald Trump saw kei cars on a recent visit to Asia. Now he wants them in the States. An adjustment to US regulations will allow just that.Lucas Bell (Yahoo)
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There are a couple of those around here, and they are unsafe on anything other than side roads and urban streets.
That is if they have mufflers, and aren't being driven by a-holes.
Trump Boasts That International Criminal Court in The Hague Has Invited Him to Receive Award
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Trump Boasts That International Criminal Court in The Hague Has Invited Him to Receive Award
“They said it was in response to things I’ve done as president,” Trump told reporters.Andy Borowitz (The Borowitz Report)
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Art done by the marvelous TheCatnamedFish. What if I was on Lower Decks? . I think I would fit right in ^^www.furaffinity.net
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Police banning protest against #King as #arrest threatened in Windsor
Anti-monarchist activists have said they were #threatened with arrests when they planned to protest a #royal procession in #Windsor on WednesdayCampaigners said that they were told by #police they faced arrest if they protested near the royal procession, with police citing concerns about the banner and amplified noise.
Officers were also accused of telling protesters they faced arrest if they heckled the monarch.
Graham Smith, CEO of Republic, said: "#Thames Valley Police have today decided that #protests are essentially #banned. #FreeSpeech is conditional on arbitrary decisions by police inspectors, denying people even the right to heckle public figures.
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#ToxicLabour #PoliceState #ThoughtPolice #oppression #Orwellian #dystopian #England #UK #KeirStalin
Police 'banning' protest against King as arrest threatened in Windsor
POLICE have been accused of “banning” protest against the KingHamish Morrison (The National)
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Amazon might not notice that you stopped shopping with them* but if you take that same modest bit of disposable income and spend it on art bought directly from artists, the small electronics projects of your friends, helping people in dire financial situations and the the local theater all of those people WILL notice. It will have a massive impact.
*But, also Amazon does notice. Especially as more and more people do this.
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Maybe you think "I can't cut out X just yet" and there are practical reasons that make it hard. That's fine, but keep thinking about it.
You can find a way to wiggle free. It's OK if it takes some time and planning.
The next big one I want gone from my life is YouTube. This one is hard, though. I think the first step would be to at least use the alternatives for those creators I like who bother to offer one.
I don't know how I'll wriggle free from YouTube just yet, but I'm not giving up on it because it's "hard" --
Right now "no YouTube" would mean just not seeing a lot of videos that I want to see.
But, not as many as I think.
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The best solution I've found there is a combination of RSS feeds and yt-dlp (and making sure it credits the videos as being watched for the creator's metrics). That way I can avoid the "suggested videos" and comments and all that crap.
This is the one I slapped together (and use), and yeah, being deliberate about it DEFINITELY changes the experience.
GitHub - uriel1998/ytcs: Script to tie together yt-dlp, rofi, mpv, and your subscriptions.
Script to tie together yt-dlp, rofi, mpv, and your subscriptions. - uriel1998/ytcsGitHub
They notice--thank you, data surveillance.
You know who notices even more minutely? Finance companies we* have credit cards with. So much so that you don't have to boycott entirely--just spend less, and they will get nervous. They are the only ones who benefit from our debt.
*I do not have a credit card, just a debit card, but I don't kid myself that I'm not part of "we"
i've made 45 bilingual (eng/esp) copies of the Riot Medicine Field Guide, a concise companion book to the Hakan Geijer's robust protest medic text. i printed these specifically to distribute to action medics, though the content is informative for anyone and functions as a good hook for anyone interested learning more about street medicine.
if you would like one for yourself or as gift to someone ('tis the season!), please email me the address at <fallrise@riseup.net> and i will send one -- i am happy to cover the ~$4 shipping, but am willing to accept donations. if you have a medic crew and would like some for yourselves or for trainings, i can send you a box.
original texts can be found digitally at: riotmedicine.net/
#protest #riot #medic #medicine #guide #books #english #spanish
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CNIB Talking Microwave - Non-Refundable
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How could he be woke that early in the day?Pete Hegseth Wakes Up At 3 P.M. With Dozen Missed Calls From The Hague
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To boldy go where no furry has gone before, Chakat Patches and her friends, M'ria, Adam, and Lykala suit up and join the Lower Deck ...www.furaffinity.net
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Trump Posts Screed Against Aftyn Behn, Claiming She Hates Christianity And Country Music | HuffPost Latest News
At this point I'm surprised he isn't telling MAGA to vote early and vote often
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Trump Goes All Out In Rant Against Democratic Candidate, Claiming She Hates Christianity And Country Music
The president made the claims about Tennessee congressional candidate Aftyn Behn in an irate social media post.Jazmin Tolliver (HuffPost)
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U.S.-founded neo-Nazi group designated as terrorist organization is busted in Spain
Spanish police on Monday said they had broken up a cell of "The Base", a transnational neo-Nazi white supremacist group designated a terrorist organization by the European Union, Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
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U.S.-founded neo-Nazi group designated as terrorist organization is busted in Spain
"The Base" operates through an international network of paramilitary cells with the aim of perpetrating attacks and preparing for a "race war," police said.CBS News
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I suspect one reason it is so important to the ruling class that people should not sympathize with Palestine is that—once people recognize settler-colonialism there & the evils it inflicts, they will be more able to see it everywhere.
I certainly feel that by learning about the occupation of Palestine, I have come to understand more about occupied Turtle Island ("North America") & what has happened (and is STILL happening) here. Once you recognize the patterns you see them everywhere.
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I was reminded today that Meta/Facebook's data center project is called Hyperion. Here are some facts about that name that may or may not be of interest.
Hyperion's name comes from two Greek words that together mean "watcher from above" or "he who goes above".
Hyperion was a Titan, the ancient Greek gods that preceded the Olympian gods like Zeus, Athena, etc. Prometheus, Atlas, and the word Titan itself are frequently used to name tech projects. A fun web search is "COMPANY_NAME Titan"; try it. It seems lost on these folks that the Titans were deposed by the Olympian gods and condemned to an eternity in Tartarus, a kind of hell. In other words they're the loser gods, if you want to be simplistic and vulgar about it.
It is believed that one of Hyperion's offspring, Helios, as well as all of Helios's offspring, were imagined as being black-skinned.
My wife, who is a classicist, and I regularly shake our heads about the names of tech projects like this. I always ask her for the dirt on the name, and she always delivers (as in the above, which I credit to her).
#DataCenters #Cloud #AI #Facebook #Meta #Hyperion #GreekGods #AncientGreece #Titans #Classics
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instagram.com/reel/DRvYWgxge7z…Wow they sent out postcards to the Democrats that told them to vote on the 3rd when the election is on the 2nd and they sent out messages to the Republican voters and said they were being tracked on their voting record... This is in the Tennessee race and it's absolutely abominable
Leigh McGowan on Instagram: "Tomorrow is a big day for democracy. Tennessee were looking at you. LINK IN BIO! @aftynbehn4tn"
The people of Tennessee's seventh district have a chance to send a message to the Republican Party by voting for Afton Bayne in the special election tomorrow.Instagram
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I'm a Google Workspace admin, and a team member sent me a screenshot showing that a message they wanted to send was being blocked because it violated an organizational policy-- which was news to me-- I hadn't put in place to block messages based on their content.
Turns out Google Workspace now warns by default when the message content mentions gender identity.
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@billstatler It's not universally good or bad. The question will be how much it's useful vs confusing for any organization, because the warning doesn't specify what policy was violated, what content violated the policy of what exact rule or patterns were matched to check for a policy violation.
There's also the part of the message that says the issue with our organization's policies, but Google created and enabled these policies without our approval, furthering confusion.
That message does make some more sense if you read it with Google corporate-colored glasses: "your organization" being the container for the account with which you are logged in to Google. It makes rather less sense if you read "your organization" as something like "the people I am working with".
Quite user-hostile in either case.
This hypocrisy and callousness is truly shameful. We don’t have to live like this.
US politicians enjoy universal healthcare—but vote NO to universal healthcare for workers.
US politicians enjoy living wages—but vote NO to living wages for workers.
US politicians enjoy paid sick leave—but vote NO to paid sick leave for workers.
We need and demand better. Vote OUT anti-worker politicians. (Democrats AND Republicans). Vote in public servants committed to justice above all else.
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Remember—Billionaire philanthropy is PR
$6.25B is a lot of money. It’s also only 4.1% of the $152B Michael Dell has hoarded. If Dell paid the 37% tax rate on the wealthy he'd pay $56.25B—and still have nearly $100B, more than he'd ever need
Taxation of billionaires > philanthropy from billionaires
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Well, another day, nothing specific on my plans for #today a bit more cleaning and straightening, clearing some snow, chipping away at this house. Need to find somewhere in #stl to donate clothing, its one of the three big clearing projects here, books and comics being the other two. Yes, I should be working, but if'n you saw our weather on the news, you can guess why I'm not.
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Victoria could become first Australian state to ban unnecessary surgery on intersex childrenVictoria will become the first Australian state to ban unnecessary surgeries on intersex children, with legislation to be introduced to parliament to ensure procedures are deferred until patients are old enough to consent to them.The health minister, Mary-Anne Thomas, will on Tuesday introduce the health safeguards for people born with variations in sex characteristics bill, which if passed would prohibit deferrable, irreversible procedures and treatments on intersex infants and children until they can provide informed consent.
Intersex people are born with variations in sex characteristics – such as reproductive organs, chromosomes or hormones – that do not fit typical definitions of male or female.
Thomas said the reform – first committed to in 2021 – gives intersex people agency over their own bodies. She said it follows instances where people born with variations in sex characteristics have experienced harm and trauma through inappropriate and unnecessary medical interventions.
“Every person deserves the right to make decisions about their own body, with respect, dignity and safety at the heart of the care they receive,” Thomas said.
“This is an important step forward for people born with variations in sex characteristics and their families – who for too long have not had the fair and proper legal recognition of their rights.”
Victoria could become first Australian state to ban unnecessary surgery on intersex children
Exclusive: Legislation would prohibit deferrable, irreversible procedures until child can give informed consent, bringing state in line with ACTBenita Kolovos (The Guardian)
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in reply to Qasim Rashid, Esq. • • •Treason against *a state*, not even the nation. Treason against Virginia.
"I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood. I had, as I now think, vainly flattered myself that without very much bloodshed it might be done."
Among the soldiers surrounding his gallows, Stonewall Jackson, John Wilks Booth, and Edmund Ruffin -- the man who legend has it fired the first shot at Fort Sumter.
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in reply to Qasim Rashid, Esq. • • •US history in one sentence: "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."
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Confederate States general (1807–1870)
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