Memorial for George Floyd at the Say Their Names cemetery
George Floyd was murdered by police five years ago today.
The Say Their Names cemetery in Minneapolis features memorials for Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Amadou Diallo, Oscar Grant, Korryn Gaines, Freddie Gray and far too many more Black people who died at the hands of police.
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James "Spider" Martin was assigned to photograph the protests in Alabama after civil rights activist Jimmie Lee Jackson was killed by state troopers.
Today, the House GOP censured me for speaking out for the American people against @POTUS’s plan to cut Medicaid. I accept the consequences of my actions, but I refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice. #WeShallOvercome x.com/repalgreen/s...
PSA: The following major biomedical resources are 'down': PubMed, PubMed Central, and MedlinePlus.gov.
I cannot possibly overstate the importance of these resources.
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Trump and Vance are shameful. We stand with Ukraine. Thank you President Zelensky. 💙💛🇺🇦💙💛🇺🇦
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New preliminary injunction barring DOGE from Treasury data systems requires govt to provide, by 3/24, proof of DOGErs' training in relevant laws & regs, security clearances, *and* full explanations of their chains of command.
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Whatever else emerges in time about the Delta crash in Canada, one thing is certain: the importance & amazing professionalism of flight attendants who safely evacuated the plane in a matter of seconds.
In 2019, RFK Jr visited Samoa to spread anti-vax lies, spurring a measles outbreak that led to the deaths of 83 people - mostly children.
We can’t let that tragedy repeat in Texas. The MMR vaccine is 97% effective at preventing measles. Let’s stop the spread.
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Zelenskyy should comply with NOTHING!
Our greedy, corrupt, and putin owned FOTUS had no business leaving Ukraine out of a ‘peace negotiation’. That’s not how it works!!
Fuck trump and putin!
Slava Ukraini!!! 🇺🇦
This story is heartbreaking. 💔 It's a direct result of vile anti-trans propaganda that the MAGA cult & the Republican Party have been spewing on a daily basis over the last 8 years. Hate, lies and flat out ignorance from a repugnant administration have turned this country into a dangerous place. Attached is a graphic from Noel Casler that reads as follows: A 24 year-old transgender person was tortured for a month in upstate NY before being dumped in a field. Murdered by the anti-LGBTQIA ignorance so popular amongst the MAGA crowd. Nobody was coming to mess with your kids sports team, it was phantom bogeyman designed to appeal to bigoted suburban White Americans. The kinda dudes who post 30 year old pics of themselves on a high school ball field. Your 'Glory Days' have taken a dark twist. None of this is normal and the worst part is we need YOU to change it. Until the folks that fall for Fox News & Trump's rhetoric wake up to reality and see clearly how they are turning their back on their fellow citizens we are doomed. Wake up, MAGA. Trump is gonna f*ck you just as hard as everyone else. Bet on it. Stop the insanity. 🙏🏼
This story is heartbreaking. 💔
It’s a direct result of vile anti-trans propaganda that the MAGA cult & the Republican Party have been spewing on a daily basis over the last 8 years.
Hate, lies and flat out ignorance from a repugnant administration have turned this country into a dangerous place.
In a world where hate is empowered, and up is down, hate speech may be valor and values, to those who oppose us. And now, when language is more important than ever, they are using this tactic to redefine their rationale. 'Free speech' is the phrase for suppression, for example.
Ooops, sorry, didn’t mean to drop this. 😏
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Zelensky is a hero and a president to be proud of! A very brave man who is trying to save his country. 🇺🇦🇺🇦
Our FOTUS is a bully, an embarrassment and a coward who is trying to destroy our country.
See the difference?
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Well of course it is.
In a stunning development (sarcastic), it turns out that the people best equipped for land management are....the people who have been doing it for generations. More than 7. Are we at 7 here yet after Mayflower? I'll be at Plymouth Rock later today, and I'll check. If anyone's around, let's meet!
There are plenty of other examples of language we use: just saw a post declaring hatred for trump. Might a trumpkin read that and think, 'Aha! They're afraid of us!'?
What are possible implications for social media (democratic) terminology? Not interested in thought-policing, but in genuinely questioning what may be a gap between terminology and its interpretation. To put it more crudely, might such terms harden a misplaced bully pride on the part of the bullies?
...which Vance and the other members of the Trump administration are now working to destroy.'
Do you think that terminology like 'brutal' is perceived by the far right as insulting (and to be avoided) or as empowering, increasing the (perceived) fear factor or stature of their position?
'At the conference on Friday, February 14, Vice President J.D. Vance launched what The Guardian’s Patrick Wintour called “a brutal ideological assault” against Europe, attacking the values the United States used to share with Europe but ...'