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Encyclopædia Britannica will continue to use ‘Gulf of Mexico’ for a few reasons: -We serve an international audience, a majority of which is outside the U.S. -The Gulf of Mexico is an international body of water, and the U.S.’s authority to rename it is ambiguous. 🧵⬇️

These are the same people who howled about "changing history" when monuments to traitors and murders were being rethought. The Trans community was central to the events at Stonewall in 69 and the emergence of the Gay Liberation movement in its aftermath. Do not forget!

♫ I am...the Warriror?"

The Papua New Guinea Courier is in rare form.

Starting this Black History Month by highlighting the life of Jerry Lawson. Jerry was one of few black engineers in the 70s and even fewer VIDEOGAME engineers, he has been referred to as the father of the home videogame console for his innovations on cartridges. www.biography.com/inventor/jer...

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🗣️ @jimacosta.bsky.social’s CNN exit sign-off:

TikTok took it down, so let’s share the shit out of this reading list. #HolocaustRemembranceDay #NeverAgainIsNow #BookSky #StateMediaCensorship

The remote work debate was funny because it forced the question "Is a job something valuable you do or is it a place you go to be watched like daycare" and the answer for a lot of them was yeah it's the daycare thing now come on inside recess is over

"Take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim." - Elie Wiesel Those who are the least vulnerable are especially obligated to speak on behalf of those who are the most.

"It is a sad feeling to be afraid of one's native country." - Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861) by Harriet Jacobs. Unfortunately, we have been here before. There were those who were courageous enough to resist oppression and injustice. Remember their example and be worthy of it.

Today, I finished reading "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" (1861) by Harriet Jacobs. What a heartbreaking, inspiring testament! Every American should read it. Let us take courage from those who had the courage to resist oppression and injustice in their time, and be worthy of their examples.

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