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San Diego Cop Shoots Teen to Death As Boy Was Running for Safety from Another Shooting, Video Shows - Killing took 1 second - Teen was running away & never presented a threat - SDPD only id'd self after shooting - Cop turned off body cam after shooting atlantablackstar.com/2025/02/25/s...

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I need to be writing. But instead I'm in a 2-hour training for this transition in HR management system. Why couldn't this transition take place not in the middle of the semester?

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I’ve turned my Richie Reich/Elon Musk image into a coloring page that you can purchase at my Etsy shop for 50 cents. You can also enlarge the image to make protest signs. #teslatakedown www.etsy.com/listing/1878...

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RIP to an Icon. If you’re not familiar with this Legend’s legacy, here’s a small piece:

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Ursula le Guin, on the accusation that fantasy is an escape from reality

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NEW: JUDGE SAYS LA CITY ATTORNEY HAS ANTI-PALESTINIAN BIAS Last week, a judge ruled that City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto's pro-Israel tweets + her baseless attempt to prosecute a pro-Palestine protestor due to the Hydee's political beliefs constitutes evidence to show discriminatory intent

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Trust, I'm trying to get to your e-mail from 3 weeks ago. It's just that w/in the past 8 hrs I've received 10 requests--2 speaking engagements, 1 manuscript review, 1 bk review, 1 encyclop. review, 1 res ed event, 1 interview, 1 grant collab request, & 2 invitations to contribute to edited books.

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For 38 years, PRAMS has collected critical data on maternal-child health with the goal to reduce infant morbidity and mortality. CDC has officially halted the 2024 PRAMS data collection for the participating 46 states and the future is uncertain.

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"Their mission is simple yet critical: to warn communities of any potential U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity, offering a line of defense for families at risk of deportation. They’re out in the streets to remind their neighbors they have their back..." laist.com/news/volunte...

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Job in Palestine Studies! UC Davis seeks to hire an Anthropologist of Palestine at assistant/associate professor rank, Seeking a scholar with a cutting-edge, ethnographically grounded research agenda and interest in collaboration. Review begins March 5. recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06996

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W.E.B. Du Bois on the white takeover of southern public schools after Reconstruction. Not a coincidence that the chapter, "Back Towards Slavery," follows his analysis of the eventual dedegration of the public school system. Attacks on education are vital to (re)instituting authoritarian rule.

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5 years ago today, Ahmaud Arbery was hunted down in broad daylight without hesitation, simply because he was Black. True justice is a world where Ahmaud was allowed to grow old and thrive. A world where he was never seen as a suspect in the first place. Rest in power.

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Bravo @plos.org! US exec orders "stand in direct conflict with our core values, our mission, edit policies" "PLOS will not compromise on issues of scientific rigor & editorial integrity... we seek diversity because more expert voices make for better science" theplosblog.plos.org/2025/02/plos...

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CSPAN Caller from West Virginia: I’m a diabetic and I’m on Medicare. When Biden was in there, my insulin was $6 for a 28 day supply. I just went to CVS, it went back up to $80…

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The University of Pittsburgh confirmed Friday that there would be no new Ph.D. offers of admission while Pitt works to understand how reduced federal aid could impact the institution.

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Target really screwed up. They're being sued by Florida for "radical leftist ideology" that allegedly risked investor money. They're being sued by investors for abandoning their DEI policies. Now they have to make arguments for and against DEI in separate suits. No principles = you lose.

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So. It has officially happened. I have been officially let go from my position at CDC. I wasn’t a probationary employee. I had stellar performance reviews every year. I’ll be ok. But please understand that many worked HARD to get into these positions and were doing great public health work.

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No amount of executive orders can make us cease to exist.

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But we're still gonna get a decade of blue votep denial that Palestine truly lost Dems the election. They'll blame people who rejected the pro apartheid and genocide stance of the Dems, but never the policy stance itself

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"...Black politics is on life support. By Black politics we mean politics that unapologetically advocates for the needs of Black people. The presence of Black politicians is not necessarily evidence that Black politics are being asserted." www.blackagendareport.com/eric-adams-a...

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Barack Obama did all that berating of black men in the ante-election period, and now where is he at? High-paid speaking engagements at highly selective colleges and universities.

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Defunding (some of the) police (state).

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Ron DeSantis wants to end property taxes in Florida. Who stands to benefit the most? Working class homeowners or billionaires?

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People be like "this is what democracy looks like" and it's always some kind of protest that we're supposed to see in a positive light. I think it's prudent to remember that this is also what democracy looks like:

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afro.com/opioid-crisi... Opioids are killing older Black men in D.C. at some of the highest rates in the country “Most of our patients… because of the history of racism and oppression, are using drugs. Not because they got it from the doctor’s office, but because of... mental health stress."

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It was Christmas Eve 2027. The US began its invasion of the Canadian border. It was a sight to behold. A friendship turned into betrayal to soothe the who of a maniac who had decimated his own nation's economy. People were hungry. And angry. So he distracted them-turned their attention northward.

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NO Y'all want to reduce government spending and stop giving hand outs right? STAND ON BUSINESS (even if it means you gotta sabotage the economy and impoverish your constituents) FOCUS ON THE IMPORTANT THINGS: BOOK BANS, KILLING PREGNANT WOMEN, AND ENDING GIRLS SPORTS thank you and god bless

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Day 12: Lonnie Johnson, NASA engineer, invented the Super Soaker in 1989. He made your childhood hot summers fun.

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“These heroes stand for nothing, and as such crumble before our eyes as they try to safeguard a milquetoast future born out of a buried fascist past.” @812filmreviews.bsky.social sets fire to the new #CaptainAmerica movie. 🔥

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Carceral City is a really good book.

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This past year was the deadliest year on record for journalists. Israel accounted for nearly 70% of the deaths. At least 124 journalists in 18 countries were killed – with the Israeli military responsible for 85 of those deaths. Report from the Committee to Protect Journalists.

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There is nothing brave or new in CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD. It's a tap dancing vision of a Black Captain America. My review via @ebertvoices.bsky.social.

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Wrote about this story many years ago: www.usprisonculture.com/2012/07/09/s...

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Section 31 was a fun movie, but probably mostly because I adore Michelle Yeoh as an actress and Emperor Georgiou as a character so much.

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