tearsintherain

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[–] tearsintherain@leminal.space 6 points 6 months ago

Progressives have to fight their own damn party and their corporate interests, it's frustrating.

[–] tearsintherain@leminal.space 2 points 6 months ago

It is one of my favorites too:)

[–] tearsintherain@leminal.space 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Tom Cotton is a disgusting cesspool of hate. Vile might be his middle name. The shit this guy has spewed from his mouth over the years.

[–] tearsintherain@leminal.space 14 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

One of the greatest occurrences of blowback in self-interested American foreign policy that reverberates to this day. Iran could've been a beacon of democracy in the middle east but foreign meddling by US/UK ended that possibility. We overthrew a democratically elected leader and in his place installed a brutal, friendly-to-us dictator, the Shah. That led to the Islamic revolution which overthrew the Shah and here we are today. Few Americans know about this shameful part of US history. Obama I believe was the first President to publicly acknowledge the deed.

[–] tearsintherain@leminal.space 50 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (6 children)

Paging FTC, FTC. It's gotten near impossible to find honest reviews that aren't driven by affiliate links anywhere. So many news outlets hocking products outright, I stopped paying attention after nyt bought wirecutter.

Then there's shit like Forbes (from the article) writing lifestyle clickbait about pets and dogs all the while advertising pet insurance.

"who do you trust, when everyone's a crook?" -'revolution calling' (queensryche)

How 16 Companies are Dominating the World’s Google Search Results (2024 Edition)

[–] tearsintherain@leminal.space 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

"Israel has left Palestine alone since 2005." ummm, that's quite the fiction/delusion: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2017/06/israel-occupation-50-years-of-dispossession/

"If you’re pro Palestine you are pro Hamas." aka, let us proceed with our blood thirst, with the mass slaughter, and indiscriminate killing of women and children. Because Palestinians are less than human and we are the chosen.

[–] tearsintherain@leminal.space 25 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Columbia University’s Shafik, the Neoliberal https://www.salon.com/2024/04/28/columbia-crisis-another-massive-failure-of-liberalism/

“If you wanted to choose one individual as the face of “neoliberalism” for an encyclopedia entry, you could do a lot worse. Shafik holds an economics PhD from Oxford and a résumé of high-ranking positions at the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the Bank of England, three institutions that have been instrumental in driving developing nations into unsustainable debt in pursuit of a disastrously failed model of progress. She came to Columbia after six years of pushing fiscal austerity as director of the London School of Economics, where just last spring she helped defeat a student/faculty strike, reportedly by slashing salary payments and lowering graduation requirements to hustle student protesters out the door.”

[–] tearsintherain@leminal.space 28 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Angry and lashing out. This time the Israeli genocide was called out and the world was made more aware. And the usual cover given challenged thanks to these protests. The dehumanization of Palestinian people by supporters of Israel's genocide is frightening.

[–] tearsintherain@leminal.space 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

This is heartwarming. I don't worry about them losing focus, and believe this is something bigger. These are roots that hopefully grow into a strong tree with many branches. We need to get younger folks into politics and positions of leadership. It's not as though they'll have a choice considering how badly the previous generations and their systems have created a grossly fractured and inequitable world with a planet on the brink. Article text: https://dnyuz.com/2024/05/01/its-not-just-gaza-student-protesters-see-links-to-a-global-struggle/

[–] tearsintherain@leminal.space 1 points 6 months ago

How a Connecticut middle school won the battle against cellphones https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/05/01/school-cellphones-confiscate/

[–] tearsintherain@leminal.space 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I think the story goes beyond not drinking raw cow milk and pasteurization at this point. Behind the scenes there is def 'concern'. The first time cattle were known to ever be infected was March of this year.

Two possible bird flu vaccines could be available within weeks, if needed The H5N1 virus has infected at least 36 herds across nine states, raising the risk of potential human spread, federal health officials said Wednesday. https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/two-possible-bird-flu-vaccines-available-weeks-needed-rcna149961

“The risk here of something going from one or two sporadic cases to becoming something of international concern, it’s not insignificant,” CDC Principal Deputy Director Nirav Shah said at a Council on Foreign Relations event on Wednesday. “We’ve all seen how a virus can spread around the globe before public health has even had a chance to get its shoes on. That’s a risk and one that we have to be mindful of.” https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/01/bird-flu-outbreak-cows-biden-00155452

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