Missouri lawmakers - the vast majority of whom are men - are asking teachers - the vast majority of whom are women - to shoot and kill school shooters - the vast majority of whom are students.

Cambios que inspiran.
Guadalajara cambió 6 carriles de contaminación por un paseo arbolado y una línea de tren ligero subterránea.

Kyle Griffin The Pentagon warns that the Tuberville blockade could bring the Senate to a 'complete shutdown.'

Q: Why isn't the Senate taking action to remove Tuberville’s 'hold' on military promotions ???

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You cannot run educacioun lyke a businesse. A businesse ys designed to make a profit. Educacioun ys designed to make the future.

Women’s football is wonderful because it isn’t about being better than the men–it is about throwing out men as the metric. 

To cut us down to size, patriarchy insists that men play, and women are just playthings.

feministgiant.com/p/feminism-1-p… #SeAcabó

The fact that Prime Video censors their captions makes me so angry. I am a grown woman, do you think that just because I’m deaf I’ve never seen the word fuck before? Or that I don’t know what rape is? If it’s being said out loud it should be captioned END OF STORY.

If you work for years in a deaf environment where sign language is the main form of communication that everyone uses and you STILL don’t sign or can barely sign… you are part of the problem.

Industrial carbon capture is an expensive boondoggle — failing to provide any climate benefits — and is supported by billions of tax dollars.

Worse yet, it gives Big Oil a fig leaf to just keep drilling.

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ALERT: US Copyright Office wants to hear what people think about AI and copyright

theverge.com/2023/8/29/2385…

'The US Copyright Office is opening a public comment period around AI and copyright issues beginning August 30th as the agency figures out how to approach the subject.'

OPEN PEER COMMENTARY

Overrepresentation of Whiteness Is in Sign Language As Well: A Commentary on “Undoing Competence: Coloniality, Homogeneity, and the Overrepresentation of Whiteness in Applied Linguistics” by Flores and Rosa

Joseph C. Hill
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23% of deaf youth deserve better opportunities for quality education and meaningful work. What steps can we take as a community to bridge this gap? Share your ideas below! For more in-depth insights on deaf youth, visit our website at nationaldeafcenter.org/research-data/….

Every time I have to read a journal article written entirely in passive voice, I die a little inside. Death was done to my insides. The insides of the reader were deathed. The deathening of the reader’s insides proceeded the reading of the journal article.

Three people were killed in a mass shooting in Jacksonville, Florida today.

Last month Ron DeSantis’ law allowing a person to carry a gun without a permit or training in Florida took effect.

Governor DeSantis has blood on his hands.

Need $740 by 11AM tomorrow for hotel, which I NEED for privacy and hygiene to survive at all. So far at $20, only raised $155 for LAST week's rent.

Anything helps, please spread word, and chip in if you can?

#MutualAidRequest
#DisabilityCrowdFund
#ChronicCrowdFund
#URGENT

“The virus right now is reinfecting a large number of individuals—millions of people—each week.

We don’t have a good gauge on how many reinfections or infections there actually are because surveillance has declined.” globalnews.ca/news/9919665/c…

Brace yourself, it's not the next 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy, but almost as epic!

This thread explores theatre accessibility and the 2007 decision by the Human Rights Commission of Ontario. Your support in sharing this thread is valuable in raising awareness.

Thank you!

Athabasca Chipewyan Chief Allan Adam told me today his community members in Fort Chip have been dying of cancers & disease at high rates for years. His father died. Now his father-in-law is dying. He believes it’s due to contamination of the water/land/air from oil sands. He says

Our Inflation Reduction Act represents historic progress for our nation.

It cuts prescription drug prices.
It lowers energy costs.
It tackles the climate crisis.
It creates good-paying jobs.
And it creates a fairer tax system.

Back in 1985, Carl Sagan told Congress that continuing to burn fossil fuels will increase global temperature, cause climate change, melt glaciers and ice sheets, and cause sea level rise.

His solution: Fewer government subsidies for fossil fuels and use of renewable energy.