Malaysia asks for the abolition of the veto of the 5 permanent UN Security Council members, especially in the case of "situations involving mass atrocity crimes such as genocide" . π― backibg this. This is crucial. Go #Malaysia! #UN
Human who works a job, caregives for children, parents, pets, or relatives, cooks, cleans, shops, is on committees, volunteers, helps with family's extracurriculars, tries to make it to family and friend social events, exercise, eat right, and maybe even do a hobby they are interested in: Doc, I don't know why I'm so tired, and stressed all the time.
Billionaires and Politicians: The problem is people are lazy, and just don't want to work.
Oh, while regular people are learning the ABC's, those people are learning that "people are lazy and don't want to work". It explains everything for them.
Their parents, friends and potential partners quiz them on that principle before expressing their approval.
Yes, I take it personally when you say you won't vote, or vote for the Dem. Why? Because among other things, the fascists tried to commit a Black GENOCIDE during the pandemic. Your actions or inaction will give them the power to do it again in some other way. My survival depends on them NOT gaining power. So does yours.
This talk by Meredith Whittaker is excellent. I originally clicked way from it without reading because the title is in German, but turns out the talk itself is absolutely in English.
> What we call AI today grew out of this toxic model β and must be understood primarily as a way of marketing the derivatives of mass surveillance and concentrated platform and computational power.
No amount of censorship, self-censorship, political pressure, financial threatening, or police repression will ever transform the genocide in Gaza into an acceptable act of self defense.
A. I am threatened because some people are saying mean things to my people.
and
B. I am threatened because some people are starving my people, bombarding their hospitals and the humanitarian organizations helping them, displacing them, and killing them.
Off Leash. Military contractor Erik Prince started a private WhatsApp group for his close associates that includes a menagerie of right-wing government officials, intelligence operatives, arms traffickers, and journalists. We got their messages.
Deliver us from warlords' mercenary armies funded by global capital, whose solution for every social, historical, and national problem is bombing with nuclear weapons, installing fascist dictatorships, and sacking the natural resources.
"A group of billionaires and business titans working to shape U.S. public opinion of the war in Gaza privately pressed New York Cityβs mayor last month to send police to disperse pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University...including former CEO of Starbucks Howard Schultz, Dell founder and CEO Michael Dell, hedge fund manager Bill Ackman and Joshua Kushner, founder of Thrive Capital and brother to Jared Kushnerβ¦β
Whatever that performance is, it is not what Jesus taught.
It looks just like Phariseism.
βAnd when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you." Mathew 6. 5-6
#Trump was booed repeatedly while addressing the Libertarian Party National Convention on Saturday night, with many in the crowd shouting insults and decrying him for things like his COVID-19 policies, running up towering federal deficits and lying about his political record.