Guess I live too far north. I thought living in a rural area meant I got the 'privilege' of seeing some terrible modern racism, but I guess I'm not even seeing the big leagues out here.
Two years ago, Braxton says he was the only volunteer firefighter in his department to respond to a tree fire near a Black person’s home in the town of 275 people. As Braxton, 57, actively worked to put out the fire, he says, one of his white colleagues tried to take the keys to his fire truck to keep him from using it.
I was going to say "I am shocked, shocked! Well, not that shocked." until I read this. Jesus Christ, I'm legitimately shocked.
I feel like not enough people appreciate the simple fact that Wikipedia is essentially the most well-organized and complete collection of human knowledge in existence, and furthermore, it’s available to everyone who has access to the internet for free in dozens of languages....
Heh, I speak of 'got more liberal' here as in 'believing in liberal values', ie the humanist values that the Enlightenment established as an academic norm but have only slowly been trickling down into the actual population, rather than more ideologically liberal in the sense of the 19th century capitalist incarnation of Enlightenment values and its modern descendants. I'm a socdem, but more because I'm not convinced that the organizational technology is at the point to make non-market socialism competitive with traditional capitalist and mixed-economy states rather than a belief that it's not inevitable at some point that capitalism will collapse.
He was a terribly sly thief and a shameless-but-silent beggar, sweet as could be, laid-back, loved people but was never pushy or jealous about attention. He was the best boy.
Fascists don't believe in might makes right. If they did, they'd all be liberals and communists, according to the end of WW2. What fascists believe is that their 'enemy' can be crushed because the enemy is too weak and effete to fight back. The proper way to dispel such a notion is to crush them and look fabulous doing it
Better to see WW2 as a war against fascist expansionism. But yes, Spain and Portugal were left to their own devices, and because of that, millions suffered under the rule of Franco and Salazar.
The UK was nowhere close to being ready for war, but in truth, neither was Germany. Chamberlain made his decision with noble intentions, but in retrospect, even just strategically, it was still the wrong decision.
Storm of Steel is a very good WW1 memoir by a German stormtrooper. I imagine many of the general themes would appear familiar to French assault troops. You really have to be a bit crazy to volunteer for such a job, and to be good at it. Crave the adrenaline, the closeness to death.
The sidebar here says someone from the instance has to search for it before it appears for other users in the instance. Search for HistoryArtifacts in your magazines/communities search bar then?
Don't worry, only jobs that aren't soul crushing will be automated. How else will people build their little wannabe corporate fiefdoms lording over the miserable peasants?
Biden video mocking Marjorie Taylor Greene speech hit more than 30M views in 12 hours (thehill.com)
A Black Man Was Elected Mayor in Rural Alabama, but the White Town Leaders Won’t Let Him Serve (capitalbnews.org)
Wikipedia is amazing
I feel like not enough people appreciate the simple fact that Wikipedia is essentially the most well-organized and complete collection of human knowledge in existence, and furthermore, it’s available to everyone who has access to the internet for free in dozens of languages....
Getting older rule
My old manimal, Riley. Passed away ten years ago, and I still miss him almost every day.
133 Degrees and No Ac: Kids at Angola Prison Kept in Potentially Deadly Heat (theappeal.org)
Modern medicine is amazing rule
Imagining Sisypuss happy rule
tumbled (lemmy.world)
This little dude had ONE job.
French WW1 Trench-Sweepers (Nettoyeurs de Tranchées)
History Artifacts - for sharing interesting pictures of historical artifacts, reproductions, and the like (kbin.social)
Link...
Spear alignment chart
Depends on the context
Rule (lemmy.world)
I lost my job to ChatGPT and was made obsolete. I was out of work for 3 months before taking a new job passing out samples at grocery stores. (www.businessinsider.com)