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JeffreySmith

@JeffreySmith@mastdn.social

I have been trying to create gardening experiences for incarcerated folks in New Mexico. Last year, incarcerated people, both adolescents and adults in various residential facilities established multiple gardens. Spent some time in a village in Kenya teaching with the Peace Corps. Profile pic is taken at the hallowed grounds of Azovstal, where the last stand of the defenders of Mariupol, took place. A ray of light shines down into a ruined factory by a lone warrior #SlavaUkraini #Palestine

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mondoweiss, to Palestine
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Canada’s largest private high school recently organized a genocide solidarity trip in which students cooked for Israeli soldiers. In a sane world, the school’s charitable status would be revoked.

https://mondoweiss.net/2024/05/toronto-school-promoting-israeli-military-deemed-charity/

#Palestine #Israel #Gaza
@palestine @israel

JeffreySmith,
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@mondoweiss @palestine @israel

It is rather ironic that Canadian high school students would travel to Israel, and cook a meal for IDF soldiers, just as the IDF is restricting the food supply for Palestinian children, to the point where children are dying. Teaching students to ignore oppression, and reward the oppressors, is quite the achievement. Of course, this is the miniscule version of what our American President is doing. He just rewarded IDF war criminals with 16 billion.

majorlinux, to random
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Somebody smarter than me may have already started making this observation.

However, while driving around today, I slowly came to the realization that people may not be buying Teslas because they truly care for the environment.

I could be wrong, though.

JeffreySmith,
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@majorlinux @pearlbear

White Lives Matter? Boers For Trump?

dangillmor, to random
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Social media disappointments:

  1. Journalists are still actively participating at exTwitter, thereby actively supporting Musk, who is helping extremists bring down democracy and, by extension, a free press.

  2. Reddit got away with stomping its volunteer moderators and users, and its execs are cashing in on an IPO that in a more just world would have flopped.

  3. Writers I respect decided to stick with Substack despite arrogant, extremist-friendly investors and leadership.

JeffreySmith,
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@dangillmor

On the positive side: journalists helping fund Twitter by continuing to bring their followers there, qualify for an honorary brownshirt, as a supporter of a Twitter that gives a platform to the fascist "Daily Stormer", and Nick Fuentes, who denies the holocaust took place, and promotes the genocide of Jews (Wikipedia). Normalizing anti-semites is a recipe for disaster.

StillIRise1963, to random
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We have no alternative but to change the Supreme Court. There is NO other solution.

JeffreySmith,
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@StillIRise1963

What if we raised a 500 million slush fund, and tried to buy Brett "Pay Off My Debts" Kavanaugh, Clarence "RV" Thomas, John "Just Give the Check to my Wife" Roberts, and others back from their owners?

StillIRise1963, to random
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Don’t tell me you hate nazis when you cavort with them.

JeffreySmith,
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@StillIRise1963

Yep. Don't do the X dance with Elon: goose-step to the left, goose-step to the right, lift that stiff arm up to salute Herr Trump, just like Elon.

StillIRise1963, to random
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Tesla is a loser.

JeffreySmith,
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@dalfen @StillIRise1963

Twitter/X: hey, I've lost 75% of my value or 33 billion since I was Elongated. Tesla: hold my beer - I've lost $240 billion in value in the last three 3 months.

I think it may be time for Tesla stock owners to switch to a safer stock - like Truth Social. 😄

randahl, to random
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I could see, how the US may have never supported Ukraine, perhaps arguing that Russia was Europe’s problem.

I could also see, how the US would have supported Ukraine even more.

But what I really do not get, is the inconsistency of supporting Ukraine for two years with USD 68 billion, and then immediately after that investment decide not to follow through.

This is an absolutely meaningless use of tax dollars.

JeffreySmith,
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@randahl

These MAGA republicans are dedicated to fighting democracy in the US and across the world. Fortunately, there is a bi-partisan majority in favor of the bill, and the discharge petition would probably already have reached 218, if the Senate hadn't bound it with military aid for Israel. About 40 Democrats are looking at more funding for bombs for Israel as unacceptable - while it's mass slaughter of Palestinian women, children, and non-combatant men continues.

DropBear, to Israel
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Remember Hind Rajab.

@palestine

JeffreySmith,
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@DropBear @palestine

Just as the World Central Kitchen aid workers discovered, these two paramedics, trying to save little Hind's life, found out that the penalty for trying to aid the victims of the Apartheid Masters in Gaza, Palestine - is death. Absolute power corrupts absolutely, and it is too bad President Biden continues to supply all the missiles and ammunition Israel is using to perpetrate mass murder. No more offensive arms for Israel should come from the US!

JeffreySmith,
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@DropBear @palestine

Yes, but at one point Yitzhak Rabin accepted the need for a two state solution, and was assassinated for it

JeffreySmith,
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@DropBear @palestine @israel

You raise an interesting premise. There certainly is a strong, patronizing British colonial flavor to the Zionist project in Palestine. I tend to focus on the lamentable history of genocidal behavior documented in the Jewish Old Testament. One nation after another was wiped out. Israel now seems a fundamentalist entity which is now taking no prisoners. Our Catholic President Joe Biden has signed us up for a genocide, as hard as it is to believe.

18+ rml, (edited ) to Israel
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I was just informed by one of the admins that I have 14 days to leave functional.cafe after I called a troll doing genocide apologia in my comments a zionist ape, where should I go? What servers don't bow to the complaints of ?

Functional.cafe are claiming I'm simply a multiple offender of their rules, which i will admit is true ever since they changed their rules, but I would like for it to be clear. They changed their rules in October specifically to accommodate Zionists complaining about my posts, the very day a tagged post of mine blew up and became among the most shared BDS posts on the activity pub network. I initially agreed to CW political posts, but as 's in has accelerated, killing all but one of my students in Gaza along with most of their families, I've concluded that hiding this behind content warnings is itself bowing to mild repression for the sake of satisfying the demands of the most extreme oppression: genocide.

I've seen plenty of pro-genocide posts in the local server feed. I dont think they are being asked to leave or even getting their posts censored, as mine increasingly have been (even removing posts with many likes from months ago, apparently on demand).

I'm sad I'll be losing all my past posts, especially those about and that I occasionally rediscover. Where can I go that won't turn similarly sour? My time with the may be up tbh. After being blocked and soft-blocked by nearly everyone I was buddies with in the community (for years!) for being an anti-genocide Jew, and now this, its quite clear that even spaces that act like they stand for universal liberties above all are actually willing supporters of the most oppressive regimes and ideologies on the planet. At least insofar as they are in origin and character.

JeffreySmith,
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@voxofgod @rml

It does seem that some quality pro-Palestinian folks get censored by Mastodon Dot Social. I left them when they clamped down on a pro-Palestinian guy I followed, who happened to be Jewish! They remind me of those Germans in WWII dancing a polka on the other side of a concentration camp fence: see no genocide, hear no genocide, speak no genocide. Ignoring a looming genocide in Gaza, & punishing those who point out Israel's mass murder of 15,000 children, is wrong.

majorlinux, to random
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It's been over six months, but I finally got one!

And I treated myself to a book, too!

JeffreySmith,
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@majorlinux

Good for you - I was marching with a pro-Palestinian group organized by the local Socialist Labor Party group a week ago in Albuquerque and was wishing I had one!

chargrille, to Palestine
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Immediately in the wake of Biden's call to , raising the scary specter of the US actually complying with its own aid conditions meant to avoid arming war criminals, as many have begged for months, Israel announces it will open the Erez crossing for 1st time in 6 mos.

I predict it'll help some, but won't shift in Netanyahu's genocidal aims or plans to starve . His govt will still do everything it's doing at other points, to thwart entry of food, water, & medicine to .

JeffreySmith,
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@chargrille

As I recall from studying psychology, rewarding a behavior makes it more likely to reoccur. So whatever words come out of our President's mouth, if Israel under Netanyahu has killed 13,000 Palestinian children, and Pres. Biden still wants to give Israel 18 billion in aid, that works out to rewarding Israel 1,384,615 dollars for each child they've killed. That seems less of a way to dissuade Israel from murdering more innocent children, but rather a recipe for genocide.

seachanger, (edited ) to random
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reminder that if Netanyahu & the US gets away with this in — targeting journalists, targeting hospitals and schools and refugee camps, starving millions of children, mass murder on the scale of tens of thousands, shutting down press, internet and information, killing humanitarian workers, preventing crucial aid convoy, firing on people receiving aid, and planning resettlement of regions based on ethnic identity — these methods will be normalized & advanced by other western nations & govts

JeffreySmith,
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@seachanger

Our democracy is paying the price for tolerating the Bush administration's refusal to abide by the Geneva Convention forbidding torture. If the formulators of the torture policy had been held accountable, it would have made it less likely for Netanyahu and Biden to engage in mass murder of non-combatant Palestinians.

StillIRise1963, to random
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A Michigan GOP member falsely labels a university basketball team as undocumented immigrants boarding a plane to create controversy. So, next time we see a group of GOP members traveling, let’s label it KKK members off to a cross burning.

JeffreySmith,
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@StillIRise1963

These days, a GOP person is just a KKK member whose white robe is out to the dry cleaners.

shoq, to random
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This bridge collapse is really terrible. How many ways has FoxNews blamed Joe Biden for it? (Roughly. I realize it’s a moving target.”

JeffreySmith,
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@shoq

Of course the bridge collapse is the fault of the only President in the last 50 years to pass a major infrastructure bill - to fix bridges among other things. The only infrastructure TFG had an impact on was the cushion on his golf cart: as spent 180 weekends as president flattening it while golfing.

knittingknots2, to random
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McDaniel Will Not Appear on MSNBC Amid Internal Backlash

https://www.mediaite.com/media/ronna-mcdaniel-will-not-appear-on-msnbc-amid-internal-backlash-over-her-hire-at-nbc-news-report/

JeffreySmith,
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@DemocracyMattersALot @knittingknots2

Unrepentant Insurrection supporters are a danger to our democracy. NBC shouldn't be rewarding such pernicious behavior by giving McDaniel a lucrative job.

ImmedicableME, to gardening
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Gardeners: do you have recommendations for reputable resources/experts on planting seeds directly in the soil? I’m in USDA zone 7B with a last frost of April 15 (probably a little earlier this year) and I don’t have energy to start seeds inside and transplant them. They will go into raised metal beds prepared with quality soil and an in-bed vermicompost system. Thank you. Also open to suggestions for hashtags and groups.
@gardening

JeffreySmith,
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@ImmedicableME @gardening

In my neck of the woods, New Mexico, every county has a full time agricultural extension agent. Also land grant colleges often have a strong agricultural focus. New Mexico State was implementing a horticultural program in in one of our prisons. We also have a group of folks who have volunteered to complete 2000 hours of gardening work/study, after which they earn the rank of Master Gardener, and they provide great advice. Maybe check gardening group too. Good luck!

JeffreySmith, to Ukraine
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As usual, military correspondent David Axe writes an excellent piece about heavy urban fighting in which American supplied M -1 tanks were instrumental in the 47th Brigade stopping Russian armor west of Avdiivka. His article is accessible on the Google News site, but paywalled on the Forbes site. Final note, the valiant 47th Brigade soldiers lost 3 M-1s and 4 Bradleys while knocking out many invader tanks and IFVs, but replacements aren't currently available due to evil Mike Johnson.

samlitzinger, to random
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The Washington Post PAYS him for this drivel.

“Opinion by Marc A. Thiessen I want to vote for Donald Trump in November. The question is: Will he let me? I’m not a Never Trumper. To the contrary, I’ve spilled gallons of ink in the pages of this newspaper defending him. Based on his record in office, Trump should be considered one of the greatest conservative presidents we’ve had.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/03/14/marc-thiessen-vote-trump-national-security/

JeffreySmith,
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@samlitzinger

When you respect, as Thiessen does, a President who put a lot of effort into Making Rape Great Again, such as TFG, you lack a moral compass. He's a great spokesman for that formerly great paper, now captured by a billionaire - the Amazon Post.

w7voa, to random
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“Today, our hearts are heavy. Jill and I are devastated to learn that American Itay Chen was killed by Hamas during its brutal terrorist assault on October 7.” - President Biden in a statement https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/03/12/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-itay-chen/

JeffreySmith,
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@w7voa

I wish that President Biden had shown similar bereavement when a fellow American, journalist Shireen Abu Aklah was killed by an Israeli soldier two years ago. Once Pres. Biden increases the Israeli military budget by 14 billion dollars, perhaps the IDF will give the soldier a whopping raise. The soldier has not faced any consequences for the killing despite Bellingcat and Washington Post investigations showing the killing was almost certainly intentional.

ned, to random
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"Anarchists are simply people who believe human beings are capable of behaving in a reasonable fashion without having to be forced to. It is really a very simple notion. But it’s one that the rich and powerful have always found extremely dangerous.

The assumption of Anarchism is that human beings are, under ordinary circumstances, about as reasonable and decent as they are allowed to be, and can organize themselves and their communities without needing to be told how."

https://davidgraeber.org/articles/are-you-an-anarchist-the-answer-maysurprise-you/

JeffreySmith,
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@scottmatter @cthulku @AmeliasBrain @ned

I guess we need to replace self-driving cars with self-returning shopping carts.

compost, to climate
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We do not eat the grass.

But if every landowner was instructed to put the carbon back into the soil and build a resilient topsoil, the amount of environmental issues we would be able to fix would is big. Among them, we could help reverse

This is why we must realize that we the people are the solution for the climate.

On this account, we try to inspire the people of to compost and to be a solution to the

What have you done today for the ?

JeffreySmith,
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@TheJen @rogerparkinson @reinhilde @compost

Smaller tomatoes: cherry types, golden nugget, and Stupice do well in containers in New Mexico. You'll want a bucket at least 12" deep. The unremitting heat/sun got to the Stupice last year, but if you have some cloudy days, the Stupice is cold tolerant, productive, and tasty. A larger bucket, like a five gallon, will allow more fruit to be produced.

JeffreySmith,
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@reinhilde @TheJen @rogerparkinson @compost

The Stupice is an heirloom from Czechoslovakia so it should be okay in the north. My area in New Mexico is at 6500 ft, so it handles quite cool nights, but as it has broad leaves, the UV can be an issue this high.

JeffreySmith,
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@TheJen @rogerparkinson @reinhilde @compost

Fine growing area: I love to check the Isleta farms by you for hay for my goats. Since your UV is lower the Stupice should be good. The Golden Nugget has quite small leaves and loves the NM sun and heat.

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