"Zombie" by the Cranberries was about an IRA bombing where children were killed. It was banned when released, attacked by all sides of The Troubles (especially by those with a vested interest in the carnage continuing.) Author and singer Dolores O'Riordan said it wasn't partisan, it was humanitarian. Just stop the killings, stop murdering innocents.
Which IMO is what the college protests are about. Yes, there are noxious bigot crazies, however mostly it's about stop the slaughter.
@bobmorris If I have my numbers right, Hamas kidnapped 235 people, returned about 60, and the Israeli government says they believe 35 are dead.
Over 30,000 Palestinian civilians have been killed since October 7, many of them reporters, hospital personnel, and children. The disproportionately cruel response is what's bringing people out in the streets and setting up tents. #CeasefireNow
I do taxes and have three probable identity thefts so far this year - the dreaded IRS efile rejection "Primary social used in a return previously filed this year."
Someone filed a bogus return using their social to get a refund.
Be proactive:
Get a IP PIN at the IRS website. It's a six-digit number than must be on a return or it is instantly rejected.
Lock your accounts at all three credit agencies and also do a fraud alert. This is free.
Why are articles like this always about the far-right rurals who want to flee from godless big city wokes and never about, say, Missoula Montana Democrats opposing blatantly racist, homophobic, neo-Nazis in their rural areas?
Everywhere in the U.S. is the real America. It is delusion, fantasy, and deliberate deception to say only rural areas are the real America. Because they aren't. San Francisco is real America too.
Easy Money: Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud. Ben McKenzie with Jacob Silverman
Actor Ben McKenzie and Jacob Silverman were suspicious of cryptocurrency long before it cratered, and the arrests happened. They extensively document the fraud and criminality. This is must-read.
Earlier, also essential, book on crypto scams by @davidgerard
Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain. David Gerard
The book concludes with:
"Everything to do with cryptocurrencies and blockchains is the domain of fast-talking conmen. If anyone tries to sell you on either, kick them in the nuts and run."
Review: The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet. Jeff Goodell
Climate change is raising temperatures. Most of us currently live in the Goldilocks Zone. That's changing. Fast. To survive, we need to change with it. Most of all, it's about the heat and how to cope with it.
"We are confronted simultaneously with our vulnerability to catastrophe and our profound unseriousness in the face of it."
Moms For Liberties is a professionally done, funny hit job on Moms For Liberty. They are fundraising to put DeFascist24 billboards in Florida.
""We are an extremist organization that prides itself on making sure that freedom of speech and choice only applies to those who believe gays are demonic, Hitler actually wasn't that bad so Jews should stop overreacting"
'"Meta’s voluntary code on child protection seems not to work," Breton wrote Thursday on Twitter. "Mark Zuckerberg must now explain & take immediate action."'