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fixiemama

@fixiemama@mastodon.social

I've graduated out of drama queen rehab, now have found my local Tweeters Anonymous program 🙏🏼🙃 SF city escapades | Adventures in empty nesting | Here for tech, politics, feedback loops, climate change and ocean activism, bike love and all the laughs possible.

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BlackAzizAnansi, to random
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I've never seen a Black shoplifter garner this type of byline...

fixiemama,
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@bynkii @BlackAzizAnansi I feel like nobody talks about the racism that's systemic in media coverage of "the crime beat," thank you for bringing it up!

rbreich, to random
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Judge Cannon has postponed Trump's classified documents trial and didn't set a new start date.

The Supreme Court is slow walking Trump's classified documents case, which has delayed his Jan 6 trial.

The federal judiciary is effectively acting like a MAGA campaign arm.

fixiemama,
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@rbreich We need court reform!! I want Biden to use his mandate once re-elected to do something about this disastrous super majority Supreme Court. The way Alioto, Kavanaugh, Gorsuch and the others jump in to try and help the lawyers doing Trump's bidding... the corruption is so obvious. It's disgusting.

mekkaokereke, to random
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Happy !

You know the drill by now. I don't like talking about Black history. Americans know Black history. I want to talk about white American history. In other words, racism, and the erasure of both positive achievements of, and injustices suffered by, non-white people. That's what people don't know.

Try this: Ask your white US friends what the statue of liberty celebrates.

Now ask your Black friends. Or French folk of any color.

fixiemama,
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@TheJen class of '94 chiming in, my Bay Area, CA US history class included the whole story of TX v MEX... I had a really great teacher. Now it seems like the kids are lucky if they get US History at all. cc @bobwyman @mekkaokereke

18+ mekkaokereke, (edited ) to random
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Remember when we let one far-right dude make up the whole critical race theory panic, and then reactionaries passed "anti-CRT" laws that were really anti-diversity laws, so that teachers were afraid to even teach about civil rights and the Holocaust, and then US students' knowledge of the Holocaust dropped precipitously? And it dropped the most where those anti-CRT laws were passed?

Well, what if we let the same dude make up a whole plagiarism inquisition against the Harvard president?

fixiemama,
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@Itty53 @venitamathias @mekkaokereke @mmlvx @valthonis Seconded -- and it's not just out in the country either. Half of the Caucasian women in San Francisco that voted in 2016 picked Trump over Clinton.

Half of us! 🤯🤬I think it says more about voter turnout than anything else but it still is one of the saddest statistics that I've ever seen.

GottaLaff, to random
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The bird flu spreading through cattle in the United States is an “enormous concern” the chief scientist of the World Health Organization said Thursday as he called for more tracking and preparation for the virus.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/19/health/bird-flu-who?cid=ios_app

fixiemama,
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@GottaLaff CNN missed this piece of the puzzle in their reporting --
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bird-flu-outbreak-vaccine-testing-poultry-vaccinations/

RickiTarr, to random
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Hello! I want to do a Spooky Picture Prompt! So, find a picture in your camera roll that would represent the phrase:

Last Picture on the Camera Roll

This should be spooky, but completely up to your own interpretation. Here's one from me, with weird eclipse light.

fixiemama,
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@RickiTarr no joke, I still don't know if this was a gag gift or a threat 😁

fixiemama, to random
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"In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion."

  • Carl Sagan

RickiTarr, to random
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Some stuff we've pulled out of abandoned houses just left to rot:

A leather picture frame with an old time military painting, if you think you can tell me what it is of that would be awesome
An old Victorian Chest
This insane mid-century lamp it is pretty tall and is a very shiny copper color with ornate metal decoration

fixiemama,
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@ferricoxide When my grandmother died there was a lot of stuff that no one could take, items that were just historical relics, not something useful or good for displaying. So my aunt found a museum in the town where she was from (in Indiana) that took them as a donation. She had to mail it all there but the alternative was to throw it all out, which we did not want to do. I bet charities have ways to accept things, do an estate sale, and do good with the funds. Just an idea!
cc @RickiTarr

mekkaokereke, (edited ) to random
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Again, "Trump is worse!" Then blocked🤷🏿‍♂️

https://mastodon.stevesworld.co/@steter/112402055418029413

Gotta respect the doubling down! Replying to me posting some dude saying "Trump is worse!" then blocking me, with saying "Trump is worse!" then blocking me too! The commitment to the bit is impressive!

Listen, you can get as mad as you want. You can call Black folk criticizing Biden "Bitching" if you want. We're still going to do it.

The CDC under Biden dropped the Covid isolation period from "5 days" to "vibes days." Not Trump.

fixiemama,
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@mekkaokereke Who said anything about excusing Biden.

I'm talking about using comparisons that are fair.

But considering nothing Trump does is in good faith, and he's in obvious cognitive decline, I'm not sure why the one you outline is the conversation anyone would bother with.

fixiemama,
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@mekkaokereke Hang on there friend, comparing the Biden CDC to the Trump CDC misses an important point, which is that it was in 2018 under Trump that the US office responsible for pandemic preparedness was disbanded, leaving us at much higher risk levels for exactly the COVID-19 scenario, and Trump recently said he'd repeat the same mistake if he's re-elected.

Whatever you think of Biden, Trump is actually worse, in all the ways. A selfish billionaire would disagree, I guess.

fixiemama,
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@mekkaokereke LOL I didn't even go into the link you posted b4 but now I have and you know what? Anyone who would compare the presidential terms by number of people who died from COVID is not a serious actor. You can't be serious. I'm no data scientist but why would we compare a data set from 10-11mos. data collection with another that was years of data? Esp. when we're looking at the spread of a disease which increases exponentially with time? Relevant metric: what was done to halt the spread.

fixiemama, to Palestine
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If you're looking for something to reflect upon to commemorate this #nakba76 anniversary, I hope you will take a look at this documentary made by Israelis, about an Israeli researcher who looked into the Nakba events of a particular town, Tantura, and what he found. It was an Official Selection of the 2022 Sundance film festival.

It is not an easy watch. But a very necessary one.

#freepalestine
#fromtherivertothesea
#apartheidisrael
#palestine
#israel

https://archive.org/details/tantura-2022_202311

fixiemama, to random
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I’m heartsick knowing what’s going on in Rafah right now.

fixiemama, to random
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TIL that Sam Altman has a bunker that's ready for an apocalypse, and also believes that the machine OpenAI is in process of creating will eventually take over our world and do away with humans, which is why he has the bunker... This approach to life is boggling my mind. I can't comprehend his world view.

fixiemama, to random
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Oh rascal children of Gaza.
You who constantly disturbed me
with your screams under my window.
You who filled every morning
with rush and chaos.
You who broke my vase
and stole the lonely flower from my balcony.
Come back,
and scream all you want
and break all the vases.
Steal all the flowers.
Come back.
Just come back...

-Khaled Juma, Poet, 2014

fixiemama, to random
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our airdrops of food that won't even help that much have killed 5 people by landing on them.

😞

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/gaza-aid-port-israel-airdrop-1.7138395

fixiemama, to random
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as I fast today in solidarity with starving Palestinians in Gaza, I'm cleaning my room and going through all the podcasts I can't listen to during the week.

This one is chilling, but also encouraging, so please give it a listen. 🇵🇸✊🏼



https://youtu.be/cUW7Ds4hWhM?si=C-7J1A8vgAg8wBAu

fixiemama, to KindActions
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Hi friends, a dear friend of mine needs monetary help. He needs oral surgery for one thing, and to make things worse he hasn't been able to work as much bc his van broke down. Please boost this for visibility!

https://gofund.me/84b7e55a

Jeremiah has been a staunch friend of mine thru thick and thin, since 2015 he has beat alcoholism and remade himself! He just got engaged so even better days are ahead, if he can get through this rough patch. Thanks for considering!


fkamiah17, to random
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mOsT MoRaL aRmY

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-itamar-ben-gvir-calls-execution-palestinans-ease-overcrowding-prisons

fixiemama,
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@fkamiah17 right... heaven forfend they let some of them out...

ttpphd, to random
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"Why won’t the U.S. ratify the U.N.’s child rights treaty?"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2014/11/21/why-wont-the-u-s-ratify-the-u-n-s-child-rights-treaty/

"The group fears that ratifying the treaty would mean children could choose their own religion, that children would have a legally enforceable right to leisure, that nations would have to spend more on children’s welfare than national defense, and that a child’s “right to be heard” could trigger a governmental review of any decision a parent made that a child didn’t like."

Imagine choosing your own religion!

WaPo screenshot 2: But is the U.S.’s non-ratification of the CRC hypocritical when the U.S. lectures other countries on children’s rights? Farris says that the “United States demonstrates its commitment to human rights whenever it follows and enforces the Constitution of the United States, which is the greatest human rights instrument in all history.” The currently all male-staff (Farris says the group has never focused on maternal leave as an issue) of ParentalRights.org and other opponents of the CRC overlook that protections for the rights of children are human rights. Protections of children with disabilities are protections for people with disabilities. Ending discrimination against children is ending discrimination against people. Ensuring paid parental leave, access to pre- and post-natal health care for women has been linked to better health outcomes for children and parents. The United States can learn from other member nations on how to reduce poverty, ensure women’s rights, improve education and educational access, and healthy living conditions, for starters. What message does the U.S. send to the rest of the world when we endorse and support young activists like Malala Yousafzai, and her platform for girls’ rights to education, when the U.S. refuses to ratify an international treaty that promotes access to education for children?

fixiemama,
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@ttpphd Children should have a legally enforceable right to leisure -- play is where they get so much learning done! Crikey. smh

Amputado, to Israel
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Aid trucks headed for were destroyed by fire in the West Bank, video posted on Tuesday, 14 May shows.

Footage obtained by Reuters showed vehicles by a barrier wall in Beit Awwa, west of Hebron, alight.

Firefighters worked to extinguish the flames but the vehicles and the contents appeared destroyed.

It came after protesters blocked aid trucks in a protest at Tarqumiya checkpoint.

https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/israel-gaza-war-aid-fire-b2545601.html

fixiemama,
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@Amputado I think "rioters" or "agents of guerilla warfare" is a megaton more appropriate than "protestors" when we're talking about Israeli settlers, which is already a violent and oppressive position to hold in the grand scheme of Palestinian rights.

I would love to stop seeing that word used when we're talking about people committing illegal, genocidal acts of insane violence for no reason except to be cruel and punishing. That is not "protest." That is terrorism.

fixiemama, to feminism
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This trend of all gender bathrooms with multiple stalls. I don’t get it. Honestly it feels anti-trans to me or maybe it’s just anti-women. But I have fewer bathrooms I can comfortably use if the one on the floor I’m on is all genders.

Any one want to discuss? I’m not trying to to attack anyone I just really can’t fathom who we’re serving here. As a woman I need a space that I can retreat to. Not bc I was taught to be afraid but bc I’m a survivor of domestic violence.

fixiemama,
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@ttpphd thanks so much for responding. I don't have any hangups abt what body parts a woman was born with, my attitude is welcoming to any transwoman. It's funny bc I've def been in all gender bathrms that even had urinals and felt completely fine, but in restaurants and event spaces that were designed to have just one enormous bathroom, like the inside equivalent of the portapotty line. It's the crappy college bathrooms remade into all-gender just by charging the signs that weird me out.

fixiemama,
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@ttpphd I've been non-confirming all my life, but for me that just means I'm a feminist, not that I'm not a woman. Starts with the whole "women are people too" from the 70s, my mom was all about it. Femininity is a social construct, but womanhood is a vibe.

Viss, to random
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im just wiped today.
that means im gonna goblin mode.

i have something dumb/hilarious planned. ill post pics.
it'll involve pizza rolls.

if im going to be this stupid about it, it SHOULD go on the internet.

fixiemama,
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@Viss “Nope sauce” lmao must be spicy??

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