Please understand that it's only a matter of time before what is happening today in Johannesburg—the collapse of their water system—happens where you live. When, not if.
If you're living in a democracy, every election is the opportunity to choose between the people who are trying to do the right thing but not doing enough, and the people who are trying to extract as much wealth as possible before everybody dies. The choice seems pretty obvious. 🤷 #politics https://apnews.com/article/south-africa-johannesburg-water-crisis-weather-fa8c921c6a063a31aec37e05864d61fb
The theory that #Trump is a bad businessman because his companies went bust and he's a cheater and a fraud assumes that good businessmen aren't.
Nope. The dividing line between good and bad in business is what you can get away with.
Even now, with the law breathing down his neck, Trump is still living a lifestyle the vast majority of the world can't even conceive of.
He'll die living that lifestyle before he sees a day in prison.
Seems to me he's a pretty good businessman. #PropertyIsTheft
#PSA: It's not a fluke or a lark that the "Black" in "Black people" is capitalized but the "white" in "white people" isn't. CJR does a good job of explaining why: https://www.cjr.org/analysis/capital-b-black-styleguide.php
If you post in a thread in which anti-Black racism is being discussed and you capitalize "White", you're going to come off as ignorant at best, or intentionally antagonistic and disrespectful, or a White Nationalist (see how it's capitalized there? they do that) at worst.
Don't be that person. #racism#DEI
I received email today, March 19, from BarclayCard, notifying me, "Your payment has been scheduled for 03/07/24."
I did, in fact, schedule a payment for March 7. I did that on February 22, which is when they should have sent the confirmation email. Instead, it took them 26 days.
Aren't computers great? #tech#fail#smdh
The #WashingtonPost just published this cartoon, and if I hadn't already cancelled my subscription, this would have been enough to make me cancel.
This cartoon is a LIE, and it perpetuates right-wing anti-Biden propaganda. Instead of reporting on the candidate who is literally babbling incoherently on camera daily, the Post is libeling the guy with a stutter.
The mainstream media is going to both-sides us right into fascism and never think they did anything wrong. #journalism#politics#USPol
The #BostonPublicLibrary makes the New York Times and Wall Street Journal available for free to cardholders but not the Washington Post.
The Post has its problems, but IMHO it's still leaps and bounds ahead of the Times and the Journal. Also, it regularly published investigative journalism of national importance which isn't comparably covered by the Times or the Journal.
I've asked BPL to add the Post to their lineup. Perhaps you would like to as well? ask@bpl.org #Boston#BPL
Alas the baby goats have not yet arrived at #DrumlinFarm so there was no goat frolicking #today, but it was a beautiful day to visit the farm and there were many adorable baby lambs, including this one born about six hours before I took this photo. #Boston#outing
It's going to be so much fun watching Donald Trump loot the Republican National Committee. Couldn't happen to a nicer party.
Gift link: https://wapo.st/48RMtRq #politics#USPol#Trump
They really are burning all the bridges. Nazis are going all in on this election. The Republican Party will be gone. There will be violence no matter what happens.
PSA: I asked #Twinings whether their #teabags contain #microplastics. They said, "The tea bags used to make our product are made from tea paper, a plant-based biodegradable material and this product is third-party certified as home compostable."
Also, "No plastics or glues are used in the tea bags." #tea#environmentalism#health
#COVID outbreak among the cast, crew, and band of the spring musical my son crewed for. They cancelled the final performance; ~7 cast/crew/band members have tested + so far.
My son is one of the few people who masks all the time (KN95) at school, but that may not have been enough. He's home today with a sore throat, though he hasn't tested positive (yet).
My wife and I attended the 2nd-to-last performance, masked. So far neither of us has symptoms or is testing positive. sigh #CovidIsNotOver
And, of course, two days after a performance is cancelled due to a #COVID outbreak at the school, the school sends out email this morning announcing that they're following the new #CDC guidance and people who are contagious with COVID can come to school. 😡#CovidIsNotOver
As much as I want the #Democrats to control the #WhiteHouse and #Congress, I don't see how they're going to codify #abortionRights in federal law until two of the fascist #SCOTUS justices are replaced with justices who support #democracy. Any federal law #JoeBiden signs to codify #abortion rights is going to be overturned by the current SCOTUS on "states' rights" grounds.
You want abortion rights back? Dems need to be in power federally AND in the states. Vote accordingly. #politics#USPol
This is a GOOD #Washington Post article about the #SOTU. It barely mentions his verbal slips, mentions that Trump's are significantly worse, and vividly recounts the speech. Very happy to see this. Better than I expected. Now we just have to hope the columnists don't screw it up. #politics#USPol
Gift link: https://wapo.st/4c99gek