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https://Persagen.com is a curated database / search / knowledge engine committed to universal social justice, equality, ecosocialism, & human rights. We track & curate wealth, power, & influence affecting those issues. [Vancouver, British Columbia]

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persagen, to random
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Trump posted a video on Truth Social calling the country a 'unified reich' if he wins
https://www.npr.org/2024/05/21/1252653231/trump-unified-reich-antisemitism-truth-social

Fascist Trump Winks at Nazis With Latest Video
The video promises a “unified reich” if Trump retakes the White House. You can probably take that threat seriously
https://newrepublic.com/post/181769/trump-video-nazi-germany

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In Backing Trump, America’s Billionaires Are Digging Their Own Graves
The right-wing uber-rich think they’re stopping “communism.” What they’re abetting is an extremism that will one day come for them
https://newrepublic.com/article/181777/trump-billionaire-donors-digging-graves

The Governor of Texas Nods to White Supremacist Violence
Greg Abbott’s pardon is an attack on multiracial democracy
https://prospect.org/justice/2024-05-21-governor-texas-white-supremacist-violence-daniel-perry/

#Trump #GOP #MAGA #fascism #RightWing #billionaires #capitalism #DeVos #racism #hatred #Texas #GregAbbott #WhiteSupremacism

persagen, to random
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🎵 Morning ☮-in

Iggy Pop - The Passenger (Official Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fWw7FE9tTo

Namaste 🙏 🕊
#MorningPeaceIn #IggyPop

persagen, to Israel
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Report Indicates Israel Uses WhatsApp Data in Targeted Killings of Palestinians
“By using WhatsApp, people are risking their lives,” one human rights advocate said
https://truthout.org/articles/report-indicates-israel-uses-whatsapp-data-in-targeted-killings-of-palestinians

Palestinian digital rights group Sada Social accused Meta, which owns WhatsApp, of fueling "Lavender" artificial intelligence system used by the Israeli military to kill Palestinian individuals within the Gaza enclave

persagen, to Costco
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[Canada] Walmart, Costco refusing to sign grocery code of conduct 'untenable': industry minister
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/walmart-costco-refusing-to-sign-grocery-code-of-conduct-untenable-industry-minister-1.6892920

[USA] Walmart Is Still Putting Ebenezer Scrooge to Shame
Infamous for its starvation wages, Walmart just posted staggering first-quarter profits. The surge is a result of its strategic shift toward catering to affluent shoppers while its full-time workers continue to rely on Medicaid and food stamps
https://jacobin.com/2024/05/walmart-living-wage-medicaid-snap/

persagen, to Canada
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International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia & Transphobia 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Day_Against_Homophobia,_Biphobia_and_Transphobia

May 17 annually
Posted a day late: apologies; busy yesterday (up at 5 am 😯 😉)

~400 walk backwards in Montreal to symbolize decline of 2SLGBTQIA+ rights
https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/hundreds-walk-backwards-in-downtown-montreal-to-symbolize-the-decline-of-lgbtq2s-rights-1.6892610

  • Anti-LGBTQ+ hatred spreading, leading to a significant increase in violence against LGBTQ+ people or those perceived as such
  • 2023 marked by numerous homicides targeting members of these communities

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persagen, to random
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🎵 Morning ☮-in

Falco - Rock Me Amadeus (Official Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVikZ8Oe_XA

Parodied here:
The Simpsons - Planet Of The Apes Musical - Dr. Zaius
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlmzUEQxOvA

Namaste 🙏 🕊

persagen, to Canada
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[Canada] Trudeau calls New Brunswick's Progressive Conservative government a disgrace on women's rights
https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/more/trudeau-calls-new-brunswick-s-conservative-government-a-disgrace-on-women-s-rights-1.6889981

  • re: provincial gov. position on abortion, LGBTQ youth, climate change
  • N.B. Premier Blaine Higgs doesn't respect woman's right to choose
  • N.B. regulation prohibits public funding for abortions admin. outside hospitals
  • criticized Higgs' policy on gender identity in schools

persagen, to Israel
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Biden Advances $1.2B Transfer of Ground-Based Weapons to Israel Amid Rafah Raid
The deal would reportedly provide tank ammunition and tactical vehicles — equipment Israel could use in an invasion
https://truthout.org/articles/biden-advances-1-2b-transfer-of-ground-based-weapons-to-israel-amid-rafah-raid/

persagen, to Canada
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2SLGBTQIA+ Groups Plan Biggest Political Action in Decades to Combat Rising Hate in Canada
Rainbow Week of Action planned in cities across Canada
https://pressprogress.ca/2slgbtq-groups-are-planning-the-biggest-political-action-in-decades-to-combat-rising-hate-in-canada

  • Federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre started promoting anti-trans & anti-science policies ahead of next year’s federal election
  • Queer members & self-proclaimed queer allies within Conservative party tow party line

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  • Conservative politicians across Canada mainstreamed anti-2SLGBTQIA+ hate in response to pressure f. far-right hate groups * evolved f. 2022 Freedom Convoy occupations

  • Conservatives scapegoating marginalized communities for society’s troubles rather than addressing crumbling health care, housing affordability, stagnating wages, inflation

  • Several of Canada’s largest unions support Rainbow Week of Action: Unifor; CUPE; PSAC

  • Rainbow Week of Action: https://www.rainbowequality.ca/events

persagen,
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Pierre Poilievre & Politics of Intimidation
Conservatives emboldening violent extremists & undermining democracy
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/05/10/Pierre-Poilievre-Politics-Intimidation

  • began w. endorsement of Poilievre’s leadership by hate agitator Alex Jones
  • followed by blockade appearance where Poilievre posed w. trailer adorned w. defaced Canadian flags & extremist Diagolon symbol
  • politics of intimidation playing increasingly toxic role in Canadian politics

persagen, to news
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Pg-RSS external news feeds: Saturday 2024-05-04
News/analytics re: abuses of wealth, power, influence

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🌐 Click title to go to external news source

Updated throughout the day
Victoria, Persagen.com 🙏

#persagen #news #CurrentEvents #politics #wealth #power #influence #ideology #populism #CultureWars #discrimination #HumanRights #LGBTQ+ #justice #climate #environment #capitalism #inequality #SocialJustice

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persagen, to Canada
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[Canada] Red dresses to make fashion statement about missing and murdered Indigenous women
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/red-dresses-to-make-fashion-statement-about-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women-1.6873679

  • Red Dress Day was inspired by Metis artist Jamie Black's installation project
  • red dresses hung in public spaces throughout Canada & U.S. as visual reminders of Indigenous women who have been killed/missing
  • movement grown to incl. local communities hosting walks, events, educational gatherings

persagen, to coffee
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Companies Use Poison to Make Your Decaf Coffee
https://newrepublic.com/post/181229/companies-poison-decaf-coffee

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dichloromethane

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persagen, to climate
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Experts predicted olive oil prices would skyrocket due to scorching temperatures. They were right 🫒
Olive oil trees are now “exceedingly” vulnerable to the climate crisis, many analysts warned
https://www.salon.com/2024/05/03/experts-predicted-olive-oil-prices-would-skyrocket-due-to-scorching-temperatures-they-were-right

Image: grrr...... 🤬 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada grrr...

(Loblaws)

persagen, to random
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Wild orangutan treats wound with pain-relieving plant
A wild orangutan was observed applying a plant with known medicinal properties to a wound, a first for a wild animal
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/05/240502113715.htm

Active self-treatment of a facial wound with a biologically active plant by a male Sumatran orangutan
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-58988-7

https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/orangutan-observed-treating-wound-using-medicinal-plant-in-world-first-1.6870817
https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/orangutan-observed-treating-wound-using-medicinal-plant-in-world-first-1.6870817

persagen, to Germany
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The Speech That Got Yanis Varoufakis Banned f. Germany
https://jacobin.com/2024/04/yanis-varoufakis-germany-banned-palestine-gaza

  • banned f. visiting Germany, participating in video conferences about politics hosted in Germany

Yanis Varoufakis
@VaroufakisDE
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yanis_Varoufakis
https://www.yanisvaroufakis.eu/

persagen, to missouri
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Anti-Trans Missouri A.G. Can Access Trans People’s Medical Records
https://newrepublic.com/post/180680/missouri-attorney-general-bailey-planned-parenthood-transgender

  • judge ruled Missouri A.G. Andrew Bailey entitled to Planned Parenthood’s transgender care records
  • orders nonprofit to turn over some most sensitive files to man who built his unelected political career on restricting health care access for trans people

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Bailey_(politician)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Bailey_(politician)#Transgender_care_bans#Transgender_care_bans)

#Missouri #transgender #transphobia #AndrewBailey #neofascism #HIPAA #GOP #RepublicanParty #Trumpism

persagen, to Canada
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Please Advise! Why Is Weirdo Alex Jones Hyping Poilievre?
Uh oh, America’s fringe fanning con artist just called the Conservative leader ‘the real deal.’
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/04/08/Please-Advise-Alex-Jones-Hyping-Poilievre/

persagen, to Hockey
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🎵 Morning ☮-in

Shuffle Demons - Hockey Night in Canada Theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6kRXvOc_ys

Namaste 🙏 🕊

persagen, to NovaScotia
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Daughter of Carly Simon ready to 'see the total eclipse of the sun' in Maritimes
https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/more/daughter-of-carly-simon-ready-to-see-the-total-eclipse-of-the-sun-in-maritimes-1.6834417

Carly Simon - You're So Vain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lT7I40wWYAQ

I remember that eclipse (Mar. 07, 1970): https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereurope/2024/03/07/54-years-ago-today-a-total-eclipse-of-the-sun-inspired-youre-so-vain---history-repeats-in-32-days/?sh=48b171191bd6

I was 9 at the time; excited; it was very cloudy however. Remember running down the snow-covered lake (Fall River, for the intensely curious) at the time of the eclipse. Love the song, anyway! 😜

persagen, to Canada
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[Canada] Hamilton man who livestreamed assault and transphobia on city bus gets 7 months jail time
Judge says Chris Pretula's sentence to send message that 'hate and violence will not be condoned'
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/transphobic-video-bus-hamilton-court-sentence-1.7163465

  • sentence sends message this hate, violence will not be condoned
  • Nieuwoudt profited f. anti-2SLGBTQ+ rhetoric via donations on his livestreams
  • hate incidents, criminal offences in Hamilton grew 61% f. 2021-2022

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persagen, to llm
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Bioinformatics and Biomedical Informatics with ChatGPT: Year One Review
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.15274

... covering omics, genetics, biomedical text mining, drug discovery, biomedical image understanding, bioinformatics programming, and bioinformatics education ...

persagen, to conservative
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Estella Bergere Leopold (1927–2024), passionate environmentalist who traced changing ecosystems
The trailblazing palaeobotanist investigated how climate change affected Earth in the past — and firmly believed science should be used in its defence now.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00905-z

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estella_Leopold

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