Clara Listensprechen @ClaraListensprechen4@social.cleverlibre.org

You have to explicitly tell people this, who were born in the generations since Lassie aired on television. Those of us who grew up crying at the end of each episode — because Lassie was going away for a whole week! — have this knowledge woven into the fibers of our being.

https://mastodon.world/@jeffowski/111195381866091651

Just imagine his smile, and you know he probably had a great smile, Fredrick Douglas...

Imagine that smile fading as you explain it to him.

OTD in 2016, video surfaced of Donald #Trump bragging of sexually assaulting women https://toilet-guru.com/blog/63.html?s=mb @gop #SexualAssault #morals

Modeling early warning signs of possible Amazon Forest dieback

Deforestation of the Amazon may reach a critical point where abrupt declines in rainfall could cause widespread forest dieback.

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adk5670

Bumblebee on a marigold. Probably Half black bumble bee - Bombus vagans.

#bees #bumblebee #bombus #NativeBees #NativePollinators #pollinators #bloomscrolling #marigolds #bloomscrollingwithbee

It's a late #Caturday Munch pic.
She's been doing bits and bobs elsewhere but she's here now
#MoggiesOfMastodon

But above all else, white people, please stop thinking you can prove yourself "not racist" by proving that someone else is racist.

That's not how logic works.

And to quote Ibram X. Kendi (who leads an academic group that studies racism) "I'm not even sure what 'not racist' is supposed to mean."

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In a similar vein, white Democrats will point at the explicit racism of modern Republicans. The unspoken part of this argument is "Republicans are racist, therefore Democrats are not racist."

First, we are all participating in a culture/society that is inherently racist, and constantly flooding us with nonverbal racist ideas. The notion that any of us can be truly free of racist premises underlying our decisions is delusional. In that context, I'm not even sure what "not racist" means.

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There are people who object to some of the methodology of this particular survey. I don't really care about those objections because they don't really affect the point I'm trying to make here.

White Republicans will often point to the fact that the KKK and other Southern racists used to vote with Democrats back before the Civil Rights movement. The unspoken part of this argument is "Democrats are racist, therefore Republicans are not racist."

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But more importantly, I don't understand why so many white people (I'm half-white) seem to think that proving someone else to be racist somehow proves that you yourself are not racist.

Proving that someone else is X cannot prove that you are not(X).

That's not how truth works.

That's not how logic works.

Please stop embarrassing yourselves with this flaccid logic.

I think part of the problem is that too many think that racism is a binary thing…

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Wired retracted the article about Google rewriting searches to match advertiser brands. Discussion is centered on the orange site and X, unfortunately: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37802116

IDF Armored Bulldozer is seen opening the walls of the Sderot Police station, where Terrorists are holed up at 31.5223, 34.5918.
Reports suggested that this was done to provide further openings to the buildings for an assault by IDF, which supposed to have commenced already.
#israel #IsraelUnderAttack @geoconfirmed

Fox News Reporter Brutally Fact Checks Trump/GOP’s Biden And Israel Lies https://www.politicususa.com/2023/10/07/fox-news-reporter-brutally-fact-checks-trump-gops-biden-and-israel-lies.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Not sure which EU DPC regulates them, but they need to be fined to bankruptcy

https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/10/private-23andme-user-data-is-up-for-sale-after-online-scraping-spree/

Civilians will pay price for biggest challenge to Israel since 1973 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/07/civilians-will-pay-price-for-biggest-challenge-to-israel-since-1973?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #worldnews #guardian

Please, everyone, read and email your representative and Senator plus cc to #POTUS with this link to the Hartmann report link below to replace the rip-off #Advantage programs with #MedicareForAll. It will not only save money but it’ll save lives maybe you or persons you love.

https://hartmannreport.com/p/the-medicare-advantage-ripoff-that-462

In Sderot (once Huj) ISR tv and others: the Palestinian fighters at Sderot police station killed 20 police there. Footage of ISR destroying the station about 1 hour ago @palestine @israel

chocolate levels are 82% and falling

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Alleged Menendez Co-Conspirator Fred Daibes' Life Just Got More Difficult - emptywheel https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/10/06/alleged-menendez-co-conspirator-fred-daibes-life-just-got-more-difficult/