We live in a country where health insurance corps make billions exploiting the sick with unaffordable medicine, spike their insurance premiums, & deny their claims—& then use those ill gotten gains to fund politicians they know won't hold them accountable.
It's no wonder that out of all developed nations globally, the USA spends double per capita on healthcare—yet has lower life expectancy, higher maternal mortality, & higher infant mortality.
We need guaranteed universal healthcare. Period.
Macron says Russian flags 'cannot be' at Paris Olympic Games due to war crimes - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/macron-says-russian-flags-cannot-be-at-paris-olympic-games-due-to-war-crimes/ #Ukraine #RussiaUkraineWar #UkraineRussiaWar #Russia #UkraineWarNews
“#Musk’s decision, which left Ukrainian officials begging him to turn the satellites back on, was driven by an acute fear that Russia would respond to a Ukrainian attack on Crimea with nuclear weapons, a fear driven home by Musk’s conversations with senior Russian officials” #Ukraine #Russia
https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/07/politics/elon-musk-biography-walter-isaacson-ukraine-starlink
https://youtube.com/watch?v=XYcTcBZc8-s&si=TUWnWYN0hQ60Sx_D
⚡️🇺🇦Nightly Address of President Volodymyr Zelensky at the end of Day 560 of Russia’s full/scale invasion of Ukraine | Day 3470 of The War in Ukraine and Invasion of Crimea (Sept 6th) | with English subtitles (Office of The President of Ukraine Official YouTube VIDEO) #Ukraine #Press #News #Russia #RussiaUkraineWar #9yrInvasionofUkraine #WantedDeadOrAlive
#PutinEndTheInvasion
#NoEUPrezForHungary
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that Japan will continue supporting the European country. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/08/29/japan/kishida-zelenskyy-continued-support/?utm_content=bufferf7dff&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #ukraine #fumiokishida #volodymyrzelenskyy #russiaukrainewar
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY Volodymyr & Olena Zelenskyy❤️
They are celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary today!
Congratulations to the couple on this significant milestone in their journey together.
#AureFreePress #Ukraine️ #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #Zelensky #war #news #Moscow #USA #UK #Germany #Poland #France #Turkey
I'm gratified to see that Walt Mossberg, one of the best-ever journalists in the tech field, has left the deadbird site. https://www.mediaite.com/politics/legendary-tech-writer-deactivates-twitter-account-pens-brutal-takedown-of-elon-musks-leadership/
May more of Walt's and my former colleagues do the same!
While I believe the fediverse is the best way forward for social media, and hope Twitter emigrants will choose a truly decentralized future, the immediate goal should be to make the deadbird site irrelevant for everyone who wants a refuge from the rancid extremism that Musk is promoting there.
Let's welcome the people who come here -- and help them make the move.
Instead of giving billionaires a platform, how about focusing on this questions?
Instead of falling for #AIHype or #AGIPanic how about spreading this ideas?
Pic taken from Abeba Birhane's Twitter quote:
@timnitGebru starts the @DeepIndabe keynote with a bang! #DIL2023 #Indaba2023
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SAUDI INTERFERENCE
Saudi Arabia, the home of the 9/11 murderers, is determined to have a say in who is the next US president.
Along with giving the Trump family $2 BILLION DOLLARS, Saudi's own LIV Golf and their attempt to take over the PGA. Trump is desperate for the Saudis to take over.
Now, Saudi Arabia is fixing the global oil market to give Americans maximum pain at the pump.
Saudis & Russia want their Trump back in the White House for Trump is easily manipulated!
#AureFreePress
DA: No charges against Aurora cops who chased, fatally shot Jor'Dell Richardson, 14
DA said Snapp was justified in chasing and tackling Richardson; Gruszeczka’s decision to pull the trigger was reasonable
Someone should dump Abbott in the Rio Grande and make him remove the buoys himself.
I haven’t been posting a lot here or anywhere lately because I’m burnt out & genuinely don’t see what all this — [waves at social media in general] — is providing my life right now except more reason to worry or be angry.
I wish I didn’t feel that way about social media in general but we live in a toxic era, & much discourse about that is itself toxic & negative.
At some point you have to ask yourself what hyperawareness of all the reasons to be outraged or alarmed about life is giving you.
Hey cool kids of Mastodon, let's make #WoodlandWednesday a thing and share all our favourite photos of trees!
I heart trees!
This is from the Puck's Glen walk in the #CowalPeninsula in #Scotland. A beautiful place.
(Vertical picture.)
Today has been a day of thunderstorms, coffee, and mostly chilling.
Mostly reclusive and carrying slightly damaged goods. A survivor by some accounts. Definitely in need of much therapy. ;)
Staunchly anti-fascist
Bear in mind that, while I may "like" your "toot", about a person, event or particular topic, if it links to the "bird-site" I will no longer boost and inadvertently contribute to their grift. Everyone has a choice and a part to play when crimes go unpunished.
"We are dreamers, shapers, singers, and makers".
-Elric