ZingerLearns @ZingerLearns@social.cleverlibre.org

It has been known for 2 decades that Clarence Thomas is thoroughly corrupt. No charge will ever be levied against him for his corruption as long as Republicans hold more than 1/3 of the US Senate.

David G. Savage: Los Angeles Times reported about Justice Thomas’ gifts 20 years ago. After that he stopped disclosing them

#clarencethomas #ussupremecourt #corruption #GOP
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2023-04-06/the-times-reported-about-justice-thomas-gifts-20-years-ago-after-he-just-stopped-disclosing-them

This is still fascism. Just done by parliamentary procedure instead of brown shirt militias.

Current mood: https://youtu.be/8de2W3rtZsA

Florida removed “Anne Frank’s Diary: The Graphic Adaptation” school libraries in Indian River County

Your reminder, it’s legal to run over protestors in GOP-run Florida

And Monday, 11 protestors were arrested for gathering in a circle and singing to protest the 6-week abortion ban

The wave of fascism gets bolder: the Tennessee GOP forcibly expelled two legally elected black Democrat representatives yesterday

In this country, we have no democracy at this time.

They paid to artist to commemorate the corruption!!!?!?@?@^÷&÷&÷&××%@"

3/ John Dean:

Authoritarianism dominates the GOP today. The results is autocratic government. Just look to Tennessee for an example of autocratic government at work. It is ugly. It is undemocratic, and it is unAmerican!

Women now publish >50% of books and sell more books than men. Reasons: book demand driven by women, pub industry dominated by women, writing is a solo effort, lacks office politics & hierarchies, and is low-paid for most authors.
https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2023/04/04/1164109676/women-now-dominate-the-book-business-why-there-and-not-other-creative-industries

Has anyone taken a moment to remind you of the simple fact of just how amazing you are? How nice it is to have you around?

It's true and I fear you're not told often enough.

#MakeKindnessNormal

FLOTUS’ idea to bring both the winner and loser of the women’s college basketball championship drew sharp rebuke, with criticism that the idea to – for the first time ever – invite a majority white runner-up team signifies #whiteprivilege.

https://theconversation.com/how-white-privilege-plays-into-the-first-ladys-idea-to-invite-runner-up-iowa-to-the-white-house-203316

#politics #sports #basketball #news

If you’re privileged enough to stop using Big Social, you should.

Granted, not everyone is, and I sympathize.

But if you’re free to leave, you absolutely have a social responsibility to do it. Anything less is an endorsement of Fascism.

“Calling experts to safeguard cultural heritage in Ukraine – apply now. The European Commission has published a call for experts to safeguard cultural heritage in Ukraine. The deadline to apply is 25 April 2023”. #CulturalHeritage #Ukraine @academicchatter @histodons http://culture.ec.europa.eu/node/2965

"What is upsetting the country is a sense of its own identity. If one managed to change the curriculum in all the schools so that Negroes learned more about themselves and their real contributions to this culture, you would be liberating not only Negroes, you’d be liberating white people who know nothing about their own history. And the reason is that if you are compelled to lie about one aspect of anybody’s history, you must lie about it all." https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/baldwin-talk-to-teachers via @ZingerLearns

Some of the best learning about marginalized communities can be had from listening to members of that community speak to each other about their problems. One of the situations where lurking is encouraged!

I learned a ton about what would help reduce Asian hate crimes, by listening to Asian women talk to other Asian women, without me or other non-Asian folk speaking.

I don't need to speak to contribute to the conversation or support a community. Being present and listening, *is* participating.

Tell your kids about Ruby Bridges, the first black child at an all-white public elementary school in Louisiana.

She turned 66 this year.

She’s only 66.

66.

The powerful uncropped version of the photograph 'Tank Man'. A nameless hero who stopped a column of tanks on June 5, 1989, a day after the Tiananmen Square massacre. He was ultimately ushered to safety by fellow protesters, and his identity remains unknown to this day.
#Iconic