LoriHC @lorihc@social.cleverlibre.org

“For the horrors of the American Negro’s life,” wrote James Baldwin in 1962, “there has been almost no language.” The history is clear. America gave Black Americans nothing. What freedom we have was earned through blood, toil, grit, perseverance, & courage. After the deadliest insurrection in American history, Black-New Yorkers rebuilt their lives, shaped their destinies & contributed to the ongoing freedom struggle..

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@blackmastodon@a.gup.pe @BlackMastodon@chirp.social #BlackMastodon #Histodons #History #NYC

Kindergarten children did a wee bit of guerilla gardening to create this beautiful #StreetArt display.

Many thanks @streetartutopia for sharing 😊

https://streetartutopia.com/2023/04/15/kindergarten-children-dropped-seeds-in-the-crack-of-the-sidewalk-to-see-what-would-happen/

#K12 #science #ArtShare

Hey, an instance for black queer folk that needs a bit of exposure to get the word out about it. Please boost if you have friends who've felt alienated by the nazis you tend to find on other, unmentionable servers. https://blackqueer.life

Admin: @tillshadeisgone

#BlackMastodon #BlackFediverse #BlackFedi #BlackQueer

~one billion
~1,000,000,000

That's how many parking spaces there are in the USA. For every car? About 4 empty spaces... just sitting there, not absorbing the rain, making flooding worse, making cities hotter as they bake in the summer sun.

Our built environment and laws bend over backwards to make driving the only viable transportation option in nearly every imaginable context.

You need to pay for healthcare, but almost never parking.

(Pointing this out makes libertarian heads explode.)

"Wesleyan University, a liberal arts college in Connecticut, is ending legacy admissions, which give a leg up to the children of alumni, just weeks after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action.

After the Supreme Court decision, legacy admissions came under heavy attack because the practice tends to favor white, wealthy applicants over Black, Hispanic, Asian American and Native American students"

~ Vimal Patel

#AffirmativeAction #LegacyAdmissions #Wesleyan

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/19/us/wesleyan-university-ends-legacy-admissions.html

If SFMTA, Mayor Breed, and the Board of Supervisors want to increase safety and reduce roadway deaths, they must create a connected network of protected bike lanes and Slow Streets with traffic diverters / modal filters to get more people to shift trips from cars to active modes.

This kind of brilliantly stupid shit is what I miss from the early days of the internet

Hi lovely developer people, if you have TestFlight links for App Intents adoption such as new interactive Widgets or App Shortcuts, please send em my way! I'd love to see what everyone is building in preparation for the new iOS.

Volvo Group sets record electric truck, bus, and marine engine deliveries in Q2 https://electrek.co/2023/07/19/volvo-group-record-electric-truck-bus-marine-sales-q2/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Your DNA helix is backwards, btw.

Study of men finds:
- Being a father (not just of girls) unlocks a caregiving spirit
- Pandemic showed them they can & should be more active in caregiving
- 73% of men & 83% of fathers (N=500) support reproductive healthcare as a human right
https://time.com/6295453/modern-gender-equality-must-include-men/

Love to watch someone blast down Slow Sanchez at like 50mph. Missed their plate. We need speed cameras on slow streets.

@kyleve What’s the feedback number? I’m on vacation, but will poke people about it when I get back.

Fuck every web page that’s like

How To Do X
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FDA approves the first over-the-counter birth control pill

The move is seen as a victory for reproductive rights, which are under intense attack.

https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/07/fda-approves-the-first-over-the-counter-birth-control-pill/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social