Paul Sutton @zleap@social.cleverlibre.org

@pwinn
Well said, we're just a completely lost and shitty country. It's gone completely off the rails and it's not looking like it's going to get any better.

I don't mean it go off on a rant here, but, my fellow Americans, we live in a country in which a six-year-old boy deliberately shot his first grade teacher with his mother's gun twenty-five days ago, and the national reckoning, the deep soul-searching and re-evaluation of every law and every cultural norm that has followed is... nonexistent. God bless America.

The school system's superintendent was removed, and the principal was reassigned, while the assistant principal resigned. The kids at this elementary school now have to walk through metal detectors and use clear plastic backpacks under the watchful eye of two cops. Which did no good at all less than a year ago in Uvalde, Texas. God bless America.

And that's it! Nobody has even bothered making a serious plea to change anything at all, because we know nothing will change. Virginia won't change anything any more than Texas did after the Uvalde shooting. We just know that this is now a part of life: sometimes people go to school to get shot. Sometimes it's children being shot. Sometimes it's children doing the shooting. Sometimes it's both. God bless America.

You might say it's been overshadowed in the news by the cops who murdered yet another Black man, a situation in which the Black cops were fired and charged with murder, while the white cops were put on administrative leave. But that murder didn't even happen until the next day, and didn't become public knowledge until three weeks after Virginia shooting. God bless America.

You might say it's been overshadowed in the news by January 6 being the anniversary of an attempted insurrection, for which the prime suspect remains at large. God bless America.

But if that's true, what does it say about this country that a six-year-old shooting his teacher takes third place at most to still more murderous cops and a scofflaw ex-president getting away with inciting rebellion?

God bless America.

#blog #politics #BlackLivesMatter #guns

My son bought two tickets to Ed Sheeran in Wellington on Thu night. It's his first gig away from home, his friend can't go and there has been no takers for the other ticket on FB marketplace, and he would hate it to go to waste. He paid $190 for it, but if you can have it for anything from $0 upwards, you name your price. This is not a bidding toot! Would very much prefer it go to someone who would really appreciate it, so please be considerate. Boosts welcome, DM me.

Poor people who defend capitalism aren't capitalists, they're the capital. They're not sitting at the table, they're dinner

What strikes me as notable and important in the shooting death of Anthony Lowe, Jr. is that police deemed him a threat because he had a large butcher knife.

However, at the time he was shot (having already been tasered) he was not in his wheelchair, and was attempting to evade police, not move toward them, by crawling on his leg stumps, pulling himself along with his arms.

How was he a threat? Was he suddenly going to take flight?

Fossil fuel giants are acting as climate criminals – polluting our planet, creating 100s of toxic oil spills & leaving the public to deal with the damage while they reap billions in profit. Govt *must* end all new licences & kick out fossil fuels for good

https://bylinetimes.com/2023/01/31/hundreds-of-toxic-north-sea-oil-spills-since-2019/

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/CarolineLucas/status/1620446060933177347

While we are reasonably focused on Tyre Nichols, we need to pay attention to the fatal police shooting of Anthony Lowe, Jr. in Huntington Park, CA on Thursday.

Like more than half of Americans, killed by police, Mr. Lowe was disabled, a double amputee who used a wheelchair.

Like more than half of Americans killed by police, Mr. Lowe was having a mental health episode when he was killed.

https://apple.news/ACiRtuhG2TQCG0VpifoH7nA

Ah, gotta love malicious compliance.

US renewable energy farms outstrip 99% of coal plants economically – study.

It is cheaper to build solar panels or cluster of wind turbines and connect them to the grid than to keep operating coal plants.

#climate #climatechange
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/30/us-coal-more-expensive-than-renewable-energy-study

As we move into Black History Month, here are 10 titles to add to your collection.

Many thanks to Library Journal for including THE KNEELING MAN! #BlackMastodon #BlackHistoryMonth https://www.libraryjournal.com/story/Black-History-Month-10-Books-To-Add-to-the-Collection-and-Share-with-Readers-2022

Leaked Memo Confirms Elon Musk Ordered Censorship of Left-Wing Activist Himself https://video.ploud.jp/videos/watch/deb0394d-c0ee-400f-ac63-d5cc6ee15a79

The 16th iteration of our free online course, "Denial101x - Making Sense of Climate Science Denial", starts on February 7 2023. Since 2015 more than 42,000 students from over 180 countries have registered for our MOOC. The next run will be available for over a year giving you ample time to work through the material at your own pace. Join us to learn about the psychological drivers of #science #denial and how to respond to #climate #misinformation

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Brick road printer 🖨️

Calling advanced undergrad & early grad astronomy students!

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This year is back on-site in La Serena, Chile. Take advantage of the chance to learn about #datascience, travel, and meet new people!

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Do you have a free evening? Are you wanting to learn something new? Join Professor Paulina Kewes as she discusses discuss her paper 'Representative assemblies and the royal succession in sixteenth-century Europe' for the @ihr_history Parliaments, Politics and People hybrid seminar.

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@histodon #Royal #Succession #16thCentury