Picture it: North Carolina. 2023.
A public charter school is arguing it has the right to force girls to wear skirts because girls are "fragile vessels" and wearing pants sends the wrong message to the boys.
https://rewirenewsgroup.co...
A public charter school is arguing it has the right to force girls to wear skirts because girls are "fragile vessels" and wearing pants sends the wrong message to the boys.
https://rewirenewsgroup.co...
04:38 PM - Feb 22, 2023
🐳We compared Spoutible's web traffic to eight popular Twitter alternatives, and we were pleasantly surprised to find out Spoutible was the only platform with predominantly women users.💗
Source: SEMRUSH
Source: SEMRUSH
08:41 PM - Mar 21, 2023
Andy Beshear wins the governorship of KY.
Democrats keep the VA Senate and win the House of Delegates.
Philadelphia elects its first woman mayor.
Exonerated “Central Park Five” member Yusef Salaam wins a seat on the New York City Council.
Ohio voters enshrine abortion care into state constitution.
Democrats keep the VA Senate and win the House of Delegates.
Philadelphia elects its first woman mayor.
Exonerated “Central Park Five” member Yusef Salaam wins a seat on the New York City Council.
Ohio voters enshrine abortion care into state constitution.
12:20 AM - Nov 08, 2023
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One day there will be a bigger community of #humanRights practitioners here in Spoutible, maybe you will be part of it? Here's a job opening for the Harvard Human Rights Clinic. Tell your friends. recent JD graduates with human rights experience: this is a wonderful team to work with!
01:39 PM - Oct 25, 2023
#DailyPictureTheme #bridges
I love this spot in Kyoto. You can use the regular bridge or this set of beautiful stepping stones and sculptures to skip across the river. Featuring my kid’s traveling piglet.
I love this spot in Kyoto. You can use the regular bridge or this set of beautiful stepping stones and sculptures to skip across the river. Featuring my kid’s traveling piglet.
10:17 AM - Oct 20, 2023
A case my org worked on. We developed a lot of the evidence through a civil complaint under the Torture Victim Protection Act (TVPA) and the DOJ later opened denaturalization proceedings against this man. Justice can be slow, but we don’t give up. #humanrights #accountability #justice #hope
12:32 PM - Oct 11, 2023
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Thread: Things can move very slowly when it comes to justice for past atrocities, and then sometimes they move very fast. In july of this year, one of the people responsible for the extrajudicial killing and torture of Chilean folk singer Victor Jara was stripped of his US citizenship
02:13 PM - Oct 10, 2023
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BREAKING: Bipartisan legislation to protect🇺🇸Americans from mercenary spyware.
Prohibits US assistance to governments that use it to hack Americans.
Comes from House Intel ranking member jahimes w/ RepMikeTurner (chair) RepChrisStewart @JoaquinCastrotx RepRickCrawford #jsrailton
Prohibits US assistance to governments that use it to hack Americans.
Comes from House Intel ranking member jahimes w/ RepMikeTurner (chair) RepChrisStewart @JoaquinCastrotx RepRickCrawford #jsrailton
06:21 PM - Sep 14, 2023
What happened in federal court yesterday when Mark Meadows shocked everyone and took the stand for five hours? My latest article has you covered. https://shero.substack.com...
shero.substack.com
Meadows' Desperate Plea to Federal Court
Former Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows shocked many by testifying in federal court on Monday. Meadows is trying to remove his case to federal court, because the jury pool will be drawn from several counties statewide, rather than just Fulton County. He would also be able to invoke an argument of “
12:18 PM - Aug 29, 2023
📢If Spoutible is to survive the initial hype curse, we need you guys to share your Spoutible content on other platforms. If someone spouts something interesting or cool, share the link to the spout on other platforms. People can read spouts without a Spoutible account.
09:31 AM - Mar 10, 2023
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My daughter likes to improvise poems, and every once in a while I’m there to transcribe them. I just searched my texts to my wife to find as many as I could. A selection (titles are mine)
Advice (Age 2)
Please snuggle your dream
You want to be loud
Advice (Age 2)
Please snuggle your dream
You want to be loud
09:21 AM - Aug 29, 2023
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Some climate change #goodnews for a change https://apnews.com/article...
apnews.com
Ecuadorians reject oil drilling in the Amazon, ending operations in a protected area | AP News
Ecuadorians voted against drilling for oil in a protected area of the Amazon, an important decision that will require the state oil company to end its operations in a region that’s home to two isolated tribes and is a hotspot of biodiversity.
12:35 AM - Aug 22, 2023
Wow, I never knew this (although it's hardly surprising – SO much of our language, law, and culture is based on upholding white supremacy...). Yeah, we should get rid of the phrase altogether.
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Goose @GoosePetition to use a term that doesn’t have its origins in racial discrimination in the first place.12:16 PM - Aug 21, 2023
12:24 PM - Aug 21, 2023
Congratulations to Guatemala! This is a hopeful result in the presidential elections and an interruption in the backslide of democracy there. Gift article: https://wapo.st/3Lblxn1 #latinamerica
10:30 AM - Aug 21, 2023
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There was a time when Climate Litigation seemed impossible. So glad to see all these cases move forward. Also, if you're interested in climate litigation across the globe, check out the Sabin Center's database: https://climatecasechart.c...
04:28 PM - Aug 14, 2023
#GoodMorningSpoutible . Some of the best people on earth right here. If you can, please donate to #WorldCentralKitchen , not just for #Hawaii , but for the next disaster. And the next one. And the next one... 💔💛 wck.org
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f r e d k i p t e r @fredkipterliving-saint josé andrés'
"teams arrived as firefighters just contained the flames & established 3 meal sites.
"With Common Ground Collective & Chef Hui - 2 orgs who assembled local chefs to ensure meals, like curry stew w roasted purple sweet potatoes, are nourishing & * culturally appropriate. *11:11 AM - Aug 14, 2023
11:19 AM - Aug 14, 2023
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From this week’s Now & Then: Florida's history standards omit "an enormous part of the American story...[a] huge, diverse, complex, conflict-ridden story...that needs to be there for good & bad, for better & worse if you want Americans to understand the meaning & struggle & possibility of America.”
cafe.com
Telling Tales of History: The Florida Problem - CAFE
What can the controversy over Florida’s new Black history standards tell us about the politics of distorting the past? Heather Cox Richardson and Joanne Freeman analyze the claims and framing of the standards and connect the curricular mandates to a century-old effort by the United Daughters of the ..
12:17 AM - Aug 13, 2023
I'm excited to see where this app goes. I've loved Twitter for so long, not only for entertainment but for news and critical information. I hope Spoutible can become a reliable source for facts, fun and breaking news. 💜
07:05 PM - Mar 28, 2023
Today is the 75th anniversary of Truman's executive order desegregating the military.
Celebrated now, the decision was deeply unpopular at the time and condemned by critics as a "social experiment."
Some thoughts at CAMPAIGN TRAILS: https://bit.ly/3Dwks4O
Celebrated now, the decision was deeply unpopular at the time and condemned by critics as a "social experiment."
Some thoughts at CAMPAIGN TRAILS: https://bit.ly/3Dwks4O
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The Social Experiment - by Kevin M. Kruse - Campaign Trails
Today marks the 75th anniversary of President Harry Truman’s order banning segregation and discrimination in the American military. Though he had grown up, in many ways, as a southerner and even used racial slurs, Truman was deeply shaken by the wave of violence and discrimination that greeted many ..
08:20 AM - Jul 26, 2023
The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) is making available FREE electronic copies of the various books banned in America. As new books are banned in each state, the book is added to the Library. The hope is that Americans will form local book clubs to discuss the books #BannedBooks
10:10 AM - Jul 25, 2023
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I try to echo as much as I post. Echoing is important on this platform. Echoes over likes on #Spoutible -
(So, please #echo this post so others are aware)
(So, please #echo this post so others are aware)
03:35 AM - Mar 02, 2023
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In 2015, my org represented the family of Chilean folk singer #VictorJara against one of the military officers responsible for his torture and murder days after the 1973 coup in #Chile . It was a civil case, but the evidence we collected was key to something that just happened
11:54 AM - Jul 17, 2023
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My organization, CJA, along with law firm Foley Hoag LLP and the Electronic Frontier Foundation filed an amended complaint in U.S. federal court on behalf of Saudi human rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul for the targeted hacking that led to her arrest, detention, and torture for her activism.
02:49 PM - May 09, 2023
I’ll begin my first spout with a very interesting photo op. Eastern frog, perched on a toadstool, in the Northwoods of Wisconsin. It had a very Alice in Wonderland feel to it.. #frog #Photography #wildlifephotography
05:45 PM - Apr 27, 2023
We are hiring! If you are passionate about #humanrights , have strong litigation skills and have experience working collaboratively with partners and communities to address atrocities, come work with us! Here's more info:
http://cja.org/wp-content/...
http://cja.org/wp-content/...
02:25 PM - Mar 29, 2023
📢 BREAKING: a Boston jury found fmr. mayor of Les Irois #Haiti , Jean Morose Viliena responsible for the #ExtraJudicialKilling of Eclesiaste Boniface; #torture and attempted #ExtraJudicialKilling of Nissage Martyr & Juders Ysemé. #Justice4LesIrois . Proud of my CJA colleagues & clients. #humanrights
03:16 PM - Mar 21, 2023
Ever heard of #DeathFlights ? In the late 1970s & early 80s, #Argentina 's right wing dictatorship killed hundreds of political prisoners by sedating them and dropping them in the middle of the ocean or the river Plate from an airplane. Here's the story of locating one such plane #humanrights 1/3
batimes.com.ar
Buenos Aires Times | Skyvan PA-51 ‘death flight’ plane to be repatriated
Skyvan PA-51 used during the 1976-1983 military dictatorship to fly detainees to their death, including three members of Madres de Plaza de Mayo human rights group, will return to Argentina in the coming weeks before being put on display at ex-ESMA Navy Mechanics School.
04:48 PM - Mar 20, 2023
This week is particularly busy at work: In Boston, my colleagues are in the middle of trial in a TVPA case related to extrajudicial killing (EJK), attempted EJK, and torture in Haiti. #humanrights #Haiti #JusticeforLesIrois 1/2
03:35 PM - Mar 15, 2023
My organization, www.cja.org, represents ppl in civil suits against perpetrators of human rights violations abroad who are in the US. My organization uses the Torture Victim Protection Act (TVPA). What is the TVPA?
03:32 PM - Mar 15, 2023
