Betsy Fagin

@Bevturner

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Oh my fucking gawd!!!!!! I'm late to the party but hot damn!!!! Bye Bitch! Is this for real?! We have waited so long for his skanky ass to burn.

Donald Trump charged with illegal retention of classified documents | Donald Trump | The Guardian

The twice-impeached former president is being prosecuted for retaining national security documents at his Mar-a-Lago resort

08:22 PM - Jun 08, 2023

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Shawna

@Oaks_yardie

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FYI - Free N95 masks in NYC :
https://new.mta.info/artic...

Get free N95 masks at MTA stations

During the Air Quality Health Advisory, you can find masks in subway, LIRR, and Metro-North stations.

11:43 AM - Jun 08, 2023

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Great article!
“empires built on dominance achieved through a powerful, expansionist military necessarily become ever more authoritarian, corrupt, and dysfunctional. Ultimately, they are fated to fail.”

Jeff Lockard @JeffL

https://www.salon.com/2023...
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Simon Sands

@richceo69

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The law, which is similar to anti-drag laws passed in 6 other states, has been criticized for its language that is broad enough to ban flamboyant cisgender performers in addition to LGBTQ ones.
GREAT READ...

Here Is All the Evidence You Needed That Drag Bans Are About Erasing Trans Existence – Mother Jones

A library in Montana cancels an event with a trans speaker, citing drag bans.

10:55 AM - Jun 08, 2023

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Bach Springs

@VannGriffith

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Speaking real of the dead is a service to the living. And the liver.

9Gen fka Tsiser45 @9Gen

My grandma taught me, decades ago, that speaking ill of the dead is well justified. Reputation washing is a sin in and of its own.
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@bet_syf

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Sunrise looked different this morning, more like a sunset

https://www.washingtonpost...

Canadian wildfires cause air quality alerts as smoke hits U.S. - The Washington Post

The smoke, emanating from Canada, is causing gray skies and poor air quality.

04:48 PM - Jun 06, 2023

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@bet_syf

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https://www.malwarebytes.c...

Amazon's Ring cameras were used to spy on customers

It's what we all feared, but hoped wouldn't be the case.

12:40 PM - Jun 06, 2023

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We keep us safe.

https://www.nytimes.com/20...

A Brooklyn Neighborhood Went 5 Days Without the Police - The New York Times

On a two-block stretch of Brownsville in April, the police stepped aside and let residents respond to 911 calls. It was a bold experiment that some believe could redefine law-enforcement in New York City.

03:21 PM - Jun 04, 2023

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Dennis A

@DharmaDog

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#ai
"Experts interviewed by the Guardian say these are the areas they’re most concerned about."

Robot takeover? Not quite. Here’s what AI doomsday would look like | Technology | The Guardian

Experts say the fallout from powerful AI will be less a nuclear bomb and more a creeping deterioration of society

04:53 PM - Jun 03, 2023

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Reet Petite

@rsbarnes99

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‘By criminalizing the support structures of social movements, gov’t officials are acknowledging how threatening it is when people come together to live out understandings of public safety & collective freedom that clash w/ the government’s stated priorities.’

#stopcopcity #BelovedCommunityMindset

Cop City and Tortuguita: The Atlanta bail fund arrest is more horrific than thought.

In what is a first in recent memory, prosecutors are openly charging people with felonies simply for being organizers within a bail collective.

06:39 PM - Jun 03, 2023

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NotNPR

@NotNPR

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https://www.npr.org/2023/0...

She ripped up her manicured lawn, and challenged the norms of gardening stories : NPR

In Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden, Camille Dungy describes her years-long project to transform her weed-filled, water-hogging, monochromatic lawn into a pollinator's paradise.

07:44 AM - May 05, 2023

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Mary OContrary

@MaryInCognito

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The news media wants to portray the man killed in the NYC subway system as someone who was violent, while withholding the name of the man who killed him.

This article gets it right.

If you really want to learn what type of person Jordan Kneely was, read this.

#JordanNeely

Jordan Neely: man killed by rider’s chokehold was talented dancer

Neely, 30, whose subway death was ruled a homicide by New York’s medical examiner, remembered as kind and loving

10:07 AM - May 05, 2023

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@bet_syf

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working chat reference this morning, I just got asked if I was human or AI 😭

10:20 AM - May 05, 2023

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Brian Keith Jackson

@bkjwordplay

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This should happen daily.

Let them eat cake: Ron DeSantis' office occupied, more than a dozen protesters arrested | Salon.com

One protester is heard saying that "they sittin' here eatin' cake while the people of Florida are in crisis"

01:09 PM - May 04, 2023

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Deb Bailey

@DebBC

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“In Illinois, we don’t hide from the truth, we embrace it and lead with it,” the governor said when the bill was first presented. “Banning books is a devastating attempt to erase our history and the authentic stories of many.”

#libraries #bookbanning

Illinois set to become first state to end book bans - POLITICO

Schools and libraries could lose money for pulling books off the shelves under a bill the governor is expected to sign.

12:41 PM - May 04, 2023

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RoKphish

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"On May 4, 1970, members of the Ohio National Guard fired into a crowd of Kent State University demonstrators, killing four and wounding nine Kent State students."

https://www.kent.edu/may-4...

"On May 4, 1970, members of the Ohio National Guard fired into a crowd of Kent State University demonstrators, killing four and wounding nine Kent State students."

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@bet_syf

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Anyone on here know what those military helicopters circling low around Brooklyn Heights a little while ago were about?

I used to go to bird site for my #OTG #BREAKING info. Now I just wonder quietly to myself. #NYC #Brooklyn #airspace #PublicSpace #Whatsgoingon

04:14 PM - Apr 11, 2023

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Hell realm
https://abc7ny.com/nypd-ro... #Robocop #digidog #NYC # #NYPD #SurveillanceState

NYC crime: Mayor Eric Adams and NYPD roll out high-tech crimefighting tools in Times Square - ABC7 New York

New York City officials gathered in Times Square Tuesday morning to roll out a new initiative in the ongoing war on crime.

04:06 PM - Apr 11, 2023

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Dr. Lucky Tran

@luckytran

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Clean air—both indoors and outdoors—is one of the most important racial justice issues of our time.

Cleaner Air Helps Everyone. It Helps Black Communities a Lot. - The New York Times

A new study quantified the benefits of pollution reduction in terms of race and class.

01:53 PM - Mar 27, 2023

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Dr. Lucky Tran

@luckytran

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"The goal of oppressors is to limit your imagination about what is possible without them, so you might never imagine more for yourself and the world you live in. Imagine something better... then fight for it every day." — Ashley C. Ford

#MondayMotivation

11:42 AM - Apr 10, 2023

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https://www.theguardian.co...

Careful where you put your holiness, authority, agency, especially if projecting it out for someone else to hold. #dharma #DalaiLama #powerdynamics #BodilyAutonomy #teachers #remorse #repair

12:01 PM - Apr 10, 2023

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#NYPD out in #SunsetPark Brooklyn this morning, "it is illegal to protest in a public park without a permit" #PlazaTonatiuh

10:22 AM - Apr 09, 2023

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Linda Johns

@LindARJohns

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We've been trying to incorporate lots of plants that bees love in our gardens. They can use all they help we can give them.

‘Bees are sentient’: inside the stunning brains of nature’s hardest workers | Bees | The Guardian

‘Fringe’ research suggests the insects that are essential to agriculture have emotions, dreams and even PTSD, raising complex ethical questions

09:20 PM - Apr 02, 2023

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#Fascism101

"Missouri Reps Just Voted to Completely Defund the State’s Public Libraries. The new budget sets funds for libraries to $0. Library groups say the move is retaliation for suing the state over its recent book ban law."

Missouri Reps Just Voted to Completely Defund the State’s Public Libraries

The new budget sets funds for libraries to $0. Library groups say the move is retaliation for suing the state over its recent book ban law.

12:55 PM - Mar 31, 2023

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Dr. Lucky Tran

@luckytran

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“I thought that 30 years of good science could address these problems. I was wrong. The top environmental problems are selfishness, greed and apathy, and to deal with these we need a cultural and spiritual transformation. And we scientists don’t know how to do that.” —Gus Speth

04:17 PM - Mar 07, 2023

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https://youtu.be/q43kBuC_u...
#Sage #LGBTQIA #Elders #Seniors

Not Another Second: LGBT+ seniors share their stories (Official Film) - YouTube

The Not Another Second film is here. Enjoy this beautiful journey through the stories of 12 LGBT+ seniors and discover the years they were forced to hide the...

05:03 PM - Mar 29, 2023

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Eco reduces the qualities of what he calls “Ur-Fascism, or Eternal Fascism” down to 14 “typical” features... it is enough that one of them be present to allow fascism to coagulate around it.”

https://www.openculture.co...

Umberto Eco Makes a List of the 14 Common Features of Fascism | Open Culture

One of the key questions today is can we use words like fascism with fidelity to the meaning of that word in world history? Open Culture, openculture.com

05:34 PM - Mar 27, 2023

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The cube will spin again.
https://www.thecity.nyc/ma... #NYC #PublicSpace #art

Immobilized Astor Place Cube Slated to Spin Again by Summer - THE CITY

For the past year the beloved East Village sculpture has been shackled to stop it from tilting. Now repairs are imminent.

10:11 AM - Mar 21, 2023

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Remo

@Remoman

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Scientists deliver ‘final warning’ on climate crisis: act now or it’s too late

Scientists deliver ‘final warning’ on climate crisis: act now or it’s too late | Climate crisis | The Guardian

IPCC report says only swift and drastic action can avert irrevocable damage to world

11:50 AM - Mar 20, 2023

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Eyedrop recall https://www.cnn.com/2023/0... #Eyedrops

Bacteria in recalled eye drops linked to cases of vision loss, surgical removal of eyeballs | CNN

Eyedrops recalled due to bacterial contamination have now been linked to dozens of infections, as well as cases of vision loss, surgical removal of eyeballs and one death.

06:17 AM - Mar 19, 2023

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Donald Trump charged with illegal retention of classified documents | Donald Trump | The Guardian

Get free N95 masks at MTA stations

Here Is All the Evidence You Needed That Drag Bans Are About Erasing Trans Existence – Mother Jones

Canadian wildfires cause air quality alerts as smoke hits U.S. - The Washington Post

Amazon's Ring cameras were used to spy on customers

A Brooklyn Neighborhood Went 5 Days Without the Police - The New York Times

Robot takeover? Not quite. Here’s what AI doomsday would look like | Technology | The Guardian

Cop City and Tortuguita: The Atlanta bail fund arrest is more horrific than thought.

She ripped up her manicured lawn, and challenged the norms of gardening stories : NPR

Jordan Neely: man killed by rider’s chokehold was talented dancer

Let them eat cake: Ron DeSantis' office occupied, more than a dozen protesters arrested | Salon.com

Illinois set to become first state to end book bans - POLITICO

NYC crime: Mayor Eric Adams and NYPD roll out high-tech crimefighting tools in Times Square - ABC7 New York

Cleaner Air Helps Everyone. It Helps Black Communities a Lot. - The New York Times

‘Bees are sentient’: inside the stunning brains of nature’s hardest workers | Bees | The Guardian

Missouri Reps Just Voted to Completely Defund the State’s Public Libraries

Not Another Second: LGBT+ seniors share their stories (Official Film) - YouTube

Umberto Eco Makes a List of the 14 Common Features of Fascism | Open Culture

Immobilized Astor Place Cube Slated to Spin Again by Summer - THE CITY

Scientists deliver ‘final warning’ on climate crisis: act now or it’s too late | Climate crisis | The Guardian

Bacteria in recalled eye drops linked to cases of vision loss, surgical removal of eyeballs | CNN