Toots š¦£ from 05/20 to 05/24
John ColagioiaI assume that nobody will notice, let alone care, but I decided to send this post out a bit early, since I may not have access to my computer when I normally wouldāve done soā¦
Anyway, as discussed previously, on Fridays, I present my weekly social media roundups. Note that toots of articles generally include header images from the articles, which I donāt include here unless their creators happen to have released them for use under a free license, and I notice. Most have not, or I donāt notice. But I now add my commentary here, where I donāt feel restricted by message length.
Also, I donāt generally attach pictures to posts with quotations.
9:06 ā Mon 20 May 2024
Image Not Shown: A woman sits at a desk filled with stacks of papers. She has a pen and pad.
Mary McLeod Bethune, known as the āFirst Lady of Negro America,ā also sought to unify the African diaspora from The Conversation
She called for support for Haitian womenās suffrage. She also called for members of the National Council of Negro Women to assist with the building of orphanages in the country and actively raised money to do so.
Hashtags: #History #NewDeal #BlackDiaspora
If you donāt know Bethune, definitely do some research, because the people who you do know about made it a point to understand her work and herā¦
12:03 ā Mon 20 May 2024
Life ran along for the happy child like a song, a poem which even Takumushi could not have composed.
Hashtags: #Quotes #AAPIHeritage
9:07 ā Tue 21 May 2024
Image Not Shown: An Amazon logo appears on an Amazon delivery van in Boston, Oct. 1, 2020
Amazonās self-driving Zoox robotaxis crash, leading to another NHTSA investigation from Fast Company
The agency said the probe will focus on the performance of the companyās automated driving system during the crashes, as well as how it behaves in crosswalks around pedestrians and other vulnerable road users.
Hashtags: #SelfDriving #Amazon
You know, between all the companies working on these projects, it feels like an outside observer could come away with the impression that self-driving cars donāt actually work, and almost none of the promises have worked out. And yet, weāll probably get another round of āonly a couple more yearsā promisesā¦
12:06 ā Tue 21 May 2024
How far two or more minds can get along in mutuality depends on the degree of their sincerity towards others. The common ground has to be made, and kept, by moral effort. No joy that is bought at the cost of mental unity is contributory to life, and a joy bought at the cost of anotherās welfare or at the cost of duplicity of living, is destructive of mental unity.
Hashtags: #Quotes #AAPIHeritage
9:02 ā Wed 22 May 2024
Image Not Shown: Close-up of worried man at home
Discrimination may speed up biological aging from Futurity
Every day and major discrimination were consistently associated with biological aging, while exposure to discrimination in the workplace was also linked to accelerated aging, but its impact was comparatively less severe.
Hashtags: #Aging #Discrimination
This shouldnāt surprise anybody, other than maybe the idea that work abuses us so much that the damage done by discrimination seems less noticeableā¦
12:04 ā Wed 22 May 2024
Listen! The sorrowless birds rejoice at the revealing of the Perfect Day; they bend not their wishes unto titles and gold.
Hashtags: #Quotes #AAPIHeritage
9:04 ā Thu 23 May 2024
Content Warning: US Politics
Image Not Shown: A person at a fuel pump
Trumpās Corporate Tax Cuts Paved the Way for Inflation from OtherWords
But why would a change in the corporate tax rate unleash the kind of rampant corporate profiteering we saw in the aftermath of the pandemic? Simple: Itās a lot more fun to gouge customers when you get to keep more of what you pull in.
Hashtags: #USPol #Inflation
This actually makes an interesting assertion that Iād like to see the numbers for, because if literally true, it would show that ātrickle-down economicsā directly does the opposite, as opposed to only enabling it.
12:01 ā Thu 23 May 2024
Many moons had gone by since Koan-lo the Second had betrayed the trust of Koan-lo the First, and Koan-lo the First was wondering what Koan-lo the Second was doing, and how he was living.
Hashtags: #Quotes #AAPIHeritage
5:16 PM ā Thu 23 May 2024
The Ultimate Half-Baked Idea
As we near the end of Star Trek: Discovery, and since theyāve built this season as a sequel to TNGās The Chase - along with plenty of TNG name-dropping, lest you think that even one show in the modern franchise has any criticisms of decisions made in 1987 - I want to state my demands on how to resolve this plot point, finally paying off the most important offhand comment in TNG.
For all we know, this might just be a recipe for biscuitsā¦
I like the idea of the Discovery crew deciphering an ancient biscuit recipe, staring at it absolutely baffled, and making peace with the Breen over a massive breakfast spread. At this point, it also seems fitting given Paramountās apparent financial trouble, if took a page from Gene Roddenberryās book and marketed Progenitor Biscuitsā¢ with Kwejian Gravyā¢ everywhere they could to turn a couple of extra bucks.
I couldnāt resist getting in one comment about a current series. In a few months, Iāll bring this line up again, because I love itā¦
9:03 ā Fri 24 May 2024
Content Warning: US Politics
Image Not Shown: Justice Samuel Alito being sworn in to the Supreme Court in 2006, during which he vowed to remain impartial
Samuel Alitoās excuse for his āstop the stealā flag doesnāt add up from Daily Kos
Whether or not Alitoās story is true, or even sort of true, one fact remains: A Supreme Court justice should not be so glib about his partisan biases.
Hashtags: #USPol #SCOTUS #Corruption
Oddly, the article does not mention all the times that Alito has raged against his colleagues ever suggesting that they might prefer to not live in a fascist country, trying to shame them into backing away from cases. And yet, he doesnāt seem to mind it so much, when he does itā¦
12:02 ā Fri 24 May 2024
Japan is often called by foreign people a land of sunshine and cherry blossoms. This is because tourists generally visit only the eastern and southern parts of the country, where the climate is mild all the year round.
Hashtags: #Quotes #AAPIHeritage
Bonus
Because it accidentally became a tradition early on in the life of the blog, I drop any additional articles that didnāt fit into the one-article-per-day week, but too weird or important to not mention, here.
Content Warning: Ageism, Police Abuse
Image Not Shown: An illustration suggesting aging
The realities of older sex workers in Kenya from Global Voices
Tragically, those who cannot afford the bribe or lack the physical attractiveness to appeal to police officers find themselves locked out of their premises for the day.
All this, because weak men canāt deal with a world where women control their own bodiesā¦
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