Excellent reporting by ProPublica. Watch the video near the end of little Khloie Torres after she's rescued. It looks like she's in a war zone because she IS in a war zone: a heavily armed United States.
We need to change things.
https://www.propublica.org/article/uvalde-officer-student-trainings-mass-shootings
One of the young men who was shot in Burlington is now paralyzed from the chest down. Here is his GoFundMe, if you are interested.
I just love this story. It shows that intelligence comes in many forms.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/21/new-hampshire-hinsdale-geoffrey-holt-millionaire
This 10-year-old was shot trying to protect his mom from her boyfriend. Unfortunately, the mother was killed. The boy is now motherless and in the hospital.
If you can donate, here's the link:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/ashley-lynn-newton?utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer
Meanwhile, in the US, Roe was overturned and we in the US did very little. Apathy will be our undoing.
"Intimate partner homicides spiked by 22% in the five years from 2018 to 2022, according to a report released Thursday by Brady: United Against Gun Violence, a gun reform advocacy group.
An American now fatally shoots their spouse or dating partner every 12 hours, the group’s analysis found. That rising violence, overwhelmingly directed at women, most commonly occurs in states where access to firearms is easiest."
And the US Supreme Court is hearing a DV gun case...
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/domestic-violence-homicides-supreme-court_n_65303e2de4b0da897ab68296
I know nothing about this and I hope he's a great leader, but this headline reads like an episode of Arrested Development
Our 6-year-old neighbor just asked my husband if he'd watch her TV show when she gets older and if he'd be her biggest fan. 😅
Her students reported her for a lesson on race. https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/09/18/south-carolina-teacher-ta-nehisi-coates-racism-lesson/?fbclid=IwAR1aG-4jOmn7JevVxaWgmiY1YPf1xiUQ9OEnlqMFNhLVJFi2Lv2Mk24vtT8
So basically, the laws prevent teaching public school students about America's racist past & present bc a white student can complain the lesson makes them "uncomfortable" due to race
If students do not learn about past #racism, they will never understand present systemic racism, and certainly not how to address it. But that is the point of these laws. To maintain the racist status quo.
Today is the 60th anniversary of the Birmingham bombing that killed 4 young girls and left one seriously wounded. Sarah Collins Rudolph had a lot of ongoing medical bills from her injuries. If you would like to contribute, here is her GoFundMe. https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-bombing-survivor-sarah-collins-rudolph
Today, September 15, is the Battle of the Bands, when a global broadcast introduces the Wyld Stallyns to the world. The band is made of Bill and Ted, their 15th-century princess wives, a pair of benevolent robots, an alien duo, and Death (Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, 1991)
#Movies #Film #Cinemastodon #Letterboxd #BillAndTed #BillAndTedsBogusJourney
Very damning story about #columbia. The statute of limitations is closing and they refuse to notify Dr. Robert Hadden’s patients. https://www.propublica.org/article/columbia-obgyn-sexually-assaulted-patients-for-20-years?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=majorinvestigations&utm_content=feature
Almost can’t believe a pro-birth #eugenics conference planned in 2023.
Revealed: US pro-birth conference’s links to far-right eugenicists
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/04/natal-conference-austin-texas-eugenics
I sometimes get emails for other Fiona Taylors. Usually, they're not glamorous, but one of the Fionas went to Topgolf Dubai. (I guess the Dubai part is the more glam part.)
@neilhimself I'm enjoying season 2 of Good Omens even more than season 1 and that's saying a lot. Thank you!
Interesting. "Elite" colleges were conspiring to price fix. Totally reprehensible.
https://www.businessinsider.com/do-i-qualify-for-university-of-chicago-settlement-financial-aid-2023-8
Black women have done so much for the United States in the past five years when very few other groups came through consistently. Thank you!
Here I am, watching network TV like it's 1999. #trumpindictment
There it is: the Georgia grand jury has indicted Donald Trump on 10 charges. No more details yet.
So, Lindsey Graham might be in trouble, I gather? :)
