"What’s a state you’ve never been to?
Pick a rural place on the map, and call up the local #library or #NPR station there. Say, 'Hi, I’ve never been to where you’re at, and I might never get there, but I am curious to hear what the needs are in your community.’... I don’t know any easier way to bridge the horrible divides in our country.” —https://www.montereycountynow.com/people/face_to_face/how-a-couple-decided-to-donate-15-percent-of-everything-they-owned-and-what-it/article_c272c333-cc2f-4471-bef4-c88eec5c49dd.html
#MontereyCountyNow #Rabbi #USA #BuildBridgesNotWalls #Changemakers #BeTheChange
#BuildBridgesNotWalls
#Journalists among at least 13 arrested during #immigration-related protest in #CincinnatiOH
Police in #CovingtonKY, said those arrested had refused to comply with orders to disperse.
By John Seewer | The Associated Press
"Police in Cincinnati arrested at least 13 people, including two journalists, after demonstrators protesting the #immigration #detention of a former hospital chaplain blocked a two-lane bridge carrying traffic over the #OhioRiver.
"A reporter and a photography intern who were arrested while covering the protest for #CityBeat, a Cincinnati news and entertainment outlet, were among those arraigned Friday morning in a Kentucky court.
"Other journalists reporting on protests around the U.S. have been have arrested and injured this year. More than two dozen were hurt or roughed up while covering protests against #ImmigrationRaids in #LosAngeles.
"A Spanish-language journalist was arrested in June while covering a #NoKings protest near #AtlantaGA. Police initially charged Mario Guevara, a native of El Salvador, with #UnlawfulAssembly, #obstruction of police and being a pedestrian on or along the roadway.
"A prosecutor dropped the charges, but Guevara had already been turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and is being held in a south Georgia immigration #DetentionCenter. His lawyers say he has been authorized to work and remain in the country, but #ICE is trying to deport him.
"Video from the demonstration in Cincinnati Thursday night shows several tense moments, including when an officer punches a protester several times as police wrestle him to the ground.
"Earlier, a black SUV drove slowly onto the Roebling Bridge while protesters walked along the roadway that connects Cincinnati with Kentucky. Another video shows a person in a neon-colored vest pushing against the SUV.
"Police in Covington, Kentucky, said those arrested had refused to comply with orders to disperse. The department said in a statement that officers who initially attempted to talk with the protest's organizer were threatened and met with hostility.
"Among the charges filed against those arrested were rioting, failing to disperse, obstructing emergency responders, criminal mischief and disorderly conduct.
"Reporter Madeline Fening and photo intern Lucas Griffith were charged with felony rioting and several other charges, said Ashley Moor, the editor in chief of CityBeat.
"A judge on Friday set a $2,500 bond for each of those arrested.
"The arrests happened during a protest in support of #AymanSoliman, an Egyptian immigrant who worked as a chaplain at Cincinnati Children's Hospital. He was detained last week after he showed up for a routine check-in with ICE officials at their office near Cincinnati.
"Protesters met in downtown Cincinnati on Thursday in support of Soliman, then walked across the bridge carrying a banner that read '#BuildBridgesNotWalls.'
"Covington police said that 'while the department supports the public’s right to peaceful assembly and expression, threatening officers and blocking #CriticalInfrastructure, such as a major bridge, presents a danger to all involved.' "
#ResistICE #CriminalizingDissent #CriminalizingJournalism #SilencingFreeSpeech #ProtestLawsKentucky #FirstAmendment #Authoritarianism #Fascism #ACAB #Clampdown #CriminalizingProtest #CharacteristicsOfFascism #USPol #AntiProtestLaws
Meanwhile Loops is still under heavy development. Once it's green, it will be Federated as well. Welcome to the Open #SocialWeb where we believe in #BringDownTheWalls & #BuildBridgesNotWalls. Interoperability is key.
@miscosicas I've been a victim of identity theft, and this "cloning" be it without or within the Fediverse, is not even close to the real deal. And I've been a victim as well of people talking about me without knowing it, because they took a screenshot of what I said, _privately_ at that, and posted it elsewhere I didn't know until someone told me.
My only options were (a) ignore it (a.k.a. don't feed the trolls); (b) sue them; and/or (c) make a statement.
Evil people, and people who hates us for some reason only them knows, will always find ways to make our lives miserable. Been there, a lot of times. But here I am, still using social networks and believes in #BringDownTheWalls and #BuildBridgesNotWalls since 2008 when the Fediverse first went online.
Right now, there's no one solution that won't affect the innocents just because of some undesirables. Personally, the innocents far outweighs those undesirables. 🙂
#DDFON = Decentralized, Distributed, Federated, Open Network. Aside from the above mentioned ones, in the Instant Messenger space we have #Jabber ( #XMPP) and #Matrix (Matrix) as well. Did I miss any? #BringDownTheWalls #BuildBridges #BuildBridgesNotWalls #SocialWeb #Web3
It's fine for developers to champion their own protocol and software, obviously you should be. But for the rest of us, it's much better to just be an advocate of #BringDownTheWalls & #BuildBridges / #BuildBridgesNotWalls. It's fine to have favourites, but try to avoid #ProtocolWars / #NetworkWars.
@IuventaCrew , acquitted! Justice, finally! 👏 👏 👏
Big applause to you, and celebrate!!!!! 🥳 ✊ 🔥 ❤️ ⛵
Sea Rescue is not a crime.
#FightTheFortress
#FortressEurope
#BuildBridgesNotWalls
#MigrantsWelcome
#SeaRescueIsNotACrime
#FightForSolidarity
#IuventaCrew
#AbolishCampsAndBorders
#SystemChangeWorldwide
#HumanRights under attack
Europa verabschiedet sich endgültig von den Menschenrechten.
Dieser Pakt tötet!
Wir müssen und werden weiter laut bleiben, so wie gestern in #Brüssel!
Jetzt in #Mainz Kundgebung der #Seebruecke Mainz gegen die Entrechtung von Schutz suchenden Menschen: #StopGEAS
Für ein Europa, das Brücken baut!
#BuildBridgesNotWalls
Am 11. April entscheidet das Europaparlament über die sog. #GEAS-Reform: Noch mehr Lager, noch mehr Stacheldraht und noch mehr Entrechtung an den EU-Außengrenzen.
Kommt zur Kundgebung der #Seebruecke #Mainz: Gemeinsam gegen GEAS, Lager und Abschiebungen.
A reminder to flag-shaggers to practice safe sex. #FuckTrump #FlagShagger #BuildBridgesNotWalls #NoBorders #NoNations #AntiFascism #antifa
So, is any #BlueSky bridge functional yet?
#Fediverse #Federation #BuildBridgesNotWalls
✨ Building Bridges, Burning Borders - Maldusa one year booklet ✨
Das 1. Jahr #Maldusa. Vision,
Projekte, praktische Solidarität.
Jetzt nachzulesen in der neuen Broschüre:
PDF Download ⤵️
https://www.maldusa.org/l/building-bridges-burning-borders-maldusa-one-year-booklet/
Auftakt zur #StopGEAS Demo der #Seebruecke Darmstadt:
#Europa zum Sicheren Hafen für alle!
#Darmstadt zum Sicheren Hafen für alle!
Für ein Europa, das Brücken baut.
#BuildBridgesNotWalls
#NoBorder #NoNation
Morgen auch in Darmstadt:
📢#StopGeas
mit @seebruecke.bsky.social #Darmstadt
❌gegen die faktische Abschaffung des Rechts auf #Asyl mit dem Gemeinsamen Europäischen Asylsystem!
✅für ein Europa, das Brücken baut!
9.12. | 14 Uhr | Luisenplatz
#BuildBridgesNotWalls #FightTheFortress
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#StopGeas DEMO
mit #Seebruecke #Darmstadt
Mit dem Gemeinsamen Europäischen Asylsystem (#GEAS) drohen massive Menschenrechtsverletzungen und die faktische Abschaffung des Rechts auf #Asyl.
9.12. | 14 Uhr | Luisenplatz
FÜR EIN EUROPA, DAS BRÜCKEN BAUT!
#StopGEAS Protest mit #Seebruecke #Mainz mit Bannerdrop von der Theodor-Heuss-Brücke, zu Wasser unterstützt von #Resqship Rhein-Main.
#SolidarityAndResistance gegen die immer offener rassistisch und menschenverachtend agierende Festung Europa!
#FightTheFortress heute auch in #Mainz:
Kundgebung + Bannerdrop
15 Uhr am Schlosstor!
Für ein Europa, das Brücken baut!
#BuildBridgesNotWalls
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