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@geoffmarsh.bsky.social
Jamaican Xennial ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฒ Twitter Refugee, looking forward to a Jamaican Renaissance on Bluesky.
I know it's hard to track all the threats to democracy out there right now, but this is at the top of the list.
That's the real red line now.
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com ยท 6mo agoBreaking news: Federal agents in Minneapolis fatally shot a man believed to be U.S. citizen. The victim was a 37-year-old White male, a resident of the city and appeared to lawfully own a gun, the police chief said. https://wapo.st/3M62eyV
This reflection begins a longer conversation โ Beyond the Visa โ a Semaj MindSpa series exploring what happens when old exit stories lose their power and new definitions of success must be formed.
โThis is Not About Visas. It is About Identityโ.
For years, the visa has carried a weight far heavier than travel โ it became a mirror in which many learned to measure their worth, a quiet promise that life would begin elsewhere. When borders tighten, what aches is not only opportunity, but belonging; not only movement, but meaning. Who am I if I cannot leave? What becomes of me if my value is not confirmed beyond these shores? Yet identity that depends on permission is always fragile. This moment asks something deeper of us โ to root ourselves where we stand, to remember who we are without applause or approval, and to discover that dignity does not arrive stamped in a passport.
thesemajmindspa.com
Metallica in Reggae and in Funk. Done through AI. Slaps like hell. AI videos may suck, but the AI music redos are quite intriguing.
Today the Belgian chapter of IAH - International Association of Hydrogeologists organises the '๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ด ๐๐๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฒ๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐'. ๐ ๐ด๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ต๐๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฒ๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ ๐ง๐ชจ๐ทโโ๏ธ๐จโ๐ฌ
This morning there is one Nobel Peace Prize winner, 8.1 billion or so people who did not win the Nobel Peace Prize, and one Nobel Peace Prize loser.
The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.
Amanda Katz@katzish.bsky.social ยท 10mo agoHorrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Muskโs aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...
My husband was detained by ICE today Juan Muรฑoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away I have had zero contact or updates since #SOS @duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
"Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." Looking forward to seeing Jimmy back on the air.
Jimmy Kimmel Returns: ABC Ends Suspension Starting Tuesday
Jimmy Kimmel will return to late night on Tuesday
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Listening to Snarky Puppy is pretty much a spiritual experience.
The State of Global Water Resources report of @wmo-global.bsky.social is out...... but don't read it now if you're looking for some light-hearted end-of-week reading material. wmo.int/publication-...
State of Global Water Resources 2024
wmo.int
Get enumerated. It might be too late for this election, but you'll be in time for the next one.
Election need to call soon, while the people still vex over the school bus opposition.
BREAKING: Scientists are staging a โscience fairโ in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
Detained hospital patients. Crushing debt. "Profit before life." How IFC-backed, for-profit hospitals have destabilized the finances of families across East Africa, co-published with our friends @icij.org
How the World Bank left African hospital patients "detained" and in crushing debt
It promised to improve health care for the poor through its investments with private equity firms.
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๐จ NYT: As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas Some experts say staff shortages might have complicated forecastersโ ability to coordinate responses with local emergency management officials. Gift link:
As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas
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Don't share anything about ICEBlock. That might cause more people to download ICEBlock, which would be bad. ICEBlock.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com ยท last yr.Kristi Noem says sheโs โthrilledโ that Pam Bondi has agreed to โgo afterโ reporters promoting the ICEBlock app (including CNN)