Kimberly Goulart
@kimixes.bsky.social
“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” - Annie Dillard
Imagine if we had a public, searchable database of tax records like the Scandinavian counties have. We could understand who benefits from our lopsided tax code and adequately fund our public services.
Americans Don’t Understand Who’s Rich
The small-business owners with curiously large fortunes
theatlantic.com
EMILY INFELD!!!!!!! That was incredible. She wins the 10,000m at the USATF Outdoor Championships. What a story.
Unionized Starbucks workers are on strike in: -California -Colorado -Illinois -Massachusetts -New Jersey -New York -Ohio -Oregon -Pennsylvania -Missouri -Texas -Washington The strike could reach “hundreds of stores” by Tuesday, according to @sbworkersunited.org.
This picket, designed by the Feminist-Queer Network for Saving Democracy, reads, “Women have always been present in the square.”
#SouthKorea National Assembly will vote on the impeachment of president Yoon Suk-Yeol at 4 p.m. The major opposition Democratic Party called on the ruling People Power Party (PPP) to join the vote, warning any refusal would constitute "treason against the people." en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN2024...
DP urges PPP to join impeachment motion, calls refusal 'treason against the people' | Yonhap News Agency
SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Yonhap) -- With the opposition-led parliament set to vote on the second im...
en.yna.co.kr
박찬대 의원 국힘의원들 왜 하나하나 부르나 했더니만 저 명단들이 국회회의록에 영구박제되어서 대한민국 공식 역사에 남는거라서 그렇구나? 저 짧은 순간에 대단한 생각을 한듯.
Opposition will propose another motion to impeach Yoon on the 11th. Will have to see what playing cards ruling party will use between now and the 11th.
Michelle Ye Hee Lee@myhlee.bsky.social · 2y agoBREAKING NEWS: The impeachment vote of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, following his shocking martial law decree that stunned the nation, has FAILED. 105 of 108 of his party's lawmakers boycotted the vote and the National Assembly didn't meet the threshold to pass the motion.
Be quite ironic if after all these years and recently much ridicule Ahn Chun Soo is the guy who hold his ground, encourages PPP members to come back, and saves Korean democracy
South Korea crisis live: thousands rally outside parliament as president faces impeachment vote
South Korea crisis live: thousands rally outside parliament as president faces impeachment vote
Lawmakers are preparing to vote on a motion to impeach Yoon Suk Yeol after his failed attempt to impose martial law earlier this week The Korean Bar Association backed impeachment on Saturday morning, stating that Yoon’s martial law declaration failed to…
theguardian.com
Immigrant workers joining the strike. Our society owes a lot to these people, as South Korea transitions to a multicultural society.
My egg appreciation account is dead because all the cool kids have joined Bluesky.
Fun with data scraped from the US Olympic Trials athlete bios. First, hometowns. You can see the influence of growing up near a major marathon or, well, in Minnesota. 5 athletes list Kenyan hometowns and Eritrea, Tigray, Zimbabwe, and Germany are home to one athlete each.
