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Leonard Segal @teacher4411.bsky.social · last wk.

@joesegal.bsky.social A picture like this that dramatizes and symbolizes the terrible situation going on now is what it'll take to stop the wealthy from taking all the money and instead share and invest it with everyone else to create a world that works for everyone and the environment.

Yes, this is a true story. The core facts in the passage are accurate: on May 4, 1970, at Kent State University, Ohio National Guardsmen fired on student protesters, killing four and wounding nine; 14-year-old runaway Mary Ann Vecchio knelt over the body of Jeffrey Miller and screamed; and student photographer John Filo captured the iconic image that won the Pulitzer Prize and became one of the most influential photographs of the Vietnam War era. [instagram](https://www.instagram.com/p/DJOqy0Our1R/)

## What happened that day
- On May 4, 1970, during an anti–Vietnam War protest over Nixon’s Cambodia invasion, the Ohio National Guard opened fire on students at Kent State. [loc](https://www.loc.gov/exhibitions/images-from-americas-library/about-this-exhibition/icons/john-filo-kent-state/)
- In about 13 seconds, guardsmen fired 67 rounds; four students were killed and nine wounded. [patrickwitty.substack](https://patrickwitty.substack.com/p/the-massacre-at-kent-state-university)
- Jeffrey Miller, 20, was one of those killed. [en.wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Ann_Vecchio)

## The photograph and its subjects
- Mary Ann Vecchio, then 14, was a runaway from Florida who happened to be on campus that day. [nytimes](https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/06/us/kneeling-with-death-haunted-a-life.html)
- She ran to Miller after he was shot and knelt beside him, screaming; Filo photographed that moment. [instagram](https://www.instagram.com/p/DJOqy0Our1R/)
- John Filo, a 21-year-old Kent State journalism student, took the photo and sent it to the Associated Press; it appeared on front pages worldwide the next day. [wiki.chogus](https://wiki.chogus.org/content/wikipedia_en_all_maxi_2025-08/Mary_Ann_Vecchio)
- Filo won the 1971 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography for the image. [instagram](https://www.instagram.com/p/DJOrHg7Mvtv/)

## Impact and legacy
- The photo (often called the “Kent State Pietà”) is widely credited with helping turn U.S. public opinion against t…

THE PHOTOGRAPH THAT ENDED A WAR
Kent State University, Ohio, May 4, 1970
Mary Ann Vecchio was fourteen years old.
She was a runaway from Florida.
She had hitchhiked to Kent State.
She did not know there was going to be a protest that day.
She did not know National Guardsmen were going to open fire on students.
She did not know that Jeffrey Miller would be shot dead twenty feet from where she was standing.
She knew none of this when she woke up that morning.
At 12:24pm Ohio National Guardsmen fired 67 rounds in 13 seconds.
Four students died.
Nine were wounded.
Jeffrey Miller fell in front of Mary Ann.
She ran to him.
She knelt beside him.
She screamed.
A student photographer named John Filo was twenty-one years old.
He raised his camera.
He took one photograph.
Mary Ann kneeling over Jeffrey.
Her arms out.
Her mouth open.
Her face a question that had no answer.
The photograph won the Pulitzer Prize.
It appeared on the front page of every newspaper in America.
It appeared on the front page of newspapers in 50 countries.
It became the image that turned American public opinion against the Vietnam War decisively.
Mary Ann Vecchio was fourteen years old.
She had not planned to be there.
History did not ask her permission.
She spent decades being recognized as the girl in the photograph.
She said it damaged her life for years.
She said: "I was fourteen. I was just a kid. I knelt down because a boy was hurt. I didn't know I was in a photograph. I didn't know any of it."
She was just a fourteen year old girl who knelt beside someone who was hurt.
Because that is what you do.
Because that is what humans do.
Even at fourteen.
Even when nobody is watching.
Even when everyone is watching

Leonard Segal @teacher4411.bsky.social · last wk.

@joesegal.bsky.socialA Nobel economist challenged Elon Musk to donate his entire $1T fortune by 2036. finance.yahoo.com/economy/poli...

A Nobel economist challenged Elon Musk to donate his entire $1T fortune by 2036. Musk’s reply: ‘I am actually going to do something along these lines’

Musk has historically been apprehensive about philanthropy, so his Monday statement would be a major change for billionaire and trillionaire giving as we know it.

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Leonard Segal @teacher4411.bsky.social · 2w ago

@joesegal.bsky.social www.facebook.com/reel/1359856...

Here’s the OCR text from the image:

**28 SIGNS SOMEONE IS GOOD FOR YOU**

1. They make you feel safe, not anxious.
2. You can be yourself without fear of judgment.
3. They genuinely listen when you speak.
4. They support your dreams and goals.
5. They communicate openly and honestly.
6. You laugh more when you're with them.
7. They respect your boundaries.
8. They celebrate your wins, big or small.
9. They bring out the best in you.
10. You feel calm, not drained, after spending time together.
11. They apologize when they're wrong.
12. They encourage your personal growth.
13. They're consistent in their words and actions.
14. They value your opinions and ideas.
15. They make an effort to understand you.
16. You can trust them completely.
17. They respect your independence.
18. They're kind to others, not just to you.
19. They handle conflicts maturely.
20. You don't feel the need to "fix" them.
21. They show appreciation for you regularly.
22. They're happy when you're happy.
23. They prioritize quality time with you.
24. They motivate you to be better, not different.
25. They respect your alone time and space.
26. They accept your flaws without criticism.
27. They keep their promises.
28. You feel loved in the way you need it most.

The image appears to be from **The Meaning of Life**.

Leonard Segal @teacher4411.bsky.social · 2w ago

@joesegal.bsky.social Here is how to make healthcare available to everyone. www.facebook.com/reel/9929752...

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Leonard Segal @teacher4411.bsky.social · 2w ago

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olddawg @jpnilson.bsky.social · 4w ago

I pay more taxes than most of these folks. Would be nice if they merely paid in the same percentage of there income as I do...

Miaganga@miaganga.bsky.social · 4w ago

Joe Segal - Create Positive Solidarity@joesegal.bsky.social · 4w ago

@aoc.bsky.social @garyseconomics.bsky.social @barryseconomics.bsky.social I am not suggesting to get in corrupt people's faces like she did. I think creating a movement is more effective. She does give insights into the political problems and her story is inspirational.

Do yourself a favor. Watch Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins! Seriously. Watch it! It will inspire you. It's on Netflix. You might see yourself in Molly. I hope you do! #LiveOutLoud cc: @jenpsaki.bsky.social @katmabu.bsky.social @ponderingpolitics.bsky.social youtu.be/fh4RTjYd-Yg?...

Joe Segal - Create Positive Solidarity @joesegal.bsky.social · 4w ago

Even when this gets slapped down hard in court, the act of forcing the reporters to go through this is how an authoritarian thin skinned demented bully tries to destroy our constitutitonal rights and civil liberties. America, we must stop this madness! Find a way to rise up, to participate.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4w ago

The White House correspondents dinner is even more of a farce under these circumstances

@350.org Hawaii Farm Grows Food Under Solar Panels (And It Actually Works) www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMIE... On this Hawaii farm, crops thrive under solar panels. Take a full tour and learn how farming under solar panels actually works—and why it could change agriculture.

Hawaii Farm Grows Food Under Solar Panels (And It Actually Works)

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@joesegal.bsky.social Hawaii Farm Grows Food Under Solar Panels (And It Actually Works) www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMIE... On this Hawaii farm, crops thrive under solar panels. Take a full tour and learn how farming under solar panels actually works—and why it could change agriculture.

Hawaii Farm Grows Food Under Solar Panels (And It Actually Works)

YouTube video by Here in Hawaii

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@grahamformaine.bsky.social Look for the email I sent you titled," Though their lie has won a battle, here is how your movement can win the war."

Joe Segal - Create Positive Solidarity @joesegal.bsky.social · 4w ago

Smart retail investors should invest in the pitchforks and torches industry. 😐

Joe Segal - Create Positive Solidarity@joesegal.bsky.social · 4w ago

Why doesn't Congress get anything done to deliver for the American people? They are! Just a very small group of us.

@grahamformaine.bsky.social Your views about the problems and solutions to deal with Congress and the Supreme Court are revolutionary and need to be codified and brought forth to America, even if you as an individual don't enter into Congress.

Moses brought the Ten Commandments down from Mount Sinai and gave them to the world. Though Moses wasn't allowed to enter the Promised Land, the Ten Commands he brought forth went on to change the world. Likewise your views about the problems and solutions to deal with Congress and the Supreme Court are revolutionary and need to be codified and brought forth to America, even if you as an individual don't enter into Congress.

@grahamformaine.bsky.social Please check your email for an email titled, "Messaging to turn this allegation into more votes" This is a political hit job. Remind voters that this is an excuse to abandon you as they have abandoned them for MANY years. Use this to get more support and votes.

@joesegal.bsky.social Donald Trump and the Supreme Court are stressing us out by stress testing our Democracy. We need clear laws and powers to stop this new level of corruption.

@garyseconomics.bsky.social Your message is vitally important. Some of the many youtube videos on increasing youtube following suggest interviewing or getting interviewed on channels with more followers who then start following your channel. One of your team members should study channel promo. Thks.

Gary Stevenson@garyseconomics.bsky.social · 2mo ago

@garyseconomics.bsky.social Thanks for your "Tax Wealth Not Work" movement. Here is an economist who says that government should profit from the private ventures it funded as a way for the wealthy to share wealth as a pretax upfront roi. marianamazzucato.com

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Economics - Innovation - Inclusive Growth - Public Purpose | Mariana Mazzucato

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Extreme wealth accumulation is a threat to democracy (@gabrielzucman.bsky.social)

Gary Stevenson @garyseconomics.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Extreme wealth accumulation is a threat to democracy (@gabrielzucman.bsky.social)

Gary Stevenson @garyseconomics.bsky.social · 2mo ago

If unstopped, the trillionaires will eventually have no choice but to take everything from you, your children and your grandchildren. Here's how it happens (and how to stop them). youtu.be/Gd0gmxd36FI

Elon Musk is the world's first trillionaire. How scared should you be?

YouTube video by Garys Economics

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Joe Segal - Create Positive Solidarity @joesegal.bsky.social · last mo.

@joesegal.bsky.social Success leaves clues. We need more peoeple to get a clue as the saying goes.

Working every week, every year at jobs or careers that keep you just even or always in debt, doing work that makes your bosses wealthy until you're 67-70 so you can retire with a worn-down body & meager retirement savings, bankrupting your family if you need home care, is fucking cruel slavery shit

Joe Segal - Create Positive Solidarity @joesegal.bsky.social · last mo.

The revolutionary and ethically moral choice is to abandon the rigged corporate economic system, which is stealing nearly all of our money and forcing people into soul-crushing wage/salary subsistence as rapidly as they have abandoned us. No, quicker! Everything Can Change! #ECC

Leonard Segal@teacher4411.bsky.social · 2mo ago

@joesegal.bsky.social Here are other ways to protect democracy. riseupsingout.com

Rise Up, Sing Out: A Concert for the First Amendment — Watch Live

Watch the concert live! An uplifting evening of song, solidarity, and action.

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This is what I added to the petition. " An independent media is important to create checks and balances between businesses and government. Without that we lose our democracy. We need to establish financial funding of independent media that can not be influenced by business or government. "

Leonard Segal@teacher4411.bsky.social · 2mo ago

@joesegal.bsky.social act.freepress.net/sign/block-p... we need all hands on deck to oppose Paramount Skydance’s proposed takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery. Giving the Trump-friendly Ellison family the keys to CNN has the potential for catastrophic consequences, they’ve already gutted CBS news .

Tell State Attorneys General: Block the Paramount Skydance/WBD merger

Add your name to Free Press’ petition today.

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