Travel around Germany all month for about $50 – Darcy Hitchcock

Photo by Felix Bu00fcsselmann on Pexels.com

The new Germany Ticket (aka Deutschland-Ticket or D-Ticket for short) allows customers to use all local and regional trains as well as buses and metros throughout the country for a mere 49 euros (roughly $50) per month.

Source: Travel around Germany all month for about $50 – Darcy Hitchcock

Oakland school district sued over event held for minority students – AsAmNews

A day meant to build community and a safe space for minority students has prompted a lawsuit from the conservative group Judicial Watch which has labeled the event “racially segregated.”

The group filed the suit to demand that records from the “playdate” at the Oakland Unified School District in California be turned over.

The event held at Chabot Elementary School was entitled “Playdate Social for Black, Brown & API Families.”

The word “diversity” and efforts to make minorities feel welcomed have been weaponized by conservatives building on the momentum of a supreme court decision this summer that outlawed the use of race in college admissions.

The Utah senate has passed a bill that would prevent schools from organizing programs intended to help students of color. The state of Florida banned diversity, equity and inclusion programs in colleges. Texas new law banning DEI went into effect at the beginning of the year.

Source: Oakland school district sued over event held for minority students – AsAmNews

where it’s windy on a winter’s day – Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm

A poem in Vietnamese by Đinh Thị Như Thúy
Translator: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm


I’ve not told you when I’ll leave.
Perhaps it should be left unsaid.
Perhaps it will be a day far away.
Perhaps it will be soon.
I want to safeguard this for myself.
Like the few secrets, I’ve saved.
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Sometimes there are all these questions.
Is the end scarier?
Or scarier is the way there?
Sometimes I’m overwhelmed by such uncertainty.
About the days long gone.

WHERE IT’S WINDY ON A WINTER’S DAY

June 2022

Source: where it’s windy on a winter’s day – Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm

National broadcaster axes Australian journalist Antoinette Lattouf over Gaza social media post · Global Voices

Antoinette Lattouf - TedX Talk 2022

Antoinette Lattouf – Screenshot: TedX Talks YouTube video ‘Reverse Discrimination? It doesn’t exist…but ‘tokenism’ does’ October 2022. Fair use.

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) has caused a furore down under after firing Lebanese Australian journalist Antoinette Lattouf  on December 20, 2023 for sharing a post on the humanitarian situation in Gaza. Her employment as a short-term radio host was abruptly ended for allegedly breaching social media policy by reposting a Human Rights Watch (HRW) video on Instagram.

Source: National broadcaster axes Australian journalist Antoinette Lattouf over Gaza social media post · Global Voices

La Terre et les peuples autochtones meurent pour notre obsession de l’or ! S’il vous plaît, Choisissez le droit à la vie plutôt que les profits sur l’or et la vanité !  | Barbara Crane Navarro

Source: La Terre et les peuples autochtones meurent pour notre obsession de l’or ! S’il vous plaît, Choisissez le droit à la vie plutôt que les profits sur l’or et la vanité !  | Barbara Crane Navarro