JD Vance, Donald Trump, and the rise of Republican “neopatriarchy” | Vox

Recently, a loose group of conservatives has emerged with a solution: that the family can be defended by boldly reasserting the importance of old-school gender roles. The movement tells men to be strong and women to have babies without overtly insisting that women must submit to their husbands or stay at home. It’s an effort to revive an older model of gender relations without the explicitly sexist baggage (though it often resurfaces in a more subtle form).

Source: JD Vance, Donald Trump, and the rise of Republican “neopatriarchy” | Vox

Songs I Like (56) | beetleypete

Songs I Like (56)

Yesterday was the hottest day of 2024 so far here, reaching 34C (93F) in Beetley. Despite being able to get three loads of washing dry out in the garden in record time, it was rather too hot for English people. But it made me think of a song, so here it is. I have no idea if the band had any impact outside Britain, so my North American friends might never have heard of them.

The Style Council was a band led by Paul Weller, after he had spilt up The Jam. Their music was very different, and they lasted from 1982-1989. Paul Weller continues to record and perform as a solo artist.

The lyrics are on the video.

Source: Songs I Like (56) | beetleypete

eubemqueteviquasetevi – O Outro Lado

Talvez, um dia eu conte como é ser pássaro e a brisa ser essa rota do voo para além dos muros. As flores se abrem e ainda é tarde. Logo, o noturno virá tomar conta do quintal. A ave de todo dia é insistente no canto de eubemquete-viquasetevi e o céu parece se inclinar em um olho torto dentro da lente. O desenho a lápis da flor na toalha ganha cores nas linhas bordadas… o gesto terno da xícara a receber o café para além das horas. A pele virada do avesso não cabe no tato. As digitais estranham a memória do dia. Eram tantos os dias atrás que parecem outras eras. Na parede, a asa enleada de ave e o gesto simples de querer voar.

A chuva oculta na previsão que falha, o vento a espantar o trovão que não veio e o carro do churros a vender a doce mistura do chocolate ao leite, em uma voz que parece saída de uma história da infância. Derramo ternura pelo pássaro, que cede ao encanto do poente e some noite adentro em memória da lua que permanece acesa no coração dele em sua rota dissimulada rente ao chão, nas poças d’água, dos restos do que molhei o jardim.

Mariana Gouveia

Source: eubemqueteviquasetevi – O Outro Lado

Massive Hack Exposes Personal Info of Everyone! | Diane Ravitch’s blog

(Me: This is something that the President, NSA, FBI, DOJ and CIA should be acting upon and not leaving citizens on their own to protect themselves from financial ruin. 1. The leaders of the organization that got hacked, should be held accountable. 2. Social Security, Federal Trade Commission, US Treasury, Medicare and Medicaid should devise ways to protect us and not leave us all alone against the crooks. 3. Find and prosecute the hackers and shut down their networks!)

The Los Angeles Times reported a massive data breach that includes the Social Security numbers and other personal data about every American.

About four months after a notorious hacking group claimed to have stolen an extraordinary amount of sensitive personal information from a major data broker, a member of the group has reportedly released most of it for free on an online marketplace for stolen personal data.

The breach, which includes Social Security numbers and other sensitive data, could power a raft of identity theft, fraud and other crimes, said Teresa Murray, consumer watchdog director for the U.S. Public Information Research Group.

Source: Massive Hack Exposes Personal Info of Everyone! | Diane Ravitch’s blog