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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

Book Reviews + Aparna Sharma’s Tanka + Podcast/Audio Version – Happiness Between Tails by da-AL

Have you experimented with writing styles?
— Read on happinessbetweentails.com/2023/01/25/book-reviews-aparna-sharmas-tanka-podcast-audio-version/

In First Two Years, Biden Administration Is Outpac.. | migrationpolicy.org

WASHINGTON — Midway through his four-year term, President Joe Biden has been unable to achieve the sweeping legislative changes to the U.S. immigration system that he promised upon taking office. Instead, the Biden administration has embraced executive action more fully than its predecessors, quietly transforming immigration enforcement in the U.S. interior, launching
— Read on www.migrationpolicy.org/news/biden-immigration-record-midpoint

Invasion Day

Lolsys Library

Today I would like to #acknowledge that I am on #Kaurna Land If you would like to know, please check out this:

Map of Indigenous Australia

Some call today “Australia Day”, and some call it “Invasion Day”. I also call it, Invasion Day. Observed annually on 26 January, it marks the 1788 landing of the First Fleet at Sydney Cove and raising of the Union Flag by Arthur Phillip following days of exploration of Port Jackson in New South Wales.

Basically, when the white people came over to wipe the Aboriginal people.

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🏃🏾‍♀️ The Great Escape

From Behind the Pen

Image Credit: FORREST CAVALE

What do you do, or where do you go to get away from it all? We may feel overwhelmed by stuff, and much of the time that stuff is not something we created. I know what I do to escape the craziness that tries to hit every point of my sanity, but what do you do to escape the craziness that tries to creep into your spirit, take away your joy, and shut you down? Do you pray? Do you shop? Do you take a trip? Do you take a walk in nature? Do you drink a cup of tea or take a long bath? Do you read? Do you dance?

Behind me, in a sometimes rapid chase
dread tries to steal my joy
but it can’t if I don’t allow it
does it think it’s playing with a toy?

I know I’ll certainly face challenges

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MAINLY FOR AMERICANS, AND THOSE AFFECTED BY THEM — The Debt Ceiling Debate | Filosofa’s Word

On Tuesday, I read, saved and bookmarked Robert Reich’s newsletter about the debt ceiling, planning to share it sometime soon, but I hadn’t gotten around to it yet. Meanwhile, our friend rawgod beat me to the draw, so in the interest of not re-inventing the wheel, I shall re-blog rg’s post! Please take a few…
— Read on jilldennison.com/2023/01/26/mainly-for-americans-and-those-affected-by-them-the-debt-ceiling-debate/

When fishing boats go dark at sea, they’re often committing crimes-we mapped them — Stigmatis News

Illegal, unreported and unauthorized fishing can be uncovered by verifying paperwork and catches, and sharing information across borders. Image via Shutterstock/OlegRi. By Heather Welch In January 2019, the Korean-flagged fishing vessel Oyang 77 sailed south toward international waters off Argentina. The vessel had a known history of nefarious activities, including underreporting its catch and illegally dumping low-value […]

When fishing boats go dark at sea, they’re often committing crimes-we mapped them — Stigmatis News