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EV delivery vans — Darcy Hitchcock

Arrival already has an order for 10,000 of their electric vans from UPS. They’ll be assembled in microfactories.

EV delivery vans — Darcy Hitchcock

The Great Re-write|دوباره نویسی عالی

A Voice from Iran

“117th story”

First published: Nov.14.2019

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A man was sitting in his room with deep sad thoughts and a pen in his hand. He wrote: “I’ve had a terrible year. Last year I had surgery and took my gallbladder out.

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I had to stay at home for a while because I had complicated surgery.

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I turned sixty that year and lost my job. I worked for thirty years for this publishing company and loved my job.

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I lost my father in that sad year, and it broke my heart. My son had a severe accident last year, and because of his injuries and being in the cast, he couldn’t participate in exams and lost his chance at medical school that year.

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The car turned into a piece of garbage, and we didn’t have full coverage insurance to fix it. Oh dear God, what a terrible year.”

He left his writing on…

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I Can’t Stop 🤬 … Luckily, Max Boot Can!

This effectively knocks out the usual right wing and NRA reasons offered to deal with mass shootings instead of keeping military weapons off the street and guns out of the hands of those who should not have easy access to them.

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For over 24 hours I have been alternately growling, grumbling, and had @#$%& coming from my mouth over Tuesday’s school massacre in Texas and the horrid responses of some public figures.  I tried twice to put my words to paper, but I ran out of symbols 🤬 and quickly realized that my anger might be just as toxic as the responses that were driving it.  Then I came across an OpEd by The Washington Post’s Max Boot who said most of what I was trying to say, but did so without nearly as many 🤬


The deceitful dodges Republicans use to resist gun controls

By Max Boot, Columnist

May 25, 2022

We are now embarked upon a distinctively American ritual such as the Super Bowl or the Fourth of July — only much, much grimmer. We are, for the umpteenth time, in the immediate aftermath of a mass…

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Decomposição Humana

Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

Quando vejo uma folha morta

Entendo que

Antes desse estágio houveram outros

e mais outros que, talvez ela ainda estivesse

cheia de vigor, caso não obedecesse cada

etapa do tempo.

A folha estaria sucinta, alta, presa em algum galho

e não nesse estágio onde a vida lhe foi negada,

E tu que dizes ao olhar para está folha?

A contempla no teu absoluto silêncio, antes de falar!

Madura e reclusa na sua condição

Quem imaginaria que este é o destino do homem

Gigante,

Perdido entre confissões e ganância, pérolas talvez!

Saber sê-lo lúcido,

Solto,

Livre.

Que pode um homem

Entre as próprias confissões

Condições de esperto

balbuciar a própria sorte?

Lembra que foste jovem,

Viril,

Que ia e voltavas de teus próprios avessos,

dos dias melhores e piores

e dizias que, no circo, tu não eras o palhaço!

Hoje estás só!

Nenhum galho te prende, não embalas a vida com…

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Cette semaine, les Yanomami doivent célébrer le 30e anniversaire de la démarcation officielle de leur territoire le 25 mai 1992, mais des dizaines de milliers de mineurs d’or illégaux alliés à des gangs criminels armés opèrent en toute impunité sur leur territoire en ce moment, contaminant les rivières avec du mercure et intimidant et nuisant à la communauté ! — Barbara Crane Navarro

Enfant Yanomami jouant dans la rivière (avant l’invasion des chercheurs d’or)              peinture : Barbara Crane Navarro « Mes grands-parents pêchaient dans cette rivière pour nourrir la communauté. Maintenant, il ne s’agit que de contamination par les boues, l’essence, le diesel et le mercure. Les poissons meurent et notre terre Yanomami […]

Cette semaine, les Yanomami doivent célébrer le 30e anniversaire de la démarcation officielle de leur territoire le 25 mai 1992, mais des dizaines de milliers de mineurs d’or illégaux alliés à des gangs criminels armés opèrent en toute impunité sur leur territoire en ce moment, contaminant les rivières avec du mercure et intimidant et nuisant à la communauté ! — Barbara Crane Navarro

Indígenas protestan contra la minería ilegal en las reservas de Amazonía brasileña! — Observatorio de Conflictos Mineros de América Latina — Barbara Crane Navarro

EFEBrasilia 12/04/2022 Pueblos indígenas perteneciente a uno de los pueblos reunidos en el Campamento Tierra Libre (ATL), protesta durante un acto llamado «Ouro de Sangue» (Oro de Sangre), en contra del incremento de la minería en territorios indígenas, hoy, en Brasilia (Brasil). 200 more words Indígenas protestan contra la minería ilegal en las reservas de Amazonía […]

Indígenas protestan contra la minería ilegal en las reservas de Amazonía brasileña! — Observatorio de Conflictos Mineros de América Latina — Barbara Crane Navarro

If You Care About Humanity, Chill Out on the Steaks! — Mother Jones — Barbara Crane Navarro

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Replacing 20 percent of the world’s beef consumption with microbial protein, such as Quorn, could halve the destruction of the planet’s forests over the next three decades, according to the latest analysis. 781 more words If You Care About Humanity, Chill Out […]

If You Care About Humanity, Chill Out on the Steaks! — Mother Jones — Barbara Crane Navarro

Misinformation and conspiracy theories spiral after Texas mass school shooting – National | Globalnews.ca

In some cases, misinformation about mass shootings or other events are spread by well-intentioned social media users trying to be helpful. In other cases, it can be the work of grifters looking to start fake fundraisers or draw attention to their website or organization.

Then there are the trolls who seemingly do it for fun.

Fringe online communities, including on 4chan, often use mass shootings and other tragedies as opportunities to sow chaos, troll the public and push harmful narratives, according to Ben Decker, founder and CEO of the digital investigations consultancy Memetica.

 

Source: Misinformation and conspiracy theories spiral after Texas mass school shooting – National | Globalnews.ca