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Abortion Pills Now Allowed by Mail Permanently (for People in Blue States)

Source: Abortion Pills Now Allowed by Mail Permanently (for People in Blue States)

Humans (and Vaccines!) Vs the Microbes

…Even among those who accept and understand how good vaccines are at stopping disease, it’s difficult to truly appreciate just how incredible and transformative they have been. By one estimate, vaccines saved between 150 & 200 million lives from 1980 & 2018…and that’s just for smallpox. Covid-19 vaccines have saved hundreds of thousands of lives in Europe and the US in the first year of their availability. Truly a miraculous invention…Source: Humans (and Vaccines!) Vs the Microbes

Confronting white supremacy in Johnston community school district

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The video below was recorded from last night’s online meeting about the Racist Rise to Ban Anti-Racist Books, Confronting white supremacy in the Johnston School District.

Of all the awful things that have been occurring over the last several years, banning books is the worst, so far, for me as a white person. At Scattergood Friends School we were taught to be lifelong learners. I not only enjoy reading, but that is how I learn about what is going on in the world. Learn about injustice and how others are working for justice.

But there is more to this for black, Indigenous, and other people of color (BIPOC). Rising authoritarianism, increasingly aggressive and militarized policing, voter suppression, and actions such as banning books are all efforts to perpetuate racism and white supremacy.

Education is one of the most important ways to call attention to racism and to help white people…

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Do Better Project: Logo Needed

Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest Offers Project Do Better

     For those interested in helping to find or create a logo, Project Do Better, our project needs a pretty picture!  I’m not the best at those, and I’m also really tired.   I have finally finished the third draft of DoBetter, formerly known as BabyAcres, or Baby Floors, and am out of spoons.  So, I am requesting volunteers to help with the work  as I  prepare to send it out into the world, as yours, Intrepid Volunteers.

    I’m still posting the rough draft sections on Wednesdays as a reminder and rallying point, until someone offers to build a site or portal for the set of communities to be built around this project.  I offer Do Better as a starting point for guidelines over the next 70 years, with the understanding that the project must be shaped by those who come after me. …

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Cegueira

Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

Às surdas, ninguém ouve a voz que ecoa o silêncio, nem renuncia a cegueira da visão. Só se rompe o silêncio com o delírio da risada, e a cegueira, com o apaziguar das desanimações.

Desapontados, é comum estarmos quase todos dias com algumas situações. Mas a esperança é como orvalho, enasce fresca todas as manhãs. Sobrevive o sufocar das pedras, e se mantém viçosa e úmida, entre a formosura traiçoeira do nosso pensar.

A gente escuta o alvoroço da falta de razão endiabrada, se precipita levantando a voz baixinho. Depois estica o pescoço em meios aos barulhos tentando entender o porquê da nossa má sorte. Por último, age com cautela para saber conversar. Um riso de improviso, uma inquietude, um esbravejar. Mas, no final de tudo, vamos nos ” redimindo” até corrigir o mal- comportamento dos nossos enganos.

E, finalizando – a cegueira deixa de fazer sentido. A voz se…

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GOP agrees to pay up to $1.6 million of Trump’s legal bills in N.Y. probes – The Washington Post

The Republican National Committee voted to cover Trump’s costs even though the N.Y. investigations predate his time as president.
— Read on www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republican-party-trump-legal-bills-new-york-probe/2021/12/16/08af4524-5c3f-11ec-9c0e-a955f8a009c1_story.html

WTF – not Presidential stuff – insane theft from other GOP

Sweet Potato Veg Frittata + Pod 13: Hidden Life of M. Bierman’s Novel

Happiness Between Tails by da-AL

Photo of Khashayar's Sweet Potato Veggie Frittata.

https://anchor.fm/s/622e2888/podcast/rss

Click H-E-R_E for my new podcast page at AnchorFM. This week’s audio show is the audio version of “The Hidden Life of Vanished, a novel by Mark Bierman,” which you can read the text version of H-E-R-E.

At the Happiness Between Tails podcast page, you’ll also find links to subscribe, hear, and share it via most any platform, from Spotify and Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts and Breaker, to Pocket Casts and RadioPublic and Castbox and Stitcher, plus an RSS feed. The full list of 50+ places is H-E-R-E.

Cooking is how my husband, Khashayar, unwinds — and since his work has been super busy lately — in his spare time, he’s cooked up a storm. It’s as great for my tummy as it is for allowing me time to write my novels (more about them h-e-r-e).

As usual, he’s as interested in coming…

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