FlintWaterCrisis
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Do niggas really read bios? Nana. Libra. 👽 Sexy weirdo. Lefty. Meme Sharer. | For the liberation of Black Women 1st!, then Black People, then errbody else.🫶🏾
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Boycotting Target is the correct thing to do. We also must ensure the Black & other minority-owned businesses that sell their products in Target are supported.
It’s important to note that Target is rolling back the program that brought so many of these brands to their stores. 🧵
It’s important to note that Target is rolling back the program that brought so many of these brands to their stores. 🧵
January 27, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Boycotting Target is the correct thing to do. We also must ensure the Black & other minority-owned businesses that sell their products in Target are supported.
It’s important to note that Target is rolling back the program that brought so many of these brands to their stores. 🧵
It’s important to note that Target is rolling back the program that brought so many of these brands to their stores. 🧵
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Some bad news: MDOT $17.5m Reconnecting Communities funding request for repairing/replacing five Lodge pedestrian bridges was *not* awarded. Waiting to hear about next steps. Grandmont-Rosedale Streetscape Design, RTA Woodward transit & I-375 planning grants also not funded.
buff.ly
January 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Some bad news: MDOT $17.5m Reconnecting Communities funding request for repairing/replacing five Lodge pedestrian bridges was *not* awarded. Waiting to hear about next steps. Grandmont-Rosedale Streetscape Design, RTA Woodward transit & I-375 planning grants also not funded.
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Making art makes me feel better.
But to make art I have to feel better.
What is this nonsense.
But to make art I have to feel better.
What is this nonsense.
January 15, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Making art makes me feel better.
But to make art I have to feel better.
What is this nonsense.
But to make art I have to feel better.
What is this nonsense.
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Bluesky is getting its own photo-sharing app, Flashes
Exclusive: Bluesky is getting its own photo-sharing app, Flashes
More good news for those looking to exit Meta's social app ecosystem in favor of a more open alternative: An independent developer is building a
techcrunch.com
January 15, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Bluesky is getting its own photo-sharing app, Flashes
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Metro Detroiters driving through Southfield were in high spirits despite low temperatures on Saturday as activists, firefighters, police officers and city officials distributed free children's holiday gifts to families in need.
Demetrius Williams, 53,… #MetroDetroit #HolidayGiving #Christmas2023
Demetrius Williams, 53,… #MetroDetroit #HolidayGiving #Christmas2023
Metro Detroiters in need line up for Holiday Sleigh of Giving
Metro Detroiters driving through Southfield were in high spirits despite low temperatures on Saturday as activists, firefighters, police officers and city officials distributed free children's holiday gifts to families in need.
Demetrius Williams, 53,…
detne.ws
December 15, 2024 at 12:45 PM
Metro Detroiters driving through Southfield were in high spirits despite low temperatures on Saturday as activists, firefighters, police officers and city officials distributed free children's holiday gifts to families in need.
Demetrius Williams, 53,… #MetroDetroit #HolidayGiving #Christmas2023
Demetrius Williams, 53,… #MetroDetroit #HolidayGiving #Christmas2023
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Hey all, I’ve been co-coordinating a journalism workshop for DMV-area high school students for the last few years and applications have opened for next year’s program.
It’s completely free. Please share with someone you know!
It’s completely free. Please share with someone you know!
Urban Journalism Workshop
About UJW The Urban Journalism Workshop (UJW) is an annual program that teaches D.C. area high school students the fundamentals of journalism through interactive lectures, hands-on training, and field...
wabjdc.org
December 14, 2024 at 8:41 PM
Hey all, I’ve been co-coordinating a journalism workshop for DMV-area high school students for the last few years and applications have opened for next year’s program.
It’s completely free. Please share with someone you know!
It’s completely free. Please share with someone you know!
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In the US billionaires and their corrupt politician lackeys sell the school shooters the weapons then put all the victims into lifelong medical debt, then gaslight them while praising God. All along the way they squeeze hundreds of millions of dollars if not billions from the entire process.
December 14, 2024 at 9:26 AM
In the US billionaires and their corrupt politician lackeys sell the school shooters the weapons then put all the victims into lifelong medical debt, then gaslight them while praising God. All along the way they squeeze hundreds of millions of dollars if not billions from the entire process.
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We MUST keep vaccines.
have you written your Senator to let them know?
have you written your Senator to let them know?
December 14, 2024 at 8:03 PM
We MUST keep vaccines.
have you written your Senator to let them know?
have you written your Senator to let them know?
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Cancer is a common cause of line-of-duty death for firefighters. We worked across the aisle to reauthorize the Firefighter Cancer Registry so we can improve research into health and safety standards for these heroes who put their lives on the line for us every day.
December 15, 2024 at 1:25 AM
Cancer is a common cause of line-of-duty death for firefighters. We worked across the aisle to reauthorize the Firefighter Cancer Registry so we can improve research into health and safety standards for these heroes who put their lives on the line for us every day.
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In Washington, DC, a tax on residents earning more than $250,000 a year is boosting the wages of child care workers.
Two years in, it's proving to be a great investment.
Two years in, it's proving to be a great investment.
How D.C. tackled a child care crunch through a tax hike on the rich
In Washington, D.C., a tax on residents earning more than $250,000 a year is boosting the wages of child care workers. Two years in, it's proving to be a great investment.
www.npr.org
December 14, 2024 at 3:36 PM
In Washington, DC, a tax on residents earning more than $250,000 a year is boosting the wages of child care workers.
Two years in, it's proving to be a great investment.
Two years in, it's proving to be a great investment.
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Crazy how this keeps happening to whistleblowers
December 14, 2024 at 9:40 PM
Crazy how this keeps happening to whistleblowers
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clearly we need to address the mental health crisis in the whistleblower community
December 15, 2024 at 1:03 AM
clearly we need to address the mental health crisis in the whistleblower community
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Key OpenAI whistleblower found dead by apparent suicide
Key OpenAI whistleblower found dead by suicide in SF apartment
Police found Suchir Balaji, 26, dead in his Lower Haight apartment last month.
sfstandard.com
December 14, 2024 at 9:39 PM
Key OpenAI whistleblower found dead by apparent suicide
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To no one's surprise, RFK Jr's weird job application which asks people if they like poetry, want to have sex or have ever had bizarre fantasies, was created by Jordan Peterson. Peterson, who Trudeau recently testified under oath is a paid propagandist for Putin, has left Canada and moved to the US.
December 15, 2024 at 4:19 AM
To no one's surprise, RFK Jr's weird job application which asks people if they like poetry, want to have sex or have ever had bizarre fantasies, was created by Jordan Peterson. Peterson, who Trudeau recently testified under oath is a paid propagandist for Putin, has left Canada and moved to the US.
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Nonprofits known as 527s can raise unlimited sums for political spending.
We built a database so you can more easily search these organizations' finances — which we just updated with a total of ~350k new contributions and expenditures: https://propub.li/4i01FSv
We built a database so you can more easily search these organizations' finances — which we just updated with a total of ~350k new contributions and expenditures: https://propub.li/4i01FSv
November 24, 2024 at 9:30 PM
Nonprofits known as 527s can raise unlimited sums for political spending.
We built a database so you can more easily search these organizations' finances — which we just updated with a total of ~350k new contributions and expenditures: https://propub.li/4i01FSv
We built a database so you can more easily search these organizations' finances — which we just updated with a total of ~350k new contributions and expenditures: https://propub.li/4i01FSv
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A team of lawyers and public safety specialists has the power to recommend that Chicago and its police department be punished for failing to meet the terms of its court-ordered reforms.
Despite pleas from reform groups, it has never done so.
Despite pleas from reform groups, it has never done so.
In Five Years, Chicago Has Barely Made Progress on Its Court-Ordered Police Reforms. Here’s Why.
Chicago police agreed to judicial oversight in 2019. Since then, a series of mayors and police chiefs let efforts languish and no one in a position of oversight has pushed forcefully to keep the…
propub.li
November 24, 2024 at 11:00 PM
A team of lawyers and public safety specialists has the power to recommend that Chicago and its police department be punished for failing to meet the terms of its court-ordered reforms.
Despite pleas from reform groups, it has never done so.
Despite pleas from reform groups, it has never done so.
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Louisiana Pro-Trump lawmakers passed income and corporate tax cuts, raising the statewide sales tax to pay for it. They are making the poor pay more while the rich pay less, and this is only going to get worse for the rest of the US.
Louisiana lawmakers pass income and corporate tax cuts, raising statewide sales tax to pay for it
Louisiana’s GOP-dominated legislature passed tax cuts on personal and corporate income on Friday in exchange for a statewide sales tax increase.
apnews.com
November 25, 2024 at 9:11 AM
Louisiana Pro-Trump lawmakers passed income and corporate tax cuts, raising the statewide sales tax to pay for it. They are making the poor pay more while the rich pay less, and this is only going to get worse for the rest of the US.
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What happens inside America's vast network of privately run deportation flights?
Earlier this year, ProPublica's @mckenziefunk.com reported on a group of Washington activists and researchers who use a live video feed from the tarmac to document these flights at Seattle’s Boeing Field.
Earlier this year, ProPublica's @mckenziefunk.com reported on a group of Washington activists and researchers who use a live video feed from the tarmac to document these flights at Seattle’s Boeing Field.
At Seattle’s Boeing Field, Real-Time Video Offers a Rare Glimpse of America’s Troubled Deportation Flights
Key details about what happens inside ICE Air would still be hidden if not for a group of Washington activists and researchers, who are now using a live video feed from the tarmac to document the…
propub.li
November 25, 2024 at 4:00 AM
What happens inside America's vast network of privately run deportation flights?
Earlier this year, ProPublica's @mckenziefunk.com reported on a group of Washington activists and researchers who use a live video feed from the tarmac to document these flights at Seattle’s Boeing Field.
Earlier this year, ProPublica's @mckenziefunk.com reported on a group of Washington activists and researchers who use a live video feed from the tarmac to document these flights at Seattle’s Boeing Field.
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YouTube is out of control with the ads these days. I got hit was 4 ads for a 3 minute video!
November 24, 2024 at 9:13 PM
YouTube is out of control with the ads these days. I got hit was 4 ads for a 3 minute video!
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NEW: From 2018 through 2022, Palatine, Illinois, police ticketed students nearly 400 times.
Black and Latino students sometimes received tickets when white students were given lesser punishments or offered help to cope with substance use, the probe found.
Black and Latino students sometimes received tickets when white students were given lesser punishments or offered help to cope with substance use, the probe found.
Illinois’ AG Said It’s Illegal for Schools to Use Police to Ticket Students. But His Office Told Only One District.
Despite the attorney general’s declaration that Illinois schools should stop using police to discipline students, officers statewide continue to ticket kids with costly fines. One lawmaker will again…
propub.li
November 25, 2024 at 1:00 PM
NEW: From 2018 through 2022, Palatine, Illinois, police ticketed students nearly 400 times.
Black and Latino students sometimes received tickets when white students were given lesser punishments or offered help to cope with substance use, the probe found.
Black and Latino students sometimes received tickets when white students were given lesser punishments or offered help to cope with substance use, the probe found.
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"An unidentified hacker has reportedly gained access to a computer file shared in a secure link among lawyers whose clients have given damaging testimony related to Matt Gaetz"
Hacker Is Said to Have Gained Access to File With Damaging Testimony About Gaetz
The computer file is said to contain testimony from the woman who said she had sex with Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to be attorney general, when she was 17.
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2024 at 4:07 PM
"An unidentified hacker has reportedly gained access to a computer file shared in a secure link among lawyers whose clients have given damaging testimony related to Matt Gaetz"
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Thanks! Found it and officially deactivated!
November 19, 2024 at 12:14 PM
Thanks! Found it and officially deactivated!
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Number of older adults who lost $100,000 or more to fraud has tripled since 2020, FTC says
Number of older adults who lost $100,000 or more to fraud has tripled since 2020, FTC says
Adults age 60 and older are especially devastated by big fraud losses because they have less scope to recover those funds.
www.cnbc.com
November 19, 2024 at 4:28 AM
Number of older adults who lost $100,000 or more to fraud has tripled since 2020, FTC says
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Being here and no longer on X as a small act of resistance
November 17, 2024 at 1:10 PM
Being here and no longer on X as a small act of resistance
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The DOJ reportedly plans to ask a federal judge to force Google to sell off its Chrome browser to break search monopoly
DOJ Will Push Google to Sell off Chrome to Break Search Monopoly
Top Justice Department antitrust officials have decided to ask a judge to force Alphabet Inc.’s Google to sell off its Chrome browser in what would be a historic crackdown on one of the biggest tech c...
www.bloomberg.com
November 18, 2024 at 10:45 PM
The DOJ reportedly plans to ask a federal judge to force Google to sell off its Chrome browser to break search monopoly