I live in Portland now and in Lewiston from '07 to '22. I worked and went to college with many Somali immigrants. I'll never forget learning one of my friends came here after running across Somalia for months, barely evading capture and torture. He couldn't settle down until he came here.

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And thank YOU

The first news article in almost a week that I've been able to read to the end without eye-rolling from both-sides or blind parroting. Yours is the only news I can stomach, @marisakabas.bsky.social Please know that we see who you are and we thank you. It's not easy, what you do.

That reminds me of when the CCP sent my neighbors a letter because they had two daughters. See, although Maine is far outside their jurisdiction, it made sense for them to warm them about the consequences of their -- wth is going on in this timeline?!?

Didn't corporations buy up all the land and available housing and jack the rents? Didn't they push sprawl because it sells more oil by way of automobiles? Didn't they invent recycling to put the onus on the public to stop pollution (unrelated, I know)? Corporations can take more of the blame.

How interesting that when FAA/ATC workers strike for a livable wage and benefits, Reagan threatens to fire if they don't get back to work, but when the government is shutdown due to incompetence, we must reduce flight capacity.

I thought, "that drummer from Dream Theater? I never would've guessed he was anti-dem! No, wait; that's Mike Portnoy." And sighed in relief.

That doesn't seem inline with the mission to protect consumers financially...

I feel dumb now. 🥴

Also, I actually don't know anyone that calls it, "X". Ex-twitter, or just Twitter. 🤙

OTOH, maybe we have a responsibility to challenge their views. Their echo chamber won't do it. I've set two relatives straight about our "immigration problem" recently. It wasn't pleasant, but they honestly just believed Mr Rogan and friends without question. Now they're critical thinkers once more.

Love it. Here's a ditty for to give a listen while you wait for the red tape to roll.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjGH...

@ddayen.bsky.social of @prospect.org wrote a very informative book on the subject! www.goodreads.com/book/show/53...

Yes, with caveats. www.snopes.com/news/2023/08...

*clicks

Also, Bezos (and by extension, WaPo) is all about kissing Trump's ass and licking boots, so forget giving them clucks or any attention. Keep bleeding subscribers and journalists in your fascist wet dream, Jeff.

Why didn't YOU link the original reporting? Pot, meet Kettle.

Most LMS these days are just thinly disguised portals into previously-protected student data. They don't have to work for students and instructors, just the data brokers and book publishers.