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Tawanda
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· Jul 26
Xochipilli and Xochiquetzal, Aztec God and Goddess of Poetry, Song, Beauty and Love
LOVERS, Eternally!!!!!
LOVERS, Eternally!!!!!
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When I took journalism in college, know what I had to take as REQUIRED courses?
•Critical Thinking & Reasoning
•Philosophy & Ethics
•An Introduction to Philosophy
We also had a bunch of classes about cultural norms in journalism & how to avoid loaded questions & the like.
•Critical Thinking & Reasoning
•Philosophy & Ethics
•An Introduction to Philosophy
We also had a bunch of classes about cultural norms in journalism & how to avoid loaded questions & the like.
I really do not understand how people don't face consequences.
This isn't some esoteric norm she breeched.
Don't be romantically entangled with a source is journalism 001. It's remedial journalism. That she not only did it but never came forward is maddening.
This isn't some esoteric norm she breeched.
Don't be romantically entangled with a source is journalism 001. It's remedial journalism. That she not only did it but never came forward is maddening.
November 14, 2025 at 6:24 PM
When I took journalism in college, know what I had to take as REQUIRED courses?
•Critical Thinking & Reasoning
•Philosophy & Ethics
•An Introduction to Philosophy
We also had a bunch of classes about cultural norms in journalism & how to avoid loaded questions & the like.
•Critical Thinking & Reasoning
•Philosophy & Ethics
•An Introduction to Philosophy
We also had a bunch of classes about cultural norms in journalism & how to avoid loaded questions & the like.
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"It’s a pattern that follows the same playbook: fire career professionals who maintain the nation’s information institutions, replace them with loyalists, then defund ongoing data collection and management efforts that took decades to build."
www.techpolicy.press/week-after-w...
www.techpolicy.press/week-after-w...
Week After Week, The US is Dismantling Knowledge Infrastructure | TechPolicy.Press
Without reliable statistics, research funding, or accessible data, information asymmetries will surely increase, writes Amelia Acker.
www.techpolicy.press
November 14, 2025 at 3:26 PM
"It’s a pattern that follows the same playbook: fire career professionals who maintain the nation’s information institutions, replace them with loyalists, then defund ongoing data collection and management efforts that took decades to build."
www.techpolicy.press/week-after-w...
www.techpolicy.press/week-after-w...
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While Lula boasts of protecting the Amazon at #COP30, Brazil keeps expanding oil drilling deep in the rainforest.
Indigenous protesters stormed the climate summit, denouncing the hypocrisy, as cargo ships, pipelines, and Petrobras rigs choke their rivers and homes.
#Amazon #IndigenousRights
Indigenous protesters stormed the climate summit, denouncing the hypocrisy, as cargo ships, pipelines, and Petrobras rigs choke their rivers and homes.
#Amazon #IndigenousRights
November 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
While Lula boasts of protecting the Amazon at #COP30, Brazil keeps expanding oil drilling deep in the rainforest.
Indigenous protesters stormed the climate summit, denouncing the hypocrisy, as cargo ships, pipelines, and Petrobras rigs choke their rivers and homes.
#Amazon #IndigenousRights
Indigenous protesters stormed the climate summit, denouncing the hypocrisy, as cargo ships, pipelines, and Petrobras rigs choke their rivers and homes.
#Amazon #IndigenousRights
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"I am a child of the forest, a child of Omama who planted the forest. I defend the forest. The nape [non-indigenous enemies] are multiplying and destroying the forest. All of you need to help us Yanomami defend the forest. Enough destruction!"
-- Davi Kopenawa at COP30 in Belem.
-- Davi Kopenawa at COP30 in Belem.
November 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
"I am a child of the forest, a child of Omama who planted the forest. I defend the forest. The nape [non-indigenous enemies] are multiplying and destroying the forest. All of you need to help us Yanomami defend the forest. Enough destruction!"
-- Davi Kopenawa at COP30 in Belem.
-- Davi Kopenawa at COP30 in Belem.
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BBC News - Brazil's indigenous groups want to be heard at COP30 - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
Brazil's indigenous groups want to be heard at COP30
The BBC's Ione Wells asks two indigenous leaders what they want from the climate talks.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 12:57 PM
BBC News - Brazil's indigenous groups want to be heard at COP30 - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
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Feeding Americans: too expensive. Rebranding the Pentagon to stroke the ego of small, weak-minded men: worth $2 billion.
About half of what it was going to cost to fully fund SNAP in November during the shutdown.
November 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Feeding Americans: too expensive. Rebranding the Pentagon to stroke the ego of small, weak-minded men: worth $2 billion.
Chicago's Far South Side devolved into chaos when residents confronted Border Patrol agents who rammed a car to make an arrest.
The feds ultimately used tear gas to flee, despite a Chicago police leader offering to clear a path and warning that cops didn't have gas masks.
tinyurl.com/mt3sfh4j
The feds ultimately used tear gas to flee, despite a Chicago police leader offering to clear a path and warning that cops didn't have gas masks.
tinyurl.com/mt3sfh4j
Feds deployed tear gas on the Far South Side even after cops told them they had no gas masks, sources say
The agents deployed gas, smoke and other riot-control chemicals against residents and officers, including Chicago Police Department Deputy Chief Dan O’Connor, who had asked them not to use the gas, la...
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November 13, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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There are four leaks to plug for Trump: the survivors, Ghislaine Maxwell, the Epstein Estate, and the 1000+ FBI and DoJ employees he locked in a building and forced to remove his name from the files.
Good luck, asshole.
Good luck, asshole.
November 13, 2025 at 6:11 PM
There are four leaks to plug for Trump: the survivors, Ghislaine Maxwell, the Epstein Estate, and the 1000+ FBI and DoJ employees he locked in a building and forced to remove his name from the files.
Good luck, asshole.
Good luck, asshole.
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The 1st publicly known case vs. Trump for sexually assaulting a minor was in 2016 when a woman identified as Jane Doe filed a civil lawsuit in federal court.
The sexual assault occurred in 1994 when she was 13 years old at parties by Jeffrey Epstein in New York City.
We’ve known for about a decade.
The sexual assault occurred in 1994 when she was 13 years old at parties by Jeffrey Epstein in New York City.
We’ve known for about a decade.
November 13, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The 1st publicly known case vs. Trump for sexually assaulting a minor was in 2016 when a woman identified as Jane Doe filed a civil lawsuit in federal court.
The sexual assault occurred in 1994 when she was 13 years old at parties by Jeffrey Epstein in New York City.
We’ve known for about a decade.
The sexual assault occurred in 1994 when she was 13 years old at parties by Jeffrey Epstein in New York City.
We’ve known for about a decade.
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This is who Donald Trump nominated to be Attorney General of the United States
November 13, 2025 at 6:22 PM
This is who Donald Trump nominated to be Attorney General of the United States
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This is a disaster beyond all reasoning. The space program and NASA in general have been the heart of R&D for so much of our technology it's indescribable. Teflon for instance was invented so the pipes carrying fuel in rockets could be smaller and more efficient.
We need NASA
We need NASA
the American government is effectively ending its space program.
Over 2,000 senior staff set to leave NASA under agency push
The losses could endanger the administration’s plans for landing astronauts on the moon and Mars.
www.politico.com
July 9, 2025 at 9:44 PM
This is a disaster beyond all reasoning. The space program and NASA in general have been the heart of R&D for so much of our technology it's indescribable. Teflon for instance was invented so the pipes carrying fuel in rockets could be smaller and more efficient.
We need NASA
We need NASA
"Mander? Mr. Mander? .... Call for Mr. Jerry Mander!?!?!?
July 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
"Mander? Mr. Mander? .... Call for Mr. Jerry Mander!?!?!?
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This is insanity. Trump's using a tax, that Americans will have to pay, to conduct what the mad king considers foreign policy. Which is instead, bribery to get his foreign guilty pals out of jail.
July 9, 2025 at 9:23 PM
This is insanity. Trump's using a tax, that Americans will have to pay, to conduct what the mad king considers foreign policy. Which is instead, bribery to get his foreign guilty pals out of jail.
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Bright light will always banish the dark...pass it on 💛
#MeaninglessHashtag #MHClub
#sunset #sunsetlovers #clouds #photography #scape #outdoors #PhotographersUnited #nature #ArtYear #photohour #stormhour #EastCoastKin
#MeaninglessHashtag #MHClub
#sunset #sunsetlovers #clouds #photography #scape #outdoors #PhotographersUnited #nature #ArtYear #photohour #stormhour #EastCoastKin
July 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Bright light will always banish the dark...pass it on 💛
#MeaninglessHashtag #MHClub
#sunset #sunsetlovers #clouds #photography #scape #outdoors #PhotographersUnited #nature #ArtYear #photohour #stormhour #EastCoastKin
#MeaninglessHashtag #MHClub
#sunset #sunsetlovers #clouds #photography #scape #outdoors #PhotographersUnited #nature #ArtYear #photohour #stormhour #EastCoastKin
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July 9, 2025 at 4:01 PM
❤️
My first time growing snapdragons from seed and they are so rewarding! I guess I love dragons 🌱 #gardening #bloomscrolling #photography
July 9, 2025 at 8:17 PM
❤️
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Wawiriya Burton, senior Indigenous Australian artist and healer who, in collaboration with her daughters, painted Mingkiri Tjukurpa, 2011, referencing a sacred story from Western Australia #WomensArt
July 8, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Wawiriya Burton, senior Indigenous Australian artist and healer who, in collaboration with her daughters, painted Mingkiri Tjukurpa, 2011, referencing a sacred story from Western Australia #WomensArt
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A REDUCTION. 🤬
GUARDIAN: “Before his Grecian holiday, Cruz ensured a reduction in funding to the NOAA efforts to improve future weather forecasting of events that cause the sort of extreme floods that are being worsened by the human-caused climate crisis.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
July 8, 2025 at 7:37 PM
A REDUCTION. 🤬
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court *allows* the Trump administration to implement large-scale layoffs and reorganization plans across the federal government, despite a pending legal challenge. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissents. #SCOTUS
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
July 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court *allows* the Trump administration to implement large-scale layoffs and reorganization plans across the federal government, despite a pending legal challenge. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissents. #SCOTUS
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
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Why the F does Texas keep electing this clown?!
July 8, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Why the F does Texas keep electing this clown?!
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A lil tribute to the kelp forests along the California coast 🌊✨
July 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
A lil tribute to the kelp forests along the California coast 🌊✨
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1. Texas officials failed to pass a bill to improve the state's disaster warning system.
2. Texas officials now blame the National Weather Service for failing to issue sufficient warnings about the Texas floods. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
2. Texas officials now blame the National Weather Service for failing to issue sufficient warnings about the Texas floods. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
July 7, 2025 at 5:09 PM
1. Texas officials failed to pass a bill to improve the state's disaster warning system.
2. Texas officials now blame the National Weather Service for failing to issue sufficient warnings about the Texas floods. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
2. Texas officials now blame the National Weather Service for failing to issue sufficient warnings about the Texas floods. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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A huge tax break snuck into Trump & the GOP's big ugly bill would allow private jet owners to write off the full cost of their planes in the first year of purchase.
Meanwhile, the law will cause millions to lose food assistance and healthcare.
"Party of the working class."
Meanwhile, the law will cause millions to lose food assistance and healthcare.
"Party of the working class."
July 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
A huge tax break snuck into Trump & the GOP's big ugly bill would allow private jet owners to write off the full cost of their planes in the first year of purchase.
Meanwhile, the law will cause millions to lose food assistance and healthcare.
"Party of the working class."
Meanwhile, the law will cause millions to lose food assistance and healthcare.
"Party of the working class."
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HAPPENING NOW: Greetings from the federal courthouse in Greenbelt, Maryland, where Judge Paula Xinis is set to hold a motions hearing in Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s civil case against the Trump administration over his wrongful removal to El Salvador.
I’m here for @lawfaremedia.org.
Follow along 🧵⬇️
I’m here for @lawfaremedia.org.
Follow along 🧵⬇️
July 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
HAPPENING NOW: Greetings from the federal courthouse in Greenbelt, Maryland, where Judge Paula Xinis is set to hold a motions hearing in Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s civil case against the Trump administration over his wrongful removal to El Salvador.
I’m here for @lawfaremedia.org.
Follow along 🧵⬇️
I’m here for @lawfaremedia.org.
Follow along 🧵⬇️