Andrew Brennan

Demographic Disparities: Victims of Hurricane Katrina Hurricane Katrina demonstrated that structural inequalities, rather than nature alone, dictated vulnerability, evacuation, and post-storm recovery

Katrina gets called a ‘natural disaster,’ but the real disaster was decades of segregation, poverty, disinvestment, and a city where 35% of Black households couldn’t evacuate. This piece shows what actually drowned New Orleans.
populareducationblog.substack.com/p/demographi...

Imagine looking at record profits, record executive pay, and record inequality, and concluding: yup… the minimum wage is the problem.

Well the preacher kept right on saying that all I had to do was send 10 dollars to the church of the Sacred Bleeding Heart Of Jesus
Located somewhere in Los Angeles, CA
And next week they'd say my prayer on the radio
And all my dreams would come true
So I did the next week I got a prayer with a girl

My most cherished possesion, albeit a digital copy. A letter from Theodore Roosevelt to my 3rd great grandfather @judgenoahdavis.bsky.social

Help me find the original!

#genealogy #history

Financialization Was a Response to Capitalism’s Failings Popular critiques of financial deregulation often blame the City of London’s excessive political influence. But financialization wasn’t imposed on capitalism by elite plotting — it was a political response to its inherent crisis tendencies.

Popular critiques of financial deregulation often blame the City of London’s excessive political influence.

But financialization wasn’t imposed on capitalism by elite plotting — it was a political response to its inherent crisis tendencies.

UK wildfires devastated more areas in 2025 than at any time since records began, figures show Firefighters call for long-term investment and say UK is dangerously underprepared as climate crisis worsens Wildfires have devastated more moorland, forests and fields in the UK this year than at any time since records began, putting huge pressure on the country’s fire service, figures show. The Global Wildfire Information System estimates that by November, wildfires had burned 47,026 hectares (116,204 acres) in 2025 in the UK – the largest area in any year since monitoring began in 2012, and more than double the area burned in the record-breaking summer of 2022. Continue reading...

UK wildfires devastated more areas in 2025 than at any time since records began, figures show

When Dunnes staff refused to handle S African goods they were denounced by politicians from FF/FG, as well as "business leaders". The same groups blocking the OTB today. They were spat on, beaten by Gardaí and followed by Special Branch. It took 3 years to shame the govt. into acting. Reluctantly.

HOUSTON: A church employee pretended to be ICE to extort a masseuse for money who is in the country legally with a temporary visa

Russian assets in the West, like David Sacks, are mad to see that Trump’s pressure did not work and that Ukraine won’t agree to Russia’s list of demands

"The Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) filed a criminal complaint with the Supreme Public Prosecutor’s Office in Prague against Israeli reservist & rapper Noam Tsuriely for committing war crimes and participating in genocide during Israel’s military campaign in Gaza."
via Around The World Dee And Friends

The Trump admin removed a memorial for Black troops at the Margraten WW2 cemetery.

Though on Netherlands soil, it's owned by the US.

Outraged, Dutch satire show Even tot hier found them and placed them just outside the grounds - fully visible, on Dutch soil.

Police removed them hours later.

YouTube video by Kat Abughazaleh Trump Wrongly Indicted Me, I’ll Rightly Impeach Him | Kat Abughazaleh Speaks at Lincoln Memorial

Impeachment isn’t an option, it’s a necessity. I know firsthand the lengths Trump is willing to go in order to silence dissent.

Impeach, convict, remove. And if our current leaders won’t do it, they need to step aside for people who will: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo54...

Carrie Fisher was the blueprint.
Protect your people. Call out the predators.
#RESIST

Thanksgiving is about coming together, but rising prices are making that harder for too many families. I’m writing legislation to lower costs and make sure everyone can afford a full table this year.

Living Angel of the North sends a message to Northumberland County Council People in Hexham demonstrate in support of plans for an art facility by world renowned artist Sir Antony Gormley

Living Angel of the North sends a message to Northumberland County Council northeastbylines.co.uk/region/north...

A Colonel Tom Parker Playlist: 10 Songs Tracing the Story of Elvis Presley's Manager Peter Guralnick's new book 'The Colonel and the King' focuses on Colonel Tom Parker, and he's picked out 10 songs that tell his incredible story.

Colonel Tom Parker Playlist: 10 Songs That Tell Elvis Manager's Story share.google/A1P4mluN5VSz...

White Male Stand-Up White Male Stand-Up eBook : Davies, Alan: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

The story of how he threw himself into the joyous and idealistic world of stand-up comedy, leading to a television career, but how echoes from the past, and the thought that everyone might prefer it if he disappeared, saw him repeatedly dismantle everything around him.

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#Spéirghorm

The SLATED Gilded Collection.

Through a slow, intentional process, each gilded slate reveals the pattern it was always meant to hold — a subtle dialogue between surface, hand, and light.

SLATED, where Craftsmanship meets brilliance.

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#speirgorm #buyIrish

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A colour photograph of a path through some trees in varied shades of green and yellow.

National Museum, Wrocław. Seen across the river in black and red monochrome.

A small three legged dog lying in the sunshine with his eyes creepily partly open.

A very shiny black Labrador sitting upright on a couch, resting her chin on the back of it.

Hi new folks,
I post about movies (Mostly old)
I post photographs
(Mostly dumb)
And I talk about TTRPGS
(So many)

If I don't follow you back straight away just interact somehow so I know you're there.

(If you *only* post US politics I might not follow back, my feed is pretty full on that front)

Hi 👋, slated.ie here.

We are a small Irish family business, creating beautiful products from slate.

Using our 170 yr old family knife to craft each piece.

Specialising in personalised gifts, wrapped in our fully sustainable packaging.

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The voice of the wonderful @conorvoice.com

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All fag ash's fault

thehill.com John Bolton criminal case on sluggish pace to trial 

John Bolton criminal case on sluggish pace to trial  #TheHill

Family of missing Colombian seek answers after US strike on alleged drug boat Lizbeth Perez's uncle has not been seen since a boat was hit in international waters in September.

Murdered by Trump

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She is just so awful.

REPORTER: “Trump accused the other side of encouraging political violence. Isn't that what he is doing?”

LEAVITT: “Why aren't you talking about what members of congress are doing telling the military not to follow lawful orders?”

REPORTER: “Actually, they said ILLEGAL orders.”