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Middle-class Americans are selling their plasma to make ends meet Last year, people in the U.S. made an estimated $4.7 billion selling their plasma. Donation centers are popping up in middle-class neighborhoods, including suburban strip malls and college towns.

My god do we need UBI

“Researchers have found that when a new plasma center opens in a neighborhood, foot traffic at local grocery stores increases, interest in payday loans declines and crime goes down, an indication of the way money from plasma props up households’ finances for necessities.“

The Transformative Power of the White ‘Race Traitor’

"The first person to be executed for treason in the US was not a spy or someone who sold secrets to a foreign government. It was not a Confederate general who took up arms against his government. It was an abolitionist named John Brown." from @nhannahjones.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/m...

Savannah teacher killed in crash by man fleeing from ICE According to the Chatham County Police Department, Monday morning’s fatal crash was the result of a chase between Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and a suspect.

ICE killed a teacher in Georgia today when they chose to chase a man who posed no danger and had no criminal history.

Most of those there are sent to Kulmhof — Chełmno — where they will be murdered in gas vans, and the rest are sent to Auschwitz, where they will be murdered with Zyklon B in modern gas chambers. And here we see the truth of what President Van der Bellen said: “Auschwitz didn’t suddenly fall from the sky.” Auschwitz crept up, tiptoed along with small steps, moved closer and closer, until the things that happened here began. My daughter, my granddaughter, peers of my daughter, peers of my granddaughter — perhaps you do not know the name of Primo Levi. Primo Levi was one of the most well-known prisoners of this camp. He once coined the phrase: “It happened, therefore it can happen again, it can happen everywhere.”

"Auschwitz crept up, tiptoed along with small steps, moved closer and closer, until the things that happened here began...Primo Levi was one of the most well-known prisoners of this camp. He once coined the phrase: 'It happened, therefore it can happen again, it can happen everywhere.'"

And here we start to get used to the idea that you can exclude someone. That you can stigmatise someone. That you can turn someone into an alien. Slowly, gradually, day by day, people begin to get used to it — victims, perpetrators, witnesses, those we call bystanders — all begin to get used to the idea that a minority that gave the world Einstein, Nelly Sachs, Heinrich Heine and the Mendelssohns is different, that these people can be pushed to the edges of society, that they are strangers, that they spread germs and start epidemics. These terrible, dangerous thoughts are the beginning of what happens next.

"And here we start to get used to the idea that you can exclude someone. That you can stigmatise someone. That you can turn someone into an alien. Slowly, gradually, day by day, people begin to get used to it..."

And this is what I want to tell my daughter, what I want to tell my grandchildren. My daughter’s peers, my grandchildren’s peers, wherever they might live, in Poland, Israel, America, Western Europe, Eastern Europe. This is very important. Thou shalt not be indifferent in the face of lies about history. Thou shalt not be indifferent when the past is distorted for today’s political needs. Thou shalt not be indifferent when any minority faces discrimination. Majority rule is the essence of democracy, but democracy also means that minority rights must be protected. Thou shalt not be indifferent when any authority violates the existing social contract. Be faithful to this commandment. To the Eleventh Commandment: thou shalt not be indifferent.

"Thou shalt not be indifferent in the face of lies about history. Thou shalt not be indifferent when the past is distorted for today’s political needs...Be faithful to this commandment. To the Eleventh Commandment: thou shalt not be indifferent."

Marian Turski, Holocaust survivor and historian, dies aged 98 Mr Turski survived the Lodz Ghetto, extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau and two death marches as a teenager.

Turski passed almost exactly one year ago in 2025 at age 98:

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YouTube video by FRANCE 24 English Auschwitz, 75 years on: "Do not be indifferent", says death camp survivor Marian Turski

You can also watch Turski's full speech as it was delivered in 2020: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaPF...

Because if you are indifferent, you will not even notice it when upon your own heads, and upon the heads of your descendants, another Auschwitz falls from the sky.

"Because if you are indifferent, you will not even notice it when upon your own heads, and upon the heads of your descendants, another Auschwitz falls from the sky."

Thou Shalt Not Be Indifferent Marian Turski, speech at the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, 27th January 2020.

Full text of Marian Turski's speech at the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, 27th January 2020:

"Thou shalt not be indifferent."

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Because if you are indifferent, you will not even notice it when upon your own heads, and upon the heads of your descendants, another Auschwitz falls from the sky.

"Because if you are indifferent, you will not even notice it when upon your own heads, and upon the heads of your descendants, another Auschwitz falls from the sky."

And this is what I want to tell my daughter, what I want to tell my grandchildren. My daughter’s peers, my grandchildren’s peers, wherever they might live, in Poland, Israel, America, Western Europe, Eastern Europe. This is very important. Thou shalt not be indifferent in the face of lies about history. Thou shalt not be indifferent when the past is distorted for today’s political needs. Thou shalt not be indifferent when any minority faces discrimination. Majority rule is the essence of democracy, but democracy also means that minority rights must be protected. Thou shalt not be indifferent when any authority violates the existing social contract. Be faithful to this commandment. To the Eleventh Commandment: thou shalt not be indifferent.

"Thou shalt not be indifferent in the face of lies about history. Thou shalt not be indifferent when the past is distorted for today’s political needs...Be faithful to this commandment. To the Eleventh Commandment: thou shalt not be indifferent."

Most of those there are sent to Kulmhof — Chełmno — where they will be murdered in gas vans, and the rest are sent to Auschwitz, where they will be murdered with Zyklon B in modern gas chambers. And here we see the truth of what President Van der Bellen said: “Auschwitz didn’t suddenly fall from the sky.” Auschwitz crept up, tiptoed along with small steps, moved closer and closer, until the things that happened here began. My daughter, my granddaughter, peers of my daughter, peers of my granddaughter — perhaps you do not know the name of Primo Levi. Primo Levi was one of the most well-known prisoners of this camp. He once coined the phrase: “It happened, therefore it can happen again, it can happen everywhere.”

"Auschwitz crept up, tiptoed along with small steps, moved closer and closer, until the things that happened here began...Primo Levi was one of the most well-known prisoners of this camp. He once coined the phrase: 'It happened, therefore it can happen again, it can happen everywhere.'"

And here we start to get used to the idea that you can exclude someone. That you can stigmatise someone. That you can turn someone into an alien. Slowly, gradually, day by day, people begin to get used to it — victims, perpetrators, witnesses, those we call bystanders — all begin to get used to the idea that a minority that gave the world Einstein, Nelly Sachs, Heinrich Heine and the Mendelssohns is different, that these people can be pushed to the edges of society, that they are strangers, that they spread germs and start epidemics. These terrible, dangerous thoughts are the beginning of what happens next.

"And here we start to get used to the idea that you can exclude someone. That you can stigmatise someone. That you can turn someone into an alien. Slowly, gradually, day by day, people begin to get used to it..."

I see that Alexander Van der Bellen, the president of Austria, is among us. You will remember, Mr. President, when you hosted me and the leaders of the International Auschwitz Committee and we talked about those times. At one point you used the phrase: “Auschwitz ist nicht vom Himmel gefallen”. Auschwitz did not fall from the sky. This is, to use a phrase of ours, an obvious obviousness. Of course it didn’t fall from the sky. Yet while this may seem a banal enough statement, it contains a profound and extremely important cognitive shortcut.

Holocaust survivor Marian Turski's 11th Commandment: Thou shalt not be indifferent —

"Auschwitz did not fall from the sky. This is, to use a phrase of ours, an obvious obviousness...Yet while this may seem a banal enough statement, it contains a profound and extremely important cognitive shortcut."

I'm sorry, but I cannot take seriously anything written in the default Open Sans font in Google Docs, my own writing included. It might as well be Comic Sans.

"Finish the projects you already have before starting another one!"

What are you, a cop?

Shout out to @iowastartingline.com for hammering the failure that is a 1.75% funding increase for Iowa public schools at the same time our legislature doubles down on a parallel system of unaccountable private schools funded by hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer vouchers.

"Iowa’s elected officials need to double-down on what common sense and school finance experts like David Backer tell us to be true, 'Schools need money to do well…[and] given less, they will do less.'

...I believe we owe [our kids] a vision of thriving public schools that can do more with more."

This dude is the most skillful double neck guitar loop pedal player wearing a huge hat with an enormous nose mask in a polka dot pajama that the world has ever seen

Devastated to learn that Univ of Texas at Austin is closing the American Studies dept. The years I spent there earning my PhD were formative, making me the teacher, thinker, and writer I am today. I've passed on what I learned at UT to thousands of students over the past 20 years. Just awful.

"Iowa’s elected officials need to double-down on what common sense and school finance experts like David Backer tell us to be true, 'Schools need money to do well…[and] given less, they will do less.'

...I believe we owe [our kids] a vision of thriving public schools that can do more with more."

Shout out to @iowastartingline.com for hammering the failure that is a 1.75% funding increase for Iowa public schools at the same time our legislature doubles down on a parallel system of unaccountable private schools funded by hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer vouchers.

I started writing an op-ed that has more or less turned into a chapter about how the war on "woke" was always a war on American values. By repudiating diversity, equity, and inclusion, the right explicitly abandons the civic projects that actually made us great in the American Century.

Someone should ask Rubio, "Which Christian faith?"

At the International Conference on SDT, the final session has long been a Q&A with Ryan & Deci. The 8th was the first without Deci (he was in the audience).

When Ryan acknowledged their lifelong research partnership, we gave Deci a standing ovation and he cried tears of joy.

His work is enduring.

Over the weeks, Columbia Academy, like the district’s four other schools, had taken on an entirely new identity. It was still a place of learning, even if 210 of its 700 students were now studying at home. But now it was also a food bank, a counseling hotline, a missing persons task force, an immigration resource center and a refuge.

This small school district kept losing students to ICE. So it mobilized. wapo.st/4cvaYtc gift link

Dear Friends and Colleagues, It is with a heavy heart that we share this news with you. As a valued part of the Self-Determination Theory community, we wanted you to hear directly from us that Edward L. Deci passed away today, peacefully, with loved ones by his side. Ed was an exceptional thought leader, mentor, colleague, and friend. At this moment, we do not yet have the words to express how profound this loss is—for all of us at the Center for Self-Determination Theory and for the global SDT community. We ask for your understanding and patience as we take time to navigate ahead, and as our responses may be limited during thi

The Center for Self Determination Theory has announced the passing of Edward Deci:

It's a bit of a chicken-egg thing, imo, because if the stakes weren't so high and kids weren't pressured so much to perform and achieve, they might be able to take failure in stride.