Ola Smith

This pretty much tells you everything you need to know about America.

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If I don’t get at least 100 responses, I won’t go the trouble of creating a civil rights pack! How sad that would be! I was hoping for 1,000!

Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users.

While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.

Elon Musk’s Epic Cybertruck Fail Elon Musk’s polygonal pickup is a polarizing sales flop that's missed the billionaire’s volume goal by a staggering 84%. And there’s no sign that things are improving.

Judged on sales, the Cybertruck is worse than Fords notorious automotive failure - the Edsel. Ford hoped to sell 200,000 Edsels a year, but managed just 63,000. Tesla predicted 250,000 Cybertruck sales per year but sold less than 40,000 in its first full year.

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In response to reports that OCR is requesting names and nationalities of people who may have been involved in alleged Title VI violations, the AAUP has written college general counsels to clarify that they are under no legal compulsion to comply and should NOT comply

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KAMALA: “I’m not here to say I told you so — fear is contagious, but courage is also contagious.”

OBAMA: “Imagine if I had done any of this.”

Exactly.

Are you READY?! 🤚

Let’s. Do. This. 😎✨

“Race does not provide an accurate representation of human biological variation,” the statement reads. “Humans are not divided biologically into distinct continental types or racial genetic clusters. Instead, the Western concept of race must be understood as a classification system that emerged from, and in support of, European colonialism, oppression, and discrimination.” “It thus does not have its roots in biological reality, but in policies of discrimination,” the statement says. “Because of that, over the last five centuries, race has become a social reality that structures societies and how we experience the world. In this regard, race is real, as is racism, and both have real biological consequences.”

Trump's 3/27 executive order targets the Smithsonian for advancing "the view that race is not a biological reality but a social construct."

Trump argues that the exhibit's statement, below, is unscientific. He's wrong. As a biology professor and population geneticist, I agree with every word of it.

Thank you!

Yes please! We have work to do and it can only be done by working together and focusing on the main problem.

Sad.

Beautiful!

Yay!

Biodiversity loss in all species and every ecosystem linked to humans – report Sweeping synthesis of 2,000 global studies leaves no doubt about scale of problem and role of humans, say experts Humans are driving biodiversity loss among all species across the planet, according to a synthesis of more than 2,000 studies. The exhaustive global analysis leaves no doubt about the devastating impact humans are having on Earth, according to researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag) and the University of Zurich. The study – which accounted for nearly 100,000 sites across all continents – found that human activities had resulted in “unprecedented effects on biodiversity”, according to the paper, published in Nature. Continue reading...

Biodiversity loss in all species and every ecosystem linked to humans – report

Being snatched off the street for your opinions. I'll say it again. We are deciding, right now, whether the aspirations we hold for this country are finished. Whether we're going to let these hoodlums and grifters throw what's left of the American idea into the garbage for their own profit and gain.

To anyone living in a state that doesn't respect you for who you love or who you are: Illinois has a place for you.

You are seen, you are celebrated, you are protected, and you are welcome here in our state.

Yep. And who said boycotts or protests don't work. They absolutely do!

BREAKING: Hundreds of Jews and allies have taken over Trump Tower chanting “We want justice, you say how. Bring Mahmoud home now!” and “Fight Nazis, not students.”

The civil disobedience is spawned by the ICE arrest of Palestinian student Mahmoud Khalil.

Former Social Security Commissioner, Martin O'Malley, has been sounding the alarm that there are 2.7 trillion dollars in the social security fund. Trump and Musk want to steal it plain and simple our money.

There is no point in Senate Democrats voting to fund the government only to let Trump and Musk do whatever they see fit with those funds.

Dems should only vote for a continuing resolution if it stops DOGE pillaging and fully funds services.

Call your Dem Senator 202-224-3121

Dems keep the fight going

Opinion | Trump’s Latest Tariffs Are Bad for Michigan The 25% levies on Canada and on steel will kneecap the auto industry and its workers.

Trump's tariffs on steel imports "would kneecap the Big Three automakers, slash union jobs for U.S. auto workers, and hold the door wide open to overseas competitors looking to dominate our markets." @Peters.senate.gov

The Horrifying History Behind a Beloved Skin-Care Ingredient Retin-A was developed through tests on incarcerated people.

@kimkelly.bsky.social’s latest for Teen Vogue is hitting me in a personal place

It explores the history of popular skincare ingredient Retin-A, which was tested on hundreds of incarcerated Black people in Philly in the 1960s

The survivors are demanding justice www.teenvogue.com/story/retino...

Psalms 110:1. 🤭

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Elon Musk Calls Social Security 'The Biggest Ponzi Scheme Of All Time' The tech billionaire argued Friday on "The Joe Rogan Experience" podcast that one of America's most enduring social safety nets is an insidious ploy.

Democrats should make sure as many people see this as possible: that Trump's #1 adviser wants to destroy Social Security. www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-m...

YouTube video by voidzilla the LIBRA interview

Great video showing how much of a scam all of this crypto nonsense is. Truly rotten to the core. youtu.be/EqizJTbxAEM?...