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Jimin's actual birthday might be over but ARMY is still celebrating. 22 more donated to #EquityWithJimin in support of women in rural India 😍

13 more hours left in the campaign!

I frequently say you don't need to protest. You don't! There are a thousand other ways to push back on fascism if protesting doesn't feel comfortable or safe for you!

But if you CAN go, this 10/18 #NoKings thing is really a key protest to participate in. Be part of it, friends.

Two Indian girls standing in front of a large tree in what appears to bee their school yard. They are dressed in school uniforms, wearing RSKS India donated backpacks, and are looking at the camera with smiles on their faces.

Over 1 million children in Rajasthan drop out of school each year, many due to economic challenges. RSKS India's “Education for Every Girl in India” aims to ease financial burdens by providing school supplies & help motivate families to support their daughters' schooling 🎒📚

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On the left of the poster is Jimin sitting on a pile of mossy rocks with bright flowers growing out of the cracks. Text on the page says: Our campaign supports 4 of RSKS India’s projects. Donate to the one of your choice! Empowering Women with Sustainable Livelihood: Connect economically disadvantaged women with training and entrepreneurship programs in goat farming, organic manure production, dairy farming, and more. HER VOICE: Breaking Barriers: Run awareness sessions and start public discussions supporting gender equality by tackling harmful practices like dowry, child marriage, and gender-based discrimination. Build Bright Future for Marginalized Girls: Provide vocational skill training in computer education, beautician services, fashion design, hand bag making, and more. Education for Every Girl in India: Supply essential educational materials such as school bags, uniforms, fees, books, notebooks, pens, pencils, and other stationary.

🌺 Help support 4 wonderful RSKS India projects. These programs provide women and girls with education, vocational training, entrepreneurship programs, and community events to tackle harmful gender-based practices

Donate ➡️ bit.ly/EquityWithJimin
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That's an extremely specific example, and not what I was discussing. As mentioned elsewhere, this was in response to the idea of 'pavlov training' people with this technique, not briefly walking away from a harmful situation to de-escalate.

In the overall conversation that was the context established by the anecdote about the person 'pavlovian training' their dad by walking out of the room when he crossed a boundary... it seemed obvious to me that the following responses would be based on that original anecdote.

I do still have some qualms about applying this framing to a broader range of social settings (families, politics, public discourse) as was being discussed here. But that's a much broader/deeper discussion and this may not be the place for it (not sure I can put thoughts into words yet anyway).

Thanks for explaining and linking the source, I do think I misunderstood what you were saying – since it was presented in the context of negative reinforcement and targeted ignoring of someone who is 'misbehaving' in an educational setting, I really got the wrong end of the stick!

My apologies if I misunderstood, I was reacting to you saying you are an education researcher, and talking about research from that field. I'll leave this now.

Just to pile on here... I worked with food banks for years. Yes, food donations are good but (as Nicole encourages) MONETARY DONATIONS ARE BEST. Food banks stretch $ on food (fill gaps donations miss etc) really well. Moreover, they need money for operating costs like power and staff wages.

the most important thing to remember when you see eugenicists who don’t believe that autistic people should exist rambling about “the autism epidemic” is not that they’re wrong about the “cause” (although they are absolutely wrong about it); it’s that they are eugenicists

calling autism a “tragedy” and saying that there should be fewer autistic people are eugenicist talking points. Everyone who opposes such views also needs to recognize the ways in which everyday ableism left the door wide open for a person like RFK Jr.

How Can We Live Together? - Boston Review Ezra Klein is wrong: shame is essential.

"Common decency stigmatizes people that do not participate in it—removes them from voluntary association. We indeed have to live with one another, but terms and conditions apply."

me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually

www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...

To put this back in the original family context–

A grown-up child reinforcing an established boundary with their parent by leaving the room every time.

vs.

A parent silencing their child on a certain subject by leaving the room every time.

The power structure changes the effect significantly.

A phrase like "stop trying to reason with them, change their access to the behaviour" has an extremely different ring to it when you are the 'object' of that rhetoric. Please be extremely careful and thoughtful about how you apply this. Also read about 'the double empathy problem'.

Maybe this is my neurodivergent school trauma speaking, but this kind of theory can go south extremely fast when the person effecting the 'behaviour modification' has power over the person being 'modified'. A lot of pedagogical research uses flawed methodology that ignores long-term effects.

"I just want to say, go birds, fuck ICE and free Palestine," "Hacks" star Hannah Einbinder at the #Emmys

Iconic moment at the Downton Abbey premiere

11 Democrats just voted for this. The names are not surprising. Voting for fascism is not only morally indefensible, it is politically unstrategic.

If any of these folks are your Rep, it might be a good time to light up their phone line. 202-224-3121

- you clean up that banksy?
- sure did, your honour, leaving a perfect, permanent outline, imbuing the work with real fuckin gravitas while making its point better than the artist did himself just like you asked

I have supported OIAA causes since they began. They took a break during enlistments but they are back. Their philosophy is that even micro donations make a difference and ARMY has stepped up since 2018 to show we can help! They don't take any money directly so all money goes directly to the cause.

On the left third of the poster is a photo of RM outside on the street wearing a track suit jacket and black pants. He is jumping with his right arm pointed straight up in the air. The rest of the poster has a beige background with animated flowers along the bottom. Text elements include: the campaign hashtag Read with RM, OIAA birthday campaign 2025, Start a Library Trust logo with their motto “A library in every school”, a description of the campaign and websites for the charity and OIAA. The campaign text reads: Start a Library Trust (SAL) is a Kenya-based non-profit founded in 2012 with a mission to champion literacy in Africa by creating thriving communities of learners and teachers. They collaborate with schools to set up sustainable libraries, providing access to books, educational resources, and literacy programs. SAL aims to improve literacy rates and educational outcomes in underserved communities by fostering a lifelong love for reading and learning. SAL’s new campaign Refresh the Shelves is just in time for International Literacy Week celebrations (Sept 8th-12th). Some of SAL’s earliest libraries, the very ones that started their program, are running out of stories. The shelves are still standing, but the books have been well loved and are now old, torn, and too few to keep the magic alive. The campaign looks to revive 20 of their oldest libraries.

Let’s celebrate RM’s birthday! 🎂

#ReadWithRM is a 7-day fundraiser supporting Start a Library Trust (SAL), a Kenya-based org who aims to improve literacy rates and educational outcomes by fostering a lifelong love for reading and learning 💜

Donate ➡️ bit.ly/ReadWithRM

Since it's a topic many people are talking about today, just want to share some resources I have found helpful when responding to someone who is actively experiencing suicidal thoughts, bc most of us are only ever told to post a hotline number and not how to actually *respond*

In a small town in County Cork, Ireland, a monument stands in appreciation to the American Choctaw Indian Tribe.
Although impoverished, shortly after being forced to walk the Trail of Tears, the tribe somehow gathered $170 to send to Ireland for famine relief in 1847 [Historic Vids]

Choctaw Nation unveils 'eternal' sculpture to Ireland Choctaw tribal members, tribal leaders and dignitaries from Oklahoma and Ireland have gathered at the Choctaw Capitol Grounds in Tuskahoma, Oklahoma, to unveil a new sculpture honouring the Choctaw-Ir...

It has become a beautiful reciprocal relationship and an eternal sculpture honouring the connection now stands in the Choctaw Capital Grounds in Tuskahoma, Oklahoma. ❤️
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Bluesky moderation is still deleting Palestinian accounts. Please give and share their stories.

GO TO A PROTEST THIS WEEKEND!!!!

Screenshot of https://fightchatcontrol.eu/ The EU (still) wants to scan your private messages and photos The "Chat Control" proposal would mandate scanning of all private digital communications, including encrypted messages and photos. This threatens fundamental privacy rights and digital security for all EU citizens. Currently: 3 member states opposing, 15 member states, 9 member states undecided You Will Be Impacted Every photo, every message, every file you send will be automatically scanned—without your consent or suspicion. This is not about catching criminals. It is mass surveillance imposed on all 450 million citizens of the European Union. Mass Surveillance - Every private message, photo, and file scanned automatically: no suspicion required, no exceptions*, even encrypted communications. Breaking Encryption - Weakening or breaking end-to-end encryption exposes everyone's communications—including sensitive financial, medical, and private data—to hackers, criminals, and hostile actors. Fundamental Rights - Undermines your fundamental rights to privacy and data protection, as guaranteed by Articles 7 and 8 of the EU Charter—rights considered core to European democratic values. False Positives - Automated scanners routinely misidentify innocent content, such as vacation photos or private jokes, as illegal, putting ordinary people at risk of false accusations and damaging investigations. Ineffective Child Protection - Child protection experts and organisations, including the UN, warn that mass surveillance fails to prevent abuse and actually makes children less safe—by weakening security for everyone and diverting resources from proven protective measures. Global Precedent - Creates a dangerous global precedent enabling authoritarian governments, citing EU policy, to roll out intrusive surveillance at home, undermining privacy and free expression worldwide.

‼ Fight Chat Control - protect EU digital privacy! ‼

The EU may soon mandate scanning private messages and photos, possibly by October.

PLEASE, contact your MEPs now - the site has their details (for all EU countries!) and even a message generator to make it easy!

https://fightchatcontrol.eu/

Best practices for bystanders Fostering Safe Communities by Our Communities The material presented here should not be relied on as legal advice. please assess your own personal risks and reach out to an attorney. Logos: Montgomery County Immigrant Rights Collective, Migrant Solidarity Mutual Aid, Colectivo de Familas Migrantes

Best Practices for Bystanders and ICE Watch! #WeKeepUsSafe

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