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nostr:npub1nhdxlqecez0f9nldmqq3kay4cjwwksry3rupd3tcra39l4knt9dsm0sd3w nice! Can you tell me what’s MacOS shortcut for em-dash? (pretty please!)
WaPo Gift article | Louisiana police held detainees in ‘torture warehouse,’ lawsuits say
nostr:npub1l3tn680rdlnzp9m58k4c94ul34gktsy8e6vuqrefnmae4uxq82wssccal9 Of course I don’t prefer that. They have their well deserved place and the Atlantic is one of the best. The point I’m making (obviously not clearly) is this: For those who pay attention what’s happening currently is painfully and dangerously obvious.
But for those in that smaller circle who recognize the danger for what it is and use moments like this one with Romney as a revelation it belies both the danger and their own potential for influence.
nostr:npub1ahqj3ek7s7lrt4ygsthymx0j0vqunam8vc6ejhn9qn7037prm0pq83wjwd “For those who pay attention” — there you’ve hit it. There are passages in our lives when we don’t have the luxury of paying attn b/c we are so busy. The young and the old are often the ones who have that luxury or regain it.
nostr:npub1l3tn680rdlnzp9m58k4c94ul34gktsy8e6vuqrefnmae4uxq82wssccal9 I get that. But for goodness sakes, some of these folks (including one with a very big mouth) have been saying this for awhile now. Frankly, the evidence has been in plain sight for awhile. I’m thinking as I type this that most are just afraid to admit it’s real, because if it is, the problem and any possible solution is far bigger than we want to contemplate
nostr:npub1ahqj3ek7s7lrt4ygsthymx0j0vqunam8vc6ejhn9qn7037prm0pq83wjwd You’re certainly right that people in different stages of their lives react differently. I know when I was raising kids and holding down FT job I didn’t always pay attn to news.
nostr:npub1l3tn680rdlnzp9m58k4c94ul34gktsy8e6vuqrefnmae4uxq82wssccal9 I’d like to believe you’re correct. But I don’t think they read these articles either.
nostr:npub1ahqj3ek7s7lrt4ygsthymx0j0vqunam8vc6ejhn9qn7037prm0pq83wjwd Well, would you prefer these articles not be published, then? The Atlantic has been around since the late 1850’s; somebody is reading it. It also gets circulation beyond its actual subscriber numbers. Educators use it in classrooms, for instance.
nostr:npub1ahqj3ek7s7lrt4ygsthymx0j0vqunam8vc6ejhn9qn7037prm0pq83wjwd It’s not so much surprise, as confirmation of what we have observed w/ our own eyes and ears. Those in power works SO HARD to keep facts at bay, and sometimes, you want EVIDENCE beyond your own gut instinct.
All are old management ploys designed to keep workers down and ultimately, to break unions.
From Robert Reich: 5 big reasons the UAW went on strike against the Big Three | 1-The Big Three have made $250 billion over the last decade, $21 billion in the first six months of 2023 alone; 2-CEO pay at the Big Three is out of sight; 3-Unionized auto workers have largely been excluded from the fruits of this prosperity; 4-New battery plants being built won’t require union workers (Biden WH hasn’t helped in this regard!); 5-Two-tier pay system between new hires/older workers drives wedge. >
Looking at the woebegone faces of Bloomberg newscaster this AM, I thought WW3 had started. But no, they were just talking about giant corporations being “hit” by labor strikes. Stop paying your CEOs so much and distribute the savings to your rank-and-file workers. #unions #labor
Romney’s main objective in life is his own longevity and to live as long and as well as he can.
However, there are some juicy nuggets in this excerpt from a forthcoming biography of Romney by McKay Coppins.
nostr:npub1summ60ad6wwr7mt3qvjjd3qv5lj6z9xuphvczm0j0jl0epwfcqcqz53mxq I totally agree. The race to monetize everything and everybody is a scourge on humanity.
How #Columbia Ignored #Women , Undermined Prosecutors and Protected a #Predator For More Than 20 Years
https://www.propublica.org/article/columbia-obgyn-sexually-assaulted-patients-for-20-years
For decades, patients warned Columbia about the behavior of #obstetrician Robert #Hadden . One even called 911 and had him arrested. Columbia let him keep working.
nostr:npub1xj85k76848gaufkf7f8eqhtcwuykex5r02e8cqml520ps4ly8q4qn7egqe incredibly disturbing.
nostr:npub1ahqj3ek7s7lrt4ygsthymx0j0vqunam8vc6ejhn9qn7037prm0pq83wjwd For me, it’s ok if taking an oath is aspirational. The symbol is important.