"I apologise that this is not a typical graduation speech, but there is nothing typical about the times that we are living in. There is nothing typical about 15,000 children's live-streamed deaths being watched."
... from about 00:37:00 to 00:40:00.
Maha Zeidan, the president of the Graduate Student Association of the University of #Toledo (Ohio), gives a solemn and powerful speech to remind the graduates and all others of the responsibility and ability to act for peace.
Anybody need bus tickets #Madrid–#Toledo for today that apparently can be used in any Alsa bus? My name and my wife’s are on the tickets but if you look “suitable” the driver probably won’t check.
We overslept and missed the bus I had bought tickets for, and I bought new ones. (Not hugely expensive.) Only later I noticed that the actual tickets apparently are valid on any of the dozens of departures per day. (The site I bought them from claimed they were bound to the chosen departure.)
A remarkable astrolabe from Al-Andalus, hitherto unknown and unpublished, is preserved in the Fondazione Museo Miniscalchi-Erizzo in Verona. It is datable to the eleventh century and features added Hebrew and Latin inscriptions.
I’m going to be selling autographed photos at Comic Con!
Most are from when I was OBSESSED with the cast and crew of the Real World Toledo but they're super rare because the season never aired due to "the incident."
"Toledo is not Madrid" says Mauricio Delichman, as he shows an archival source for his fascinating paper with David Gonzalez Agudo on wages, living standards & skill premia in Toledo 1517-1800, at the economichistory.ca conference hosted by Shari Eli & Laura Salisbury at the Munk School in Toronto! @econhist@economics@laborecon#Spain#Toledo#wages#LivingStandards#skill#archives#history#histodons
I find it interesting that the three areas affected by the #UAW#strike have trended toward the #GOP since the 1980s. Macomb County #Michigan has only voted #Democratic 4 times since 1968. It backed #Trump twice, by similar 53.5% margins. In St. Charles County #Missouri where #Wentzville is the largest city, Trump won in 2020 with 58% of the vote. #biden took Lucas County, #Ohio which is dominated by #Toledo. However, the three surrounding suburban counties went to Trump by about 60%
Excellent video from More Perfect Union describing the shady tactics that the Big 3 have been using to take advantage of their workers
What Jeep Doesn’t Want You to Know
Jeep relies on an army of temp workers who make half the rate of full-time employees, despite doing the same jobs. Some have been “temporary” for 5.5 years. If Jeep doesn’t offer a path to full-time status, thousands of workers could strike this week.
Kuleba beim EU-Außenministertreffen: "Die Sanktionen werden unterlaufen"
Der Ukraine-Krieg bestimmte nach dem Verteidigungs- auch das Außenministertreffen der EU. Der ukrainische Ressortchef Kuleba wies Kritik an der Gegenoffensive zurück - und forderte eine schärfere Sanktionskontrolle. Von H. Schmidt.
EU-Ministertreffen in Toledo: Weitere Ukraine-Hilfen im Fokus
Im spanischen Toledo kommen die Verteidigungs- und Außenminister der EU zusammen. Kernthema ist die Unterstützung der Ukraine. Zur Debatte stehen aber auch Sanktionen gegen die Putschisten im Niger, wie von mehreren EU.-Staaten gefordert. Von Stephan Ueberbach.
#Tornado warning near #Toledo (well, south of Toledo, closer to Sandusky). Seeing lots of reports here on the Fediverse of power outages and storm damage. #MIwx
Anyone who paid Ohio Edison, #Cleveland Electric or #Toledo Edison fees that arose from the passage of HB 6 from Jan. 1, 2020, to June 22, 2022, may be entitled to some of the settlement money.
The payments started being distributed on July 31. Eligible recipients can expect to receive an email from rewards@reward.tremendous.com with the subject header “Ohio Electricity #Litigation: Your Digital Payment is Ready
22 July 1525: d. Richard Wingfield #English envoy at #Toledo#otd
Charles V liked him so much, he had him buried in the Franciscan San Juan de Los Reyes in part of the choir reserved for kings. Cuthbert Tunstall was with him & nearly died also of dysentery.