Trump called fallen service members "losers" and "suckers" — according to his chief of staff — he publicly accused soldiers with PTSD of not being "strong," demeaned POWs, and insulted Gold Star parents & a widow. When he pretends to honor service members today, don't believe it.
An absolute must read today: @pluralistic *Cory Doctorow's article is relevant today, it includes multiple historical references, how they relate to current issues that're threating our future & details how imperative it is to understand the current state of affairs in America & the world through the prism of the past: Denazification, truth & reconciliation, & the story of Germany's story: https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/19/stolpersteine/#truth-and-reconciliation
They call it “Cowboys and Indians” because it sounds so much nicer than “Genocidal Racist, Bigoted White European Immigrants and Their Descendants VERSUS Indigenous Peoples They Are Murdering En Masse Because They Want the Natives’ Lands.”
In the quest for truth, there comes a point when you stop and look back at all you have been taught and told, and it dawns on you that much of what you have accepted as fact and truth . . . has not been. And with this knowledge, you move forward, your path not obscured by lies.
Prosecutors in Trump’s #criminal trial say he has violated a #GagOrder barring him from attacking #witnesses, #jurors & others close to the case. Testimony is set to resume later Tuesday morning.
Wikipedia is about verifiable facts from reliable sources. For Wikipedia, arguing with "The Truth" is not effective. Wikipedians don't write "because it's true" but "because that's what's in this source".
It is painful to see Katherine Maher viciously and widely attacked on Twitter, also for a quote restating how Wikipedia works.
I have worked with @krmaher
We were lucky to have her at Wikipedia, and NPR is lucky to have her.
For some a stressful week has ended well, #justice having been served at the ground level, even as Sir #TrumpVirus claims vindication (pre retribution) - while attacking the jurors his attorneys chose.
(Wonder if they'll be paid now!)
But the verdict resulted in lots of new contribution$, driving the #DJT stock up.
"I want to die on stage" is the romantic thought of every musician until they realize that most of what they can tentatively call a career will be spent in clubs that don't have stages, let alone stages big enough to hold the corpse of a grown man.