CharlieMcHenry

CharlieMcHenry, 12 hours ago to Bloomscrolling

Our hanging #Fuschia is in bloom… I couldn’t resist. #BloomScrolling #Blooms #SpringBloom #Flowers #FlowersOnFriday #FlowersOfMastodon

CharlieMcHenry, 12 hours ago to random

This is precisely why rejuvenating the state hospital system and lowering the bar for involuntary commitment (with safeguards) is essential to battling rough-sleeping homelessness. “After brief housing, man's drug use results in him back on Portland streets” - See, the thing is a percentage of the unhoused are in serious drug addiction or mental health crises. These folks deserve better, namely housing and treatment in state facilities that are built and staffed to accommodate their needs. City shelters are never going to serve this population adequately, just not gonna happen. #Homeless #Homelessness #Addiction #MentalIllness https://katu.com/news/city-in-crisis/after-brief-housing-kevin-hays-drug-use-results-with-him-back-on-portland-streets-clinton-triangle-tiny-homes-transitional-housing-portland-city-commissioner-rene-gonzalez

CharlieMcHenry, 12 hours ago to climate

World's oceans have gone 'crazy haywire,' with majority of coral reefs in peril - #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #Oceans #Oceanography #Corals #CoralReefs https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/ocean-record-heat-coral-bleaching-rcna152637

CharlieMcHenry, 1 day ago to China

Digital parents in China provide millions with online family love they otherwise lack. “It is part of the human longing for intimacy within a hyper-individualized, hyper-competitive society,” #China #DigitalParents #SocialMedia #Family #Sociology #parenting
https://restofworld.org/2024/china-douyin-digital-parents-viral-videos-family-love/

CharlieMcHenry, 1 day ago to Europe

The most wanted man in Europe. How the former Chief Operating Officer of Wirecard stole two billion euros from the company and became a Russian spy. #Europe #Espionage #spy #Wirecard #MostWanted #Legal #Interpol

https://www.thedial.world/issue-16/jan-marsalek-wirecard-russian-spy

CharlieMcHenry, 1 day ago to random

Currently working on a possible sustainable solution to this issue. Looking for collaborators, partners and investors. Ping me for more information…
US must act to slash landfill methane emissions, report says - #Landfills #methane #pollution #ResourceRecovery #RNG #SAF https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-must-act-slash-landfill-methane-emissions-report-says-2024-05-16/

CharlieMcHenry, 2 days ago to random

There’s this spot in our garden that’s, you know, kinda magical. Even more so in Spring when the #Lilacs are in bloom.

Cement bench on flagstones surrounded by blooming white and pink lilacs
Cement bench on flagstones surrounded by blooming white and pink lilacs

CharlieMcHenry, 2 days ago to random

More Americans are falling behind on credit card bills - "Everything is more expensive. Debt is more expensive. Rent is more expensive. Food, gas, everything," says Charlie Wise, senior vice president at TransUnion, the credit reporting firm. "Even with relatively healthy wage gains we've seen over last several years, many consumers just aren't keeping up with the price pressures." https://www.npr.org/2024/05/14/1251295805/credit-cards-debt-inflation

CharlieMcHenry, 3 days ago to thailand

28 year old Thai activist, in prison for ‘insulting the monarchy’, dies after hunger strike. Lese Majeste laws are so ridiculous. To let an intelligent young woman die like this is a black mark on #Thailand and should weigh heavily on all tourists planning a visit to the country. #LeseMajeste #Tourism #SEAsia #Siam
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0v005j1j91o

CharlieMcHenry, 5 days ago to ArtificialIntelligence

What could possibly go wrong? How easy would it be for tech such as this to be used as instruments of oppression? #Robots #War #LethalWeapon #LethalTech #RobotDog

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/robot-dogs-armed-with-ai-targeting-rifles-undergo-us-marines-special-ops-evaluation/

CharlieMcHenry, 7 days ago to random

U.S. health care is increasingly like a casino https://www.axios.com/2024/05/10/health-insurance-quality-care

CharlieMcHenry, 7 days ago to random

The Latest | More than 100,000 flee Rafah as fighting breaks out on the city's outskirts https://apnews.com/article/f723eacc54eb85d223e4fa856b9442d0

CharlieMcHenry, 8 days ago to climate

#ClimateChange and #ClimateCrisis concerned citizens need to understand the looming disaster if Trump is elected to a second term. 'A little bold and gross': Oil industry writes executive orders for Trump to sign - #FossilFuels #BigOil #Capitalism #GlobalWarming https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/08/oil-industry-orders-trump-day-one-00156705

CharlieMcHenry, 8 days ago to random

Anyone else think #BeautyPageants are SO last century? Evidently, some contestants and winners are also thinking the same thing as both Miss America and Miss Teenage America give up titles. And as for little kid pageants, well… those are just perverse imo.

https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-68982769

CharlieMcHenry, 8 days ago to random

Uh-huh, sure… "Evangelicals See Trump’s Hedonism as Godly ‘Masculinity’" - So, let me get this straight. God wants men to be pigs, to grab pussy and pay porn stars to screw them? Right… #Evangelicals #Christians https://www.thedailybeast.com/evangelicals-see-trumps-hedonism-as-godly-masculinity?via=ios

CharlieMcHenry, 8 days ago to apple

Have you seen this startling #Apple ad for the new #iPad? It is a bit unsettling and almost dystopian. “Technology crushing human creativity? Apple's 'disturbing' new iPad ad has struck a nerve online” https://apnews.com/article/12e7fbd335feb4875d94c31b87379359

CharlieMcHenry, 8 days ago to random

NY TIMES: Wednesday, May 8, 2024 7:27 PM ET
President Biden said the U.S. would not supply Israel with certain weapons if it moved forward with a major ground offensive in southern #Gaza.
In Mr. Biden’s comments, he also acknowledged in a way that he has rarely done that American bombs have killed innocent Palestinians.

CharlieMcHenry, 9 days ago to climate

'Hopeless and broken': why the world's top climate scientists are in despair - #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #ClimateEmergency #GlobalWarming https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2024/may/08/hopeless-and-broken-why-the-worlds-top-climate-scientists-are-in-despair

CharlieMcHenry, 10 days ago to Israel

Police break up a pro-Palestinian student protest in Berlin as demonstrations spread across Europe #Gaza #Israel #IsraelPalestine https://apnews.com/article/1eeb4e07231ebcc6776319ff0663db66

CharlieMcHenry, 10 days ago to random

Israeli forces seize Rafah crossing in #Gaza, threatening aid and putting cease-fire talks on edge https://apnews.com/article/113bf4ee5dad87dc5c003d76ed2785bf

CharlieMcHenry, 11 days ago to random

One of the challenges of aging, of being an elder in my tribe of family and peers is seeing and experiencing the deaths of so many old friends and colleagues - which is happening with greater frequency these days. Going to yet another celebration of life on Sunday for a dear old friend. Anne Jones was a spunky, upbeat, joyful earth momma who celebrated her hippie roots. She weathered a stroke ten years ago with grace and determination. But in the end, as it always is, time and age took their toll. RIP Anne, we all loved you so much it hurts.

CharlieMcHenry, 11 days ago to random

Tyson Foods released 371 million pounds of pollution into U.S. waterways, report finds https://www.jsonline.com/story/money/business/2024/05/06/tyson-foods-released-371m-pounds-of-pollution-into-u-s-waterways/73556988007/

CharlieMcHenry, 13 days ago to Israel

Catherine Russell, the head of UNICEF, said this week that of the 600,000 children in Rafah, southern Gaza, all of them are either injured, or sick, or malnourished. Much of the Gaza population has been forced south to Rafah by the Israeli military, which had promised them it was a safe zone. She added, “Over 200 days of war have already killed and maimed tens of thousands of children in Gaza.” #Gaza #GazaGenocide #Israel #IsraeliWarCrimes #War #Middleeast

CharlieMcHenry, 16 days ago to rangers

CBS what we’re you thinking?? #uefa #ChampionsLeague #football #futbol #soccer https://deadspin.com/who-the-hell-let-ray-hudson-in-the-house-1849534139 #CBS

CharlieMcHenry, 17 days ago to random

A major driver of the current dystopian political and social dysfunction is a complete and utter loss of #Trust in just about everything. Folks just don’t trust anyone or anything anymore - or so it seems. We don’t trust corporations to do the right thing in any situation; we don’t trust professional of all stripes to be genuinely concerned about our issues; we don’t trust schools to protect our kids; hospitals to keep us healthy; the police to not brutalize or shoot us; we don’t even trust bishops and priests to keep their hands off of small children. And, of course, we don’t trust government unless one is lucky enough to live in a Scandinavian country (where it appears governments do everything right). Trust is fundamental to societal cohesion, healthy communities, and a sense of wellbeing. It underlies healthy relationships, well functioning families and resilient communities. And rn in the USA, trust is at an all time low. https://www.amacad.org/publication/fifty-years-declining-confidence-increasing-polarization-trust-american-institutions