CharlieMcHenry

CharlieMcHenry, 6 days ago to random

"Columbia Law Review Site Taken Down Over Article Accusing Israel of Genocide" - The website for the Columbia Law Review was taken down Monday by its board of directors after editors published a lengthy article by a Palestinian human rights lawyer accusing Israel of committing genocide in Gaza. HS Grads, you may want to pick your university based on how their admins have reacted to current protests and their commitment to free speech. #Gaza #Genocide #ColumbiaUniversity #Censorship #colleges #Universities #HigherEd https://www.thedailybeast.com/columbia-law-review-site-taken-down-over-article-accusing-israel-of-genocide?via=ios

CharlieMcHenry, 6 days ago to Palestine

Palestinian children suffering massive trauma, both physical and emotional as war drags on. Homes and schools destroyed, families killed, no hope… Is this what we’ve become? #Gaza #IsraelHamasWar #Palestine #War #Children #WarCrimes

https://youtube.com/watch?v=2BRqMhOviXc&si=vrUUMoTduCwN_rBS

CharlieMcHenry, 11 days ago to random

"Elon Musk Is Absolutely Raging About the Trump Verdict" - Because… of course he is. Dirt bag fascists always stick together, right? #ElonMusk https://www.thedailybeast.com/elon-musk-is-absolutely-raging-about-the-trump-verdict?via=ios

CharlieMcHenry, 12 days ago to iran

It has come to my attention that Iran’s supreme ruler Ayatollah Khamenei has written an open letter to American college students commending their anti-war, pro-Palestine protests. The gall of the man…trying to score points with his virtue signaling. Modern day #Iran is the WORST kind of #Theocracy - run by pious, self-righteous ultra conservative mullahs. The fact the state has a “morality police” tells you all you need to know. This is the country that murders young girls for not having their hair properly covered, after beating them. The country that sentences rappers to death for speaking truth to power. What a sorry state the once great #Persia has become. Thanks to Yashar Ali for alerting me to this matter. I highly recommend his newsletter. #protests #Gaza #GazaProtests

CharlieMcHenry, 14 days ago to Bloomscrolling

We’re particularly fond of Calla Lilies. So elegant, so stunning. This is the first of what we anticipate will be a bunch of blooms this Spring. #BloomScrolling #FlowersOfMastodon #Flowers #Lily #Flowers

Single white Calla Lily bloom from the top, showing off the lovely perfectly curved interior of the blossom.

CharlieMcHenry, 22 days ago to ai

A former OpenAI leader says safety has 'taken a backseat to shiny products' at the AI company - He said: building “smarter-than-human machines is an inherently dangerous endeavor” and that the company “is shouldering an enormous responsibility on behalf of all of humanity.” #AI #OpenAI #Technology https://apnews.com/article/8a7ba341e06a66e9a7935bb06214edcb

CharlieMcHenry, 24 days ago to LGBTQ

State Department issues unusual worldwide LGBTQ+ travel alert - Folks, things are getting worse everywhere as reactionary #Conservatives, often #evangelicals turn back the clock on diversity, equity and inclusion. In their rush to condemn all who are not like them, the devout and pious are sowing hatred and violence. Proving once again that religion and right-wing politics are a bane to progress and social justice. They’re just not having it. #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Travel https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/17/state-department-worldwide-caution-alert-lgbtq-00158753

CharlieMcHenry, 1 month 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, 1 month ago to Israel

Look… I’m as furious with Joe Biden’s support for Israeli genocide as any proper progressive leftist. I feel personally betrayed by our current policies. That said, we can work on that and have momentum in our favor. Just look at what’s happening on our college campuses, surely a positive harbinger of things to come. I also understand the existential threat to democracy and all we hold dear that DJ Trump and his remade fascist #Republican party represent to us all. There is absolutely no comparison between the two, they are NOT the same. I will hold my nose and VOTE FOR Biden - while continuing to work for a #PalestinianState and justice for Israeli #WarCrimes. I trust you will do the same. #Israel #Gaza #GazaGenocie #Politics

CharlieMcHenry, 1 month ago to random

Israeli strikes on southern #Gaza city of Rafah kill 22, mostly children, as US advances aid package https://apnews.com/article/8c027f2587c2c433d0fde41b63a0e0c3

CharlieMcHenry, 1 month ago to twitter

Elon Musk plans to charge new X users to enable posting - but ironically introduces AI to help users write posts. So… try to reduce bots but promote AI generated content? Do I have that right? #X #Xwitter #Twitter https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/15/elon-musk-plans-to-charge-new-x-users-to-enable-posting/

CharlieMcHenry, 1 month ago to random

If you needed proof that #Republicans are trying hard to kill us all… Wisconsin Republicans ignore governor's call to spend $125M to combat 'forever chemicals' #RepublicansAreTheProblem https://apnews.com/article/b36280bb3ef443fcfa46bf9187882c2e

CharlieMcHenry, 1 month ago to NativeAmerican

LOL, MAGA S. Dakota governor banned from over 10 percent of her own state: Third South Dakota tribal nation bans Noem from reservation 🤣 #SouthDakota #KristiNoem #NativeAmerican #politics https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4589622-third-south-dakota-tribal-nation-bans-noem-from-reservation/

CharlieMcHenry, 2 months ago to Flowers

#SpringFlowers #Flowers #FlowersOfMastodon It’s Spring time and the Crab Apple is blooming 1/

Pictured: Aging Crab Apple tree covered in pink and white blooms against a blue sky.

CharlieMcHenry, 2 months ago to Aviation

US FAA to investigate loss of engine cowling on Southwest Boeing 737-800 - Another day, another #Boeing mishap. This is bad, and getting worse. #Aviation #Airlines #Southwest #Travel #Transportation https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/faa-says-southwest-plane-with-boeing-engine-cowling-fell-off-during-takeoff-2024-04-07/

CharlieMcHenry, 2 months ago to TeslaMotors

Tesla’s ‘nightmare’ year continues with massive sales drop in Q1. And it’s not that folks don’t like #EVs - they just don’t like #ElonMusk. #EV #Tesla

https://qz.com/elon-musk-tesla-electric-vehicle-deliveries-sales-q1-1851380928

CharlieMcHenry, 2 months ago to twitter

"Elon Musk Has Entered the ‘Please Clap’ Stage of His Megalomania" - (Now…) X is a cloistered feedback bubble of MAGA, Intellectual Dark Web, and racist edgelords. #X #Twitter #ElonMusk #Elon https://www.thedailybeast.com/elon-musk-has-entered-the-please-clap-stage-of-his-megalomania?via=ios

CharlieMcHenry, 2 months ago to random

Happy Spring to all… being non-religious, a most definitely NOT Christian, our extended family celebrates the coming of Spring on this day, the resurrection of life itself after a long Winter of rest. We gather, feast, celebrate family, watch football, listen to music and generally chill together. Today, we’ll also be bleaching our well - fouled after the last rains. Spring chores on our 8 acre hobby farm are beckoning…

CharlieMcHenry, 2 months ago to internet

Canadian school boards sue social media giants for over C$4 bln in damages - The products are "negligently designed for compulsive use, have rewired the way children think, behave and learn" - #SocialMedia #Education #Children #Meta #Snap https://www.reuters.com/technology/canadian-school-boards-sue-social-media-giants-over-4-bln-damages-2024-03-28/

CharlieMcHenry, 2 months ago to random

🤣 🤣 "Right-Wing Media Blames Bridge Collapse on ‘Open Border’ and COVID Lockdowns" https://www.thedailybeast.com/newsmax-and-fox-news-pundits-blame-bridge-collapse-on-open-border-and-covid-lockdowns?via=ios

CharlieMcHenry, 2 months ago to architecture

Unpopular opinion: Antoni Gaudi was a terrible architect whose designs are frightful, the opposite of eye candy. Been there, seen the #SagradaFamilia twice - decades apart. So it will finally be done, complete after 140 years and long after Gaudi’s death. Structure wasn’t even properly permitted until 2019. #architecture

https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/25/travel/sagrada-familia-barcelona-completion-scli-intl/index.html

CharlieMcHenry, 2 months ago to random

It’s about time… #Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun to step down in shakeup amid safety crisis https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/boeing-ceo-calhoun-step-down-2024-03-25/

CharlieMcHenry, 2 months ago to random

Nearly half of the tap water in the US is contaminated with ‘forever chemicals,’ government study finds - Boston News, Weather, Sports https://whdh.com/news/nearly-half-of-the-tap-water-in-the-us-is-contaminated-with-forever-chemicals-government-study-finds/

CharlieMcHenry, 2 months ago to twitter

Fewer people using Elon Musk’s X as it struggles to keep users - long live the Fediverse. #X #Twitter #ElonMusk https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/fewer-people-using-elon-musks-x-struggles-keep-users-rcna144115

CharlieMcHenry, 2 months ago to random

85 years after a racist mob drove Opal Lee's family away, she's getting a new home on the same spot https://apnews.com/article/d06e8163c65abaee8569957a5d97092e