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When it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck...
Thomas Zimmer @tzimmer_history , who has been really on target lately, has a good thread up:
We need to trust our eyes >>> https://mastodon.social/@tzimmer_history/114099967857520689
"If what we see aligns with what we know and is also in line with an established track record, our default assumption should be that what is happening is actually what it looks like."
Owner abandoned dog who starved to death in Liverpool property: A Liverpool man who left his property where his dog died of starvation has been banned from keeping animals for 10 years. https://lcr-news-updates.merseyreporter.com/index.php?id=1901&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
@aaron.rupar If Kudlow ever had a soul, it long since rotted, and oozed into the mud of Hell.
KUDLOW: What's left of the Biden economy is slumping so badly
LEAVITT: Truly, this administration is working around the clock to bring down the cost of living for the American people
One million children will go untreated for severe malnutrition, up to 166,000 people will die from malaria and 200,000 more children will be paralyzed by polio over the next decade, internal memos estimated.
The USAID programs were cut anyway.
#News #USAID #PublicHealth #Trump #DOGE #Aid #Disease #Health #USPolitics
Sixty years ago, 600 activists marched in Selma, Alabama, to protest against Black voter suppression. Police attacked protestors, 58 of whom ended up in the hospital, and the episode came to be known as Bloody Sunday. Black women were not only among the crowds — they were also behind the scenes, feeding protestors, organizing meetings and more. “You may see the flashy protest, but below the surface is a strong collective of people, Black women usually, that are creating the networks, trust, community-building and organizational literacy for something [like this] to be able to take place,” Ashley D. Farmer, a civi rights historian and professor at the University of Texas at Austin, told @19thnews. Here are the stories of some of the "unsung women of Bloody Sunday."
#History @histodons #BlackHistory @blackmastodon #WomensHistory #WomensHistoryMonth #BloodySunday #Selma #Activism #Protest
The @ucsusa has sent a letter on behalf of 48 scientific societies representing almost 100,000 scientists calling on Congress to "take immediate action to protect and restore life-saving and essential scientific research that benefits American families and communities."
https://www.ucsusa.org/about/news/scientists-ask-congress-protect-future-science
#UnitedStates #Government #Science #Advocacy #StandUpForScience
Around Town (Photos). Eagle Scout, sharpshooters, top students, harm reduction https://highlandscurrent.org/?p=5802529
Non-profits decry province’s lack of consultation ahead of homeless strategy launch, underwhelming start https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2025/03/03/non-profits-decry-provinces-lack-of-consultation-ahead-of-homeless-strategy-launch-underwhelming-start
VOA - President Trump says the Ukrainian leader’s assessment that the end of Russia’s war with his country “is still very, very far away" is “the worst statement” he could have made and that “America will not put up with it for much longer!” https://www.voanews.com/a/zelenskyy-says-possible-to-repair-ties-with-us-sign-minerals-deal-/7994831.html
