@rvawonk 🔗 https://newsie.social/users/rvawonk/statuses/110167439937678249 – The number of children and teens killed by gunfire in the United States increased 50% between 2019 and 2021.
FIFTY PERCENT. IN TWO YEARS. I keep pretty close tabs on these statistics and I had no idea it was that bad. 
#gunviolence #publichealth https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2023/04/06/gun-deaths-among-us-kids-rose-50-percent-in-two-years/

Hmm.

«A land acknowledgment is what you give when you have no intention of giving land.»

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/11/against-land-acknowledgements-native-american/620820/

I may have just posted a pre-print of this paper.

Good rant. Bookmark this for later viewing with sound if you can’t right now.

@n0m0time 🔗 https://masto.ai/users/n0m0time/statuses/110154056360055826 – Youngblood channeling #MalcomX ✊🏾 #PearsonMalcomLutherKing #Tennessee #Tennessee3 #TennesseeThree #TennesseeFascists #TennesseeGOP #BlackMastodon

https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/08/politics/ron-desantis-disney-florida-district-retaliation/index.html

«In addition to giving away oversight of Disney development, the outgoing board also agreed not to use any of Disney’s “fanciful characters” like Mickey Mouse – until “21 years after the death of the last survivor of the descendants of King Charles III, king of England,” according to a copy of the deal included in the February 8 meeting packet.

The reference to the British monarch is a contracting tactic known as the “royal lives clause,” intended to avoid rules against perpetual agreements. While relatively common legalese, its inclusion raised eyebrows. In the halls of the Florida Capitol, people have murmured “God save the king” to each other in passing, the GOP source said.»

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Hey, Reuters, I know you’re a good news outlet, but I’m not sure how relevant this detail, sitting here by itself with no further context, really is:

«The Republicans ousted Justin Pearson, 28, of Memphis, and Justin Jones, 27, from the Nashville area. Fellow Representative Gloria Johnson, 60, who joined them in the protest but unlike the other two refrained from using a megaphone, was spared.»

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-vp-harris-meet-lawmakers-tennessee-after-house-expulsion-two-democrats-2023-04-07/

(The context, for future John wondering what past John was thinking, being the concept that the use of a bullhorn makes the difference between a right way and a wrong way to protest.)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/04/06/tennessee-democrats-expulsion/

«Republicans in the House filed the resolutions Monday to oust Jones, Johnson and Pearson, saying the three lawmakers “did knowingly and intentionally bring disorder and dishonor” to the House.»

Oh, THOSE three brought dishonor to the House. I see.