https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/04/13/ever-given-seized-egypt/
Whoops. Maybe “world’s biggest ship” isn’t such a win, after all.
So. In spite of this moronicity, 50% of this country still votes for these clowns because “on the one hand, on the other”. Britain voted by a hefty majority in 2019 for Brexit to continue mostly because of a desire to ban immigrants and they were exhausted by paralysis. 50% of Poland RE-ELECTED the conservative government that is closing Polish museums b/c they don’t tell the right story. Hungarians have voted by a solid majority to fence off Hungary (and the rest of Europe) from refugees. 60% of Czech voters chose Euroscepticism and the current Prime Minister (from the majority party) is subverting the independence of the judiciary. 55% of voters supported Bolsonaro in Brazil, who’s basically a Brazilian Trump.
We are moving backwards and voters are doing it. I hope the arc of the moral universe bends toward justice, but it appears to be very, very long.
We can do better.
https://twitter.com/TastyKeish/status/1381931528683405312?s=20
Oof. I do NOT want to make that list. 😦
Keisha TK Dutes (@TastyKeish) Tweeted: We’re in a cycle of y’all recognizing Black people are actually people and “I’m sorry for..” Then I trick myself into protecting you from my real thoughts. I don’t want to be gracious. I want to say “Sorry for what exactly?” And then make you list it out like an itemized bill.
https://twitter.com/sarah_k_mock/status/1381933637701144579?s=20
“exploitation isn’t bucolic”
Sarah K Mock (@sarah_k_mock) Tweeted: This is such an important perspective about agriculture. Listen to it.
https://twitter.com/threadreaderapp/status/1381937730435829760?s=20
https://twitter.com/BreeNewsome/status/1381856071443222530?s=20
Hmmm.
Bree Newsome Bass (@BreeNewsome) Tweeted: Half of the political establishment continues to defend the actions of the 1/6 riot, arguing that the people who damaged property that day were justifiably outraged. The Boston Tea Party is also framed as a justified political act. It’s only Black ppl who must protest quietly.
https://twitter.com/steak_umm/status/1321523359012868097?s=20
I may need to seek out some steak-umms the next time I go grocery shopping.
Steak-umm (@steak_umm) Tweeted: when we remind people that brands do what they do to meat a bottom line, it postures us above the problem, but we aren’t. we’re just using self-aware anti-advertising to invoke transparency because it helps our own bottom line. it’s all circular. that’s the tea steak-umm bless
https://twitter.com/TeaPainUSA/status/1381359220260487172?s=20
Isn’t violence what they signed up for?
Tea Pain (@TeaPainUSA) Tweeted: Breaks you’re heart, don’t it? (Hint: no) https://t.co/LSJCRwh9Hd
Ok. To be fair: violence is not the way. Prison guards should not be beating people up for no good reason. And this is not a good reason.
stuart stevens (@stuartpstevens) Tweeted: It seems very odd there is a land war in Europe and nobody much seems to care.
https://twitter.com/stuartpstevens/status/1381466468542390278?s=20
The return of American isolationism. Looks like China’s getting ready to move on Taiwan, also.
https://noahpinion.substack.com/p/i-dont-get-the-high-speed-rail-thing
«A round trip between SF and L.A. costs a little over $100. A flight between the two costs maybe $100 to $150. A round trip between Osaka and Tokyo (a slightly shorter distance) costs over $200. … If people expect a high-speed train ticket to cost “a little more than a local train ticket”, rather than “a little more than an airplane ticket”, they need to look at some actual prices.»
https://twitter.com/SarahTaber_bww/status/1381260013457539079?s=20
I’ll probably never forget the Facebook argument I got into with a vague acquaintance who quoted Wendell Barry at me.
Dr Sarah Taber (@SarahTaber_bww) Tweeted: YEP. Put down the damn W*ndell B*rry-style farm porn written by landowners & talk to literally anyone who’s actually lived the life.
