Emmett Till: Vandals shoot sign marking where the black teenager’s body was pulled from a river – The Washington Post

«If it were up to him, Tell said, he would leave the sign up. Bullet holes and all.

Like the open casket, it forces us to look.»

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/08/05/the-spot-where-emmett-tills-body-was-found-is-marked-by-this-sign-people-keep-shooting-it-up/

Tweet from Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety)

https://twitter.com/TwitterSafety/status/1026979629456744449?s=17

So, if Rwandan radio (RTLM) had dialed back just a little bit, they would have been fine, because they weren’t targeting individuals for harrassment?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_T%C3%A9l%C3%A9vision_Libre_des_Mille_Collines

Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) Tweeted:
If individuals are not targeted (e.g. @ mention, tagged in a photo, etc.), we allow a wide range of content as long as it doesn’t cross the line into threatening violence.

Kansas primary: Democratic candidate decided; GOP race close | The Wichita Eagle

https://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article216045360.html

Votes matter. Polls don’t. 541-vote difference.

«The secretary of state’s website shows Kobach with 121,203 votes to Colyer’s 120,662, with 95 percent of precincts reporting.

….
“I think we can safely say turnout was around 30 percent, which is very high for a primary in August,”»

Parkland Shooter Asked for Help, but Was Denied Before Shooting

Oops.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/parkland-shooter-asked-for-help-but-was-denied-before-shooting

«While more than half of the report was redacted, the blacked-out sections of the document could still easily be read by copying and pasting into a separate document, a trick used by The Sun-Sentinelto release the unredacted report on Friday.

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According to a review of that meeting featured in the new report, school officials left out one crucial fact: Cruz was still entitled to special assistance at Stoneman Douglas if he chose to stay.

Being unaware of this option, however, Cruz—whose developmental delays were flagged at age 3—was reportedly stripped of counseling services and left to fend for himself as a “regular student.”»

On a separate note, this is how charter schools are cheaper than public schools. They leave the special-needs kids behind.

The Vindication of Cheese, Butter, and Full-Fat Milk

Interesting.

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/07/cheese-butter-not-necessarily-linked-to-death/565253/

«A diet rich in high-fiber plants has more than enough protein and micronutrients to make up for a lack of dairy—and the vitamin D that’s added to milk can just as well be added to other foods, taken as a supplement, or siphoned from the sun.

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we should worry less about the harmful effects of single nutrients and more about the harms done by producing food. At this point, the clearest drawbacks to consuming animal products are not nutritional but environmental, with animal agriculture contributing to antibiotic resistance, deforestation, and climate change. While there is room for debate over the ideal amounts of saturated fat in human blood, the need to move toward an environmentally sustainable food system is unambiguous.»