MW

Art therapist; blerd; geek girl; cosplaying noob; comic-reading fancier of human behavior and dysfunctional political relationships.

[MW @13_Frede]

#Politics

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Let us invoke the Spirit of love and peace, that He may open borders, break down walls, dispel hatred, and help us live as children of our one Father who is in heaven. #Pentecost https://t.co/GTTlXIASP8

[MW @13_Frede]

@Williamkurk @kraftwerk Niiiiice!

[Svengoolie @Svengoolie]

Let’s try to live our lives with fairness, equality, and love.

[MW @13_Frede]

@dunkindonuts Hey Dunkin, I ordered the Hash Brown Brisket Scramble and it came with maple bacon instead of brisket. Is that typical? If it’s a substitute, shouldn’t they tell the customer before finishing the sale?

[MW @13_Frede]

@cta Every year, the CTA would post the time the holiday train would arrive at each respective station. I haven’t seen any for the stations affected by the RPM. Will those times be posted? Looking to catch the Red Line on 12/21 at Argyle…

[MW @13_Frede]

@Williamkurk 🤣

[MW @13_Frede]

@graphicsgirl33 @highbrow_nobrow @Acyn Childcare costs don’t factor in paying folks to cover the cost of tuition or loan payments for this fictional 6 years of education. The caring for children: food, educational tools, toys, bedding, diapers, rent, etc., are what make it so costly. Daycare workers are underpaid, too

[MW @13_Frede]

@Williamkurk 🤣 Well-played gif!

[MW @13_Frede]

@cta Thank you. I just submitted my query.

[MW @13_Frede]

@cta Hey, can anyone provide an update about the CTA Updates texts? I would get updates about specific train lines, bus routes and planned service directly to my phone. I haven’t received anything since Saturday. Has it been discontinued?

[MW @13_Frede]

@RpsAgainstTrump While I don’t condone acts of aggression toward anyone, staging protest through effigies is, regardless, a significant part of the American fabric in political discourse. Let’s not forget the Liberty Tree. During
the Revolution, more aggressive acts than these were prolific

[Morgan J. Freeman @mjfree]

WATCH THIS!!! “There is nothing Christian about Christian Nationalism.”

[Erika Alexander @EAlexTheGreat]

#AmericanFiction dissects Blackness in pop culture, and challenges perceiving Blackness from a white point of view.

#Blackness #PopCulture #ToniMorrison #AmericanCulture

[MW @13_Frede]

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[MW @13_Frede]

@ask_aubry Boyfriend must be conflating reports from a study on flies (https://t.co/fhi1cgiRFC) with a 2017 “article” from https://t.co/iIon5LU6Wc (https://t.co/Y4hzhOxcWd). Critical thinking is a lost art…

[MW @13_Frede]

@Williamkurk Happy Born Day! 🙌🏽🎉🥳

[MW @13_Frede]

@Williamkurk This is my daily conundrum

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: Florida Republicans suffer a historic humiliation as a new report exposes their education policy which teaches that slaves benefitted from their bondage — it turns out that HALF of the example individuals used were never even slaves in the first place.

Buckle up, because this one is a doozy...

Thanks to Republicans, Florida's 2023 Social Studies curriculum for sixth to eighth grade falsely teaches that "slaves developed skills" that could be used for "personal benefit." Apparently, conservatives think that being forced to do brutal agricultural work and other tasks was really just a form of resume building.

But when asked to provide specific examples of individuals who benefitted from their time as slaves, Florida's revisionist account of history completely fell apart.

The state listed sixteen names when asked to provide proof that slavery benefitted Black people.

One example they gave was Lewis Latimer. A museum dedicated to him states that he was in fact born to free, self-liberated parents in 1848. He later went on to become an inventor and helped develop the telephone — but none of the skills he used came from being a slave since he never was a slave.

Several of the other examples were likewise born free. Clearly, Florida Republicans cannot provide real examples of slaves benefitting from enslavement because no such examples exist.

This offensively false idea is just the latest conservative effort to downplay the brutality and evil of slavery — and in doing so push the idea that Black people should simply "move on" since it wasn't that bad.

It's as ahistorical as it is racist.

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