here’s a picture at 17 before I transitioned and a picture at 31 y/o 13 years later in my transition. so the trans kids keep goin it gets better #happypridemonth
The massive protests at Delaney Hall didn't come out of nowhere — people showed up in solidarity with those detained inside, who are on an ongoing labor and hunger strike to protest inhumane living conditions and demand their release.
The New Jersey private detention facility is run by for-profit company GEO Group, which relies on our tax dollars going to fill their cells, then keeps the profits they make for themselves.
GEO Group made $254 million in profits last year, a 700% increase from the year before. Delaney Hall alone is expected to generate $60 million in revenue each year.
🧵 I'm not forcing anyone to donate, but it'd help a lot. This is Nova Black (itsnotquitevanlife), they're a houseless content creator a musician/artist who ran away from their family home at 17 yoa (now 21). They're currently in really bad condition and it would help if you–
"use ai or you'll get left behind" oh no that's okay you guys go on ahead i'll be back here with my reading comprehension & critical thinking skills
BTW ICE is raping children in custody in texas then deporting the newborns after they're born. These children are not pregnant before entering ICE detention.
Ghana has recently passed a anti-LGBTQ bill that will make it so LGBTQ Ghanaians will suffer, because the government sees profit over people and hate. How? Because it is heavily backed by U.S. and international conservative evangelical organizations who have imprinted on Africa.
في إسبانيا، تحولت بعض محطات انتظار الحافلات إلى نموذج مبتكر لمواجهة حرارة الصيف الشديدة، دون الحاجة إلى أجهزة تكييف أو كهرباء على الإطلاق.
تعتمد هذه المحطات على ما يُسمى «جدران التبريد الطينية الذكية»، وهي جدران مسامية مصنوعة من الطين تُركب داخل الملاجئ المظللة، عند هطول الأمطار، يمتص الطين الماء بكميات كبيرة ويخزنه داخل مسامه، ثم يبدأ في إطلاقه تدريجيًا مع ارتفاع درجة الحرارة من خلال عملية التبخر، هذا التبخر يولّد تيارًا من الهواء البارد يحيط بالركاب مباشرة، فيوفر راحة طبيعية تمامًا.
التقنية ليست جديدة تمامًا؛ فهي مستوحاة من طرق البناء التقليدية التي اعتمدت عليها شعوب المناطق الحارة منذ مئات السنين لتبريد منازلها وأماكنها العامة بطريقة بسيطة وفعّالة واليوم، يرى مهندسو التخطيط الحضري فيها حلًا مثاليًا يجمع بين الراحة الفورية للمستخدمين والاستدامة البيئية، إذ تستغل مياه الأمطار التي كانت تُهدر سابقًا في شبكات الصرف الصحي، وتحوّلها إلى وسيلة تبريد مجانية وصديقة للبيئة.
September 1, 2005, Jabbar Gibson borrowed a school bus and transported about 60 people who were trapped in New Orleans, Louisiana in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Jabbar drove about 350 miles from New Orleans to Houston.
Along the way, Gibbon and the passengers pooled their money to purchase fuel, water, ice, food, etc. to make sure everyone was safe.
When Republicans talk about finding and prosecuting fraud, they never talk about the $80 billion in fraud stolen each year from taxpayers by private health insurance companies.
(It’s because they’re funded by the companies committing the fraud)
“How did we go from paper straws to data centres?”
Because no one listened to the environmentalists who said unchecked corporate pollution was the bigger issue.
In the US, spending on data center construction now exceeds spending on public transportation infrastructure — including airports, marine terminals, and all mass transit.
@Xmiramira I think this is def part of it. I think a paid 2wk window for EA to a mod, and then free forever public release is fine— & the case for the majority of Sims modders anyways. Learning 3D/texturing/animation/coding (+ aesthetics) isn’t easy 😬 As long as it’s free long term 🤷🏾♀️
Workers are now taking home the smallest percent of America's economic output since records began in 1947.
At the same time corporate profits are now at the highest point since 1950.
Remember the massacre in Uvalde? The state of Texas responded by expanding police presence in schools and raising school-police spending by 45% from $900 million to $1.3 billion.
A recent investigation into this police expansion has found THOUSANDS of school-police use-of-force incidents in Texas since then.
Children have been handcuffed, tackled, pepper-sprayed, tased, arrested, hospitalized, bruised, and concussed.
So basically, hundreds of Texas cops froze like cowards and failed to stop a mass murderer in 2022... and now they wanna act tough by taking their rage out on vulnerable unarmed children.