Jerry Jacques is a Haitian-American blogger and an elder in the Seventh-day Adventist Church. He is a Day Habilitation Specialist for a non-profit in NY.
A system can claim to be person-centered
and still fail the people within it
especially those receiving care
and the workers responsible for it
I wrote about that tension from experience
https://t.co/1AzjgGXpK3
BREAKING: Donald Trump is reportedly pissed he can't do anything to help his approval ratings because Israel won't let him make a deal with Iran, Republicans are increasingly demanding one, and Iran gains more leverage by the day as global supply chains continue to break down.
I’ve been intending to read Slavoj Žižek, but haven’t gotten to it yet. And yes, I’ll read almost anyone if they spark my curiosity, even if others don’t think it’s worthwhile.
Less than 24 hours after optimism emerged around a possible Iran-US memorandum, negative vibes are already surfacing.
A well-informed Iranian source tells me there are signs of U.S. retreat on two central issues: the mechanism for unfreezing Iranian assets, and the scope of a ceasefire in Lebanon.
According to the source, the memorandum includes a Lebanon ceasefire framework, but Israel is reportedly uncomfortable with the arrangement and is pushing Washington to include language allowing it to carry out military operations in Lebanon under the justification of responding to “any threat.” Iran is rejecting that formulation and insisting on a sustainable and lasting ceasefire.
Tehran has informed all mediators, including Pakistan, that it will not sign the memorandum unless all clauses are fully agreed and guaranteed. Pakistan reportedly suggested moving forward with agreed sections while postponing contentious points, but Iran rejected that approach, insisting the disputed clauses are fundamental and non-negotiable.
The overall picture suggests Tehran increasingly views Washington as backing away from earlier understandings reached through mediators.
There are existential dimensions of reading that are diminished once the experience becomes fully detached from the physicality of books.
Imagine what that feels like when you have to separate yourself from books.
#autismfatherhood#autismfamily
@BasedMikeLee Lies. Dude goes and play golf on the weekend during a war but he can’t go to his son’s wedding? He probably doesn’t approve of the bride. That’s the only explanation.
Former U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken:
If you go back to the Obama administration, we looked very hard at the military option.
But we concluded that, for some of the exact reasons we're seeing now, that was not necessarily the best option.
President Obama on Iran: “We pulled it off without firing a missile. We got 97% of their enriched uranium out. There’s no dispute that it worked and we didn’t have to kill a whole bunch of people or shut down the Strait of Hormuz”
As a reporter, I'm so disappointed by the men of the White House press corps. They let Trump constantly bully women reporters. In sports, we stood up 4 each other. I once got into a brawl w/ a U Miami ass't coach over the sexist way he treated a female writer. Grow a pair!
“Loving my children deeply and acknowledging the difficulties of autism are not contradictions. They exist together.”
My latest reflection: Autism, Fatherhood, and the Things No One Wants to Say.
Now live.
https://t.co/qESZjScvaV
BREAKING: For the first time a journalist has reportedly told Donald Trump on a phone call, “Every single claim you have made about this war has been proven a lie within hours, and I will not be publishing anything you’ve told me today.”
@marcorubio wants the UN to bail Trump out of a war that he started. He argues that Iran can’t block an “international waterway”. This is after, of course, US has attacked Iran, took over Iranian vessels and bragged like pirates, and then set up a blockade. These guys are clowns
Former software engineer at Apple is whistleblowing
She says whenever Apple launches a new phone, they would push an update to older iPhones with malware to slow them down. This pushes people to upgrade
“I used to be a software engineer at Apple, and with every new phone that was released, malware was installed on the older phones to make you have to update, so your phone's not just glitching. It's doing that on purpose. Share before it's deleted”
She’s telling the truth, this was proven in court
The 2017 “Batterygate” scandal, where Apple was caught deliberately slowing down older iPhones through software updates
Apple was caught red handed doing this they even admitted it in court
Apple released iOS updates that intentionally throttled and reduced CPU performance. This caused phones to feel slower, glitchy and laggy
Apple’s stated reason: To prevent unexpected shutdowns caused by aging lithium-ion batteries