June, 2023:
1. GBI Director resigned
2. Dekalb DA recused
3. Another $30+ million of public funding stolen
4. 85 acres of forest to be restored
5. 100s more to be defended
6. Another Week of Action ongoing
Show up. Stop Cop City.
Impressive letter by Matt Johnson Jr to Atlanta clergy about the movement to Stop Cop City. Includes an preface by Joy James.
Recommended.
https://t.co/qT7F3C73sY
How do you think—in images, words, or something else? In @newyorker, I wrote about our different ways of thinking and the mystery of what happens between our ears. https://t.co/KbYH8oMfoj
A public health crisis: The firearm homicide rate in the U.S. is 20X higher for all individuals and 43X higher for 15-24 year olds than in all other industrialized countries. We’ve had enough. Help us commit to being #AllInForPeace today. #BELOVE
Last paragraph. Ellie Wiesel.
Then, henceforth, let’s replace the word ‘politics’ with ‘humanity.’ Thank you, @nancygibbs .
At Harvard, Tom Hanks offered an increasingly rare moment of grace https://t.co/LOsP9Q5Qd1
Good @JohnRuchAtlanta summary about the free speech concerns stemming from the fight over Atlanta's proposed public safety training center. Links here: https://t.co/MSnpJs2S7f
Don't overlook this, it's a big deal: Michigan Dems are passing pro-labor *and* pro-LGBTQ/abortion bills. They're explicitly casting this as a pro-worker agenda, economically *and* culturally. This is the blue state answer to red state culture war madness:
https://t.co/ysbzdrc1iq
🧵This is why it matters so much. We cannot destroy one of the few green spaces left in the city. I’ve been particularly upset with the “don’t listen to misinformation” lines. There is no misinformation and here’s a thread debunking claims I’ve recently heard:
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On typewriters and surrealism '... I was only vaguely familiar with surrealism, but like those misunderstood idealists I was trying to maintain a more or less constant dream state'