Georgia A. Popoff

Poet, editor, educator. literacy/writing-K12 schools/community. Poet Laureate Fellow 2024. RTs FYI only. Be Peace. #poetshappydance #ITooAmTheResistance

[Georgia A. Popoff @gappoet]

I am honored and delighted to be among this year's cohort of fellows! Congratulations to all my colleagues who are doing amazing work in the world.

#poetshappydance #poetryisessential #poetryisnotaluxury #authorlife

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

They changed the doors and gave dementia patients a piece of home back.

In the Netherlands certain nursing homes discovered a straightforward yet meaningful solution to help residents with dementia feel safer and more at ease. Staff place life size stickers depicting each person’s original front door on the entrance to their current room.

Instead of facing hallways of nearly identical doors residents now recognize something deeply familiar. The specific color the shape and the unique details of the home they once lived in stand out clearly.

These custom decals known as True Doors reduce disorientation make individual rooms simpler to identify and help preserve important personal memories.

The approach restores dignity for family members. It encourages greater independence for residents according to caregivers. Most importantly it transforms a standard room into a warmer more comforting space that genuinely feels like home.

Compassion does not always demand elaborate measures. In many cases it can begin with something as simple as a familiar door.

Image created using artificial intelligence for illustration purposes only.

[Devin Nunes' Cattle Dog 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🇺🇸🇨🇦 🇦🇺 @Kaos_Vs_Control]

A New 55-Page Congressional Report Alleges Donors Who Wanted to Fund America's 250th Birthday Celebration Were Given the Wrong Bank Routing Numbers Redirecting Their Money to a Trump-Linked Group Instead, Without Their Knowledge, 1 Day Before the Actual 4th of July

Wire fraud?

[Devin Nunes' Cattle Dog 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🇺🇸🇨🇦 🇦🇺 @Kaos_Vs_Control]

Today would be a good day to indict Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez for murdering Alex Pretti.

[Brandi Morin @Songstress28]

Trump stood at Tȟuŋkášila Šákpe — “Six Grandfathers,” aka Mount Rushmore — last night and told America that anyone who says it was built on stolen land is spreading “Marx’s lies about our heritage.” He said the people who “tell our children that we live on stolen land” are doing “something much worse than slandering our past” — they’re “attacking our future.” He called them “a band of thieves, radicals and lunatics.”
No, Trump. You’re wrong.
So let’s be direct about it, since you weren’t: Yes. The United States of America is stolen land. It was founded through genocide, oppression and dispossession of the people who were already here. That’s not a Marxist talking point. That’s the historical record, and here are the receipts…

Start with the ground he was standing on.
READ/SHARE MY PIECE ON INDIGENOUS INSIDER: https://t.co/Ey0IlCdLxy

[The Green Dragon Tavern @greendragonhq]

WTF!

Stephen Miller and Republicans want to round up people with disabilities, rip them from their homes, and throw them into underfunded, understaffed, and often dirty facilities where they are left to rot.

𝐒𝐨𝐨𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦!

Miller reportedly pushed a memo through the DOJ that authorizes states to forcibly institutionalize people with disabilities rather than continue funding the community-based care we have relied on for years.

This aligns with a major element of Project 2025: cutting support for the most vulnerable.

[Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 @cmclymer]

Thousands of Trump supporters on the National Mall ordered to evacuate from the thunderstorm have sought shelter inside the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion saves lives.

[LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @LongTimeHistory]

ICE detain mother holding U.S. citizen daughter—force her to decide about family separation.

Agents refuse to allow her to call the father to come and get the young girl.

Force her to either abandon daughter and leave her alone on sidewalk—or be detained by ICE along with her.

Mother and daughter are then ordered into an unmarked truck and taken away.

The incident occurred in Houston, Texas.

Man filming promised to try and contact the father—to tell him where his family disappeared to.

He doesn't have an account on this platform—so posting first full length and credited video here to help raise awareness.

[Georgia A. Popoff @gappoet]

@1goodtern @HeidiOCanada 😂😂😂😂😂

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Mamdani: "As we mark 250 years, what do we see? ... we see the wealthiest country in the history of the world -- one where children go to sleep hungry while the world's first trillionaire hungers for more ... we see masked agents terrorizing our streets, eating food cooked by our undocumented neighbors before spiriting them away in unmarked vans"

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

Honoring all those enslaved people that built the U.S Capitol.

[Paulette E Jackson @pejwink1]

Give it to the people in Washington.

[Bill Clinton @BillClinton]

My statement on America at 250 and the state of the country:

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

America's largest groundwater reserve now faces data centers under construction directly above it.

Recent analysis reveals that multiple proposed and under construction AI data centers lie directly atop or adjacent to the Ogallala Aquifer. This vast underground freshwater reservoir ranks as the largest in the United States and stands among the most critical groundwater resources in North America.

The aquifer spans eight states. It accounts for approximately 30 percent of groundwater used for irrigation nationwide and sustains about one fifth of United States agricultural output.

Not every data center will draw water straight from the aquifer itself. Several companies have shifted toward more water efficient cooling technologies while others have yet to reveal their specific plans.

Researchers however highlight the heavy concentration of large scale AI developments in Texas and Wyoming. This buildup prompts serious questions about the overall strain on a resource that is already stressed.

Contemporary AI data centers produce massive heat loads and demand advanced cooling solutions. A single large hyperscale site can consume as much as 5 million gallons of water each day. That amount equals the daily water requirements of a town housing tens of thousands of people.

Estimates indicate that United States data centers directly used roughly 17 billion gallons of water in 2023. Including the water needed to generate their electricity the annual total could surpass 160 billion gallons. These volumes are set to increase further as AI infrastructure grows rapidly.

The Ogallala Aquifer remains especially fragile due to its extremely slow recharge rate. Groundwater levels in some locations have declined by more than 200 feet or 61 meters. Certain portions of the aquifer might require centuries or even millennia to replenish.

Specialists note that facility location represents only one consideration. The selected cooling methods the chosen water sources and comprehensive long term oversight will ultimately shape the real environmental consequences.

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

What a picture from @orr_photo of @Reuters — a Black woman on a train surrounded by masked white supremacists, emboldened in Trump’s America. One for the history books.

[Georgia A. Popoff @gappoet]

@CBSNews If they are so proud of their allegiance, why masks? Racist wienies.

[Wu Tang is for the Children @WUTangKids]

Ah nothing like some masked Nazis marching through DC on the 4th of July with Confederate flags to celebrate America’s 250th

[Fred Wellman @FPWellman]

China added over 543 Gigawatts to their grid last year. 434 GW was renewables because they are faster to build. The U.S. added a paltry 53 GW. We are losing the “AI race” to China because these idiots hate green energy. This is suicide by stupid.

[💙🌊 Zero Dark Twenty-Nine 🌊🌊🖋️🧫 @herotimeszero]

Wow. Look at how many people came to Trump's State Fair. Everyone loves Trump- no wait, sorry, this is Obama's inauguration. These people despise Trump. My bad.

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

Never forget.