My brain is so rotted from social media capitalizing on our brainβs pleasure centres and me using it as escapism from real life, that Iβve asked a friend to change my password and lock me out. Mental illness innit?
SO BASICALLY PUBLIC LIBRARIES ARE JUST 0.4% OF THE NEW YORK CITY BUDGET, BUT THE MAYOR IS TRYING TO CUT THE LIBRARY'S BUDGET WAY BACK. IβM TALKING $58.3 MILLION! LIBRARIES ARE ALREADY CLOSED ON SUNDAYS BECAUSE OF PREVIOUS CUTS AND MOST BRANCHES WILL BE OPEN FOR JUST FIVE DAYS A WEEK IF THESE CUTS GO THROUGH!! WE ONLY HAVE UNTIL THE END OF JUNE TO TELL @NYCMAYOR #NOCUTSTOLIBRARIES AND SAVE THE LIBRARY.
fun fact: the oilers took the largest homeless serving agency to court in order to not give them $5 million they had promised because the oilers argued they weren't fundraising hard enough. this was after the oilers forced boyle street community services out of their facility.
India: Three people were injured in New Delhi during a clash over tap water. The capital is facing a severe water crisis caused by the ongoing heatwave. The situation has sparked public outrage against the AAP government π°π¦
Crazy how the punishment is a fine and not the immediate liquidation of the company and disbursement of all its assets as reparations to the workers and communities.
i've never opened chat gpt, my goal is to become like one of those profs who stored their dissertation on a floppy disk and still doesn't know how to operate powerpoint in 2024. but with ai. you see the vision.
its been 6 years since anthony bourdain died, and today i'm thinking about the way he respected palestinians like very few other western journalists ever did. this is from a 2013 episode of parts unknown where he went to the gaza strip.
Left: Israeli Noa Argamani after being released from Hamas captivity in Gaza
Right: Palestinian men from Gaza after being released from captivity in Israelβs Sde Teiman concentration camp
please never forget that before a single hostage was taken on 10/7, israel was holding and continues to hold thousands of palestinians captive without any valid cause or charge