Desantis: “In Florida, we will not let them lock you down. We will not let them take your job. We will not let them harm your businesses. We will not let them close your schools. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.”
David Bowie was born on January 8, 1947 (OTD 75 years ago).
Bowie spoke about the Internet in 1999 - worldwide web was only 6 years old.
“I think the potential of what the Internet can do for society, both good and bad, is unimaginable.”
It is a difficult task to stand up to your boss and to take on corporate greed in your workplace, but workers in West Virginia, in Alabama, in California, and all over this country are leading that fight.
@Ford You had a rep reach out, but they provided no assistance, and in fact, conflicting information making it sound like the Ford rep and dealer lied to me and the vehicle is still in production! So someone is lying, and meanwhile, I have no vehicle but require one for my job.
@Ford My Bronco (soft top) has been produced, but has been sitting in Michigan for a month. My car is totaled and I’m driving a rental while I wait. Now the dealer is telling me the Bronco I’m waiting on might be a mannequin they can’t sell to me. #BeyondFrustrated
Thinking of Darnella Frazier who filmed the death of George Floyd at 17 and quite literally changed the world. She testified there are nights she stays up “apologizing & apologizing to George Floyd for not doing more.” But, she did so, so much to get to this murder conviction.
Cameras, chokehold bans, “retraining” funds, and similar reform measures do not ultimately solve what is a systemic problem.
That system will find a way - killings happen on camera, people are killed in other ways, retraining grows $ while often substituting for deeper measures.
Daunte Wright’s killing was not a random, disconnected “accident” - it was the repeated outcome of an indefensible system that grants impunity for state violence, rewards it w/ endlessly growing budgets at the cost of community investment, & targets those who question that order.
Cynthia Nixon: “Marijuana in New York state has been legal for white people for a long time, and it’s time to make it legal for everybody else.” #NYGovDebate