One of my 2023 goals is to donate to a new charity weekly. I will be posting once a week in this thread with the charity & a few details. Feel free to join along with the journey or provide recommendations. Cheers to an awesome year ahead! #DonateWithStee
The world has a moral and legal obligation to call atrocities by their name. What is happening in Gaza is genocide.
The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide criminalizes acts committed with the intention to destroy a group in whole or in part. Leading experts and human rights organizations—Israeli, Palestinian, and international alike—continue to conclude that Israel’s actions in Gaza meet that legal threshold.
That conclusion is now reinforced by the determination of a United Nations Commission of Inquiry. Its findings are clear: Prime Minister Netanyahu must end his military operations and policy of starvation in Gaza. All states are obligated to take action to bring the genocide to an end.
As Co-Chair of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, I have long argued that U.S. foreign policy must be grounded in international law and the defense of human dignity. Our country cannot turn a blind eye to such blatant violations of these principles. Nor can we continue to arm and fund a government engaged in such crimes.
The United States must forcefully demand an immediate ceasefire, the unimpeded delivery of humanitarian aid, a release of all hostages, and a diplomatic solution that secures safety and self-determination for both Israelis and Palestinians.
@NFT_GOD Something like this happened to me a couple weeks ago… Can I ask how @binance was able to help identify the hackers? Did you engage lawyers to help subpoena the accounts associated to the address? All I have is an eth address. I believe they used @bitfinex to withdrawal.
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Hey @Jason - I used to consult for pharma companies.
The key point about pharma advertising is they don’t spend to impact customers who watch news. It’s to impact the news itself.
Pharma sees ad spending as part of their lobbying and public affairs budget. It is a way to buy off news networks to influence the debate.
It isn’t complicated - if pharma is the largest source of revenue for nearly every mainstream media entity in the country (which it is), those media entities will think twice before writing a story negative of pharma or seriously investigating why Americans increasingly sicker (which is good for pharma).
Let’s take ozempic. The issues at hand isn’t whether the Besties take it but whether the government should pay hundreds of billions to subsidize the drug as first line of defense against obesity (which is on the table).
The media - from @nytimes to @60Minutes - have run major pieces saying obesity isn’t in our control and arguing we should prescribe this drug widely - even to children. These are pharma talking points. They need to define obesity as a lifetime disease to “manage” in order to get government funding for ozempic.
An alternate (and truer) story would be investigating why we’ve all gotten heavier - which is due to ultra processed food our government has subsidized. We didn’t get systematically lazier in the last 50 years - something happened.
The USDA panel on nutrition, which 95% of the members are paid for by pharma, still recommends Americans two years and up can have 10% of their calories he added refunded sugar. 10% of all food stamp spending goes to sugary drinks. An average child eats 100x more sugar than they did 100 years ago for instance.
There are clear policies to reel that back (like cutting subsidies) and urgent stories needed by the media on the true root cause of obesity (which itself is just one manifestation of our chronic disease crisis tied to food).
But you rarely see this - the coverage overwhelmingly carries the pharma narrative and does not explore root causes. This is by design because, again, pharma is able to buy the news.
Today, 80%+ of deaths and 90% of healthcare costs in the US are tied to PREVENTABLE and REVERSIBLE lifestyle diseases. Heart disease, diabetes, kidney disease, many forms of cancer and Alzheimer’s are essentially food-borne illnesses and would be wiped out with simple public policies to un-poison our food supply.
In tech, innovation means lower prices and better quality.
In healthcare, more spending means worse outcomes. Healthcare is now the largest AND fastest growing industry in the country.
If the American experiment fails, it will be because we let our country become sicker, fatter, more infertile and more depressed at an increasing rate (which is what’s happening) while also letting our country go bankrupt from healthcare costs.
This is the largest issue facing our country and the MSM is not only disinterested, they are actively gaslighting the problem.
That’s why pharma ads matter.
Week 23 - @TrevorProject
They are a 24/7/365 information & support hotline to help anyone within the LGBTQ community. What an awesome idea for those that need it. Having someone to talk to could save a life. #DonateWithStee#PrideMonth2023
One of my 2023 goals is to donate to a new charity weekly. I will be posting once a week in this thread with the charity & a few details. Feel free to join along with the journey or provide recommendations. Cheers to an awesome year ahead! #DonateWithStee
Week 22 - @redcrosscanada
The Canadian government is matching every dollar donated by 3x to help with the wildfires. So many families displaced & impacted. It’s a great day to make a difference. #DonateWithStee
The Government of Canada (@Safety_Canada) & @nsgov will match donations to the Nova Scotia & Atlantic Canada Fires Appeal.
This means that every $1 donated will become $3 to support those affected by the wildfires.
Donate now: https://t.co/laYeBXPoDV
@POTUS Maybe I’m completely wrong but I don’t understand (as someone that voted for Biden) how Democrats think that turning crypto into a partisan issue is going to win them votes? Gen Z & millennials are generally pro-crypto, that’s who generally votes for democrats, what am I missing?
@FOS@espn Seems like a perfect opportunity to center a concession menu around Greek food. Chicken/pork gyros, loukoumades stand with assortment of dipping sauces, baked feta with honey, free sacrificial lamb if a scorigami occurs. Opportunities are endless with a last name like that.