Orla
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Orla
These are dark times for the United States of America. Political violence has been normalized. There are more guns than people in this country. And the most consequential and divisive election of our lifetime is less than four months away.
Whoever the shooter was, whatever their motive may have been, once again, American democracy is the loser.
Whoever the shooter was, whatever their motive may have been, once again, American democracy is the loser.
Mehdi Hasan • Did Donald Trump Just Win The Election?
Medhi Hassan on the attempted assassination of Donald Trump
"Guilt lives in the past.
Worry lives in the future.
Peace lives in the present."
From James Clear Newsletter 13/06/24
A Department of Homeland Security report notes that “anyone with a social media profile is fair game to be faked,” and the F.B.I. has advised caution when posting personal photos or videos online. For most people, especially those like Javellana with public-facing careers, this guidance is unrealistic. Javellana felt she had no choice but to mainta... See more
Coralie Kraft • Trolls Used Her Face to Make Fake Porn. There Was Nothing She Could Do.
How can a government report use this language - it is explicitly calling open season on every woman’s greatest fear: “anyone with a social media profile is fair game to be faked” - WTAF! Women struggle with being seen after centuries of being objectified and subjugated and now, when we are finally starting to approach something like equality, these new tools are being used in old ways to silence and subjugate us again. Not good enough.
Too many people think the grass is greener somewhere else but grass is green where you water it, remember that.
A lot of people cannot differentiate having a cause from dehumanising people who don’t agree with them. As we’ve all learned by now, a person’s goodness cannot be measured by the amount of carnage they’re willing to unleash on people they categorise as other.
Laura Kennedy • The Power of Shutting Up
Quotes and Connection
Excellent reflection on the reality that good people do bad things in the name of tribalism