I would think it would be too much of a monumental undertaking to take care of other people when a person struggles with their own very real struggles beyond what the majority of population doesn't have to struggle with.

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Energy ceasefire? You mean Trump and Putin carving themselves a deal at the expense of Zelensky and Ukraine?

I used to look at these kind of horrifying pictures and think our country has come a long way. I no longer think that.

Bodies were left hanging from trees, with bulging eyes. Some victims were tortured, mutilated, and burned while crowds watched. This is the horror behind Billie Holiday’s 1939 song Strange Fruit. They were spectacles of racial terror, and some white Americans treated them as entertainment.

Speaking of live-streaming executions… There were white people in America, particularly from the 1880s through the 1930s, who enjoyed watching Black people being lynched. They brought their families, took photos & collected pieces of the victims’ clothing as souvenirs. [1935 — Fort Lauderdale]

Well, well, well...

They are on the frontline of the war 2.0 against fascism.

Good news and a thank you to Ukraine! Bot traffic from Russian tech company Yandex’s network has plunged following Ukrainian strikes on its data centers.

Yes, we are in the most dangerous territory than ever before.

An old man and his cat trade meows and words like old friends mid-chat, and science backs up why it feels so real.