1) One of the things that I love most about @BlocPower Civilian Climate Corps is that we try to develop and care for vulnerable individuals as WHOLE people.

Vibes have never been better

USA. A Mexican restaurant. We had not yet ordered anything, and the food was already arriving. Chips. Salsa. Unrequested. Free. I stopped the waiter. "We have not earned these." "They just come with the table, man." They come with the TABLE. In my land, hospitality is a debt. Every gift creates an obligation, weighed carefully, returned in the proper season with interest of feeling. Here, the gift arrives before you have even proven you can pay for dinner. This is not an appetizer. This is a declaration: we trust you. Eat. I ate with the gravity the moment deserved. And then — I must report this calmly — the basket emptied, and a new one appeared. "Did we…?" "Refill," the waiter said. "It's bottomless." Bottomless. They have wells of salsa. The supply lines of this nation are beyond anything my ancestors imagined. My friend warned me. "Don't fill up on chips, dude." Too late. I had accepted three baskets. Honor demanded each one be finished — an unfinished gift is an insult. By the time my actual food arrived, I was a ruined man. I was not hungry. I was not comfortable. I had been defeated by a courtesy. Generosity that arrives before the request cannot be repaid. It can only be survived. I know the rule now. I have made my peace with the basket. One basket. Two at the most. Who am I deceiving. There is no number of baskets I would refuse. The trust of a nation is in that salsa, and I intend to honor all of it.

i keep hearing about tomorrow via the spurs' path forward, starting with saturday. i'm looking at it through an entirely different prism: what evidence do we have that this knicks team is going to relinquish an opportunity to finish the series and win an nba championship?

Let me explain... - Mitch missed bunnies under the rim and my mom screamed "Oh no it's Charles Smith." - Josh Hart missed the layup and my dark thought "Noo it's the Ewing fingeroll." - KAT hit the three on the wing, almost exactly where Larry Johnson hit the 4pt play in 99' - OG's tip-in was Allan Houston in Game 5 vs the Heat

Knicks Playing Alvarado w Brunson: easily beats the Spurs ball pressure Brings a second point guard to pass the ball to KAT OG Brings in a fast defender to guard Fox Helps Jalen save energy for the fourth Reduces turnovers. Bring Mikal off the bench for G5. He be aight

don’t make us take this down, bro

Austin just experienced it's biggest temperature drop ever within a 24 hour period! From 97º Sunday afternoon down to 39º Monday morning! Just incredible!

This past week, while still reeling from the loss of Ms. Jo Ann Bland, we lost another civil rights hero. Dr. Bernard Lafayette passed away in Tuskegee, Alabama Thursday. We, at the Institute for Common Power, had the absolute honor of working with, learning from, and being mentored by Dr. Lafayette. He was our personal hero. We will do our best to continue to keep his memory and lessons alive. Dr. Bernard Lafayette was an award-winning educator, writer, ordained minister, and iconic civil rights activist who worked closely with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Rep. John Lewis, Diane Nash, Rev. C. T. Vivian, Rev. James Lawson, and countless others. Born in Tampa, FL in 1940, Dr. Lafayette attended American Baptist College in Nashville where he and Lewis were roommates. He became a central figure in the city’s student movement and helped desegregate the city before becoming a Freedom Rider. Dr. Lafayette was instrumental in bringing Selma, AL and voting rights into a national lens when, in 1963, as a member of SNCC, he insisted on going to Selma despite others saying that change could not be created there. Lafayette helped launch the Selma campaigns that led to the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Trained by Dr. King, Rev. Lawson, and others in non-violence, Dr. Lafayette spent decades internationalizing nonviolence training through centers, workshops, and interventions in civil conflicts. He successfully arbitrated conflicts in Wounded Knee, SD; South Africa; and Columbia. Lafayette earned an MEd (1972) and a doctorate (1974) from Harvard University. He was Chairman of the Board for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Dr. Lafayette will be missed, but never ever forgotten. #bloodysunday #history #selma #civilrights #truth

"AI is a tech revolution unlike anything we've ever before experienced in history." also "New jobs will be created to replace ones destroyed by AI, just like we've always seen in history."

The EPA has drafted new rules to increase the level of "forever chemicals" that can be legally present in public drinking water.

You’re nuts if you think UBI is coming You think the American heartland is going to airdrop the laptop class free money after they gutted manufacturing and left these entire states for dead? Brother you are on your OWN!! Better start saving up

-Both tried their own version of reform in the drug trade. -Both went behind the back of and were at odds with their superior(s). -One lost his life. -One lost his career. “Look like you and me both trying to make sense of this game.”-Stringer to Bunny Colvin. #TheWire

this speech by Jesse Jackson is one of the best I've heard, and exposes the neoliberal Democratic party's refusal to even attempt to appeal to the working classes let alone organizing them, instead only catering to their corporate owners. "Reagan won by the margin of despair!"

This week for Marketplace Tech Bytes, @jewelmelanie and I covered: - the new AI-only social network - Alphabet's hundo bond - our most-played songs. (hers: I Found My Smile Again by D'Angelo, mine: Golden from KPop Demon Hunters

Fox News: The U.S. military earlier this week shot down what turned out to be a party balloon near El Paso, Texas, after initially assessing it as a possible foreign drone, a misidentification that later led to a full airspace shutdown around the airport.

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the year is 2076. i've been the head of the NFL for 50 years and have used the halftime show to represent every ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and religion. the new 2076 halftime show has now moved onto animals

extremely dope

RT @soulaaangel: ❤️🔱🖤🇺🇸

Two years ago today- The Hawaii Supreme Court quoted Slim Charles in ruling on gun rights.