A motorist called 911 when she saw a teen signal distress using a hand gesture that has circulated on TikTok.
Does anyone else wonder how effective this hand gesture will really be in the future, now that everyone knows about it? The whole point was that it was discreet. Now kidnappers will just tie their victims hands behind their backs.
Moral of the story: the media latching onto anything as news and reporting on it nonstop for the reader engagement can actually be a really bad thing.
Facebook’s new name is “Meta,” and its new mission is to invent a ‘metaverse’ that will make us all forget what it’s done to our existing re
"About halfway through the delusional fever dream that was Facebook’s biggest product announcement of all time, Mark Zuckerberg said that “the last few years have been humbling for me and our company in a lot of ways,” as Facebook has nominally had to grapple with the harm it’s done to this world. It’s hard to find anything “humble” about a proposal to fundamentally remake human existence using technology that currently does not and may not ever exist and that few are currently clamoring for. But Facebook's problems are too numerous to list, and so he is pitching products that don't exist for a reality that does not exist in a desperate attempt to change the narrative as it exists in reality, where we all actually live."
These oppressive abortion laws recently passing (or trying to get passed) in the United States are 100% about manipulation, control, and greed. Now, if you're reading this and thinking, "Well, abortion is wrong," I think the chances are pretty good that you're a person of faith whose religious community also believes - and enforces this belief - that killing is wrong and so abortion must then be considered murder. You're entitled to your beliefs and opinions, and I respect them. But for a majority of secular Americans (or even for many people of faith), the issue of legal abortions just isn't so black and white.
I don't think that my personal opinions regarding abortion are extremely relevant to the thought I'm trying to share with you here, so I'd rather not get too deep into that right now. What I'd like to point out, though, is that there are people in positions power who stand to benefit financially in the future if abortion rights are taken away in the United States, and they are definitely manipulating the emotions of the communities of people of faith in order to gain their support for what amounts to some truly sinister shit.
These abortion laws are, firstly, a way to enforce control and roll things backward to a time when men (particularly white men) felt less threatened in their positions of power. The majority of those in currently in power - in government and the private sector - are men. Now more than ever, these men are feeling threatened: the status quo has been rapidly shifting and evolving in the US, especially over the last 10 years as women and their allies have begun to come into their own power and loudly demand their rights and humanity be recognized. I imagine this whole power shift makes those who are used to being comfortable and secure in their own power feel like things are now spinning out of control. To them, down is now up and up is down. The reality they've been raised up in and have thus far thrived in is now rapidly shifting, and for many people in power it probably feels overwhelming and frightening.
But make no mistake, this isn't just an attempt to subjugate those who can become pregnant. They WANT these potential parents to struggle in poverty with unwanted children.
Children who are raised in poverty have less opportunities, less access to a quality education, and more exposure to desperation, crime, and violence. The majority of these oppressive abortion legislative measures are in southern states which, aside from stereotypically being religiously conservative, also happen to lean heavily on inexpensive prison labor (read: legalized slavery). We're talking about states which save money by having prisoners working in government buildings, fighting fires, et cetera. This is real stuff. It's all manipulation: using religious conservativism to drum up support for legislation that is 100% geared toward the oppression and slavery of the people. Get the people to agree that their own oppression is good for them, stay in power and make lots of money.
Whatever your feelings are about abortion, knowing that some faithless grifters in the US government are feeding their constituents platitudes in order to manipulate their emotions - and therefore, support - should concern you.
I do also want to point out that the US is technically supposed to be a secular government representing people of all faiths (or even, no faith at all), and that Church and State are meant to be separate. Is it right or fair to pass legislation meant to rule people of many different faiths and beliefs based on the moral code of any single faith? There is a reason that Roe v. Wade was decided in Jane Roe's favor in 1973.
One of the Supreme Court's most famous cases, Roe v. Wade changed the way states can regulate abortion services by establishing new privacy
White nationalist hate groups, their racist rants, and their disturbing glorification of violence has no place in our homes, hometowns, or…
Senator Jeff Merkley · 2 min read
White nationalist hate groups, their racist rants, and their disturbing glorification of violence has no place in our homes, hometowns, or anywhere else in America. Full stop.
This weekend, right-wing groups descended on an East Portland neighborhood, terrorizing our community with violence, destruction, and hateful rhetoric. Extremist right-wing groups like the Proud Boys are a threat to our communities, and their deliberate, violent provocations are neither invited nor welcome in Portland or anywhere else in this nation.
These groups are a domestic terrorism risk, plain and simple.
Condemnation alone isn’t enough to create the kind of America where everyone — regardless of what they look like or where they’re from — is treated equally and with respect. It is also important that we work together to sever the roots of white supremacy that have long been tangled around every aspect of American life, from our schools and workplaces to the quality of our water infrastructure and available medical care.
That is why I’m fighting to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act in the Senate — a small step toward finally fixing the broken policing system that has failed so many in our country. But it isn’t just our justice system that fails to serve justice. We need to make tangible investments in our education, housing, and health care systems in our country to create the foundations for success for every American. We must pursue environmental justice to right the racist policies we’ve enacted that resulted in Black and Brown communities feeling the impacts of climate chaos first and worst.
We have work to do to fight for the fairer, more equal America that we all deserve. And we can get there if, together, we continue to fight for accountability and justice in every aspect of our society.
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