Tuesday, June 26, 2018
Monday, June 25, 2018
Firemen Save the Day
From CNN -
These kids were carrying water in pots to fill up their pool. Then firefighters stopped to help.
By Amanda Jackson
It was a hot summer day in Charlotte, North Carolina, and these kids just wanted to splash around in their kiddie pool. But the only way they had to fill it was to carry pots of water from the sink.
Thanks to their local firefighters with the assist on the water, the children were cooling off in no time.
"Today, after leaving a medical call, Engine 18 stumbled across a family desperately trying to fill up a kiddy pool by filling pots from the sink for a little boys birthday on this sweltering day," Charlotte Fire Station 18 posted on Facebook on Sunday.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/25/us/firefighters-fill-pool-trnd/index.html
These kids were carrying water in pots to fill up their pool. Then firefighters stopped to help.
By Amanda Jackson
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| Charlotte firefighters stopped to help fill up this pool on Sunday. |
Thanks to their local firefighters with the assist on the water, the children were cooling off in no time.
"Today, after leaving a medical call, Engine 18 stumbled across a family desperately trying to fill up a kiddy pool by filling pots from the sink for a little boys birthday on this sweltering day," Charlotte Fire Station 18 posted on Facebook on Sunday.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/25/us/firefighters-fill-pool-trnd/index.html
Good Dog?
From CNN -
$10 million worth of pot found, thanks to police dog
By Amanda Jackson
https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/25/us/chicago-k9-officer-pot-bust-trnd/index.html
$10 million worth of pot found, thanks to police dog
By Amanda Jackson
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| Chicago police shared this image on Facebook showing the K-9 surrounded by the seized product. |
Christianity, Trump Style
Christianity, Trump style: “Jesus was a loser. A failed carpenter. He's a savior because he was crucified. I like people that weren't crucified.” https://t.co/NrLGWEXcRi pic.twitter.com/tiSCoPdTpX— Jim Carrey (@JimCarrey) June 25, 2018
Sunday, June 24, 2018
Personalizing the Pain
From the Washington Post -
This is what it feels like to be separated at the border
By Victoria Smolkin
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/this-is-what-it-feels-like-to-be-separated-at-the-border/2018/06/20/ecdc6d50-74b5-11e8-9780-b1dd6a09b549_story.html?utm_term=.dca9aedef24d
This is what it feels like to be separated at the border
By Victoria Smolkin
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/this-is-what-it-feels-like-to-be-separated-at-the-border/2018/06/20/ecdc6d50-74b5-11e8-9780-b1dd6a09b549_story.html?utm_term=.dca9aedef24d
The Downside of Tech
An excerpt from the NY Times -
Thermostats, Locks and Lights: Digital Tools of Domestic Abuse
By Nellie Bowles
SAN FRANCISCO — The people who called into the help hotlines and domestic violence shelters said they felt as if they were going crazy.
One woman had turned on her air-conditioner, but said it then switched off without her touching it. Another said the code numbers of the digital lock at her front door changed every day and she could not figure out why. Still another told an abuse help line that she kept hearing the doorbell ring, but no one was there.
Their stories are part of a new pattern of behavior in domestic abuse cases tied to the rise of smart home technology. Internet-connected locks, speakers, thermostats, lights and cameras that have been marketed as the newest conveniences are now also being used as a means for harassment, monitoring, revenge and control.
In more than 30 interviews with The New York Times, domestic abuse victims, their lawyers, shelter workers and emergency responders described how the technology was becoming an alarming new tool. Abusers — using apps on their smartphones, which are connected to the internet-enabled devices — would remotely control everyday objects in the home, sometimes to watch and listen, other times to scare or show power. Even after a partner had left the home, the devices often stayed and continued to be used to intimidate and confuse.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/23/technology/smart-home-devices-domestic-abuse.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share
Thermostats, Locks and Lights: Digital Tools of Domestic Abuse
By Nellie Bowles
SAN FRANCISCO — The people who called into the help hotlines and domestic violence shelters said they felt as if they were going crazy.
One woman had turned on her air-conditioner, but said it then switched off without her touching it. Another said the code numbers of the digital lock at her front door changed every day and she could not figure out why. Still another told an abuse help line that she kept hearing the doorbell ring, but no one was there.
Their stories are part of a new pattern of behavior in domestic abuse cases tied to the rise of smart home technology. Internet-connected locks, speakers, thermostats, lights and cameras that have been marketed as the newest conveniences are now also being used as a means for harassment, monitoring, revenge and control.
In more than 30 interviews with The New York Times, domestic abuse victims, their lawyers, shelter workers and emergency responders described how the technology was becoming an alarming new tool. Abusers — using apps on their smartphones, which are connected to the internet-enabled devices — would remotely control everyday objects in the home, sometimes to watch and listen, other times to scare or show power. Even after a partner had left the home, the devices often stayed and continued to be used to intimidate and confuse.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/23/technology/smart-home-devices-domestic-abuse.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share
More Black Girl (Woman) Magic
Michelle Alexander joins @nytopinion as a columnist https://t.co/MpFPi3Om01— NYTimes Communications (@NYTimesPR) June 21, 2018
When Daddy Was a Serial Killer
From the Huffington Post -
How The Daughter Of A Serial Killer Coped With The Gravity Of Her Dad's Crimes
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/how-the-daughter-of-a-serial-killer-overcame-her-shame-of-her-fathers-crimes_us_5b2a8e2fe4b0a6b96a33b60c
How The Daughter Of A Serial Killer Coped With The Gravity Of Her Dad's Crimes
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/how-the-daughter-of-a-serial-killer-overcame-her-shame-of-her-fathers-crimes_us_5b2a8e2fe4b0a6b96a33b60c
Saturday, June 23, 2018
Fresh Off the Boat - True Story
https://www.ozy.com/true-story/watch-now-how-eddie-huang-launched-the-supreme-of-restaurants/87501
Yes He Is.
An excerpt from the Washington Post -
Trump is a baldfaced liar
By Colbert King
In all my years, I have never seen anything quite like this: a U.S. president who lies and demonizes at the drop of a hat. I don’t just mean President Trump makes statements that tend to be inaccurate or misleading or that he exaggerates, equivocates and, at times, shades the truth.
No, this president repeatedly makes declarations that are flat-out at variance with established facts; assertions that on their face cannot be true.
As The Post’s “Fact Checker” column noted this week, until Wednesday, when Trump signed an executive order ending the separation of migrant families at the Mexican border, his “administration was insisting that it didn’t have a policy of separating families (false), that several laws and court rulings were forcing these separations (false), that Democrats were to blame (false), that only Congress could stop family separations (false) and that an executive order wouldn’t get the job done.”
No other words for it: Trump is a baldfaced liar.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-is-a-bald-faced-liar/2018/06/22/75d70334-7576-11e8-805c-4b67019fcfe4_story.html?utm_term=.fbb2e91cb9b1&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1
Trump is a baldfaced liar
By Colbert King
In all my years, I have never seen anything quite like this: a U.S. president who lies and demonizes at the drop of a hat. I don’t just mean President Trump makes statements that tend to be inaccurate or misleading or that he exaggerates, equivocates and, at times, shades the truth.
No, this president repeatedly makes declarations that are flat-out at variance with established facts; assertions that on their face cannot be true.
As The Post’s “Fact Checker” column noted this week, until Wednesday, when Trump signed an executive order ending the separation of migrant families at the Mexican border, his “administration was insisting that it didn’t have a policy of separating families (false), that several laws and court rulings were forcing these separations (false), that Democrats were to blame (false), that only Congress could stop family separations (false) and that an executive order wouldn’t get the job done.”
No other words for it: Trump is a baldfaced liar.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-is-a-bald-faced-liar/2018/06/22/75d70334-7576-11e8-805c-4b67019fcfe4_story.html?utm_term=.fbb2e91cb9b1&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1
A Father's Day Letter
http://theundefeated.com/videos/kevin-durants-dad-writes-a-letter-to-his-son-on-fathers-day/?ex_cid=ForTheCulture
Black Girl (Woman) Magic on Full Display
An excerpt from CNN -
The entire justice system here is run by black women. It's not a diversity experiment. They do things differently.
By Doug Criss
The entire justice system here is run by black women. It's not a diversity experiment. They do things differently.
By Doug Criss
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| These women hold the reins of power in the municipal criminal justice system of South Fulton, Georgia. Foreground, from left, LaDawn Jones, Lakesiya Cofield, Viveca Famber Powell, interim Police Chief Sheila Rogers. Background, from left, clerk Kerry Stephens, Chief Judge Tiffany Carter Sellers, clerk Ramona Howard, clerk Tiffany Kinslow
South Fulton, an Atlanta suburb and one of Georgia's newest cities, has the distinction of being perhaps the first city in the nation to have its criminal justice system led entirely by black women:
Chief Judge Tiffany Carter Sellers
Interim Police Chief Sheila Rogers
Solicitor LaDawn "LBJ" Jones
Public defender Viveca Famber Powell
Court administrator Lakesiya Cofield
Chief court clerk Ramona Howard
Court clerk Tiffany Kinslow
Court clerk Kerry Stephens
https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/22/us/south-fulton-georgia-women-leaders-trnd/index.html
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Friday, June 22, 2018
More Babies Are Born at This Time
An excerpt from Romper -
Babies Tend To Be Born At One Certain Time, According To A New Study, & This Could Be Why
By Jen McGuire
A study of child birth by researchers out of the University College London in the United Kingdom was published in the medical journal PLOS ONE earlier this month. Specifically researchers looked at whether there was a time of day when most babies might be born. And after analyzing more than 5 million singleton births (which sounds like an excerpt from Bridget Jones' Diary, but I digress) in England between 2005 and 2014, they found their answer: yes. Around 4 a.m., in point of fact.
https://www.romper.com/p/babies-tend-to-be-born-at-one-certain-time-according-to-a-new-study-this-could-be-why-9550101
For Those of Us Who Care
Since Melania Trump's jacket said "I really don't care"...
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) June 21, 2018
I set up https://t.co/GL1FF0KpBs
Click the link and it'll take you to a site where you can donate to 14 awesome groups helping immigrants all at once. Feel free to RT if that's your jam. pic.twitter.com/TPc4y4ZUfh
Thursday, June 21, 2018
Wednesday, June 20, 2018
Juneteenth
An excerpt from Vox -
Why celebrating Juneteenth is more important now than ever
It’s time for America to truly grapple with its legacy of slavery.
By P.R. Lockhart
As the Civil War came to a close in 1865, a number of people remained enslaved, especially in remote areas. Word of slavery’s end traveled slowly, and for those who were largely isolated from Union armies, life continued as if freedom did not exist.
This was especially the case in Texas, where thousands of slaves were not made aware of freedom until June 19, 1865, when Union Gen. Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston and issued an order officially freeing them. Their celebration would serve as the basis of June 19 — or Juneteenth — a holiday celebrating emancipation in the US.
Ironically, while Juneteenth has become the most prominent Emancipation Day holiday in the US, it commemorates a smaller moment that remains relatively obscure. It doesn’t mark the signing of the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation, which technically freed slaves in the rebelling Confederate states, nor does it commemorate the December 1865 ratification of the 13th Amendment, which enshrined the end of slavery into the Constitution. Instead, it marks the moment when emancipation finally reached those in the deepest parts of the former Confederacy.
In many ways, Juneteenth represents how freedom and justice in the US has always been delayed for black people.
https://www.vox.com/identities/2018/6/19/17476482/juneteenth-holiday-emancipation-african-american-celebration-history
Why celebrating Juneteenth is more important now than ever
It’s time for America to truly grapple with its legacy of slavery.
By P.R. Lockhart
As the Civil War came to a close in 1865, a number of people remained enslaved, especially in remote areas. Word of slavery’s end traveled slowly, and for those who were largely isolated from Union armies, life continued as if freedom did not exist.
This was especially the case in Texas, where thousands of slaves were not made aware of freedom until June 19, 1865, when Union Gen. Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston and issued an order officially freeing them. Their celebration would serve as the basis of June 19 — or Juneteenth — a holiday celebrating emancipation in the US.
Ironically, while Juneteenth has become the most prominent Emancipation Day holiday in the US, it commemorates a smaller moment that remains relatively obscure. It doesn’t mark the signing of the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation, which technically freed slaves in the rebelling Confederate states, nor does it commemorate the December 1865 ratification of the 13th Amendment, which enshrined the end of slavery into the Constitution. Instead, it marks the moment when emancipation finally reached those in the deepest parts of the former Confederacy.
In many ways, Juneteenth represents how freedom and justice in the US has always been delayed for black people.
https://www.vox.com/identities/2018/6/19/17476482/juneteenth-holiday-emancipation-african-american-celebration-history
Hostages
An excerpt form the New York Times -
Trump’s Small Hostages
By Frank Bruni
Why don’t we call the terrified children whose incarceration is riveting the country what they are at this point?
Not migrants. Not detainees. Not pawns, although that comes closest to the mark.
They’re hostages.
President Trump is using them as flesh-and-blood bargaining chips, hoping that their ordeal and reasonable Americans’ disgust with it will get him what he wants. This isn’t some theory that I’m basing on the whisperings of unnamed administration officials whose candor the president can dismiss as fake news put out by a maleficent media.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/19/opinion/donald-trump-immigrants-children.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share
Trump’s Small Hostages
By Frank Bruni
Why don’t we call the terrified children whose incarceration is riveting the country what they are at this point?
Not migrants. Not detainees. Not pawns, although that comes closest to the mark.
They’re hostages.
President Trump is using them as flesh-and-blood bargaining chips, hoping that their ordeal and reasonable Americans’ disgust with it will get him what he wants. This isn’t some theory that I’m basing on the whisperings of unnamed administration officials whose candor the president can dismiss as fake news put out by a maleficent media.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/19/opinion/donald-trump-immigrants-children.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share
Tuesday, June 19, 2018
An App For Parents of Preemies
From OZY -
THIS APP GUIDES PREEMIE PARENTS THROUGH SCARY TIMES
By Daniel Malloy
No piece of technology can manage the emotional cyclone of the neonatal intensive care unit, but a new app launched in May by the March of Dimes charity can bring some order and a little more sanity to a harrowing time for neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) fathers and mothers. My NICU Baby lets parents track their child’s progress — from weight to feedings to time in skin-to-skin contact with parents, known as “kangaroo care.” It includes a glossary of medical terms so you know what it means if your baby gets an endotracheal tube, and what that blue bili light does.
https://www.ozy.com/good-sht/this-app-guides-preemie-parents-through-scary-times/87052
THIS APP GUIDES PREEMIE PARENTS THROUGH SCARY TIMES
By Daniel Malloy
No piece of technology can manage the emotional cyclone of the neonatal intensive care unit, but a new app launched in May by the March of Dimes charity can bring some order and a little more sanity to a harrowing time for neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) fathers and mothers. My NICU Baby lets parents track their child’s progress — from weight to feedings to time in skin-to-skin contact with parents, known as “kangaroo care.” It includes a glossary of medical terms so you know what it means if your baby gets an endotracheal tube, and what that blue bili light does.
https://www.ozy.com/good-sht/this-app-guides-preemie-parents-through-scary-times/87052
When Strangers Think They Know Better
An excerpt from the LA Times -
I am raising my daughter to speak three languages. A stranger demanded I 'speak English' to her
By ESMERALDA BERMUDEZ
I felt her staring at me on the playground as I called out to my daughter.
She must be someone’s grandmother, I thought. She must be curious, as people often are.
Then she took one step toward me — pink fingernails, dark blond hair — and opened her mouth, e-nun-ci-a-ting each word.
“Speak English,” she commanded. “You’re confusing the poor girl.”
http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-speak-english-20180616-story.html#nws=mcnewsletter
I am raising my daughter to speak three languages. A stranger demanded I 'speak English' to her
By ESMERALDA BERMUDEZ
She must be someone’s grandmother, I thought. She must be curious, as people often are.
Then she took one step toward me — pink fingernails, dark blond hair — and opened her mouth, e-nun-ci-a-ting each word.
“Speak English,” she commanded. “You’re confusing the poor girl.”
http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-speak-english-20180616-story.html#nws=mcnewsletter
Cadillac Ranch
https://d3p33vdscqvyo9.cloudfront.net/tronc/Los%20Angeles%20Times/2018/06/11/5b1eb05ce4b022d8f83748f9/5b1eb084e4b0c9822fbe035d_t_1528737927463_mobile.m3u8
Crooked Cop
From USA Today -
How a McDonald's receipt crippled an elite drug-fighting team
USA TODAY NETWORKBeth Warren, Louisville Courier Journal
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/06/18/police-corruption-cripples-drug-squad/712721002/
How a McDonald's receipt crippled an elite drug-fighting team
USA TODAY NETWORKBeth Warren, Louisville Courier Journal
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/06/18/police-corruption-cripples-drug-squad/712721002/
Eleven Separate Nations
From Business Insider -
This map shows the US really has 11 separate 'nations' with entirely different cultures
By Mark Abadi
http://www.businessinsider.com/regional-differences-united-states-2018-1
This map shows the US really has 11 separate 'nations' with entirely different cultures
By Mark Abadi
http://www.businessinsider.com/regional-differences-united-states-2018-1
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