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Favorite Movie Quote From HARVEY 1950
Jimmie Stewart as Elwood P. Dowd : Years ago my mother used to say to me, she'd say, "In this world, Elwood, you must be" - she always called me Elwood - "In this world, Elwood, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant." Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant.

Guess how many FBI Directors have been Democratic?

None.

Every single one of them has been a Republican.

So when Trump and the GOP complain about them and the mythical pervasion of progressive agents, they are full of shit (as always).

Climate denial is NOT just ... ignorance ... is NOT just ... willful ignorance ...

Climate denial is dangerous willful ignorance.

Climate denial supports death and destruction from the #ClimateCrisis.

Climate denial is a crime against humanity.

🌍🔥 #ClimateBrawl 🔥🌍

Not sure I saw this one when it was announced a year ago. this is huge!

'US government to make all research it funds open access on publication'

"Policy will go into effect in 2026, apply to everything that gets federal money."

#JohnTimmer, 2022

https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/08/us-government-to-make-all-research-it-funds-open-access-on-publication/

#research #OpenAccess #US

US government to make all research it funds open access on publication

Policy will go into effect in 2026, apply to everything that gets federal money.

Ars Technica

Locked out of my car in SF. Called AAA. Requested the driver #WearAMask in the notes. Driver showed up without a mask, ok, I guess we can just do this distanced. He gets out, says dispatch told him not to service the call, makes a phone call, then just drives off without a word.

Turns out being #COVID safe was actually a dealbreaker for him and AAA had to dispatch someone from the other end of town.

"Anything that can't go on forever will eventually stop." When the reckoning finally reaches the wealthy, when the accounting eventually arrives for the plutocrats, when the people finally force the klept to pay up, they will say here is where that reckoning began.

@pluralistic details the Sackler's brazen bankruptcy:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/08/11/justice-delayed/#justice-redeemed

Pluralistic: The Sacklers woulda gotten away with it if it wasn’t for those darned meddling feds (11 August 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

Think you know everything you need to know about #Florida restricting #education? Hang onto your hats. Things are getting much worse, very quickly!

Don’t Say #Gay. Don’t Say #AnneFrank. Don’t Say #Shakespeare. Don’t Say #Slavery. Don’t Say #Psychology.

#LGBTQ students are losing out, but so are ALL Florida students.

https://medium.com/prismnpen/dont-say-gay-florida-schools-say-no-shakespeare-no-ap-psych-classes-3d4ebf658498?sk=f2eae2a926367fb629427377e73c8bb7

Andrew Tate, brother indicted on charges of rape, human trafficking https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/06/20/andrew-tate-indicted-rape-human-trafficking/
Andrew Tate, brother indicted on charges of rape, human trafficking

Andrew Tate, a self-described misogynist, was accused with brother Tristan of forming a group for human trafficking. Prosecutors referred the case for trial.

The Washington Post
Protester opposed to book bans gets Bible pulled from some Utah schools https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/06/03/utah-schools-remove-bible/
Protester opposed to book bans gets Bible pulled from some Utah schools

The Davis County, Utah, instance is one in a trend of American schools pulling books from school shelves.

The Washington Post
Tennessee drag ban is unconstitutional, federal judge rules https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/06/03/tennessee-drag-law-unconstitutional/
Tennessee drag ban is unconstitutional, federal judge rules

A federal judge said the Tennessee law that would criminalize public drag performances was “unconstitutionally vague and substantially overbroad.”

The Washington Post