Keith Purtell

@KeithPurtell
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Worker rights, Landscape photos, Nature, Web dev, Non-Violent Communication (NVC). “Not the land-owner or the shopkeeper” https://bit.ly/3HdjvmR http://bit.ly/3tkY33F / “Most of the social problems we’re experiencing are because billionaires don’t want to pay their taxes.”—Hawk
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#oklahoma #tulsa Emirate Global Aluminium, a UAE-based company, is in the beginning stages of an aluminum smelting plant at the Port of Inola. The Port of Inola is along the Verdigris River, tributary to the Arkansas River, a little over 30 miles outside Tulsa. What impact will this have on Oklahomans?
Did real people give those one-star Google reviews to a business? Or was it some hackers in Montana? https://keithpurtell.com/google-knows-who-is-evil.php
Google knows which entities are evil instead of misunderstood

Somehow, perhaps without specifically trying, Google has learned which internet actors are sincere and which are acting in bad faith.

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Brother of Queens man who died ICE custody searches for answers surrounding mysterious death

Queens man ICE custody death raises serious questions as brother seeks answers, accountability, and transparency over detention conditions and handling amny

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Flock Safety is one of the main providers of automated license plate readers (ALPRs), and Flock’s ALPR data is currently being used by ICE and CBP to target immigrants and carry out violent raids—in addition to tracking where we work, protest, and seek health care.
—fightforthefuture.org
Odd things kept happening. Facebook compliments ignored by family. Greeting cards ignored. But the truth finally came out... https://keithpurtell.com/family-secrecy.php
Family secrecy - Struggling for answers

A long-held plan to secretly ostracize family members comes to light. What can the targeted family members do?

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The French philosopher Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592) is the most prominent figure who famously urged people not to trust their own certainty. Through his "Essays," he revived Pyrrhonian skepticism, arguing that human reason and senses are inherently deceptive and insufficient for grasping absolute truth.
Montaigne argued that because human faculties are limited and fallible, people should avoid the arrogance of claiming absolute knowledge.

John Nelson Darby (1800–1882), a 19th-century Plymouth Brethren leader, is widely credited with popularizing the modern "pre-tribulation #rapture" theory around 1830. He developed this concept within the framework of Dispensationalism. —Google

Rapture is not in the Bible. It's a modern fantasy.

Politicians in #Oklahoma determined to punish abuse survivors… https://www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-survivors-act-domestic-violence
The Victims Who Fought Back

An Oklahoma law was supposed to help reduce the sentences of women who killed their abusers. Why are nearly all of them still in prison?

ProPublica
The Metta Prayer of Loving Kindness

The Metta Prayer is a beautiful mantra that emphasizes loving kindness for yourself and others. Use it in your daily routines.

Living Marvelously