Rich Stein (he/him)

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Economist for non-profits, NGOs, governments, some private cos. Projects—public #policy, #evaluation, #innovation, #tech, job creation, #privacy, #health, #equity, #climate, #sustainability

Ex: The Economist, Bloomberg

Love #data & democracy, hate disinformation

I boost #jobs!

Free time: family, #cooking, #baking, #running, #biking, #camping, #rowing, #photography, #nature, #books, #writing, #haiku, bad #jokes, #pets—often many (≠all!) @ 1x!

Find me: https://linktr.ee/richstein #tfr #fedi22

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"A doctor who fought to treat Alex #Pretti after he was fatally shot by federal officers in Minneapolis has claimed in a court statement that #ICE agents appeared to be focused on counting the victim's bullet wounds instead of performing CPR."

People https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/doctor-fought-treat-alex-pretti-144401715.html
#USPolitics #TrumpRegime #ICE

Doctor Who Fought to Treat Alex Pretti Says Border Patrol Moved His Body to Count Wounds Instead of Doing CPR

"I was sobbing and shaking uncontrollably," the 29-year-old pediatrician said in a witness statement seen by PEOPLE

Yahoo News

"...#MAGA activist's property.
"Michael Jay Kamfolt, 40, was arrested Jan. 20 after members of the California Highway Patrol discovered the bunker and confiscated an array of illegally possessed weapons — including three AR-15-style assault rifles, a sawed-off shotgun and more than 10,000 rounds of ammunition — while serving a search warrant at his Anderson home. He is no longer in custody, according to county records."

Los Angeles Times https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/100-foot-tunnel-secret-bunker-043153990.html
#TrumpRegime #USPolitics

A 100-foot tunnel, secret bunker and weapons stash found at MAGA activist's California home

Authorities discovered a massive stash of illegal firearms and a secret underground bunker at the base of a 100-foot tunnel on a MAGA activist's property in ...

Yahoo News
Making American science second class: U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office

UKIP (yes, they're still around) have tried to rebrand under the leader Nick Tenconi, pictured here doing a full-on Nazi salute.

They've changed their logo from the pound sterling symbol on a purple background, to what appears to be something styled on the old German Iron Cross medal.

The Electoral Commission has stepped in and blocked them. So they'll need to come up with something a bit less Hitlery to have shown on Party Political Broadcasts and ballot papers.

Article seems significant, as does the title: "How trump’s Greenland threats amount to an implicit rejection of the legal principles of Nuremberg"
https://theconversation.com/how-trumps-greenland-threats-amount-to-an-implicit-rejection-of-the-legal-principles-of-nuremberg-274018 by a University of Washington professor
#Greenland #Nuremburg
How Trump’s Greenland threats amount to an implicit rejection of the legal principles of Nuremberg

The claim that national security can justify territorial acquisition marks a sharp break from the principles the US championed after World War II.

The Conversation
LA nonprofit preserves stories of Holocaust survivors through interviews with grandchildren

Every year, the number of Holocaust survivors grows smaller, which is why a local nonprofit is working to keep their stories from being forgotten with the help of younger generations.

The highest ever official temperature in Victoria, Australia of 48.9 C appears to have been recorded this afternoon at Walpeup. This record may have or be getting broken in the coming minutes and hours.

Weimar: Aufarbeitung der NS-Verbrechen als permanente Aufgabe

Zum Holocaust-Gedenktag ruft Kulturstaatsminister Weimer dazu auf, Erinnerung lebendig zu halten - und nimmt dabei Politik und Kultur in die Pflicht. Mit zahlreichen Veranstaltungen wird heute der NS-Opfer gedacht.

➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/gesellschaft/holocaust-gedenken-weimer-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

#HolocaustGedenktag #Holocaust #Shoah

Weimar: Aufarbeitung der NS-Verbrechen als permanente Aufgabe

Zum Holocaust-Gedenktag ruft Kulturstaatsminister Weimer dazu auf, Erinnerung lebendig zu halten - und nimmt dabei Politik und Kultur in die Pflicht. Mit zahlreichen Veranstaltungen wird heute der NS-Opfer gedacht.

tagesschau.de

27 January 1939 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Margaretha Beatrice Swartberg, was born in Groningen.

In October 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz with her mother Maria Sara and younger sister Judith Josephine. Most probably they were murdered together in a gas chamber after selection.
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▶ A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck

More than ever, we need tools for building diverse and resilient communities, away from Big Tech controlling our feeds, and investment companies hoping to get a big payout.

https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/fediverse-an-overview-for-community-organizers/

#fediverse #SocialMedia #community

Fediverse: An overview for community organizers | Stefan Bohacek

What is the fediverse Fediverse is a grassroot effort to empower people to connect online without Big Tech CEOs controlling what they can post and venture capital companies pouring in money and hoping for a big payout one day at the price of enshittification. Fediverse is often compared to email: you can use Gmail to...