Tanya Jackson-Vaughan

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Social Justice drives me. Feminist. Mother, partner, refugee advocate, passionate about not being a bystander.

9 January 1943 | Before noon a Czech prisoner Georg Zacharatka (no. 75749) escaped from the camp. 150 SS men & 200 functionary prisoners were engaged in the search. At night Georg was captured by 3 SS men, brought back to the camp and incarcerated in the bunker in Block 11. He was executed by shooting 5 days later.

#Auschwitz #Birkenau #ww2 #Poland #Nazis #Germany #NeverForget #education #history #histodons #Remember #otd #facts #escape #Czech

Never forget, a 13-year study of a dozen cities found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.

ALL ROAD USERS.

And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. As for sharrows, it’s safer to NOT have them.

Via @Streetsblog, read article linked below.

https://usa.streetsblog.org/2019/05/29/protect-yourself-separated-bike-lanes-means-safer-streets-study-says/

#bikelanes #bikes #cities #sharrows #infrastructure #urbanism #cars

Separated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says

Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.

Streetsblog USA

Asking for help from the #OSINT community here on #Mastodon!

We in #Brazil need urgently to gather all the #tweets being posted by the #terrorists attacking our #democracy, particularly those containing #geotag.

Relevant coordinates: -15.8005489,-47.8618812

Live images of people storming Parliament House demanding Scott Morrison be re-instated as PM https://www.theshovel.com.au/2023/01/09/live-images-of-scott-morrison-supporters-storming-parliament-house/
Live images of people storming Parliament House demanding Scott Morrison be re-instated as PM

Parliament House has completely unchanged its security levels

The Shovel
It would be nice if deposed dictators didn't feel comfortable chilling and plotting coups in Florida.
From now on when I read or watch news pieces and pundit discussions about “the economy” I’ll think of this…

"Woke" literally means anti-racist

"Antifa" literally means anti-fascist

If someone is "against" these what does it say about them?

#antifa #woke #racists #fascism

US: 32% of Black adults worry every day or almost every day that they might be threatened or attacked because of their race or ethnicity. So do 21% of Asian adults and 14% of Hispanic adults. Many have changed their daily schedules and routines because of these threats.

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/05/20/safety-concerns-were-top-of-mind-for-many-black-americans-before-buffalo-shooting/ #PewResearch #BlackMastodon @anthropology @sociology

Safety concerns were top of mind for many Black Americans before Buffalo shooting

32% of Black adults said they worried every day or almost every day that they might be threatened or attacked because of their race or ethnicity.

Pew Research Center
Today is Pearl Harbor Day in the U.S., a “day that will live in infamy” for the unprovoked attack by the Empire of Japan upon U.S. forces stationed in Hawaii. But it also marked a dark turning point for Japanese Americans, who overnight became the “enemy.” (1/4)