Behindmyscreen

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@Teri_Kanefield certainly no shortage but at least the tools to protect yourself are better than anywhere else
@FallsMom @stux the GOP have been in Putin’s pocket for at least 15 years
@IanJHill @newstik @TonyStark @LittleTownJane I’m in Michigan. Flint has clean water now.
@newstik @TonyStark @LittleTownJane @IanJHill the moron right wing tried a similar amendment in Michigan back in 2014. It went down in flames.
@stephen I was just at that museum yesterday and wished I had time to check out that exhibit!
@mekkaokereke I want you to know that I see it.
The pro-social person in me says “awesome!”. The selfish and cynical person in me says “awe, are you fucking kidding me!?”

@Maggie
#Race is not biological. It's a social construct - An human-invented classification system - that's more often been used as a tool for discrimination & oppression. Therefore, it could possibly be argued, there's no Black/White #History but rather, there're many histories (a kind of ontological history) based not on skin color but the shared experience of generations of ppl. who share, e.g., a common origin, traditions, model of social, etc.

#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackMastodon #Equality

Given that this is Australia, it is, of course, poisonous.
All hail, ‘Toadzilla’: Giant toad in Australia could be world’s largest https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/01/20/toadzilla-cane-toad-australia/
All hail, ‘Toadzilla’: Giant toad in Australia could be world’s largest

Kylee Gray, a park ranger in Queensland, Australia, stumbled upon a cane toad that's pushing the world record at nearly six pounds.

The Washington Post

Amazing story. JPMorgan sure did bad due diligence....
Headline: The Young Founder Who Fooled JPMorgan, According to JPMorgan
Quote: All along, Ms. Javice was making frequent media appearances. In December 2017, she wrote an opinion piece for The New York Times with the headline “The 8 Most Confusing Things About FAFSA.” The piece contained so many errors that it required an eight-sentence correction.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/21/business/jpmorgan-chase-charlie-javice-fraud.html?smid=tw-share

JPMorgan Paid $175 Million for a Business It Now Says Was a Scam

A young founder promised to simplify the college financial aid process. It was a compelling pitch. Especially, as now seems likely, to those with little firsthand knowledge of financial aid.