Ghana abolishes the death penalty: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-66308724

#ghana #abolishment #deathpenalty #capitalpunishment #humanity #goodnews #bbc #bbcnews

If you want to engage with Lemmy instances (that federate) with Mastodon: https://vijayprema.com/using-lemmy-from-my-existing-mastodon/

#mastodon #lemmy #vijayprema #fediverse

Right-wingers particularly enjoy displaying crass and puerile T-shirts as a means of tribalistic identity politics to trigger liberals and left-wingers, à la sports fans: https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/

As Haiti continues its decline into being a failed state, the World Food Programme experiences budget shortfalls that will lead to more hunger: https://www.wfp.org/news/funding-cuts-force-wfp-slash-food-assistance-one-two-haitians-go-hungry

Please give if you can.

#worldfoodprogramme #worldfoodprogram #wfp #haiti #giving #hunger #poverty #unitednations #un #humanitarianism #philanthropy

@corlin Via Hacker News: https://greem.co.uk/otherbits/jelly.html

Click here to go to a random Web 1.0 site: https://wiby.me/surprise/

#web1.0

Ron DeSantis is recruiting and training a personal militia, according to recruits: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article277245833.html

Their budget has ballooned up an order of magnitude this year as its scope has converted into a personal army.

#brownshirts #fascism #florida #rondesantis #richardluscombe #tampabaytimes #miamiherald #authoritarianism #floridastateguard #militarism #johndhaas #nativism

Mattel plans a cinematic universe following from the Barbie film: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-66072812

#barbie #mattel #bbc #bbcnews #dougalshaw #cinematicuniverse #cinematicuniverses #latestagecapitalism #sheerhorror #movies #film

Taking a page from the MoviePass playbook (where you spend more money than you make in a bid to get ahead somehow), Doug Burgum will give you $20 if you give him $1: https://www.npr.org/2023/07/11/1186991717/doug-burgum-gift-cards-gop-republican-primary-debate

Also, it may well be illegal.

#npr #dougburgum #latestagecapitalism #republican #republicans #gop #republicanprimary #2024unitedstatespresidentialelection #2024unitedstatespresidentialprimary #billchappell #basicalgebra

Belarus, Guatemala, and Russia will not be invited to the 2024 Olympics: https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/07/13/7411179/

#pravda #belarus #guatemala #ioc #olympics #internationalolympiccommittee #russia #sports #sport #tetianalozovenko

Neutral Austria and Switzerland join Sky Shield, a common European defense pact: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66130857

#austria #switzerland #neutrality #europeanintegration #defense #defence #russia #russo-ukrainewar #russoukrainewar #bbc #bbcnews #imogenfoulkes #skyshield

Intended for Independence Day, delivered on July 5, 1852 (itself a holiday in New York), this classic by Fredreick Douglass is something I have been adding to for years: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/What_to_the_Slave_Is_the_Fourth_of_July%3F/Annotated

If you have any feedback or want to collaborate on it, please let me know.

#independenceday #frederickdouglass #slavery #speeches #whattotheslaveisthefourthofjuly #wikisource #annotations #race #racerelations #africanamericans

Another reminder that _all_ conspiracy theories lead to anti-Semitism, this time that the Rothschilds sank the Titanic to create the Federal Reserve: https://www.mediamatters.org/rumble/stew-peters-rothschilds-conspiracy-theory-oceangate-sub-was-sunk-hide-truth-it-wasnt-iceberg

#mediamatters #stewpeters #conspiracytheories #oceangate #titanic #rothschilds #antisemitism #anti-semitism #erichananoki

Fascists say that they are not fascists while quoting fascist and calling anti-fascists fascists: https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2023/06/21/moms-for-liberty-hamilton-county-indiana-quotes-hitler-in-newsletter/70344659007/

As an Indianapolitan, I denounce these people as not representing the Indianapolis I know. For those who are not aware, Hamilton County contains Carmel, which is the basis for Pawnee in Parks and Recreation.

#indystar #indianapolisstar #nazis #fascism #momsforliberty #republicans #indiana #hamiltoncountyindiana #whoopsies #maskoff #hate #southernpovertylawcenter #splc

Kenya sign a historic trade deal with the European Union that circumvents the East African Community: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-65962772

#kenya #eu #eac #eastafricancommunity #europeanunion #bbc #bbcnews #waihigamwaura #trade #economics

As a new prince gets married and is positioned to rule Jordan, the citizenry suffers under widespread and systemic economic problems and political repression: https://apnews.com/article/jordan-youth-unemployment-monarchy-repression-177f38a852756838fcf321bd84065a21

#jordan #autocracy #opulence #oppression #freespeech #associatedpress #ap #isabeldebre

@BrazenlyLiberal They hope to get to 30-ish members by the end of the year and know that their political stunts give them outsized attention. So, while they pose no genuine threat to society, one Nazi is too many.

Nazis emboldened by the political climate in Florida have been projecting hate messages onto buildings: https://www.npr.org/2023/03/10/1158344050/florida-far-right-extremism-politics-desantis

Remember that they always start out as Nicezis before becoming Nazis: all of these gross bigots would gas Jews, enslave immigrants, murder political opponents, and subjugate women if they had the opportunity.

#nazis #florida #jacksonville #hate #whitenationalists #whitenationalism #racism #oppression #homophobia #transphobia #npr #jimurquhart #sergioolmos #fascism

@BlueStateBabe Correct, Hulu did season three. Who knows if there will be a fourth? I really liked the season/series finale, so if that is all we get, then I can appreciate that, but I hope we get to see more.

@BlueStateBabe Unfortunately, the idea that it is a parody is intuitive and common, but it is an homage and just great comfort food television. A little goofy in the first couple of episodes, but they quickly jettison the silliness and make a fun sci-fi workplace drama. I love it.