If you haven't read On Tyranny yet, now might be a good time.

https://www.powells.com/book/on-tyranny-9780804190114

mpb: took longer than I would have liked, but finally a civil rights investigations into the racist Aurora Police. Also a nice civil suit from the family.

"Police face new lawsuit, probes after Elijah McClain’s death"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/parents-of-elijah-mcclain-sue-colorado-police-over-his-death/2020/08/11/0ec82d46-dbf7-11ea-b4f1-25b762cdbbf4_story.html

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This one is a keeper.

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#keepingon

Update on Belarus. Minsk had internet service today and it was fairly stable. Protest in Riga had a pretty good size, definitely a lot of support for Tsikhanouskaya, and against Lukashenko.

For those who feel neither Biden nor Trump reflect their values..

Garry Kasparov calls it on Belarus.

For all the folks here:

Every Friday I try and upload some magazines. For your reading pleasure. Help yourself. At the moment I am only doing the 5, I read most often. I put them up to expire after a month. So grab them now.

If there is a very wide spread need, I will entertain adding to the list.

Find them here:

#CoSoEconomist

#CoSoNature

#CoSoScienceMagazine

#CoSoSmithsonian

#CoSoAtlantic

Last post on this
article is from a few months back, but with schools, some not reopening, it is still very relevant

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qjdnjx/22-million-kids-rely-on-school-for-meals-heres-what-theyre-doing-during-closures

My Take:

For the last few days, @LibertySpeaks has been posting on the crises our children face. This is so very important to pay attention to. No there is no "correct" answer. Public schools are vital to the well-being of kids. We must not abandon them. We must insist on funding them adequately, now, today. Risks ? yes there are risks, but with forethought, money, and willingness, these CAN be overcome.

Although it took nearly 45 years, I believe we may finally be at our “I’m mad as hell & im not gonna take this anymore” moment.

Seek out the movie “Network” if you’ve never seen it.