EFrances

what did you expect? You were born in 1984 ;)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four

edit: added link to book

snippet for $100 million / year https://senator-mark-kelly.app.box.com/s/genpzl0fe6uueh46lqc460831lw2uivx

https://www.kelly.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/watch-as-republicans-push-for-tax-cuts-for-wealthy-kelly-fights-to-protect-working-families/

Update: 19 of 21 people released from hospital; 2 remaining hospitalized passengers did not face life-threatening injuries.

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/delta-air-lines-said-most-passengers-toronto-plane-crash-released-hospital-2025-02-18/

how it got to be (over the course of the last 50 years):

Jesus and John Wayne https://www.agathonlibrary.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/DuMez-Kristin-Kobes-Jesus_and_John_Wayne-oceanofpdf.pdf

A 1940s US sabotage manual goes viral

Simple Sabotage Field Manual https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26184/pg26184-images.html

Also asking ~ any other great app for 3-5 person video call/conferencing for making music together (in sync :)?

Jitsi is awesome jitsi.org

Speaking of which ~

5 Physics Equations Everyone Should Know

https://www.wired.com/story/5-physics-equations-everyone-should-know/

Meanwhile, per the Jersusalem Post:

Israeli activist and acade>mic Shai Davidai wrote on Instagram "I don't care who you are, doing a Nazi salute is never ok."

"The issue isn’t whether or not you’re an antisemite," he continued. "The issue is whether or not you’re normalizing that which shouldn’t be normalized."

https://www.jpost.com/international/article-838444

Spain has the correct response:

• Prime Minister Yolanda Diaz criticizes Musk's behaviour at Trump's inauguration events - Diaz cites algorithms promoting xenophobia and extreme right - Other Sumar party ministers to stop using X, she says

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/spains-deputy-pm-diaz-withdraws-elon-musks-x-platform-2025-01-21/

words from the Library of Congress "a naval officer, president, and global citizen and advocate for human dignity, racial and gender equality, and democratic values"

https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2024/12/jimmy-carter-nations-39th-president-passes-away-at-100/

If inclined to donate: Habitat for Humanity

https://www.habitat.org/

The 3 conversations the USA needs to have are about: 1) healthcare, 2) energy, and 3) immigration. Don't let media distract from the important things.