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2/2 Reflection on #citizenship:
I do not treat the concept of “#democracy" lightly. I was born into the aftermath of centuries of totalitarian oppression that ended suddenly, leaving the nascent Ukrainian state of the late 90s and early 2000s floundering in the turbulent whirlpool of hopes and fears felt by millions of people who were finally allowed to ponder: how to build a free democratic state in the place of Soviet and imperial ruins?
I was taught the words "democracy", "citizen", "freedom", "voting", “liberty" (and more) by people who, less than two decades prior, weren't allowed to leave the borders of their country. I was told about self-determination by people whose political choices were ridiculed, punished, and eviscerated form most of their lives. The duty of governing ourselves felt to us ephemeral - a nice fantasy, akin to a fairytale or a utopia from fictional works.
And then I saw those same people fight with their bodies and souls once the previously unfathomable democracy was threatened. Protests in 2004, then again in 2014, then the unthinkable war against foreign invasion in 2022. Democracy no longer felt abstract or silly. It became as tangible as saying "I love you".
I write of Ukraine as I reflect on becoming a citizen of another country because the history and values of my adopted United States feel as real as the skin on my legs, the significance of its legacy lays as heavy as the weight of my waist-long hair, and the desire to uphold the freedoms of its Constitution burns my throat as harshly as dehydration after a long day in the sun.
People have asked me why I even want to join this country, when the present moment is shrouded in impenetrable darkness. And I answer: because I've felt the warmth of a newly lit fire of freedom breaking through shadows that for centuries looked like solid walls. I have seen kindness, and solidarity heal the fear and hate of oppression. I've seen liberty emerge from nothing but the human soul.
I am not a religious person, but I have faith. Faith in the ideals at the foundation of the American project. Faint but powerful recognition that "we the people" now includes me.
I love #America. And I hope to keep loving my home for the rest of my life.

#NoKings #Berlin
https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/842166/

New York City housing advocate
Patrick Markee’s new book,
"Placeless: Homelessness in the New Gilded Age,"
looks at homelessness through the lens of housing affordability.
Homelessness, which affects millions across the United States,
“has roots in structural economic changes, right-wing economic policies and systemic racism,”
explains Markee.
“There’s a reason that other advanced capitalist countries in this world … don’t have the levels…

Homelessness Is About Affordability: Author Patrick Markee on the Housing Crisis in “New Gilded Age”
New York City housing advocate Patrick Markee’s new book, Placeless: Homelessness in the New Gilded Age, looks at homelessness through the lens of housing affordability. Homelessness, which affects millions across the United States, “has roots in structural economic changes, right-wing economic policies and systemic racism,” explains Markee. “There’s a reason that other advanced capitalist countries in this world … don’t have the levels of homelessness that we have, and that’s b…

Etwas mehr der heute besonders häufig geteilten #News:
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Melenas:
🎵 Bang
#Melenas
https://troubleinmindrecords.bandcamp.com/track/bang
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🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Chris Malinchak:
🎵 So Good To Me
#NowPlaying #ChrisMalinchak
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HHS cuts millions in grants to the American Academy of Pediatrics (Berkeley Lovelace Jr/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/hhs-cuts-millions-grants-american-academy-pediatrics-rcna249769
http://www.memeorandum.com/251217/p119#a251217p119

Montag: Musk-Klage gegen Apple & OpenAI, Raumgleiter-Test ohne Zukunftsaussicht
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Millions of Americans have a huge financial stake in the next few weeks of Senate negotiations over the Affordable Care Act's enhanced tax credits.
Absent a deal, health care coverage costs could double next year for people who rely on ACA exchange plans.
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/1…

3 roadblocks for the Senate's last-ditch health care negotiations
GOP risks a political bludgeoning and key Democrats are facing the ire of their party.

Meilenstein am Large Hadron Collider: Mehr als ein Exabyte an Forschungsdaten
Der übergroße Teil der Daten, die am Teilchenbeschleuniger LHC gesammelt werden, wird automatisch aussortiert. Trotzdem wurde jetzt über ein Exabyte archiviert.