@rasterweb@mastodon.social2026-07-05 04:00:03
@cdarwin@c.im2026-07-05 18:15:10
I think America is awesome.
But I can also realize we have problems, and that those problems are not the fault of others.
America is a land of opportunity and equality, where no matter who you are, where you are from, or when you got here, you are equal.
And THAT is what makes us great.
-- Adam Cochran, on the bad place
@burger_jaap@mastodon.social2026-07-06 10:48:41
*Tintin in America* is full of injustice
Just saying
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tintin_in_America
@macandi@social.heise.de2026-06-05 08:18:00
@YaleDivinitySchool@mstdn.social2026-04-06 18:24:10
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Check out our new YDS Impact on America report to learn more.
@publicvoit@graz.social2026-07-05 15:17:25
@… wrote a great article on "Dangerous #Technology For Americans Only" https://lucumr.p…
@PaulWermer@sfba.social2026-05-06 14:24:22
How car-loving American cities fell so far behind their global peers on public transit
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/06/american-cities-cars-public-transportation?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other…
@paulwermer@sfba.social2026-05-06 14:24:22
How car-loving American cities fell so far behind their global peers on public transit
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/06/american-cities-cars-public-transportation?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-07-04 20:39:36
Last month Netflix released a five-part series called
“The American Experiment.”
Shepherded by nearly a dozen producers headlined by Tom Hanks
and directed by Brian Knappenberger,
“Experiment” mixes recreations with interviews from both notable colonial scholars and contemporary politicians
to explain the principles contained in the Declaration of Independence and Constitution.
(The documentary includes an important, useful interlude about the failed and…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-07-04 19:46:15
Happy #BlackHistoryMonth !
You know the drill by now. I don't like talking about Black history. Americans know Black history.
I want to talk about white American history. In other words, racism, and the erasure of both positive achievements of, and injustices suffered by, non-white people.
That's what people don't know.
Try this: Ask your white US friends wha…
