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RE: https://flipboard.com/@gothamist/gothamist-igeoft02z/-/a-TB_bEdcuTtyTJn_Fua9leQ:a:3807498986-/0
fuck me, so she's basically running opposed

Bei der in Ivry angesiedelten École maternelle Robespierre war ich bislang nicht, dafür konnte ich heute in St. Denis den Kinderspielplatz am Square Robespierre bestaunen. Die sonnenbeschienene Statue des Incorruptible grüßt im Hintergrund. Obacht: Über 12jährige dürfen hier nicht spielen!

I found this statue of Guanyin at the #Rijksmuseum in #Amsterdam oddly calming.
«Here the Buddhist deity Guanyin, saviour of people in peril, is represented meditating on a rock. According to legend, he was once found in this position, meditating on the reflection of the moon in water, a symbol of ill…

Gemalen er sŸd! Selvom det kun er mig der synes det er sjovt at se håndbold, har han sat projektoren op så vi kan se finalen sammen på det store lærred 🥰
(Jeg lover at kigge væk hvis vi er ved at tabe for mange bolde - I ved at de klarer sig bedst når jeg ikke ser med)
#håndbolddanmark

While I was in grad school, four of my classmates were involved in nasty bike accidents. Three recovered and returned to finish their degrees, one did not.
Guess which one was not wearing a helmet.
@…

Ditching bike helmets laws better for health
With epidemics of diabetes and obesity threatening to bankrupt state health budgets, governments need to broaden their strategies to encourage physical activity. Allowing cyclists to ride without a helmet…

I don't think I'm ever going to enjoy gifts.
I can get why people would give them to children. After all, children don't have their own budget. However, I'm talking about occasional gifts, not a new toy every second week, because "we must outcompete the other grandparents". But to adults?
Once I've heard that you should gift people with what they won't buy themselves. Well, that's won't work for me. I'm a minimalist. If I don't need something, I don't want to have it. Unnecessary junk is only emotional burden to me.
I can get why you'd enjoy something handmade. But something people bought? If I need something, I can buy it myself, when I need it. And I definitely don't need people to prove to me that they never cared to learn who I am, and just buy whatever they like or whatever is "fashionable"; which usually means exactly the opposite of what I'd prefer (i.e. something minimalistic). Or even worse, I don't need people manipulating me through gifts.
Sweets? Besides my diabetes, I don't really enjoy expensive shit that people generally buy because it's what's advertised. For the money they waste on it, I'd buy three times as much sweets I'd actually enjoy.
Gift cards? Oh yes, "you aren't supposed to give money, so let's just give the equivalent of money that's actually worth less than money". Actual money? And here we reach the true nonsense; we exchange the same amount of money, so it's just pointless gesture. Unless one of us gives less money…
What I'd really like, as a gift? Maybe that people would finally bother accepting me as who I am. The absolute minimum of caring that I hate consumerism, and not fueling it "for me".
#AntiCapitalism #minimalism #ActuallyAutistic

🏙️ Mamdani Can Learn From Latin American Municipal Socialism
#politics

Mamdani Can Learn From Latin American Municipal Socialism
From 2005 to 2016, against the wishes of both the country’s ruling and opposition parties, the small Venezuelan municipality of Torres underwent a radical experiment in democracy, giving residents direct power over the budget. It worked.

Sen. Scott Wiener, proposes #California bond measure to take $23 billion to fund an in-state program to counter #GOP budget cuts and restore taxpayer funding for vital #scientific research programs in the state.
Devastating

Calif. leaders propose $23B plan to protect science research
A proposed 2026 ballot measure aims to offset federal funding cuts amid hundreds of canceled grants.