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10 to 12 actors bowed out of the performance where #OurPutin #AnotherOrban will be in attendance, but they didn't bow out of the Kennedy Center run, as this NPR article incorrectly claims (I read the CNN article they link). Good context for why the tone deaf administration will applaud a revolution against themselves LOL
#does #JDVance #know it's #three #hours #long #KennedyCenter #LesMis #tour #actors #equity #turntable #empty #chairs #tables #French #revolution npr.org/2025/06/04/nx-s1-54235

689 #ClimateSolutions #RobotsDriving #Logistics

Of course tech is not going to offer a solution, they're too stupid and greedy.
[Stupid may not be the right word. Monomind would be better. Like thinking EV's are it, or Mars. The combination with capitalistic greed makes it real stupid.]
Of course labor unions are not going to offer a solution, they're too conservative.
[In the sense that protecting jobs may not be as important as survival. e.g.: Coal has to go so don't protect the jobs but the miners [re-education for instance]. Don't get me wrong ! Unions are a very important part of the solution as is #Equity is a part of the solution.

And the problem I'm talking about is the #ClimateEmergency.
I see no other problem bigger or more urgent than the survival.

I know it's a slow burning disaster, and you don't see it now [ 😖😖 are you blind ?*] and you don't think it could be solved [ 😩😩I know you got no imagination** ]
There are better solutions to those giant diesel burning calamities used now. But don't think 'electric' or 'A.I.'. What about overhauling your logistics system ?
Robots or A.I. are not a solution to this giant problem. And don't accept the tales 'they' are selling you, it's a scam from an individual to get rich and powerful.
[I know many solutions will have to use a lot of computing power, but don't call that A.I.}

* I guess you don't see hurricanes, wildfires and flooding being more common and picking up in destruction ?
** If you can't even imagine the problem... no wonder you can't imagine the solution. And a lot of creative thinking is

"We Chased Driverless Trucks In Texas. What We Saw Will Scare You." [13:36 min]
by More Perfect Union

youtube.com/watch?v=CQrQrOPmsz

Quote by MPU:
"May 28, 2025
Truck driving used to be a solid middle-class job. Not anymore. Driverless trucks just hit the highway in Texas. It’s displacing truck drivers. And truckers warn, “your job could be next.”

#WorkersUnite #UnionStrong
#TakeCareForLife #TakeCareForEarth
#StopBurningThings #StopRapingNature
#ClimateBreakDown

"'Less than 5% of the artists in the Modern Art Sections are women, but 85% of the nudes are female,' reads the poster, next to a female nude whose head is covered by the group's trademark gorilla mask. The figure is based on the painting La Grande Odalisque, 1814, by male painter Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres."

bbc.com/culture/article/202505

The "naked poster" – a yellow poster showing the back of a naked woman wearing a gorilla mask, with text that reads "Do women have to be naked to get into the Met. Museum? Less than 3% of the artists in the Modern Art sections are women, but 83% of the nudes are female." (Credit: Guerrilla Girls)
BBC · The naked billboard that shocked the establishment – and blazed a trail in the art worldBy Phoebe Hopson

"The two main candidates have been largely silent about equality for women. A polarising subject, it had helped Yoon into power in 2022 as he vowed to defend men who felt sidelined in a world that they saw as too feminist. And a third candidate, who is popular among young men for his anti-feminist stance, has been making headlines."

bbc.com/news/articles/cy8njzr4

A woman wearing grey gloves stands with her hands clasped together against a night time backdrop
www.bbc.comSouth Korea elections: They helped oust a president. Now women say they are invisible againA snap presidential election has exposed South Korea's stark gender divide.

From: blenderdumbass . org

The main issue with freeing the kids, is that kids cannot vote. This is not un-doable. With slaves, slaves could not vote. But there were enough non-slaves that agreed that slaves should be freed. So it passed through. With women rights until some point in time women couldn't vote too. But there were e...

Read or listen: blenderdumbass.org/articles/eq

blenderdumbass . orgEqual Rights to Kids

"Derrick Ford, 36, lives in Anderson, Ind. The complaint says ASL is Ford's primary language and that he's concerned about 'missing information about executive orders; diversity, equity, and inclusion ('DEI'); Social Security; Medicare, the economy; and issues impacting Americans in general.' Ford has difficulty understanding English and closed captions."

npr.org/2025/05/29/nx-s1-54156

Currently reading a used copy of "Out of the Crisis" (W. Edwards Deming, 1982) It is fascinating with many important insights into #economics and #quality_improvement.

Re #DOGE, #Musk, et al he quotes and interview with Oscar A. Ornati...

"A deeply embedded laissez-faire ideology has mis-taught this country the importance of #productivity from a very narrow, very mechanistic definition. We have forgotten that the function of government is more #equity oriented than #efficiency oriented. The notion that we must be "efficient" in the same way in both sectors is fallacious. For government, efficiency must be subsumed to equity."

"If we do not keep equity in the forefront of the public sector, we will destroy our #society."

University of Guelph: Free Learning Materials on Equity, Disability Launched by U of G Researchers . “Bodies in Translation’s (BIT) Worlding Difference Platform is an online platform and research project launched by the Re•Vision Centre for Art and Social Justice, a University of Guelph research hub that investigates the power of arts and storytelling. The platform features multimedia […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/30/university-of-guelph-free-learning-materials-on-equity-disability-launched-by-u-of-g-researchers/

ResearchBuzz: Firehose | Individual posts from ResearchBuzz · University of Guelph: Free Learning Materials on Equity, Disability Launched by U of G Researchers | ResearchBuzz: Firehose
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🎺 These #dictators are hell bent on destruction.

The #trump administration told federal agencies on Thursday to halt the use of statistics on race, sex ethnicity or national origin in the hiring process, marking its latest effort to extinguish use of #diversity #equity and #inclusion programs.

All #hiring and promotion decisions must be based "solely on #merit qualifications and job-related criteria — not #race sex, color, religion, or national origin," the memo said.

reuters.com/business/world-at-

On this Day in Social Security History:

#SocialSecurityat90
#StrongerTogether

5/29/1930 President Herbert Hoover signed into law the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, establishing a retirement system for federal employees.
ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v4n4/v

5/29/1944 Michigan added a provision for dependents' allowances to its State unemployment insurance law; only one other jurisdiction (D.C.) had included such provision in its original law.
ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v48n10

5/29/1998 SSA released its second Annual Report on the SSI Program.
ssa.gov/oact/ssir/SSI98/ssi199

5/29/1998 A Social Security Board ruling was issued that stated: when a State agency operated under a State merit system established by legislative enactment, the moneys appropriated under the Social Security Act for grants to the States for the fiscal year 1943-1944 could not be withheld by the Social Security Board for the Children's Bureau because those agencies disapproved of the personnel of the State agency, the manner of their selection, or their rates of pay."

More Social Security history: ssa.gov/history & #SSAHistGWC

#SocialSecurity #History #Disability #Retirement #Medicare #Unemployment #insurance #heatlhcare #NewDeal #OTD #SSDI #OASDI #equity #justice Social Security Administration

TODAY!

#WearRed. Make a Pledge. Support #Canadians living with #disabilities.

Join #EasterSeals in the movement for #accessibility , #inclusion , and #equity ! Take part in #RedShirtDay on Wednesday, May 28, 2025 by wearing red, making a pledge, and supporting Canadians living with disabilities.

Established by Easter Seals #Canada in 2019, this annual event takes place on the Wednesday of National #AccessAbility Week each year. 

Red Shirt Day® is more than just wearing red; it’s also about making a commitment to remove physical, attitudinal, and #SystemicBarriers to accessibility and inclusion in your school, workplace, or community.

redshirtday.org/