OPINION: The joy and jokes by Black creators on TikTok made the Montgomery Brawl, aka the Alabama Sweet Tea Party, even sweeter.
✍🏿 Touré
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Straight from the bag or off a silver platter, good old fashioned fish’n’chips are hard to beat. Here’s a selection of our top picks for fish and chips in Ireland via @irishtimesfood
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Everyone deserves to live a life free from poverty.
Yet, too many people worldwide are forced to choose between buying food or buying medicine.
The #GlobalGoals aim to help eradicate poverty so all people, everywhere, can live in dignity & prosperity. un.org/sustainabledev…
Neptune 🤝 Solar cycle
Astronomers analyzed 30 years of data from the Hubble and Keck telescopes, and discovered that Neptune's cloudy weather is linked to our Sun's 11-year solar cycle, in which its entangled magnetic fields drive solar activity: go.nasa.gov/3qtkiZc
The Justice Department is seeking 33 years in prison for Enrique Tarrio, the former Proud Boys leader convicted of seditious conspiracy in one of the most serious cases to emerge from the Jan. 6, 2021 U.S. Capitol attack. apnews.com/article/enriqu…
"Former President Carter and wife Mrs. Rosalynn Carter quickly kissed on a Habitat for Humanity build site when they thought no one noticed ..."
Married for 77 years.
May they be surrounded by love at this time.
NEW: Data illustrates how housing costs drive homelessness levels.
📈 As rents rise, so does homelessness.
Fortunately, in regions like Minneapolis and Houston that added housing and kept rent growth low, homelessness dropped: pew.org/3qyGxNn
What you won't hear from the media: Yesterday, President Biden spoke at a community event in Maui & said, "If anyone would like to speak with me, I'll stay around." President Biden then went around to every table to talk with residents. President Biden's character is unmatched.
#DYK?
35% of student loan borrowers have experienced default over the past two decades.
67% of whom—more than once.
84% of whom—faced financial consequences, punished for being financially unable in the first place. pew.org/3Kl5KkQ
Scientists at Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta have claimed a major breakthrough in efforts to develop a universal language translator using artificial intelligence (AI) telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/…
Trump is "taking that historical racialized language that was offensive and insulting, and the subordinating of Black persons, applying it in a contemporary space and really bubbling up that history," said American University professor Bev-Freda Jackson. to.pbs.org/3srhb4i
And just what a stark contrast to the former disgraced twice impeached, four-time indicted, rapist president throwing paper towels at a disaster relief site. There's just no comparison between the two. I'm with President Biden every time.
Just one short tweet today for the 420,000. My dad was there and made it thru ... otherwise I would not be here. Therefore it falls on me to speak up for the many, like myself, who never got a chance to experience life.
#VoteBlueToProtectWomensRights
#VoteBlueToSaveDemocracy
what they said.
Use the Force to watch #ANewHope, #ReturnoftheJedi, #TheForceAwakens, #TheLastJedi, #StarWarsRebels, #RevengeoftheSith, #ThePhantomMenace, #TheBookofBobaFett & #RogueOne streaming on @Disneyplus. #Maythe4thBeWithYou #StarWarsDay