“A group of about 100 marchers identifying themselves by flyers as belonging to the white nationalist group the Patriot Front, cut through the heart of downtown Saturday sparking a confrontation.” bostonherald.com/2022/07/02/whi… via @bostonherald
"’It is incumbent upon all of us to acknowledge, call out, and disavow the growing extremism and creeping hate in our country wherever we see it,’ [Boston City Council President Ed Flynn] concluded in his letter.” newsweek.com/masked-white-s…#PatriotFront
2018: “The number of terrorist attacks by #farright perpetrators rose over the past decade, more than quadrupling between 2016 and 2017. The recent pipe bombs and the October 27, 2018, synagogue attack in Pittsburgh are symptomatic of this trend.” csis.org/analysis/rise-…
“chat logs reveal a group of men struggling to expand membership and being harangued by their leadership to maintain physical fitness, show up to events and contribute financially to the cause of white supremacy – all with limited success.“ theguardian.com/world/2022/jan…#PatriotFront
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“The pilot program will run for two months. Police will review data afterward and then make a decision as to whether they want to keep utilizing the technology.” local10.com/news/local/202…#PoliceDrones#MND613
Background—2021: “Drone technology which gives law enforcement a better vantage point and a new law, recently signed by the governor, expands its use.” mynews13.com/fl/orlando/new…#PoliceDrones#Florida
Senate Bill 44: “An act relating to the use of drones by government
3 agencies; amending s. 934.50, F.S.; expanding the
4 authorized uses of drones by law enforcement agencies
5 and other specified entities” flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2…#PoliceDrones#Florida#SB44
#womenshistory: “In a letter dated March 31, 1776, Abigail Adams writes to her husband, John Adams, urging him and the other members of the Continental Congress not to forget about the nation’s women when fighting for #America’s #independence.” history.com/.amp/this-day-… 2/
#WomensHistory: “I desire you would Remember the Ladies.” -Letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams, 31 March #1776 masshist.org/digitaladams/a…
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“We know better than to repeal our Masculine systems.” -Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, 14 April 1776 masshist.org/digitaladams/a… 3/
My daughter asked a question re: #DontSayGay—reminding me of “All About Me” projects in kindergarten, when kids share about their families—asking if kids of #samesex parents would now have to not share, or feel compelled to lie, to not accidentally get teachers in trouble. 1/
“The bill’s sponsors have emphatically stated that the bill would not prohibit students from talking about their #LGBTQ families or bar classroom discussions about #LGBTQ history, including events like the 2016 deadly attack on the Pulse nightclub” nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna1… 2/
“the damage goes even deeper. Faith in democracy itself is slipping away. The stunningly muted response to the Jan. 6 attack offers no comfort.” -Joanne B. Freeman, @jbf1755 the Class of 1954 Professor of History and American Studies at Yale University washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/1…
#SurfsideBuildingCollapse—NEW TONIGHT: your first look of the @NIST investigation underway into what caused a portion of Champlain Towers South to collapse. (THREAD) 📸Courtesy: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Here you can see some of the portions of the building that have been preserved and tagged for evidence by engineers with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) who investigate building failures. 📸: @NIST
In these pictures @NIST tells us what you are seeing are engineers using ‘nondestructive’ test methods to evaluate the strength and quality of concrete columns. 📸: #NIST
#Voices from #SOSCuba: At The Pointe of North Gables Assisted Living Community they came out in walkers and wheelchairs with an energetic burst of Cuban flag-waving while chanting: ‘Patria y Vida’. (THREAD)
They spoke - through smiles - through tears - of the wait….
A lifetime of wait….
A hope that this may just be the moment…that Cuba will finally be free… #SOSCuba
A desire that perhaps they can return home. “That we are going to be free, I am going to be able to return and die there.” - Andres Torres, 77-years-old
…with a peace of spirit knowing they witnessed freedom…#SOSCuba