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States' rights. Or not.

Did anyone here really think it would come to this in your lifetime?

Being patrilineally of Jewish descent I certainly knew it could happen to become like this but I never truly thought I would...

Here's hoping the two of you won't.

I know well why people are filming. Brave.

But me, I'll attempt to go fast anywhere they're not if I see them.

Incidentally, I got treated with kid gloves by police in Hawaii for being white. Kind of good, ironic, and disgusting, all at the same time.

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I only made it few the first few minutes but the fact the man was or ICE thought he was (?) Honduran was the pretext for smashing his window and grabbing him out of the car? Hopefully, they didn't shoot him dead.

There's no way this isn't happening in Florida but I haven't seen it.

Has anyone here seen ICE in the streets where you live or were visiting?

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He could have had a nice dinner and an after dinner snack. / morbid humor

I saw this clip.

Wow.

I, when I buy my first home that is mine and mine alone, will definitely have no guests, at least, for a long time.

I live in a community.

We have communal spaced. We help each other in times of natural disasters. We have many social events. We have games. We have activities. We have a monthly food pantry. We celebrate holidays. We have a yearly community sale of furniture, clothes, kitchenware, tools, and household goods. We have swimming lessons. We have exercise classes. It's a seemingly endless list.

We even have a volunteer library.

And of course we have a monthly newsletter.

But I've never lived by myself and I'm not having anyone in my home. I'm not even getting a cat and that wouldn't be for at least six months, would only be if I decided in favor of it, and definitely only if I found the perfect (sic) one for me.

I don't know if Garbo did or didn't say I want to be alone but I'll say it. I want to be alone.

I plan to stay here at least for a few years. I'm fond of the manager and she's fond of me. We have a great working relationship and she always asks me how I'm doing. I say I'm fine.

I saw her yesterday. I was walking and she stopped her car. We talked business for less than a minute. Then she told me you have my cellphone number; call me if you need anything.

But my home will be my own sanctuary from the world. That's what I want. I've had to live with, answer to, and take care of people my whole life. I plan to have a private life based on healing myself, taking care of myself, and decompressing from stress.

"In the event of an emergency oxygen masks will drop from the ceiling. Place one on yourself first and then assist small children.'

I feel and believe there's an important lesson to be learned in this well know instruction we've all heard countless times.

@wtg said in Ein Volk, Ein Reich:

Just a salute

This is a true expression of the nature of his apartied South African fascism.

I learned a few days ago my sister-in-law, a public school librarian, has taken on an after school assignment teaching students English in preparation for college. She told me her assignment is difficult because the district is poor and the students she's teaching aren't starting at expectable grade level English skills.

I also learned she has her PhD and one of her specialties is designing course instruction. I have no doubt she'll do an excellent job.

My guess would be, generally, even without having been a teacher, that the more a teacher expects, and the more rigorous a teacher is, at any grade level, the better the result will be.

For my part, I told her about my experiences in grades 11- 16, she kindly compared me to my sister (not quite warranted in all humility) and of course I said thank you.

Teaching, tutoring, and mentoring are essential. I myself would probably sound like and have the communication skills of a caveman it hadn't been for my luck in having a mother who taught me how to read and write and great teachers who had the resourses to do their jobs.

@AdagioM said in Trying something new:

@wtg I hope things improve for your student. I’m so sorry.

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@wtg said in Trying something new:

What my Ukrainian student and her family are going through. Reuters reporting.

Nearly 200,000 Ukrainians in US thrown into legal limbo by Trump immigration crackdown

https://archive.is/izxz0

Our representative is quoted in the article. My student has already reached out to ask for his help in ascertaining the status of their re-parole applications, and she's asked me (as a voting constituent) to contact his office as well.

This is an excerpt from the letter she sent to our congressman's office office.

My family and I moved to the United States in March 2023, under the U4U program, legally and with all proper documentation. We are from Crimea—Ukrainian Crimea—which has been under Russian occupation since 2014. Those years of occupation were extremely difficult for my family. Schools and kindergartens forced children into Russian indoctrination; families were pressured to take Russian citizenship under the threat of losing access to education, healthcare, and employment. Ukrainian language and culture were suppressed, but we did our best to preserve them and to continue supporting Ukraine discreetly.

After 2022, everything changed dramatically. For even a small word of disagreement with the occupation authorities, people began receiving prison sentences of 5–15 years under Russia’s so-called “law against discrediting the military.” I never planned to immigrate, but the situation forced us to seek safety, fairness, and the rule of law. Moving to the United States was a very difficult decision, but we were ready for hard work and to contribute positively to our new community.

My husband is a skilled plumber and has received strong recommendations from his workplace. He also frequently provides his services for churches and charitable organizations such as the X. I received a WIOA grant from the Job Center to study at ITExpert School and make a transition into a new career. I am proud of my children as well. My older son, despite the language barrier, has been accepted into AP History, Honors Math, and Honors Physics, and he also participates in community service. My younger son is very friendly, helps his teacher with classmates who speak Ukrainian or Russian, and is a promising taekwondo athlete, already winning two gold medals and other awards.

Our family is determined to contribute fairly and fully to the U.S. community, economy, and society, always respecting law and order. All we ask is for your help in securing our legal status and work authorization permits sooner (since ours have expired), so that we can continue building our future here and giving back.

Thank you very much for considering this request.

Yea, these are the people who need to be deported.

Well written.

My phone was infected with a virus yesterday, somehow, after I tried and failed to download a PDF, then tried to download a new PDF reader, as prompted, then tried to download clean up program and security security programs, again, as prompted by pop-ups on my phone.

It continued from there. The Google Play app add pop-ups would not stop, and would appear (with loud sound effects, e.g sirens, and berating narrators).

I downloaded an "easy" new interface, which was a mistake, and compounded the problem by making my phone's interface unfamiliar to me, which made using the phone actually very difficult, while as I said above, the pop-up Google Play Store adds would not stop. I was getting them about every 20 sec.

This is the first time this has happened to me. I didn't know how to begin to fix it.

I called my carrier and got advice.

Then I reset my phone to factory settings, and downloaded my Google account from "the Cloud."

This is the condensed version how I fixed my phone. There were a bunch of steps, involving choosing settings, syncing data, answering questions, etc., as you can imagine.

I had to change my WTF password. This took me many attempts. Interestingly, I was able to drop my Google account and create a new one. My Yahoo mail account is still not functional. Still, I was able to find it. I don't remember how. At least, it exists on my phone, with a new password.

PSA-- Don't panic if this happens to you. I thought I might have to pay a technician or buy a new phone. Instead, I was able to call my carrier, and work through the problem. FWIW, I have an Android phone.

This adventure lasted about 24 hrs.

In Philadelphia--

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It's getting more difficult to comment every day because what can you say? Current events especially domestic ones have taken on a surreal quality.

This will be our second regime change in Iran if it happens. Likewise, the US had been attacking Syria for a long time.

I want cornbread.

I'm also looking for bread pudding. I can't find any. I might have to order some.

It was frightening to see it the video. That woman didn't seem to be scared and likely didn't have any idea what was about to happen to her.

I have 3 Gmail addresses and only 2 of them actually function. Ironically it is the 1 tied to my Google account that never functions.

This wouldn't be happening if I had a Pixel 10 Pro XL. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.