Up here in the Northwoods, our public servants actually try to serve the public.
Well, we do whenever we aren’t allowing state sanctioned executions.
Category Archives: Society
America’s premier pronatalists on having ‘tons of kids’ to save the world: ‘There are going to be countries of old people starving to death’
At the intersection of Elon Musk worship, “replacement theory”, and weird tech bros, you’ll find this cult of abusive creeps.
Whitten Inn discrimination lawsuit settled for $87K
In the process of reconstructing the old blog, I ran into this case from 2009.
The EEOC had a case against this racist that didn’t get settled UNTIL LAST YEAR.
Just like that racist criminal running for president, justice can take a very, very long time – if it happens at all. And the perps just laugh all the way to the bank as you wait for the system to recognize the flaws in the system. It never fixes them, but sometimes it recognizes harm has occurred.
Brittney Griner reflects on ‘Coming Home’ after nearly 300 days in a Russian prison
The consequences of being in the wrong place at the absolute wrong time, with the wrong race and gender identity and national origin to boot.
A year after Minnesota became a trans refuge, ‘transplants’ make themselves at home
On the heels of one story about how the local county is becoming more left-of-center, here is one on how the whole state has set itself as an enclave for those merely trying to be their best selves.
Yeah, that’s it. No agenda, not trying to piss anyone off. Just trying to rugged individual in ways narrow minded folks do not understand, but should agree is their right to do so. But intellectual comprehension is not anything I have expected from conservatives for a very, very long time.
Democracy in the Desert
A lot of places in America have lost their local news. Indeed, due to conservative talk radio and increasingly violent “news” stations, they do not have a firm grasp on reality, much less their community.
Marketplace covered this problem, highlighting a few locations where news is still local, and locally controlled. A drop in the bucket, but at least some folks are still trying.
What happened to Utah women’s basketball team was horrible and also typically American | USA Today
Someone thought it would be great to send young black women from Utah to one of the most racist parts of the US, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. They were followed and harassed by the locals.
Why? Because they were encouraged to. By their community, by their governor, by the tin god they want back as president.
Because they have been told they are right to do so by dozens of voices on their radio and TV screens.
But it isn’t just them. Sure, that part of the country is full of skinheads and retired LAPD goons. They are certainly an outlier. But they aren’t alone. It would really be nice if we finally started trying to fix that particular problem.
A long history of Indigenous film snubs
Surprise, surprise! The Oscars couldn’t see fit to give any awards to Indigenous and Latino voices.
I mean, I stopped watching it years ago but they keep giving reasons not to return.
The Price of Poverty
A telling discussion on the cost of being poor in this country.
The Indigenous People of Mni Sota Makoce
A starter guide to this both native and local.