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An Israeli airstrike on a school sheltering displaced people in central Gaza killed at least 28 people, including women and children, on Thursday, while three hospitals in the north were told to evacuate putting patients' lives at risk, medics say.
The strike, in which many more were wounded, happened in the city of Deir Al-Balah, where a million people have taken shelter after fleeing fighting elsewhere after more than a year of war.
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Israel fires on UN base housing Irish peacekeepers.
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Extremist who trained GOP poll workers will speak at Washington event with two rightwingers
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October 2024 State Polls: Mixed Movement Across Swing States Shows Dead Heat (Emerson Polling)
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'Black men, we need you': Democrats offer star-studded push to juice Black voter turnout in Detroit (Brakkton Booker/Politico)
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Science Illustration: A Creative Door for Early Women in Science.
At the dawn of the 1900s, science remained a domain largely inaccessible to women. Despite societal constraints, a select group of pioneering women found a path to contribute to science through illustration.
By Raven Capone Benko via @SIAmericanWomen
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Tim Walz calls for scrapping of electoral college to decide US presidential race
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The electoral college is not an overtly undemocratic way of electing the US president. It will not vault an unpopular person into the position.
Partisan Democrat supporters still are still blaming the college for Donald Trump being a viable candidate in 2016.
Until the rules are changed, the EC is the way to elect the president.
I have an article about the EC:
tiereddemocraticgovernance.org…
The main point is that if the USA did not have the EC, it would be much smaller than it is today.
The states have the right to change their EC votes to better represent the preference of their voters. But too many vested interests are protecting their interests.
@davevolek 👏 More than that even, one of the roles of the EC was to be a safeguard against someone like Trump: theatlantic.com/politics/archi… -- having a group of electors who could prevent a foreign power from propping up an ignorant, populist candidate was one of the purposes of the EC.
That was the *only reason* to have an electoral college in a modern, egalitarian era, and they failed the country by waving him in in 2016. They serve no purpose except to enforce minority rule.
Let's learn more about degrowth...
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To promote the importance of accessibility on social media, I'd like to propose a community action: When you see an image posted on your feed without alt text, instead of boosting it, or asking the person who posted it to add it, consider replying with your own description, together with the hashtag "Alt4You".
Trouble writing alt text for your own images? Tag your post with "Alt4Me", and someone will help you out!
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