(C) Daily Kos
This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered.
. . . . . . . . . .
Thursday Good News Roundup, with October Surprises [1]
['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags']
Date: 2022-10-13
Music
Young, Dumb & Ugly—Weird Al Yankovic
Wackadoodledoodliness
Surprise! Not.
x JUST IN: A federal judge just ruled that Donald Trump will have to sit for a deposition next week in a defamation lawsuit filed by E. Jean Carroll, who has accused him of rape. — Really American 🇺🇸 (@ReallyAmerican1) October 12, 2022
This is a Confession that will Stand Up in Court
x Trump: “There is no crime. It’s not a crime and they should give me immediately back everything that they’ve taken from me because it’s mine, it’s mine.”
Lawrence O’Donnell: “Trump proved his criminal intent to continue to illegally possess government classified records.”
Yup. — Mad Hatter (@MadHatt25200013) October 12, 2022
Truth!
Alex Jones Ordered to Pay $965 Million to Sandy Hook Families
WØØ➕!!
x Live on his show, Alex Jones scoffed at a jury's order that he pay nearly $1 billion in damages to the families of eight Sandy Hook victims and an FBI agent. Then he tried to convince his audience to send him money.
https://t.co/JKtOlvFOaJ — The New York Times (@nytimes) October 12, 2022
Boy Book Banners
I want you to notice the number 29 (twenty-nine) in this story, a number that I have never heard reported before.
x Writer George M. Johnson's book, "All Boys Aren't Blue," is the second-most banned in the United States, with bans in 29 school districts.
It is a young adult memoir about their experience growing up Black and queer in America.
https://t.co/pADNkwe4Ei — HuffPost Queer Voices (@huffpostqueer) October 12, 2022
For all of the jumping up and down, screaming and caterwauling, from Wrong-Wingers, they have only succeeded in getting this book banned in 29 school districts. That’s 29 too many, of course, but the way the story gets reported you might be excused for thinking that it was half the country.
You go, George.
Iran Announces Brainwashing Program
Iranian official admits that student protesters are being taken to psychiatric institutions
In an interview with an independent reformist Iranian newspaper, Iran's Education Minister Yousef Nouri confirmed that some school students have indeed been detained and referred to what he called "psychological institutions". The establishments holding the students, he said, are meant to reform and reeducate the students to prevent "anti-social" behavior.
Way to feed the fury.
Good Riddance
Tulsi Gabbard is proving so many of us right today
x Bolduc: "We don’t agree on every issue, but I am honored to have the support of Tulsi Gabbard who shares my view that the status quo is broken, and we need a change of direction."
Both have Army backgrounds: Gabbard is a Lt. Colonel, Bolduc is a retired Brigadier General. pic.twitter.com/YoDlOjkpLj — Andrew Solender (@AndrewSolender) October 12, 2022
How Italians Became White
NYT: Vicious Bigotry, Reluctant Acceptance
It’s a long story of demonization and exclusion, but the short version is
Italians were considered African-adjacent in the Colonies and the early US, and excluded from citizenship.
Eleven Italians were lynched in New Orleans, after being acquitted of murdering the police chief.
The government of Italy broke off relations with the US, demanding action.
President Harrison paid an indemnity and proclaimed the first Christopher Columbus day.
Congress outlawed lynchings of Italians, but not, of course, Blacks.
You may have noticed that things have gotten a lot better since. Joe DiMaggio helped.
My assorted Celtic and Jewish ancestors went through different versions of this nonsense.
What, Another??
Largest Newspaper In Wis Says Ron Johnson "Has No Business Being a Senator". This is a BFD.
Britain
There are no words adequate for discussing the economic insanities of the Liz Truss Conservative government. It’s not as though they weren’t warned. But the reality is even worse.
Posted on August 2 2022
I would like to find the right words to describe Liz Truss’ plan to level down civil service pay outside London, so reducing the income of all areas but the south-east of England, but frankly I can’t. Leaving aside for a moment the contempt that Truss clearly has for all those who work for the government she claims to want to lead, and leaving aside too the phenomenal organisational difficulty inherent in her proposals, you have to wonder why she is doing this. The answer is easy to find. At present she faces a unified civil service on issues relating to pay and conditions. And she knows she is losing. So what she wants to do is create the classic fascist scenario where she faces groups off against each other. Her aim is to have the groups within the civil service fighting each other for the best pay deal whilst overall undermining them all. Fascism always depends on the creation of the enemy within. This is what she is trying to create here. Regular News
Biden approval rises to 44 per cent with midterms less than four weeks away
Approval polling is still bogus, but I won’t turn down a three-point improvement.
Oil and Gaslighting Response
White House signals it may support new arms embargo after Saudi moves to boost Putin
Inflation news is also bogus, but I’ll take this too, for a number of reasons.
Top Democrats push to pause U.S. arms sales to Saudi Arabia
The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has vowed to block all future weapons sales to Saudi Arabia. He’s outraged at OPEC’s decision to slash oil output by 2 million barrels a day. New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez is urging the Biden administration to immediately freeze all aspects of U.S. cooperation with the Saudis.
Who Wants a Copy of Obama’s First Book ASAP?
Shenk, Timothy (October 7, 2022). "Opinion | The Fiery Brilliance of Obama's Lost Book Manuscript". The New York Times.
Obama, Barack; Fisher, Robert (1991). Transformative Politics. Unpublished manuscript.
Maddow—Ultra
x The first 2 epis of Rachel Maddow's podcast, Ultra, are out! She is on fire! 🔥🔥🔥
https://t.co/bqg9Cr8mJD — Fiona Webster 🌎🌏🌍 (@fiona_webster22) October 11, 2022
Crime
x Facts.
Violent crime is actually way down, but not enough people know that. You can help.
https://t.co/Snm9T3taTt pic.twitter.com/JnAHabq33e — Mokurai Delusion Fighter 🇺🇦 🇺🇦 (@Mokurai) October 12, 2022
Ukraine
💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙
💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙
💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛
💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛
Слава Україні
x Russia modifying 800 T-62 tanks, some probably more than 50 years old, for its war in Ukraine. This probably means it has run out of all of its modern (relatively) T-64, T-72 and T-80 tanks, and can’t manufacture new ones quickly.
https://t.co/lHakF6S2kX — Euan MacDonald (@Euan_MacDonald) October 12, 2022
Great Russian word, нельзя/nyel’zya. It means
Nohow! No way! Can’t be done! Impossible!
More Music
Amazing Tibetan Throat Singing Girl
Animals! Science! Weirdness!
With a focus today on endangered species, and maybe bringing back some extinct ones. Also, JWST has been ramping up observations, published papers, and images.
x To celebrate Jimin's birthday PJM Magazine adopted a Jaguar in Jimin's name through World Wildlife Fund - the leading organisation in wildlife conservation and endangered species. Adoption will last for a year from 13.10.22 to 13.10.23
Happy Birthday Jimin 🎂 pic.twitter.com/gfMjUnV4xb — PJM_Magazine (@PJM_Magazine) October 12, 2022
x Painted pots featuring stunning captures by #JWST. So grateful to all those who made this possible. #SpacetoberChallenge pic.twitter.com/IhvFoyprYy — Amy Rae Hill (@amyraehill) October 3, 2022
Added to my Pinterest board.
x The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a bizarre star system with 17 concentric rings of dust spreading away from a dying star like ripples in a pond
https://t.co/3X5NX4yutd — New Scientist (@newscientist) October 12, 2022
Actually, it is two giant stars in eight-year orbits around each other, pushing the dust out with intense starlight.
x You're doing great!! I saw you at a rally in Philly and on Lawrence O'Donnell last night, and you are kicking ass!! Let's do this! pic.twitter.com/1ZAuVcRjJB — 🇺🇦🌻 Pippi Oldstocking 🌻🇺🇦 (@b52761187) October 12, 2022
Get that dog on DK!
x This week’s new issue of Science Signaling has arrived! Scientists discover that endocannabinoids support light-sensing in fruit flies, a biochemical modification activates the important Notch signaling pathway, and more.
https://t.co/dMS34GnX6D pic.twitter.com/V3sK5bRWL7 — Science Signaling (@scisignal) October 11, 2022
x I love fishies and fishies love me
📹 timo_the_ragdoll_cat | IG pic.twitter.com/aZV5o5PXOU — 9GAG ❤️ Memeland (@9GAG) June 21, 2022
x Extracellular vesicles are emerging as key players in endothelial cell reprogramming and in the abnormal #angiogenesis that accompanies #cancer and drives tumor growth.
Learn more in @scisignal:
https://t.co/h5tAgZosvO pic.twitter.com/i3rVZqOg1M — Science Magazine (@ScienceMagazine) October 11, 2022
x Living the best life.. 😂 pic.twitter.com/kYPfeYJyUw — Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) October 7, 2022
x An electric alarm clock for spores: New research in Science reveals that the exit of bacterial spores from dormancy may be explained by electrochemical-state switching, similar to that used by neurons.
📄:
https://t.co/Sp3BIpN7w3#SciencePerspective:
https://t.co/bi6Tvdhvwc pic.twitter.com/i3Xy94HXvg — Science Magazine (@ScienceMagazine) October 11, 2022
x I have been planting natives in my yard for 25 years. I have tried to attract native pollinators & this year I struck paydirt. My first confirmed Rusty patch Bumblebee. An endangered species. I couldn't be more pleased. #nativeplants #EndangeredSpecies#wildlifephotography pic.twitter.com/XdwpFBgF73 — (((Bev Paulan))) (@bevpaulan) October 4, 2022
x A large network of African scientists has analyzed the first 100,000 #SARSCoV2 genomic sequences from the continent, characterizing the pandemic’s progression and highlighting the dispersal patterns of Variants of Concern, including Delta and #Omicron:
https://t.co/S9coStNidJ pic.twitter.com/d88IIjG7Nf — Science Magazine (@ScienceMagazine) October 10, 2022
100,000! Science in Africa has been taking off while you weren’t looking.
x Great news for South Florida's bonneted bat! The Fish and Wildlife Service agreed to propose critical habitat boundaries for the endangered species by next month. Experts say there are fewer than 3,000 bonneted bats in the wild today.
#ResistanceEarth
https://t.co/0OocYbExbd — Bambooshooti™ 🇺🇸🥁🌊😷💉💉🌻 (@bambooshooti) October 11, 2022
x Over the next two weeks, Jefferson Salamanders, an endangered species, will cross Stouffville Road leaving summer breeding grounds and returning to their winter habitat. Travellers in @myRichmondHill, be aware of intermittent overnight road closures to protect them. #onYRRoads pic.twitter.com/Xvp6DUHPkm — York Region (@YorkRegionGovt) October 10, 2022
x Over 2500 manatees have died since 2019. Manatees must be returned to ‘Endangered’ status to protect Florida waters! The Endangered Species Act requires the protection of critical habitats and the implementation of recovery plans. #WetTribe #ManteeMonday #EndangeredSpecies pic.twitter.com/W7ebi6cD0m — Wet Tribe (@WetTribe) October 11, 2022
x Even though we’ll unfortunately never be able to see these animals in real life, it’s still fun and interesting to learn about them! It’s also a great reminder to keep advocating for better protections to save our endangered species.
https://t.co/ZqwE72Oh9j — World Animal Protection CA (@MoveTheWorldCA) October 8, 2022
Smithsonian Magazine:
These Are the Extinct Animals We Can, and Should, Resurrect
Biologist Beth Shapiro offers a guide to the science and ethics of using DNA for de-extinction
No, not Jurassic and Cretaceous dinosaurs. That’s a Hollywood fantasy about the multitude of ways human stupidity can get you killed. You don’t even need dinosaurs for that.
x BAM! Australia will set aside at least 30% of its land mass for conservation in a bid to protect endangered species found nowhere else on earth:
https://t.co/8DB3VSWn96
We have the solutions. Protecting nature is one of them. #ActOnClimate #Climate #biodiversity #cop27 pic.twitter.com/sXjbR0FV7j — Mike Hudema (@MikeHudema) October 6, 2022
x The Forest Service permits taxpayer-subsidized livestock grazing on 74-million acres of land that it manages—including in prime wildlife habitat—without any binding, enforceable conflict reduction measures in place.
https://t.co/PkfVpoDrLt @wildearthguard — Endangered Species Coalition (@endangered) October 11, 2022
Funny or Cry
They’re getting savage out there.
x I never thought I would change my name when I got married— I was the first (medical) Dr. Newton in my family and I’m very proud of that. But, when presented with the opportunity to say “Hi, I’m Dr. Sleeper and I’ll be your anesthesiologist,” I just couldn’t pass it up! — Lindsay Sleeper (@LindsayPNewton) October 11, 2022
x John Darkow, The Columbia Missourian #RonDuhSantis pic.twitter.com/HC5lsQc9LM — Editorial & Political Cartoons (@EandPCartoons) October 11, 2022
x Drew Sheneman, Tribune Media Services #IndigenousPeoplesDay pic.twitter.com/uu2X1O5vm4 — Editorial & Political Cartoons (@EandPCartoons) October 10, 2022
I have put this and two others like it in my Pinterest board, Not Your Mascot.
x We love a good satire, don't you?😂
This week @jesse_dylan_ and Priscilla talk with iconic Herblock Prize-winning cartoonist & political satirist @laloalcaraz about #cartoon drawing, satire, and activism through art.
Don't miss this captivating episode:
https://t.co/TKEx1azVev pic.twitter.com/PsiEzKIxyC — wondros (@wondros) October 6, 2022
Read Lalo right here on DK! Also available in Spanish!
Closing Music
Avraham Avinu (Traditional Ladino Song)—Abraham Our Father
Judeo-Spanish with flamenco-style guitar
[END]
---
[1] Url:
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/10/13/2128380/-Thursday-Good-News-Roundup-with-October-Surprises
Published and (C) by Daily Kos
Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified.
via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds:
gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/
