UN Sounds Alarm as U.S. Halts Vital Support in Global Fight Against HIV #NorthAfrica #Africa #AidandAssistance #alarm #business #CanadaandAfrica #currentevents #Economy #ExternalRelations #fight #Global #Halts #Healthandmedicine #HIV #HIVAidsandSTDs #InternationalOrganizationsandAfrica #news #politics #sounds #SouthAfrica #SouthernAfrica #sports #support #trade #travel #Tuberculosis #U.S #UnitedStates #Vital
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Today NASA is closing their Office of the Chief Scientist and Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy and also their Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility branch.
It's a great time to remind your learning community of the incredible achievements of the Black women mathematicians in the 1960's space program that successfully put a man on the Moon. Yes, we're talking about Disney's Hidden Figures.
We offer a Hidden Figures discussion guide that's great for public screenings and low-key classroom use. We also offer classroom-ready lesson plans, across the curriculum, for grades 9-12.
Like all our materials, these guides are free for everyone. Get yours now.
https://journeysinfilm.org/product/hidden-figures/
#NASA #CurrentEvents #WomensHistoryMonth #BlackHistory #DEI #USPol #Education #Homeschooling #Histodons @stemed @education @edutooters @film
In a further assault on diversity, equity, and inclusion, DC are currently removing Black Lives Matter Plaza, brick by brick..
LTA’s Pathfinder 1: the Dawn of a New Age of Airships? - Long before the first airplanes took to the skies, humans had already overcome gra... - https://hackaday.com/2025/03/04/ltas-pathfinder-1-the-dawn-of-a-new-age-of-airships/ #transportationhacks #currentevents #engineering #featured #airship
Further adding to the mammoth 'backfire' of the Russia-U.S. alliance's ambush of Zelenskyy & the pause of critical aid, Australia’s prime minister says his government will now consider proposals to send troops to Ukraine as part of a multinational peacekeeping force, as Europe considers a “coalition of the willing” to enforce a peace deal.
New server, new #introduction!
My name is Seth, I am a #migrant from the #US to #Germany and am a #cybersecurity manager, having been in #IT for 10 years and #security for 5.
My interests are #politics and #CurrentEvents (with a CW), #history, #art, #books, #scifi, #nature, #science, and #technology.
I am a diehard #leftie #communist / #Marxist / #socialist and will always fight for #humanrights and #workersrights. I'm very boring and boost more than I post.
New Job Vacancy as of today; 'Leader of the Free World'.
"The EU foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, said ‘the free world needs a new leader’ and that it was up to Europeans to take this challenge"
Ita Buttrose’s emails ‘hammering’ top ABC executives instrumental in Antoinette Lattouf’s sacking, court hears
"Court hears how journalist’s social media post on Gaza was seized upon as a ‘pretext’ to get rid of her in an ‘utterly abnormal’ fashion"
Musk's cost-cutting drive quietly deletes billions in claimed savings from website
"In the latest embarrassment to befall the site, Doge has stealthily expunged all of the five largest items on the 'wall of receipts' after the much-vaunted 'savings' were revealed to be so much hot air."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/26/musk-doge-savings-website
The Importance of Current Balancing With Multi-Wire Power Inputs https://hackaday.com/2025/02/24/the-importance-of-current-balancing-with-multi-wire-power-inputs/ #CurrentEvents #Engineering #currentdraw #post-mortem #Featured
The US 504 regulations prohibit discrimination on the basis of disability at any entity that receives federal funding. These regulations are in the news, so we want to recommend an outstanding resource for teaching about them: Crip Camp.
This award-winning documentary includes footage of the 504 Sit-In, where the disability community occupied US federal buildings to push some of the most important disability rights legislation in US history. 1/2
Educate your students and yourself about the battle for this landmark legislation. Get our free Crip Camp resources to bring this story to your learning community.
https://journeysinfilm.org/product/crip-camp-guides/
2/2 #CurrentEvents #Education #Homeschooling #Disabilty #DisabilityRigths #DisabilityJustice #DisabilityHistory #USHistory #Histodons #CivilDisobedience #CivicEngagement @education @histodons @disabilityjustice @disabilityhistory
When I walked into the kitchen this morning, spouse said, "I saved the most expensive Valentine's present for this morning."
And he handed me an egg.
We laughed hard, but it was the morbid laughter of dark times, and though I know that "all we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us," but I really wish none of this were happening.
#laughter
#tears
#joy
#despair
#dialectic
#dichotomy
#CurrentEvents
#eggs
#FuckingEggs
#HowDidItComeToThis
#NeverGiveUp
#RESIST
The Science Behind Making Buildings Comfortably Non-Combustible - Although the most fire-resistant building is likely a windowless, concrete bunker,... - https://hackaday.com/2025/02/11/the-science-behind-making-buildings-comfortably-non-combustible/ #currentevents #engineering #prevention #featured #wildfire
After hearing all of the news I've heard through #StatusCoupNews #JENerationalChange and #SecularTalkPolitics I have been feeling a very heavy weight on my shoulders regarding #CurrentEvents especially those that #MainstreamMedia fails to cover over advertising shenanigans... I feel so much heartbreak over the countless injustices happening within the United States that I don't even have room for those outside of the US.
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You guys, listen - it's not 'Gaslighting.' Real gaslighting only comes from Gastown in Vancouver, BC. Anything else is 'sparkling manipulation.'
A new investigation is set to examine the alarming trend of police use of force on children, revealing that young individuals are twice as likely to experience such encounters compared to adults. This raises critical questions about the treatment of youth within our justice system. How can we ensure that our law enforcement practices prioritize the safety and well-being of all, especially the most... Read more: https://steelefamlaw.com/YF8xQa #JusticeSystem #LegalDrama #CurrentEvents
