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Post Growth Institute

Global South feminists are reclaiming refugee discourse this 7th July.

Recently, 49 white South Africans claimed “refugee” status in the United States – a move that dangerously conflates white settler discomfort with real exile.

Register now and join efforts to create a Pan-Afrikan, Anti-Imperial, Feminist Migration and Foreign Policy: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist

A graphic with a white background and orange / teal gradient text boxes describing a virtual event happening on July 7. The graphic features headshots of 5 African women with their name and affiliations. The title of the event is "White Discomfort Is Not Displacement." Other information is displayed including the time zones of the event time, translation offered, and registration links & QR codes.
#feminist#immigration#refugee
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SPQR

The Chinese simply can’t believe their luck: that at the dawn of the electricity-guzzling era of artificial intelligence, the U.S. president and his party have decided to engage in one of the greatest acts of strategic self-harm imaginable. They have passed a giant bill that, among other craziness, deliberately undermines America’s ability to generate electricity through renewables — solar, battery and wind power in particular.
#China #economics #USpolitics #policy
nytimes.com/2025/07/03/opinion

Solar panel arrays in Texas, which has greatly increased its solar capacity.
The New York Times · Opinion | How Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Will Make China Great AgainBy Thomas L. Friedman
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Dean Burnett (that brains guy)

Your brain works fine when you're under 25 (no matter how 'inconvenient' this fact may be)

theneuroscienceofeverydaylife.

The 'frontal lobe theory', that your brain isn't 'fully mature' until age 25, remains very influential... and almost entirely wrong.

The Neuroscience of Everyday Life · Your brain works fine when you're under 25 (no matter how 'inconvenient' this fact may be)By Dean Burnett
#Brains#Teens#development
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Zhi Zhu 🕸️

"the #Trump regime isn’t trying to hide what they’re doing. They’re merchandising it. They’re selling t-shirts celebrating human suffering as if it were a #sports team...

This isn’t just about #policy —it’s about turning #cruelty into a consumer product...

the gamification of #genocide. Previous #authoritarian regimes at least had the decency to be ashamed of their #ConcentrationCamps. Trump is selling tickets to the show."
techdirt.com/2025/07/01/trump-

Text from article: But here’s where today’s American concentration camps differ from their 20th-century predecessors: the Trump regime isn’t trying to hide what they’re doing. They’re merchandising it. They’re selling t-shirts celebrating human suffering as if it were a sports team or a vacation destination. The United States government is literally selling branded merchandise to celebrate putting human beings in cages surrounded by dangerous predators. This isn’t just about policy—it’s about turning cruelty into a consumer product. It’s about making the suffering of others into something you can wear to own the libs. This commodification of human rights violations represents something uniquely American and uniquely horrifying: the gamification of genocide. Previous authoritarian regimes at least had the decency to be ashamed of their concentration camps. Trump is selling tickets to the show.
#GOP#MAGA#Republicans
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Nonilex

But criticism about cutting funding for these programs has largely been limited to #Democrats.

“Every day that this #funding is held up is a day that school districts are forced to worry about whether they’ll have to cut back on after-school programs or lay off #teachers instead of worrying about how to make sure our kids can succeed,” Sen Patty Murray, a Democrat who is the vice chairwoman of the #Senate Appropriations Cmte, said in a statement.

#law#policy#education
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Nonilex

…One of the newest programs, known as Student Support & Academic Enrichment grants, has been in place for a decade, supporting many services for issues like #MentalHealth & school #technology. The #law that authorized those grants received broad bipartisan support, including from Rep Tim Walberg of Michigan & Sen Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, both #Republicans who are now chairs of the #education cmtes in their respective chambers.

#policy#schools#funding
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Nonilex

Even if the money comes through after a delay, she said, it could disrupt the ability to hire staff by the start of school in mid-August, creating chaos for working #parents who depend on after-school programs.

Many #school districts also rely on federal dollars to help non-English-speaking students & families, including training #teachers & hiring translators.

#law#policy#education
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Nonilex

She recently sent a note to parents urging them to make backup plans, though few exist in her community, where she said there is no YMCA or similar alternatives.

In Omaha, Nicole Everingham, who helps manage after-school #funding for programs at 42 #PublicSchools, said a loss of funding would force her group to consolidate the number of schools that can offer after-school care, & also mean fewer slots for #students, because of staffing reductions.

#law#policy#education
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Nonilex

The withholding of dollars on Tuesday threw #school district budgets into uncertainty, with only weeks to go before the start of school in many parts of the country.

Heidi Sipe, the superintendent in Umatilla, Oregon, a #LowIncome, #rural district, said her district’s after-school program has traditionally gone until 4:45 or 5:30 p.m. & was fully funded through federal dollars.

#law#policy#education
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