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When it comes to founding early civilizations, I can’t recommend fertile river valleys highly enough

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I don't think "having sex" is important. What's important is arachnid locomotion is controlled by a system of hydraulic compression

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Jul 9, 2025

The Flint water crisis began in 2014, after lead-contaminated drinking water was found to be leaching out from aging pipes into homes citywide.

The American Civil Liberties Union and the Natural Resources Defense Council, with help from other activists and nonprofits, have released statements on the recent progress, celebrating the milestone.

The statements which they chalk up the crisis to “cost-cutting measures and improper water treatment,” that the state “didn’t require treatment to prevent corrosion,” after a “a state-appointed emergency manager” switched the water supply to the Flint River.

There is no safe level of lead exposure; each nanogram causes harm. In addition to long-known risks, such as damage to children’s brains and certain cancers, there is also significant evidence that exposure to lead is linked to numerous cardiovascular diseases, including stroke and heart attack.

The coalition mobilized the citizenry and filed a lawsuit against Flint and Michigan state officials to secure safe water. The result was a settlement in March 2017, under which a federal court in Detroit ordered Flint to give every resident the opportunity to have their lead pipe replaced at no cost, as well as conduct comprehensive tap water testing, implement a faucet filter distribution and education program, and maintain funding for health programs to help residents deal with the effects of Flint’s tainted water, according to the NRDC.

The coalition then returned to court six times in six years to ensure the city and state kept to the timeline, which was delayed by COVID-19, and other reasons which The Detroit News described as “spotty record-keeping” and “ineffective management.”

On July 1st, the State of Michigan submitted a progress report to a federal court confirming that, more than eight years after the settlement, nearly 11,000 lead pipes were replaced and more than 28,000 properties were restored where the maintenance had taken place.

Of the 4,200 buildings where lead pipes are known to still be in service, their owners have either left the properties vacant, abandoned, or have declined the free replacement under the Safe Water Drinking Act. The coalition has said it will continue to monitor city and state progress on these remaining lines.

“Thanks to the persistence of the people of Flint and our partners, we are finally at the end of the lead pipe replacement project,” said Pastor Allen C. Overton of the Concerned Pastors for Social Action, one of the organizations that sued the city. “While this milestone is not all the justice our community deserves, it is a huge achievement.”

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bro's name is serial masturbator 666 darling, don't waste ur time. Not worth it <3 <3 <3

LMAO true, and his take on feminism of all kinds is explicitly that there's no theory behind it, it's just about hating men, which is incredibly funny. Especially given that one of my bffs has a literal doctorate in that nonexistent theory.

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Been seeing a lot of "conflating zionism with judaism is antisemitic" bs the last few days. Also seen a lot of jews rebutting with "you are the ones conflating zionism with judaism!!" which is like so fair and i love yall but also

i AM conflating zionism with judaism. Zionism is a core part of my judaism. Zionism is a CORE PART OF JUDAISM. If you are 'anti-zionist' you are also antisemitic by definition. Sorry, but I'm tired of arguing with goyim about whether or not their opinion on MY deeply important cultural concept is correct or not, is hateful or not. You should not have an opinion at all. Period. Sit down, shut up, do something to actually help gazan citizens, and get the fuck out of jewish business.

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I would like you to consider: Synagogue Architecture (spanning many places and many eras of history)

Look at them!! Stunning! Amazing! Beautiful!!!!! And these are the ones left standing, I can’t imagine what the many many others that were lost could have looked like.

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Lybian Jewish women adorned with heavy jewelry drinking tea, early 20th century.

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Hey US Jewish artists / makers! If it interests you, Jewish Joy Con opened applications for their artist alley. It's the first year of the con and it's in Fort Lauderdale, FL

Here's the link to the application and website if you'd like more info / to apply! Just wanted to pass along the opportunity I found! And for anyone interested in attending!! Tickets go up for sale soon!

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today is july 15, the anniversary of Queen Regent María Cristina de Borbón abolishing the spanish inquisition in 1815.

to honor the jewry of that region, my mother’s people, who suffered at the hands of that horrific organization, i wanted to post some excerpts from Forgotten Giants by Rabbi Yosef Bitton and other things people don’t typically know:

the inquisition was abolished 300+ years later. it existed and held power for over 300 years. (1815 is particularly interesting bc napoleon got rid of the second class citizenship of jews and closed the ghettos and gave us basic human rights…and then when he was defeated, our rights were stripped away again. but also cristina abolishing it was a moot point then. the emancipation etc came from napoleon and his reforms. )

spain would go on to learn NOTHING from this history and continue to stew in jew hatred to this day after spending decades as a fascist nation. portugal has learned nothing either.

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This First Temple-era seal was discovered in Jerusalem, unique due to the rarity of seals in general but made exceptional by its owner. The top line of the Proto-Hebrew engraving reads 𐤋𐤏𐤋𐤄𐤍𐤇 (“L‘lyhnḥ” or “Belonging to Elihana”) with 𐤁𐤕 𐤂𐤀𐤋 (“bt G’l” or “Daughter of Go’el”) underneath it. Seals served as status symbols, displaying the owner’s influence and responsibility in making economic decisions. Such duties were almost always expected to be undertaken by men, however, the existence of this artifact is one of a few exciting examples of women defying this norm. Further, Elihana is identified by her family (father’s) name and not that of a husband, suggesting an even greater degree of personal power.  The Israel Antiquities Authority dates the seal to the early 6th century BCE, but some scholars argue that it should be placed between the late 8th and early 7th centuries BCE.

Photograph by Clara Amit // Epigraphical information from Dr. Christopher Rollston

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Mordechai Narkiss guides blind visitors at the Bezalel Museum. Photo courtesy of the Center for Jewish Art, Jerusalem. Likely 1950s.

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Skill issue. You fail to recognize the Iranian flag up there next to the Israeli one.

The US isn't trying to turn Iran into a US territory, much less a colony. If it wanted to do that, it would've just done it in 1953, when it was helping Britain fuck Iran over.

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1. True! It's also enforced conversion to your religion! It's also half the world speaking your language! It's also taking over country after country after country!

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Not everyone calls it the Arab Empire, sure. The entire region was controlled by a series of Islamic Caliphates until the last one - the Ottoman Empire - fell in World War One.

Israel Haters: Israel is an empire, so you need to support Palestine.

Me: Well, it's definitely a small "empire"… Do you know what huge empire I've heard and read about? The Arab Empire.

And you know what more? The Fakestinians are Arabs!

(Some Israel haters really think that way.)

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"I think of Jews as genocidal fascists, and of myself as the good guy 🥺🥺🥺 "

Goyim need to understand that every single jew in the world is my family. Even when I don't like them. Even when I HATE them. No one else is looking out for us so we have to look out for each other and sometimes that means caring about absolute motherfuckers.

Something prompted me to write this but idk what anymore i just found it in my drafts

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Goyim need to understand that every single jew in the world is my family. Even when I don't like them. Even when I HATE them. No one else is looking out for us so we have to look out for each other and sometimes that means caring about absolute motherfuckers.

Something prompted me to write this but idk what anymore i just found it in my drafts

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