#civics — Public Fediverse posts

You damn right I want to get leverage against anybody that's trying to get power. I'm tired of people thinking they need to have power instead of be a #public #servant. We need people with enough perspective to understand their role. We need #Civics education in the schools. #Testing AND #Elections.

Last week mayor pro tem Engler and I attended the National League of Cities summer conference in Louisville, KY, featuring seminars on public safety, energy and the environment, and maintaining civility in divisive times. Here I join city leaders from around the country on a tour of the Louisville Water Co., which has 100+ years of disaster recovery experience.

These conferences aren’t just educational; they also help connect us with tens of millions in grant funding. And by banding together, NLC member cities successfully lobby for federal legislation that protects our interests (for example, by shielding cities from liability for PFAS/PFOS “forever chemicals” dumped by others).

Many thanks to all at Louisville Metro for being such great hosts!

#publicsafety #water #disasterpreparedness #pfosandpfoa #civics #civility

Last week mayor pro tem Engler and I attended the National League of Cities summer conference in Louisville, KY, featuring seminars on public safety, energy and the environment, and maintaining civility in divisive times. Here I join city leaders from around the country on a tour of the Louisville Water Co., which has 100+ years of disaster recovery experience.

These conferences aren’t just educational; they also help connect us with tens of millions in grant funding. And by banding together, NLC member cities successfully lobby for federal legislation that protects our interests (for example, by shielding cities from liability for PFAS/PFOS “forever chemicals” dumped by others).

Many thanks to all at Louisville Metro for being such great hosts!

#publicsafety #water #disasterpreparedness #pfosandpfoa #civics #civility

#civics #econ #economics #eattherich #allpowertothepeople

#civics #econ #economics #eattherich #allpowertothepeople

On the plus side, #Congress actually shifted their ass and did something!

A rare bipartisan #housing bill just became law – but Americans will still struggle with affordability https://theconversation.com/a-rare-bipartisan-housing-bill-just-became-law-but-americans-will-still-struggle-with-affordability-287286

#costliving #homeownership #politics #civics

On the plus side, #Congress actually shifted their ass and did something!

A rare bipartisan #housing bill just became law – but Americans will still struggle with affordability https://theconversation.com/a-rare-bipartisan-housing-bill-just-became-law-but-americans-will-still-struggle-with-affordability-287286

#costliving #homeownership #politics #civics

Socialism Always Fails... ALWAYS #Civics youtu.be/NNHYr5hSNuE?...

Socialism Always Fails...

@sblaydes @kaneel @tisba

Investors' use of the phrase "training data" is just a way to obfuscate the fact that that data is really "source code"... Good job no one has had to put the matter in front of a judge yet!

#AI #LLM #GAN #ML #MachineLearning #Law #Lawfare #Civics #Legal

@sblaydes @kaneel @tisba

Investors' use of the phrase "training data" is just a way to obfuscate the fact that that data is really "source code"... Good job no one has had to put the matter in front of a judge yet!

#AI #LLM #GAN #ML #MachineLearning #Law #Lawfare #Civics #Legal

COMMON SENSE: Asylum (1776)📜 Thomas Paine

https://marekbennett.com/2026/07/09/1776-paine-common-sense-asylum/

COMMON SENSE: Asylum (1776)📜 Thomas Paine

https://marekbennett.com/2026/07/09/1776-paine-common-sense-asylum/

COMMON SENSE: Asylum (1776)📜 Thomas Paine

https://marekbennett.com/2026/07/09/1776-paine-common-sense-asylum/

COMMON SENSE: Asylum (1776)📜 Thomas Paine

https://marekbennett.com/2026/07/09/1776-paine-common-sense-asylum/

COMMON SENSE: Asylum (1776)📜 Thomas Paine

https://marekbennett.com/2026/07/09/1776-paine-common-sense-asylum/

Writing the Declaration #1 (1776)📜 John Adams

https://marekbennett.com/2026/07/02/writing-the-declaration-1-1776%f0%9f%93%9c-john-adams/

Writing the Declaration #1 (1776)📜 John Adams

https://marekbennett.com/2026/07/02/writing-the-declaration-1-1776%f0%9f%93%9c-john-adams/

Is it bad chat if 3/4 of the people I pass going up the street are staring at their phones #Sociology #Civics #CivilSociety #Toronto

Is it bad chat if 3/4 of the people I pass going up the street are staring at their phones #Sociology #Civics #CivilSociety #Toronto

Is it bad chat if 3/4 of the people I pass going up the street are staring at their phones #Sociology #Civics #CivilSociety #Toronto

Is it bad chat if 3/4 of the people I pass going up the street are staring at their phones #Sociology #Civics #CivilSociety #Toronto

Is it bad chat if 3/4 of the people I pass going up the street are staring at their phones #Sociology #Civics #CivilSociety #Toronto

Dive into American history! Heather Cox Richardson presents Week Four of the 250 to 250 Project, honoring the Declaration's 250th anniversary with videos on everyday Americans' agency. Stories span Joshua Chamberlain at Gettysburg and Eatonville's Black history. Watch the full roundup here: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/week-four-in-250-to-250 #WeAreAmerica250 #History #Civics

Dive into American history! Heather Cox Richardson presents Week Four of the 250 to 250 Project, honoring the Declaration's 250th anniversary with videos on everyday Americans' agency. Stories span Joshua Chamberlain at Gettysburg and Eatonville's Black history. Watch the full roundup here: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/week-four-in-250-to-250 #WeAreAmerica250 #History #Civics

✊🏽🇺🇸 Narrated by #LeVarBurton, the #poem Lift Every Voice and Sing powers this #animation in celebration of the anniversary of Juneteenth.

#Juneteenth marks the day when enslaved Black people in #Galveston, #Texas finally received news of their liberation in 1865.

👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/juneteenth-animation-google-doodle-for-kids

#1800s #america #americanhistory #art #artist #civics #civilrights #community #drawing #equalrights #google #government #history #holidays #poetry #racism #slavery #tksst #video

✊🏽🇺🇸 Narrated by #LeVarBurton, the #poem Lift Every Voice and Sing powers this #animation in celebration of the anniversary of Juneteenth.

#Juneteenth marks the day when enslaved Black people in #Galveston, #Texas finally received news of their liberation in 1865.

👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/juneteenth-animation-google-doodle-for-kids

#1800s #america #americanhistory #art #artist #civics #civilrights #community #drawing #equalrights #google #government #history #holidays #poetry #racism #slavery #tksst #video

What happened to the news? Via @elephants_in_rooms #Civics #Journalism youtu.be/nu8msHVrFso?...

What happened to the news?

What happened to the news? Via @elephants_in_rooms #Civics #Journalism youtu.be/nu8msHVrFso?...

What happened to the news?

Florida State University: FSU alumni launch AI startup to make legislation more accessible. “Florida State University alumni are using artificial intelligence to help make legislation easier to understand. Their startup, Delilah, is an AI-powered platform that summarizes complex bills and allows users to ask questions about proposed laws through a conversational interface. Founded by recent […]

Florida State University: FSU alumni launch AI startup to make legislation more accessible. “Florida State University alumni are using artificial intelligence to help make legislation easier to understand. Their startup, Delilah, is an AI-powered platform that summarizes complex bills and allows users to ask questions about proposed laws through a conversational interface. Founded by recent […]

NOW PLAYING == American Democracy Minute Episode 1049: #California Primary Mail-In Ballot Count Methodically Continues Amidst Trumped-Up Fraud Accusations, US #DOJ Investigations

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJTXscJ_f5A

#news #civics #uspol #education #activism #elections #votingrights #WeThPeople #civilliberties #democracy #GetBusy #LearnSomething #vsn #radio #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia #PacificaRadio

For the even bigger picture around US climate litigation news, we recommend The White House Effect.

Using exclusively archival material, this film tells the dramatic origin story of the climate crisis and how a political battle in the George H.W. Bush administration changed the course of history. As the world prepares for the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, President George H.W. Bush faces mounting pressure to make a decision that will change the course of history—culminating in the U.S. undermining a global agreement to set hard limits on emissions, setting the stage for the increasingly hot, dangerous, and polarized future we all now face.

Get our free learning guide to educate yourself, your classroom & your community. 3/3

https://journeysinfilm.org/film/the-white-house-effect/?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=social+media&utm_campaign=climate+litigation&utm_id=June+2026&utm_term=+Lighthiser+v.+Trump&utm_content=link

@histodons

#Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimatePolicy #Environment #EnvironmentalStudies #USGovernment #Civics #Education #Homeschooling #Movies #Documentary #Histodons #History #ClimateHistory #USHistory

For the even bigger picture around US climate litigation news, we recommend The White House Effect.

Using exclusively archival material, this film tells the dramatic origin story of the climate crisis and how a political battle in the George H.W. Bush administration changed the course of history. As the world prepares for the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, President George H.W. Bush faces mounting pressure to make a decision that will change the course of history—culminating in the U.S. undermining a global agreement to set hard limits on emissions, setting the stage for the increasingly hot, dangerous, and polarized future we all now face.

Get our free learning guide to educate yourself, your classroom & your community. 3/3

https://journeysinfilm.org/film/the-white-house-effect/?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=social+media&utm_campaign=climate+litigation&utm_id=June+2026&utm_term=+Lighthiser+v.+Trump&utm_content=link

@histodons

#Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimatePolicy #Environment #EnvironmentalStudies #USGovernment #Civics #Education #Homeschooling #Movies #Documentary #Histodons #History #ClimateHistory #USHistory

Youth v Gov is an award-winning documentary that follows the plaintiffs of Juliana v. United States, the groundbreaking youth climate suit which asserted that the US federal government as willfully acted over six decades to create the climate crisis, thus endangering their constitutional rights to life, liberty, and property.

We offer classroom-ready lesson plans that explore the US court system, fossil fuels and the environment, the US government and the fossil fuel industry, and a service learning lesson about making a difference in your own community.

We also offer a discussion guide that's great for public screenings.

Learn more including where to watch & get these free film guides 👇 2/3

https://journeysinfilm.org/film/youth-v-gov/?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=social+media&utm_campaign=climate+litigation&utm_id=June+2026&utm_term=+Lighthiser+v.+Trump&utm_content=link

#Education #Homeschooling #Movies #ClimateLitigation #ClimateAction #Climate #ClimateChange #Environment #Law #ClimatePolicy #Government #Civics #Activism

Youth v Gov is an award-winning documentary that follows the plaintiffs of Juliana v. United States, the groundbreaking youth climate suit which asserted that the US federal government as willfully acted over six decades to create the climate crisis, thus endangering their constitutional rights to life, liberty, and property.

We offer classroom-ready lesson plans that explore the US court system, fossil fuels and the environment, the US government and the fossil fuel industry, and a service learning lesson about making a difference in your own community.

We also offer a discussion guide that's great for public screenings.

Learn more including where to watch & get these free film guides 👇 2/3

https://journeysinfilm.org/film/youth-v-gov/?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=social+media&utm_campaign=climate+litigation&utm_id=June+2026&utm_term=+Lighthiser+v.+Trump&utm_content=link

#Education #Homeschooling #Movies #ClimateLitigation #ClimateAction #Climate #ClimateChange #Environment #Law #ClimatePolicy #Government #Civics #Activism

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🏛️🌳 On #Chicago’s #SouthSide, the #Obama Presidential Center opens this month – replete with a 69 m (225 ft) tall #museum tower, #library branch, athletic center, and #gardens.

It features 28 original artworks, including Julie Mehretu’s 25 m (83 ft) tall #stainedglass window, her first work in the medium.

👉 https://www.elle.com/culture/art-design/a71486761/obama-presidential-center-opening-art-2026/

#presidentialcenter #architecture #art #community #civics #education #design #urbanplanning #sculpture #history #president #usa

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🏛️🌳 On #Chicago’s #SouthSide, the #Obama Presidential Center opens this month – replete with a 69 m (225 ft) tall #museum tower, #library branch, athletic center, and #gardens.

It features 28 original artworks, including Julie Mehretu’s 25 m (83 ft) tall #stainedglass window, her first work in the medium.

👉 https://www.elle.com/culture/art-design/a71486761/obama-presidential-center-opening-art-2026/

#presidentialcenter #architecture #art #community #civics #education #design #urbanplanning #sculpture #history #president #usa

This follow-up on The Big Dig podcast series examines highway teardowns and things and is quite interesting--the BQE in NYC, interstates in Syracuse, Rochester. Done live vs recorded material. #infrastructure #highways #civics

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-big-dig/id1705087719?i=1000768720768

This follow-up on The Big Dig podcast series examines highway teardowns and things and is quite interesting--the BQE in NYC, interstates in Syracuse, Rochester. Done live vs recorded material. #infrastructure #highways #civics

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-big-dig/id1705087719?i=1000768720768

More support for gay candidates — but only if they look and act ‘straight’. Via @northwesternu #Civics #sociology #LGBTQ 🏳️‍🌈

More support for gay candidate...

More support for gay candidates — but only if they look and act ‘straight’. Via @northwesternu #Civics #sociology #LGBTQ 🏳️‍🌈

More support for gay candidate...

Would the average USian have been more likely to revolt earlier on if they'd understood more of the basics of how their representative democratic republic was supposed to work?

The Executive was already too powerful, but they've been overreaching with so little pushback since Jan 2025, I feel like the average USian must have little conception of what the Executive is allowed and not allowed to do, i.e. what the role of the Executive branch is. #USpol #Civics

Would the average USian have been more likely to revolt earlier on if they'd understood more of the basics of how their representative democratic republic was supposed to work?

The Executive was already too powerful, but they've been overreaching with so little pushback since Jan 2025, I feel like the average USian must have little conception of what the Executive is allowed and not allowed to do, i.e. what the role of the Executive branch is. #USpol #Civics

Socialism Is Destroying Seattle. Via @frontpagedocumentaries #Civics 🇺🇸 🗳️

Socialism Is Destroying Seattl...

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NOW PLAYING == American Democracy Minute Episode 1043: Federal Court Panel Rejects Alabama Congressional Map - Again - as Intentional Discrimination https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1bus1_GIH0#news #civics #uspol #education #activism #elections #votingrights #WeThPeople #civilliberties #democracy #GetBusy #LearnSomething #vsn #radio #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia https://mastodon.social/@VerdantSquareRadio/116653083663825174

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NOW PLAYING == American Democracy Minute Episode 1043: Federal Court Panel Rejects Alabama Congressional Map - Again - as Intentional Discrimination https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1bus1_GIH0#news #civics #uspol #education #activism #elections #votingrights #WeThPeople #civilliberties #democracy #GetBusy #LearnSomething #vsn #radio #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia https://mastodon.social/@VerdantSquareRadio/116653083663825174

NOW PLAYING == American Democracy Minute Episode 1043: Federal Court Panel Rejects Alabama Congressional Map - Again - as Intentional Discrimination

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1bus1_GIH0

#news #civics #uspol #education #activism #elections #votingrights #WeThPeople #civilliberties #democracy #GetBusy #LearnSomething #vsn #radio #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia #PacificaRadio

Hey #Sunnyvale #sfba #California residents! The city of Sunnyvale is conduncting an open-ended “Community forums” survey of what people like/dislike about city services. The sessions have several easy survey questions, and an open board on which you can use post-its to tell them what you like or don’t like.

If you are a Sunnyvale resident, please attend their next meeting on June 6 at the Sunnyvale Library. They have food, drinks, and childcare available so please attend and tell them what you think.

One thing I raised was my displeasure at the city using #Flock cameras. This is one way to get that issue tallied and reported to the city council in August. Please attend if you can!

#civics #localPolitics