#factsmatter — Public Fediverse posts
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Today represents three different countries celebrating their independence. Republic of Congo (15th August 1960) from France, India (15th August 1947) from the United Kingdom, and South Korea (15th August 1945) from Japan. #FactsMatter #RepublicofCongo #India #SouthKorea
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CW: CW: transphobia, misinformation, cis-feelings
Funny how some people suddenly decide Latin is offensive.
Cis- has been a scientific prefix for centuries. Chemists use it. Geographers used it. Linguists, doctors and psychologists use it. Cisgender simply means your gender matches the sex you were assigned at birth. It's descriptive, not an insult.
The real discomfort isn't the word. It's no longer being treated as the invisible "default" while insisting everyone else be put into categories.
Science needed a precise term. It found one. Your exclusionary feelings weren't part of the peer review.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights #Trans #Cisgender #Science #LGBTQIA #Queer #FactsMatter #StandWithTransPeople
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Technically the Transformer in Port Hope is a Bumblebee lookalike while the Cavendish Transformer is meant to be Optimus Prime.
Thought I'd correct that before the Transformer nerds got riled up.
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Today is known as Belgium's National Day. The date celebrates the ascension of Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld to the throne, to become the first King of Belgium, Leopold I, on 21st July 1831. #FactsMatter #Belgium
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Today is Bastille Day, which is the National Day of France. It marks the anniversary of French citizens storming the Bastille fortress/prison in 1789, a key event in the French Revolution and History. #FactsMatter #France
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The world's oldest sweet shop, Ichimonjiya Wasuke, known locally as Ichiwa, operates in Kyoto, Japan. It was founded in the year 1000 CE to provide refreshments to pilgrims and is still run by the same family, now in its 25th generation. #FactsMatter
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A “moment” was a medieval unit of time, which is equivalent to approximately 90 seconds. A moment was defined as 1/40th of a solar hour. Since a solar hour is 3,600 seconds (divided by 40), this equates to exactly 90 seconds. #FactsMatter
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One of the world's smallest islands is called Just Enough Room. Located in the Thousand Islands chain on the St. Lawrence River near Alexandria Bay, New York, the island has just enough room for a house, tree, and a tiny beach. The island is 306.58 m2 in size. #FactsMatter
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One Crisis, Two Faces Jeffrey Epstein's Death, Public Trust and Democratic Accountability #FactsMatter #EvidenceMatters #AccountabilityMatters
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Today is known as Greenland's National Day, where the date celebrates the national identity of Greenland. The day was introduced by the former Home Rule in 1985, and it was on this date that Greenland gained self-government in 2009. #FactsMatter #Greenland
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Today is known as Iceland's National Day. The date celebrates the dissolution of the Danish–Icelandic Act of Union following the 1944 Icelandic constitutional referendum. Iceland was formally proclaimed a republic on 17th June 1944. #FactsMatter #Iceland
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Today is known as Portugal's National Day. Known as Portugal Day, the date honours the death of Luís de Camões, a poet and national literary icon, on 10th June 1580. This day also pays tribute to Portugal, the Portuguese people and their worldwide culture. #FactsMatter #Portugal
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Today is known as Sweden's National Day. The date celebrates the election of King Gustav I of Sweden on 6th June 1523 and the adoption of the constitutions of 1809 and 1974. #FactsMatter #Sweden
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"The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it."
George Orwell
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Assaulted CHILDREN in the #Epsteinfiles. Fixed it for you brother, #FactsMatter
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:j3fxv6pz3ugl62bel5guesfg/post/3mnccdudizk2n -
Today is the 85th anniversary of the sinking of the German battleship, Bismarck. At the time, the Bismarck was one of the most formidable battleships ever built, though it sank on its maiden voyage by the British. Out of a crew of over 2,200 men, only 114 survived. #FactsMatter
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Today is Yemen's National Day. Known as Unity Day, the date celebrates the unification of North Yemen and South Yemen on 22nd May 1990. #FactsMatter #Yemen
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A pastor said liberalism makes men gay. Science: prenatal testosterone shapes neural architecture before birth. Epigenetic womb modification. Each older brother raises male homosexuality probability ~33% via maternal immune response. Homosexuality documented in 450+ species. Zero of them vote.
#LGBTQRights #QueerScience #HomophobiaKills #Science #ChurchAndState #LGBTQ #EqualityNow #FactsMatter #QueerJustice #ThistleAndMoss -
RT by @EU_UNGeneva: In July 1944, the Soviet Union reoccupied Lithuania and other Baltic states and used military force to crush the efforts of Lithuanian citizens to restore statehood. The Soviet propaganda machine tried to disguise the occupation by creating a false narrative of liberation. #WordsMatter #FactsMatter
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https://nitter.net/LtGva/status/2050181904213713373#m -
The 1st of May is known as May Day. It is celebrated for two unrelated reasons; the first is a European festival celebrating the start of Summer, while the other is International Workers' Day, which celebrates the international labour movement. #FactsMatter #MayDay
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The world doesn't need more explosions; it needs more revelations. 🕊️
Why is it that governments find it so much easier to fund a war than to release a set of documents? 🧐True power isn't found in bombs and missiles—it's found in the truth. It’s time to stop the violence and start the transparency.
Let’s prioritize the "information revolution" over the "destruction cycle." Information heals; violence only hides. 📊⚖️
Drop files, not bombs. 📁🚫💣
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In the past 100 years, we've gone from believing we're the only galaxy in the universe to understanding that there are could be as many two trillion galaxies in the universe. #FactsMatter
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Ducks are mostly aquatic birds living in both fresh water and sea water, and are found on every continent except for Antarctica. #FactsMatter
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ICYMI - ‘Honors like this from SPJ and the very court cases themselves serve the public by keeping all governments on notice that the public is always watching through the eyes of the media’
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ICYMI - ‘Honors like this from SPJ and the very court cases themselves serve the public by keeping all governments on notice that the public is always watching through the eyes of the media’
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PERRY: Government transparency warriors deserve the SPJ nod to Aurora Sentinel battle
‘Honors like this from SPJ and the very court cases themselves serve the public by keeping all governments on notice that the public is always watching through the eyes of the media’
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PERRY: Government transparency warriors deserve the SPJ nod to Aurora Sentinel battle
‘Honors like this from SPJ and the very court cases themselves serve the public by keeping all governments on notice that the public is always watching through the eyes of the media’
