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For some trans women, weddings aren't just public declarations of their love for their partners — they're powerful expressions of gender euphoria. PS talked to four brides about their big-day inspiration, from Disney Princess gowns to Audrey Hepburn hair, and why they want to tell their stories. "I never thought that it would be a reality for me," says Toronto-based Jamie Pandit. "I think not only finding love but also getting married and having someone publicly show their love for [regardless of] what people will think, it's something that I still think about and means so much to me."

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#Lifestyle #Style #Beauty #Weddings #LGBTQ #Pride #TransRights #TransRightsAreHumanRights

"The Peter Principle" is a term coined in 1969 by Laurence J. Peter and Raymond Hull — it was the name of their book exploring the idea that employees are often promoted beyond their level of competence. Big Think's Jonny Thomson says this is often a consequence of rewarding good followers with leadership positions. "What Hull and Peter point out is that it makes no sense at all to assume that someone who’s lived their career in unoriginal subordination would suddenly become Abraham Lincoln with a corner office," he writes. Here's his story for Big Think about what we can learn from the theory — and how we can avoid its pitfalls.

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#Work #Lifestyle #PeterPrinciple #HumanResources #Business #Philosophy

Many Americans are living through what U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy called an “epidemic of loneliness and isolation.” Meanwhile, the country is experiencing growing political and cultural divisiveness. But it doesn’t have to be that way. In her newest book titled “Loving Connections,” activist and scholar Adrienne Maree Brown offers a practical guide to empathy that may transform more than our relationships with one another. Read about it from Grist: https://flip.it/JzVCv5
#Culture #Books #Bookstodon #Reading #Empathy #Earth

Is Banksy a great artist? It sounds like a resounding yes from author Kelly Grovier, who studied “every inch of the street artist's back catalogue” for his new book, “How Banksy Saved Art History.” After a string of new artworks sprung up around London, Gravier reveals the clues that unlock Banksy’s historical genius. Read more in his article for BBC Culture: https://flip.it/TZV5p9
#Culture #Art #Banksy #London #StreetArt

While some athletes have raved about the muffins and others have complained about the cardboard beds, some American Olympians are taking advantage of the free healthcare. Team USA rugby player Ariana Ramsey didn't just get a bronze medal in Paris — she's had a pap smear, X-ray, teeth cleaning, and an eye test. She's posted about this on TikTok, influenced other athletes in the Village to visit medical professionals, and now plans to fight for universal healthcare in the U.S. Here's more from Sports Illustrated.

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#Olympics #Sports #USA #Healthcare #UniversalHealthcare

WordStar, an MS-DOS-based word-processing program released in 1978, was loved by writers as diverse as Ralph Ellison, Anne Rice, and George R.R. Martin, because of its ability to capture the long-hand writing experience. Now, we can all give it a try thanks to Robert J. Sawyer, a Hugo- and Nebula-winning author who has released a complete archive of the program, along with MS-DOS emulators and all its manuals. Here's more from Gizmodo.

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#Tech #Emulators #WordStar #Writing #AmWriting #RobertJSawyer

The U.S. marks the abolition of slavery on June 19th. Canada's emancipation day was August 1, 1834. @MONTECRISTO_mag's Tom Hawthorn explains the history of slavery in Canada, how its ending has been celebrated by Black Canadians for nearly two centuries, and its enduring mark on the country. "Those who owned slaves were neither pilloried nor punished. Many were honoured, and the names of Canadian slaveowners dot the landscape, including Jarvis Street in Toronto, named for Samuel Peters Jarvis, the scion of a louche, slave-owning family that owned six humans and lobbied for extending slavery even in the face of an abolitionist public sentiment."

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#Canada #BlackHistory #CanadianHistory #History @histodons @blackmastodon

Three years ago, Simone Biles pulled out of the team gymnastics final. Today, the 4-foot-8 athlete took to the floor to clinch gold for Team USA. CNN reports on her preparations, emotions through the day, and the routine that led to her becoming the most decorated American gymnast in the Games, and the oldest American to win an Olympic gymnastics medal at the grand old age of 27.

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#Olympics #OlympicGames #SimoneBiles #Gymnastics #Sports #GOAT

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has ruled that Amazon is responsible for recalling dangerous products sold by third parties on its platform. More than 400,000 of such products have been recalled, including faulty carbon monoxide detectors, hairdryers without electrocution protection, and kids' sleepwear that violates flammability standards. Here's more from CBS.

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#Amazon #Shopping #Lifestyle #ConsumerProtection #Recalls #USLaw

Mega Zoom calls have been a major driver of support and fundraising for Kamala Harris's presidential campaign, starting with a group of 44,000 Black women who raised $1.6 million, just a few hours after Harris launched her bid for the White House. @19thnews spoke to some of the organizers and participants of calls for South Asian women, Latinas and white women. Next up: White Dudes for Harris, and the cross-coalition Women for Harris, both of which calls take place today (Monday).

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#Politics #USPolitics #KamalaHarris #Women #Culture #PopCulture #Zoom

Russell T. Davies has announced a new "Doctor Who" spin-off, "The War Between The Land And The Sea." The show will star Russell Tovey and Gugu Mbatha Raw. Both have appeared in the series in the past, but will play new roles. Jemma Redgrave will be back as Kate Lethbridge-Stewart, and Alexander Devrient returns as Colonel Ibrahim. The five-part series was announced at San Diego Comic-Con. Here's more from the BBC.

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#DoctorWho #BBC #Whovians #TV #Television #SciFi #ScienceFiction

@seanbala Every time someone comments there's a show that we'd forgotten about and loved — "The Afterparty" season one was fab. Had not heard about the cancelation of "Schmigadoon." What a shame!

The Ohio Supreme Court ruled today that consumers cannot expect boneless chicken wings to actually be free of bones, rejecting a suit by a man who suffered serious medical complications after getting a bone stuck in his throat. Justice Joseph T. Deters wrote: "A diner reading ‘boneless wings’ on a menu would no more believe that the restaurant was warranting the absence of bones in the items than believe that the items were made from chicken wings, just as a person eating ‘chicken fingers’ would know that he had not been served fingers.” The dissenting justices called Deters' reasoning "utter jabberwocky." Here's more from the AP.

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#Food #Health #USLaw #Law #Ohio

Kamala Harris's campaign song is Beyoncé's 2016 anthem, "Freedom." The track comes from "Lemonade" and features Kendrick Lamar. NPR shares some of the song's lyrics, and dives into the friendship between Queen Bey and the VP. Click the second link to hear the song.

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#Music #Culture #Beyonce #KamalaHarris #USElection

Bob Newhart, the iconic comedian and sitcom star, has died at age 94. Born in 1929 in a Chicago suburb, he trained as an accountant and worked as a copywriter before unexpectedly having a hit comedy album at nearly 30. He went on to sell millions of albums, star in two hit sitcoms, win three Grammy Awards and two Emmys, and the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Here's NBC's tribute to him.

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#BobNewhart #Television #TuneIn #Comedy #Celebrity #RIP #InMemoriam

Maybe voters in this poll peeked? We thought turnip was a great decoy answer, but most voters spotted it as the word with a clear etymology. It has origins in Old English (turn, for its shape, as in to turn on a lathe) and Latin (næp, from napus, which means... turnip). Some great discussion in the comments from @ancientsounds who pointed out that the term "proper words" is not used in linguistics, nor helpful — "Apart from in the term 'proper noun', the word 'proper' is deprecated in linguistics (in English publications) because it suggests some value-laden judgement about words, and we avoid judgmental descriptions of any aspect of any language," they explained. @maj and @tobiaspatton mulled the term "proper" — whether it came from the French or Middle English "propre." And @queenofnewyork and @luc both pointed out that they had read the poll the opposite way from how we'd intended, choosing the "proper" word rather than the "improper" one, whatever that means. All in all... not our finest poll! Next up, we're back on steadier and less academic ground with a simple survey of tea and coffee preferences.

In 1811, the Woodland Plantation House in Louisiana was the site of one of the largest slave revolts in U.S. history. Now, for the first time, the home is under Black ownership thanks to twin sisters Jo and Joy Banner and their non-profit, the Descendants Project. Here's NPR's story about the history of the house, and the Banner sisters' plans for its future. “Our mission is to eradicate the legacies of slavery so for us, it's the intersection of historic preservation, the preservation of our communities, which are also historic, and our fight for environmental justice,” says Joy Banner.

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#BlackMastodon @blackmastodon #History @histodons #BlackHistory #USA #AmericanHistory

More than one billion animals are kept as pets around the world. But bioethicist Jessica Pierce says that might not be great for our furry, feathered and scaly friends. In this story for @time, she discusses the potential harms of pet ownership, including whether it's ok to buy and sell animals and use them for our own gratification, the anguish of captivity, and the climate impacts of pet-keeping. She also posits a new way forward, in which human-animal ties are mutual and freely chosen. It's a very thought-provoking article; tell us in the comments what you think.

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#Lifestyle #PetOwnership #Pets #Ethics

Reports of the death of Noam Chomsky appear to be untrue. The New Statesman and Jacobin published obituaries for the 95-year-old linguist, philosopher, activist and intellectual, who is known to have had a stroke last year, however Cauê Seigner Ameni, editor of Jacobin Brasil tweeted that he has spoken to Chomsky's wife, Valerie, and he is alive. The New Statesman has now taken down its obituary, while Jacobin has given its tribute a new headline: "Let’s Celebrate Noam Chomsky, the Intellectual and Moral Giant."

https://jacobin.com/2024/06/noam-chomsky-obituary-media-theory-elites

#NoamChomsky

Gabby Petito went missing in the summer of 2021 and was later found to have been murdered by her fiancé. Her disappearance generated enormous publicity, which at the time was described by activists as "Missing White Woman Syndrome," where white crime victims get more attention than non-white ones. Now, Gabby's family and the foundation they created in her honor are campaigning for every missing person to get the same level of publicity as she did. Here's an interview from People magazine with her father Joe.

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#Crime #Activism #Equality #GabbyPetito #Justice