#North Americans

[kickerofelves]

Bleeding Heart Tetra — North Americans

[the-heaminator]

HEAM. YOU HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED THE FURSONA OF A RACCOON AND THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT.

HONESTLY FROM WHAT IVE HEARD ABUT RACCONS IT SEEMS FAIR

[listenlook]

North Americans - The Last Rockabilly

From their Long Cool World album released in 2023

[knick-nudiex]

As of 2024, the population of North America was 613,149,877. This is about 7.5% of the world's population. 

Explanation

North America is the fourth most populated continent in the world, after Asia, Africa, and Europe. 

The United States is the most populated country in North America. 

The population density of North America is 54 people per square mile. 

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Life Saving Patrol by Edward Moran

[theindyreview]

Scene Stories: Demystifying the Los Angeles Drummer

Scene Stories: Demystifying the Los Angeles Drummer #Drummer #GregSettino, reveals how to build a fulfilling life as a working #musician #LosAngeles #story @North_Americans #interview #freelance #TigerCity #eggdropsoup

This article was supposed to be about a 2022 song by Petey, called “Lean into Life.” It’s a great song and you should totally give it a listen. It almost sounds like you are listening to “Someone Great” by LCD Soundsystem. The vocals and hooks that follow have a matter-of-fact specificity that also evoke James Murphy, in a way that feels good. The lyrics present a harsh and vivid mirror, and make…

[snototter]

A young American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) rides on the back of its mother in Brazos Bend State Park, Texas, USA

by Rick Dunlap

[reasonsforhope]

"Buried among Florida’s manicured golf courses and sprawling suburbs are the artifacts of its slave-holding past: the long-lost cemeteries of enslaved people, the statues of Confederate soldiers that still stand watch over town squares, the old plantations turned into modern subdivisions that bear the same name. But many students aren’t learning that kind of Black history in Florida classrooms.

In an old wooden bungalow in Delray Beach, Charlene Farrington and her staff gather groups of teenagers on Saturday mornings to teach them lessons she worries that public schools won’t provide. They talk about South Florida’s Caribbean roots, the state’s dark history of lynchings, how segregation still shapes the landscape and how grassroots activists mobilized the Civil Rights Movement to upend generations of oppression.

“You need to know how it happened before so you can decide how you want it to happen again,” she told her students as they sat as their desks, the morning light illuminating historic photographs on the walls.

Florida students are giving up their Saturday mornings to learn about African American history at the Spady Cultural Heritage Museum in Delray Beach and in similar programs at community centers across the state. Many are supported by Black churches, which for generations have helped forge the cultural and political identity of their parishioners.

Since Faith in Florida developed its own Black history toolkit last year, more than 400 congregations have pledged to teach the lessons, the advocacy group says.

Florida has required public schools to teach African American history for the past 30 years, but many families no longer trust the state’s education system to adequately address the subject.

By the state’s own metrics, just a dozen Florida school districts have demonstrated excellence at teaching Black history, by providing evidence that they are incorporating the content into lessons throughout the school year and getting buy-in from the school board and community partners.

School district officials across Florida told The Associated Press that they are still following the state mandate to teach about the experience of enslavement, abolition and the “vital contributions of African Americans to build and strengthen American society.”

But a common complaint from students and parents is that the instruction seems limited to heroic figures such as the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks and rarely extends beyond each February’s Black History Month.

When Sulaya Williams’ eldest child started school, she couldn’t find the comprehensive instruction she wanted for him in their area. So in 2016, she launched her own organization to teach Black history in community settings.

“We wanted to make sure that our children knew our stories, to be able to pass down to their children,” Williams said.

Williams now has a contract to teach Saturday school at a public library in Fort Lauderdale, and her 12-year-old daughter Addah Gordon invites her classmates to join her.

“It feels like I’m really learning my culture. Like I’m learning what my ancestors did,” Addah said. “And most people don’t know what they did.”"

-via AP News, December 23, 2024

[karinyosa]

id:

a tweet by azadeh shahshahani (@ashahshahani) that says, "anticipate heightened targeting of palestinian and muslim community members by the fbi in the coming weeks.

if you live in the u.s. south and are contacted by the fbi for questioning, contact us at project south.

the national lawyers guild has a national hotline: (212) 679-2811"

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[have-you-seen-this-animal]

This animal was requested!

[kickerofelves]

Going Steady — North Americans

[possumnest]

i have extra bird stickers and now you can buy them!

if you have a favorite, you can buy them individually, or buy all 5 at a discount :]

link here!

[oldnorthcarolina]

cemetery angel, December 2023

[unsolicited-opinions]

The Western far left: The far right is antisemitic, so we clearly are not!

The Western far right: The far left is antisemitic, so we clearly are not!

North American Jews:

The only difference between you is that the far right pretends to care about Israelis and the far left pretends to care about equity and justice.

Neither movement supports critical thinking, truth, or honest consideration of good faith arguments from those with whom they disagree.

Members of both movements immediately discard any facts which injure the ego-saving narratives they tell themselves about themselves.

Both movements are allergic to nuance.

Neither movement is a friend to the Jewish people.

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Aurora Borealis by Frederic Edwin Church