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Musk has hair implants and dyes it.
Trump, Meloni, Wilders and Boris Johnson bleach their hair.
Xi and the late Berlusconi dye(d) their hair.
Putin's face reflects cosmetic treatment.

People who try to deceive you with their appearance will probably also do so with their deeds and statements.

Report: Three Cornell University scholars have filed a lawsuit seeking a nationwide injunction to block Trump orders to deport or jail advocates for Palestinian rights.

“We’ve been here before", said one, "McCarthyism to Civil Rights to Vietnam, times when this country has deviated from its stated commitments to free speech.

"This is another generational moment, another hour of reckoning. Why is there a Palestine exception?"

aje.io/b9a7n9?update=3584127

#StudentProtests #USPol #Autocracy #Trump .

60 Minutes - Newsmakers
What musicians did after an executive order on DEI led to the cancellation of U.S. Marine Band collaboration

"...I just felt like, well, there's usually two responses to something. You can complain about it, or you could do something about it. I chose the latter within seconds. And it was the easiest decision ever.....
With the active-duty Marines ordered to stand down, Equity Arc reached out to retirees who answered the call from everywhere, former band members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, Westpoint, the Naval Academy and the Marines....The original Marine Band concert would have been seen by hundreds. Here, tonight, these musicians are being heard by millions...."

youtube.com/watch?v=lhwS06U1Sn

Analysis: "The ‘Pick Me’ mindset and childhood trauma"

"For a long time, I thought I was different—better, even—than other women."

I dismissed women’s opinions, rolled my eyes at anything too girly, prided myself on being one of the boys, believing "it made me smarter, cooler, above all that "feminine drama".

"But the truth? I wasn’t different. I was just drowning in internalized misogyny."

plus.flux.community/p/the-pick

#Misogyny #FalseConsciousness #WomensLiberation #Psychology #USPol #Trauma .

Flux · The ‘Pick Me’ mindset and childhood traumaBy Vudu Dahl

Just now thinking of several weeks ago when I posted something letting folks on SNAP know they should maybe think of getting shelf-stable staples if they could, and giving some suggestions.

I got ABSOLUTELY FLAMED by someone who accused me of trying to harm people by making them panic.

I wasn't.

But I wonder whether they regret their reaction now. #USpol

Juice Media: "Minority government"

Australia's preferential system enables voters to number their favourite parties in order on their ballot and put autocratic parties last.

If a voter's Number 1 party doesn't win, that vote passes to their 2nd choice. In other words, voters" choices are not "wasted".

"Thanks to our awesome preferential voting system"

youtube.com/watch?v=-xUFUXMiaDs

#AusPol #USPol #AustralianElection #MultiPartyGovernment #MinorityGovernment #PreferentialVoting .