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Sunday, September 3rd, 2023 was a beautiful day in Columbus, Ohio. The air was warm but not brutally hot, and the sun shined brightly without a dark cloud in the sky. People sat on the park benches or in the grass staring at their phones or lying on blankets chatting with their fellow guests. Around the park, one of the city's busiest sections hummed along on an unusually busy Sunday; with Labor Day preceding this Sunday, the Short North experienced the same activity it would on a usual Friday evening. The familiar bike carts, powered by drunken tourists fully exploiting the novelty, chugged along the streets cheering loudly at any notable event or witty remark made by their driver. They often worked to entice those around them stuck walking on the sidewalks to join in their excitement, but they were usually ignored.
Ever since Donald Trump became a former president, news outlets and commentators have cited polls showing that many Republicans believe violence might be needed to save the country. As Trump’s legal woes increase, so do mainstream media alarms about the specter of violent responses. But we’ve heard virtually nothing about connections between two decades of nonstop U.S. warfare overseas and attitudes favoring political violence at home.
Green Columbus is recruiting AmeriCorps Service Members for a Central Ohio AmeriCorps team!
This team will be dedicated to conservation implementation and education & outreach in several counties around Central Ohio.
Green Columbus will be hosting 1 service member from the team of 12 through August 2024.
Know someone who may be interested? Learn more and find out how to apply at https://www.franklinswcd.org/employment-opportunities.
Sunday, September 3, 2023, 6pm
Goodale Park Gazebo, 120 W. Goodale
Hosted by People's Justice Project
#BlackPowerMatters #BlackLiberation
I’m watching a rapper. She cusses. Kari Faux is from Little Rock, Arkansas. She lives in Southern California. She cusses.
Kari’s “Real Bitches Don’t Die Tour” played Columbus Tuesday. Kari’s show started with “Real Bitches Don’t Die” which is an angry diatribe about coping with betrayal and death which sounds like a celebration. She cusses in an anthem. “Real Bitches Don’t Die” is catharsis.
I took the number 1 from Olentangy River Road so I could look at the Wu-Tang/Nas/De La Soul sign in front the Schott.
I heard “Real Bitches Don’t Die” from outside but wasn’t inside the Basement yet. I didn’t know if there was a room of women flailing middle fingers.
Kari’s past collaborators include Gangsta Boo, Devin the Dude, Childish Gambino, and Big Krit. I think Karl cusses during all those songs.
I walked in as Kari Faux launched into “Me First” which led a packed room of ladies’ screaming about orgasms. Kari Faux wants an orgasm from oral sex, a rousing finger banging, or a meticulous romp before a man ejaculates. I guess that’s mansplaining a ladies’ sexual desire. I will write from my experience……I’m a man.
Julian Assange is facing possible extradition from Britain to the United States, to continue his brutal punishment (which the UN special rapporteur on torture has called torture) and to be tried in a criminal court for the offense of having exposed crimes by the U.S. military.
What he did may be rare, but we ought to be able to identify it as what it is: journalism.
Assange spent seven years confined in Equador's embassy in London, where he found refuge from what he correctly maintained -- but the U.S. government falsely denied -- was an effort by the U.S. government to have him extradited to the United States. While he was there, the U.S. government had him spied on, violated his attorney-client privlege, and made plans to murder him.
Since then, Assange has spent four more years in a British prison where his health has been deteriorating. That's a total of 11 years in confinement, and the U.S. Justice Department now wants him to spend even more years in a U.S. prison.
Julian Assange has already been punished for the crime of journalism.
Friday, September 1, 6:30pm
Goodale Park Gazebo, 120 W. Goodale
At 10am today, footage of the state-sanctioned murder of Ta'Kiya Young wss released to the public. This event will give space for you to express your frustrations while demanding accountability.
Sponsored by People's Justice Project
#JusticeforTaKiya
Staff at the Pickerington Public Library are organizing to form a union. If successful, they would become the third library system in Central Ohio to unionize through the Ohio Federation of Teachers (OFT). In 2021 and 2022, library workers at Worthington Libraries and Grandview Heights Public Library formed unions in affiliation with OFT. Fairfield County Library workers are also organized through the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME).
On August 10, the Pickerington Public Library staff formally asked the library’s Director and Board of Trustees to voluntarily recognize their union. Signed union cards were presented to the State Employee Relations Board (SERB) as well, the office which will count the vote. At least 73 percent of staff in the library system, spanning two locations, had signed cards indicating their support for the unionization effort.
We've all had unimaginable childhood dreams growing up. But what if one of those dreams became a reality? Neil Blomkamp's movie adaptation of the video game "Gran Turismo" delves into this notion. What's captivating is that it's grounded in the incredible true story of a team of underdogs in auto racing: a unique blend of a video game movie and a biopic.
The film is based on a real-life contest that allowed the best Gran Turismo players to race for real. Despite following familiar underdog tropes, the film is well-crafted and features impressive racing sequences. "Gran Turismo" is a video game adaptation that blurs the line between reality and fiction, showcasing how a racing simulator can train someone to become skilled in the real world.
Archie Madekwe portrays Jann Mardenborough, an avid gamer from Cardiff who dedicates nearly every waking moment to dominating Gran Turismo on PlayStation. He dreams of becoming a real-life race car driver. The problem? His expertise lies in the virtual world; he doesn't know the first thing about racing actual cars.