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TIL the sun takes 225m Earth years to make one full orbit around the centre of The Milky Way. This is called the galactic year. [source, comments]
Forwarded from Ministry of good ideas
Good idea: Repair historic and present systems of oppression

https://www.waer.org/news/2023-12-20/gov-hochul-signs-bill-to-create-reparations-commission

Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law a measure to look at potential reparations for New Yorkers whose ancestors suffered under slavery in the state.

The new law establishes a task force to study the impact of slavery on present day New Yorkers, and look at the possibility of paying monetary reparations, as well as looking at changing housing policies, and reforming a criminal justice system that disproportionately imprisons Black and Brown people
Sounds good on paper, but in practice (and actions in the past) she doesn't want accountability for corporations that violate human rights, likes surveillance and used judges (illegaly!) to go after climate protesters who thought about sabotaging the army.
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-finance-minister-on-banking-regulation---we-must-act-/49087416
TIL about the great African American migration. Between 1910 and 1970, 6 million black Americans moved out of the rural south to urban northeast, Midwest, and west due to segregation and discrimination in the south. [source, comments]
TIL when Bob Dylan first heard the Animals' version of “House of the rising sun” on his car radio, he stopped to listen, jumped out of his car and banged on the bonnet. It later became one of the reasons why he went electric [source, comments]
Forwarded from Disobey
"Free your mind of the idea of deserving, the idea of earning, and you will begin to be able to think."

— Ursula K Le Guin
TIL that NYC’s drinking water contains tiny shrimp, making it technically not kosher [source, comments]
2023: The Year in Review—A World on the Brink

https://crimethinc.com/2023inreview

This year, war spread around the world along with ecological and economic crisis, showing what the consequences will be if we are not able to change course on a planetary scale. At the same time, a variety of inspiring struggles continue to play out, showing the tremendous untapped potential of humanity.

We review our own humble efforts over the past year, including the coverage we have provided from within social struggles and the projects we have contributed to them.