This week we talk about:
- The art exhibit showing Yoko Ono might have a sense of humor, featuring a reference to an old Simpsons episode
- The irony of sending a kid home from school with a permission slip to read Fahrenheit 451
- Twitter killing off Vine and additionally, sucking at life
- The horrible juxtaposition of the Bundy ranchers getting acquitted of doing a thing everyone saw them doing, while police beat peaceful Native Americans at Sacred Stone Camp
Related – if you are horrified by what is going on in North Dakota and you’d like a concrete way to help, see the following links:
10 Things You Can Do to Help the Native Americans protesting the DAPL
Supply List for Sacred Stone Camp
Also, the UN is now observing what’s going on there.
And here is a great video about what the water protectors are doing and why.
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Something for everyone in this post! Especially the F451 reference- I’m still waiting on my TV walls that interact with me…
Thanks!
This is so interesting. I am still trying to figure out why people on Fbook keep checking in to the national park.
xo Jessica
http://www.whatsfordinneresq.com
I can tell you that one! The idea is that the police are using Facebook check-ins to try to find people participating in the protest, so people who aren’t actually there are checking in as a way to confuse law enforcement. Apparently there is some question about whether it’s actually helpful, but I think a lot of folks are just doing it as a show of solidarity too.
It is so sad that as people we are so calloused towards each other in our decision makings. That money and personal biases prevents us from seeing each other as human beings. That laws and economic decisions, as necessary as they are, comes down to ink on paper and more money in the pockets of those that have too much already. It is great that they are willing to peacefully stand for something. Thanks for sharing!
Very well said. Thanks for that.
Interesting post and site, lots of things that I hadn’t even heard of. Terrible world we live in sometimes, I do not understand people.
Nobody can understand people. They are terrible, usually!
thanks for sharing!
Thanks for reading/listening!
This NODAPL situation makes me so angry. If it wasn’t for the people I follow on Twitter I wouldn’t have know about it. I’m proud of them for fighting and I think we can learn the importance of standing our ground from this sad situation.
Me too, furious. I agree with you.
I think we get so caught up in our own lives we stop seeing others as people as well.
Yes, and you can’t sit around thinking about all the awful things happening in the world or it will be overwhelming. That’s why I like to try to find some concrete way to help when possible.
Yes! Love it! we are only one oerson and we can still make a difference in many peoples lives.
I wondered what all the FB check-ins were all about. Very interesting read. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for reading! Let us know if you check out the podcast!
I still can’t believe that vine is now a goner. It was good while it lasted. Keep up the good work with your podcast.
Poor vine. And thanks! Feel free to subscribe. *waggles eyebrows*
Great post! I loved watching the video you provided. It’s such a great video. I have to share it with my family. 🙂
Glad you enjoyed!
Wow! It’s pretty sad that things like this are happening still. Great write-up.
It’s very upsetting, yes. 🙁
such a sad time that we live in 🙁
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I had no idea that Vine was gone! Crazy.
Yeah honestly I only knew because people were talking about it a lot on Twitter. Ha ha.
This was insightful,
Thank you! Now I feel smart. 🙂
I had so many people check in the other day!!! I figured it was for support but so many people actually thought these people are there lol
Yes, I was seeing a lot of confusion about it too.
Interesting Post. The security agencies do make good use of technology and social media.
Yes, for sure they do.
Thank you for bringing attention to the protests in North Dakota. The video is excellent and help spread the word.
It is a great video, I loved it when I found it. A while back the government had stopped construction on the DAPL and I thought maybe we were headed somewhere better but it’s back to the same terrible stuff. So awful.
It has been interesting to watch how all this has been happening. I lived in South Dakota for years, it is amazing land out there and so pretty.
Yes, I have been to North and South Dakota, it’s beautiful.
People can be hard to figure out but to try to figure out the mystery of a person is like trying to understand the ideologies of this land.
Wow this is definitely an educational piece that I must share with my friends!
Very interesting and i love the video very much. It is something worth sharing with family and friends. Good post.
Very interesting and informative! Great post!
All great topics! I love the way you organized this. Thank you for sharing!
Xoxo,
Kylie Gravlee
http://www.coffeewithkylie.com
It’s upsetting to see this still happening. Not sure how this world is turning out to be.
Very interesting post .. Its really sad to see what’s happening to the drinking water 🙁
— DT | Here I Scribble
It really is a tragedy what’s going on with the Native Americans. I can’t believe we’re allowed to still do things like this today.
The Waiting for the Train sounds like a great show and I can see some great topics being discussed in this episode. The Native Americans story is something I would like to hear more as it so sad to see what is happening around!
I’ve never heard of Waiting for a Train, but then again I rarely watch TV. I’ve been following the protest.
There are so many things that happened this week. I can’t believe that the protesters are treated that way, it’s an outrage.
This is so heartbreaking, I hope they get what they want in time. It’s a long process but if we fight with them, we might get the outcome that they deserve.