Moon (Oct. 30, 2019)

This 4th of July, celebrate the world you want to live in. Help reunite families by freeing imprisoned migrants held on bond.

On any given day in the U.S., there are over 55,000 people in immigration detention including children. Every day, community bond funds raise money to free our friends and neighbors from immigration detention and make sure they are able to work on their case from a place of freedom.

Your contribution to the 2019 Freedom Day Fund at the Community Justice Exchange will be distributed across the immigration bond funds of the National Bail Fund Network to help post bond for individuals in immigration detention.

For more information about the immigration bond funds of the National Bail Fund Network, go to bit.ly/localbailfunds.

National: Freedom for Immigrants, Haitian Immigrant Bond Assistance Project, LGBTQ Freedom Fund, RAICES Bond Fund

Arizona: Pima Monthly Meeting Immigration Bond Fund

California: Al Otro Lado - Vida Libre Bond Fund, Bay Area Immigration Bond Fund, Immigrant Families Defense Fund, Orange County Justice Fund, Borderlands Get Free Fund

Colorado: Immigrant Freedom Fund of Colorado

Connecticut: Immigrant Bail Fund

Iowa: Eastern Iowa Community Bond Project

Massachusetts: Beyond Bail & Legal Defense Fund

Michigan: Kent County I-BOND Fund

Minnesota: Minnesota Freedom Fund

New Hampshire: NH Conference UCC Immigrant & Refugee Support Group

New York: LIFE Bond Fund, New York Immigrant Freedom Fund

Ohio (and Northern Kentucky): 3R Fund for Immigrants

Texas: Fronterizo Fianza Fund, Hutto Community Deportation Defense & Bond Fund, RAICES Texas Bond Fund

Vermont: Vermont Freedom Bail Fund

Virginia: Cville Immigrant Fond Fund

Washington: Fair Fight Immigrant Bond Fund

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• Use the hand you write with.

• Make a fist with your thumb outside, not tucked inside. If it’s tucked inside your fist, when you punch someone, you might break your thumb. The thumb goes across your fingers, not on the side.

• Don’t be like in the movies—don’t aim for the face. Face punches don’t usually stop people, and you can miss when they duck their head or break your hand on their jaw. If you want to get away quickly, or end a fight, aim for the chest, or the ribs. If you really want to do some damage, e.g., you’re being attacked, aim for the throat, which will make it hard for your attacker to breathe for a hot minute.

• When you punch, you want to aim and hit with your first two knuckles. Not the flats of your fingers, and not your ring or pinky knuckles, which can break more easily. You can use your weight, if you’re on your feet, to add wallop, and spring into a punch with your feet and torso.

Octopus filmed changing colours while sleeping.

Now this is something I’d watch on tv!

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Lyft just offered me free credits to break the strike this week.

There’s a lyft / uber strike planned this week from 7am to 9pm on Wednesday May 8th. I got a notification this morning that every ride taken this week gives me credit on future rides. I found that tempting but then remembered why they are doing it - to encourage folks to cross a picket line. I for one won’t be taking advantage of this offer, as I stand in solidarity with people utilizing their right to free speech to bargain for better working conditions.

Consider this a friendly reminder to those who follow me that this is happening, and I hope you’ll support the apps’ drivers in their quests for better pay.

Cross Section of a Dyed Plant Stem Showing Primary Growth

Source of second picture: Biology LibreTexts