Good (Encouraging) Stuff (Part 1)

For those of us on the Twitters:

If you tweet #StarTrekUnitedGives, StarTrekUnited will donate $1 to Black Lives Matter charities. I know it’s not much, but small donations can add up. So let’s get this trending!

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Even if they’re only doing it for selfish political reasons, funding conservation efforts is good news.

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Business Insider: ‘We’re In. We’re Out’: The North Face becomes the first major company to boycott Facebook as the calls for advertisers to walk out of the platform in July intensify

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From the WaPo:

President Trump, after boasting about enthusiasm and promising a full house, spoke in an arena in Tulsa on Saturday night with many seats unfilled amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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The good news is that even his cult of followers doesn’t believe his downplaying bullshit about the virus, and alot of them stayed home. Let’s hope they stay home in November, too.

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K-pop fans are the heroes we need.

https://pluralistic.net/2020/06/21/stans/#kpop-stans

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Kpop Stans are alright by me…

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With the fire season upon us here in California (and living 10 minutes drive from one of the biggies last year), this is certainly encouraging for me:

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WaPo: Young Asians and Latinos push their parents to acknowledge racism amid protests

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/young-asians-and-latinos-push-their-parents-to-acknowledge-racism-amid-protests/ar-BB15NLRr?ocid=msedgntp

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Big Tech on the hook for billions in back taxes after US Supreme Court rejects Altera stock options case hearing

Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and a host of other tech giants will have to pay billions of dollars in extra tax after the Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal on a stock-option case.

America’s top court said [PDF] on Monday it will not review a decision by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals that stock-based compensation should be considered a US taxable asset.

“Quick! Get our lawyers and our lobbyists on the phone! We need to buy new laws!”

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Superintendent Scott Brabrand recommended six possible replacement names: John Lewis, Barack Obama, Mildred Loving, Cesar Chavez, Legacy and Central Springfield.

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