Mister Midnight

@calliecadillac.bsky.social posted this, and it seems fun. I'll post a few answers, and if anyone would like a specific question answered, just ask.

Okay, I deleted the original post because people didn't check the link at all and mistook my typo of "young men" seriously. I clearly meant young women. Not sure why this isn't a bigger story, but I read this entire report today. It's gutting. democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center...

Before the 2008 crash, Wall Street hid massive financial risks using accounting tricks. Now Big Tech appears to be following the same playbook. Americans and our entire economy are at risk because Trump’s regulators are choosing to look the other way.

27 October 1902 | A Dutch Jewish man, Levie van de Kar, was born in Amsterdam. He was deported to #Auschwitz in 1942 and registered in the camp. He perished on 3 September 1942. --- Video about the history of Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs

How was this not 3-0?

WATCH: A defense contractor CEO and his close associates donated nearly $900,000 to dozens of politicians and got over $40 million a year in government funding. He told the FBI that Sen. Susan Collins was his most important patron. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqyiFFB7Kjg

Yeah, what the well-heeled pundits are missing — which is wild, because it's been a decade! — is that the kitschiness is the point. Fascists LOVE kitsch. I wrote about this in 2019. Bad, corny taste is how they reassure themselves they are the herrenvolk. www.salon.com/2019/12/25/h...

I don’t want to be known as a strong Ukrainian girl Who survived years of war. I want to be a happy Ukrainian girl Who finally knows what peace feels like. #ukraine #ukrainian #ukrainians #ukrainiangirl #war

On this day in 1886, a Czech Jewish woman was born. On the 7 May 1942 she was deported to Theresienstadt and then on the 9 May 1942 to Sobibór where she was murdered. Her name was Anna Kohnová Please support @sobibor.org

27 October 1918 | Norwegian Jewish woman, Tonny Segal, was born in Kristiania (today Oslo). She arrived at #Auschwitz on 1 December 1942 and was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection. --- Gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck

Bill Maher said “fuck you” and called us bitches for being upset he dined with Trump. Then Trump tore into Maher on Truth Social calling him a lying, losery coward. That’s funny to me.

It should be illegal for the President, VP, and lawmakers in Congress to own, buy, and sell individual stocks.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a primary architect & driving force behind the organized movement that ultimately won American women the right to vote in 1920. She died on #OTD in 1902 & never got to vote in her lifetime. Because of her (and others), we can. #VOTE #WomensRights #WomensSuffrage

26 October 1892 | A Pole, Zygmunt Surewicz, was born in Dobrzyniewo. A lawyer. In #Auschwitz from 15 August 1940. No. 2949 He perished in the camp on 23 March 1942. --- Online lesson "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/

Today we (@propublica.org) published this map of every location with an active 287(g) agreement with ICE. (with the help of @tituslegaldesign.com's initial data analysis). Read the story: "The Small-Town Cop Who Helped ICE Deport His Ingram, Texas, Neighbors" www.propublica.org/article/depo...

24 October 1936 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Max Slager, was born in Enschede. In September 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection. --- A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck

Auschwitz II-Birkenau. Wooden barracks for prisoners in the BIIa sector, which served as a men's quarantine camp. Photo: https://www.instagram.com/woria.sadr/ See a short video about the sector: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrmhQTZePtg

Lonnie Rouse worked at the Hanford nuclear site for nearly 20 years. It was so toxic, he said, that the floor once melted the rubber off his boots. Now he needs 24-hour care. The DOE has appealed his workers’ compensation claim more than 20 times.

On this day in 1942, a 32 year old Dutch Jewish man perished in Mauthausen. Born in England to a violinist father he was arrested in Aug 1942. His mother died shortly before the outbreak of war and his father was murdered in Auschwitz on the 6 Sep 1944. His name was Simon Staal

26 October 1882 | Czech Jew, Vilém Stern, was born in Třeboň. He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 15 December 1943. He did not survive. --- Video about the history of Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs

Supper's ready!

GO BRAZIL!!!!

WOOOHOOOO!! Serbia, now Brazil. Next? USA and Israel!

Is it just me, or are there an unusually high volume of MAGA ads targeting "democrat socialists" in the "random" play on YouTube since, oh, last week? They've notably been coming up while I listen to lefty posters, which I find highly amusing.

From measles to foodborne illnesseses, Trump and RFK Jr. have torn apart public health and completely disregarded basic science. I'm working to fix it.

We can NEVER give up on justice.

24 October 1895 | A Polish Jew, Josef Wigdorowicz, was born in Sienno. A hairdresser. In #Auschwitz from 30 April 1942. No, 34251 He perished in the camp on 24 June 1942. --- Our podcast talks about the situation of Polish & Jewish prisoners in the camp: https://youtu.be/_ZaWqIsmY4

NEW: DOJ just admitted in court that their lawsuit against California is not about outcome determinative issues, it's simply saying that a single non-citizen voting causes the government irreparable harm. That's bananapants.

Learn why every pocket is an opportunity to prevent disaster.

On this day in 1905, a Czech Jewish woman was born. On 7 May 1942 she was deported to Theresienstadt with her husband, and on 9 May 1942 to Sobibór, where they were murdered. Her name was Marta Löwyová. Please support @sobibor.org

24 October 1914 | A Pole, Józef Lichtenberg, was born in Sanok. A teacher. In #Auschwitz from 20 June 1940. No. 988 He was shot in the camp on 25 January 1943. --- Online lesson "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/

📢 Let the world see what's happening in Puerto Rico!

Hard agree.

ProPublica consulted seven emergency response experts to understand what went wrong after flooding killed three in Ruidoso, New Mexico. The tragedy “should be a clarion call” for officials to reevaluate how rescuers are deployed, one expert said.

NEW: this is so bizarre

On this day in 1941, a 30 year old Polish man perished in Auschwitz after being incarcerated for 6 months and 20 days. Before being imprisoned he was a baker. His name was Marian Laszczyk Please support @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social

HAPPENING NOW: 9th Circuit Oral Arguments on DOJ's lawsuit against California voters. DOJ is arguing that there is massive amounts of non-citizens voting, and the harm is irreparable because once the ballot is separated from its envelope, you can't trace it to the voter. 1/

25 October 1899 | An Austrian Jew, Alfred Fränkel, was born in Vienna. An engineer. In #Auschwitz from 10 February 1942. No. 20538 He perished in the camp on 28 February 1942. --- Online lesson about Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/

Good evening from Ukraine🇺🇦 Still alive. Still standing. Still making putin regret his decisions.

25 October 1944 | The administration of KL Dachau transferred to Auschwitz a group of 1,024 Jewish prisoners who were sick and unable to work. 4 prisoners died at the station before the transport departed. Most probably, the whole group was murdered in the gas chambers right after their arrival.

I really don't get what she thinks she's going to get out of this. MAGA isn't going to buy her music. www.mediaite.com/politics/nic...

On this day in 1924, a Czech Jewish girl was born. On 16 Jul 1942, aged 17, she was deported to Theresienstadt, and on 6 Sep 1943 to Auschwitz, where she was murdered. Her name was Zuza Hofmannová. Please support @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social

Costume designer Edith Head won 8 Academy Awards for Best Costume Design between 1949 & 1973 (nominated 35 times!). Most-awarded woman in the Academy's history. #Oscars Considered one of the greatest & most influential costume designers in #film history. She died #OTD in 1981. #MovieSky

Imagine invading a country to erase its identity. And accidentally making its flag famous worldwide. Hello from Ukraine🇺🇦 #ukraine #ukrainians #war #ukrainian #ukrainiangirl

25 October 1901 | Czech Jew, Bedřich Pereles, was born in Prague. He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1943. He did not survive.

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On this day in 1943, a 6 year old Dutch Jewish girl arrived at Auschwitz with her mother where they were murdered on arrival. Her father perished in Tsjechowitz (an Auschwitz sub-camp) in 1944. Her name was Barbara Aal Support @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social