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Teaching kids musical instruments is not white supremacy

https://nypost.com/2023/04/25/olympia-school-district-to-ax-music-classes-for-pushing-white-supremacy/?fbclid=IwAR1BsN0oNlbTPiCZZUT7nbiMQ0JsuikDc8EKtO28KRkq8YYG7Wmel6M57VA&mibextid=uc01c0

Neither is not giving your kids juice and soda
https://annehelen.substack.com/p/how-to-have-the-fat-talk?publication_id=2450&utm_medium=email&action=share&isFreemail=false

Yeah, I’m sure the (fucking) NY Post has no ulterior motive there. Not only does the criticism say that some students are being forced to miss core classes if they take music, the board is actually quoted as literally saying “There is nothing intrinsically white supremacist” about it, the concern seems to be rooted in students having to miss lunch periods and core classes to take music - and presumably that affects certain demographics more hence the poorly worded reasoning.

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yeah man alive, maybe read the article first

I will not sit idly by while the journalistic integrity of the NEW YORK POST is besmirched!

Re the second article, I have my own qualms with some of the fat pride movement, but that certain types of products are pushed more in certain neighborhoods is undoubtedly true and most certainly a secondary or tertiary result of racial capitalism

Well since the ultimate reason they’re cutting this extra music lesson elective (not the regular music class) in fourth grade (not any of the subsequent grades) is budget deficit, I am sure that the editorial board of the NY Post will advocate for increased funding for the arts in elementary schools and less emphasis on teaching to standardized testing, right? Right??? Cmon man alive don’t take that bait.

Disappointed that the publishers of "Headless Man Found in Topless Bar" lacked their usual nuance in this article

Tabes otm

Well since the ultimate reason they’re cutting this extra music lesson elective (not the regular music class) in fourth grade (not any of the subsequent grades) is budget deficit, I am sure that the editorial board of the NY Post will advocate for increased funding for the arts in elementary schools and less emphasis on teaching to standardized testing, right? Right??? Cmon man alive don’t take that bait.

how uncool

How’s gun shopping going man alive

fair enough on NYPost bait -- although it kind of sounds like the director tried to shield his decision with some extremely vague, almost bureaucratic language invoking white supremacy when it was really all budget cuts (or else he's just really bad at clarifying why offering this elective was not inclusive or equitable)
https://news3lv.com/news/nation-world/school-board-director-clarifies-white-supremacy-remarks-made-during-budget-talks-olympia-school-district-osd-washington-state-music-program-shortfall-band-strings

Re the second article, I have my own qualms with some of the fat pride movement, but that certain types of products are pushed more in certain neighborhoods is undoubtedly true and most certainly a secondary or tertiary result of racial capitalism

Of course, but how is not wanting your own kids to consume those products white supremacy? Are parents in those neighborhoods who don't let their own kids have the products also part of white supremacy culture?

I don't believe the interviewee in that article is saying what you think they're saying.

I didn't really get that from the substack, tbh?

the focus seemed more on the idea that there's a stigma against parents who allow their children to consume more juice than the AAP suggests, as if it makes you a bad 'parent', and how they feel the anti-juice movement is based in misinformation (I can't speak to that as I'm no nutritionist), and ignores some of the root causes of why juice is so popular/sought out in general. Yeah, there are a few criticisms against parents who are strict on juice (the virtue signaling comment being one), but nothing that suggests you're a white supremacist.

xpost DC otm

man alive fell for Facebook rage bait and that’s the director’s fault

police the shit out of dudes riding actual fucking motorcycles down the sidewalk imo

would support an e bike ban & enforcement if that's what's giving ppl license

Scooters too

i mean knock it off for sure but i don't think anyone's life should be severely impacted for riding their ebike or scooter down the sidewalk

your stupid fucking harley is where i draw the line tho

I mean, I wouldn't advocate for arresting anyone (unless they injured someone else), but heavy fines would not be out of line.

Hell, you're not supposed to ride a non-motorized bike on the sidewalk.

I do recognize, though, that riding on the street may be more hazardous.

if we're talking scooters and ebikes, i'd stop at a warning BUT SERIOUSLY KNOCK IT OFF

crushingly hefty fines for motorcyclists would be appropriate imo

i mean knock it off for sure but i don't think anyone's life should be severely impacted for riding their ebike or scooter down the sidewalk

just a little ticket, a lesson in how to just be normal

I have a push scooter and a bicycle (both unmotorized). Normally I ride in traffic on the street, but there are certain places and times where it just isn't feasible.

There is a severe power imbalance between a Ford F-150 that is going 40 miles per hour and me on a bicycle. I feel like I should be allowed some wiggle room on the whole "I do not wish to die horribly" thing.

absolutely, you're good.
i feel like push scooters on the sidewalk are ok as long as you're not flying and dismount where it's crowded

context for above: i live in manhattan, this started being a thing after ebike laws changed

seldom enforced ban lifted, to be more precise

Have seen people on motorized scooters (like actually scooters, not Vespas) cause horrible accidents twice now. People should not be riding those things on sidewalks, period.

the big motorized ones, no
the little razor scooters and similar are fine
vespas = fuck off obv

they shouldn't be riding them on the streets either I hit the tiniest pothole in the history of potholes and biffed it so hard into a tree that I was bleeding from 5 different plaecs

100% agree

oof sorry

admittedly it was kind of funny like this was literally the only tree on that road it was like some Looney Tunes shit

"Looney, that is!"

https://i.imgur.com/YKDH4dP.jpg

a friend fell off a Vespa once and busted his face! well he was more like a sugar daddy. then 3 weeks later he insisted I go for a ride with him and I don't know why I got on. those bends!

it was real awkward too because I was out with a friend and my wife was throwing a party for the girls while I was out. so like I couldn't just come home all fucked up. we wound up just staying out and drinking beers outside. wound up coming home after she was asleep and had to wake her up and be like uhhh if you see me don't freak out. also should mention she never wanted to ride those when I suggested we should because she thought they were really dangerous

omg you just drove like right into the tree, it sounds like

The few times I’ve been on one of the app rental scooters I have felt very unsafe, like the brakes would fail at any moment or the thing would snap in two.

yeah so I hit this 2 inch deep pothole and it made the front wheel go all wobbly and I couldn't control it with the handlebar. it started going all topsy turvy and my brain gives my body the signal to just bail and go into a barrel roll but before I can move I hit a curb and just faceplanted into the one fucking tree on the whole block. at least that's what it felt like, but I got my hand out in front of my face so that's what took the worst of it. but it got my arm, my forehead, my stomach, and part of my leg. thought I broke my hand but somehow I didn't. amazingly it did not hurt at all afterwards, I just walked away as both passer-bys and my Apple watch asked me if they should call the police. it sure as hell hurt that night though.

Omigod

froggy baby :(

I had a similar thing on a bike, just flew right off a hill. a neighborhood woman took me in and dressed my wounds when I was like 11. will never forget her.

oh no!! that would have rattled me at 11

i stopped riding bikes when in the 7th grade my pal and i walked out of his apartment and turned the corner onto Broadway where a cyclist who had just been hit by a bus was lying dead, with her helmet on in the biggest pool of blood i've ever seen.

about 10 years later my best friend and housemate was working as a bike messenger part time and in a bicycle shop part time. one day on her way home she found this amazing ca. 1950's-60's bicycle someone had discarded. it was banana yellow, really gorgeous and retro. and she said, you walk everywhere, you need a bike, it's yours (we lived in long island then, it wouldn't be like riding in the city, and getting around on foot was a drag)

so i couldn't wait to ride it into town! it was a blast, i felt 9 years old again, and rode it down a steep hill FAST.

and the front wheel went flying off the bike.
and i was thrown god knows how many feet onto someone's front lawn (thank god)
and like i wasn't seriously injured but it fucked me up a little
and i haven't been on a bicycle since
so the lesson here is don't ride dumpster bikes, kids.

I used to work on a farm picking beans in the summer holidays, when I was 13 I used the money to buy a mountain bike. there was a fairly steep road just up the road from my house, which was a dead end so didn't have a lot of traffic, so I used to speed down it over and over, until one time the front wheel hit a manhole cover and launched me over the handlebars. I split my head open and a similar thing happened, a man came out of one of the houses and checked I was OK and went and got my mum. I remember there being blood all down my face so it must have been horrible for her. had to go to A&E and they glued my head back together, I still have a slight lump there (it's under my hair though so can't see it). had nasty road rash on my back which took weeks to heal. it didn't put me off riding a bike but I didn't race down that hill as fast as I could any more.

iirc it tooks ages to find a replacement wheel for the one that buckled so I couldn't ride a bike for months anyway

wow guys intense stuff!

i feel personally that i would not do well like in an emergency room, i'm not the best with blood

I used to work on a farm
picking beans in the summer holidays
when I was 13 I used the money to buy a bike

there was a fairly steep road just up the road from my house
which was a dead end so didn't have a lot of traffic
so I used to speed down it
over and over

until one time the front wheel hit a manhole cover
and launched me over the handlebars

I split my head open and a similar thing happened
a man came out of one of the houses and checked I was OK
and went and got my mum

I remember there being blood all down my face
so it must have been horrible for her

had to go to A&E and they glued my head back together
I still have a slight lump there
it's under my hair though so can't see it

had nasty road rash on my back which took weeks to heal
it didn't put me off riding a bike
but I didn't race down that hill as fast as I could any more.

-John "Cougar" Mellencamp

to crosspost with the "what would you be like at 16?" thread - I think the Florida law banning everyone under 16 from social media is probably a good idea. I mean it's not really enforceable and will likely make no actual difference but I am starting to really believe that teens spending time on Insta or Tiktok really does mess with their value system in a way that is really bad for their mental health

I have had some dire bicycle accidents— flown over handlebars, taken huge skids, been doored— but I will never stop riding a bicycle. I love it so much, it is the only mode of transport I truly adore.

-John "Cougar" Mellencamp

i laughed _way_ too fucking hard at this

portland is a really bike-friendly city. unfortunately my cerebellum is not bike-friendly, as in i can't ride a bike, so i wind up walking a lot. no idea if i could use one of those lime scooters or not. never tried.

i'm on team "ban all cars" but while that's an uncool belief, it doesn't seem particularly _conservative_.